and instead he decides to take mother and me to odessa, texas. and, in the book, there is a constant references to the risks he has taken throughout his life. that had to be one of the bigger gambles in a way. >> people think that he -- i mean, he did have a lot of advantages, grew up in a great education. he could have gone to wall street. didn't. after high school he could have gone in the military he could have gone off to jail and -- gone off to yale. there are times he could have taken a comfortable position and he didn't. >> i i want everybody to understand george bush better like many of his friends know him. people develop myths about you when you are in public life and, you know, of course a mitt is that this is a guy that has had it given to him all his life. contrary to reality. the reality is that he worked hard and took risks and lived an extraordinary life. and that book has talked about the decisions he has made and lessons i have learned. >> why do you think that is. every howard k. stern i have met whether republican democrat whe

. >> aunt boo is a character created by a hilarious woman named odessa l. waters. they have a youtube page. giving advice on breast size. >> we was mesmerized by your breast size. >> they thought it was a faboo like lebron going to the hoop. you need to put on a bra. >> singing about stupid people on the highways. ♪ i need all the men to stay away from me ♪ ♪ dummies on my left ♪ ♪ dummies on my right ♪ ♪ stay away from me ♪ >> you can get pretty much anything from aunt boo. we're going to get a lot from her right now because we have aunt boo via skype right this minute. do you write this stuff or is this just ad lib when you're bored in a traffic jam? >> well i'll tell you about that because i got stuck behind a hog truck. hog bootie ass is what i smelled. >> what made you start putting these videos online. >> i didn't know what i was doing to be honest with you, i knew i needed something else to do. i had something serious to happen in my life and i needed something to laugh. i started laughing at myself and then be other people started laughing at me. i said shu

. >>> the river spilled over its banks today flooding some local roads in odessa delaware. crews put up road closed signs on silver run road after an suv got stuck this afternoon. "action news" also caught trucks driving through high water on nearby route 209 -- make that 299. officials are reminding drivers to turn around if you come across flooded roadways because the water may be deeper than it appears. >>> you can follow the impact of the nor'easter on 6abc.com/weather. we'll be updating current conditions as the storm hits and moves through and accuweather storm tracker 6 radar will show you the path of the wet weather, too. we'll also keep you up to date with the latest accuweather forecasts from "action news" and you can find it all at 6abc.com/weather. >>> and this reminder the "action news" morning team will get an early start tomorrow. you can tune in starting at 4:00 a.m. for the very latest track from accuweather and how the storm will impact on your day. >> ♪ >>> we have a developing story. students from a number of local colleges are demonstrating tonight agai

they did add up, odessa, delaware 1.2 inches, malvern 1.3 inches of snow and all of these accumulationsfaces, most of the snow is melting on the roads, philadelphia 34 degrees and allentown and reading down to 32 and trenton 34 and wilmington currently 34 degrees, satellite 6 along with "action news," showing this is centered over northern vermont, and we had some of the snow showers earlier and that low pressure is weakening however we fly across it's country, this is the big weather story, this comma shape is rolling into the pacific northwest and northern california, some areas could end up with 2 to 3 feet of snow and up to 5 to 10 inches of rain could cause a lot of mudslides and they have reported wind gusts of up to 105 miles per hour and this will cause problems out west. our low pressure is saying good-bye tomorrow and it's close enough to flow clouds our way and some breaks of sunshine and gusty with winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 miles per hour. it will feel cooler with the windchills. on saturday high pressure begins to nudge in and this brings us a mixture of sun and c

detained not in connection with the hostilities in southeastern ukraine, but somewhere in kherson or odessa. these lists must be checked. yesterday, they agreed to exchange 30 people. representatives of the self-defense forces went to the exchange location, and a representative of the kiev authorities said we are not going to proceed with the exchange. but these are details. anyway, it would be a positive move, including in terms of implementing the minsk agreements, which is an videoconference today or tomorrow. the next step should be made at a meeting in minsk. there's another important thing. it's essential for the kiev authorities to keep their end of the bargain. there was an agreement on adopting an amnesty law. it is nowhere to be seen. they keep telling us that a law on special status was passed, but it couldn't be implemented, because the law could come into force and actually become effective only after the other law had been adopted about the disengagement line. it has not been adopted so far. if ukraine wants to restore peace, tranquility and its territorial integrity, the peop

lawton, six inches being reported there, earlier odessa and midland, 24 hours ago in el paso a littlee u.s. from the dakotas all the way down to the panhandle of texas. 20 to 30 degrees below where it should be for this time of year. but a good swath of the united states are expect to see temperatures well below normal. here's the setup. area of low pressure with the frontal system connecting the great lakes all the way down towards texas, right along that boundary. that's where most of the wet weather is located. some thunderstorms, some trees down and here comes that little clipper system. little puts it mildly. batches of cold air will dive well to the south. there you see the snow lined up in oklahoma and missouri. also the u.p. of michigan picking up some snowfall. most of the snow we've seen has been between 3 and 6 inches while 3 to 5 inches of rain right along the gulf coast. marty, back to you. >> karen maginnis, thank you very much. >>> $100 in the hands of a homeless man. a secret camera recorded how he spent the money. >> reporter: when youtube star josh paler lin came up

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skyfox was over the scene this morning just after a car rear ended the bus in middletown odessa and marlpit roads in middletown. police kreider the driver of that car for following too closely. no one else was hurt. >> just in time for the holidays thousands of casino workers will keep their jobs much the trump taj mahal is not going to close in the nick of time a deal will come through to save that casi casino. it was closing its doors this saturday as we've been telling you. billionaire investor carl icon has agreed to nearly all of the unions demands. what he's getting is significant tax breaks from the state. the deal should be inked today. now, this year, of course, already seen four other casinos in atlantic city go out of business. the trump plaza, revel hotel and casino, showboat and the atlantic club are all history. >> new jersey is not well prepared for outbreaks of infectious diseases. that's according to a new study. the robert wood johnson foundation says the garden state got passing grades for public health funding preparing for emergency threats and having toddlers vaccinate

think it speaks to a lot of the decisions he made in his life such as foregoing wall street to go to odessa, texas. >> risk taker. >> absolutely. the truth of the matter my brothers and sisters and i benefitted from his example. >> interesting anecdotes you use in the book. you were a pain in your dad's neck a little bit. >> yeah. >> you stole toy soldiers. >> yes. >> out of a store. >> yeah. >> and how did your father handle that? >> he handled it, well, he handled it -- there's a line you don't cross. but he handled it with grace. he saw me playing with some soldiers. i was probably 5 or 6 years old. he said, where'd you get those? and of course i balked. i didn't have a very good answer. i wasn't well scripted. and next thing i know i'm marching into the store apologizing to the store owner and returning the pathetic little toy soldiers. and that was it. there was no yelling, screaming. >> lesson taught. >> yeah. lesson taught. >> and then you urinated in the hedges. >> yes, i did that as well. >> you had too much to drink after a tennis match and knocked over a garbage -- you were a tro

there'sa plane to go -- a plan to go from the east of totransnistria, cut off odessa and make ukraine a lot -- make ukraine a landlocked country. if something strange happens in baltics, there have been several near misses. if putin is under a threat, essentially he has created a eace between local oligarchy. if he goes for nationalism, what you and i think is in russia's advantage is not in his. >> this is your fear, that we end up with an unstable situation. >> this is a guy that puts out pictures of himself holding a hunting rifle, he runs russia. he is potentially very dangerous. the risks of military action are very real. once those get going, anybody can guess what the outcome is. >> we should not underestimate putin. in many ways he's a deeply gifted political leader. he saved russia from social and economic collapse. >> is he as smart as people say he is? is he getting a false sense of security of his ability to get a grip on the situation? >> wars happen when different sides had different redlines. and people across them and they do not know why. we are in a very dangerous si

detained not in connection with the hostilities in southeastern ukraine, but somewhere in kherson or odessa these lists must be checked. yesterday, they agreed to exchange 30 people. representatives of the self-defense forces went to the exchange location, and a representative of the kiev authorities said we are not going to proceed with the exchange. but these are details. anyway, it would be a positive move, including in terms of implementing the minsk agreements, which is an videoconference today or tomorrow. the next step should be made at a meeting in minsk. there's another important thing. it's essential for the kiev authorities to keep their end of the bargain. there was an agreement on adopting an amnesty law. it is nowhere to be seen. they keep telling us that a law on special status was passed, but it couldn't be implemented, because the law could come into force and actually become effective only after the other law had been adopted about the disengagement line. it has not been adopted so far. if ukraine wants to restore peace, tranquility and its territorial integrity, the peopl

detained not in connection with the hostilities in southeastern ukraine, but somewhere in kherson or odessa. these lists must be checked. nonetheless, we insist and i believe that we need to get these people back home to their families for the new year or christmas, regardless of all other circumstances. yesterday, they agreed to exchange 30 people. representatives of the self-defense forces went to the exchange location, and a representative of the kiev authorities said, "no, we are not going to proceed with the exchange until the next meeting in minsk." well, you can do that, of course, but it would be nice if they could let go at least 30 people -- but these are details. anyway, it would be a positive move, including in terms of implementing the minsk agreements, which is an important and necessary process. an agreement was reached to hold a videoconference today or tomorrow. first, there will be a dialogue during this videoconference, but the next step should be made at a meeting in minsk. there's another important thing. it's essential for the kiev authorities to keep their end of the

i do not know if our concerns about expanding the conflict zone all the way to odessa and the maldovan border will be justified. but taking what you were saying about the trying times for ukraine, what are the contingencies to the extent you can disclose them in ukraine and our contingencies to developments that go beyond donbass? do you think this was just an attempt to engage in strat-com operations and convey this message that they think ukraine will not survive that? or do you think something is really in preparation. >> let's take the other questions and then we will. right there. right there. >> thanks. thank you, ambassadors pyatt and herbst. local elections will be important to the decentralization process and to further renewal of the political class. i wonder what you are hearing about planning for local elections, if that's in the works yet. >> thank you. john behind you. >> john gunderson, national defense university. i was counsel general in ukraine after independence. i would like to sort of push you on the one that i know is very delicate to discuss and that's security i

i do not know if our concerns about expanding the conflict zone all the way to odessa and the maldovan border will be justified. but taking what you were saying about the trying times for ukraine, what are the contingencies to the ex tend you can disclose them in ukraine and our contingencies to developments that go beyond donbass? do you think this was just an attempt to engage in strat-com operations and convey this message that they think ukraine will not survive that? or do you think something is really in preparation. >> let's take the other questions and then we will. right there. right there. >> thanks. thank you, ambassadors pyatt and herbst. local elections will be important to the decentralization process and to further renewal of the political class. i wonder what you are hearing about planning for local elections, if that's in the works yet. >> thank you. john behind you. >> john gunderson, national defense university. i was counsel general in ukraine -- after independence. i would like to sort of push you on the one that i know is very delicate to discuss and that's securi

that happened to demand that i, you know, gain all that weight and learn how to act like i was from odessaame and feel invincible with you up there. >> there's two stories going almost simultaneously. because of the use of satellite phones he could talk to his wife while she's at the market and he's in a combat situation. so it's a lot different than the war was in the old days. >> okay. i need you to be human again. i need you here. >> i have a huge, huge new found respect for the people left behind approximately while we should be grateful to people in the military giving their service the people who are left behind also sacrificing an enormous amount. these guys have huge hearts. they are not war mongers. they don't love to fight. they love this country and willing to fight if asked and in doing that there's always another battle at home. >> she has a russian grenade. >> see the woman and the kid. >> can you confirm? >> negative. your call. >> not just the soldier going at war the family, the toll it takes and i have a tremendous amount of empathy for what they are going through and hop