billion dollar heist of maple syrup over twenty million dollars worth of maple syrup was stolen from canada strategic reserves and back last summer. did you catch that she's talking about this strategic maple syrup reserves of course it is strategic reserves of maple syrup well they do you want to know why because this actually is a legit cartel so can it actually does control most of the market for maple syrup so in order to influence the price so that it doesn't get too low they actually hoard the syrup that gets it to the price that they want to be and so it's a cartel and they from within like eighty million dollars worth of food. will be analogy of like a an energy crisis in the u.s. where like you make the top the strategic reserves yes well yes well you have a spike in maple syrup again aren't going to understand. what they're worried about is that the prices would be too low so the producers couldn't get as much money for maple syrup that they would want to get what is the strategic reserve there so they have a supply to throw into the market in the event of a price spike i t

police are searching for maple tree thieves. and the ice boat regatta. you're watching "early today". >> now some stories that caught our eye this morning. an incredible high-speed chase in oklahoma city was caught on camera. leaning out the rear window, one of the passengers manages to unhook a trailer, sending it flying toward a car in oncoming traffic. slamming into a light pole and losing the rear wheels eventually slows the suspects to a halt. police apprehend the runaway driver. all on tape. >>> washington state park is facing a bizarre case of sticky fingers. 21 maple trees, some more than 100 years old, have been cut down and stolen from the park. rangers say based on the size and nature of the pieces stolen, thieves took the fine wood to make maple guitars and violins. sadly, even if the thieves are caught, the century-old trees cannot be replaced. maple trees. >>> in tampa the pirates have taken over. yes, they have. hundreds of thousands of visitors flocked to the downtown parade this weekend to see the annual gasparilla pirate parade. they fl

somebody is, and the maple syrup smells delicious. (woman on tv) jack russell terrier? (second woman) no, i can't get a dog. (woman) you should. a dog'll change your life. hey, i just wanted to make sure you're practicing your rerun dance for the what's happening sketch. i'm trying, liz lemon, but i can't concentrate. somebody on my block is making waffles, and it's makin' me horny! wait, you smell maple syrup too? you live all the way in jersey. that's weird. [beep] hold on. [beep] hello? do you smell maple syrup? yes! don't panic, lemon. it's probably not a chemical attack. what do you mean "probably"? it's probably just a strange wind pattern coming off those factories in staten island, where food flavors are made. i don't think it's northrax. what's northrax? it's a chemical agent we sold to the saudis in the 1980s. it smells exactly like maple syrup. but i don't think this is it. well, how do you know? because northrax kills you within ten seconds. okay, i'll talk to you tomorrow. [exciting jazz music]

>>> straight ahead, police are searching for maple tree thieves. yeah. i kid you not. >>> plus, tiger woods is around, but it ain't over yet, an iceberg regatta. >>> the snow and ice this morning is more annoying. we have a dangerous weather situation heading our way across the country with severe weather. details coming up. >>> welcome back. now some stories that caught our eye this morning. an incredible high-speed chase in oklahoma city was caught on camera. leaning out the rear window, one of the passengers manages to unhook a trailer, sending it flying toward a car in oncoming traffic. slamming into a light pole and losing the rear wheels eventually slows the suspects to a halt. police apprehend the runaway driver. >>> washington state park is facing a bizarre case of sticky fingers. 21 maple trees, some more than 100 years old, have been cut down and stolen from the park. rangers say based on the size and nature of the pieces stolen, thieves took the fine wood to make maple guitars and violins. sadly, even if the thieves are caught, the century-old

again from maple to center street. they expect the area to be shut down for a few hours now. >> you can continue to monitor this scene yourself on our web site myfoxdc.com. we're streaming this live for you. >> in the meantime, coming up we're going to check back on that scene where the bomb squad is investigating. >> but first, when the rockies rally, the redskins rise to the challenge. >> yes, they do and yes they have. seattle's got a rookie signal caller. rgiii versus rwi. serving up yours respectfully sports breakfast when fox morning news returns in a moment. >> want to keep you up to date on the breaking news out of vienna. a live look there. up close look. what you are looking at is the device that was used to take that grenade that was found sitting in front of merchant's tire. took it from that front entrance to another location. the bomb squad is on the scene there. not sure if this was a live grenade, if this was a real danger. but the perceived danger is for sure. the area has been evacuated. no word

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syrup cartel yes cartel i said maple syrup cartel and those are not my words that's according to the new york times we'll talk about it in loose change let's get to today's capital account. in the u.s. as we watch this fiscal cliff charade it honestly sounds just so much like what we were hearing during the debt ceiling debate of two thousand and eleven when lawmakers were bickering and another ratings agency was threatening to drop the u.s. is aaa credit rating and then it of course did now that was met with much fanfare in the beginning but then not many direct consequences the dollar has strengthened against other currencies the u.s. has borrowed at record low rates since and maybe this whole fiscal cliff saga will play out in the exact same way and if another ratings agency in this case which downgrades the u.s. so what won't matter and with events that actually do change the contours of the game we don't actually know what these things will even.

. >> this is one of my favorite sections and you can see the goarnlrous maples by the bamboo back drop and especially beautiful in the fall when the leaves start changing colors. just around the corner from maple lane this little garden is called a zen garden, a dry landscape garden and constructed here in 1953. this was originally designed by zen monks for the ground. their main purpose was to create a trairchg tranquil setting for the monks. this is no ordinary bridge. it's made of redwood, oak and cedar. the high arch style makes it easy to pass under. the newly refurbished tea house is in the center of the gard scpen a great place to eat and chill as you take in the view of the garden. if you wish you can experience the rich cultural tradition that celebrates the preparation of green tea or matcha and your host dressed in the ceremony will demonstrate how to clean the utensils and receive and drink tea with ancient japanese customs. the art of the tea ceremony once available only to priests and nobility is completely accessible to you here in the house at the japanese tea garden. l

syrup cartel yes cartel i said maple syrup cartel and those are not my words that's according to the new york times we'll talk about it in loose change let's get to today's capital account.

it is bizarre. >> as police investigated, they shut down all four lanes of maple avenue. normally busy rush-hour traffic was halted. >> all the back roads are full. [inaudible] >> all lanes of 123 are back open. they had been shut down several hours. the 10 and fairfax county police investigated. people living in this town tell us all of the police activity is out of the norm. >> this is small town america. >> in a short amount of time, police were able to determine the grenade was injured, but that does not mean the investigation is over. -- was inert. >> after everything calm down, we will be able to get interviews going. >> jummy olabanji reporting from vienna. >> we have had some relatively warm temperatures this past two days, all the things considered. nelson colder air is moving in. if let's get to jacqui jeras for the forecast. >> it is kind of deceiving out there. it looks beautiful with lots of sunshine after a very cloudy start this morning. we had a wintry mix in southern maryland and across the delmarva peninsula. all that has pushed out. skies will continue

that maple leaf may, the times square ball has nothing on this maple leaf.ere this is the real canadian mounty, who is here for the celebration with his little girl. and you participated in the lowering of the maple leaf? >> first time this year, yes. >> reporter: and you're going to sing "o 'canada," right? >> sing it sweetie. ♪ o' canada ♪ >> isn't that beautiful? >> that's what's going to happen at 11:00. then at 12:00 midnight get this, into the a maple leaf. it's the new years here on the eastern time zone. they lower a sardine because this used to be the sardine capital of the united states. so you can see, anderson and kathy, this is not times square there are not millions of people here but this lab very warm and fun international celebration. back to you. >> i like that, gary. we'll check in with you a little bit later. gary normally does the fun run which i know you're a huge fan of. >> let's break it down. this isn't my first barbecue with tuchman. i lovetuchman. obviously you are angry with him, to send him ground hog day style to some sort of to

well, this is solid maple, tongue and groove, prefinished with a very durable finish. that's what they use in bowling alleys. tom: it looks pretty bad right here. kevin: are you kidding me? norm: is this place really worth saving? richard: we can do better than this. roger: time to get to work. tom: nice and easy nice and easy, everybody together. kevin: oh, yeah. roger: the right plant in the right place. good. richard: it's state-of-the-art. norm: perfectly square. roger: all in all, a good day's work. norm: right here on "this old house." "do it yourself" doesn't have to mean "do it alone." at the home depot's how-to community you can watch videos read tips, and get advice from fellow doers. we're proud to support "this old house" and doers everywhere. ♪ [ wind howling bird squawks ] [ thunder crashes, car alarm blares ] when the unexpected happens, state farm is there to help you get your old house to a better state. proud sponsor of "this old house." [ grunting ] man! what we need is some elbow grease. [ laughs ] yeah, you can -- are you kidding me? gmc -- lending

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now, the "global mail" report that botanists say one of the maple leafs on the note is a norway mapleative to canada. bank of canada insists the bill does not show a norway maple leaf but a stylized design. university of ottawa professor chronicled a series of officialbe botany errors including on the penny. logos for the former canadian television fund and the 2007 fifa under 20 world cup of soccer. it appears there will be no change at the top of the government. in israel, prime minister benjamin netanyahu is claiming victory tonight after nationwide voting. correspondent leland vittert is standing by at the laquid party headquarters in tel aviv. hello. >> good morning from tel aviv. you combine the exit polls and real results that are starting to come in. netanyahu in the usual right wing coalition partners hit about 63 knesset seats. more necessary to form a government. but less than they would have liked and fewer than predic predicted. the coming weeks as they try to put together a coalition, he will have tough choices to make. with the smile of a man third term seemed assured t

really do the trick so i think brown sugar is better than maple sugar. sugar is the key because is will break down low and slow. maple syrup is already at a liquid so it's a good thing when she keeps eating. trust me. i like that. that's really good. i feel guilty. i feel like i should share this. no don't worry i'll share it with everybody. thanks for visiting san francisco. thank you so much. lots of love. thank you for making me breakfast. this is so delicious. there's you gift bag. and i'm going to put this on my bulletin board at home. alright but make sure you treat that. i'm not going to face it that way but that way. thank you ryan. thank you so much. so nice to meet you. you too. i think it was a total hit. katie loved the pesto, loved the english muffin and everyone is eating our food from catering. all in all this was a great hit. if you loved what you saw hit us up on livewellnetwork.com. you can also follow us on twitter and check us out on facebook. until next time guys see you later. michael chiarello. right before i do my demo look who wa

kind of maple leaf.st spotted the mistake. he says it's supposed to be the rth american sugar maple, but it's the norway sugar maple. >>> wrong place at the wrong time to fall ill. yesterday, pennsylvania governor tom corbit was speaking at a philadelphia elementary school when a boy behind him started swaying and then fainted. the speech was put on hold for a few minutes while people made sure that boy was okay. he did come back a short time later and got a little one-on-one time with the governor. good. >> in the spotlight. >> rough on kids. >> this has happened quite often. you have to eat your wheaties. drink a lot of water. >>> well, we're off to a chilly start in the district here. chuck is here to explain why. >> that's right. well, you need your mittens. no doubt about that this morning. how long does the chill last? i'll have the check of your weekend forecast and a look at the week ahead. [ fingers tapping ] [ rain pattering ] [ heels clicking ] [ female announcer ] yoplait light tastes great n

>> maple avenue, 123, re-opened in vienna.ake the trip toward the beltway. here's a live look right here and things look good all the way to the beltway. >> thank you. >>> ahead on "midday", useful >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody, it's wines day wednesday, january 2, 2013. kathie lee is off, in fact, she's getting a root canal. >> is she really? >> she said her tooth was bothering her. she's at the dentist. joining us in the studio is a very special guest host. >> who? >> a girl named meredith vieira. ladies and gentlemen, meredith vieira. i want to go on record first saying i'm so jet lagged and in a fog. i want to apologize for you having to carry the entire show. yes, indeed. yes, indeed. i did get back from this long flight. i went to -- for the holidays, i ended up going with my sister halfway around the world to a place called the maldives. look at us, terrible hair. still, a beautiful, great time. that's my sister, hall

brittany boyd one o6 cal threes on the day...67- 55...stanford loses for the second straight time at maples...and their 82 game conference win stre snapped thanks, dennis that does it for eyewitnesss at 10. remember- the news is always on c-b-s s-f com.,,,,,,

. >> yes maple. >> i called about people stopping on the freeway and people are piling up.king on the freeway. some callers were able to provide partial license plate numbers the chp are using those and the videos to track the drivers down. and these side shows are not new. in 2007 this one shut down 580 in richmond. >>> ashton kuchar is playing steve jobs in a film. before he started shooting he tried to get n character including steve job's radical diet. how that landed the hollywood star in the hospital. >> ashton kuchar has eaten nothing but fruits, nuts and seed, it sent him into the hospital with pain. >> your brain wanted something that didn't exist. >> to get ready for his role as steve jobs he got into the man's head, heart and stomach, he studied hours of video to get his style down. that's kuchar on the left with make up. but today we learned he took it to the extreme and went on an all fruit diet. the act or -- actor paid the price. the diet is . [laughter] i wented up in the hospital two days before we started shooting the movie, i had i was like doubled over i

put their 81-game win streak against con friday opponents on the line against seventh ranked cal at maples pavilion. cal the last pac-12 team to beat stanford in 2009. chiney ogwumike led. cal is too much. 14 points liles, for assists from 3-point land. bears up at the half, and boyd led all players. cal ends stanford trz streak with the victory. >> tennis' first major of the year, he australian open began today, vaccine is in -- venus started off. had 21 winners. moves on, 61-6-0, and maria sharapova also winner in straight sets. >> warriors and denver underway. we'll tee it up later from hawai'i. see you then. should be an interesting game for the niners, have to hit the road and face the falcons. >> thank you. bay area fans are showing off their playoff pride. check out this dog. ready for the game in his little niners hat and these cute kids are ready to cheer for their home team. your niner fans -- sendous photos and we'll be posting them. we just might show yours on the air. >>> there's a battle of oscar nominees at the box office. so if you have a flat tire, dead battery, need a tow

stanford and cal will play each other twice in the next week in berkeley on tuesday, and then at maplessunday. a home and home series. >> "the hobbit" gets knocked off the number1111111g >> ama: join me on cable 13. we'll have new details on the gun control plan considered by the white house. then at 11:00 here. a warning tonight as we head into flu season. the new concerns and why this could be the worth flu season in years. that's at 9:00 and 11:00 on abc7 news. a horror remake tops a fan take place prequel at the box office. texas chain saw 3 d-day buoy ited a number one. the movie picks up where the 1974 original left off. the revenge saga, django held on to the second pot. after three weekends, "the hobbit" slipped to third. awaying $825 million worldwide. parental guidance wraps up the top five films. >> that will do it for abc7 news at 6:00. captioned by closed captioning services inc. >> don't forget to get our exclusive abc7 news alarm clock right now on the red carpet's favorite moments of the year! whoa! >> the 2013 movies with the biggest buzz! >> heros. there is no such thi

and david shawl was at maples pavilion. cal has a storing -- scoring leader in ail encrab.can slam that ball. crab finished with j university 14 points. stanford led by 8 at halftime. never trailed in the second half. randall 2 of his 15. stanford kicks the ball out to josh houston. making a ten-point game. 69-59. both teams 2 and 3 in the conference. cal doesn't get a chance for revenge in the march 6th. >>> raiders' coaching staff travels to alabama to coach the game next week. they should have new assistants. greg olson becomes the offensive coordinator. last season he was an assistant coach for jacksonville. before that, he spent four seasons with tampa bay including of a fencive coordinator. raiders hired bobby april. he has experienced. he's been an nfl special teams coach since 1991. >>> the big horn sheep have a great view this week. phil mick elson was -- was closed to missing the putt. about 181 yards. lefty is still 11 back of the leader. how about a guy named scott stalling? he shot a 9 under 63. he eagles the eighth hole. >>> warriors are in new orleans. david

employees of merchant tire on maple avenue found a hand grenade this morning. it was a lot of traffic problems there when they shut it down for a while. the robot picked up the grenade carried it to a safe low kagcat. internal components were already removed. there was no danger. >> tough day tomorrow, students from sandy hook elementary school will return to class since the deady shootings. going to an empty school seven miles away. sandy hook where 20 children and six educators were killed is a crime scene. classrooms in the new school are set up to look the game to make the children feel comfortable. there will be a visible, heavy police presence around the area. >> vultures are causing all kind of problems in leesburg, virginia. about 200 of them, nesting in a neighborhood around mayfair drive and plaza streets in the northeast part of down. every day next week, wildlife officials plan to set off fireworks, lasers and noise makers. they're going to try to disrupt the vul churz atures and chase away. they're important for the environment but can cause troubl

someone found the ec pleasive -- explosive behind the merchant tire store on maple avenue west this morning. bomb experts used a robot to render the device harmless. no one was jurld. authorities -- injured. authorities are now investigating how that grenade got there. >>> one person is dead after a fire in anne arundel county. this was the scene on box street near bruce street in maryland city. right now the victim's name has not been released. investigators are trying to determine what started this blaze. >>> a devastating start to 2013 for parishioners of a prince george's county church. it was destroyed by fire on tuesday. this is the silhouette of a cross that was burned into the brick wall of the first wesleyan church of oxon hill. the sanctuary is completely charred. investigators say there is a chance that the fire was caused by a midnight power outage at the church. >>> more than two weeks after one of the worst mass shootings in our history, students from sandy hook elementary school are getting ready to return to school. the youngsters will attend classes in the neighboring town

one rare genetic disorder known as maple syrup urine disease or msud prevents the body from breakingown three amino acids. toxic levels of these amino acids in the blood cause severe mental retardation. left untreated most people die in the first two years of life. and now, newborns who test positive for msud start treatment immediately without any impact on lifespan or intelligence. >> it's been a hard, slow road to get dna and the information from it integrated into people's health much less their lives. the technology has this way of not impacting lives until some moment. when things take off. and they are indeed transformative. >> whole genome sequencing is likely to open up more doors of discovery. and dr. gibbs thinks we are close to seeing the price for genome sequencing go down from several thousand to a few hundred dollars. that will make it accessible to almost everyone. and more widely available to predict rare pediatric diseases. >> it will be on your children's social networking accounts on the computer. they will have something about their dna history and they will shar

if they were called to a maple ave.ne that they got there they discovered both males had gunshot wounds. a 41 year- old male was pronounced dead at the scene. also, a 34 year-old male has multiple gunshot wounds but they are not considered life- threatening at this point. according to the police there is not a lot of suspect information. he is described as their white or hispanic male that fled on foot wearing a hoodie. if we give you any more information will keep this updated. >> jackie, thank you. james? >> we're also focusing on the weather with changes. let us get all of those details. >> yes. we are going to need your jacket, a and it is a chilly start in the east bay, offer 30's. 30's in walnut creek. and check that out as we turn our attention to the south bay, this live look at downtown san jose. told of one. san jose, 37 degrees. as we take a look at temperatures throughout the day. we are still contending with 30's along the delta. putting this into motion all of that to greenwald dominated the screen receive

as new notes sporting the country's national symbol discovered boston is showing the wrong kind of maple leaf. or by that too then. coming up here we explore the challenges of being a single father living in russia that story coming up after the break. congress's approval rating has hit an all time low never has american record history been so disappointed with the lawmaking body the united states even former arkansas governor mike huckabee said that their approval ratings are just barely above a pedophile so i guess that's good news for the disgusting pedophiles out there so you won't be the most hated group in america anymore but i don't think this statistic reflects the quality of government but so much the quality of the governed in some small country with a hard to pronounce name if the government became that unpopular the country would simply collapse but no matter how many wars congress gets involved in and no matter how many jobs are shipped overseas or no matter how much the american dream gets stamped out everyone still rallies around obama and votes democrat and republican thi

sporting the country's national symbol of discovered by eagle eyed boston is showing the wrong kind of maple leaf more than two out of the. next with a unique look at the world finances let's catch up with max because he's waiting in the wings and on a road out international just a couple of minutes. wealthy british style. market. why don't what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger or a no holds barred look at the mobile financial headlines tune in to conjure reports on our. welcome to the kaiser report max kaiser hey you know the currency war is oh i'm going out the bottom of the first shots i've been fired in the war to end all wars the currency war stays here oh yeah max kaiser this is been the big story of the kaiser report for the past three or four years and the f.t. front pages the financial times or eads germany to shift fifty four thousand gold bars home one of the biggest shipments of yellow metal on record which inspired this front page on the financial times was this announcement on the deutsche bank website deutsche a boon to spanks new storage plan for ge

karen is here with maple farms. you have bands that are pretty full right now. >> yes.ill have grain in them. jeff: take a look at where prices were last year at about this time. about two dollars below where they are now. why are these prices still so high? >> we have the looming out there that there will be another drought. we do not have any rain. so far we have a little bit, but not enough to make up for last summer's drought. jeff: there is not much in the way of snow cover out here. as part of the fiscal cliff compromise, also, there was a new tax break for ethanol producers. some people question, what the heck is that doing in there? corn producers out here like that, obviously. it is more of a market for their corn. >> that is right. jeff: corn is so high that actually some poultry producers in georgia are beginning to import brazilian born and, in fact, we will have record imports of corn even though this country is the world largest grain exporter. karen butcher, thank you. i leave you with a shot of a corn dryer. it is cold out here. connell: good looking stu