a lot of money it's still a lot of money in this house but it's a step in the right direction and livy i think this new method this new style of calculation is really to impress the finance guys the investors as far as i can so we've heard from the chairman of russia and he's saying it's a positive thing but i mean the underlying problem which is that people want to take money out of the country that's still there very much so it is indeed i think we're going to hear from the chairman and see that he might at contradict what you're saying to snow. to be to russia by its approach. to participate. in a transition. it's not just road to just six. years or so a very substantial number of this is publicly available. information which you need to look to understand so i think positive all of this analysis to show the difference between the russian so if you calculate and perhaps about why you want them that's that's what internationally. so they have it that's his explanation for it all the way as far as the president of russia is conservative a person we know he addressed the country and he

here inside of you bulb then and off to most energy firms hiked prices is the winter months set in livy and people like her face a cold or dark a festive season according to south to buy a new boiler plate on in the bedroom still in the evening to wilna bedroom up so now they don't know if there's a big bill now that sounds like a rose or something. but nothing on a cabinet. that is a while right yeah yeah more and more britons are turning off their heating and then run up to a whole week christmas and they're using these hot water bottles instead according to hospital the money saving trend comes in the high price of it's own with soaring numbers of buttons and injuries it isn't just the cost of fuel christmas essential will soon be worth their weight in gold the average price of turkey has risen seven percent since last year a family bird setting you back a whopping fifty five pounds on your christmas cards an average pack of twelve costs ten percent more this holiday and with printer ink now pricier than champagne you can forget about making your own to save money besides postage doe

. >> and later tonight the tug boat helped keep pearl harbor open after a day livi >>> some families the east bay now have $20,000 available home.yqÑ7Ñ wells fargo hosting an event this weekend called city lift. abc 7 news is live foróq-= us in oakland with the story. >> this program focused on nine cities here in the east bay. hard hit by the crisis, there are a lot of folks who need just a little help buying a home. >> we got the money! >> glenn tailor is celebrating she qualified for 20,000s ndz down payment assistance from wells fargo bank. >> the dream has come true. >> dreams do come true. they do. >> wells fargo reaching out to hundreds of families trying to help them with $20,000 towards a down payment on a home. sean coleman lined up at 6:00 a.m. one of the first to find out he qualified. >> exciting day? >> yes. better than a birthday! >> would wish you best. >> not everyone who applies will qualify. applicants must have a consistent income ask strong credit history. for those who do qualify the $20,000 will being forriven if the buyer stays in the home five years. or owe p

which is entitlements and think about the dynamic shift in the demographics, people are geing older, liviulation is not growing at much to mike catastrophic. if they don't do something realistic to curb spending problem. lou: as of tonight it looks like there is nothing ealistic going on in washington d.c. imagine that. it is s money and where it goes. you heard me talk for years about importae of our middle class and respect for those who work. no matter what the job. next, a terrific author wse new book celebrates the workers of what she calls hidden american coal. coal miners are part of what my next guest calls the hidden american, the people we seldom notice, but who do theobs that make our lives livable and make this nation work, joining me now is jean-marie it is great to have you with us, congratulations, a terrific book, i love the fact that you focus on the people who as you suggestion, with the title, we don't think enough about who we don't resct enough who we don't express enough gratitude for, what made you start on this book. >> the notion that we're really disconnected. th

here the 1% of the poultry world can cluck around in a coup fitted with a livi room, modeled on the palaceens? the chandelier, the artwork. is there any evidence they're going to lay better eggs in this environment? >> no, but you as the farmer will be encouraged and inspired. >> reporter: fancy chickens do lay colored eggs, green and red. i tried one. it's really good. really good. i would definitely pay $100,000 for that egg. dan harris, abc news, new york. >> give it some gas, dan. give it some gas. >> the jet pack looks cool. we can all agree on that. the hen house, come on, now. that's how i get home from work every day. just float down central park west and i'm back home just like that. that looks like a good gift because that's something if you have that kind of money you can get into, you know what i mean? >> until you crash it. >> i don't have that kind of money. merry christmas, everybody. don't have that kind of money. merry christmas, everybody.

all across opportunitown, livi l memorials springing up. good morning, america.e in sandy hook. elizabeth in new york. we can feel the anger and fear rippling across the country. the president saying, america has to change, we have to change. so many parents, teachers, citizens asking, what can be done? what can be done to stop this mindless violence we have seen too much of in america in recent years? we'll examine those questions all week long all across the abc news programs. as we search for solutions. >>> this morning, parents wondering, what can we do today? are my children safe when i send them to school? security beefed up across the country as kids head back to school at this moment. >>> and we're going celebrate the hero principal. she put her students first, sacrificed her own life. we'll hear from her family in an abc news exclusive. >> as all those children around the country are going back the school this monday morning, we're going have some young children here in the studio in a tribute of their own to the victims. you saw the children on "saturda