first day of what we hope will be the rerising of the kwanza event. >> their biggest kwanza event everheld in 1979. >> it's not rescue equipment or personnel. what fire houses are lacking that has a lawmaker pushing for change. >>> a ski trip for the texas family in this suv almost turns tragic. how they were saved after being trapped in the snow for two dayless. -- for twodays. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ >>> a california congresswoman has introduced a bill that she says will promote gender equity at fire stations. it would allow women to apply for grants to go toward women's restrooms, showers and changing facilities. the bill says most fire departments were designed wi

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. >>> the week long kwanza celebration begins tomorrow.more than 20 million people celebrate kwanza each year. it was founded by a former professor of cal university. >>> the item that was in short supply this year and how it's connected to a drought in texas. >>> most stores will be open early the day after christmas, but will people be willing to brave the crowds? tips on making exchanges and returns on one of the busiest shopping days of the season. >>> the christmas clouds are moving out of town. but temperatures are dropping off rapidly right now. we have temperatures beginning in the 20s. and when shower chances could be added to our five day. storewide. unlike other stores, we don't make you come back to save! get $10 off with... ...no exclusions. we make style affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney. you don't decide when vegetables reach the peak of perfection. the vegetables do. at green giant, we pick vegetables only when they're perfect. then freeze them fast so they're are as nutritious as fresh. [ green giant ] ho ho ho. ♪ gr

. >>> the week long kwanza celebration begins tomorrow.more than 20 million people celebrate kwanza each year. it was founded by a former professor of cal university. >>> the item that was in short supply this year and how it's connected to a drought in texas. >>> most stores will be open early the day after christmas, but will people be willing to brave the crowds? tips on making exchanges and returns on one of the busiest shopping days of the season. >>> the christmas clouds are moving ou >>> you said you love it but in reality you're taking that gift right to the counter. >> reporter: in just about every store in union scare this christmas morning it was lights out, doors closed, streets relatively open. some people say it's just the calm before the storm tomorrow. >> it's going to be a mad house because people want to look for deals and exchanging stuff. >> reporter: most stores plan to open early but most people we talked to said they plan to avoid the mall and any shopping center all together. >> tomorrow is going to be a much better

. >>> special keith sending best wishes and happy christmas and kwanza all that good stuff to my family in maryland, my brother, sister-in-law, all my siblings. love you guys, see you soon. >>> olga joins us now. a lot of folks hoping for a good new year's eve forecast. >> we had a good new year's eve day. i think we'll be good going into the overnight. as we get closer to midnight, the temperatures already dropping right now and we're going to keep on going. so it's going to be a little bit chilly if you're headed out this evening, but not too bad. reagan national made it up to 62 degrees today. we weren't anywhere near our record, but it sure felt good for the closure of december. such a brilliant day with all that sunshine we had earlier on. clouds are now starting to overtake and we'll stay partly cloudy as we head into the overnight hours. for most of us right now, we're sitting right there into about the 50s. 51 degrees for arlington, 50 in bethesda, 53 at reagan national airport and we definitely will keep a little bit of cloud cover overnight. but then some partial clearing prio

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the week long kwanza celebration. it's a nonreligious holiday honoring african american heritage and culture. it was founded by a former professor at cal state university long beach. >> it's christmas day tipoff for the nba. sports is next with a round up of today's game. >> and a holiday tradition continues in richmond. how a family's include said is making the holiday better for children. [ male announcer ] citibank's new app for ipad makes it easy for anne to view her finances from anywhere. like gate d12 for the next three hours. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibank. [ beep ] hi. dave here. [ male announcer ] for dave, using citibank's online bill pay is as easy as setting up voicemail. hi, it's dave. [ male announcer ] actually, it's easier. hi, it's dave. i'm out of the office. [ male announcer ] online bill pay. easier banking. standard at citibank. . >>> a special santa provided a holiday dinner at richmond homeless shelters today. east bay resident burgundy spears started with. two centers

. >> reporter: that raised from the birth of jesus christ to kwanza. joe says early christians didn't originally celebrate the birth of jesus. but they don't get to this-- >> but they don't get to this until the 4th century and no one speculates for when jesus is born until around 200. it doesn't matter. it's not in matthew or luke. no notice of christmas is a holiday as a celebration until the 4th century. >> reporter: what about the jolly old elf santa claus? how did he get in christmas. >> st. nicholas who lived in the 4th century ad santa claus is the invention of a handful of people in 19th century new york. essentially, they take old dutch center cloth who is derived from st. nicholas, and they essentially resuscitate him. they are the one who is come up with the sleigh and santa claus flying through the air and gift giving as we know it and what he looks like round guy with the big beard and all the fur. >> reporter: and the reason weplace things under the tree. >> if you look at nativity count there's no association in gift giving. it's a roman

but don't get me started on my favorite kwanza movie.will be here all night. >> bill, where was "love actually"? by the way, you joke. i am not. >> love actually should have been on there. i also think that batman returns. a lot of people forget -- it is a christmas movie. it was a relatively good sequel to the first michael keaton-vee. >> bad santa, bad santa. it is one of the greatest comedies of all time. >> i am going to be serious and say babes in toy land. the 1934 laurel and hardy movie that featured the march of the wooden soldiers. i used to watch it every christmas morning while self-mu. >> bishop's wife is great. it is on there. it is carrie grant and another guy. >> so it is the first gay christmas movie. >> oh, it was the first gay christmas movie. >> close things out with a post game wrap up with andy levy. to see clips of recent shows go to fox news .com/red eye. >>> there is no show tomorrow. we are bumped for the presidential debate which is happening later tonight. coming up friday, greg is back and anna gilligan is a d

happy kwanza, andy. >> you too, my brotha. see you at half time. >> no doubt. >>> i am here with jedediah bila. and comedian tom shaw lieu. and bill schulz who thinks he so the set of "dark knight rises" and kurt loder. his new book came outlast month called "the good, the bad and the god awful." the book itself is one of those three things, and it is not bad or god awful. ingure it out, people. and his pages are thin and filled with lefty spin. it is our "new york times" correspondent. good to see you, pinch. >> today in thursday styles, reporter stephanie rosen bloom addresses the prerequisite guide to hanging with a new year's day hangover. that takes me back. back in 1922 going on 23 i had one too many gin fizzies while celebrating and woke up with what can best be described as a mild t motor going off in my head. there was no need to stop the rasberries. andy? >> have i gotten so good at tuning you out. >> well, the railway is in play for the tsa. our beloved transportation security administration is not just about airpor

merry christmas and to my black friend he won't go, hey, man, say, kwanza and i'm like, no. >> he just says thanks, bro. >> your story fell apart when we learned you almost had had a black friend. >> greg, you said santa is a fat symbol of giving. i just wanted to point that out. >> i was confused between that and will a alec baldwin story. >> greg, you ask brooke what you think. >> this is not an alternate universe. >> you turned this entire segment about a story of alternate universes and bizarro worlds. i don't know here. i will ask so you can do the am burdens man. who makes the call when we eat them? here we go. >> let's say we discovered this other earth, right? we already eat earth ligs here, lamb and horses and cows. those are earth lings and we eat them. if we find another planet people will say, you can't ate eat them because they are from another planet. we will eat you will make the call. who will decide what you can eat and can't eat. >> it is a hierarchy of intelligence. >> the president of the world will make the decision. >> they will eat up. >> it will be special. ever

kwanza traditions, the symbolic hanukkah men or a, a time to eat, drink and be merry.orgiving inventions of the 20th century. a time for stretch fabrics. think about it. you're eating, drinking and mer reeating christmas cookies as you make them. that's what i do anyway. unless you have a tremendously fast metabolism, your body is probably expanding. so when it's time to dress up and hit those parties, aren't you grateful that you have the option of putting on something with some give? can you imagine life without stretch? yet there was a time when it wasn't readily available. >> a suit with a built-in girdle. >> reporter: after painstaking years of research in 1959 spandex and lycra were introduced to the market. spandex is an and a gram of the word expand. get it? stretch fabrics first saw lights in swim suit and athletic garments and then into the extreme fashions of the 1970s. both jane fonda and olivia newton john stretched with stretch. ♪ let's get into physical > and who could forget the days of stretchy roler disco fashions? thankfully that look died. this cent

you just heard from steny hoyer a moment ago hitting all of the holidays, kwanza, hanukkah, christmasesent for all. we'll continue to follow all of the reaction, of course, on the hill as we follow up on that breaking news that happened just about seven minutes ago. >>> quick break. more from the "cnn newsroom" straight ahead. act my age? -why? -why? -why? [ female announcer ] we all age differently. roc® multi-correxion 4 zone moisturizer with roc®retinol and antioxidants. lines, wrinkles, and sun damage will fade. roc multi-correxion. correct what ages you. >>> well, it's tough going in parts of colorado this morning. temperatures in the single digits along with the 8 to 14 inches of snow that fell. it's got plenty of motorists stuck or left with the slippery feeling. much of alabama and georgia having tornadoes. downed trees meant power outages for thousands of people. >>> plenty of holiday travel plans are in jeopardy on this day before christmas as well. because of all of this, coverage with meterologist reynolds wolf. holly is at the airport. holly, let's start with you. >> repo

$1,500 in the pockets of americans who are right now as they prepare for christmas, for hanukkah, for kwanza, for the new year, are figuring out to make ends meet and figuring out how to have a christmas holiday fair and toys for their children hopefully under a tree. with that be pleased to take any questions. >> so the democrats in the senate have dropped a surtax. what do the democrats want to pay for this with? what are the democrats want to do? >> what do you mean to pass something to pay for them? >> to pass a bill? >> what do you call the republican pay-fors? do you mean in the senate they'll pay for it with a 10% cut in federal employees? what is it that -- >> what's the -- >> the point is that i think it's a sign of cooperation and willingness to remove obstacles to having an agreement by saying, ok, that's something that you can't agree to. so i take that as progress. the -- as you know, with the 60-vote requirement in the senate, this is something that's going to have to be worked out as something that will get 60 votes in the senate. i think i have the confidence in senate majori

hanukkah, kwanza, other celebrations, but there will be no celebration for those people who cannot find work and who believe that the support system that this country has extended to them will be ripped out from under them. so i am here on the floor to join my colleague in talking about the omnibus appropriation bill to say i am pleased that we passed it. it will keep our government operating. it has not yet passed but hopefully in the next 48 hours the senate will have acted. hopefully in the next 24 on the conference report and we'll get ready to send it to the president. but i am very hopeful that all 435 members of this house that all 100 members of the united states senate are committed to the proposition that we will not leave this town, that we will not abandon our responsibilities to assure the adoption of the three measures which i have rernsed. -- referenced. the middle class tax cut which will affect 160 million americans. i frankly think we should pay for that with a slight surcharge. not a sacrifice, just an additional contribution by some of the best off in america. not be