park in other places. it was a political compromise. >> between lincoln and fulton and the beach. >> you're saying, why did they decide that exact plot? they brought someone from new york to come up with a park plan. they eventually made it a rectangle. they had the panhandle part. the panhandle was the same with as golden gate park, but there was dealmaking going on between park commissioners and they decided they would buy the land and cut off part of the panhandle. >> the development of lincoln park is interesting. you can see the cemetery. >> on the map, it is a cemetery. >> what happened to that and all of the bodies? >> they decided around the turn of the century the land was too valuable to bury people. where uss is now there were four cemeteries. they moved all of the cemetery's out -- cemeteries out. the heir did not want to move one of the places. there are two people -- two places where people are buried in the city. the other ones were moved out. >> the big scandal of lincoln park, someone wanted to build the legion of honor out there. she did and she got it done. they had to prepare the land,

an area of fort lincoln park backing up to the school. the body was discovered in what appeared to be an area on what people could relax on park benches. >> it's a quiet, calm, safe community and this is pretty unusual. police say the motive is unclear. there are no -- there were no reports of gun fire in the hours leading up to the time the body was discovered. still, parents found the scene disturbing. >> i heard it on the radio. the shooting near this area and i knew it was by my kids school. >> and you came to make sure? >> yes. memorandum, going and request ask the principal, he doesn't know. >> reporter: some people found it troubling and others would go into the park during daylight hours. >> that is like that. and we went through this just yesterday, a couple of days ago. >> what is going on with them? >> wow. >> and. >> yeah. >> like i am with my dog. it's big but i am afraid to come. >> reporter: we did receive a copy of the letter support home with the students to give to their pair objects. it basically said that they were she

this group has raised about $21,000 to improve and beautify the lincoln park steps. the six projects -- sixth project is in noe courts at douglas and 24th streets in district 8. this group has raised about $42,000 to fix drainage issues and add seating and community gathering space. and they just want to overall upgrade the appearance of this park. and the seventh project is the upper douglas dog park in noe valley. this group has raised about $17,000 to improve drainage, irrigation and ground cover and to begin reforesting old and diseased trees. >> thank you very much. and then just a question for -- so, the $2 80,000 can you having from the parks alliance, that is going to be matched with the dollar values that were privately raised by the individual friends of groups or community groups in addition to funding that comes from the community opportunity fund, is that how that would work? >> yes. so, each project has two buckets of funding. one piece is the amount that i just read, the private amount that they raised. and then the second amount is the -- acts as the

lincoln park, right behind marshall elementary school. parents of students here on edge. >> very disturbsing. >>> police sources tell the story this way. they say around 11:00 this morning, a woman walking her dog found the body of a man near a park bench. he appears to have been shot. there was a cigarette in his mouth. the crime scene here is enormous. there's a maze of yellow tame that runs this way and that way, north and south across the various levels of this park, all around the place. the place where the man was short and killed. investigators sifting it flu evidence, looking for clues and information, something that might lead them to the killer. >> this is pretty unusual. people walk their dogs here. they picnic here, so for something like this to happen, you can imagine what neighbors are saying. >> what is this more common to? senseless deaths like that behind a school? >> to see what's going on, that's why i have my dog. >> reporter: according to a letter send home by the principal, students did not see the body in the park.

lincoln park that backs up to the school. the body was discovered in what appeared to be an area where people could relax on park benches. >> ft. lincoln is really a quiet calm safe community and this is pretty unusual. >> reporter: police say the motive is unclear. commander salberg said there were no reports of gunfire in the hours leading up to the time of the discovery of the body. still parents with children in the school found the scene disturbing. >> i heard it on the radio, a shooting near this area and i knew that it was by my kid's school. >> reporter: you came to make sure everything was okay. >> right, yes, but no memorandum, anything, nothing came out saying anything. i asked the principal. doesn't know. >> reporter: some people we talked to who -- he doesn't know. >> reporter: some people we have talked to who live in the neighborhood found the murder troubling. others only go into the park during daylight hours. >> since the death like this behind the school, we just went through this yesterday, a couple of day

thanks for checking out my design on lincoln park today. i hope this will help you in your future projects. >>> still ahead, a spacious connecticut home with a unique amenity. and up next, tips for having a stress free holiday. >>> welcome back to "open house." now the experts an american express are showing you what to do to enjoy a stress-free holiday season. i'm here are emily kaufman, the travel mom. we're at the beautiful and festive palace hotel. she's going to give us tips on how to take the stress out of our holiday travel season. now, leaving your home for an extended period of time is stressful enough. add the holidays to that, it's a headache waiting to happen. >> hopefully not. one way amake it more enjoyable is by joining loyalty programs. i use the american express platinum card and enjoy benefits like membership rewards points which have no blackout dates when you want to redeem them. >> i know the holidays and saving mustn't don't usually go hand in hand, but do you have any tips for us? >> there are some ways to stretch you

with donations from "frankie's on the park" a lincoln park boutique, the girls were able to choose dresses nails polished and enjoy some light hearted moments with their visitors and hospital staff. la rabida hospital specializes in treating chronic illnesses and developmental disabilites in children. >> chaplains and football players from the chicago police department teamed up today for a good cause. the chaplains in members of the c p d football team the chicago enforcers held their inaugural toy drive today. officers and friends and family gathered to watch the bears game share some food and collect hundreds of toys. their mission is to bring and cheer to underprivileged children and let them know that chicago police officers care >> sad news this week for students at st. gregory the great high-school on the north side. after 75 years the school website has reported that this year will be its last. plan on a lack of financial sustainability and the variety of general maintenance expenses. students were told they would be accepted at holy trinity high school if they choose to continue i

on permit complications for large scale multiday events in our parks only this will help the lincoln's park outreach around these expeftsz promote public trust and this ordinance would not effect outside lands what this ordinance would basket would be required for event that occupy 25% or more of the area of the park for longer than 48 hours and so outside land is only a small portion of the entire golden gate park and i imagine that the park has it's own process for lock @out and supervising outside events as they look forward to the progresses on this staging. and the park is not over allowing and or denying applications it's similarly providing informational hearing i believe when we decide to use a proposition of our park a public venue the public should be able to express their concerns or may have ideas about how events can be samed and setup and this will allow that to happen and we also have at times like we did for the detour event, closuresures of streets and we also want to have for whatever park events include any street colorsures that it has got -- it will be part of any heari

harry can see some of the temperatures will have thirties' going around the region with 37 at lincoln parkd. 33 as the readingon the northwest side. it has produced some really heavy and impressive amounts of snow. that is a sampling of what the snow has done in the past. it is shooting out of the main system that is out here to the west. it looks innocuous at this point. here's what our models do with this little area of snow and rain. affecting mainly northern counties. here's what looks and a satellite radar portrayal. there are like 18 states under weather advisers. ories. these winter storm watches. here's our little disturbance today. here's the main event out here to the west. watched its precipitation shield explode with a heavy snow band coming together. a little closer look at the snow area developing. the track of this thing will be critical if we shifted a little farther south. snow falling for a longer duration. i will show it to you later on the update. this afternoon is mostly cloudy. tomorrows mostly cloudy. they will not be blowing terribly strong one tomorrow. the start p

lincoln park, right behind marshall elementary school. parents of students here on edge.ery disturbing. very disturbing. i want onned to make sure i pick up my chin. >> police sources tell the story this way around 11:00 this morning, a woman walking her dog found the body of a man near a park bench. he appears to have been shot there was a cigarette. the crime scene is enormous. there's a maze of yellow take that runs this way and dr the may where the man was shot and killed. something that might lead them to the killer. >> and this is pretty unusual. >> reporter: this is a popular city park in the ft. lincoln community. so for something like this to happen, you can imagine what neighbors are saying. >> what is this world coming to? senseless deaths like that? behind a school? >> i don't think -- every time i come, you know, to see what's going on behind me. that's why i have my dog. >> reporter: according to a her sent home by the principal, students did not see the body in the park. all school activities today were held indoors, and will continue to be held indoors unt

the woman walking her dog found a man's body in fort lincoln park and called 911. >> you know. i wanted to see what was going on behind me. >> the part is right beside thurgood marshall elementary school in northeast d.c. all students were inside the school when the discovery was made. another woman who walks by said she was there yesterday and saw nothing. investigators say that the man had to be killed some time yesterday afternoon -- between yesterday afternoon and this morning. >> there was a street sign. >> investigators used police dogs to search for evidence. they found identification on the man and say he lives in d.c. >> one interesting note on this story is the police to present town home not too far from the place where the body was found. as far as the murderer goes, no one is saying how he was killed -- as far as the murderer goes, no one is saying how he was killed. no motive at this point. abc7 news. >> thank you. alexandria police have recovered a stolen cruiser found in prince george's county. they say a laptop is missing from inside. they have recovered a seco

temperatures in the twenties to low 30s across the area. 33 at lincoln park. our weather station is at 25 degrees. here is the forecast. cold air surges in. temperatures will be falling as the afternoon goes on into the 20s. there will be some light snow in the southern suburbs. clouds will break late tonight. tomorrow the coldest of the season. first sub 32 and 310 days. finally a little dose of chilly weather. the overall trend over the next two weeks is above normal. we still do not see a humongous storm heading for chicago at this point. happy new year to you guys. we are still awaiting the president's speech. >>good afternoon everyone. >>winning pick 3 numbers 8,62 time for the pick 4 games. all the dreams coming true. winning pick 4 numbers 8,3,73 >>mega millions is 30 millions. happy new year's eve. >> he is out as the bears' head coach. they started the season at 7-1. they collapsed in the second half to miss the playoffs for the fifth time in six seasons. the general manager informed of the firing this morning. he went through for offensive coordinato

police say they found a silver lincoln parked in queens and they have taken it to a police felt.s monday a gunman shot another guy, dead, before he calmly got in the car and just blended into track. surveillance video shows the shooter on the left and the victim on the right and the gunman about to pull the trigger right in the middle of the city in the heart of the city near carnegie hall 7th avenue in the 50's and the victim was from los angeles and was arrested before but nothing major. sources tell the "new york post," where our parent company owns the victim worked at a bank and had some sort of ties to the music industry and wanted to be a roper. he is done today. getting new information in from the portland mall shooting. we will show you the killer's face book page. and what he wrote about himself. >>shepard: brand new on fox, details on the portland mall shooter in his words. here is his picture. and many friends say this his facebook page, cops say he opened fire in the crowded mall near portland with a semi-automatic rifle, killing to people, seriously wounded a teen g

a woman was walking her dog in fort lincoln park yesterday when she found april man's body by a park bench. investigators say it appears the man was shot. that park is behind marshall elementary school. a letter went home to parents that said no students saw the body and all school activities will remain indoors until the investigation is over. >>> custom officers at dulles international airport made an unusual discovery while searching jars of stew. they found two pounds of cocaine hidden in the lining of the jars. agents became suspicious because the jars felt too heavy. they detained a guatemalan man but did not charge him. agents say they will likely deport the man. >>> new crime numbers for the district of columbia. while there were fewer murders overall crime is up. overall crime is up 4% over 201. that's largely in part to a spike in sex abuse cases, up 36% from last year. murder took the biggest drop in 2011, down 24%. arson, burglary and car theft saw big drops, down between 8% and 16%. >>> it is official, electric torso owe the electors cast their ballots to formalize the r

lincoln park yesterday. that's right behind thurgood marshall elementary school in northeast. school notified parents and planned to hold all activities indoors until this investigation in the park was wrapped up. >>> vicious murder still unsolved after seven years. today the culpeper county sheriff released an open letter asking for any information on the death of cheryl warner. back on december 18, 2005, warner was killed in her home. she had been on the phone with her father, a man knock order her door claiming his car had broken down. she was later found tied up and hanging in the basement with her home set on fire. the officials do not believe the killer was alone. they are hope somethi one will provide the tip they need to make an arrest. >>> it is official the district government has for now given up on its plan to set aside hundreds of special red top meters for disabled drivers. but the decision leaves a lot of confusion about just who can park wear and who has to pay. tom sherwood is here to rye to sort all of it out. sounds like a mess, tom. >> doreen, it is confusin

as he lay pleading to death on the street right here, the gunman calmly walked to the lincoln sedan parked here, got in the passenger side, a get away driver, this side, they took off, calmly, went down the street here along 58th took the right town at the light down 7th avenue and completely disappeared. cops may, given the amount of cameras, may have a license plate but they have not told us. >>shepard: 58th street, take a right open 7th avenue you are going through the crossroads of the world, 7th avenue at times square and somehow that vehicle just got lost? you cannot even move in that traffic much less get lost. >>jonathan: they actually say a witness for a couple of minutes, or a few seconds, they were stopped at the red light but the calm of the hit hand and the driver, they did not panic and the cops say they were very calm and indeed it appears they have been waiting for this victim. the car was parked here at least ten minutes beforehand. we have seen a video from the cops. look at this from the same surveillance video. you can see the gunman get out. he doesn't have his hood up

convicted bank robbers was found and arrested here in a small apartment building in chicago's lincoln parkanks arrested here without incident. he was not armed at the time and neighbors tell me they heard a loud bang and saw him walking out and just like the photograph that we broadcasted on television of the convicted bank robbers. they broke out of the metropolitan correctional center in the dead of night and looked like they made a rope out of the bed sheets and broke through the wall and lowered themselves from the high rise prison 15 or 20 stories down to freedom. they were seen catching a taxicab on michigan avenue and went to the robber's mother's house in the south suburb. last night the f.b.i. made an arrest and we hope to learn more today. back to you. >> allyson: a rope of bed sheets so effective but today. >> steve: he was the judge to the supreme court and sparked an epic battle and changed the politics of picking judicial nominees. robert borks role can't be defined by the failed nomination or water gate. but he should be remembered for a different reason. the dean of the uni

we mean the lincoln that's been parked in many an upscale garage. now with other lucks you're eep brands having passed it by, reliable old lincoln is getting a relaunch. deny reynolds will go out and kick the tires. ♪ i like a new lincoln ♪ with all of its class >> reporter: it was for heads of state and hollywood heavyweigh heavyweights. in its heyday, to own a lincoln meant one thing: you had made it. but that was a long time ago. >> we took our foot off the accelerator, which happens sometimes. you know, that's that and today is today. >> reporter: lincoln's long road back to the top later on sunday morning. >> osgood: when we speak of raising the bar this morning, it's a specific chocolate bar we're talking about. a gourmet confection that is hoping to improve lives overseas thanks to one of hollywood's big stars. our seth doane went along. >> reporter: the slimy seeds inside these cocoa pods will be transformed into something sweet. thanks in part to a super star supporter. ben affleck. >> i thought, you know, what kind of a life can i lead to m

. >>> showers from at&t park to lincoln way didn't the great highway across lake merced, daly city, oceanue towards cesar chavez, heading towards candlestick now, colma, daly city, south san francisco, san bruno, a light shower coming your way piedmont getting it redwood road, foothill boulevard out of alameda, robert davie, jr. drive getting wet now. rohnert park around pepper road we are seeing moderate rain at least the radar is thinking there's moderate rain there. that's what we are going to get, waves of light to moderate, quick-moving showers. rainfall won't be a lot but enough to keep the roads slick once again and aggravate you as you are trying to get around this afternoon or this morning, low to upper 40s through 7:00. low to mid 50s from noon through the around. showers start to taper after the sunsets, still wet weather possible 7:00, low to mid 40s for you. put the wet weather gear away tomorrow. light rain develops friday, better chance of wet weather towards saturday, temperatures in the 50s then. time for another check of traffic. >>> rain falling on the golden gate bridg

capital and proper that he should rest upon the same platform upon which abraham lincoln, president john f. kennedy, rosa parks, and 26 more of this nation's luminaries have lain in state. dan inouye was an institution and deserves to spend at least another day in this beautiful building in which he dedicated his life. as the second longest-serving senator in our history, dan inouye represented our 50th state from the first day it was entered into the union, but his traditional service began long before he came to the united states senate. he was just a boy when he heard the warplanes over oahu, saw the bombs dropped on pearl harbor, and ran to gave aid to the wounded. he was still a teenager when he volunteered to serve this nation overseas, even though his people had been declared enemy aliens. and i am reminded, looking at another secretary year, who served in one of those internment camps. senator inouye became a member of the most highly decorated unit in the history of the united states military. that says it all. after being gravely wounded in italy, his arm was amputated. he spent 21 months recuperatin

baker beach with the golden gate bridge closed due to erosion park self has blocked after off the section of the trail that runs along side lincolnboulevard north of the pacific overlook in san francisco, signs are posted to warn hikers and bikers to take cult knits while engineers work on a repair -- to take alternates, while engineers work on repair.q we wanted to let you know that was happening before the weekend. here we look from -- yeah, we are looking from vollmer peak in the east bay hills camera looking off towards the northwest from sutro towards mount diablo clouds low, not low enough to be touching diablo once they get that low the rain will start falling. wanted to go back to this picture this is watsonville, the storm track wanted show you, this is where the waterspout came ashore, across the crops then hit some of the greenhouses there and keep traveling to san antonio dry yas road, only -- and andre yes, sir road, enough to create damage from that 75 mile per hour wind. that's the path of the tornado. let's take about what is going on now.rh- you can see the first wave of wet weather, it did fall from the sky, jus

baker beach with the golden gate bridge closed due to erosion park self has blocked after off the section of the trail that runs along side lincolnevard north of the pacific overlook in san francisco, signs are posted to warn hikers and bikers to take cult knits while engineers work on a repair -- to take alternates, while engineers work on repair.q we wanted to let you know that was happening before the weekend. here we look from -- yeah, we are looking from vollmer peak in the east bay hills camera looking off towards the northwest from sutro towards mount diablo clouds low, not low enough to be touching diablo once they get that low the rain will start falling. wanted to go back to this picture this is watsonville, the storm track wanted show you, this is where the waterspout came ashore, across the crops then hit some of the greenhouses there and keep traveling to san antonio dry yas road, only -- and andre yes, sir road, enough to create damage from that 75 mile per hour wind. that's the path of the tornado. let's take about what is going on now.rh- you can see the first wave of wet weather, it did fall from the sky, just ev

it's proper that he should rest upon the lincoln platform upon which abraham lincoln, president john f. kennedy, rosa parks, and 26 others of this nation's luminaries have lain in state. dan inouye was an institution and deserves to spend at least another day in this beautiful building in which he dedicated his life. as a second longest serving senator in our history, dan inouye represented our 50 #th state on the first day was admitted to the union, but his tradition of service began long before he came to the united states senate. he was just a boy when he heard the war planes, the drop on pearl harbor, andgan to give aid to the wounded. he was 13 when he volunteered to serve the nation overseas even though his people have been declared aliens, and looking at secretary here, who served in one of those intournament camps. senator inouye became a member of the regimennal combat team, the most highly decorated unit in the history of the united states' military. that says it all. after being gravely wounded in italy, senator's arm of amputated, spent 21 months recooperating from the wounds in an army hospita

and it's proper he should rest upon the lincoln platform upon which abram ham lincoln, president john f. kennedy, rosa parks, and 26 more of this nation's luminaries have lane in state. -- layne in state. dan inouye was an institution and deserves to spend at least another day in this beautiful building in which he dedicated his life. as the second longest serving senator in our history, dan inouye represented our 50th state from the first day it was admitted to the union. but senator inouye's tradition of service began long before he came to the united states senate . he was just a boy when he heard the war planes over oahu, saw the bombs drop on pearl harbor, and ran to give aid to the wounded. he was still a teen when he volunteered to serve this nation overseas even though his people have been declared enemy aliens. and i'm reminded looking at secretary norm mineta here who served in one of those internment camps. senator inouye became a member of the famed 442nd reg mental combat team, the most highly decorated unit in the history of the united states military. that says it all. after being gravely wou

i was proud to be ary public i had can, the party of abraham lincoln and teddy roosevelt who started the national parks but today, it seems the leadership of the republican party has become a lot more rigid, a lot more challenging. when you look at issues, soledad, like immigration. talk about deportation. when you talk about education, they defund it. talk about voter suppression, they deny voting to people, and i just can't embrace that anymore and be true to myself. >> let me read some of your own quotes back to you. hard to be more conservative than i am on the issues. back on 2009. pro life, pro gun, pro family, i'm anti tax. have you changed on those four specific things? >> no, i'm not saying that at all. i'm pro life, but i don't believe in imposing my will on other people. i believe people should support and protect the second amendment. i believe raising taxes isn't something anybody wants to do. certainly i never wanted to do it as a legislator or as governor. i believe in public safety. i believe in protecting the environment. i live in florida, the most beautiful state in the country in my

park. would the first buildings that was built in that area was a bar called the little shamrock, and it is still there just west of lincoln, just west from ninth avenue. it was built to help service people who were working on the big winter fair. they are still hoping the neighborhood. >> it is an offshoot of the 1892-8093 columbian exposition in chicago. when they were done, san francisco said bring it here. >> that is the chicken ranch. the building to the east of that is the chicken ranch, and you can see beyond to the west all sand dunes and hollows and gullies. that is one of the row houses we were talking about. as late as 1910, there were crackdowns and vice raids [laughter] >> that is a good way to say it. >> that is the racetrack grandstand. >> that is huge. >> opening day in 1895 through 14,000 people. they put a train line to it. they had a street car line. it was a big deal in those days, horse racing was. >> reason really interesting progress about car bill. tell us about what cargo was. >> in 1895, adolph sutro owned a couple blocks of land, which were sand dunes. the pavement, the streets. south of golden g

lincoln, the great emancipator. it was the party of teddy roosevelt who founded and set up our national park system and cared about theonment. those things are important to me. when the party start eed moving away from those thing and taking away the sunday before election to vote. there's a great tradition after church to go and vote in states that have early voting. it just seemed to me there was real suppression going on, it wasn't a tolerant party, it wasn't doing what was right for the environment or public education. i'm a public school kid. my dad was on the school board when i was a kid. i have three sisters, two have been public school teachers here in florida. i have a heart for that kind of thing, and it means an awful lot to me. people have told me for a long time, chris, charlie, you have really been a democrat, you just didn't know it. i mean, these are people that i went to college with and went to law school with. >> are you going to lead the charge -- >> so i'm bloglad to be here. >> are you going to lead the charge around the country for people who were republicans to become democrats. >> i think the

parks and recreation. >>> game on, movie fans. they gave out their awards and the bulk went to two live stories, "lincoln" and "zero dark 30."ell, anyway, the l.a. times had a fascinating article about how this influential group, the critics, is an oscar predictor. and by the way, they honored frankenweenie. you can prevent gas with beano meltaways, or treat gas with these after you get it. now that's like sunblock before or sun burn cream later. oh, somebody out there's saying, now i get it! take beano before and there'll be no gas. >>> if you're a conservative republican you might feel under attack this morning. a series of events point to a growing concern over the right wing of the party. the conservative party group lashed out at the house speaker in an e-mail saying boehner was asking members to go back on their promise not to raise taxes on the american people. the house steering committee booted four for crossing the line too often, three of them tea party leaders. and freedom works founder dick armey has quit under what seems to be unpleasant circumstances. he has not said why he has completely cut ties with that gr

some of the side streets near lincoln avenue could also see minor flooding. of course, here in veterans memorial park's also supposed to flooding. city officials have closed off access to the park to the public in case that happens later on this afternoon. back out your life, i want to show you the water levels here. you can see the fans that is usually lining the banks of the river. water is almost to the top of that. it's probably just a couple feet before the fence is completely inundated. you see all of these branches and debris being carried along moving down the river next to us. at 8:30 this morning, just a half hour from now, city emergency officials meeting together for a briefing. they are going to discuss what they will do next, their response should be this river reached the flood stage. later this afternoon and later this hour we are hoping to hear from the services manager. talking a little bit more about what the preparations and what the response will be later this afternoon. channel 2 news. >> there's also major flooding expected near lake topol. that wet weather system expecting to

lincoln elementary school. thanks for bring you these pictures from above, looking down the parking lot.akeshift command center this morning for the police. this a threat originated at lynwood high school and san jose. police were there earlier this morning investigating of vandalism incident and cam across some graffiti on the wall. it directly threatened a male teacher at months of this i school. it also said there was a bomb at the school. san jose police called cupertino pd and classes were canceled. campbell says were evacuated and all roads leading to month of this guy and when the elementary right next door have been closed off. the stores are in place and bomb sniffing dogs and police are working room by room clearing the campus as they go. it is a long process in the last word we had was that it could take at least three hours. class is cancelled for the day, when they will rezone it is still up in the air. as soon as we find out in the newsroom we will let you know. kron4 .com is a great way to stay updated as well as our facebook steve. >> developing is we're following for out

lincoln." i suggest in the house they might pick another spielberg film and watch "jurassic park" because it iss have take yoench the place there. rank and file humiliated him and it is not clear whether john boehner's speakership survives and certainly not clear whether the nation can avoid this fiscal calamity. basically we have a house that's ungovernable right now. it is not going to get any better when the margin is even smaller when the new congress comes in. >> switching gear was both of you. the other big story, of course, in washington, debate over gun control following newtown, connecticut, tragedy. sheer part of what the nra's wayne last pierre said friday. >> politicians pass laws important gun-preschool zones. they issue press releases bragging about them. they post signs advertising them. something doing so, they tell every insane killer in america that schools are the safest place to inflict maximum mayhem with minimum risk. >> he went on to say that congress should act to place armed police officers in every school in this country. did anyone buy into this? >> i think the nra ju

lincoln and others. i was able to place the wreath at the capitol when rosa parks was in that same place, and i just want to say, madam president, how honored i was to get to serve in the senate with mr. inouye. he really not only was a hero in so many ways but i think connected all of us to the greatest generation, as tom brokaw titled that generation, and there was no better example of that quiet, purposeful, heroic dedication to service than the senator from hawaii, the president pro tempore, the chairman of the appropriation committees, but most of all just the great american. last year when school was out, my -- my youngest son charlie was here for lunch and -- in the senate dining room. he saw mr. inouye, and he had seen ken byrne's world war ii documentary where the senator was being -- being recognized. and he said, i saw him in the documentary on world war ii. and i asked senator inouye to come over and speak to charlie and his friends, and he did. and they were so thrilled to meet him. and then when that was over and the senator walked away, charlie then told a story from the documentary where

lincoln, and silver lining playbook. many this is matthew martin and hetlenia . >> speaking of the holidays in keeping in the spirit ice skating in new york this is kind of looks like central parkut there. >> i think i would just tell you guys and not saying. take a look at storm tracker 4 you can see some showers in the east bay and inland areas. a lot of it is clear we are not completely clear. we are expecting on and off rain throughout the day. the wind will pick up as we anticipate frstorm no. 3. are expecting heavy rain and gusty winds this is the strongest of the three. we will started off by taking a look at futurecast for showing scattered light rain in this hour by noontime we will see some clearing along the peninsula but we are not in the clear. by 6:00 p.m. we are dealing with showers and the north bay. 9:00 p.m. is on storm no. 3 is heading our way. pushing in santa rosa brawl in the intensity in the overnight hours. moderate to heavy widespread downpour. by noon time it will be a fast- moving still dealing with a live rain over the heart of the bay. the heaviest rain in the south bay and it will clear off into the evening hours. with this system we have a lot of

i'm from los angeles, but today i want to show you one of my client's homes in lincoln park, chicago. although the architecture of this townhouse is very contemporary, my clients wanted a new space that was very cozy, very warm, friendly and inviting. here in the living room you'll see how i've create that had warm cozy atmosphere by using a lot of different textureal f fabrics. there is an amazing marble back splash to the fireplace which rests under this giant tv. al f. there is an amazing marble back splash to the fireplace which rests under this giant tv.al fa. there is an amazing marble back splash to the fireplace which rests under this giant tv. we had to work with an open concept family room and dining room, so we create this had fabric treatment that hangs from the ceiling to give that you privacy.d this had fabric treatment that hangs from the ceiling to give that you privacy. you'll see the retro light fixture that we've done that sets the mad. and we used geometric design wall paper and offset it with factory gears. and we did a really cool bar that has a glass tile back s