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these are all over r t charity now some of our team are taxpayers of alaska subsidizing sarah palin's own reality t.v. show every martin has a story on breaking the set right after this break. it's perched atop a giant rock and the view from the tobolsk prevalence stretches as far as the eye can see. for a city that chilled or siberia for centuries. it lost its economic importance even before it was bypassed by the chance i bear in railway but the a spiritual center. eat . things like these are a yearly occurrence thousands of orthodox worshippers themselves implicity water to commemorate the baptismal jesus. wore them it doesn't matter if it's minus thirty it's a siberian tradition i do it myself every year for everyone to overcome their worst fears it is desirable to take the plunge. but that's picture postcard churches the story of a city built by opportunist explorers political exiles and crafty fur traders. in the fifteen eighties the russians had only just conquered siberia taking it from the muslim. surrounded by enemies to be their stronghold constructed on top of the city but

. >> bob: palin or bachmann could be elected president. >> dana: i have point.cans just don't know how to talk about this. they have won a huge fight on principle. that is about tax relief. because president obama after for years saying the bush tax cut only help the wealthy. the bush tax cuts were the things saving the middle class. and the lower classes from extreme tax increases. so the republicans have won on the issue that will serve them well in history. >> eric: if you stand on your principle, guns, social issues, you're extreme. on the right. only on the right. >> greg: only on the right. >> bob: if you elect someone like sarah palin on the flat form, see what happens. >> greg: she was elected. >> bob: to what? >> greg: governor once. leftist principles are seen as romantic. right principles are extreme. >> dana: dangerous when they're right. >> eric: small government, lower tax takes, gun ownership, second amendment. social issues. right to life. and you're extremist. that has been the republican platform for the better part of 200 years. >> bob: you ar

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senator palin the senate judiciary committee says he will hold hearings on gun safety issues early next year. democratic lawmakers were holding action. the mayor of chicago where an insidious 5,000 people have been killed by gun violence since 2001. he spoke about turning on the pressure fo and say we women co law do your job have an assault weapon ban. >> it's time we, a have an an assault weapon ban. and i would hope that the leadership in congress would now have a vote of conscious. >> members of f som things need to change. s received fro associatio democra he said every idea should be on the table. senator warner told the washington post there's got to be a way to put reasonable ideas on the table. senator manchin is one of the nra's brightest stars on capitol hill. the nra endorsed him in his 2010 west virginia senate race. manchin filled a campaign ad where he filed a bullet through the copy of the cap and trade bill. now manchin is open to the senator's bill. >> i believe it's time for all of us to sit down and look at the bill. if diane is saying basically assault weapons, i do

. >>> finally sarah palin pans "time" magazine's pick of person of the year. but wait until you hear her reasoning. it's straight out of the marx brothers, and this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles military families face, we understand. at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. usaa brings advice. call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >>> one of the highest profile election campaigns of the new year will be the race for new jersey governor. if you were hoping to see chris christie up against cory booker, you're out of luck. he announced he won't take on christie, whose approval ratings have soared. booker is planning to run for the u.s. senate seat held by frank lautenberg. lautenberg, who is 88 years old, would be up for re-election in 2014. we'll be right bac

this is palin. but on the other side, the "new york times" says today that boehner has consolidated his grip on republicans in the house. the times says many house republicans appear to view mr. boehner with the same sort of respect that a dark children award their parents for the sage counsel they ignored in their younger days. many members realize they have little choice left but to support him. for those few that palin is referring to, there's a collision course here in the republican party. >> that's right. and part of that reason is because they can count. they can count and they also have -- they can count into the future. they have 18 months. and 18 months is not a long way off. and people have spoken in significant numbers that if you have the same ideology, the same extremists -- and that's the other thing that we should watch -- who replaces demint in south carolina? it will be interesting to see if it will be someone as extreme as demint was or someone more moderate. i would say that you

television wait no you heard me right taxpayers alaska affectively subsidized two episodes of bristol palin's lifetime show life's a trip the move by alaska was to attract more jobs and business of the state but the salaries paid to the on air talent accounted for a majority of the total alaska expenses for the t.v. show amounting to somewhere around half a million dollars maybe the money would have gone further if the ratings were better the show hadn't tanked after just two episodes it's almost as fast as mama kalends political career so this is a swing and miss for alaska but i'm sure the paleness will soon find another network that will grant them thirty minutes a week to fill garbage for this noise it's time to break the. that. was one of the churches i mean like. i was. just two weeks ago my producer and i went to haiti where we helped build homes for habitat for humanity alongside president jimmy carter and his wife rosalynn the devastation in the country two years after the earthquake was hard to bear even more alarming than the rubble and severe poverty was learning about the you and

. >>> sarah palin's wife is divorcing his wife of 18 months.of the five palin siblings. >>> and a poll was asked, what is your favorite christmas movie. the top results, "it's a wonderful life." i'm on that band ago on. 40%, "home alone," and "christmas vacation" with 14%. any they're not thinking of? >> my favorite is "love actually." the song gets stuck in my head. i haven't watched it yet this season. i'm ready to. >> along with "it's a wonderful life" which dylan has not seen. i'm getting you that dvd. >> i'm getting called out on twitter, too. >> you are? >> all right. in long island, a family is being celebrated because they have a little girl and the birthday only comes once every 100 years. so amy and brian sullivan's new bundle of join was born at 12:12 p.m. on 12/12/12. so that's impressive in and of itself, right? well, the brother was born on 1/2/12. i'm lynn berry. "way too early" is next. >> bruce springsteen, bon jovi, a tip of the iceberg last night. rent

i'd rather eat with palin because i feel like i could just chow down and it wouldn't matter. >> someare probably so mystified by sarah palin that they're dying to have dinner with her and just find out is there anything there. there are a lot of masochists out there. i'd just rather eat alone at a fast food place or something. copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase your risk of osteoporosis and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking advair. if you're still having difficulty breathing, ask your doctor if including advair could help i

. >> what does sarah palin and fidel castro and the queen of england have in common. stay with us.my secret lair. and you are? your worst nightmare mr. box. since you foolishly brought back your bonus jack! i have copied your two pure beef patties, lettuce, melting cheese, pickles, and middle bun, plus fries and a drink for $4.49. and now you will tell me what is in your secret sauce!! uh, i think i know. "we all know," "pretty obvious." you couldn't tell me when i handed out the wiener-dog lasers!?! >> dan: dictionary has come out with their words of the year. socialism and capitalism, they say when a person looked up one word they typically looked up the other. they say the two words which are tell us how divided the country was during the presidential election. one thing we can all agree on, it would nice to see the sun and spencer christian. >> that may be the word of the year sunshine. we're looking at live doppler, showers are tapingering off. we have a little spotty area of light showers east of hollister heading out to the central valley right now. showers in the bay area a

speaking of beloved, oh know another palin divorce. >> yeah!ily values. [ laughter ] >> she was already pregnant [ mocking laughter ] >> stephanie: do you want to do elmer fud calling the palin kids in. all right. joy behar comics with benefits tonight at 9:00 pm on the current tv network. >> please watch it. larry david is on it. it's awesome. >> stephanie: all of us on january 19th for sexy liberal inauguration weekend. tickets almost gone. jacki schechner we love you, honey. >> i love you guys. >> stephanie: let's go spin! we have gotten fat this whole show! let's go. >> bye john. >> stephanie: bye baby. ♪

governor palin, your thoughts on that? >> the path towards a more perfect union is our constitution. i think that we have seen examples of our president not necessarily following the constitution. in fact, wanting to change the constitution because he sees it as a charter of negatives. and he has made statements in the past about his view of our constitution and that's -- you know, following it is a blueprint toward a more perfect union. but time magazine, i think there is some irrelevancy. their list of the most influential people in the country and the world, some who have made that list -- yours truly! that ought to tell you something regarding the credence we should give time magazine. >> that's an interesting concept. but it's funny, in looking at the president's choice, he was chosen before and first elected. but, you know, the thing that strikes me is that -- if time magazine says this goofy stuff about whatever their criteria is for seeking amid great adversity a more perfect union. that's not the president. that's

unqualified -- called a male, unqualified, want bright, not trustworthy >> good evening, governor palin. your thoughts on this? >> oh, i guess they reach very far, an argument like that -- what the heck does this have to do with gender or skin color or anything else? this has to do with competency. susan rice's handling of libya has been part and parcel of the obama administration's handling of libya, which has been appalling. it's been atrocious. and it's really indicative of a lack of competency and truthfulness and certainly transparency in the entire obama administration. it has nothing to do with her gender. >> i think there is sexism involved. i think it's appalling. and it is this way, for some reason, because she's a woman, she is given a pass, that she's held to lower standards, which i object to. i want to be held to the same standard, equal standards. some will let her take a pass for giving false information, knowingly or unknowingly, sitting on it 73 days, until three days ago when he spoke to u.s. senators. for some reason, she gets a pass on that. i don't get that. i thin

. >> greta: tonight governor palin is here and ambassador rice is under fire. is there something else at play? >> this week cbs news became the first news organization besides fox to ask president obama who changed the benghazi talking points? this is very dangerous for the white house. journalists should suddenly start asking real questions. >> whole issue of benghazi has been a dre fair. >> we do not intend to stand by while ambassador susan rice, who had nothing to do with it, tragic benghazi attack, or its aftermath is made the scapegoat of the tragedy, because she relayed to the public the only official intelligence that was available to the administration, at the time. >> i have found no heroes here in washington. the focus on and in some cases the obsessive focus on ambassador rice's appearance on a series of sunday shows several months ago is misplaced and misguided. >> why did the administration put her out there as the spokesperson and try to what it end up being misleading the world on what happened in benghazi? >> i believe the president should be a

>> sarah palin.omma grizzlies and the tea party, i don't think the new senator from south carolina can save the tea party in washington. >> susan? >> well, sadly mitt romney not only because he lost the election, because he went out with the same kind of comment that got him in trouble in the first place talking about giving people obama winning over voters because he gave them gifts kind of hurt the party on his way out. >> clarence? >> you beat me to the tea party but the old saying goes populous movements are like bees they sting and then they die. i think the sting of the tea party is over. >> that's a good axiom. is it yours? >> i'll take it. >> is it in the glossary? >> i'll go look it up. >> okay. i like it. destined for political oblivion in 2013. vice president join. -- joe biden. even if he runs in 2016 for the presidency. >> named the head of the whole gun thing. >> i'm telling you -- this position. >> we'll have to wait. >> his political style is seen unfortunately for him as too aseckic

governor sarah palin came out and supported you, right?she did. >> greta: what do you think about governor palin's political career and how the public responded to her and the media? >> i think certainly she is someone that has made a difference in the run party and in the tea party. she has caused a lot of interest to come about in reference to the issues. she speaks a lo a lot about dift issues and how strong she feels about them. i was pleased for her to come and support me. i think it made a difference. i also think that she is still very available to give her opinion in reference to politics and where america's going and whether we're on the right track or not. i think she's certainly free to do that. i was pleased to receive her endorsement. >> greta: when you became governor, you inherented a in--d a deficit. do you remember what it was? >> yes. the day before the election, the general election, it was $250 million. >> greta: million? >> uh-huh. keep in mind, the state budget is only 5.6 billion, so the day before the general electi

. >> stephanie: you have been such a good boy you get sarah palin for dessert. >> the first thing thatxcept drive us over a fiscal cliff. now it's matter of degree of how hard we're going to hit bottom. but really what has he done to unify and make our nation a more perfect union? for the life of me i don't know. >> stephanie: who could be more unifying than you? >> i wanted to palin for christmas. >> stephanie: uh-huh. >> that was more like fruit cake. >> the holidays are an important time for the country, and an important time to go through congress, you have the fiscal cliff probably getting a vote today. president obama said the republicans need to take their war paint off, i think the same could be said about sarah palin. the lord of the flies reference was not last on me. all i have to say is [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ] piggy. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: karl frisch if the word ends tomorrow bye-bye, if not i'll see you have christmas. do you dress dexter for christmas? >> he has a down coat that i have been wanting him to wear for quite a while. he is more of a room and board dog

. >> reporter: here at glide memorial in sarah palin people started lining up after dinner last night san francisco people started lining up after dinner last night. groceries will be handed out at 7:30 this morning they plan to hand out five city 500 bags -- out 5500 bags. they think they have to turn some away. that's why some are in line all night to receive groceries. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> >> road crews will wait until after tomorrow's storm to repair damage to a washed out portion of road in contra costa county. an employee discovered the damage monday along the edge of marsh creek near clayton a culvert failed washing out the earth next to the road officials put metal plates over the damaged shoulder. officials are concerned the sinkhole could grow and wash away the road. >>> this morning search teams will begin looking for a small plane that may have crashed in yosemite national park the plane disappeared from radar monday night the pilot was nicole wilson a man in his 60s he had taken off headed for mammoth lakes. yosemite officials will be back out again looked today

senator mccain came and brought governor palin with him. >> right. >> if you look -- whatever you think about his tax return, he's given substantial money to charity, he might want to talk about that today. i don't know what he's going to talk about. >> i heard what the secretary said yesterday about elites not paying taxes. are you comfortable with a lot of the talk that's been going on in the democratic primary and even at the democratic national convention that seemed to border on class warfare? when you yourself said, if america wants to be more competitive in the 21st century, we're going to have to lower corporate tax rates, if america's going to be more competitive in the 21st century, we'll have to look at how we make this country more competitive -- >> i think we should lower corporate tax rates, but i think it's worth pointing out that of the 33 countries and the oecd, the group of wealthier nations, only chile and mexico take a smaller percentage of their income in taxes than we do. it's worth pointing out that if you have a lot of money and you earn only capital gains, you p

. >> palin's prime minister has been charged with murder. the charges relate to the death -- thailand's prime minister has been charged with primer. the charges relate to the death of a tax dry -- taxi driver. >> the south pacific island nation of samoa has been lashed by a cyclone. the storm and damaged buildings, uprooted trees, and caused flooding. officials have declared a state of emergency. no injuries have been reported. >> an autopsy has confirmed that the prisoners committed suicide after being caught up in a prank phone call -- that a british nurse committed suicide after being caught up in a prank phone call. two australian radio jockeys have apologized for the prank. a suicide note was found near where the nurse was hanged. >> a special report on japan, which goes to the polls this sunday. >> we will be back in one minute with more. stick around. >> welcome back. japan's voters are heading to the polls this sunday. many are saying the current government's days are numbered. >> there was a slump, the tsunami, the earthquake, the n

steven colbert calls her honey boo boo, sarah palin. inaudible ] what is with the trampelers. >> i know they like to step on people in the crowd. >> stephanie: john boner made the list. under his leadership the house has done nothing but rename post offices, talk about ringworm and talk about how the president isn't trying to get along with them. it really is stunning. >> yeah you i said under the [ inaudible ] victory, you should have john boehner's picture. he has done just the worst job imaginable in order for obama not to win. well, that clearly isn't working, so maybe he should try something else, but i think as we are talking right now he is having a press conference talking about how his compromise is that he wants the bush tax cuts to be permanent for -- wait for it the top 2%. >> stephanie: right. the one thing that the president has run on and won an and said he won't compromise on. >> exactly. the least popular piece of policy in the entire country is what he is responsible as putting in there as part of his compromise. >> st

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. >> i'm going rogue, like sarah palin. >> what? >> what is that? >> a bird. >> are you sure? >> maybe i'll make it so it doesn't look -- i'll give him two wings. >> don't do that. >> perfect. >> did off blast? >>> i had so much fun. it was awesome. going to learn about cakes. after all that hard work, a baker deserves a reward. and thankfully the trophies at this place are extra skweet suite. >> that is our carrot cake. >> oh, my god. >> and this is our red velvet. >> i know the cake can look good. but how does it taste? >> that's the question on everybody's mind. take a bite. >> a bite. >> come on. you're so l.a. take a real bite. >> wow. this frosting is so wrong. got to go for the red velvet now. wow. >> yeah? >> that is so moist, that cake. i swear to you i am not just saying this so you'll like me, best cake i've ever had. >> thank you very much. i believe you because we do make the best cakes anywhere. >> whether it's the glitter on the chocolate cake or the gummies in the vanilla, any way you slice it, the sweetest ingredient is a personal touch. >> created by auntie a

. >> reporter: sarah palin was punked when they pretended to be the president of france. >> you have been pranked. >> with have we been pranked. >> reporter: in london, prince william spoke of the news over the weekend. instead making a joke at a charity joke about how sickness should be called all day and all night sickness. we have heard from the nurse's daughter who says she misses and loves her mother. the bosses from the station held an emergency meeting overnight and tell us the deejays could make a first public statement this week. >> sececilia, thank you. >>> the snow this weekend. the snow and the wind is moving eastward. here is ginger zee tonight. >> reporter: more than 150 flights canceled. 300 crashes on minnesota roads, and roads across minnesota shots down because of snow. the biggest snowstorm in two years around the twin cities is dropping more than a sfwoot a half of snow in the western great lakes. look at the images from fargo, north dakota. the snow there, an inch an hour. frozen in duluth, minnesota, too. and these time lapsed videos. blustery, super cold. much

. >> reporter: during the 2008 campaign, sarah palin got caught out by a canadian prankster impersonatingf my favorite activities is to hunt, too. >> oh, very good. we should go hunting together. >> reporter: in that case, as in this one, it begs the question -- was she just being polite? or was the caller convincing? could you tell the difference? >> my dear, thank you so much. >> thank you for inviting me. >> reporter: the queen rarely uses the first person singular. one tends not to, does one not? >> i think it's difficult sleeping in a strange bed, as well. >> yes, of course. it's hardly the palace, is it? >> oh, nothing like the palace is it, charles. >> reporter: nope. nothing like the palace at all. david wright, abc news, los angeles. >> and we want to say, that's what's making news in america this morning. cheerie-o, everyone. >>> stay with us for "good morning america." have a great thursday.

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. >> reporter: then vice presidential candidate sarah palin punked when they pretended to be the presidentf france. >> you have been pranked. >> have we been pranked? >> reporter: in london, prince william spoke of the news over the weekend. not making a reference to the juth of the nurse but making a joke at a charity event about how morning sickness should be called all day and all night sickness. we have heard from the nurse's daughter who says she misses and loves her mother. the bosses from the station held an emergency meeting overnight and tell us the deejays could make a first public statement this week. >> a lot of people waiting to flare them. thank you. >>> back in this country tonight and a giant winter storm this evening. a foot and half of snow in places. and the snow is moving east. here is ginger zee tonight. >> reporter: more than 150 flights canceled. 300 crashes on minnesota roads, and roads across minnesota are shutting down due to blowing snow. the biggest snowstorm in two years around the twin cities is dropping more than a foot and a half of snow in the northern plai

. >> reporter: like then sarah palin punked by canadian djs pretending to be the president of france. >> you've been prank. >> have we been pranked. >> reporter: and prince william spoke about the news over the weekend. not mentioning the death of the nurse but instead making a joke at a charity event about how morning sickness should be called all day and all night sickness. >> all right. ravens fans we are feeling beaten up after the battle of the beltway and it might take a while to recover. fans at della rose are here shaking heads hours after the loss at fed ex. redskins won in overtime 31-28 coming down to a field goal for people watching all over baltimore could have heard a pin drop and steelers fans were sileet when -- silent when the kick went through. >> respect the establishment and great fans and great time. >> he's big guy. >> yeah i don't want to get nothing with this guy. >> every great team goes through adversity and it depends on how you bounce back in life and how you get up off the mat and come back the next week and say let's go, let's -- now we play. >> now we pl

>> reporter: during the 2008 campaign, sarah palin got caught out by a canadian prankster impersonatingne of my favorite activities is to hunt, too. >> oh, very good. we should go hunting together! >> reporter: in that case, as in this one, it begs the question -- was she just being polite? or was the caller really convincing? could you tell the difference? >> my dear, thank you so much. >> thank you for inviting me. >> reporter: the queen rarely uses the first person singular. one tends not to, does one not? >> i think it's difficult sleeping in a strange bed, as well. >> yes of course. it's hardly the palace, is it. >> oh, nothing like the palace is it, charles. >> reporter: nope. nothing like the palace at all. david wright, abc news, los angeles. >> and thanks so much for watching. we're always here at abcnews.com. "nightline" later. and we want to say good night with a country christmas tonight, and the sounds of brooks & dunn. as we thank our affiliate, nashville's news 2. the famous gaylord opryland hotel, glowing. nearly 2 million twinkling lights underneath a dazzling fireworks

in the stockman, 189 palin test runs were completed and all speak readings world with did the expectederance without anomalies. three cameras under heavy scrutiny east and westbound on coldspring and southbound on greenspring avenue are still taking pictures but not to issue tickets. the city agreed to put a processing hold on the cameras to allow the collection of additional data. the department of transportation continues to investigate possible errors. our goal is to have 100% accuracy and plans to implement -- the real test the camera on coldspring and continue the ticket hold on cameras and question and mark the road whiz with progression lines. the audit of all 75 speed cameras will be completed by today. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. court clerks in maryland can now officially hand out marriage applications to same-sex couples. same-sex couples will get to enjoy many of the same benefits as their heterosexual peers, when it comes to financial protection, couples must be careful, and keep things separate when necessary. >> when people get married at the stat

clinton who promised to stand down next year ivan eland a fan tallis and senior fellow at the in the palin insta do you believe kerry can't tamper down washington's foreign policy. i think he's actually a better choice than susan rice i think he'll be more restrained in advocating u.s. military intervention since he was a vietnam war veteran now he's been for some wars but he was he's been overall i think he's been a restraining influence on the on the u.s.'s chairman of the foreign relations winning of course he has a lot of experience he has combat experience in vietnam and many of the people who were in vietnam with john mccain as these the big exception are more restrained in their foreign policy they're not as excited to see the send us service men and women into harm's way and i think that that's probably a good thing at this stage deadlock over debt and spending is seeing the united states hurdling towards a fiscal cliff that will trigger a wife for tax rises and government cuts on new year's day to tackle the fast approaching deadline congress members have gone on holiday or has be