it is similar to fact it is never far fa the melody but you embellish the melody, maybe it doesn't gofar as the modern jazz but there's always great -- very much a parrel. >> how did you find paul and bring him to the jewish music festival. >> we are only festival of jewish music that commissions new work and it is something we are very, very proud of. we have been doing it now, this will be the start of 2006 doing this. we have commissioned several projects at this timement i think you came to me, paul. >> i was in a cirque de soliil. >> i am not -- all of these miles per hours, they're from everywhere. japanese are very much rooted in their culture. i thought about that for a second. what do i have that's like that. one thing i did remember is in a family like ours that's multicultural, nor wee ja dad, jewish mother. we played tunes together. stuff that was discoveredto a lot of the exemployeeses puss cool travelers. and that's really kind of what did it for me. i remember that very much. you can improvise and expabd but you are never far awade from melodies that make you you feel s

a tree took out power lines so it's blocked right now on old santa cruz highway at melody lane. and there are wind advisories posted for just about every bridge around the bay area. you can feel it on the bay bridge coming into san francisco. >> take it slow, lots of debris and trees around. >> thank you. >>> high winds have kept clean- up crews very busy in san jose. they have been out with chainsaws and wood chippers after the wind blew trees down all over the city. one that fell on 11th street downtown blocked traffic and smashed a woman's car. >> i thought a got a good parking spot but i didn't. [ laughter ] >> people yelling so it was like oh, crap. >> reporter: there was another tree that fell along capitol expressway that landed on an apartment building but no one was hurt. >> in oakland a 50-foot tree crashed into a fence in the city's uptown area. the resulting clean-up forced shutdown of several blocks of harrison street there. the fallen tree also damaged a car in the area and in vallejo firefighters had to saw through a massive eucalyptus tree. on 80. the tree fell o

i was like, really, that melody? i don't know if i can sing it. she's like try it. i hit it.s a part of my singing i don't use very often. because someone else was guiding me, i did it. i'm a little out of my zone in a couple of these. it makes for good music. >> it works. that's a good thing. it's a good thing. have you -- have you noticed, you mentioned you were describing your voice a moment ago. can you tell -- can you hear that your voice has changed? >> my voice has gotten healthier. i listen to my older records, there's different times in my life, different albums where i can hear the different health that i had when i was eating sugar. the healthier my body is, the healthier my voice is. it's like a muscle, an athlete. >> makes sense. >> when my nutrition and my state of health and sleep, my voice is stronger. so, i think this is the strongest that my voice had ever been is right here. >> what do you still get out of -- what do you get, i know it's a pain to go through the process of being on the road. you are actually up on stage, what do you get out of that? >> that

it is the earliest known example of polyphonic music, where more than one melody is sung together. ♪ its discovery on a 10th century manuscript at the british library has excited music historians. >> what's fascinating is we know people were singing in two different voice paths, sometimes three at this time. nobody thought to write the music down. and this is the first time we found an example from such an early date of the music actually written down. >> reporter: the score had been overlooked and partially obscured by an official library stamp, but it was discovered by a cambridge university ph.d. student while he was an intern at the library. and in st john's college chapel, the ancient sound has been revealed once again. ♪ monks near dusseldorf are thought to have penned the chant to german patron saint boniface, starting a choral tradition that still survives 1,100 years later. ♪ >> sreenivasan: some more news before we leave you tonight. the obama administration reportedly has asked china for help preventing north korea from launching cyber attacks. cuban leader raul castro tod

and found in the haunting melodies of the music that was playing when you came in.io for strings. a young american composer who remembered the carnage of the first world war and foresaw it in the rise of the seeds of fascism for the second. i can't help thinking we are reminded of douglas macarthur is defeating the fascist powers. particularly in the grave disappointments of the war and the grave disappointments of the peace. indeed, although we tend to focus on world war ii, too, as a society. here as my grandmother stood with her brothers and her older sister, one brother born in poland. the other three born in new jersey to immigrant parents. here they posed for a picture in 1917, waving american flags in celebration of having won an award for their family's victory garden in new jersey. how do they feel about world war i. what did they remember in their 90s in the picture next to it? what precisely was my grandmother saying to me when seeing the twin towers hit by planes on 9/11 she simply would live to see a third world war. what was the resonance for her? what

. >> it's the right melody that you can let it play in the background.es are beautiful. >> cat chows down on a dog biscuit. >>> he's back. he's taken this which seems so simple, it's such a great video. it's like going on the theory of what would people do if they see a camera for the first time. you see some adorable smiles. they pick up the camera and it's just this. >> he captures what it means to be alive better than anyone. he captures the amazing experience. >> he didn't. they did. that's amazing he has such a way of doing things he doesn't even need to hold the camera any more. >> and they are all in focus. >> i love this because it shows you can be a very happy person doing the simplest of things. >> it's a video where you end with a big smile on your face. >> you have elephants and that is cool. >>> unsuspecting door-to-door salesmen walk in to find -- >> man passed out on the stairs. >> not breathing. >> this dramatic prank that takes their breath away. for over 60,000 california foster children, the holidays can be an especially difficult time

as we watched and listen, sia began to fashion a pop melody, right there on the stop. ♪ >> so, that'save a copy of that? nice work. and then have, like, rihanna cut it next week. >> reporter: how much do you tweak the words after you write them? >> i don't tweak them at all. i can make any word fit. ♪ i want to live like tomorrow doesn't exist ♪ like command leer and exist. if you bend them in certain ways. >> reporter: a hook, a distinctive word, the repetition of a strong concept. it's how these two came up with britney's hit "perfume." >> i don't even know if i know the words. we write these songs in, like, 40 minutes and then we just send them to somebody and then we never really refer back to them ever again. >> reporter: pass through your life in an afternoon. >> yes. ♪ is there still a longing th e there ♪ ♪ live just you and me ♪ sometimes it feels like there's three of us ♪ ♪ in here baby i just lift these concepts off, like, crap television. and then, like, it's so fun, and i apply them to music. >> reporter: that's why we love this pop muse you can, though, isn't it? >> yea

. >> traditional melodies from mosul all the way to the south of the country here in baghdad. he built the house with small hands. he says he's forgiven the soldiers who forgave his family. he believed it's part of the price for a better iraq. >> reporter: he has paid a heavy price. while tragedy comes and goes love ep durs. with part of the family gone he hoped the country will survive. we are proposing a grim anniversary. three al jazeera journalists would imprisoned for a full year. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were arrested on december 29th, 2013 they were accused and sentenced of aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. and damaging egypt's reputation abroad. the strained relationship with the ukraine is pushing it to tighter ties with china. if they are to make the most of opportunities. rory challands reports. the first restaurant set up in russia is getting a repo vasion. these days the chinese woman commands a local empire of eateries and construction projects. now we feel russia and china have good relations. in the last six months many want to

. ♪ way down in missouri where i heard this melody ♪ >> and that prediction would come true almost immediatelyr next film. lawrence played the daughter of a meth dealer in the rural ozarks and was a role she almost lost because filmmakers thought she was too pretty. >> i had to chase them down. they said i didn't have the right look and i just kind of flew there to tell them that that didn't matter. >> it was a part that took her far from her louisville roots, but lawrence was determined. >> that's your only brother. >> you think i forgot that? >> john hawks plays her uncle who's this really scary character, and there's this scene where he grabs her hair and pulls her down. and she kept telling him, bring it. just bring it. they would do take after take. he kept saying, am i hurting you? she said, no, do it again. >> a performance that brought critical acclaim. >> it's just so unexpected. it just kind of feels like you're, like, living in a dream. >> jennifer lawrence. >> a dream that led to a best actress nod for lawrence, making her one of the youngest oscar nominees ever. >> she probably ne

control room, following the score switching cameras as the melody jumps from strings to woodwinds to brass, because this is a performance like all others these days that will be live vehicled to subscribers around the world. >> 83 years ago i got a photograph and it was from the largest himmian reservation in minnesota and they were watching and it was projected on a white bed sheet, and with the photograph came the sentence you never foe who is watching. and i thought the whole thing worthwhile just the one photograph. >> it was founded in 1882, it has a long tradition of embracing new technologies such as the radio and stereo recordings to get the best possible music out it is a goal that reflected in the concert hall itself. >> the conductor insisted it be built with recording studios inside. that helped to stream concerts online. but creating the digital concert hall has provided it's own challenging. while the sound is always good, the image can occasionally falter if for instance millions of internet users are streaming a major football match. there were lots of things to do to

it's a quality, a combination of the beautiful, special melody.ts you and captures your interest. something about the chordal progression. something about the message the song is trying to express. if you get a fusion of all those things and then sing it and play it with guitar or keyboard, you have a really classic song. to me, those were the elements in classic songs. >> i was about to ask and you answered. you're pressing it. i was about to ask what for you makes a good song. i'm fascinated by artists as to their opinion as to what makes a song. i think you answered it. >> i probably just did. at the end of the day there's a sort of alchemy that is all the ingredients. it's like the fingerprint. each individual person has a unique fingerprint. i always think that there's something so miraculous about that. and each special song has its own particular fingerprint. we can't quite truly break it down into separate parts and say it has to have this, this, this, and this. we never know. like when you hear a new song, you sort of stop -- you could be

he composes music inning do are operating traditional melodies from mosul all the way to the south ofre in baghdad he's built the small house with his own hands. he says he's forgiven the soldiers who killed his family. he believes it's part of the price for a better iraq. >> we are dreaming to have democratic system and to see our people like any other nation in the world. and they deserve to have this still because they already pay the heavy price but this is the life. >> reporter: he has paid the heaviest price he says he tries to teach his children that all men are brothers brothers and that while tragedy comes and goes, love endures. with part of his family gone, he hopes his country will survive. al jazerra baghdad. >>> an egyptian judge has sentenced the head of the muslim brotherhood to six years in prison for inning difficulting the judiciary. he was also fined about $2,800. the case was heard at the cairo criminal court where former press mohamed morrisey is also facing trial. >>> al jazerra continues to call for the release of our three journalist who his have been impresse

he says he still believes in iraq, he composes music incorporated traditional melodies from mosul all the way to the south of the country. here in baghdad he built this small house with his own hands he says he's forgiven the soldiers who killed his family. he believes it's part of the price for a better iraq. >> we are dreaming to have democratic system. the conditions in the war. they deserve to have this because they already pay the heavy price, but this is the life. >> reporter: he has paid the heaviest price he says he prize are tries to teach his children that all men are brothers and that while tragedy comes and goes, love en dues, with parts of his family gone, he hopes his country will survive. jayna wrath, al jazerra baghdad. >>> in the third of our four-part series one year, four families, we'll meet a family in the gaza strip struggling to get back on its feet after israel's offensive earlier this year. that's on monday right here on al jazerra. >>> the somali military says it has captured one of the leaders of the armed group al-shabab. military officials say that he was

i was a shell of a man. >> let's take it right before the melody comes in. >> you play again and getpossible. >> these are your friends from high school. your neighbors,ture e your children, your parents. however you feel about the war, they're the ones that go and fight it. when they come back hurt, we all have an obligation to help them get back on their feet. music has no stick that. ma. there's nothing injured about the way they do it. it's just good music. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you so much for this honor. >> you know, working every day at waterer reed, i'm reminded who the true musicians are. all the service members at walter reed and across the country we hope to help. thank you. [ applause ] [ applause ] blank black ♪ snoetsz ♪ ♪ there's a sorrow in the wind ♪ blowing down the road i've been ♪ ♪ i can hear it cry ♪ while shadows steal the sun ♪ ♪ i cannot look back now ♪ i've come to far to turn around ♪ ♪ there's still a race ahead that i must run ♪ ♪ i'm only half way home ♪ i've got to turn it on ♪ till i find the thing ♪ that i have lost i've got a woid e wide r

who i was was gone. >> let's take it right before the melody comes in. >> being able to play again andmusical ability back in my life. changed my outlook on what is possible. >> they just kind of come alive. we're going to try to incorporate more metal. they start making jokes again, start socializing, they wake up. >> these are your friends from high school, your neighbors, your children, your parents. however you feel about the war, they're the ones that fight it. when they come back hurt, we all have an obligation to help them get back on their feet. >> music has no stigma. the folks who work with. when they do music, there's nothing injured about the way they do it. it's just good music. >> ladies and gentlemen, cnn hero arthur bloom! [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you so much for this honor. you know, working every day at walter reed, i'm reminded of who the true heroes are. on their behalf, on behalf of all of the great musicians working in music corps and all the service members at walter reed and across the country, we hope to help, thank you. >> and now, ladies and gentlemen

complex melodies that are sung in a loud brassy belting style. with the intent to pursue musical theatre. that was my major. i went from a small town where i was known for my ability and everyone just knew it was going to make it to new york city where it was really scary and everyone was phenomenally talented. >> when kimberly townsend moved from new jersey to manhattan to pursue that show business dream the odds were already stacked against her. >> i might not be able to make it. >> then townsend suffered a devastating musical injury. one that is more and more common. >> i would be losing my voice and that was the first time i would think, am i actually going to be able to do it! >> sing me a happy song ♪ >> potential for injury exists in every genre of music. >> david sabella mills is one of new york's most renown vocal instructors. >> is all of a sudden these shows are being written where the female voice is asked to go much higher. >> voice injuries have plagued singers like adele and john mayer. pushing musicians to the edge of their vocal

[playing melody on violin] ♪ ♪ >> in the midst of that poverty, the system uses classical music to instillaphael says, wouldn't work. >> what they have at home, in the radio, is popular music all the time. their father, who drinks every day, he get drunk with that music. so you have to give them something different. and when they sit in one of these chairs in the orchestra, they think they're in another country in another planet, and they start changing. >> we're listening to it now aren't we? >> yeah. [ticking] >> coming up, venezuela's leonard bernstein. [dramatic orchestral music] ♪ ♪ you think that the system is changing venezuela? >> absolutely. 300,000 kids playing music. in the future, a million. i'm sure of this. when venezuela--venezuela will be full of orchestras. now is full; will be more. i think we are helping a lot and the orchestra now is a symbol of the country. it's like the flag. >> superstar conductor gustavo dudamel, when 60 minutes on cnbc returns. [ticking] ♪ (holiday music is playing) hey! i guess we're going to need a new santa ♪(the music builds to a climax.) more

. >> ardmore, montgomery county where the group bundled up to get their job done at melody's cafe.nty cold tonight. lost the sunshine during the day that helped us a little bit. now it's getting dark. it's going to feel even colder. it's going to be cold new year's eve and new year's day. we have a wintry mix in the forecast for at least a part of saturday, then briefly wet and warm. wait till you see how warm it's going to get for at least part of the weekend. clear skies right now. it's a little bit breezy 32 with a 14 mile-an-hour wind. the wind chill, the way it feels on your exposed skin only 22. and the temperature is 4 degrees lower than it was at this time yesterday. we were in the mid-50s over the weekend, dropped to 48 and to 38 today so far, 33. tomorrow up to 39. so we're still below average for a while. the wind chills are in the low 20s across many parts of the area including millville at 21 dover at 23. and that is this early in the evening. so by midnight look at these temperatures, 18 in allentown, 19 reading and quakertown an we have a little bit of wind on top of

performer says other than his voice, the melody you hear, was produced using ordinary household objects it. >> i think it sounds fun. >> kind of cool. >> the family of a deaf and autistic little boy just wanted him to be able to hear. now their dream is coming true. see the moment that he hears for the very first time. ♪ ♪ >> breaking at 5:00, two police involved shootings until the delaware valley, the lateness cumberland county, new jersey. details on the person that was hit this morning. >>> it will be serious irreversible con consequences no one wants. >> and another police involved shooting starts, with a skating youtube video and ends in a hail of gunfire. >> and the center for disease control warning that this could be an extremely severe flu season. the cases spinning out of control, in delaware already. what you need to know to protect yourself and your family. good day everybody, it is wednesday, december 31st the last day of 2014. happy new years

he composes music incorporating traditional melodies from mosul all the way to the south of the country. >> in baghdad he built this small house with his own hands. he says he has forgiven the soldiers that killed his family and believes it's part of the price for a better iran. >> we are dreaming to have democracy and to see our people like other nations in the world. they deserve to have this because they already pay a heavy price, but this is the life. >> he paid the heaviest price. he says he tries to teach his children that all men are brothers, and while tragedy comes and goes love endures. with part of his family gone he hopes his country will survive. >>> in in the third of our 4-part series, we meet a family in the gaza strip struggling to get back on its feet after israel's offensive this year >>> libya's western city of misrata has been hit by air strikes as violence continues between rival governments. forces loyal to the tobruk government carried out the air offensive after the rebel group tried to seize the port. there were no reports of casualties. >>> we are approaching

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now that you've put it to a nice melody or to a nice beat or you say it in a nice way. to move. and i don't think any movement in the world has not had a soundtrack, right? regardless of what it is. and so, that's our job. ♪ the hood here, that's exactly why the hood's here ♪ ♪ and if you're trying to find, better look here ♪ ♪ close the blinds ♪ scared to cross ♪ it's not fair to y'all, make room, break rules ♪ >>> depending on what metrics you're using, the mississippi is somewhere between the tenth and the fourth largest river in the world. one thing for sure, it's big. and it's freaking strong. also, you've really got to put your back into it if you're crazy enough to want to paddle a canoe around in its fast-moving waters. what's the source of the mississippi? >> well, anywhere a raindrop falls in 44% of america. if you follow the volume of water, two-thirds comes down the ohio river, but most people will say lake tascam in minnesota. >> john rutski is i guess what you would call a river rat. in 1998 he started the quapaw canoe company, a custom outfit that leads g

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old santa cruz highway is closed both directions at melody lane and they are not expected to re-open that stretch for another several hours not until this afternoon. that's your latest traffic. >> thank you. >>> a lot of you have been sending us storm damage photos: eek mobile home comm luckily, no one inside was hurt. and the napa fire department in san jose this tree toppled over a mobile home community. no one inside was hurt. and the napa fire department tweeted this photo that is a giant redwood that came down on a home. >>> pg&e crews working through the night to restore power to thousands here in the bay area checking the latest numbers from the utility now 1 72,000 pg&e customers lost service at some point. most of those are now back online. more than 7,000 still in the dark. 2300 are in santa clara county. the rest are scattered around the rest of the bay area. >>> oakland offering warming centers to help people stay warm this week. the city is offering several warming centers today through friday morning. they are operating on a first come, first served basis offering warm

. >>> what do hillary clinton and a hunky cowboy and a lousy melody have in common?y. >> reporter: please do not adjust your calendar. you may want to adjust your volume since at least one web site warns this pro-hillary cowboy anthem will make your ears bleed ♪ it's 2016 and this time i'm i'm a thinking guy ♪ put your boots on and let's smash this ceiling ♪ >> that would be the glass ceiling the first woman in the white house would break. this first campaign song of 2016 features a country hottie cruising past farm equipment leaning on a barn wearing a hard hat which he'll need to protect himself from critics who wonder could this hillary clinton tribute be the worst political song ever? my face while watching the new "stand with hillary" country tribute song and this back handed insult from slate. "the video does not appear to be a joke." ♪ she's a mother, a daughter and through it all ♪ she's a loving wife >> first, we should say hillary clinton had nothing to do with this song and her people wouldn't comment on it. it was created by a super pac called "stand with

. >> after leaving a new year's party, 24-year-old melody dushane and a neighbor arrive at the goldenf the toledo police department. >> she asked through the speaker for chicken mcnuggets at 6:30 in the morning, and the lady explained to her that they're serving the breakfast menu. >> mcdonald's stop serving chicken mcnuggets at 2:30 in the morning. dushane is four hours late. and this is no happy meal she's after. >> so she drove up and tried to explain her case a little bit more strongly. >> at the pick-up window, dushane continues to argue about the mcnuggets. and even though the clerk tells her several times there are no mcnuggets, dushane doesn't want to hear it. >> subsequently got out and assaulted the mcdonald's employee. she had the window open. she punched her in the face. >> as the manager hurries over to slide the window shut, dushane decks her one the second she arrives. this is the second person she punches, but the manager fights back, grabbing the customer's long hair. >> she tried dragging the suspect through the drive-through window. i don't know what she was going t

it has a number of com to send images and melody, all interconnect did by bosco relations.r mind can flip from concept to come to in pretty much the order. when it comes time to share a chunk of this network with another person, you've got to converted into a sentence. what is a sentence? it is a linear string of words. at his face married his mother and killed his father. one word after another. this means there is an inherent problem in the design of language. the order of words in a sentence has to do two things at once. on one hand it serves as the meaning that indicates who did what to whom. at the same time, it necessarily present some information to the reader before others and does the fact that the information is absorbed into the mind of the reader. the early material in the sentences the sentence topic that refers to what the leader is looking at. it's the giving information because it gives back to what the reader is already thinking about. the later material in a sentence presents the new imation. it is analogous to what you notice once you are looking at a par

opened up its doors again for the holidays so naturally that theme was a season of merriment and melodymost about the white house decorations are the stories that they tell. you can get a sense of our nation's history just by walking the halls of the white house. she helped decorate for laura bush and michelle obama. in fact she just got back and made a pit stop in my apartment to give me a few tips. she taught me a few white house tips like clustering your ornaments and brightening up your room and coffee table. i saw a picture of your tree this year. >> that's pathetic. that's terrible. >> you know what charlie brown told us? >> oh, my gosh. >> josh, watch this. go to msnbc.com/thecycle to see the entire package. happy decorating, everyone. have a great day. coming up now is "now" with alex wagner. >> the great end of year tradition lives on. deck the halls with congressional chaos. it's friday, december 12th, and this is "now." >> mercifully it's friday. >> that $1 trillion spending bill has landed in the senate with a thump. >> you can see the vote happen officially on monday. >> th

melody pond, the woman who kills the doctor. how do you know who i am?! people. access personal records: the doctor. records available. who wants me dead? the silence. the silence is not a species, it is a religious order or movement. their core belief is that silence will fall when the question is asked. what question?

. ♪ ♪ ...as a gypsy melody by a spanish composer. ♪ ♪ >> itzhak perlman: i don't need something better ♪ ♪ >> whitaker: itzhak perlman, one of today's most celebrated violinists, plays only a strad, though he has a more humble name for his, a "fiddle." ♪ ♪ >> perlman: this fiddle is so amazing, i don't have to worry about it. >> whitaker: you call it the perfect violin? >> perlman: well, it's the violin of my dreams, you know. if you want to play a pianissimo that is almost inaudible, and yet it carries through a hall that seats 3,000 people, there is your strad. >> whitaker: so describe the sound produced by this stradivarius. >> perlman: i can actually see the sound in my head. i can actually see it. it has... it has silk... god, it's so difficult to... to describe. but each sound is different, so this one has that sparkle, there is a sparkle to the sound. >> whitaker: somebody said it's just the cremona magic. >> perlman: could be. it could be the dna of the city. >> whitaker: in almost any other italian city, a medieval piazza and cathedral this magnificent would be crawling with f

old santa cruz highway and melody lane so avoid that hot spot. 17 is clear even though there's high wind advisory in effect. with the forecast, here's roberta. >>> the winds will continue to blow today. good morning, everybody. be prepared for another bitterly cold day today for us here in the bay area. at this particular time taking a look out at the clear skies at the embarcadero, in concord, 35 degrees, 43 to the north in santa rosa, san francisco 46. livermore 44. but the big story is the wind. they continue to gust up to 25 miles per hour in some locations. these right now are sustained winds in san jose. north at 12 miles per hour. 14 pleasanton. 22 san francisco as well as at sfo. 16-mile-per-hour sustained winds in berkeley. 26 in napa. so when you couple that up with the current air temperature, it feels colder than what it actually is. we still have that wind advisory in place until high noon today. the winds gradually lessen -- lessen, lighten up, but don't decrease entirely. and then when they finally do, we have a freeze warning that goes into effect when the ball drops toni

it's a line, a thought, a melody. it's all that. nothing -- there's no sequence. exactly. >> this new album "smokey and friends," how did it come about, the collaboration with john legend and others? >> it was perceived by my production manager. they thought it would be a great for me to do an album with other guest artists singing my songs and the record company liked it, so they hired randy jackson, "american idol's" randy jackson who is my brother. i love him so much. he's such a wonderful person. he and i have never had a chance to work like this before. we've known each other for years and years. he's a producer. randy called the people on this record and said what is your favorite smokey robinson song. the songs i'm singing with them are their favorite smokey robinson songs. >> can i ask you what's goinging on in the music industry now? we go from cds to streaming music and others. can you gives your thoughts on that? >> it's a total 360 from when i first started. >> 360 in a good way or a bad way? >> i think it's a bit of both. there's so much downloading a

on christmas eve in 19 14, many of the german forces sang "silent night," its haunting melody inchingthe line. that carol is still much loved today. a legacy of the christmas truce and a reminder to us all that even in the unlikelies of places, hope can still be found. a very happy christmas to all. >> earlier this month, president obama and the first family helped light the national christmas tree on the mall in washington. the president and first lady spoke. tom hanks and rita wilson o-hosted the ceremony. >> now, our hosts for this evening, tom hanks and rita wilson! [applause] ♪ >> i want to tell you, good evening. all right. that's the way to do it. welcome to president's park, everybody. as you can see, we are just across the street from the white house on a wonderful winter night here in washington, d.c. >> this is the 92nd annual christmas tree lighting. a great holiday tradition in the nation's capital that dates back o the coolidge administration. >> did you know calvin coolidge played the harmonica and had two petra coons? >> how did you know that? >> his facebook page. tha

the haunting melody inching across the line.arol is still loved today, a legacy of the christmas truce. a reminder to us all that even in the unlikeliest of places, hope can still be found. a very happy christmas to you all. ♪ [playing "silent night"] ♪ ♪ >> earlier this month, president obama and the first family helped to light the national christmas tree on the mall in washington. the president and first lady spoke. tom hanks and rita wilson cohosted the ceremony. >> now, here are our hosts for this evening, tom hanks and rita wilson! [cheering and applause] ♪[music] >> and i want to tell you, good evening! >> all right. that's the way to do it. hey, welcome to president's park, everybody. you can see, we are just across the street from the white house on a wonderful winter night here in washington, d.c. >> this is the 92nd annual national christmas tree lighting, a great holiday tradition here in the nation's capital that dates back to the coolidge administration. >> honey, here's a very fun fact. did you know that calvin co

. >> reporter: melody and moderate rain still coming down from martinez monition and low the north meante have modern iran as well for you is one to be very wet day today here is an ally of the at the future cash for the sea rain through the morning hours 11:00 to celebrate the one last long. more widespread rain to come through it to see heavy downpours the winds will pick up to nine and we're watching the wind is searching for the mountains courtesy of the 40 mi. per hour. because the sea have been amongst solid to down one is sauce to images right now are in the mid '50s >> reporter: 01 to storm warning is in affect for lake tahoe area say go to tomorrow morning and we're expecting about more than a foot of new snow. also we have a flash flood watch knobs that's also concerned the forecast for today snow at 7,000 ft. still fairly mild a mixture of some rain and snow here is the kron 47 day around the bay for fast it is like it will be stormy not today but tomorrow and on thursday it chance for some showers >> reporter: here is a quick look at the mobile application you can download it

cbs news financial contributor melody hobson is in chicago. what's the problem here?d news for mcdonald's. they've had russia shut down some of their most important stores. many people believe that was in retaliation to u.s. sanctions. they've had beef prices at all time highs. they had a vendor in china selling expired meat. really a lot of things have happened at once. but they have said they have a plan to fix it. >> which is? >> they're talking about customization customization. i think they might be on to something here. we have gotten used to having things the way we want them from how we got our coffee in the morning to when we watch our television shows. and mcdonald's has been really behind the it ball there so they are starting a program where you build your burger or chicken sandwich the way you want it. >> it will be interesting because whether you buy the burger in the states or shanghai, they all taste the same. i'm wondering about this molledy. it's true that most people in this country are eating less beef. when you think mcdonald's, you just think bur

it's a line, a thought, a melody, all that. there's no sequence.'t know what comes first. >> and you dhoenlt know when it's coming. >> exactly. >> the new song, how did it come about, the collaboration with john legend and others? >> it was conceived by my production manager. they thought it would be a great for me to do an album with other artists, guest artists singing my songs. >>> in chicago a student created a mistletoe invention. he wears the device in the daily plaza with the mistletoe hanging above the kissing zone. it certainly works. he got kisses from more than 60 beautiful women of all ages. sometimes he's gotten two kisses at the same time although not all of them were women. he thought about do it ing for three years. he had friends who makes props for movies and he said do it for me. >> i can't imagine how popular it is. >>> this half hour americans who want health care have until monday to enroll or reenroll in obamacare for coverage starting january 1st. officials are hoping to remove the element of surprise. >> wyatt andrews tells

the concert they talk about prime minister and melody and hinduism in the maccabee, the crusaders, anybody. and you find some of this. what if you talk about what we're worried about, we've got to get down to define elements of it and that is my observation. thank you. >> okay. why don't we have one round of panelists. if you want to respond on the issues, then we are going to open up for discussion. >> i just want to make sure that we are very clear and that i deliver my message. so what we are doing and what we have achieved during these 50 years is fundamentally make any difference in terms of our understanding of different religions. i told you that we started in 1963. something else happened the same year. several thousand bishops were congregating in the vatican and they made major changes. this is the catholic document where they decided finally that christian, but if someone were the responsible party. and since then, it has become part in parcel of our understanding today and that the same time that document also recognizes muslims and jews as vegemite religionist believers. so th

and then the, finally, we understand that ferguson is not an island unto itself, but a melody in every city. there is a ferguson community. but if we apply the four tenets of the memorial, we will make better families, better communities, better cities, better states, and indeed have a better nation in the world. god bless you and let's speak together tonight. i know bring to the podium jeff johnson, a world-renowned author, commentator, and a good friend of the memorial. jeff johnson, it's your show. >> thank you. [applause] the check is in the mail. [laughter] i didn't know who he was talking about at first. it is an honor and privilege to be here and moderate the discussion. i'm not going to stay at the podium. but i am going to join our panelists sitting down. but i do want to frame -- i don't think there has ever been a panel that i have moderated that needs less framing in lieu , i think, of what our country is looking at and many of us have listened on the way over all of the commentary and the reviewing of what is happening in new york even right now. as a grand jury has failed

the department of energy melody is interested in it and we are talking to her about this along with otheropics associated with national structure in the energy sector. >> right now -- the united nations in two weeks. [inaudible] how can we make sure we have coal in a country with a limited supply? >> you are correct. this is a constant frequent topic of conversation in our office. we do see the emergence of low-cost abundant natural gas. it's not just a real market phenomenon but the sign just as we are likely to have a lot of prolonged time. broadly speaking that serve the nation well. we have reduced emissions and production price as well. doesn't solve the climate problem. we haven't figured out exactly what that is but even with the closure of some coal plants come even with abundant low-cost natural gas our analyses reveal that there remains a large fraction of coal in the power sector and our analysis suggests that in any number of scenarios he would deploy a ccs on some of those plants. we have looked at the plans from a permit perspective from space available perspective for an en