of course, miller.ext. >> bill: thanks for staying with us i'm bill o'reilly in the miller time segment tonight, the d-man has been talking about wikileaks on his fine radio program i understand as i understand kateed why west wood 1 and he joins us now from los angeles. just tell the audience haven't heard you on the radio what your take is on this. >> i didn't even know who this guy was a month ago. i looked up on my screen i thought my god chef gordon ramsey has malaria. then all of a sudden i find out it's julian assange and, you know, i'm not fan of artificial dissemination, billy, i will say, this thank god he is putting it on the "new york times" because no one is reading it the only place he could bury this more below the fold is on the cover of "newsweek." put it there and keep everybody's secrets safe. >> bill: you don't think it's catching on with the mainstream audience. you might be right. it certainly damages america's ability to protect itself because we discussed earlier in the program w

miller: mr. speaker, today i rise for our nation's children and for the poorest children in our country who are hungry and malnourished. i rise because children need our help. child nutrition is is a question of what's the moral thing to do for our children. it's about being on the right side of history and ensuring healthy and productive future for our country. our children will make and determine our future and that is what is at stake. in our country, as great as ours, no child should go hungry but in fact millions of children do go hungry at various times throughout the year and very often throughout the day. and the fact of the matter is we cannot afford to let that continue. at the same time in the middle of this crises of food insecurity, as it's called, better known as hunger, we also face the public problem of obesity. what we understand and what we know is our schools through the school nutrition programs and other programs that serve nutritional meals to children are an opportunity to

miller. mr. miller: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. miller: i want to thank the members of our committee, the education and labor committee, ms. woolsey, subcommittee chair, mr. hare, ms. shea-porter for their commitment to worker safety whether it's in mines or construction sites or factories or anywhere else in america, they have demonstrated over and over again their commitment to these workers. i want to thank mr. rahall for his support of this legislation. he's taught me a great deal not just about mine safety but the culture of the communities that engage in this industry and in this employment and the impact it has on them and their families when things go so very wrong in the mines with accidents, explosions, fires and other incidents that take place. time and again, when i have visited miners, they've told me how he stood with them and their families at the mine site, the accident site if you will in their churches, in their homes, in their cars as they slept overnight

now, for the miller time segment. we reported last night a muslim teachner illinois suing school district with the help of the justin department because she was denied three weeks unpaid leave to visit mecca. joining us now from los angeles the sage of southern california dennis miller. miller, have you ever been to mecca? did you do a date there? a gig there? have you? >> i think i connected there in heartsfield. i don't think i have ever spent any time there. >> bill: against the law for any non-muslim to enter the city gate if you are caught in mechanic canchts i'm chomping at the bit to get in there. >> bill: western part of saudi arabia. >> no. i have got to knock off that walking tour in darfur first. >> bill: that isn't really top of your list. >> no. >> here we have the attorney general going to bat for the first time ever in the history of attorney generalship for this woman who wants the unpaid three week leave to do the hajj and you say. >> i say steadman's one goal in life obviously to make chamberlain loo

hall of fame broadcaster jon miller. and finally, two giants living legends, hall of famer mr. willy makati and hall of famer, the greatest mr. willie mays. [applause] how about a big hand for all of our special guests, everyone? [applause] we would like to thank the city and county of san francisco and our community partners, bank of america, caw, levi's, coors and miller, sales force.com, diamond foods, and charles schwab who helped make this possible. we would like to recognize broadcast partners knbr 680, the sports leader, comcast sports net bay area and nbc bay area, who bring giants baseball to our fans all season long and who have made it possible for today's event to be watched by giants fans throughout northern california. now, everyone, let's get this show on the road. let's get this party started. it is my great pleasure to introduce two members of the best broadcast team in all of baseball -- please welcome dave fleming and john miller. [applause] >> thank you for that. i always thought that this must be what it is like to be code, to go out to st. peter's on the b

miller's concern. wanted to advise him that we have been in discussions for the last several days with the current minority staff on the committee and we have all been well advised about our intention to bring this in one way or another either by u.c. or suspension to the floor. we appreciated their cooperation in doing that. i also would advise mr. miller this is exactly the same language that we did vote, including the gentleman from florida, voted for in its previous incarnation in the defense authorization bail. i hope i can say it's a fairly noncontroversial issue in the house and we hope that when the light of public interest is shown in the senate they will act on this as well on we half -- behalf of america. with that, madam speaker, i tun to reserve. unless the gentleman has no further speakers? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington reserves. the gentleman from kansas is recognized. mr. moran: madam speaker, i thank the gentleman from washington for his comments today. look fo

erika miller talked with experts who predict higher energy prices in the new year. >> reporter: anthony grisanti has been trading oil at the new york mercantile exchange for more than 20 years, so he is used to unpredictable moves in energy prices. but even grisanti is baffled by the recent rise in gasoline prices at both the wholesale and retail levels. >> to have gasoline, say $3 at the pump for christmas is unheard of. usually the fourth quarter is the time when there's least demand for gasoline. so, i'm very surprised at that. >> reporter: according to aaa, prices at the pump are now averaging $3.05 a gallon nationwide, a 13% increase in three months. blame rising crude prices, which have traded at two year highs for most of december. morningstar's allen good says the rally is being driven by strong energy demand from asia. >> despite small increases here in the u.s., a lot has been driven by china and emerging markets. so, while we really haven't seen any additional production capacity come online the past two years, we have seen demand recover to levels seen in 2008, when oil pric

our tool time award and tonight we're going to giving it to a congresswoman from michigan candace miller she's upset over the weekend leaks release of state department cables and she thinks of the whistle blowing organization should be declared a terrorist organization now of course she isn't the only one out there asking for this to be done but her impassioned plea on the house floor was definitely unique take a look. since wiki leaks has begun releasing american top secret information that it obtained illegally there has been a debate about how our nation should respond to this i believe that the actions of wiki leaks provide material support to our terrorist enemies so it should be treated as a terrorist organization. others have argued that wiki link is simply a media organization and go therefore it is protected under the first amendment well consider for a moment the most recent statements by julian assange the founder of wiki leaks which i believe show exactly what he is a terrorist of. oh ok and this before you head to the united states house floor and make a speech can you at le

>> reporter: i'm erika miller. coming up, i'll have a look at the outlook for heating oil prices as we head into the new year. >> tom: from oil to cotton to gold, stay tuned for our commodities round up. you're watching "nightly business report" for thursday, december 30. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. susie gharib is off tonight. with 2010 just one day away from being one for the history books, we look back on the year's star performer: commodities. while the s&p 500 is up almost 13% on the year, the basket of commodities tracked by the c.r.b. index is up over 16%. leading the charge are commodities you'll probably find around your house. cotton is up almost 90%, coffee prices have jumped more than 70% and sugar hit generational highs, up almost 13%. gold has gotten a