tammy, kristy, good to see you both. thank you so much. >> thanks. >> good to be here. >>> chris tom lynn is a superstar in christian music. more than 100 of his songs are sung in churches around the country on sun mornings. and he sat down with our own john roberts to take a look and speak about the state of christian music and the holiday season. john has the details now. ♪ ♪ >> walk into any contemporary christian church on any sunday and you're bound to hear a chris tom there, in song. >> when i'm writing, i'm thinking about the church as a whole, songs that help give voice to the average person. what can they sing to god? >> more than 100 of his worship songs are sung every week in tens of thousands of churches. the music is infectious, carrying the audience along on pop melodies and easy to sing choruses. >> i'm thinking, how do i make this the average guy who is tone deaf and can't clap on two and four? how can i write it? >> not every christian artist believes in the pop phrase formula. some say it's become simpl

kristi is in los angeles with more. >> friends and employees ... >> reporter: friends are heartbroken by the loss and the circumstances. movie star paul walker was in this porshe with his close friend identified as roger. both men died in this fiery crash. >> there is nothing. we tried. we went through fire extinguishers. >> reporter: friends tell us this afternoon, walker who is best known for the fast and the furious movies held a toy drive and a fundraiser for the philippines. his friend roger who we are told is an experienced race car driver showed up in a porshe. >> roger backed it into the garage and paul jumped in and they went for a driver. they went for a little drive and this is what happened. >> it appears that speed was a factorment it was a single car crash. >> reporter: the aftermath gives on idea of the intensity of the entire. both men were described as mum humble and giving. walker was passionate about helping others. he founded reach out worldwide. tonight a lifelong friend wants us to remember walker as much for his heart as for his talent. >> it's a tragedy to see

a radical islamist rebel group in syria has given its terms now for releasing twelve kristie and nuns held hostage since monday in exchange the extremist want the syrian government a free one thousand women from prison so far there's been no comment from damascus regarding that demand for another season of monsters or an opposition assault dominantly kristie in town their islamic extremist of an increasingly targeting the christian minority in syria the country's ambassador to the u.n. told r.t. that some foreign powers have influence over the kidnappers. we ask the security council members and the secretary to act immediately and to shoulder their responsibilities in order to make a push out on those states and governments who may have influence over these terrorist groups so that they would be released without any condition. and the orphans we should make a petition actually on the saudi government. and the qatari government as well as a cook as government these three governments are deeply involved in escalating the situation in syria through the operations conducted undertaken by

murphy has seen -- therpist kristi murphy has seen more than her fair share and was stunned when child services chose not to investigate 6,500 cases. >> i was appalled. it's unacceptable, knowing that more children die from abuse and there are cases that are not reported. it's unacceptable. >> if you have people to override policy or law, you end up with a situation like this. >> the situation lawmakers were discussing was just how those thousand of cases ended up on a shelf. >> here is how the system is supposed to work. >> the call comes in, the hotline operator comes in and assesses safety. after the safety assessment is set to a field officer who puts eyes on it. >> unless the report was one of more than 6,000 that went nowhere. they were stamped ni for not investigated. that means nobody knows what happened in thousands of cases. >> the consequences, i think, are devastating. what we need to do now is find these 6,000 or more children that have been left, possibly left in a chronically abusive situation. what we need to do now is find out who they are and assess their symptoms and

kristi, here's the next question.i first -- about, the amount of option and derivative businesses that td ameritrade at the time was about nine, 9.5% overall quality. didn't you guys have taken over and build up the technology, it's not like in the mid '40s, something like that which is an incredible growth in the derivatives space which means a different, there's a different climate. kristi, how do we now move this huge growth in the derivatives space and the technology and everything else down to this younger generation? how do we make it so it's investable for them? how do we make the story compelling? >> absolute. this goes back to what i was saying before. making sure your providing the tools for the younger generation. think about how they live now. they are gaining on their mobile devices. they are consuming content. continuously. whether it's a video or written. they like to follow and interact socially. so that's one of the things that we've actually done with dough is provided all of those avenues for the yo

i'm kristi krueger for abc news in davie, florida. >> i can see how it may help some medical students if it helps why not, right? >>> coming up in "the skinny," the star of "duck dynasty" is suspended for controversial comments. >>> and barbara walters final ten most fascinating people of the year. it's next. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ skinny so skinny >> all right "the skinny" time. barbara walters most fascinating person of 2013. can you guess? she was at the top of the list 20 years ago. the first year the list was compiled. >> and this is last year. >> isn't that amazing, first and last. >> hillary clinton. very, very cool. >> of course she is fascinating for many reasons but one of the biggest reasons is she is going to try to run for president again and she batted around with barbara walters and basically said she's not sure. but she's waiting patiently to make that decision and enjoying time hanging out and watching movies and catching her breath. >> right. >> we will have to wait and see if s

i just want to wish my wife kristi, kids dawson and kayla and family a merry christmas and happy new year. i love you, i miss you, and i'll see you in february. >>> i want to say merry christmas to my wife bridget, my kids and i'm from southern california, my friends down south, i want to say merry christmas, san diego. >> merry christmas to you, too. edward snowden said his mission is already accomplished. the nsa leaker telling the "washington post" that he has already won. he says that's because journalists are telling the stories of the government's collection of data. snowden said he didn't want to change society. he just wanted people to say in how they are governed. >>> pregnant women who eat nuts or peanut butter don't be a pier to be raising the risk of nut allergies for their children. researchers say kids whose moms ate nuts five to eight times during pregnancy were 59% less likely to have nut allergies. women were once advised to avoid eating nuts during pregnancy. >>> pope francis paid a visit to the home of his predecessor. the two exchanged christmas greetings and pray

in addition to that, kristi yamaguchi were there to join in on the celebration.ve a great evening. at last, for an american war veteran held prisoner by north korea for more than a month. the 85-year-old finally freed by his captors. what's behind his release? >>> deadly freeze. tens of millions on alert tonight as two big storms grip much of the country. thousands stranded at airports, hundreds of thousands without power and there is more ice in the forecast. >>> and remembering mandela, we're here in south africa as the country celebrates his life and prepares to say farewell. tonight, we look back at a key moment in the struggle against apartheid, and look behind one of the most famous photos of mandela, taken the day he was released from prison.

i'm meeting kristi boswell, the director of congressional relations. she works on labor and immigration. >> why is it that agriculture is the only industry that needs an exemption to the minimum age requirements? >> frankly it's the nature of our industry. this is a way of life. this is not a job. it is not a task. and i have the passion for agriculture because i was able to feed a bottle calf when i was a child and help my dad with field work. it is a different type of industry. >> how different is the experience of someone who is working legally on the farm at a young age, like 12, 13, 14 year old. how different is their experience than say, your experience where it was your parents' farm? >> 12, 13, 14 year old are not legally working. >> yeah, because the minimum age is 12, right? >> 16. it's 16 unless for a family farm. >> no, but people can be 12 years old and work on the field. >> no. it's 16. >> not according to the us department of labor. the minimum age standards for agricultural employment allows children as young as 12. and even 10-years-ol

. >> kristi kelly: there's not a lot of opportunities in any one lifetime where you can be a part ofhing from such an early stage. and so, ultimately, my partners begged me to come out. and my husband and i packed up our bags and shut down our life in d.c. and moved out here. >> tripp keber: the company's evolution has been fairly dynamic. >> kroft: tripp keber is c.e.o. of dixie elixirs, the leading manufacturer of cannabis-laced edibles. it supplies most of the state's 537 dispensaries from this factory, which he calls state- of-the-art for the industry, which means small scale. >> keber: so here we have lexi, who is one of our production specialists. she's preparing our medicated chocolate rolls, which are certainly one of our most popular edibles products. >> kroft: smells really good. it looks good. >> thank you. ( laughter ) >> kroft: dixie elixir's product line includes ice creams and medicated beverages that come in ten different flavors. >> keber: we have a 75- milligram, 12-ounce sparkling red currant-- would be the equivalent of four or five doses of medicine for a patient

. >> jones and joe montana and several olympians including kristi yamaguchi taking part in the holiday heroes event that benefits five bay area children's charities. kids to neat athletes, take part in several events like face painting, teddy bear stuffing and making smores. >> i'm a fan. >> light a fire to stay warm. we'll check the forecast coming up. what about that morning commute? >> heat seaters. looking to the san mateo bridge. an easy drive across 92. chilly there as well as around the bay. look at the map. the bridges are fine, the larger bridges, at the bottom, as we approach 92 crossing over the san mateo north of there an open roadway or elevated roadway c l called the durand bridge. we've seen reports of black ice. that's one spot to watch. on the east bay we do also have potential for black ice like on east 24, getting away from the maze. the the map shows north 880 slow past the fifth avenue off ramp. that will be closed a couple of hours, fixing the barrels cleaning up after an early morning crash. use 23rd avenue to get into downtown, then north on city streets. that's

kristy smith is meeting with his family right now and we'll have a live report coming up in a half hour. >>> 4:35. happening today, federal investigators are expected to release more information and recommendations regarding last year's refinery fire in richmond. the fire at the chevron refinery sent large plumes of toxic black smoke over much of the east bay. hospitals treated 15,000 people with breathing problems. authorities determined it was caused by a co roaded pipe that failed and now federal officials will likely recommend changes at the refinery to avoid a similar problem in the future. >>> in the south bay, three people are recovering after their holiday project likely sparked a house fire yesterday afternoon in san jose at a home on coastland avenue near the willow end shopping center. it appears the family was making candles on the stovetop when the candle wax ignited causing the fire. all three people in the home were injured and this morning the red cross is helping the family find temporarily housing. >>> in san francisco 30 people are homeless this morning after a fire t

that was kristy turlington. guy, we have more on the memorial four nelson mandela.e listening to a series of dignitaries throughout the morning. they will be talking about the life and times of a man who changed a country and the world. or the country's first black president. we have leaders from around the globe. barack obama will be speaking later. the un's secretary-general will also be speaking as well. the president of brazil, the vice president of china, the president of india, and the president of cuba speaking later at this event. it is an amazing scene. people have traveled across the continent to be at this event. they have been traveling for days. i will leave you with the pictures. we will continue to monitor the event as it takes place in the football stadium in soweto. ♪ >> welcome back to "the pulse." live from london on bloomberg tv and bloomberg radio. >> let's get some company news for you. qantas has touched its lowest level since 1995. root --since analysts they fell four percent. they lost their investment grade credit rating for standard and po

the catholic church still has so much kristie just so much influence around and around the globe so i'm a middle aged ok jamil are you elated that pope francis is time magazine's person of the year. it is despairing despairing to me that i've got to support miley cyrus pope francis is a choice for person of the year was absolutely wrong in every measure from time magazine this pope as you put it in your intro so aptly earlier is a product of p.r. he's not this major reformer who's coming in making sweeping changes to benefit the lives of the faithful he has more of the same and unfortunately that's a problem he should not have been picked ok in scotland would you differentiate the two because it's very interesting what we've heard already in this program is that i mean it may be very possible that francis is a p.r. product and you know he's very appealing to a lot of people i mean even i look at the pictures of him embracing a man with severe disfigurement i mean any person who has compassion can say that's a good person doing that as opposed to kind of where is the catholic church beca

sign an agreement the agreement that the experts i'm a government it found not profitable for you kristi's foreign minister is solved by this weekend and germany as well as all and have all paid a visit to the independence square where the protests are stopped by the set up tents of these western leaders told cops showed up to the ukrainian capital to participate in the o.s.c. meeting with life here but no with their representatives albeit creating an opposition and this incredibly bizarre to see foreign officials essentially participating or meddling in that ukraine's domestic event there was also a rally basically around the corner in support of ukrainian president viktor unocal this but not a single four and i fish so that showed up there there are people who are saying that at the beginning of the protest there were some representatives from poland the world essentially openly paying people to participate in this protest and there were others who were encouraging people to come out so we're looking at ukraine where it's investigation seems to be evolving more and more foreign nationals

few people have such respect as the pope and few institutions the catholic church still has so much kristie just so much influence around and around the globe so i'm a middle aged ok jamila are you elated that pope francis is time magazine's person of the year it is despairing despairing to me that i've got.

charges for rape theft and murder there is apparently the fake signer is not only a schizo friend of kristi's angels but also has ties to a group responsible for a series of violent murders the corporate media has been fed enough material about him to keep us distracted well into two thousand and fourteen so what is being missed in lieu of the skits signing saga for starters the conversation about mental illness in the wake of sandy hook shooting anniversary and it's the continuing gun debate these complex underlying causes of violence are rarely addressed after all suicide has risen at least fifteen percent in the last decade not to mention continuing to mental health care across the country do this questor but an even crazier story that's been completely ignored by the is the fact that obama authorized a drone to blow up seventeen human beings on their way to a wedding in yemen last week you have treated us form it seems like this administration has an affinity for blowing up what even parties and funerals and what was their justification because ok that was allegedly part of a convoy which

is effectively offering kristie but it isn't offering hard cash and furthermore i would say to the protesters in my dan are you really there for the future of ukraine to make your country better or are you there because you believe in a visa free system it will be easy if you to leave ukraine. russia plays hardball why the e.u. does diplomacy accusations are flying just briefly how do you see it. well i think with putin involved you always effectively go to reduce to the role of a pantomime baddie basically which is what he's playing this is the pantomime but everything he does and everything that russia does is is always black and is always charged and he's taught with the e.u. shining knights of the day who are able to send down fire diplomats unlimited crowd pleasing crowd baiting pandering backslapping tweets all about john mccain of course involve the wonder of the future of europe all of this shining prosperity that's going to be conferred upon ukraine but have they done the numbers they know the statistics on the event that interested or seem to become convenient to polarize russia as

charges for rape theft and murder he has apparently the fake signer is not only a schizo friend of kristi's angels but also has ties to a group responsible for a series of violent murders the corporate media has been fed enough material about him to keep us distracted well into two thousand and fourteen so why.

kristie you see young americans turning away from politics maybe not getting interested not interested in running for office i think people are relieved and i've heard people are so interested in politics but everybody's pretty disgusted. i guess president barack obama went talking about solutions but now people including young people have seen his solutions i think anybody would prefer ted cruz reading dr seuss to distil to losing their health care at least it doesn't really hurt them. wrenches there's going to be a big issue in the. media elections next year we'll see what happens we'll see if the katter that had come for somehow all of larry but i think what young people are going to be looking for in this midterm elections i don't think any young person even though the republican party wishes they did they don't see this in a vacuum they look at they look at the entire political landscape they see the fact that we have had a congress that won't pass immigration reform we see they see the fact that we have a congress that won't pass an employee nondiscrimination act we have a congre

. >>> kristy clinton, ryan, some of the names bandying about as possible contenders for the white house016, is that what the polls say? we'll have a brand-new breakdown next. >> also it is getting closer to countdown. fox news has all the festivities covered for you. our very own elisabeth hasselbeck and bill hemmer bring you coverage on new year's eve. must see tv, 9:00 p.m. eastern to 12:30 a.m., 2014. ♪ ♪ it's donut friday at the office. and i'm low man on the totem pole. so every friday morning they send me out to get the goods. but what they don't know is that i'm using my citi thankyou card at the coffee shop, so i get 2 times the points. and those points add up fast. so, sure, make me the grunt. ... ... ... now earn 2x the points on dining out and entertainment, with no annual fee.to apply, go to citi.com/thankyoucards >>> as we got ready to ring in 2014, there is already talk of the 2016 presidential primaries. according to the latest fox news polls, new jersey governor chris christie is at the top of the list among republicans. 16% of the vote, followed by jeb bush, senator ted

twitter had faced kristy for not having any will on the board until now.al facebook also lacked female board members when it went public in may of 2012. 2 women now sit on facebook board including ceo cheryl sandberg. >> victory in congress today for the high tech industry. palo alto congresswoman bill to overhaul america patent system approved in the house by 325-9 vote. rare show of bipartisan support this legislation is designed to reign in the growing problem of patent trol troll, company that make no useful product themselves but profit by threatening other company with lawsuits. it is supported by company like google but opposed by mick soft and ibm. the bill now goes on to the senate. >> protestors demonstrated across the country today demanding higher pay for fast-food workers. mcdonald's in san jose was one of the targets. tv vick lee has that story. ♪ protestors sang. they chanted. drivers honk horn in support. demonstrators pick this mcdonald's on san carlos street and san jose to push for higher wages specifically to double the federal minimum

there are approximately 200 ethnic groups within the worders of the south, and kristy is the major religion i don't know. about 60% of them. now that conflict is separate but it also otherlapped with sudan's broader conflict that you do hear a lot about. is then on to the mediterranean through the supports there. now the government has admitted that it is totally loss control of unity state, which is where most of the oil is, and there are now fears that a very bad civil war could soon break out in the south. now the president from south sudan, there he is, that's the president, has accused troops loyal to the former vice president of trying to launch a coupe. now here is the former vice president -- united nations says something like 45,000 people are currently seeking protection in the main camp. they were evacuated safely. that is after those four navy seals were shot in the evacuation attempt. >> when it seceded two years ago, there were just 68 miles can you believe that, 68 miles of paved road, and that's in an area, and this speaks to how big the countries are, that's in an area in d

and the city hired kristy's auction house in new york to value the collection in an effort to pay off creditors and retire public workers. the auction house also offers alternatives to the city to help raise funds including a program to allow other u.s. museums to rent this art. there's also a private campaign to raise $500 million to keep the artwork from being sold. >>> free wi-fi is also available in one of the busiest parts of san francisco. the free wi-fi service will turn on today along market street to the embarcadero. it's the first to be launched around the city in six months. they are donating their services and equipment to help get the city on wi-fi. by july the city hopes to have free wi-fi available at 31 parks and plazas in san francisco. >>> well, google tried offering free wi-fi once. but scott mcgrew says he has more. >> reporter: you may recall the big dog, the robot made by boston dynamics has terrified the internet a couple years ago. well, now it's the google big dog over the weekend. google bought boston dynamics. >>> speaking of google, "60 minutes" had an inte

hey, kristi. >> hey. [applause] >> thank you. thank you for coming out. as tom said, i am the ceo of dough. in my background, i came from sink or swim. i have 20 years of experience in around the trading industry. i would say that these last two years, i have been in financial media. i have learned a lot. what we have done now is that we have pulled together all of our experience from sink or swim and we have rolled it into a company called dough. right now, we believe that the industry is right for innovation. we have -- let me just get my slides here -- one of the things that we truly believe is that brokerage firms and wealth managers have an opportunity to tap into that younger generation. we think there needs to be a new approach, but with a new visual and with a new design. and we need to go to that younger generation with how they use technology today. they are highly mobile. they have -- they really -- they want information to come to them. i want to introduce to you a sneak preview of dough. we will see the launch of it in a few weeks. it combine

she's republican representative from south dakota, congresswoman kristy nome. welcome. >> hi.olutions put forward. what are the current regulations that are so bad and have all the kids up in arms about it? >> the kids really are upset about this. the problem is that when these laws went into place, it was voted on before i got to congress -- that the first people who complained about it were the kids. we all want our kids to eat healthier. but the limitations capped their calorie, protein, grains. made it very difficult for kids to get full. i've got some of the poorest kids in the country as well. and many times this is the only meal they're getting a day. they're leaving school hungry. that's just so tragic for the people who are responsible for feeding these kids at the local level. >> we have some of those to take a look at. the grains had to be whole grains as it stands right now. all the milk has to be low fat. and there is a caloric requirement and it's set by age. to your point, some kids need more. it seems like a one size fits all plan. you suggest that instead of h

hey, kristi. >> hey. [applause] >> thank you. thank you for coming out.as tom said, i am the ceo of dough. in my background, i came from sink or swim. i have 20 years of experience in around the trading industry. i would say that these last two years, i have been in financial media.

in 2016 -- and to be fair, kristi is not -- christie is not another giuliani. i see him as somewhat like rudy giuliani in terms of his appeal, and he was the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination in 2007. given where the republican party is now, or having to run the gauntlet of the republican of all,s in 2016, first he is going to have to reposition himself, just as john mccain and mitt romney did. secondly, i do not think he is going to be able to do it sufficiently or successfully enough. it is hard to predict what is going to happen. >> i would say chris christie has more drive than giuliani did. giuliani ram, but did not really give it his all. >> he was sort of boxed in. he chose to skip iowa, which sort of made sense. what he also skipped new hampshire, which did not. mccain could not run a much worse campaign then giuliani did . on the other hand, the republican party, if anything -- the base is even more conservative now. the tea party was not there yet, and now it is. and the base has gotten more conservative. going to have a lot of t

asked about him by kristy and a.m., he said he didn't even know his name. >> first you mention a person i never heard of. mr. levinson. we don't know where he is, who he is. >> reporter: u.s. officials continue to raise his case with tehran at every level. >> i personally raised it with the iranians, of course, we will try to continue to seek his release and return to the united states. >> reporter: security experts raising hard questions about whether this was an intelligence operation gone too far, in particular sending someone with known past in the fbi into unfriendly territory as iran doubts that robert levinson should have been there in the first place. jim sciutto, cnn, washington. >>> there was an amazing bit of family drama that played out on television this week, and it wasn't reality television, it was shocking news out of the country of north korea. the man many believe was the second most powerful person in the country was executed by his nephew, the korean leader, kim jong-un. state media says the uncle w

. >>> olympic gold medalist kristi yamaguchi will dheer on some of the bay area -- cheer on some of the will be at the -- the skaters. she will be at the downtown ice rink and joined by chuck reed for a big sendoff celebration for 24 local skaters pursuing national titles in boston next month. you are invited. the public is invited. it all starts at 4:00 next to the fairmont hotel. >>> our crew just arrived at the shooting -- shooting near the oakland courthouse. that's coming up. >>> and why you may have been charged extra for parking tickets. >> we're live in san jose where we're seeing a lot of happen face -- happy faces with from parents struggling to make ends meet. the charity is still short of donations. we're tell you about the great need. >> we're looking at several problems causing delays on traffic. one of the problems on. richmond bridge is cleared up. you might see some slow traffic in this area. we'll tell you more about some other problems that will le slow you down as you -- that will slow you down as you drive. >> the lows dipped this morning, 20s, and 30s. it's colder.

kristie lu stout has the latest. >> reporter: a massive fire broke out at a shopping mall late on thursdaying. take a look at these pictures. you can see the flames engulf the first and second floors of the mall. it's located in lujo city in sichuan province. at least four people have been confirmed dead and 35 others injured. that toll could rise as officials sift through what remains of the building. back to you, kate. >> thank you so much. >>> another first for pope francis. some locals in rome will get to anded it his personal daily mass. erin mclaughlin explains. >> reporter: it looks like the leader of the world's 1.2 billion catholics wants to be closer to those in his own backyard. according to media reports, starting in the new year, people from parishes across rome will be invited to join pope francis for his morning mass here at the vatican on a daily basis. another papal first for francis who's focusing on making the church more service oriented and inclusive. an example of why many here are calling him the people's pope. back to you, kate. >> erin, thank you for that. >>> all