. >>> nashville's biggest legacy is its music. record business there, one of the city's largest employers. and students are now getting a crash course in what to do and what to sing. jonathan martin has more from music city. >> reporter: in high school music education is often limited to band and choreus. but in nashville students are getting hands on experience. >> 16, 17 years old, handle business like 25-year-old people at warning brothers. >> reporter: with big donations, this high school is equipped with a $1.2 million recording studio. the country's only music business magnet program is designed to give students practical real world experience. in nashville alone some 56,000 jobs are tied to music. >> we sign artists to a contract. we create the image and create the music. >> reporter: courses focus on song-writing, audio production and the business side of the industry. students in the record label class are also responsible for finding and promoting artists. recording sessions are also available for any student in nashvill

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nashville. ♪ >> where local drummer andy peek has been playing clubs for nearly 30 years giving gig toittle and sometimes no insurance. >> they were experiencive. and if you had any preexisting conditions you were out of it. >> the music industry has a major economic impact around the country, perhaps that's most visible here in nashville. but us dissite all of the money, over 76% of them have no access to health care benefits. >> you would be surprised at the number of people that we have talked to that probably make less than $12,000 a year. >> reporter: and that's one of the reasons a new organization, the music health alliance based in nashville, has been counseling members about health services soon to be available. >> we're helping the people before they get on the radio, and we're helping those people after they have hit their heyday. >> reporter: it's artists like andy peek who received help dealing with the healthcare.gov website over the past few months. >> you keep getting kicked off and kicked off and kicked off, and getting back on the system. it's difficult. >> reporter:

in nashville alone some 56,000 jobs are tied to music. >> we sign artists to a credit.create the image and we create the music. >> reporter: it focuses on songwriting, audio production and the business side of the industry. students in the record label class are also responsible for finding and promoting artists and making sure they get vocal training. recording sessions are also available for any students in nashville public schools. >> it's not easy. even from the singing to the promoting to the creative side and your look has to match your--what you're doing. >> reporter: so what's been the biggest thing you've learned about the music business? >> probably how the whole record is put together from the recording to publishing to the sound. >> reporter: five-time grammy winning brothers oversee the program. most of the children they teach are financially disadvantaged. >> i find that the kids are more talented, kids are more creative because they don't have some of the luxuries that some people have so they're more creative. they write, they write better songs. they ex

nashville.where local drummer andy has been playing clubs for nearly 30 years, living gig to gig with little or sometimes no health insurance. >> it's expensive. if you had any pre-existing conditions you were out of it. the nature of being a musician is a roller coaster ride. >> despite all the money that musicians bring in, over 76% of them have no axxess to group healthcare benefits. >> you would be surprised at the amount of people we've talked to in the last two to three months that probably make less than $12,000 a year. >> reporter: that's one of the reasons a new non-profit organization working on a bear bones budget to music health alliance based in nashville has councilbeen counseling musician. >> we help them before hey get on the radio, before hey meet their heyday. >> if you have someone there sitting with you, and you're trying to navigate through the system and you keep getting kicked off, and getting back on the system, it's difficult. >> former record company executives who run

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it is 26 degrees in dallas and 35 in nashville. this take arctic plunge continues to shift eastward. we will see the colder air starting tomorrow. here on our radar, all of the moisture continues to stream. we actually have that snow. that is where the winter storm warnings are in effect. here's the map that shows you the warnings that stretch from texas into the tennessee and ohio river for these. now, up into portions of the northeast. so, the freezing rain is still an issue today for arkansas and into western tennessee. new winter storm watch has been issued for areas west of the blue ridge. i will show you a map closer to home in a minute. i also want to help you time what we are thinking. we will continue to see moderate showers for the rest of the day. this is the futurecast taking us through the overnight hours. rain will wrap up a for don. we will end up in the upper 30s. a cold start the day. we will see sunshine return in the afternoon. at least a little bit of sunshine, with high-pressure overhead. then, things change. a

. >>> and the san josi sharks kick off a three-game series against nashville.is coming up next i love having a free checked bag with my united mileageplus explorer card. i've saved $75 in checked bag fees. [ delavane ] priority boarding is really important to us. you can just get on the plane and relax. [ julian ] having a card that doesn't charge you foreign transaction fees saves me a ton of money. [ delavane ] we can go to any country and spend money the way we would in the u.s. when i spend money on this card, i can see brazil in my future. [ anthony ] i use the explorer card to earn miles in order to go visit my family, which means a lot to me. ♪ . >>> good evening everyone and thanks for joining us our saturday night edition of sportswrap. the sharks played in nashville tonight, sharks took a page out of warrior's game plan, start slow and try to build a late late comeback, it doesn't always work for the w's either. shooting for the third straight victory and led 1-0 when roman josi shoots the goal. sharks lost four of the last five games and didn't score

bobby hasn't had a drink in more than ten years she now worked at a treatment facility in nashville. three years sober, she credits her treatment for her sobriety. >> the biggest thing i got was the night before lights out, with other women, who had been through and were going through the same thing that i was going through. no, silt, shake. >> her company rehired her and she is reconnected with her family. this holiday, instead of hiding in her house, with the help of her support group, she will spend it with her family. >> santa claus rally on watt street has been extended past christmas. the dow is up, look at that, almost 120 points. the blue chips already at an all time high, and a positive finish would make this the 50th close for the dow. a positive report on jobs the number of people applying for initial unemployment benefits dropped 42,000 last week. hiring has been pretty healthy, the economy added an arrange of 204,000 jobs every month from august through november. olympic dreams aren't always about gold medals. gamesetting to the games is a huge accomplishment. jazeera am

jonathan martin, al jazeera, nashville. >> the most interesting information comes from children.that's a quote from mark twain. we can learn a tremendous amount about them, being 8. it's about incredible experiences struggles and insight all through the most innocent of eyes. we begin with a young ballerina poised to take the stage. jewely muller has her story. >> kendall is just eight years oold and 4'5" so there's not a lot of ballet roles for her, unless it's christmastime. this nutcracker performed by the pasadena dance theater, is her first chance. >> i'm in the scene where mother ginger comes out, she lifts up the skirt and we dancing all around her. >> let's look back a bit, it's four hours before curtain time and kendall is getting ready for her debut. >> i feel nervous and excited at the same time. >> she started in the shadow of her sister. even sow kendall had to audition and this dance company rarely acceptance eight-year-olds. but she was accepted and she found a whole new set of role models. >> what did you think of the people who had the leads? >> it was amazing be

under three minutes to play now nashville takes a two on one.ictor stallberg under the pad of nyenmmi. final music city usa. >>> a year from being thrashed 49-15 by baylor south fulsom getting another chance. junior jake browning with a state record 74 touch down pass this is season. the bulldogs averaging 55 points per game. de la salle is a different animal. 7-0 spartans. late second quarter, 19-3 de la salle. fullsome in the red zone. browning picked off by kevin griffin. connection half fundamental disciplined power football. john valesco with the third touchdown in the game. after another browning pick he scores again. 132 yards on the ground, almost the same score as last year. 45-17 the final. de la salle will look to win a fifth straight state championship next weekend. still to come make it an even dozen for navy and army. it was expected to be a la to thoseworried...ited... poked and prodded... taken risks... and lived in a state of "what if?"... welcome to a new state... of health. welcome to covered california. the place to find qual

that's why he's here at the governor's residence in nashville, tennessee. >> it is an honor to have you here today and to welcome his royal highness the prince edward, the earl of wessex. and congratulations to all the award winners, as well. >> the award winners included students, scouts, members from boys & girls clubs, as well as teens from miss america. >> six years ago, we started this program. i've been involved for three years, and in that time, we've grown from one program in california, our pilot, to 30 states and the district of columbia -- over 7,000 young people taking part this year. this afternoon, we celebrate 85 recipients from tennessee -- nashville and the greater area -- who have dedicated their time, gifts, and talents to fulfilling what it requires to meet the standards of the duke of edinburgh's award. >> to qualify for an award, you have to participate in four areas... the idea is that by doing these activities, you'll make yourself a better person, while helping others at the same time. >> harrison lane. [ applause ] >> there are three award levels -- bronze, sil

it's most visible here in nashville.spite the money that the musicians bring in, 76% have no access to group health care benefits. >> you would be surprised at the amount of people we have talked to in the last 2-3 months that make less than 12,000 a year. >> that's a reason a new nonprofit organization working on a bare bones budget, the music health alliance in nashville has counselled members about health services soon to be available. >> we are helping the people before they get on the radio and after they've hit their heyday. >> it's clients are artists like drummer andy peak who received help dealing with the healthcare.gov website over the past two months. >> if you have someone sitting with you and try to navigate and you keep getting kicked off, getting back on is difficult. >> former record company executives like bidy and dunn who run the health alliance feels it is worth the temporary frustrations of the affordable care roll out. >> a lot of it is education. they don't understand what it is and are afraid to

nashville. >> still ahead, south africa begins its next chapter without its spiritual leader.ight with the combatants in their training base. tÑ >> welcome to al jazeera ameria. here are your top stories. the nsa program might have violated the fourth amendment ban on search and seizure. whether antibacterial soaps are safe? currently there's no prove that antibacterials help to prevent the spread of germs. >>> $6.5 billion of aid to assist those fleeing the syrian civil war. the syrian government dumped barrels on citizens. >>> bettina luser is the u.n. spokesman. >> the world food program needs $2 billion. we're going to take care of 7 million people, just think of that, we are in some of the worst and most dangerous places on the earth. we're going otake care of 4 million inside syria and almost 3 million inside. the world really has to come together when something like this happens, you know you have to go out and say governments of the world, but also businesses and private citizens like you and me, we all have to do something together to help these folks. >> what is the

so far in nashville we can have what ever you want.roken down pick up and nativity set and broken washing machine. my grandmother gave me a plastic one and a five ghost blog and you go around after a windy day. garying them up. jesus is in your bushes may i get him out? >> everybody is afraid i didn't give the perfect gift and what can people do? >> people are worried about that? >> not really? me neither. you get attack out early you don't have to worry. you can love it on the back porch. >> your christmas dinner. >> no, i relieve that stress by not cooking. you can say no. you don't have to do everything and do it all. >> say bless your heart. >> yes, that means you are so stupid. >> your latest dvd is called girl talk. i won't understand it. what kind of things do you talk about? >> a lot about the things we didn't talk about enough. i grew up a southern preacher's kid middle child and that is cross tone a las vegas show girl and a nun. i had the oishg donity crisis all of my life. my mother didn't talk a lot. if she talked about se

ginning me now from nashville, chip saltsman. chris, starting with you, my man the last part he said 25, 24 times, when he changed it november 4th saying this is what we really said they hadn't really before. . >> i mean, this >> president, i think, misspoke. and they weren't as clear as they needed to be. >> chris? chris? i'm going to get to this in joechlt just a moment. >> that is not misspeaking. >> well, no. i'm talking about listen. i understand you want to call it a lie. i'm going to say, i didn't. polit fact did. >> i understand that. i'm not going kault president a liar. i'm going to say he made a mistake and had to own up to it. he's paying for it. when you get hit in polls he's going to have a long road back. the focus should be trying to fix things. trying to make sure that things are getting better not kind of going back and relittle investigating what he should have said and been doing. in terms of being clear to the american people. >> one of the big problems is that this is going on. you can keep the plan, period.

on the exchairng the low et-priced plan in nashville is $114 a month, a 97% increase. even with that tam subsidy, if she made $25,000 a year, say, the plan would be $140 a month, almost twice what she could pay today if the $58 plan was all she felt she neededment today women in nashville can choose from 30 insurance plans that cost less than the administration says insurance plans on the exchange will cost, even with the new tam subsidiment in nashville 105 insurance plans order today about not be available in the exchange. according to health pocket incorporated, a consumer-oriented health represent firm, the arnlg individual deductible for a bronze plan is $5,081 a yearment this is 42% more than the arnlg deductible of $3,500 for an individually purchased plan in 2013ment according to deloitte, that is 348% more than $1,0 a 35 arnlg deductible in 2013ment these are a lot of numbers, mr. president, but americans -- millions of them are getting familiar with these numbers because this has gone from being political to being very personal. according to amount v amount e

eight inmates received associates degrees in liberal arts through david lipskomb in nashville.b has come in to teach. >> the classes weren't easy. i felt like i have really earned a degree. >> we were never looked down on as inmates, we were always considered students. >> each woman had to earn 63 credit hours. >> there have been a lot of voices in their lives to tell them that they don't matter and they don't count, and now they can illustrate that they are somebody, they can work hard and achieve success, and they can model that to their families, their children, and to the larger society. >> the program also allows traditional students to come into the prison and take classes with the inmates, bringing in outside perspectives and allowing the students inside to experience the more traditional college settings. lipskomb says the prom is life o. changing, pointing to studies that show higher education reduces the likelihood of exconvicts gag back to prison. >> or antoineette, it is a way to give back. >> it is a community. there are women here who will be getting out. now i ha

oregon complican la ida de su deportista acá vemos como escapa 16 yardas los 10 de la nación ganan en nashvilledrew b. con pase y el gancho y adentro la universidad de san francisco tuvo pesadilla con drew. la historia sigue como siempre davis stockton es hijo del jugador del utah jazz. >> increíble lo de michael schumacher a quien le encanta la velocidad en la pista o esquiando. >> una ironia de la vida. >> detalles de esta y otras noticias en breves instantes al volver de la pausa comercial. >> una pareja gay se va a casar sobre carroza en forma de pastel patrocinada por organización de concientización del vih pero los grupos más conservadores no ven bien que se haga en el desfile de las rosas. >> con esto llegamos al final de esta edición, muchas gracias por su atención, muy buenas noches. >> feliz 2014. >> ♪. la mariguana,colorado se considera listo para iniciar el experimento, el alcalde de nueva york prohibe el uso de cigarrillos electrÓnicos. y la trÁgica muerte de jenni rivera convirtiÓ este aÑo el de mayor ventas para la mÚsica de la diva de la banda. ♪ ♪

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. >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. (vo) al jazeera america we are on the trail investigating how walmart's supply chain works here in bangladesh. does the company know when its orders are being subcontracted? is the way they source their clothing- the system itself -flawed? the garment industry is notoriously secretive, so we needed an insider. we're on our way to meet an auditor. he was hired by wal-mart to assess standards at some of its factories. it's very rare for auditors to speak on the record and he doesn't want to speak to us on camera. so we recorded the conversation secretly in bangladesh, government regulation of garment factories is lax, and international companies are not legally required to ensure working conditions are safe. some companies hire auditors to inspect the factories. >> the purchasing system of walmart is very complex. >> how so? >> because they rely on their agents. they don't source directly from the factories. that is the problem, in my opinion. because if you rely on agents, that agent

nashville. we have another one coming up in nashville.in houston. >> oh, i have such a good candidate in houston. >> we're very interested in the family -- the steven jackal family. i know he finally retired, got hiss purple heart. >> he's out of the military now. i think he's still living in operation homefront, the apartments over there. we're going to push forward and actually do an interview with him and meet him and the kids and the wife. dan's going to meet them tomorrow. >> he's a hero. >> oh, absolutely. >> true american hero. >> yes. >> i landed in the army age of 28. just felt at that point and time in my life, i wanted to do more. needed the challenge. february of 2009, i deployed to iraq for three and a half months. my last deployment was to afghanistan. it was a three-day mission, and the second day we were out, we rolled over a culvert and i had seen a wire running into the culvert. i told the driver to back up, and he couldn't hear me, and they initiated the ied on us. with the force of the vehicle being lifted up off the g

connie britain, she's on nashville. >> i went to africa with her. we met at jfk and we get on there, i didn't know who she was and she didn't know who i was and -- >> now you are living together. >> and we spent a week traveling to different places in africa. i think she is amazing. it was interesting. but it wasn't until we landed until we knew who each other were. >> and can i say one thing, greg, you are saying that people who voted for obama are from the coast. let's remember 60 million voted for him. >> good point. >> but the point i'm trying to make is if you look at actors like that, like the ben afleck, i don't look at him and think of his political beliefs. if he is a bad actor, i kind of do. >> connie britain is a major star of a show. nashville takes place in the heart of country music. >> and speaking of music, we have to bring this up. katy perry, this is the worst example of politics and sacrificing your family. she chose politics over her parents. >> she wouldn't be there without her parents. >> that is true. >> she's just talking. he

report in nashville said 28% of parents were declining the shot and the four infants at vanderbilt allved but the ones with bleeding on the brain may have developmental changes and i'm al jazeera in nashville. >> vitamin k helps the blood to close and infants have low levels of vitamin k and that is why doctors recommend that shot for newborns. astronauts on the international space station are preparing for the second christmas eve walk ever and they will head out on the space craft in the next hour and using the walk to repair one of the space station's cooling pumps and it was initially scheduled for monday but the crew had to prepare a backup space suit because of a malfunction of one used over the weekend. you are looking at live pictures of the international space station and that hatch at the center of the screen will pop open and two astronauts will come out in the suits and space suits that are working perfectly this time and get back to work on the pump that is the size of a refrigerator and nasa is expecting if it goes well they will have the pump which cools electronics in t

. >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> evey sunday night, join us for exclusive, revealing, and suprizing talks with the most interesting people of our time. this sunday, >> i spent my whole life thinking about themes and thinking about how to structure movies, so this is highly unusual. >> the director of the sixth sense, says there are five things we can do to fix education in america >> the united states has education apartheid, that's the facts... >> talk to al jazeera with m. night shayamalan sunday at 7et / 4pt on al jazeera america >> and now, a techknow minute... >> welcome back, chicago's mayor, ron immanuel, says that if the city doesn't change retirement benefits and changes, chins will see a cut in vital services, and do you see a way forward here where everybody gives in a little to mitigate some of the damage. >> you have to understand, the city doesn't have the same problems that are just with the state of illinois. the state of illinois is paying 20 cents on the dollar toward their pension plans, and th

nashville. we have another one coming up in nashville.n houston. >> oh, i have such a good candidate for houston. >> we're very interested in the family you sent me, the stephen jackel family. is there any updates on him? i know he finally retired, got hiss purple heart. >> he's out of the military now. i think he's still living in operation homefront, the apartments over there. >> right. we're going to push forward and actually do an interview with him and meet him and the kids and the wife. dan's going to meet them tomorrow. >> he's a hero. >> oh, absolutely. >> true american hero. >> yes. >> i landed in the army age of 28. just felt at that point and time in my life, i wanted to do more. needed the challenge. february of 2009, i deployed to iraq for three and a half months. my last deployment was to afghanistan. it was a three-day mission, and the second day we were out, we rolled over a culvert and i had seen a wire running into the culvert. i told the driver to back up, and he couldn't hear me, and they initiated the ied on us. with

the sharks played in nashville tonight, sharks took a page out of warrior's game plan, start slow andd a late late comeback, it doesn't always work for the w's either. shooting for the third straight victory and led 1-0 when roman josi shoots the goal. sharks lost four of the last five games and didn't score until the 3rd period. irwinn shoots and deflected in by boyle. you see it goes through the goalie. it's 2-1. still plenty of time and 3-1 with 2:30 yet. they need two goals and they get one. patrick marleau, his 15th goal of the season. sharks then decide to swarm the net and where was the intensity in the first two periods? havlat, no soup for you -- sharks simply run out of time and nashville wins 3-2 your final. >>> cal men's basketball coach mike montgomery must chuckle every time people tell him he just surpassed the legendary john wooden on the division's all-times win list. there is still a disparity of ten national championship and rocket's james harden watched mike montgomery picked up issues his 655th career win as the golden bears hosted fresno state. cal with 7. >> rep

. >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news>>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. hundreds in south sudan have been killed after a failed coup there and the violence is spreading. the head saying it was only a misunderstanding. >> reporter: fleeing for their lives. these people are looking for a safe place to hide from the fighting. the united nations base, the message from their a leaders was to go home. >> translator: when you came here, you were looking for peace. now there is no fighting. now we are telling you that everyone should go back to their house. listen to me, listen to me, listen to me >> reporter: but the crowd is far from reassured. >> translator: someone can be in his house and other people come in and ask him to speak a certain language, and if he couldn't speak they can take him out of his house and they can kill him. >> reporter: the situation on the ground is dire. thousands are waiting outside. at least three women are given birth at this base, and officials say they are running out of fo

. >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. he wanted to cut the growth in cost of living adjustments and others that felt that was the wrong way to go to start to cut entitlements or at least slow the growth of entitlements. both of them came to a neutral, compromised ground. this is a compromise of the sort that people have been asking for for quite some time. the bottom line here, those conservative objections are getting some traction, but the betting is now this evening that this is going to pass the house of representatives on thursday and go to the senate the next week and end up on the president's desk, joie. >> mike, thanks for being with us. we'll follow up. ahead. the international space station marks 15 years. are we getting enough bang for our buck, or is it just taking up space? get it? the anger all one sided? i hear rumblings from the people who cover the heat that the heat are not in love with players in the payer side, there is real hate here. >> there better be. they can really mess it up for them. when they

last night the sharks opened a three-game road trip in nashville.rts anchor collin resch with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning. the road has not been friendly to todd mclellan and the sharks this recent, especially recently. five losses in the last six away from the center. the power play second period. and sharks relinquish two goals leads in recent weeks. shoe on the other foot foam night. didn't boyle. nashville takes it two-on-one, viktor stalberg under the pat of antti niemi. sharks last five of their lift six overall. 3-2, the final in music city am sa. florida sit's by the fifth largest margin in the modern ear are you. >> and the winner is winston, floor state university. >> he becomes the youngest highs minnesota winner of and second redshirt freshman to win in as many years. aj mccarron finished second. >>> when the defense was 23rd ranked gonzaga yesterday. remember stanford did it in a holiday tournament in late november. jim harbaugh would call it enthusiasm unknown to minnesota kind. 19 points begins the bulldog

in nashville, tennessee, bureaucrats demanded that every car service must charge at least $45 a ride.have to charge them $45 for going four blocks. nobody's going to ride for 45. >> it was all protectionism, to protect taxi industry. >> when he started metro livery, it was a great success, but the new $45 minimum ended that. >> we lost all our clients and they went back to taxis. >> he fought nashville's rules in court but the bureaucrats won. why would they want to protect existing business? >> because existing businesses are politically connected. >> right. and in this town the hotel industry lobbied for a bill that makes it illegal for me to rent my own apartment for less than a progressive claims. this is flo. i need you. i feel so alone. but you're not alone. i knew you'd come. like i could stay away. you know i can't do this without you. you'll never have to. you're always there for me. shh! i'll get you a rental car. i could also use an umbrella. fall in love with progressive's claims service. >>> got some extra space in your house? want to make some money renting it? now you c

last night the sharks opened up a three-game road trip in nashville. in sports. >> good morning. the road has not been friendly to todd mclellan and the sharks this recent, especially recently. five losses in the last six away away from the center. the power play second period. and sharks relinquish two goals leads in recent weeks. shoe on the other foot foam -- last night. dan boyle deflects the matter. under three minutes to play. nashville takes it two-on-one. viktor stalberg under the pad of antti niemi. sharks lost five of their last six overall. 3-2, the final in music city. florida state's jamies winston won the heisman trophy by the fifth largest margin in the modern era. >> and the winner is jamies winston, floor state university. >> he becomes the youngest highs minnesota winner of and second redshirt freshman to win in as many years. quarterback aj mccarron finished second. >> when you can hold a team to zero makes in 14 attempts from the three-point mark, you have a good chance of winning. that's when they did, the defense in gonzaga yester

joining me now from nashville, chris cofinas, a democrat strategist. that first part we heard, he said it somewhere around 24, 25 times, you can keep your plan, period. it was when he changed it on november 24 when he said, this is what we really said, only they hadn't really said that before. >> the president clearly, i think, misspoke. they weren't as clear as they the needed to be or as direct as they needed to be on what impact the health care plan would have, particularly on people who already have health care. >> what do you mean, he misspoke? he said, what we said was -- and they hadn't said that before. that's not misspeaking. that's a lie. >> i understand you want to call it a lie. >> time out, time out. i didn't. politofact did. >> i understand that. i'm not going to call the president a liar. i'm going to say he made a mistake. he made a big mistake. he's had to own up to it and he's paying the political consequences for it. when you get hit in the polls in terms of trust and credibility, that's what's happening right now, he's going to have

last night the sharks opened up a three-game road trip in nashville.with the highlights in sports. >> good morning. the road has not been friendly to todd mclellan and the sharks this recent, especially recently. five losses in the last six away from the center. the power play second period. and sharks relinquish two goals leads in recent weeks. shoe on the other foot foam -- last night. dan boyle deflects the matter. under three minutes to play. nashville takes it two-on-one. viktor stalberg under the pad of antti niemi. sharks lost five of their last six overall. 3-2, the final in music city. florida state's jamies winston was the overwhelming favorite to win the heisman trophy, yet his name was entirely left off 115 voting ballots. some obviously still suede by his latest legal issues. still, he won by the fifth largest margin in the modern era. >> and the winner is jamies winston, florida state university. >> he becomes the youngest highs -- heisman winner of and the second redshirt freshman to win in as many years. aj mccarron finished second. >>

it is so funny, i put my nativity set out because so far so good in nashville, we can have whatever weup truck or jesus in a manger. and your washington machine is all right there around the nativity set. and my grandmother gave it to me, a plastic one that all of the paint is off of it now and it is a five goat blah in your front yard. and then you come home on a windy day you have to go round them up. it is not good to go to somebody and say jesus is in your yard, can i pick him up. >> there is always stress, someone won't get the perfect gift, there is the meal to prepare. >> people are worried about that? if you take out early, and if it is cold enough you can leave it on the back porch. >> have you ever messed up your christmas dinner. womens don't have to say you will do everything. >> but you have to say bless your heart. >> but that means you are stupid. >> your cd is called girl talk and what do you talk about? >> it is a lot about the things we didn't talk about enough growing up. and as you know, a grew up a southern preachers kid, a middle child, and that is between a las v

jonathan martin, al jazeera, nashville. >> the dow ended up more than 60-point as 5th record in a row, the s&p 500 also hitting an all time high. test la is holding on to it's five star safety rating. the traffic safety administration has reaffirmed it's rating for the 24 teen model year, however, the electric car maker flag ship vehicle that is still being rescrew bedty agency over battery related fires. sells at brick and mortar sales fell 3%, in the time weekend before christmas compared to the same time last year, sales have fallen three straight weeks. joining me to discuss top business stories, he is a business and personal finance analyst, let's pick up on that point. >> yeah. >> does that surprise you. >> not really, a lot of the movement is going online today. even in the last few days traffic has been down 21%. people being much more cautious, a little hard to do with today since it is christmas eve, so today they will probably go into the stores more. >> it seems that the store -- the same thing over and over, sales, sale, is it possible that customers are bored with that?

. >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news>> tell us what you learned when you visited nasa's jet propulsion laboratory. laboratory. >> it's like a grown up toy store. expensive toys. take a look, the images they're getting from mars is amazing, the data they're starting to get is incredible. this thing landed a year ago, and finally the information is starting to trickle through that is pretty impactful for us as humans. let check it out. >> which is a technical achievement. things have to work. the whole thing of us wanting to do things like this is sort of a human question, the classic, everest, let's scale the mountain because it's there sort of thing. but, too, it's this incredible question of what does it mean to be alive? we're going to mars to understand could life survive there? >> we're five minutes to entry, two minutes to entry. >> you are the flight director of this thing, how did you become the flight detectiver of this incredible-- >> i don't know that i conceived of this job as a kid. when you look at that sort

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there is a huge mess in dallas and little rock and places like memphis and nashville.or us, it is just rain today. 55 at 9:00, 51 at noon and down into the 40s by 5:00. i will have more details coming up are from the belfort furniture weather center. >> this is in baltimore, all lanes blocked on southbound 95. we can see on the live shot, lots of flashing lights around that area. even though it is blurry, you can see lots of activity there heading to the maps which is a little more he is theycally pleasing, -- esthetecally pleasing. the inner and outer loop is moving smoothly through virginia. expect lane closures and moderate delays there. not too bad, though, otherwise on the major roadways. 66 moving right along. delay free on 207 southbound, but it is a wet one so give yourself extra braking distance this morning. back to you. >> from a store reef heart break comes a sill silver lining. >> this is porter who with the smile bears the car scars of abuse. >> 4:46. new allegations of sexual abuse at a popular d.c. pool. children came forward with claims they were assau

. >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news>> audiences are intelligent and they know that their >> these vertical farms are everywhere. >> they're popping all over the world. and it's really exciting because it's going to change the way we eat and change the way we appreciate our food. check these out. they're called tower gardensers one of the many ways we can farm. food grows in them organically very quickly. there is water that flows through them. >> this is a great new way to grow produce. let's check it out. >> for over 8,000 years we've food. in fact, we've gotten so good at it that 80% of the world's farmable land land. >> it would be easier if i showed you. let's pull this out. look at how healthy and strong these root systems are here. the water every 15 minutes is just washing over these roots. >> is it ready to be harvested? >> this is ready to be fully harvested for a restaurant or you could just start harvesting and eating it. >> delicious. >> we have one restaurant here that it's garden is 50 feet. >> what kind o

. >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news>> start with one issue education...tÑ is. >> finally, on december 5th, south africa lost nelson mandela, the first democratically elected president of that country and the global news media have been capturing the story of a world paying its respects ever since. we've seen the obituaries,en a man formerly known as a terrorist, called madiba. asked the question, what would mandela's story have looked like had the revolution he led and the time he spent in prison coincided with the social media of today. it's called mandela story, web video of the week, we'll see you thi conclude >> attacks from the skies. syrians say barrels full of explosives are being dropped on them in aleppo. world news from al jazeera here from doha. the israeli military says a soldier was shot dead by a lebanese army sniper. >> he's behind some of the biggest intelligent leaks in u.s. history. spy officials are

invierno comienza oficialmente el 21 de diciembre afectaron algunas Áreas del sur, incluyendo texas y nashvilleda aeropuerto se reportaron 5 horas de retraso, la mayor acumulaciÓn de nieve fue en el este de pennsylvania en donde cayeron casi 7 pulgadas en el parque central de nueva york la acumulaciÓn de nieve 1.4 pulgadas rompiÓ el rÉcord de 1932 para esta misma fecha. >> aunque empezÓ fuerte, se convirtiÓ en agua nieve lo que no fue impedimento para que cientos de turistas continuaran acercandose al rockefeller center. >> la experiencia y ver y tocar la nieve? >> prefrz. >> yo creo que pegÓ lo suficiente. >> no vengo preparado, vengo de mÉxico y no vengo preparado para una tormenta de nieve. >> de acuerdo al servicio nacional del tiempo, el frente frÍo que azota el noreste se extiende hasta el viernes y posiblemente el fin de semana. >> en nueva york, y soisolda p; telemundo >>. estas condiciones invernales causaron caos en varias partes del paÍs, en autopista de wisconsin, una persona falleciÓ, estuvieron involucrados 12 autos debido a lo resbalado que estaba la vÍa, los carross no podian de

. >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> an al jazeera america exclusive... former president jimmy carter reflects on the life and legacy of nelson mandela. >> that spirit of nelson mandela is embedded deeply in the heart and soul of the south africans... >> they worked side by side for freedom, now president carter talks about mandela's global impact. a revealing interview you won't see anywhere else. >> i've never heard him say, that he was grateful to the united states... >> talk to al jazeera with jimmy carter only on al jazeera america still experienced some racial tension. so my parents who both started out in segregated schools made sure i knew my history as a young african american girl. they made me learn about martin luther king's march on washington and watch nelson mandela's acceptance speech when he first took the podium as president. >> so help me god. >> fast forward 17 years later. i'm an eager college senior. and it's no surprise i chose south africa as the place to go for my fellowship. when i got there

. >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. he wanted to cut the growth in cost of living adjustments and others that felt that was the wrong way to go to start to cut entitlements or at least slow the growth of entitlements. both of them came to a neutral, compromised ground. this is a compromise of the sort that people have been asking for for quite some time. the bottom line here, those conservative objections are getting some traction, but the betting is now this evening that this is going to pass the house of representatives on thursday and go to the senate the next week and end up on the president's desk, joie. >> mike, thanks for being with us. we'll follow up. ahead. the international space station marks 15 years. are we getting enough bang for our buck, or is it just taking up space? get it? >> i'm phil torres coming up this week on techknow... for some soldiers the war never ends. watch as a battle once fought in a warzone, comes to life on a video screen. >> he was doused in deisel fuel and he was just in a lot of p