there's only one way to silence them in ottawa. you beat them. >>> good evening. we're tracking rain in the bay area. we'll show you where the heaviest rain is coming up. also let you know how long this lasses into your weekend in just a few minutes. [ male announcer ] welcome to the far reaches of the internet. when you go faster, you're free to go farther. at&t. rethink possible. get high-speed internet from at&t for only $14.95 a month. >>> a beloved work of art was stolen, and it was not easy to get away. nbc bay ar yay area on a missin with a magical twist. >> reporter: valerie continues a tradition starting in the '70s. they reproduce famous painting on the walls of the school. >> they appreciate what the masters had done and how much skill it took. >> reporter: middle school kids relate more to disney. >> it's mickey mouse directing the heavens. it's from fantasia. >> now mickey is missing there are a few clues. >> it was dane right off one of our clues. luckily the original is a walt disney book so investigators have that and a description to go on. >> wel

dan heatley of the sharks back in ottawa. see who is has the heatley of the sharks back in ottawa. the lasts word d >> coming up tonight on 7 news at 11:00. why atheist want to be part of the santa cruz holiday celebration so badly. >> it fripts me. >> the barbie doll prompted an fbi warning. explain what that is all about. >> the stories and more for you when we continue on channel 7. join us in an hour or so but larry is here to talk all sports including hockey. >> a lot of stuff. lebron return to cleveland got the headlines in the united states. in canada it was all about heatley returning to ottawa. force add trade from the senators last year to san jose. had the last word this evening. great photo. suck it up princess. senator fans tossed out their old jersey. motivation off the post. early on in the game then between a pair of defender and lead to the shark first goal. heatley setting up. justin brawn. slap it. instead this and 2 nothing shark. logan for sure with a pair of goal in the third period. first shut out of the year for this gel. 4 nothing final. heatley on all thos

danny heatly returning to ottawa.nd quickly dan boyle is rejected here but patrick marlow with the put back. the rookie justin brown, one timer sharks win it 4-0. 28 saves for his first shut out as a shark. >>> all the well documented problems with the 49ers in the past few years. but place kicking not a problem. but with the niners today signing jeff reed could indicate netnie's knee. fifteenthmost accurate kicker in the nfl's history but having an off year. and another stellar performance for michael vick. counting for seven it'ds all told. vick hits owen smith 5-yard td. eagles on the big end. the raiders could have had mr. vick for a song, instead the raider quarterback situation has them today signing niner j.t. sullivan, he's been a former a lot of things. this is his 11th team drafted by in 2002. it is a done deal, adam dunn, $58 million to sign with the chicago white sox. the a's hoping to make a big splash as they made a huge offer to adrian beltre o we'll see what -- we'll see what happens there. nice to see

danny heatly returning to ottawa.ckly dan boyle is rejected here but patrick marlow with the put back. the rookie justin brown, one timer sharks win it 4-0. 28 saves for his first shut out as a shark. >>> all the well documented problems with the 49ers in the past few years. but place kicking not a problem. but with the niners today signing jeff reed could indicate netnie's knee. fifteenthmost accurate kicker in the nfl's history but having an off year. and another stellar performance for michael vick. counting for seven it'ds all told. vick hits owen smith 5-yard td. eagles on the big end. the raiders could have had mr. vick for a song, instead the raider quarterback situation has them today signing niner j.t. sullivan, he's been a former a lot of things. this is his 11th team drafted by in 2002. it is a done deal, adam dunn, $58 million to sign with the chicago white sox. the a's hoping to make a big splash as they made a huge offer to adrian beltre o we'll see what -- we'll see what happens there. nice to see the f

started with a win in ottawa, back to reality in montreal.this miss wide, the former shark gets the rebound. 1 or canadians. then the equalizer, top shelf. game tied at one. in the certification -- in the second, in the slot, finds the back of the net. canadiens win it, 3-1 your final. >> college hoops busy around the nation. bears in iowa taking on iowa state, part of the pac-10 big 12 challenge. 67-63 bears. under 1:00 to go. cyclones down three. christopherson, one of his seven 3s, then gutierrez down low, converts and,-one, cal gets a big road win, improving to 5-2. and cal women also on the road, losing a tough one to tex a&m in college station. we'll be back with more college football and tee it up later in this newscast, and i know you're into the big 12, even though texas is not in the game. >> alan: i'm very sorry about that. the winner of this game? >> mike: automatic fiesta bowl bid, which might mean stanford. >> alan: just ahead, the salmon summit in half moon bay. scientists and lawmakers trying to save california's salmon popula

. >> de noises are all to ottawa again on the korean peninsula. the north and south east threatening retaliation if they are attacked. pyongyang has warned it will launch a secret nuclear war -- sacred nuclear war. we have this report from our correspondent. >> south korea still reeling from last month's attack is sending its no. any of blunt message. this is one of the largest military exercises ever held on southern soil, and the president expects a merciless counterattack. but north korea is talking tough, too. the defense minister issued a warning. it was start even by north korea's bellicose standards. he promised a secret word -- a sacred war at any moment. the attack last month left the south korean government with a difficult choice. not a response, and they may be accused of provoking the north. there is a high possibility that the south korean military exercises close to the border will prompt north korea to act. but so far, despite the threats and rhetoric, south korea's show of strength has passed without response, so now it can claim

they have not uncovered any fraud, but in today's ottawa, the audit was covering the years 2004-2008. the title of the audit is -- resulting up to $635,000 with potential underpayments and other recoveries. in their report, they have comments like misreporting the royalty rate return. they used an incorrect methodology, underreported company sales, incorrectly did not take groundwater testing costs. they owe late fees and interest on royalty payments. it also concluded that the puc made lease decisions that did not effectively monitor leases with hansen. they do not track compliance with all of these terms and did not verify royalty payments. it does now retain records necessary to ensure compliance. it is very damning, very daunting, and rather accurate. to put this in perspective, however, the things they are talking about in many cases are incredibly sloppy documentation as opposed to fraud or a major loss of money. those are things we need to fix. you'll be seeing a reorganization of the real estate group. when we announced the new replacement for the assistant general manager, we

and the sharks are up in ottawa tonight leading 2-0 in the second period.ll highlights tonight at 10:00. that's the sporting life right now. >> mark, thank you. >>> coming up on bay area news at 7:00 tonight. breaking news, a mother and father have been arrested after the shooting of a 2-year-old boy. we'll tell you what happened coming up on tv 36. that's the news for tonight. i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. good night. >> good night.

check out the headline from the ottawa newspaper. it says suck it up, princess. hockey is a big deal in canada and 15 months ago when he asked to be traded it did not sit well with fans. he ended up with the sharks and he returned to ottawa as the villain. guess what. kind of like lebron, you quiet him down with the win and helped them get the last laugh with the victory. >> one never gets booed and that's the harlem globetrotters. gearing up for a bay area visit in january. unveiling the new four-point shot. new. mike inouye getting his game on with a special guest. good morning, mike. >> good morning. i'll dot talking and you handle the ball. you guys are here for the holiday parade on sunday. you are also going to talk about the debut. called the four-point shot. >> the first four-point shot in the history of basketball and the last three men are four-point shots. it will be activated 35 feet away from the basket. two on each side and the globetrotters will knock it down. >> 35 feet away from the bucket. half court is 50. we are looking at a really -- a far sh

. >>> the former senator who demanded a trade out of ottawa would get the last laugh.win 4-0. >>> rough flight for stephen curry. he was poked in the eye and scored just seven points. warios were playing catch up all night against phoenix. almost didn't catch up. steve nash with 16 assists. grant hill and son hung on to beat the warriors. >>> lebron james returned to cleveland. despite being booed all night lebron james played three quarters. 118-90. heat pounded the cavs. >>> michael vick threw for over 300 yards and two touchdowns. philly wins 34-24 to improve to 8-4. >>> tiger woods. how do you like that? tiger woods atop the leaderboard at the chevron world challenge. nearly got the chip in to go on number 12 right there. that was for birdy. he would get a par but he shot a seven under 60 to take a one- shot lead. he was looking for a flaw last round today before he bogeyed 18. >> still played well. >> not a nonsanctioned pga event. doesn't really count but at least it is a chance to go home a winner for the holidays. >> if he wins, when he wins, i'm hoping we won'

dany heatley was back in ottawa for the first time since demanding a trade. newspaper, headline, suck it up princess. senator fans waited for two years to get back to heatley and get rid of his jerseys. all the booing didn't affect heatley and the sharks. heatley got the last laugh, so did the sharks. they win 4-0. scored just seven points... monta did his best to carry the load against the suns.. the hoop and the foul... 38-points and seven assists for monta... fourth quarter... suns up four... steve nash finds grant hill for the jumper... 16-assists f .. 38 points, 7 assists for monta ellis. fourth quarter, suns up by four. steve nash finds grant hill, 16 assists for steve nash. remember he went to santa clara many years ago. so did kurt rambis. the warriors could come right back down, they make it 95-892, but with over a minute to go the former warrior jason richardson, the dagger. suns win 101-94. four straight losses now at home for the golden state warriors the other star that went home tonight was lebron james. security was tightened, water balloons we

generally do you see it as a panacea that can be applied to countries and cultures across the world name ottawa underlying principles are i think we're have a country and our lives in the dumond of people to be. and have some control is a natural couldn't. bond i heard a program of trying to gauge the other day which was about a school in trying where they agreed to elect the school representative and it was a. sedating program because you realize that in that chinese school all the characteristics that we associate with voting in britain were taking place and then one day you know children will say well if we could choose our school represented when we were young why should we have a role in deciding the government and i think these things happen but. in order for them to develop you can't have a threatened society because of threatened society will repress domestic dissent because they feel it weakens them and we went to war in iraq ostensibly in the name of democracy but that's obviously not something that you support no i didn't think we did we went to war in support of interests and we use

. >> i'm in ottawa canada, had to my friends jennifer capt. and lucille and concord california have the holidays guys. [ female announcer ] safeway talks gift ideas. music makes a great gift. i like rock, hip-hop, country... and you are telling me this, why? i...uh...thought you might be my secret santa? no. i'm giving for skunk. uh, i can hear you. no. not you. the other skunk. [ female announcer ] safeway is the place to stock up on itunes gift cards. right now, save $6 on a $40 4-pack. keep 'em on hand. only at safeway. ingredients for life. watching the seven day forecast shot showers and thunderstorms around a sinister for tomorrow tomorrow night into wednesday you can expect rain you'll catch a break thursday and friday chance to break out before the rain returned saturday and sunday as well. storm tracker for right now moving through the north bay is there rain is picking up from petaluma, said rosa, and half out, fairfield. that could stretch as first in francisco within the next hour. >> south there raiders are 11 for a playoff spot i

. >> the sharks in a tough test, with five games in eight days, started off with a win in ottawa butk to earth in montreal. montreal on the attack, matthew dark misses one wide, 1-0 canadians. here is an equalizer but in the second, in the slot, he finds the back of the net and canadians go on for a victory. college hoops, cal bears in iowa taking on iowa state. this is part of the big 12 challenge. cal up 2. coming off the screen, nails a jumper, 67-63 bears. he is down by 3. here is one of the 7 three's, game tied at 69. but down low, converts, three-point play and cal gets a big road win improving to 5-2. cal women in college station, first half, all aggies, in transition, two of her 17. aggies led at the break. second half, to get the pass break, bucket and this puts them up by two but aggies respond with a 12-1 run of their own. 74-58, cal is now 5-2 we'll have more highlights at 5:00. >> up next at 9:30. tug of war over tax cuts in washington. president obama is ready to wheel and deal. we'll update the investigation into >>> welcome back. crucial behind the scenes talks are se

at the toll plaza in ottawa ride no high standing water yet at the toll plaza nor reported problems or hot spots yet this morning the potential suitor certainly exist. the bridge check san mateo bridge its shot here with traffic moving well now coming out from the toll plaza. a backup or delay yet no problems at the 9280 interchange. through rick marin county water than other parts of the bay area the golden gate bridge there's enough water to kick up as bright keep windshield wipers were in this morning and remember if you're driving after sunrise with your windshield wipers on your head like have to be on to. lincoln and saw this as 1 01 heading down past ralston towards holly street tillites are southbound dampness on the road by here and no major problems yet for this part of the commute because of the rain so far no incidents reported for the mid peninsula commute on highway 1 01. >> georges back from perry s the rest of us dead in the rain we continue the coverage to give you more news faster jackie sizzle in san rafael words coming down. >> what is this us stuck in the rain? i'm

the sharks necessary ottawa tonight and the dunk drops at 7:30. satd's game withinmontry. >>> siftry mondays, tater to the tuesdayses and pizza friday could be going away. >> the wiles world series dvd and blu-ray will get a private screening. when you can see them in theaters. >> you can for free on part. >> right now we have career skies for the details in the changing forecast next on toad in the bay. [ female announcer ] safeway talks holiday baking. that smells scrumptious. yummy! smells delightful. awesome! i'm not smelling anything. [ female announcer ] everything for holiday baking. just add love. safeway. ingredients for life. so what's everyone's favorite holiday food? eggnog. gingerbread. and you, nutcracker? i like nuts. [ female announcer ] if it tastes like the holidays, we've got it. safeway. ingredients for life. >> time just before 6:40. clouds, but no rain. that is falling north of ukiah, but sweeping to the south meaning more clouds and a good bet of seeing showers in the north bay later on. 62 in san jose and we will see clouds

>> it's infused in me as if i had sleep learning because i grew up in ottawa, canada, i lived in hullhave to walk, just like your grandmother and father did, if you grew up in minnesota, through the snow, through the day. four miles to go to school and back and boy, when i was 8 and 9 years old, i'd get home there and yogi bear was my fire. i would turn on the tv. it was the reward for going to school and doing that trek back and forth. so, i listened to that voice and i tried to replicate it -- >> jimmy: you did a very nice job. >> hey, thank you, jimmy. >> jimmy: we have -- justin timberlake plays booboo. >> he channels booboo. >> jimmy: but he was not walking through the snow in orlando -- >> tennessee. he has a great sense of what it is to love nature and i think the movie does say that we've got to protect our environment and it's a sweet film. you know what's great about it? it's funny, first of all, and also, you can take a 6-year-old to it. there's movies today that, the "saw" series, you don't want to take a 6-year-old to that. >> jimmy: no, you probably shouldn't. most 6-yea

started with a win in ottawa but came back to earth yesterday in montreal. first period. montreal on the attack. the former shark gets the rebound. in the second montreal come off sluggish. in the slot he finds the back of the net and the canadians go on to a 3-1 victory. college too busy. taking on iowa state. this became part of the pack 10 big challenge, second half. cal and two. coming off the screen. nails the jumper. 67-63 bears. down three. scott kristofferson. game tide tied at 69. down low converts and three-point play makes it 72-69. cal gets a big road one improving to 5-2. the cal women and college station tackle texas a&m. in transition, lays up two of her 17. aggies led 38-29 at the break. second half. the steal. gets the fast break bucket. 19 for la shia puts the bears up two. but respond with a 12-run of their own. fourth inside. cal's bid falls short, final cal 5-2. niners in green bay. highlights for you tonight at 5:00. i'm mike shumann. have a great day. >> the tug of war over tax cuts in washington. president obama is ready to wheel and deal after rep

started off with a win in ottawa but came back to earth yesterday in montreal. sharks, first period. montreal on the attack. misses wide. the former shark gets the rebound. 1-0 canadians. the equalizer. top shelf. game tied at one. comes off in the slot. he finds the back of the net and the canadians go on to a 3-1 victory. billsy around the nation, the cal bears in iowa. packed in big challenge, second half. coming off the screen. nails the jumper. he had 11. under a minute ago. scoot kristofferson. gamed tied at 69. on the other end, down low. converts and won. makes it 72-69 and cal gets a big road win, 76-73 improving to 5-2. meanwhile the women tackled a&m. in transition, lays it up two for 17. aggies led 38-29 at the break. second half. lashia. the steal. gets the fast break bucket, 19 for la shia. puts the bears up two. respond with a 12-run of their own. 19 points. cals upset bid falls short. the final cal now 5-2. niners in green bay, raiders visit san diego. have the highlights at 5:00. >> up next at 5:30, the tug of war over tax cuts in washington. th

. >>> they were waiting for danny heatly to return to ottawa. [ laughter ] >> that's the newspaper.uck it up, princess. the former senator did not score a goal but did he set up justin braun for his first career goal. sharks lead the game 4-0 late in the 3rd. >> the 2022 world cup is qatar! >> it appears i'll have to make new plans in 12 years. the tiny eastern country of qatar was awarded the 2022 world cup over the united states. he has never been in the world cup. it has temperatures somewhere in the 130 range. they need to build nine more stadiums. despite that they beat the u.s. by a final vote of 14-8. russia was award the the 2018 world cup. >>> how about this? tiger woods last chance to win a tournament in 2010 off to a great start in atlanta. one of only two greens he missed all day bidding the chip in for birdie is out. he stayed par. tiger had little to fret b7- under 65 his best score this year. he is in the lead one ahead of rory mcilroy. >>> children, don't try this at home. >> oh!! >> this is the indian martial arts sport of mala tom. the sport has been around since t

. >> that was secretary of state hillary clinton in ottawa talking about richard holbrooke.ately able to get immediately to gw hospital only a block or two away, and has had a series of surgeries all weekend as he remains in critical condition. but our thoughts and prayers are with him, his family. one of the most gifted diplomats of his generation. >>> and which political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? msnbc contributor and managing editor of postpolitics.com, chris cillizza joining us now. what are you looking at? >> gosh, andrea. what sad news. you captured it, but golly, i feel bad coming in on top of that. but here's what i will say, a big legislative week for the white house and for congress. first up, we have this test vote on the tax cut compromise, unemployment insurance, all that stuff coming at 3:00 today. we're expecting that this is going to get in excess of 60 votes and that it's going to pass the senate and eventually mass the house as well. >> right now we have to go to robert gibbs at the white house, of course, responding to the virginia fe

the sharks will play tomorrow morning and danny heatley probably is happy to be out of ottawa where he used to play and the fans let him know about it last night. some of them toss new jersey and several times they booed as he stepped on to play. didn't seem to bother the sharks. they cruise to a victory and will play montreal for tomorrow's game time. >>> a bear area cheer squad qualified for the national championships. it's a dream come true from the bayview district. it will take a lot more than a cheer for that dream to be a reality. >> the san francisco brown bombers are bursting with pride. under the watchful eye of volunteer coaches, the junior midgets are perfecting dance moves. the pee wees practice routines. they are loving every step. coaches say in the bayview, this is about more than cheering. >> definitely keeping them out of trouble and in a safe environment. not only do we practice here, but we have them come over on the weekends. >> the 13-year-old know this is family is important. >> they are doing something positive. >> the rewards are pouring in. >> they practice fo

. >> hello i'm catherine brown and position in ottawa canada and not to give it hello to my good friends jennifer, kevin and baby lucille in concord california. happy holidays geisel be some much. see soon. welcome back to kron4 news weekend and we want to take a live look out side from the golden gate bridge with a big difference in the shot here compared to yesterday with the bridge wasn't built in dense fog today is not so bad move or to take a look at the fork as with brian >> good morning to you and mixture of clouds and sunshine were the fog is mixes well but increasing sentiment toward the day and by this afternoon sending skies and temperatures is in the 60s and was boats. it looks like it is a pretty nice day as we're in the midst of a tranquil and mild weather pattern. the same weather pattern is helping to produce fraud. a similar setup on monday with the am fog in the morning and a mixture of clouds were the storm track is when to act so by the middle parts late part of this coming week like to say look for a chance of light rain especially the north they appeared not huge st

in capped it was about heatley returning to ottawa. forked to trade from the senator last year. he had the last word tonight for the sharks. great photo in the sun sharks. great photo in the sun. heatley with a pacifier headlines suck it up princess. senator fans tossing out their own jersey and he played with passion with a penalty and set up the shark first goal here. assist to brawn. inside the blue line and first goal 2 nothing san jose. logan with a pair of third period goal to tuck it away. first shut out for san jose. 4 nothings was the final here. season is over for raiders quarterback bruce sometimes starter with silver and black. he has a separated shoulder. raiders placed him on injured reserve list today and that means he can not return to the active roster this year. returning to the bay area as a back up will be one time niner jt o sullivan. started half year in 08 with mike mart calling the mraichlt came out of davis in 02. raid came out of davis in 02. raiders 11th nfl team. thursday night football vick taking a beating against texan taking a beating against texa

were you going to watch football for ottawa. st. that from then on our stage manner i checked with him every day. >> to run again? >> to you know dan. he is the one who issued a 01 month anniversary yesterday. >> the and, if you're worried about him leaving for ottawa, you need a life. you're a good guy, go dryads a unit of life. >> to your book is kron4 a lot of your lives lost $30,000 they decided to give away $25 and free drinks every time he lost. they figure they can't lose. there were nine and eight the first 17 games. the bars out $30,000. the heat sink. >> (laughter) that is very funny that is not a safe bet. i still can't believe that three great players like bad are not going to be significant. >> we'll see what happens. we will leave you with this, when you think of royal wedding singers snoop dog? >> he dedicated his new song wet to prince william for his boss were party and is asking if he can sing at the royal wedding. he won it by a bidder for you but i don't think it would air properly on television. >> that the name

. >> i'm stationed in ottawa canada ought to give a big hello to my good friend jennifer, a cabinet baby lucille in concord california. happy holidays skies and love you so much. season. verizon 4glte. download a song in 4 seconds. rule the air on the fastest 4g network in america. world news surprise travelers in spain a message of hope from pope benedict and president barack obama said that there it and sent out their holiday greeting. here's a look christmas around the globe. >> looks like the house are up in the attic, will take care of them and that will come back with checking on the storm hitting but most of the east coast as morning cut is causing hundreds of flight delays. stay with us, a reminder of the new year were going to ring in with kron 4, will bring you one of the biggest and best parties in the bay area you can tune in at 11:30 p.m. to kron 4 in new year's live this is presented by elite md it's the only local year's eve show in the bay area's favorite way to celebrate. live from the bay area's new station this is the kron 4 morning news. >> welcome back this day after

she was meeting in ottawa today with some of her counterparts.ntries should not stop their direct aid to haiti because of the election turmoil there. but she also said that the haitian government has to come up with a more focussed approach on problem solving. so a little bit of a scolding there from the secretary of state. another top administration priority this week, we are going to get the year review on afghanistan. it's due thursday, and from what we're hearing, the report is likely to say that there has been some progress, but, of course, it's going to take into account the fact that this has been the bloodiest year in afghanistan in nine years. and we don't expect any major shift in administration policy on afghanistan. >> gloria, thank you so much -- >> so we have -- >> that's the latest on the political ticker. we've got to go, top of the hour here. gloria borger, apologies there. we'll get you another update in half an hour. we'll get you updates any time, you can go to the internet cnnpolitics.com or twitter at political ticker. and n

out of ottawa on the -- i want to follow up on the pew research and the number of evangelicals. i want to know if you have any sense of the undercurrents going on within e evangelical movement now. it became coopted by politics in the 1970's and 1980's and seem to be the natural channel for conservative christianity are evenvangelical christianity, to maka dent in politics. there is a movement away from that to get back to where christianity was at the time when the arts would flourish, art and music and literature. it seems like a quite separatism were evangelicals, at least a lot of evangelicals i know, were interested in doing, rather than trying to influence politics, influencing arts and literature and music in areas like that and live our lives quietly. host: banks, we will leave it there. -- thanks, we will leave it there. guest: let me to say that i have not had a conversion from being an atheist to a believer. i am no longer an atheist, but i would not call that the conversion to it is just reading and learning, and one of the most depressing thing about reading and lea

a live look from ontario, cars had been stranded since the weekend in ottawa they had to send in theene major snowfall and blizzard conditions in the midwest for several days. >> president barack obama is meeting with 20 top ceos to talk about perking up the economy some are likely to have different agendas the president wants the record profits to increase profits. cisco systems will be there. >> the senate is holding a final vote on the president's plan to cut taxes for everyone extending jobless benefits. president barack obama spoke about the tax bill before his meeting with the ceos. he is urging congress to pass. >> i know there different aspects of this plan to which members of congress on both sides object. that is the nature of compromise. we were trying to negotiate that's a win for middle- class families and our economy. we can afford to let it fall victim to a delay or defeat. >> the house could take up the bill today or tomorrow. democrats are considering possible changes including a higher state tax. watching wall street stocks are mixed. >> this decision, california mo

out of ottawa on the -- i want to follow up on the pew research and the number of evangelicals. i want to know if you have any sense of the undercurrents going on within the evangelical movement now. it became coopted by politics in the 1970's and 1980's and seem to be the natural channel for conservative christianity are even evangelical christianity, to make a dent in politics. there is a movement away from that to get back to where christianity was at the time when the arts would flourish, art and music and literature. it seems like a quite separatism were evangelicals, at least a lot of evangelicals i know, were interested in doing, rather than trying to influence politics, influencing arts and literature and music in areas like that and live our lives quietly. host: banks, we will leave it there. -- thanks, we will leave it there. guest: let me to say that i have not had a conversion from being an atheist to a believer. i am no longer an atheist, but i would not call that the conversion to it is just reading and learning, and one of the most depressing things about reading

. >> captain brown station and ottawa canada. big shut out to my loving mother and my little sister richard brown. in california, and all my incredible friends there happy holidays guys i am sending you a lot of love. >> lightning fast. lightning strong. verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. welcome back, president barack obama is expected to clear the way for gays to serve open in the military as it will not go into effect immediately that's because after the president signs it for the pentagon must certify that it won't damage combat readiness. the restrictions of " don't ask, don't tell " remain on the books but is not clear how fully to be enforced. >> automakers and engine manufacturers are suing the epa after the sale of gas containing 15 percent ethanol as opposed to the 10% allowable now. obama administration ruled that gas stations good start sell the 15 percent planned for cars built since 2007, this lawsuit questions whether that decision violates of the federal clean air act. the e

following him is professor paul rboinson, professor at the university of ottawa.nt-colonel john stark from mount summit in vienna and professor of military science at princeton university and graduate of west point. jeffrey helsing is the dean at the conflict management and peace building at the united states institute of peace. he oversees much of the ov development purda. finally, we have major carlos teixiera. he is in the artillery branch. all of these distinguished guests are going to be talking about the causes of conflict and the possible resolutions to accomplish. my name is jimmy piven. as someone who studies the history of ideas, i find a confounding how the history of humanity is one soak replete with a violent predatce. toward the end of "hamlet," we see an army marching over a client of verot ground. "what can the purpose of such bloodshed be?" it is attempting to sympathize that history is a madhouse. we have 14,600 recorded wars in human history. how do we explain that? sometimes, we have very simplistic answers, a cliche answers. some shed light. s

i continue to find things -- one of the great things about researching a subject that is the ottawa sincerld war ii. and it is bottomless. people will be writing about it and hopefully reading about a 500 years from now is that no one, not even the great gearhart weinberg dissected everything. the u.s. army records alone from world war ii. as one service, one way 700 tons. no one has looked at more than a fraction of that. and so, it's obviously daunting, but there's opportunity fair because you can do your trawling. if you're an archive rat as i am, you can try really wonderful things that have not been found. i'll give you one example. the english channel, as we know kim is a body of water separating the united kingdom from france. if you want to invade france, you've got to go to the english channel. that's a difficult proposition . you know they're going to to be enemy for is waiting for you. and you know that you fly over it from paratroopers or even tried to land with gliders or airplanes is difficult, to sail across difficult. so what is your alternative? digging underneath the tun

. >> washington journal talk to ottawa's democratic senator about the tax-cut deal president obama made with republicans. this is 45 minutes. >> senator tom harkin, francs for being here. we want to begin with what president obama said at his news conference yesterday on why he negotiated with republicans and what they came up with. we will get a response. >> this notion that somehow we are willing to compromise too much reminds me of the debate we had during health-care. this is the public option debate all over again. so i passed a signature piece of legislation where we finally get health care for all americans, something democrats have been fighting for for 100 years. but because there was a provision in there that they didn't get that would have affected a couple million people, even though we got health insurance for thirty million people and potential for lower premiums for 1 hundred million people, somehow that was a sign of weakness and compromise. if that is the standard by which we are measuring success or core principles, let's face it, we will never get anything done. peopl