someone has petitioned the administration to build a death star. the fictional moon-size space base capable of destroying entire planets from "star wars." just under 2,000 people have signed the petition to ask president obama to secure the resources of constructing a death star. which means it still needs about 23,000 signatures before the obama administration is actually expected to issue a response. we want a response. but i'm guessing with the way the fiscal cliff negotiations are going the estimated $852 quadrillion dollars of funding needed for one alone just isn't in the cards. dog gone it. i'm going to sign up tonight. >>> can both parties reach an agreement ones fiscal cliff? 40% of you say yes, 60% say no. >>> coming up, this could be one of the dumbest votes the republicans have ever cast in the history of the senate. we'll talk about the big win and the emotional reaction from moderates. that's next. what's next? he's going to apply testosterone to his underarm. axiron, the only underarm treatment for low t, can restore testosterone lev

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> yes. >> and this petition has gotten more than any other petition that's ever been posted, it looksike. >> yes. well, three times the number of people have signed it that actually immediate to sign it in order for the white house to consider it. so -- in order for the white house to consider whatever -- think of it as a suggestion box for america. in order for the white house to consider your suggestion or comment there needs to be 25,000 people who have signed on. more than 75,000 people have signed on saying get rid of piers. >> there have been counter petitions as well, right? >> yes. actually, the best part about this -- i -- your heart goes out to poor piers. these are british citizens that have their petition saying we don't want piers to come back to the uk. quite a few british scitizens signed on saying we don't want him. please keep him in the united states and one of the petitions is actually directed towards the uk government saying should the united states decide to demr. morgan, they should reject the deportation. have him stay somewhere in the atlantic, let him hang ou

so he would read a petition for the abolition of slavery. i'm simply reading it from the petitions.i believe you write that term gag rule came about because of adams and he had a friendship with jefferson was a slave owner. how did that work? >> it didn't work at all. it started when he was very young. jefferson had lost one of his daughters and his wife and when jefferson got to paris as a hour ambassador, he was forlorn and quite lonely and he started hanging out at john adams house, his apartment in franklin's house, and john quincy was a youngster and he started taking him to museums and concert and the dhaka and john adams leader wrote to jefferson, john adams and jefferson later in life had a wonderful correspondence between the two of them and the recalled their time in paris and john quincy had become more of a son to view them to me so that's how close he was to jefferson as a boy but then later on a christian person comes to power and begins usurping power and this went against the grain of john quincy adams. he was a strict constitutionalist. i believe in the letter jeffe

i have already signed this petition. i urge all my colleagues to come down to the house floor right now even sign this discharge petition, bring this to the floor, let's give the american people a real holiday present. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: last month the american people went to the polls and delivered congress a resounding message that republicans and democrats should be working together to solve their nation's problems. although our constituents have made it clear that the time for partisan games is over, and despite overwhelming support for the idea, the house republican leaders are refusing to hold a vote on extending tax cuts for middle class families. instead, they plan to keep holding them ho

those changes were fueled by petitions signed by 750,000 people. that petition was created by dr.ick whose daughter died. welcome, mr. north. this must have brought back particularly painful memories back to you? >> yes, it certainly did. when i heard the age of the victims and the place in which it happened, it was inevitable that all sorts of memories were going to come back and most of those were likely to be painful ones. >> you became a symbol for new gun control in britain. you were very forceful about it. you got this extraordinary petition going and led to an almost complete ban on handguns. the difference here, it seems to g ce aseefainin3 %pland everye . oe ari don't k you've been in their very position, dr. north. is there any advice that you can give them, any words of comfort from somebody who's, quite literally, lived through what they've gone through in. >> i think one of the main strengths that those of us who lost children in dunblane found was being brought together and when we were in our own company, we were able to talk about what had happened, talk about our

president obama must respond to a petition responded by t.j.e website, asking him to start constructing a death star by 2016. i'm talking about the death star from "star wars." the one with the planet destroying laser beams who remembers the planet? what was the planet? no one? no one? you guys are geeks. i thought you'd know it for sure. the white house promised it would answer any petition submitted to its website that gets 25,000 signatures. this one now has 27,000. the petition says a death star weapons system could help strengthen our national defense. and help create jobs. you had ten sections on google and no one could help me out? calderon. thank you. >>> the ear piercing screams fill the shopping malls this time of year, not too different from the screams at a pediatrician's office, right? last night jimmy kimmel asked viewers to judge these pictures of crying kids that were taken on santa's lap, during or comparing those to a flu shot at the doctor's office. >> santa's lap or flu shot? let's see the full photograph. flu shot. right. n

so the petition phase is when the hotels received the petition and they were able to vote yes or no if they wanted to pay funds into the assessment district to fund this proposed expansion. the petitions came back and they are at 54% of the weighted support among hotels. those are submitted to the board of supervisors, so right now we're at the ballot-mailing stage. the board just approved a resolution of intention, which is just stating the board's interest and intent to form this district, if there is enough votes during a special ballot election spays. phase and it was approved last tuesday by the board of supervisors and there is a management plan that goes with that resolution that details all of the things that the district will do and the details of the assessment and the boundaries and it has all of the attached sort of market impact studis about why doing this district will help the economy. so for a lot of meat and detail you can look at the management plans and attachments. so the ballots will be mailed out by the end of this week to all the hotels. and then we'll have an in

and speaking of high tech toys an online petition on the white house website has demanded for the u.s. government to build get this a death star you know like the one from the george lucas star wars films yup they want darth vader's technology and they want the obama administration to secure the resources to create it by twenty sixteen the petition says quote by focusing our defense resources into a space superiority platform and weapon systems such as a death star the government can spur job creation in the fields of construction engineering space exploration and more and strengthen our national defense. now twenty thousand and twenty seven thousand eight hundred thirty eight people have already signed the petition and as is precedent with all petitions that get more than twenty five thousand signatures president obama could decide to head over to the dark side and respond to the petition after all one technical point to point out to point out and not to get out on you but according to news reporter eric mack the moon size weapon would require just over a quadrillion tons of steel fo

feingold was kick started by a discharge petition. gun legislation has also been passed thanks to discharge petitions. pelosi found a way to get republicans on the record whether they like it or not. next week they will have to take a stand. it's no wonder republicans are freak out. >> this is not a game. we're not interested in playing. we're interested in trying to solve the problem for the american people so that we don't see taxes go up on anybody, so we can engage in tax reform and get the economy going again. we're being serious that offer yesterday was simply not serious. >> cantor was speaking antd the deal presented by treasury secretary timothy geithner. today the white house released details about that deal. in spite of republican claims of $400 billion in cuts, the deal proposed $600 billion in cuts. $350 billion in medicare savings and $350 billion to other programings next year. john boehner basically lied yesterday when he said the white house had not offered specifics. today he complained about those specifics. >> the

on the white house's we the people petition page to build a death star by the year two thousand and sixteen that's right fifteen thousand people think that the united states needs to build a copy of darth vader's fortress in the sky in the popular star wars movies to the petition quote by focusing our defense resources into a space super priority plan for our sphere excuse the superiority platforms and weapons systems such as a death star the government can spur job creation in the fields of construction engineering space exploration and more and strengthen our national defense for us we also need to develop the technology to be able to do all of that with a. i think we all know who is really behind this petition clearly darth vader has come back and is trying to breathe new life into his strategic defense needs side five will be special attacks and should. coming up whatever happened a corporate c.e.o.'s like steve jobs who shared the pain when their companies were in the gutter rather than making their employees carry all the burden tell you and i still eat a. download the officia

petitions passed in the house twice before failing in the senate. gun legislation has also been passed thanks to discharge petitions. pelosi found a way to get republicans on the record whether they like it or not. by next week, they will have to take a stand on tax cuts for the middle class. it's no wonder republicans are freaking out. >> this is not a game. we're not interested in playing rope-a-dope. we're interested in trying to solve the problem for the american people so that we don't see taxes go up on anybody, so we can engage in tax reform and get this economy going again. pier not playing a game. we're being serious. that offer yesterday was simply not serious. >> cantor was speaking about the deal presented to republican leaders yesterday by treasury secretary tim geithner. today the white house released details about that deal. in spite of republican claims of $400 billion in cuts, the deal proposed $600 billion in cuts. $350 billion in medicare savings and another $250 billion in additional cuts to other programs next year. house speake

a women's rights group is behind a new petition. cbs reporter elizabeth wenger is live at city hall to explain how this may be planting the seed for a future recall against sheriff ross mirkarimi. >> reporter: good afternoon. that's right. there's actually a meeting being held now in the mayor's office at city hall. it's about the citywide effort to stop domestic violence called peace at home. it's about putting up billboards, bus ads, talking about putting a stop to this. folks like the mayor and the district attorney, who are actually heading this meeting, have been talking a lot recently about curbing ross mirkarimi's power on different domestic violence issues and some people have actually gone even further than that. check out this website. this is rossresign.org an online petition calling on the san francisco sheriff to step down and avoid a costly recall effort. they want 50,000 signatures. right before this meeting started, we talked to the president of the board of supervisors and the district attorney. they say this is abo

. >> she was able to insure kane's safe return through petition could he and a group of people who they -d with money to get him back home. >> they had a sign for him. when he got off the plane he saw his name. >> i'm sure he misses his phaoefplts. heather: is it legal to fire someone who is too attractive. gregg: i think i know the answer

a petition growing against a church group. >> george h.w. bush takes a turn for the worse. >> this is a live picture on the west side. it looks pretty good here. >> welcome back to 11 news today. 5:09. 41 degrees downtown. a few clouds in the sky. the precipitation has ended downtown. temperatures are above the freezing mark. that keeps the roads from freezing. some areas could be dealing with some black dice. the cold spots and the bridges and the overpasses could see some ice today. anyone south, this is mostly wet weather. more coming up in the forecast. >> the health of george h.w. bush continues to deteriorate. mr. bush has been moved to the intensive care unit at a houston hospital. he has been hospitalized for more than a month with bronchitis. doctors say he is now in guarded condition and the medical staff remains cautiously optimistic. residents are remembering a pair of fire fighters that were killed in a christmas eve and bush. police say a man said his house on fire and then opened fire on the first responders. >> thousands of p

he says didn't someone file a discharge petition? discharge petition had been filed -- this bill was in a committee that was never going to let it out. wasn't even the senate. still in the house rules committee which was shared by judge howard w. smith and would even give a date. the bill was going nowhere. johnson remembers someone filed a discharge petition to take away from that committee. that was -- a discharge petition ever -- never passed. violation of house rules and no president had ever gotten behind one before. johnson calls the representative who introduces it and representative of missouri has been told by the leaders dropped this thing and listen to johnson in this telephone call to see a genius in human nature because the first half of the call, we can't violate the house precedents. then up next on booktv after words with this guest host richard brooke highser. this week and determine when leaders matters the most. he discusses the lessons learned from those that made the greatest impact on those of their day. guantan

if they have a petition, they will be obstructed. there is someone response to go -- response of all -- res ponsible for exceed this. you have good legislation, but there is no real implementation. you can get information or any records, but what you get is a paper with no information. it is not readable. >> let me put your question to my panel. >> my question is, you can have a complaint and with a complaint data, -- data, you can analyze. >> i am hearing a couple of complaints. concern about those who have access to the president and those around him. what is the role of special interests in blocking policy initiatives because of their control or influence over the administration? do we see that there are special interests that are active in trying to prevent the type of transparency we are talking about? >> hudson? >> the need for the government to publish and standardize its data, there is not an opposition so much as there is in difference. it is a matter of changing practices and changing lines, sometimes gradually. the preside

anything more the white house meanwhile promises to review and issue an official response to all petitions with twenty five thousand or more. signatories at least seven states fit that category but we used to be the universe driving along at thirty five miles an hour by ourselves with the social as a goal now would be impaired on both sides and lanes by people going faster than we are and it's amazing because here we were thought to be radical fifteen or twenty years ago and now we're mainstream. a mainstream movement to move apart marina port ny are artsy. washington's reportedly planning to double the size of its network abroad the explosions part of an overhaul within the defense intelligence agency under is expected to rival the cia so they d.i.m.a. plans on hiring more than sixteen hundred undercover agents for the significantly a very violent operation the chinese military as well as iran north korea and the militant islamist groups in africa are believed to be among those in the course has of that expand its power force and scott horton contributing editor at harper's magazine belie

take a look at this map and where the petitions have received -- well, that's a big shock.ennessee, north carolina, i love north carolina, georgia, florida, alabama, louisiana, and texas. the secession movement has the most signatures in texas, of course, with nearly 120,000 people signing on. according to the "new york times," quote, secession fever has struck parts of texas. in texas talks of secession has steadily shifted to the center from the fringe. what is really going on here? let's find out. dana milbank has the right attitude, and ron reagan, a good friend of mine, an msnbc political analyst. i have to let you at this first, ron reagan. every time i see "gone with the wind" i see all these southern guys cheering, they can't wait to tell miss scarlet. miss car let, we're going to have a war, it's going to be great. and then the horror of 600,000 people dead including the burning of atlanta. then everybody says this wasn't such a great idea. now they're talking like secession is a good idea again. who are these maniacs? >> i'm sure all these people who are plumping

anything more the white house meanwhile promises to review and issue an official response to all petitions with twenty five thousand or more. or signatories at least seven states fit that category that we used to be on the interstate driving along at fifty five miles an hour by ourselves with secession as a goal and now we're being passed on both sides and lanes by people going faster than we are and it's amazing because here we were thought to be radical fifteen or ten years ago and now we're mainstream. a mainstream movement to move apart marina port nial artsy. that brings up that for the moment the top stories and more news coming away in just a couple of minutes stay with us live here this is in moscow. wealthy british style. markets why not going to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max kaiser for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report. to least be cool language. for programs and documentaries in arabic in school here on. reporting from the world's hot spots fifty ip interviews intriguing stories for you you. see in

anything more the white house meanwhile promises to review and issue an official response to all petitions with twenty five thousand or more. signatories at least seven states fit that category that we used to be the universe driving along at thirty five miles an hour by ourselves with the session as a goal now would be a pair from both sides and lanes by people going for here we are and it's amazing because here we were thought to be radical fifteen or ten years ago and now we're mainstream. a mainstream movement to move apart marina port nial artsy. and maybe it's enemy but it's been revealed to us now relies on iran that's when it comes to the treatment of its soldiers spied american sanctions imposed on to run the pentagon has purchased medicine from the islamic republic to treat those goods in five and afghanistan find out more on that on our team's web site. also while you're online and facebook isn't hard to water over people's privacy it's revealed its new cell phone app can end up at magically uploading every image taken with a mobile device to the social networks about its data s

anything more the white house meanwhile promises to review and issue an official response to all petitions with twenty five thousand or more. signatories at least seven states fit that category that we used to be on the interstate driving along at thirty five miles an hour by ourselves with secession as a goal and now we're being passed on both sides and lanes by people going faster than we are and it's amazing because here we were thought to be radical fifteen or ten years ago and now we're mainstream. a mainstream movement to move apart marina porton i r r t. china has warned india against pursuing oil exploration in the disputed south china sea this after new delhi threatened to send warships to the resource rich area to protect its interests but as you got a piece going off explains a conflict between the two nations could see both lose out. as china and india rise economically their military muscles are growing as well both need energy to keep that kind of growth going and that may be putting the two asian giants on a collision course because of the mess that nationalism the indian go

and internet petitions saying they don't want to be part of the united states anymore and that has a story. tonight. or two liter here is that for a former colony won the right to determine its own best of it. will test the perfecting of our hero you have moved forward. four weeks following barack obama's reelection nearly one million americans have moved forward by campaigning to break apart all fifty states have filed online petitions with the white house requesting to peacefully secede from the so-called perfecting union a movement that's garnered more than thirty thousand signatures in north carolina where many like michael toggled. see independence as a symbol may twentieth a consistent one is the day that north carolina sated from the union and america's stars and stripes ripping at the seams there's no doubt in my mind that it is inevitable i mean something like this with the the debt this country has with the rolling disunion among in the among the people they can't last forever and that's through the lesson of history big empires always collapse on their own weight secession

million americans have moved forward by campaigning to break apart all fifty states have filed online petitions with the white house requesting to peacefully secede from the so-called perfecting union a movement that's garnered more than thirty thousand signatures in north carolina where many like michael toggle. see independence as a symbol may twentieth a consistent one is the day that north carolina sated from the union and america's stars and stripes ripping at the seams there's no doubt in my mind that it is inevitable i mean something like this with the the debt this country has with the growing disunion among in the among the people they can't last forever and that's the lesson of history big empires always collapse on their own white secession supporters like bernard first some say washington's weight of growing debt and loose wars government intrusion and a broken immigration system has become a bipartisan destructive force it's beyond reform you can't reform that federal government whether it's the republicans in charge or obama basically of the republicans are just as bad as far as w

americans in their hundreds of thousands have clicked the sign button on the internet petitions are saying they no longer want their state to be a part of the us we're not but nine vesa gates while growing number of us nationals are eager to rip the stars and stripes apart. for the. war to water here is for the for work problem and want the right to target its old us of. a preferred of ours your forward. for weeks following brock obama's reelection nearly one million americans have moved forward by campaigning to break apart all fifty states have filed online petitions with the white house requesting to peacefully secede from the so-called perfecting union a movement that's garnered more than thirty thousand signatures in north carolina where many like michael toggled. see independence as a symbol may twentieth a consistent one is the day that north carolina sated from the union and america stars and stripes ripping at the seams there's no doubt in my mind that it is inevitable i mean something like this with the the debt this country has growing disunion among in the among the people they

the process is that an inmate has to petition the court, the county where he was sentenced, or she, and if it's determined that he is eligible, that he meets the criteria, then he will be resentenced and that will entail a doubling of what would have been the original sentence without the three strikes enhancement. however, if the local district attorney wants to challenge that, he or she can on the grounds that the inmate might pose a risk to public safety, an unreasonable risk based on prior offenses, based on time behind bars, perhaps incidents in prison. >> are there any timelines prescribed whether the sentencing has to take place or whether the local d.a. objects or doesn't? >> no, and i think that's one of the things that has to be hashed out in terms of how this process works. courts are overburdened as it is. we don't know exactly how long some of these will take. the inmates have to file their petitions within two years. >> two years within the enactment. >> exactly. exactly. >> are there kind of procedures to decide -- for example, the d.a. objects, then who bears the burden

anything more the white house meanwhile promises to review and issue an official response to all petitions with twenty five thousand or more. signatories at least seven states fit that category that we used to be on the interstate driving along at fifty five miles an hour by ourselves with society as a goal now we're being passed on both sides and lanes by people going faster than we are and it's amazing because here we were thought to be radical fifteen or ten years ago and now we're mainstream. a mainstream movement to move apart marina porton i r r t. the us is about to get a taste of its own medicine from moscow. is preparing a list of banned american officials in response to a travel ban on russian use of breaching human rights tales just ahead. also explain why china and india's dispute over oil and gas out at sea could backfire for both countries. an artist was arrested for putting up posters critical of drone usage all over new york city the poster show a menacing drone shooting a missile at innocent children with the words drones protection when you least expect it written at the

to all members of congress if democrats can get two hundred eighteen signatures on that petition then automatically john boehner doesn't he say about it any more the legislation gets brought to the floor of the house for a full vote as pelosi said quote the clock is ticking the year is ending it's really important for it to happen now currently there are two hundred one democrats in the house meaning they'll need to get seventeen republicans to sign that discharge petition and then keep at least those seventeen republicans on board with the middle why is tax cuts for the law to ass that might sound tough but when it comes down to it actual vote to extend tax cuts for ninety eight percent of working americans some republicans may just cave to the political pressure stay tuned. coming up it might be twenty twelve but america is starting to look a lot like the one nine hundred eighty four what are police groups around the country urging congress to do and what does that mean for your privacy when it's. here's mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that the americans call

you with us americans and the hundreds of thousands have clicked the sign button on the internet petitions saying they no longer want their states to be part of the u.s. marine up at nine vesa gates why a growing number of u.s. nationals are eager to rip the stalls and stripes a pot. the night. or two longer here is that for a former colony won the right to determine its all best of the. test a perfecting of our hero moves forward. for weeks following barack obama's reelection nearly one million americans have moved forward by campaigning to break apart all fifty states have filed online petitions with the white house requesting to peacefully secede from the so-called perfecting union a movement that's garnered more than thirty thousand signatures in north carolina where many like michael tuggle. see independence as a symbol may twentieth a consistent one is the day that north carolina sated from the union and america's stars and stripes ripping at the seams there's no doubt in my mind that it is inevitable i mean something like this with the the debt this country has with the growing disu

anything more the white house meanwhile promises to review and issue an official response to all petitions with twenty five thousand or more. signatories at least seven states fit that category where used to be on the interstate driving along at thirty five miles an hour by ourselves with the session as a goal now were being passed on both sides and lamed by people going faster than we are and it's amazing because here we were thought to be radical fifteen or twenty years ago and now we're mainstream. a mainstream movement to move apart marina port ny out artsy. coming up next to the gold rush in columbia where the search for the dead entry lost city of eldorado continues. we speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world's hot spots to be ip interviews intriguing stories for you here. in troy arabic to find out more visit arabic don't. download the official application. choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. t.v. is not required to watch all its hear all you need is your mobile device to watch r.t. any time any. s

anything more the white house meanwhile promises to review and issue an official response to all petitions with twenty five thousand or more. signatories at least seven states fit that category that we used to be on the interstate driving along at thirty five miles an hour by ourselves with secession as a goal now are being passed on both sides in lanes by people going faster than we are and it's amazing because here we were thought to be radical fifteen or twenty years ago and now we're mainstream a mainstream movement to move apart marina porton i r r t. data stored on the internet in europe can be obtained by u.s. authorities despite the data protection laws that's according to dutch and legal experts who've seen a paper on cloud computing and as they claim the anti terror patriot act allows the us access to private data on the authors of the report acts on back says internet.

sign a petition. one motion to end debate in six years. one. and now we have harry reid, majority leader for six years and as as this poster says, 387 and counting and i think the number today is 391. 391. 391 one-week delays in six years. now, how many weeks are there in six years? well, that would be about 312. is that right? yeah, 312. 312 weeks, 387 and counting, 390 weeks wasted. no wonder we don't get our work done here, our nominations done for the executive branch, our nominations done for the judiciary, our appropriations bills, the authorizing bills, the policy changes that are going to make a big impact on the challenges we face in america. one versus 387, which is now a couple of days old, 391 and counting. we can't allow this to continue. we have a responsibility to the people who elected us to be a seasoned, deliberative body. now, some say, well, you know what, this is what the senate is all about. and they recite a story that historians say is aprostate cancerry fal, about president pr

we have a procedure in the house called the discharge petition. it means if a majority of the members of the house sign the discharge petition even if the speaker doesn't want to bring a bill to the floor for a vote, he's required to. we've gotten 150 democrats to sign it and if we can get all our democrats onboard, we'll need about 26 republicans only 26 to sign it, requiring the speaker to bring the bill to the floor of the house. we can get it done. >> eliot: there are republicans who would vote for the bill but can't get their own speaker to bring the bill to the floor. it sits there in limbo without ever getting that vote. >> that's right. we've got an overwhelming majority willing to volt for it. some republicans have said they also would support it. there's no way for any of us to force the speaker to bring it to the floor except the discharge. >> you need 28 republicans brave enough to say we'll sign the motion to discharge. even some republicans who say they'll vote for the bill might not vote for the discharge which sounds incrediblyar c

all the people that signed the petition, the people that attended the vigil. and everybody that made it possible for me to get released, i just want to thank everybody for that. this is not just for me but for other people that might be in my situation as well. >> he says he hopes his story inspires senator feinstein and other officials to enact legislative changes for others in the same situation. >>> richmond city officials have clayed repair work on -- delayed repair work on the richmond refinery damaged earlier this year. city residents were given a chance to weigh in on the repair process. charles clifford has details. >> reporter: inside richmond city hall wednesday, around 100 people attended an informational meeting to hear details about chevron plans to repair its damaged refinery. in order to fix the burned out crude unit, the company needs permits from the city. the city put the brakes on the process a few weeks ago. questions came up regarding chevron's choice of material, the use of chromium 9 in replacing a pipeline. city officials delayed approv

on change.org and i said what petition? go online and i look at it and i said wow! okay. the morning after she had about a hundred signature and a week later it's 45,000. >> how proud are you? >> i'm incredibly proud. >> the question is mckenna, what are you going to do -- i was going to say what are you going to do when you grow up, but you've already accomplished so much. >> there are so many battles that have been fought and so many injustices and there will be forever, but there are so many different causesio you can fight for, and i guess i have to find another one that hits home to me. >> what does your brother think about this? he thinks it's amazing especially the fact that this new easy bake oven that they are going to come out with next year was -- it was partially inspired by him which he thinks is most amazing thing in the world. >> when he gets his restaurant you let us all know because we'll come. >> definitely. >> thank you both. >> thank you for coming in and happy holidays. >> to you, as well. >> mckenna po