so from long island to new york city, and long island to new jersey, long island to pennsylvania, long island to connecticut. those were things that made me want to see the world. because of those experiences. and the individuals who took me to those places, because i could not go on my own, those were my angels. they looked out for me. tavis: you mentioned your brother and your sister. it is the case that you never close on the death of a loved one like you close on a house. it is never too far from you. >> yeah. tavis: but i got the sense watching the documentary on you, a brilliant acumen tree, and reading the book that -- a brilliant documentary, and reading the book that you still carry your brother who was lost at 16? >> i was 19 and he was 16. he suffered for a couple of years without us really knowing what the problem was. that was part of the closure aspect that was a problem for the whole family. alexis,e and my sister, we could run and jump and we were kind of athletically built then he was less athletically built. he was small. and he was always playing with us, but he didn

>> guest: picture the landfill of codes and they have generations on long island. back then, i found out that a lot of these families just knew each other because they were very few and they would stay and grow and purchase additional land. so he knew the area and have left to go to school and goes back so the first stop he makes is to the grammar school abraham woodhall who was convinced it would be somebody that he could trust. as far as we could tell he was the last remaining son. his older brother had died and abraham was working and depended on his sisters and parents to really be the man of the house because he was really buff and his dad was kind of sick o that also he was sickly. he reminds me of a steve the kind of person but his heart was in the right place. >> host: c. he's a farmer. >> guest: right and like so many to pick it as somebody as this whole thing you guys fight the war. i have a farmer. i'm not ready to fight for it. just leave me out of this. what happened is the british became so oppressed in many ways and acted like thugs and crooks but it

long island? >> guest: picture long island, picture a very rural land full of coves and some swampy areas especially near the water. and benjamin talmadge live right by the water with his family who had generation's on long island. everyone knew them and back then, i was -- i found out a lot of the families knew each other because there were very few and they would stay and grow and purchase additional land. so talmadge knew the area and left to go to school and goes back so the first stop he makes his to his grammar school mate abraham would halt who is convinced it would be somebody you can trust. as far as we can tell he is the last remaining son and his older brother had died and abraham is working in the depended on him for his sisters and parents depend on them to be the man of the house because he was robust and his dad was kind of sickly and also he was kind of sickly. he reminds me of a steve deutsch any type of person but his heart was in the right place. >> host: she's an independent fo

long island? >> guest: picture lock island, picture rural land full of coves and some swampy areas, especially near the water, and he lived by the water with his family who had generations on the -- everyone knew him, and back then, i was found out that a lot of the families knew each other because there were few, they would stay, grow, and purchase additional lands. he knew the area, left to go to school, goes back, and so the first stop he makes is to his grammar school schoolmates, abraham woodhall, who is convinced is somebody he can trust. abraham, as far as we can tell, the last remaining son, his older brother died, and abraham, i was working the farm and depended on for his sisters and parents, depended on to be the man of the house because he was robust and dad was sickly. his heart was in the right place. >> an independent farmer? >> guest: right, and like so much depicted as someone that the war thing, you guys fight the war. i have to farm. you guys, i have the ax, and this ax, but i'm

>> i was just there and at his house, . >> host: long island? >>. >> guest: and our rural land of long island and some swampy areas near the water and benjamin tallmadge to live dry by though water everybody knew them. a at a lot of these families just knew each other because there were few a of they would stay a year and grow. he knew the area and he went back. the first copy made -- stop he bade was to abraham of what hall who was convinced it was somebody he could trust. he is the last remaining son a and the older brother had died a and abraham was dependent upon his sisters and parents for him to be the man of the house. his dad was sickly and so was he. but his heart was in the right place. >> host: so he was a farmer. >> guest: and like others you fight the war. i have to farm. i am not happy with the stamp act but i am not ready to fight to. leave me out. but the british became so oppressive acting like thugs and crooks they would militarize the whole area to the people that were in different mobilized him and he was doing suspicious thi

the waterfront estate is surrounded by the open waters of the long island sound. as he will see, the home's interior is definitely beautiful. hi. we are here on this beautiful day in larchmont, new york, overlooking the harbor. i am the architect that designed the reconstruction of this 1950's home. there's a lot to show you, so let's get started. at we deliberately.ouse the simplicity of the portico belies the magnificence of the rest of the home. once inside the front door, the first thing you see is this amazing beer. this -- this amazing view. this writer waterfront estate is surrounded with 270 great views of larchmont harbor and long island sound. leads us toairwell a calm and comfortable sanctuary. fireplaceis the big surrounded by really cozy chairs. it's a great place to get some work done or have a friendly conversation. is complemented by this grand living room. it is surrounded by water on three sides and it's really about bringing the outside in. to that extent we designed the room to resemble the bridge of the ship. a lot of this is 20th century mode

we love long island!ong island. >> a smidgeon. >> jimmy: do you have anything like this? >> this is very sexy. i like it. [ laughter ] i'll wear it for my boyfriend. >> jimmy: yeah, you have to. want to try it on now? >> all right. >> jimmy: a leopard print going there, right? >> whats better than leopard? >> jimmy: i like leopard, fake zebra, doesn't matter. you're going to really -- already i can tell it's going to be great. >> oh, boy. >> jimmy: yeah, your boyfriend is gonna freak out. oh yeah, this is what i'm talking it. wow! [ cheers and applause ] wow. oh, my gosh! is that your boyfriend right there? yeah, he's psyched up, look he's psyched. he's excited right there. oh, my gosh. you look gorgeous. congratulations, happy holidays. good to see you, pal. love that. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: keep watching all this week. we'll be giving away a christmas sweater every night. we'll be right back, with "late night hashtags!" [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ you know, ronny... folks who save hundreds of

on larry king now long island medium to receive the bugle they had suffered from anxieties for many years and what i learned was that it was fair trying to communicate with me she's in studio and channeling the dead and we'll close to him yes because he told me that you with a son that he never had she says you used to not make me feel sick he looks i'm very spooky right now that is a spot on all next on larry king now. welcome to larry king now we're teresa computer the internationally renowned medium her show long island medium is currently in its fourth season it airs sundays at nine pm eastern eight center on t.l.c. she's also written a new book called there's more to life than this healing messages remarkable stories and insight about the other side from long island medium to receive computer we have a studio audience with us today and teresa will do some readings in a little bit but let's start from the beginning when when did you know you could talk to the beyond i didn't know until i was actually the age of twenty eight i actually thought it was normal i mean as a child i used to

and and he told me the story of how he came and how he began telling seem of the wonders of long island and how they followed. so that was really great. eventually, of course, i had to go and understand the forces that had pushed people out of ecuador. because, as you know, immigration is a two-way process. there's a pull and a push effect, right? the pulling that we do with our way of life and the fact that we pay better wages and that we have jobs. not all the time, but usually. and the push is when immigrants leave for whatever reason. so i had to go to the village to find that. i found a really pretty village, crisscrossed by rivers, surrounded by mountains with an abundance of food and very, very kind people many of whom don't want to leave. and they're doing well. not very well, but well enough to stay. it's a village that has changed dramaticallybecause of migration. in fact, i remember standing at a point in the village where the person who was helping me who was a reporter, he was the owner of the local paper in town, the local weekly, he showed me a dividing line, and he said

it was this very small community in long island.any people who grew up in the great neck area who say, my father worked there, my brother worked there. they were all getting these jobs right out of school and making money. here we are, belonging to all the golf clubs and flying around. they get caught up in all of the greed. >> slippery slope. >> it will happen again. you have lots of different types of companies. most brokerage firms are good. they are trying to sell stocks. they are pushing and selling, but they are selling real stocks. these were not real stocks. there was a stock called child roback's. it was supposed to be a great new company that would help obese children get fit. there was a warehouse in new jersey with an exercise bike. it did not mean anything. they pumped it up and then just let it go drop down to zero. >> did you have any interaction with jordan? >> no. his partner, we deposed him twice. then we had all the other brokers. we never saw jordan. i'm not sure where jordan was. maybe he was already in jail. >>

they had to move from their home on long island back and forth.he would be there in the summer when he was the civil service commissioner in washington. she was used to packing up the servants in the households and moved back and forth. she is somebody who knew how to manage things. he was not good with money. he overdrew his checking account all the time. she would organize him and the children. she was a good manager. that is what the first lady needs to do. >> one of the things that has been delightful about the series there are up couple of things. we are learning a lot, but we also learn in what you are interested in. in a few minutes, we will take telephone calls. let me give you the phone numbers. also, a conversation already going on facebook. you can join it by logging on facebook's c-span page and log into the mix. what we will be asking tonight about edith roosevelt and her husband and children. finally, we are taking tweets. a hashtag for the series we did not have in the first session, @firstladies. we will mix all of that up over the

marcello a 37-year-old ecuadorian immigrant who was beaten to death by a group of teenagers on long island in 2008. this is about 25 minutes. >> i feel like i'm in my living room having a conversation. i am really very glad that you were here tonight. i almost didn't make it, but that is another story. as many of you know, my book "hunting season" is about a horrible crime that took place november 8, 2008 in long island when a group of teenagers attacked and killed an immigrant from ecuador. his name was marcello. he wasn't alone that night. he was walking with his friend who survived the attack but marcelo did not. there were many reasons i was a track to the story. one of them was the nature of the crime. i found out very early on that these young people coming and cy were very young. they went to entertainment to go around hunting for beaners which is what they call immigrants. for some of the undocumented immigrants from mexico in the profession they kept talking about how they were looking for illegals from mexico. so, i was horrified by that, of course as anybody would be, the fact t

own larry king now long island medium to receive the butyl that suffered from anxieties for many years and what i learned was that it was fair trying to communicate with me she's in studio and shadowing the bed and we'll close to her yes because he told me that you with a son that he never had she says you know still not make me feel sick he looks i'm very spooky right now that is a spot on all next on larry king now. welcome to larry king now where terrorists are computer all the internationally renowned medium her show long island medium is currently in its fourth season.

>> i was just there and at his house, . >> host: long island? >>. >> guest: and our rural land of long island and some swampy areas near the water and benjamin tallmadge to live dry by though water everybody knew them. a at a lot of these families just knew each other because there were few a of they would stay a year and grow. he knew the area and he went back. the first copy made -- stop he bade was to abraham of what hall who was convinced it was somebody he could trust. he is the last remaining son a and the older brother had died a and abraham was dependent upon his sisters and parents for him to be the man of the house. his dad was sickly and so was he. but his heart was in the right place. >> host: so he was a farmer. >> guest: and like others you fight the war. i have to farm. i am not happy with the stamp act but i am not ready to fight to. leave me out. but the british became so oppressive acting like thugs and crooks they would militarize the whole area to the people that were in different mobilized him and he was doing suspicious thi

antoinette, news 12, long island. >> hopefully, the happy ending for that little poodle as well.flores with much more on the newsroom. >> thank you. hopefully, i'll see you next week. >> we will. >> thank you very much. >> next hour of "newsroom" begins right now. >> we got some breaking news this afternoon from the world of international sports. a legendary figure in formula one racing is in critical condition in france. michael schumaker, the winningest driver had a bad skiing accident today in the french alps. the latest news is that schumaker suffered su veer head trauma. he needed immediate brain surgery and is in a coma right now. staying with cnn, we will update you in a few minutes. again, german racing lengd, michael hu

says many of you know, my book is about a horrible crime that took placeand november 8, 2008 in long island with a group of teenagers attacked ande killed in immigrant.t he was not alone that night but walking with his friendw to survived but marcello did not.i there were many reasons why i was attracted to the story. one was the nature i found out early on that in high school, made it a practice, sport if you will, or entertainment to go around hunting for beaners, which is what they call immigrants. for somebody on that immigrated from mexico. they talk about how they were looking for illegals from mexico. so i was horrified by that, of course, as anybody would be, the fact that young people think so little of human life as to go out hunting for people as they were preyed. i wrote a story about study, two sociologists released from university, state university of albany, in which they said immigrants where no longer going to the city. they were, in fact, bypassing the cities and moving to suburb suburbia. that was happening all over the country, not just with hispanic immigrants, but all

>> guest: long island. c-span: long island. and la bourget is in paris. >> guest: in paris. c-span: a--and... >> guest: and... c-span: go ahead. >> guest: and it took him 33 hours. c-span: did he stop anywhere along the way? >> guest: no. c-span: and it--had any woman flown--in 1927, that would've been, i guess--had any woman flown over the atlantic at all? >> guest: oh, no. no. c-span: not in any planes? >> guest: no. c-span: 'cause somewhere in your book, you say that back when flying was really active, in the early days, that 95 percent of the passengers were men. >> guest: yes. c-span: why was that? >> guest: well, because w--women were afraid of flying, so one of the reasons why--but--but this comes later, a few years later, when--when airlines started to come into being, they decided that they had to give publicity to women so that women would begin to think that they could, in fact, fly and that men would realize that if women flew, they shouldn't be afraid of airplanes. c-span: we'll come back to the book in a moment. i wanna ask you a little bit about yourself. wher

about horrible crime, that's one of the ways to describe it, on november 8, 2008 in a patch of long island when a group of teenagers attacked and killed an immigrant from ecuador. he was not alone that night, walking with his best friend, and he survived the the attack, but the other did not. there were many reasons why i was attracted to the story. one of themfuls the nature of the crime. i found out early on that this young people, and they were very young, they were 17 and 18 at the time, juniors and seniors in high school, made it a practice, sport if you will, or entertainment to go around hunting for beaners, which is what they call immigrants. for somebody on that immigrated from mexico. they talk about how they were looking for illegals from mexico. so i was horrified by that, of course, as anybody would be, the fact that young people think so little of human life as to go out hunting for people as they were preyed. i wrote a story about study, two sociologists released from university, state university of albany, in which they said immigrants where no longer going to the city. the

it was unique to long island, one of the earliest places where people who had no association with long island from across the country and across the world's came to long island to see and be seen. if you had money, if you aspired to a title, if you really aspired to a title you could buy one for your daughter. that was often done with long island residents. it was definitely in the 1920s the place you needed to maintain a seasonal home. not a primary home. a home you only use two or three months a year and really let your hair down. what happened with the great gatsby, the story starts in 1922 with a former army officer from the midwest who meets a young lady in 1917 in louisville, ky ecb. [telephone ringing] >> the daughter of a wealthy family in louisville, horse breeding country, he falls in love with her, goes into the army in world war i and emerges at the other end, multimillionaire. in the meantime the love of his life, daisy mary's on man named tom buchanan, a yale graduate, there is some indication she is grieving for gatsby but goes a hand maries buchanan any way. a village k

we're on long island.ter at the same location. >> i think that dog sees the hydrant through the window. >> he's telling his story right now. >> thank you all for coming. >> thank you so much for having us. >> coming up on this wednesday, nancy pelosi said democrats would be proud to run on obamacare. not one congressman. he's just announce -- one congressman will not seek reelection and the woman ready to take his seat here next. >> right. and does this sound familiar? your wife talks to her mom three times a day. is she normal or nuts? dr. keith ablow will decide and then he'll referee. ♪ ♪ wisest kid, am i forgetting something? no holiday's complete without campbell's green bean casserole. wish you were here. ♪ [ doorbell ] [ gasps ] ♪ [ gong ] [ wisest kid ] m'm! m'm! good! ♪ doing it with a cold, just not going to happen. ♪ vicks dayquil powerful non-drowsy 6-symptom cold & flu relief. ♪ no matter what city you're playing tomorrow... [ coughs ] [ male announcer ] ...you can't let a cold keep you up ton

(applause) ♪ bennett: hicksville, long island. billy might have been the kid next door. i knew i was not going to be a concert pianist. i just wanted to play music. ♪ you had to be a big shot, didn't ya ♪ bennett: he tried every style of music... and haircut. nine years of imitating other people, and he was going nowhere. he quit new york to hide out in l.a., and took a job at a piano bar. (piano playing) (harmonica playing) one night, he sat at his piano-- a painter at his easel-- creating a poignant world so real, you could see it as you heard it. ♪ it's 9:00 on a saturday ♪ the regular crowd shuffles in ♪ ♪ there's an old man... bennett: so began his journey to set to paper a young man's hopes and heartaches. ♪ a bottle of white ♪ a bottle of red ♪ perhaps a bottle of rosé instead ♪ ♪ what's the matter with the clothes i'm wearing ♪ ♪ can't you tell that your tie's too wide? ♪ ♪ well, we're living here in allentown ♪ ♪ and they're closing all the factories down ♪ ♪ out in bethlehem, they're killing time ♪ ♪ tell her about it ♪ tell her everything you feel ♪ give her e

. >>> en otro centro comercial en long island, new york ruidos que retumbaron como balazos, clientes>>> el mal tiempo arruinÓ la navidad a muchas familias con intensas lluvias en el sur y fuertes nevadas en el norte, el pronostico tiene a muchos en alerta por posibles inundaciones y otros por el extremo frÍo. >>> asÍ corrian los rÍos en tabasco. las lluvias sorprendieron a todos en el estado. el agua comenzÓ a subir por las calles de la capital villa hermosa y el 24 de diciembre en lugar de nochebuena tuvieron una mala noche. >>> merecemos pasar una vida tranquila, una vida en familia, navidad en familia, compartir el pan. >>> el frente frÍo nÚmero 20 provocÓ lluvias inesperadas, rÍos crecieron arriba de su punto crÍtico, al menos 50 familias tuvieron que dejar sus casas y a lo zarlojaralojarse c familias o albergues del gobierno. >>> nos ayudaron a sacar a mi suegra y un poco de ropa que es lo que llevamos atrÁs. >>> en tabasco nadie olvida las inundaciones de noviembre del aÑo 2007, el agua arrasÓ con poblaciones enteras y muchos lo perdieron todo, el gobierno prometiÓ obras hidrÁu

she lives out on long island, new york. here she is with your wild it kwis. them a crust of bread. then this big tom comes running up. >> that one turkey went down the line and took all four bits of that bread. >> very polite. >> still good to be cautious here. they're sticking theirs out here to come and get the bread. >> they know debbie. they trust her. she's known as the pet lady. word gets around. >> i appreciate her sentiment not to eat turkey, i'll eat chicken. >> keep in mind, turkeys need to eat too. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> during the holiday season, you're probably hosting a ton of really cool dinner parties. you have to be aware of the presentation, the table setup. very important element. the napkin. so i have really cool awesome ways to fold your holiday napkin. we have the crown. >> what is that? >> a candle. >> that's awesome. >> this is undoubtedly my favorite. >> is a shoe. >> that looks difficult. >> that doesn't look easy. >> wow. >> that's awesome. >> the rose. that is something. >> because we have a very crafty host here, i'm putting us to the test. esp

. >>> panic today at a long island mall after security guards tried to arrest a shoplifting suspect. the suspect was running from security when he knocked over a display case. shoppers mistook it for gunshots. three people suffered minor injuries in all the chaos. the suspect was taken into custody. >>> after one of the largest retail breaches in u.s. history, investigators are warning customers of possible scams. target is going to post copies of all communications between customers. the secret service and the department of justice investigating that breach. >>> fugitive national security agency edward snowden has given an interview to the "washington post post." after 14 hours of conversations, his impression of snowden was he acted like he has goals were achieved. >> he's talking about his whole purpose was to make the information available to the american public so it could decide what kinds of electronic surveillance with. >> after making public top secret information about the u.s. government's surveillance of its citizens and allies, snowden fled the country. he now resides in

couldn't believe i went to long island university and didn't know about it. and mystery. i felt like i was pursuing a story that was developing while i was pursuing something that was done 200 years ago. and i went and visited the graves of these five men and i thought -- the sixth is a woman we have yet to identify -- i saw how nondescript they were. >> these six helped behind the scenes to win a war for washington. >> civilian spies. a seaman, long horman, a grocery -- longshoreman, grocery store owner, primmer, like a journalist, riffington, then you have a -- the long shoremen, the socialite, and the one who put it together was a captain, and i got his first-hand account of working with washington, putting the ring together, being on occupied long island in new york city, right near manhattan, where the british called their headquarters so they needed a cover store. a bartendser bartendser who wene biz horse. you have trouble getting in your car. these guys are going by horse to pick up supplies, but really picking up letters. >> people are responding to

it really tapers off as it gets towards long island, but we'll certainly watch how this storm develops days. >> dave warren thank you very much. and thank each and every one of you for watching al jazeera america. check us out 24 hours a day by going to aljazeera.com. off. civil war deepens in syria. the 113th congress was sworn in and then didn't get that much done. 2013 is about to enter the history books the first draft looking back at the year that was is the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. we didn't look ahead to 2013 on this program a year ago. because this network wasn't on the air and i was working somewhere else.

. >> fresh off a shootout win, the capital saved their best for last against long island. after paying the hero -- playing the hero yesterday, another great figure today. less than a minute to go, 2-1 islanders, the past to braxton -- backstrom, who lights the lamp. in overtime, the caps have the numbers. leaves it for alex ovechkin, who scores the 21st goal of the year. the capitals win-3-2. the wizards hosting the hawks. the jumper,r, nothing but net. up by 18. now the lead cut down to two. john wall, nobody is better than haman driving the lane. 26 points. the wizards win, 108-101. after the dreaded ice the kicker gone wrong move, maryland had to bounce back from bc. the not seem like a hard thing to do in north carolina. tim brant called the game. first quarter, 7-3 wolfpack. brown, look at the bomb, nigel came with the great catch. 53 yard touchdown. first, brown, why not, keeping it for himself, the option. find the scene, all the way for the 49 yard touchdown. 17-7 terps. they win 41-21. week, uva, tempers flared a bit. morgan moses and james gale both going at it.

>> on long island and lived there till 18 and moved to florida to go to the university of florida. go gators! >> what did your parents do >> >> both of them live in my hometown now. but my mom was in retail and managed greenhouses for many years. my dad is a cpa. >> and they are down in florida? >> they moved to south florida when the twins were five months old. and i dangled them in front of them and it was an easy choice when i took them home after four days >> next call from kathy in new hampshire. >> hi, i am calling -- >> hello, kathy. >> i am calling with an idea and i don't know if it would work, but it might. say you had a 4-5 percent national sales tax on all goods and services and you use this money totally to pay for medicaid. now medicare is taken care of it. so you would cap all of the people not on medicaid and medicare. you would cap the rates that insurance companies could ask of them and lower the price for all of the people that are inbetweens. i wondered what you thought of that idea. >> kathy, why do you think that is a good idea? >> because i think it it would

driver of the car >>> a huge fireball lit up the night sky off a tanker crash injured two people in long island. officers say the truck driver and the driver of the car that was rear-ended were hospitalized after the crash. several parked cars and four homes in the area were also damaged as flames shot up 20 feet in the sky. the truck driver was carrying 12,000 gallons of fuel. >>> nasa has scheduled at least two spacewalks for the crew aboard the international space station to fix a broken cooling system. one of two such systems failed last week prompting nasa to shut down nonessential equipment in science experiments. the first spacewalk is saturday and the second monday. if the repair doesn't work and the remain system fails, the space station crew would have to return to earth. nasa says the folks will work. >>> janet napolitano will lead the opening ceremony in the winter olympics in russia. also named to the delegation is this woman, tennis great billie jean king, who is openly gay. some say it's a move by the president to show the nation's opposition to russia's anti- "gay propaganda" la

underhill's death had shocked a quiet, long island community in 2011. the 18-year-old graduating high school senior disappeared that november. days later, police found his beaten body in a marsh behind an elementary school. the case went cold. >> many cases take a number of months or sometimes years to solve because of evidence snj< basically. >> reporter: police say that liming turned himself in days ago when he learned he would be indicted. but a former classmate now says liming could not have killed underhill. >> they were extremely close. they were literally inseparable. they always laughed together. i never seen them have a fight whatsoever. >> reporter: investigators suspected murder from the beginning because underhill's body was found covered with a wood board, two sticks lodged in his mouth. >> this murder is -- has a lot to do with passion and rage. that's the two key components of this. it is highly personal and it is overkill. >> reporter: mysteriously underhill left behind this yearbook message saying in part, to all of my friends, i'm so

the bulk of the rainfall across long island and in towards new england.monday, it's out of here, but we have to watch the next clipper system move in. relatively quiet after this, but we could get two inches of rainfall and several inches of snow where it's cold enough, and a wintry mix and some areas dealing with power outages from the last ice storm. you mentioned the incredible cold across the northern plains and midwest. we'll in some cases feel 50 below zero. quite a winter for parts of the northern plains and the upper midwest. a quiet new year, we think. however, it's going to be cold, so bill and elizabeth need to bundle up. >> i hope it's not 50 below in times square. >> it won't, but for bill, it will be cold. >> thanks very much. >> you got it. >> housecall is up next, and today, we're counting down some of the biggest medical storyoffs the year, starting with a shocking study predicting an increase in the number of alzheimer's patients, and the recent effort on trying to eliminate trans fats straight ahead. you make a great team. it's been tha

. >> reporter: but for shoppers at this christian gift shop on long island the season largely about jesus to 76.85. >> reporter: owner sarah ryan says customers bought 600 of these magnets this year, three times more than last year. >> they want people to understand what it's all about. and that's a good way of letting them know to keep christ in christmas. >> reporter: from native at this scenes and decoration to his calendars and books, these gifts share the same message that christmas is about more than just santa clause and vacations for shoppers here it's about the religious meaning of the holiday. >> as i get older it's not the commercialism anymore and the presents and the toys it's become more about faith and the birth of jesus. >> reporter: but as the face of america changes, so does the approach to christmas. with increasing numbers of americans viewing it as a shared cultural experience outside of church. roxanne, a al jazerra, new york. >>> coming up a holiday mistake, why thousands of u.p.s. packages will not arrive in time for christmas. all aboard a holiday exhibit in the n

parts of the long island expressway were closed because of black ice. >>> further north, in boston, massachusetts, a few inches of snow made the trip home a nightmare. the city of boston put 400 pieces of equipment on the roads to get them clear. matters were only made worse because blustery winds that were blowing all that snow around. and that really impacted visibility on the roads. >>> there is no more snow in the northeast, for now anyway. but there could be a little near the great lakes. today, the south will be dry. but not the west coast, where there's a storm moving in. >> teens and 20s in new england and upstate new york, and in the northern plains, as well. the gulf coast will see 60s and 70s today. and also some 70s and 80s across southern california and southern arizona. sounds nice. >>> fire crews are reporting some progress in their fight against a wildfire in california's picturesque big sur area. the flames have now scorched just over a square-mile and have destroyed more than 20 buildings, most of them homes. one of the homes that was lost was owned by big sur's fire chief. she

. >> with a rousing holiday cheer from long island, the hofstra university cheerleaders. ♪ >> yep, yep. how do you like me now? >> oh, yeah. >>. ♪ today's going to be the day ♪ i don't believe anybody feels the way i do about you now ♪ >> you like this place? enjoying the party? >> i am. thank you for inviting me. >> what's your name. >> eleanor. >> can you dance the charleston? >> i can. dance the charleston. how about that? >> beautiful. ♪ ♪ she's gone to stay ♪ ain't no sunshine when she's gone ♪ and she's always gone too long ♪ >> i think that stuff we smoked before the segment smells a little funny. >> what? >> i -- anyway -- ♪ >> a little hop like alex did. >> you do the little hop. >> that's great. >> that's close that. -- that's close, that was really close. >> this won't take me any time. >> come on. got a seat for you. nicely done. >> oh, my goodness. >> you are right. that's going to break. it's a pickle. >> hold on. oh, i got a good pickle. >> i had some beans. >> you did. you did have beans? >> that's not fair. >> just brace for it. ♪ >> that's not fair. ♪ >> to you, you a

for delivering millions of cigarettes, tax-free from an indian reservation on long island.me about the stock. i don't think the stock will be affected by this but i want to seat price. >> not affected. it is up .2 of 1%. that is an interesting story, right? probably we'll see fedex pay fines, maybe 52 million is what i'm reading. because of the untaxed cigarettes being sold from 2005 through last year. stuart: okay. lot of money. big winter blast headed for the northeast. the word blizzard is being used. hearing reports of up to eight inches of know in the northeast. possibly a foot. most of the snow will come thursday night into friday. we're going to monitor this for you over the next couple days. it could be a big headache for all of us in the northeast. meantime, here's what we call our go-to storm stocks that we like to look at. shovels and salt from home depot. the stock is up. backup generator, from generac. the stock is unchanged. if you're stranded at home during a snowstorm, maybe they will motivate you to book a trip someplace warm. look at expedia. the stock is

was a think about it, it very small community in long island.s who grew up in that area and said my father worked there or my brother were there because they were all getting these jobs right out of school. caught upey just got in all of the greed. >> how do we know this isn't going to happen again? if you went to a nightclub in new york city tonight, who is paying for these tables, it's traders on the street. >> you have lots of different types of companies. most rogue rich firms are on the up and up, trying to sell stocks, they are pushing and selling but they are selling real stocks. these were not real stocks. there was a stock that was supposed to be a great new company that would help obese children lose weight. was aned out there warehouse in new jersey with an exercise bike and it didn't mean anything. but they sold the stock and anded it up and let it go drop down to zero. >> how does this liquidation work? did you have any interaction with jordan? >> we did not. we deposed his partner twice and we had all the other brokers but we never

we're out here on the sunrise highway out here on long island. u.s.are looking to close out a banner year with a bang. offering consumers some great new year's eve deals in order to ensure that 2013 is, indeed, the best year for auto sales in the last six. here's steven canon. >> the market's going to be hot. the biggest month in the history of our company. december is always big. and we're going to take advantage of that. >> now, december's typically a busy month for high-end automakers like mercedes. spending bonus money and the company's offering deals as they jockey for the title of top-selling luxury brand. but kelly bluebook analyst says other dealers are getting in the holiday spirit, too, helped by an extra dose of incentives from automakers like honda. >> every single unit they sell beyond their december 2012 total, they're providing a cash incentive. >> now, the goal of the automakers boost sales to clear out the 2013 models. with dealers carrying an 80-day supply of vehicles, there's still plenty of product for buyers to choose from while f

about 15 shoppers and workers were hurt when a car smashed into the store in oceanside, new york.on long island. police say an elderly woman lost control of her car - and drove through the store windows. there's no word yet on exactly how it happened. 12 people were taken to the hospital - two of them are seriously hurt. >> here is a weather picture that was submitted. you can see the smoke is flying. we are always welcome in your pictures. you can keep sending them to our facebook page or sending them at to breaking news >> we have a moderate who reigned approaching san francisco. livermore valley is also seen moderate rain. we are seen as low snow levels, right now about 3,000 ft.. the main front, is still well to the north. we have another mechanism that is causing showers. that is where seen now. the cold front that says it will drop substantially over my. >> arraigned for big most part me behalf of an inch and then local snow about 2 1/4 inches. future cast 4 sets of that the wind will start at 8:00 p.m.. when we go through the evening you will see the cold front pushing through. after mid

new york city, long island, nor the and new jersey. , nine inches. home prices in 20 u.s. cities rose in october from a year ago by 13 point six percent. the biggest single year gain in the s&p case schiller index. age when celine inventory limits the supply of homes. starting tomorrow, people in colorado will be able to legally buy weed. yes, it will be legal and year after colorado and washington voters made the sale legal. according to colorado law, residents with a photo idea can legally buy up to one ounce of pot. those of out-of-state candidate quarter ounce. 2013.pup we are taking a look ahead at the stories that will make headlines in the coming year. joining us is jeff hazell. he is also a strategy consultant for a giant number of fortune 500 companies. probably 501. >> i think that it is right there. first of all, everyone has been talking about mobile for years. this is the most personal device there is in the world. this will be finally the year of mobile. we will be talking about a lot more. companies will take advantage all of this information. you have been

a christmas wish coming true for a 6-year-old from long island, new york. the wish wasn't like most kids he asked santa for fingers so he can play he had a prosthetic arm but didn't fit right. insurance would not pay for a new one a family friend set up a go fund me campaign. they raised enough money, twice as much to help pay for a new high tech arm. that is great. >> really wonderful. >> michael finney here to answer questions you sent to him. and from a twitter use yes, this one. >> retailers can scan any information, any policy on. that but they're not allowed to keep that information. their allowed to simply use it. get this, in southern california department of public health says a lighter is tobacco paraphernalia and can't be sold to someone 18. i have no idea how a kid is supposed to start a camp fire, but there you go. >> vicky says i'm wondering if american express is going to honor those credit card charges. >> i checked into this. i contacted american express and said they've already paid it out. that is up to the local retailer. our restaurant

and deliver gifts straight to the homes of nearly 500 families affected by hurricane sandy from long island new york to atlanta city, new jersey. stanton island, new york. >> secretary of state left a wide path of destruction on the east coast causing more than $60 billion in damage. how exactly does santa get ready for his big night in washington, d.c. based on our earlier story, it depends where santa is going and what he or she is doing. along the river, mr. clause and the reindeer took part in the 28 annual santa ski on the potomac. this is before the big day. hundreds turned out to watch santa shred the water, which was happily above freezing so when santa had a take the plunge, it wasn't that cold. >> a fantasy train display is entertaining visitors this holiday season. it is running through the botanical garden. we spoke with the executive director. she narrates the story of this year's holiday exhibition. >> these structures are one of a kind. there are no other like them, because they're made with plant parts. many of these are gathered from the woods, things like the acorns from o

underhill's death shocked a quiet long island community.duating senior disappeared that november. days later, police found his beaten body in a marsh behind an elementary school. the case went cold. >> because of evidence basically. >> reporter: police say that he turned himself in just days ago when he learned he would be indicted. but a former class mate said that he could not have killed underhill. >> they were extremely close. they were inseparable. they always laughed together. >> reporter: investigators suspected murder from the beginning. because underhill's body was found covered with a woodboard, two sticks lodged in his mouth. >> this murder is -- has a lot to do with passion and rage. two key components to this. it's highly personal. and it's overkill. >> reporter: mysteriously, underhill left this year book message. to all my friends i'm so glad for the times we had together. to everyone else, i hate you all. police haven't released a motive or many details. but the defense attorney said in a statement, thomas liming didn't comm

and i was doing a live show at the time that was doing valise band sounded like my cars and then long island and ice and how a mountain there was and he said can you speed up because the show is only twenty two minutes and it's really annoying so it's better that than he said that's great all right that does it for me for tonight but for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r t america or check out our website r.t. dot com slash usa and don't forget to follow me on twitter and i can underscore lopez but for now have a great night. i got a quote for you. it's pretty tough to. say when it's not story. let's get this guy like you but smear that guy stead of working for the people most issues the mainstream media are working for each other right right the station. they did rather play it well. i know c.n.n. the m s n b c fox news have taken some slightly but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate. that was funny but it's close and for the truth and might take. off. it's because one call attention

forecasters say new york city, long island and new jersey could you between four and eight inches ofustin can get nine inches. home prices in 20 u.s. cities rose in october by third team .6% come a the biggest single .ear ain't -- starting tomorrow, people in colorado will be able to legally buy weed. marijuana is legal a year after colorado and washington voters made the sale of marijuana legal. colorado, with a legal id, you could buy an ounce of hot. aree wrap up 2013, we taking a look ahead at the stories that will make headlines in the coming year. aining me via skype is strategy consultant for eight giant number of fortune 500 companies. good to see you. what you think are the top five stories? >> i'm going to talk about mobile. everyone has been talking about mobile for years. this is the most personal device is in the world. you know where this device is more than you know where your children are. it's going to be the year of mobile and we will be talking about it a lot more at companies are going to take advantage of all this personal information and how to reach you. that's

>> on long island and lived there till 18 and moved to florida to go to the university of florida. go gators! >> what did your parents do >> >> both of them live in my hometown now. but my mom was in retail and managed greenhouses for many years. my dad is a cpa. >> and they are down in florida? >> they moved to south florida when the twins were five months old. and i dangled them in front of them and it was an easy choice when i took them home after four days >> next call from kathy in new hampshire. >> hi, i am calling -- >> hello, kathy. >> i am calling with an idea and i don't know if it would work, but it might. say you had a 4-5 percent national sales tax on all goods and services and you use this money totally to pay for medicaid. now medicare is taken care of it. so you would cap all of the people not on medicaid and medicare. you would cap the rates that insurance companies could ask of them and lower the price for all of the people that are inbetweens. i wondered what you thought of that idea. >> kathy, why do you think that is a good idea? >> because i think it it would