>> there are so many different ways to look at michael sam's. ain, michael was embraced by his teammates, the athletes at the university of missouri and they knew before he came out he came out publicly, he played his entire senior citizen series with missouri, sec player of the year wearing when you look at the pictures a rainbow wristband the entire season in every game and nobody picked up on it, nobody saw that. and the states embraced him when he went to the st. louis rams, he was drafted by the rams in the seventh round . the saints embraced him. some of the team leaders took him under their wing and tried to talk to him about being an nfl player, how to improve his game , the players really i think demonstrated where sports are. my teammates are going to accept you. the interesting part about michael's story on the flipside is that to me there is no question that him coming out hurt him in the draft. and there is no question to me that hurt him getting a job after he was cut from the rams and after he was cut from the cowboys. not a single

. >>> michael sam is coming to worcester and have a free lecture. sam's experience working his way up from water boy in high school to all-american playing -- to an at the university of missouri. he will talk about becoming the first openly gay player drafted by the nfl. >>> well, mark your calendar, james taylor is coming home to boston. the singer, songwriter and sox fan will bring his ball tour back to fenway. mark his third year in a row here. boston will be taylor's final stop on the tour. tickets go on sale friday. the show is august 11. >>> 4:56 right now. we continue to follow breaking news stories this morning. of the lynn way has been shut down right now, and police are investigating at that scene. fox25's michael henrich is there, he will have a live update coming up in a few minutes. update coming up in a few minutes. update coming up in a few minutes. kisses deluxe chocolates. with a whole roasted hazelnut, delicate crisps and layers of rich, creamy chocolate, they're twice the size of the kisses chocolates you love. say more with? ?sse

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. >>> and michael sam is set to speak in worcester, the defensive end plays for the rams was on the dallas cowboys practice and played canadian football lead, the lexture is free and open to the public. >>> tickets will go on sale friday, the massachusetts native will perform at four ballparks wrigley field, national park in d.c. and at&t park in san francisco, on sunday taylor will receive a kennedy center honor you can watch the kennedy center honors route here on wbz. >>> we have a happy update a syndrome saying she is overwhelmed by the support for her cookie business. >>> we told you about c objection colett ex, she has received cookie orders from across the country. >>> he is going to be so busy we keep telling her that you have the fame now, but the hard businesses that want to sell her cookie even potential investors. >>> i want to try one for sure, the amazing cookie! still to come a local tree lightning with a little specialing. >>> the holiday donation 29 kisses deluxe chocolates. with a whole roasted hazelnut, delicate crisps and layers of rich, creamy chocolate, they're twice

michael sam was drafted by the rams. he will deliver a lecture at clark university in worcester tomorrow. he will chronicle his experiences to an all-american player to his draft section. the event is free and open to the public. >>> a mystery after a car is found running on the bridge. the mother driving it has been missing for days. why her mother says there's no ?? why do banks treat you and your money like this? they nickel and dime you with fees and minimum balances. capital one won't do that. they've reimagined banking, that's free of all that nonsense. no fees. no minimums. no gotchas. at capital one, your money stays your money. >>> 49 seats in orlando's new mls soccer stadium will honor the victims of the pulse nightclub massacre. the rainbow seats located in section 12 are dedicated to the lgbtg community. the stadium opens next year. >>> new at 4:30, a single mother is missing in jacksonville, florida. no one has thanksgiving. this is 29-year-old ashley brown. earlier thursday morning, traffic cameras captured

michael sam was drafted by the rams in 2014, and had brief stints with the cowboys. the defensive end will deliver a lecture at clark university tomorrow. from hitchcock high to the nfl will chronicle sam's experiences as a water boy in high school to an all-american playing career at the university of missouri to his draft selection. >> vanessa: new at 6:30 p.m., the bay state could stand to give a little more. a list of the most charitable states and massachusetts ranked near the bottom. but our granite state neighbor scored in the top ten. the web site calculated things like volunteer rates, income donated and percentage of sheltered homeless people. on the global scale, the united states was the secondmost charitable country. >> mark: it's not christmas in copley square without the annual tree lighting. >> vanessa: mayor marty walsh lit it reindeers and rudolph. carolers got the crowd this to the holiday spirit. this year's holiday stamps were also unveiled tonight. >> kevin: well, chilly if you're going to be out there checking out the tree tonight. temperatures

michael j. fox's son sam was mr. golden globe in 2013 and the stlone sisters will hand out the award sunday on abc and we had to show them the flashback photo. >> this was taken ten years ago at a premiere. >> oh! >> my hair! >> my mom dressed all of us. >> i look like a pilgrim! >> boy, have they grown up beautifully. >> bryan cranston and james frankel have both won golden globes and i don't know if your attention and only "e.t.? can take you to the set. >> unequivocally it was the most fun i've ever known. >> why him? the universal question fathers have asked their daughters for centuries. in this case, the him is frank owe. >> yes! >> oh, my god! >> get up here. >> father, daughter, daughter's boyfriend. on christmas day i'll ask stephanie to marry me and i would like your family. >> the answer is no. >> like children we were playing every day. >> you call me son and i'll call you dad. >> i don't think that's going to happen. >> i think it's going to, dad. >> what? >> stop it. >> all right, dad. >> if you're crac

mike barnicle, sam stein, michael steele still with us.and doris kearns goodwin and bob woodward. good to have you all onboard. >> doris, obviously you spent an awful lot of time and identified with the presidency of lbj. that's a great place to start when looking at how we have presidencies move from one person to another person despite the fact they may be contemptuous of each other. lbj didn't have a lot of use for richard nixon and yet -- is that an understatement? >> a clear statement. >> ike was contemptuous of jfk. couldn't believe that a kid like jfk would sit in his chair in the oval office and yet there's some magic every four years. yesterday barack obama provided that for us. >> i think all three of them did in a certain sense have a classiness and concession and looking forward and congratulations. the election it most reminds me of is 1948. think about it. truman is on that train. everybody says dewey is going to win. it's not only the next morning he holds up a sign saying dewey wins. "life" magazine had to recreate its whol

michael: thank you, sam. bloomberg intelligence's director of european research. the markets. the vix up a little bit. looks like we might have a little bit of a rebound in the markets today. ♪ francine: it is sunny but cold with clear skies. look at the cheese grater in london, the walkie-talkie. firming rises, gdp holding . i'm francine lacqua in london. mike mckee is in new york. thato renzi has reaffirmed he will quit if voters reject constitutional reforms. he says a technocratic government would not serve the country well. we are back. hen, i'm going to start with you. what does this mean for the banks? had -- have a technocratic government, is it that much more difficult to get investors to buy into your plan? stephen: i think bottom line, yes. it will be more difficult on the margin. recapitalizing the italian banks should be an absolutely key priority over the next 6-8 months. is kind ofalization a lockstep that has been taken. we have 16 successful recapitalization. it is a priority. francine: we had have reforms from matteo renzi, but a lot of people th

michael lafronge. 57yards of pay dirt. clippers go up 7-0. about how running back sam coss. back after missing 6 yards. somebody wants a big piece of turkey. more from coheg he hits. hooks up with gene vasquez for another touchdown. great grab in traffic to get it headed to the division a super bowl. it was the injured carl and jeffrey willis show. ends up 7-0. to the third and the reverse tries it again. touchdown number two. fourth quarter and you get this. the trifecta. you bet cha. to wheeler, hanover wins it 7- 3. they're headed division three super bowl. >>> stotem hosting redem. tray hednoni with the around. finds russell way down the field for the touchdown. stotem took the lead. and got it done on the ground. that will put them up 14-0. later, does it with this arm. throws this one deep. to zack hunter he reals it in. warriors win it 26-14. marlboro taking on -- she also threw for a score but panthers win 44-0. now let's get you all caught up on all the high >>> big shout out to all the photographers here at the station. they got up early and made it to those games so we could bring them to yo

before i close, let me personally thank michael simpson and victoria sam son both of the secure world foundation. what you're seeing today the work of not only the state department but ngos and others in a have brought this discussion format in an open forum and we absolutely rely on organizations like the secure world foundation to make this possible. so let me welcome michael simpson the executive director of the secure world foundation. thank you. [ applause ] >> well, there are many familiar faces who are working in consultation and collaboration in the filed of space sustainability. secure world foundation probably doesn't need much introduction. for the rest, simply be aware that we have for years described our work as seeking cooperative soluti solutions for space sustainability so here we are celebrating space sustainability, advocating increased cooperation and enjoying the presence of so many people with whom we have cooperated along the way to make this day possible. in some ways, i'm welcoming you to a celebration six yard years of work has brought us 12 guidelines to supp

. >> joining us now, sam stein, and a great guy to be in a foxhole with, and michael medved. i've been saying all year when trump would go on these rants about people like paul ryan, that the president spends good deal of the time begegging these people to get packages through. >> i don't think begging is appropriate, but i think's appropriate to respondhe way mr. ryan did, which isoo cut mr. trump some slack, if you ok at the video that you're showing the whole world here, one of the things mr. trump said today, he said barack obama was a very good man. now that's a very good thing for him to say. it's obviouslytrue, and i believe ththe honestly is trying to sorort of put some of the excesses of his previous 70 years of life behind him and to become presidential. and i think that what patriots should to, wheer they're left, encourage that. bebeuse what president obama said today was emphatically true, which is the only way for america to succeed is to have a successful president. shouldn't, no one should repeat the misis that some conservatives made when obama became preside

michael. >>> when you're wrong, you're wrong and neuro scientist and number cruncher extraordinary sam wongalled 49 of 50 states in 2012, but like many others he got tuesday wrong. he was here last weekend and could not be swayed from his conviction that clinton would win. >> honestly this race is the most stable statistically speaking since eisenhower beat stevenson in 1952. there's drama and data. state polls is a good gauge. >> what about the argument that says that no poll has properly taken aapprisele of donald trump's true strength perhaps people because are em bare rasz raszed to say to a pollster, i'm for him. >> no, no, no. >> dr. wong promised to eat a bug if he won more than 240 electoral votes which inspired an avalanche on my twitter page. here is one of many -- will you please have dr. wong back on to discuss where his logic went wrong. hoping to see bug eating video. dr. wong, you're a good man for being here. many others would have simply ducked. what did go differently than you envisioned? >> well, certainly i was wrong and i will say that i rely heavily as all do on the po

sam, thank you so much for joining us. always good to see you. come up, retired general michael flynn who's reportedly in the running to be the head of the nsa. supposedly telling trump to be more hawkish. up next, what his influence could mean for national security. plus the twitter crackdown. the social media site makes a move to ban white nationalist groups. it is one of the stories we're updating around the news nation. and also coming up i'll talk live with olympic gold medalist simone biles. history making gymnast is 19 years ol she's been named glamour magazine's woman of the year. as part of ebony's power 100. now she's out with a book titled courage to soar. we'll talk to simone about how she overcame so many obstacles to be a young woman so admired around the world. simone joins us live coming up. as a supervisor at pg&e, it's my job to protect public safety, keeping the power lines clear, while also protecting the environment. the natural world is a beautiful thing, the work that we do helps us protect it. public education is definitely a big part of our job, to teach

sam wong. >> he promised he would eat a bug if that happened. it takes 270 electoral votes to win. trump got 290. michaelut that vow. here's what happened before and after the election. >> what i said in that tweet was that trump was unlikely to break 240 electoral votes. i think that's the same. this race is the most stable statistically speaking since eisenhower beat stevenson. now, mike, you really want me to do this? >> i kind of would. let's put it to bed once and for all. >> sure. okay. like john the baptist in the will wilderness, he ate locusts and honey. after all, i was wrong, a lot of people were wrong. nobody else made the promise i did. i'm hoping we can get back to data and thinking thoughtfully about policy and issues and having said that, and saying good morning to everyone out there on both sides, see this. here it goes. okay. >> you're a man of your word, dr. wong. how was it, by the way? >> kind of mostly honey-ish. a little nutty. if it's good enough for a snake. >> he didn't chew it. he was like getting rid of this. >> was not able to worm out of that one. couldn't help it. >> i knew

michael toner, i believe we may have lost him. >> yes, i am here. can you hear me? >> i want to chat with sam stein who's joined us now here along with kristen welker as we take a look inside by the way, we expect to see any moment here sam and kristen, the president elect trump, walking these halls as we take a look at these live shots. when you see and that's the members of the president elect trump security details who's been with him on the campaign trail. what's going through your mind? >> donald trump's son in law. >> your last question, how much time it requires to get through these steps. i remember in 2009 and 2008, there was an economic crisis going on. there was uncertainty whether they can staff up the treasury department to get people in place to handle the crashing market. for months, they're trying to figure out what to do. the treasure department remains relatively under staffed. >> they did not have people in place to handle the competition. the good thing for trump is he does not have that world financial crisis to deal with this moment. he's going to come, it is going to co

and killed 43-year-old sam dubose last year after stopping him for not having a front license plate. and then there is the case in north charleston, south carolina, officer michael slater facing a murder charge after a bystander filmed him shooting 50-year-old walters got in the back as he ran away. in that case, walter scott was stopped by the police officer as he was driving into the autozone shop right nearby for i think it was a broken tail light. he was stopped for the taillight up being shot by the police officer. the justice department inveigation into the choking death of an armed african-american eric garner by daniel pantaleo is in disarray. "the new york times" reported last week the new york-based fbi agents of federal prosecutors are no longer assigned to the investigation. they did not feel the officer should be charged. it leaves prosecutors with the justice department's civil rights division in charge, making a far more likely officers will face criminal charges. >> part of what we're seeing right here is the policy of stop and frisk, which came after the advances of the civil rights movement. stop and frisk is based on the broken windows area po

hey, john and michael, why don't you go get some coffee in the kitchen. i know it took a long time, but you see? okay, sam. oh, look, sam. yeah? you will try to get a little sleep before the show tonight? sure, i'll take a nap. don't worry about it. and you go in the kitchen and eat, 'cause you need it. hey, guess who was just here to see you. sapphire and her mama. you're close. oh. major anthony nelson. the astronaut? mm-hm. well, where is he? oh, he-- he left. i told him you were rehearsing. oh, come on, jim. you're puttin' me on, man. if that cat's not too busy to go to the moon for me, well-- now, find him for me, will you? [sighs] thank you, jim. it was your goof. [???] look at you. just look at you. you should be ashamed of yourself. your master is exhausted. and do you know why he is exhausted? because he is worried. and why is he worried? you must do something about that. [sighs] right. well, i can't get over that. hah. how about that, huh? gee, i've met the queen of england, the president of the united states, and now i'm gonna meet a real live-- --astronaut. oh, i-- i've heard of nervous breakd

michael bodan in first circuit. our second speaker is well known to you coloradans, professor sam cayman, the seeder burg professor on marijuana policy. he is an expert on marijuana law reform and a member of the colorado governor's amendment 64 implementation task force. he's published over a dozen scholarly articles on the subject and co-authors the series "altered states:inside colorado's marijuana economy" for "slate" magazine. >>> our next speaker is general pete michael, attorney general of the state of wyoming. prior to becoming attorney general he was chief deputy attorney general and senior assistant attorney general over the natural resources division of the wyoming attorney general's office. he succeeded our own greg phillips, who was wyoming attorney general before that 37 and he was a law clerk for justice cardin in wyoming supreme court. our next speaker is special introduction for me, fredger, solicitor general, determines legal strategies for appeals as well as select constitutional litigation. before becoming solicitor general he was the assistant solicitor general and worked at gibson dunn in denver

michaels is a former clerk to chief justice michael boudin and the first circuit and we welcome you . our second speaker is well known to colorado, professor sam sam kamin. he is the university professor of marijuana law and policy at the university of durham college of law. professor kamin is an expert on marijuana law reform and was a member of the colorado governors amendment 64 implementation task force. he has published over a dozen scholarly articles on the subject of marijuana law, reform and co-authored inside colorado's marijuana economy. our next speaker is general steve michaels, attorney general of the state of wyoming. he was the chief deputy attorney general and was also senior citizen attorney general to providing the water law section of natural resource division of the wyoming attorney general's office and he is joined by greg phillips who was wyoming attorney general before him. continuing, mister michaels is in the wyoming supreme court.our next speaker is a special introduction for me to read frederick yarger. solicitor general of the state of colorado and this is upbeat because he's one of my former clerks. solicitor gener

sam had a great expression on this. you know, here are all these sbek yules griping and complaining and seasoned egg us negative coverage and yeah, that guy never ran for sheriff. michael has run for sheriff and so has george bush. >> governor, a one minute response. >> that's not bad, that's true. >> doesn't that prove a point, george, which is values like family and education, community, decent homes for young people that family in long island i visited on monday, we're bought a house for some $19,000 back in 1962. we have eve had seven children, they can't live in the community and which they grew up in. those are basic american values and i believe in them. i think you believe in them. i'm not left or right, they're decent american values. i guess the one thing that concerns me about this, ann, is this attempt to label things, which all of us believe in. we may have different approaches and may think that you deal with them in different ways, but they're basically american. i believe in them, george bush believes in them. i think the vast majority of americans believe in them. i hope, governor, the tone we've just heard might be the tone we have for the rest of the

with 17 total players, michael floyd did not practice with the hamstring injury, sunday kick off at 11:00. and detroit has played on turkey day since 1934. fans know the drill. sam matt is the 40-yard game winner. lions when it 16-13 and they are in sole possession of first place in the nfc north. and arizona, they have lost eight straight. for the sun devils and the wildcats, this is their game. brandon mcgee talks to the seniors about what is on the correct this right here is the territorial cup. and i'm going to get in and talk to some of the guys. i i know that it was my turn to play. i was ready to go out there for my teammates and when it for the fans. >> what is going through your >> beat the cast. let me know how you feel about this week. >> that is all that matters this week. and it gives me goosebumps - - goosebumps. >> i'm seeing intensity. what is going on here at week. get those bragging rights. >> we can still get to a ball game. >> what is your favorite memory? >> definitely getting the hit. anytime you get to hit those guys, it is a great moment. >> kick-off is at 7:30 tomorrow night. >> fun to on thanksgiving weekend. >> it divides the state rig