governor rick snyder is poised to ban your insurance from covering that cost. jobs, jobs, jobs. and also because obviously it was the message of the last election, michigan republicans are now moving a bill in the legislature to ban sharia law in the state because, well, obviously president obama is a secret muslim, or so says the bill's republican author in michigan. all of this stuff is being passed and signed or debated in michigan this week, after state republicans there passed their monumental legislation stripping union rights in the state. with no warning and no debate after an election in which they did not say that was what they were going to do. that surprise attack legislation passed in such a breathless hurry there are now lawsuits in the state whether the bills were passed illegally, in contradiction of the state's sunshine laws. they're also trying to figure out whether the new union-stripping laws in michigan will apply to workers who work for the state government, or if they only killed the unions in the private sector. but the reason that governor snyder has bee

people came up to me, and surprising in different contexts, whether think were taxi drivers, people poised to make lots of money, you know, middlemen between the regime and the private sector, former monarchy people who had been parliamentarians in the 60s and said, look, you know, we understand that there's this going on, but you realize that if you don't -- this is your time to pin the regime and kernel -- colonel gadhafi to the wall. if you don't express what you want from this without a clear end goal, things will not work

invasion fleet poised on syria's borders. around one step forward one step by just as the american senate's launches a cold war era long live it break it up or is it these are by no seven russian officials provoking a promise of a similar move. this is all she coming to live from moscow hello and welcome to the program along anticipated state address by egypt's president morsi has failed to silence the angry voices on the streets of cairo protesters claim his still ignores their key demands by evolving to push on with a referendum on an islamist led constitution more on that from cairo based reporter true now. president mohamed morsi basically stuck by his decisions he said in his speech he said this consulate curation which was very contentious very people

the term biomorphism suits moore absolutely perfectly because it signals that his preoccupation is poised somewhe between the surreal and the abstract. and it also describes beautifully the sense that we have in moore that the organism has laws of growth of its own. it's following some kind of universal law but it's not a species that we know. (narrator) throughout his long working life, moore collected natural forms and kept them near his workplace. he placed his own works side by side with objects that caught his eye: bones, shells, and flints. his own habits coincided with surrealism's interest in the found object and the creative possibilities of unexpected juxtapositions. the fusion of front and back, internal and external spaces, had been one of moore's goals since the early '30s. tunneling holes through heavy masses was a theme that preoccupied him for many years. in the late 1930s, he merged mathematical models he had seen at the science museum in london with early surrealist forms, leading to a series of stringed pieces. the works were a breakthrough for moore - literally. he pun

are the markets poised for a swing to the upside? first business starts now.ou're watching first business: financial news, analysis, and today's investment ideas. good morning. it's wednesday, december 5th. i'm angela miles. in today's first look: standstill. that's what's happening with the budget talks in washington, and it's reflected on wall street. stocks barely budged yesterday. gold, however, was a major mover. what that tells traders is coming up in the show. pandora hit a sour note with investors last night. shares plunged after the company revealed a loss of advertising money as lawmakers fail to find harmony over averting the fiscal cliff. the brand new dreamliner is under review after making an emergency landing in new orleans due to a mechanical glitch. larry shover of sfg alternatives joins us now on this wednesday for an early look at the market. what is going on with volume? is the market in a bit of a holding pattern here? > > yeah, the market is completely in a holding pattern right now. i think what i just saw yesterday, volumes are down abo

it is poised to catch you in your flaw as a human being. that's why i think my response to that flippant question of what do you hate most about yourself is that i'm human because i am flawed and therefore, by being flawed, i'm vulnerable. the media now has given the message to adults. don't try new things, don't look foolish because we will catch you and then broadcast it to the world. i think children don't have that. tavis: i wonder whether or not you think these children that you're writing to now are growing up in a world, inhabiting a world, where they're seeing more or less bravery, more or less courage? i mean, i get what the book is about, but on a much larger scale, i wonder whether or not we're giving them a world where -- i wonder if we're more cowardly now than we've ever been. >> well, we're cowardly because we don't see war, we play war. tavis: right. >> we sit at our consoles and play "gears of war" or, believe me, i have a 16-year-old son and i have the gamut. so we'll play that, but we don't see it. we don't see images fro

. >>> reports tonight about who president obama's poised to nominate as the next secretary of state. a health scare for the current secretary of state, hillary clinton. why she's been forced to cancel overseas trips. >> damaged from a deadly cyclone as the storm makes its way toward fiji. >> rain clouds are drifting out on the bay area. the temperature change you can expect for sunday. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv with a total home dvr included free for life. only $29 a month for six months. rethink possible. >> she told all the kids to get in to the bathroom. she shut her door. she turned off the lights. she tried to block the bathroom door a little bit. and she just stayed in there and asked them to be quiet. >> more stories of heroism coming out of newtown, conn

>> they are poised to take a hit on this right now. longer term, tim pact will weigh on the obama administration if the economy doesn't recover. >> all right. many thanks, scott rasmussen, appreciate it very much. >> thanks. >>> with just 26 days until we fall off the tax and fiscal cliff, two dozen house republicans have apparently defected from the boehner plan and signed a bipartisan letter with democrats. people are now asking is there a fallback position for the gop? well, here now to tell us is house majority whip california republican kevin mccarthy, the number three man. mr. mccarthy, as always, thank you for coming back on the show. can i get your comment on this letter, two dozen republicans, they're talking about tax rate flexibility along with a bunch of democrats. what's your take, sir? >> well, remember what they're saying here. what they're saying is that they're going to put everything on to the table. what we've been talking about for so long is where the president has been awol, this is a spending issue that we have a

lori: is momentum poised to continue?undred fifty thousand barrels added, would you forecasting? >> if you take these claims data, pretty much what the payroll data would be and it would be around 150, a solid month. it will depend on the fiscal cliff. if we go off the cliff and stay off of the cliff when we plummet down, in the next six to nine months. if they say they are going off of the cliff now but going to fix it early next year may be markets give washington a month or two to get their house in order. if that happens we will tread water for a while but not going to see a real problem. i don't think there's a cliff on january 1st that we cannot change withholdings, keep government spending going at the rate it is going so even though they don't fix it which is the way it looks right now doesn't mean we are going to tank right away in january provided markets believe eventually washington will get it done. lori: if you look of the message a number markets today, pete sell-off, stocks piling into treasuries, gold is

getting some sort of a deal done, is a market poised to move higher?al basis a lot of sectors in the market that are very cheap. i think the market will go much higher. again, low volume which is a little bit tricky. ashley: which sectors in particular do you like. >> love energy, industrial, i think all those sectors are poised to do really well. 2013 will be a pivotal year, a lot of things will happen. if any one or two of them are good comi, close to the market r a strong year. ashley: also say the housing employment will improve ss credits becomes available. that is a big if and when it becomes available. things are very leery to lend money right now, aren't they? >> they have basically been waiting for interest rates to go up. interest rates are not going up for a year, two years or perhaps longer. if you come to grips with the fact they will not be able to earn a return unless they get back to lending. ashley: talking to the banks generally moving higher today, do you like the financial sector? >> i liked parts of it. u.s. banks, jpmorgan, goldma

we are not well poised. we do not have the capacity to deal with this. we can talk about this. this is where we have the strongest military in the world, unrivaled intelligence capabilities. we sometimes screw that up, as the case of benghazi demonstrates. the biggest policy question for us is how we become more nimble and understand the political trends in these societies. [applause] >> thank you, brian. bret, you are up. >> , am very honored to be here. i am particularly honored to be on a panel introduced by jim woolsey. i have the greatest admiration for him. the austrian physicist used to put down his worst students by saying, you're not even wrong. [laughter] that is how i am inclined to take this project i will spare you. -- i will spare you. if i say to my son what is 5 + 7711, that is wrong. -- seven and he says eleven, that is wrong. what it is has been that? what do of heard from reuel is a banana. the choice that we face is between secular dictatorship of the mubarak, or and democracy. we have to accept this democracy because even if it is islamist, it is a type of

. >>> reports tonight about who president obama's poised to nominate as the next secretary of state. a health scare for the current secretary of state, hillary clinton. why she's been forced to cancel overseas trips. >> damaged from a deadly cyclone as the storm makes its way toward fiji. >> rain clouds are drifting out [ singing christmas carols in background ] aunt sally's singing again. it's a tradition, honey. [ singing christmas carols ] mmmm. [ female announcer ] make new traditions with pillsbury grands! cinnamon rolls. [ female announcer ] holiday cookies are a big job. everything has to be just right. perfection is in the details. ♪ get to holiday fun faster with pillsbury cookie dough. >> she told all the kids to get in to the bathroom. she shut her door. she turned off the lights. she tried to block the bathroom door a little bit. and she just stayed in there and asked them to be quiet. >> more stories of heroism coming out of newtown, connecticut tonight. the mother of teacher caitlin says her daughter helped save the lives of 14 students yesterday. we'll have a live repo

in class he was very articulate and seemed as later in life always very poised and well spoken and athink our professors loved him. he liked being a student, even studying at the national war college a few years ago. he always seemed to genuinely enjoying studying and debating and was immersed in classes and activities of the school. particularly the hastings law journal, where he became managing editor. he very much liked the art of argument and trial law. he used to go to the courts nearby to watch very high profile trials and legendary judges and litigators. while he spent lots of times on the hastings campus, whether in library or out on what is called the beach in front of the school, he also liked to get off-campus and would often go for a run across golden gate bridge or play racquet ball or tennis on russian hill. at hastings there were a number of things that made him stand out. it was clear he had a strong desire to work in the national arena and middle east. he often spoke about his time in morocco. he had already started the process of applying for foreign service and read

so she was really poised to go to that next big level. unfortunately, we'll never know what could have been. >> and bruno, hearing the story break over the weekend, it is sadly reminiscent of selina and another talent cut short. why was she such an important figure in latin music do you think? >> she was by far the latin female singer of the moment. she was a songwriter, she had her own reality show, a coach on "the voice mexico." she had her own clothing line, perfume line, talk show and poised to do her own sitcom. so there wasn't anybody bigger in the latin music market, especially a female. and she really was one of these self-made american stories, dream come true, daughter of immigrants, who actually worked her tail off to become this humongously popular artist. so she embodied the american dream. >> and she was just delving right into american programming. she had three reality shows where she opened everybody up to her family, broke so many barriers. how broad was her involvement? >> oh, gosh, jenni was involved in every aspect of

could we be poised here for faster growth going forward? >> i think one of the things that explains why the corporate sector is doing well is they have access to money at 0 interest rates. that's not true for the broader population and not true for a lot of businesses. it is just true for large corporations that can barrow very cheap money. you have high unemployment that means the employers can ring more productivity out of their workers because the workers need jobs. so if you take those factors into account, you are not looking ato an environment that is as bullish for the broad americanir public as it might seem looking at the stock market. >> one of the economists i follow points out there has been 312 easings of one policy stimulus and central bank easings over the last 16 months. 312. so one answer to this question may be that there is an awful lot of money sloshing around from the central banks around the world who are saying, look, we have to drive this economy, and they are opening the spicketts. >> they are opening the spicketts,

could we be poised here for faster growth going forward?, i think one of the things that explains why the corporate sector is doing well is because they basically have access to money at zero interest rates. that's not true for the broader population and not true for a lot of small businesses, it's just true for, you know, large corporations who can borrow very cheap money. you have high unemployment, which means that employers can ring more productivity out of their workers. >> right. >> and you know, workers need jobs. so, i think if you take all of those factors into account, you know, you're not looking at an environment that is as bullish for the broad american public as it might seem, looking at the stock market. >> dan, one of the, kind of a side follow, there have been 312 stimulative easings of one policy stimulus and central bank easings over the last 16 months over the world. that's extraordinary. 312. so one's answer to this question may be that there's an awful lot of money sloshing around from central banks around the world wh

. >>> president obama pick for secretary of defense is moderate former senator chuck hagel is poisedthe top job. a nomination could become this week. >>> post office is gearing up for busiest day of the year. monday before christmas is traditionally the busiest day. last day to get first class mail out to arrive by christmas. they expect 800 pieces of mail to be handled tomorrow. 40% more than the average day. >> there is new video which shows a massive asteroid considered hazardous to the earth. it captured a series of photos a few days ago. the asteroid is three miles wide. right now it's about 4.3 million miles away from earth. the new video shows the asteroid has ridges and perhaps boulders on its surface. it wobbles through space like a football. it won't come in contact with earth for the next 400 years so beyond that, they can't determine its path and it could pose a risk to earth. >> get ready for nor snow in the sierra. take a look at video from the tahoe cam. more is expected. snow will fall tonight and snow levels will continue to drop over the next few days. check out thi

. >> reporter: with a high- stakes meeting they seem poised to work towards a solution. >> we are goingrk hard to see if we can get there in the next 24 hours. i am hopeful. >> i am going to do everything i can in my power. what ever we come up with is not going to be perfect. some people are not going to like it. >> reporter: senate majority leader reed says that there were hoping not to have to meet on saturday and house speaker, john boehner will not bring anything until it is passed by the senate. however, if nothing is done unemployment benefits will expire payroll deduction will not be continued. >> if there are disagreements they will sort through them. the notion that our elected leadership cannot do the same thing is mind-boggling. it needs to stop. >> catherine: banks racked up a record 10-point-seven- billion dollars in fines in 20-12. that includes what the banks paid to u-s and state authorities-- but it doesn't include the billions more paid to european regulators. most of the fines were related to improper mortgage practices. >>> more than 800 new laws are set to take eff

we all remember president obama's poised and poignant performance as the consoler in chief at the memorialervice held after the tucson, arizona massac massacre. in the make of newtown, mr. obama found it difficult to keep his emotions in check. he appeared in the press briefing room names after james s brady, the press secretary wounded in the shooting attack on president reagan. in the weekly radio address the president was a bit more composed. >> the majority of those who died today were children. beautiful little kids between the ages and five and ten years old. most of most who died were just youngheir whole lives ahead of them. every parent in america has had a heart heavy with hurt. lowered to half staff at the white house and the capitol building yesterday he. the nation's top law enforcement officials attorney general eric holder was in tulsa, oklahoma yesterday honoring the new u.s. attorney installed there. >> i'm a father of three children myself. i can only begin to imagine the pain that the parents in connecticut are feeling today. i want to assure them and people in this nati

connecticut state police revealed that as much damage as he did inside sandy hook elementary, he was poised to do much more. with hundreds of round of unspent bullets found inside the school in 30-round magazines. >> high capacity magazines for the rifle. and multiple magazines for the rifle. and multiple magazines for both handguns. reporter: meantime, thousands came to this tiny new england village to mourn those that lanza did kill. most of them children and the teachers and administrators who gave their lives trying to protect them. near the entrance to the elementary school, the door is surrounded by candles and 27 christmas trees. some came to mourn from farway, like indiana. >> it's just so quiet so peaceful. very sorry for the families of the victimsment and everyone here in this town. it's very sad. >> just had to have some closure. it's a horrible thing. reporter: many of those who came brought stuffed animals or were given one to remember the little ones lost. >> i just felt really sad for the families. >> most of them have been crying >> she had a downtown hair salon for childre

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i think america is poised to take off. well, the republicans are set to respond today when speaker boehner goes in front of the cameras. will he show signs of retreat or any sign of compromise? remember, the president wants higher tax rates. will john boehner try to move the line that the president has drawn? we will have it for you live here on "varney & company" starting around ten o'clock eastern. then we have darden restaurants, the parent of olive garden, red lobster. it says its businesses could be hurt by bad publicity. darden said it might cut hours for some workers in order to avoid having to provide health insurance for them under obamacare. and a rift in the liberal media because of that. it might be a stretch in my opinion and maybe a stretch people saying they'll stop going to restaurants because of it. and a debate on that. darden, obamacare later in the hour. and breaking news from citigroup, too, it's cutting 11,000 jobs, it calls it part of its repositioning. it says it will save a billion dollars a year a

people came up to me, and surprising in different contexts, whether think were taxi drivers, people poised to make lots of money, you know, middlemen between the regime and the private sector, former monarchy people who had been parliamentarians in the 60s and said, look, you know, we understand that there's this going on, but you realize that if you don't -- this is your time to pin the regime and kernel -- colonel gadhafi to the wall. if you don't express what you want from this without a clear end goal, things will not work out well, and we're willing to say this even if we are poised to make money at this. this was not the view of everyone of this, of course, but these kinds of hushed, sort of warnings resinated very strongly with me. i think they are, in some ways, kind of explained or increasingly explained by the news we're hearing in retrospect about what actually went on during some period of the gadhafi regime. you know, the book, i think thrrks four take aways, four main points that i try to make, and one of them is brought into profile by the presidential debate and the whole i

if convicted he could face 20 years in prison >> chicago is poised to break an 18 year-old record tomorrow. a record for no snow. remember these scenes from winters past? we have not seen any of that in quite a while. a record tying the 280 days. if it does not snow tomorrow we will get a new record. the last time chicago went this long between snowfalls was in 1994. there have been traces of snowfall in suburban areas but not enough to be considered measurable snow >> any chance of snow to larger ramsey? >>tomorrow? >> the full forecast in just a few minutes >> also a special honor for illinoisa special honor for illinois senate president for his work on a bill that would get more people a driver's license >> break ♪ ♪ ♪ pop goes the world ♪ ♪ it goes something like this ♪ [ female announcer ] pop in a whole new kind of clean with new tide pods... just one removes more stains than the 6 next leading pacs combined. pop in. stand out. after a fire on the south side. the fire broke out around 5:00 this morning in this two-story building. the injured man was taken to the hospital after he exp

that's the next round poised to move in. 2.5 inches of rain, and the north bay mountains had half a foot of rain in the past two hours. it was really windy too! san francisco topped out with a 43-mile per hour wind gust. oakland 37, san jose and concord 30 miles per hour. we'll talk about round 2, and there's one day in the forecast which is mainly dry. >>> and rain in the bay area means snow in the sierra, and it is really coming down tonight! 5 feet expected in the higher elevation ss by sunday. caltrans has put snow plows into rounds clock action. the roads are open but chains are required. >>> in mendocino, as a truck was cross, the truck's axle got caught in a hole, ripping the trailer away. fortunately no injuries. >>> alisa harrington has more on the rain and the problems it's causing. >> reporter: the north bay has really been feeling the brunt of this weather. >> reporter: the first day of winter blew into the bay area with heavy rain and strong winds, even snow at higher elevations. this is just the beginning of wh

california native exploded onto mexico's music scene as a single mom in her 30s, became a star and was poisedo break into the american market with a comedy series on abc. jenny rivera was 43. >>> up next on "jimmy kimmel live." >> my favorite thing about hanukkah is there's no wrong way to spell it. i think chewbacca is acceptable. >> ted danson. >> how nice. you wore your men's club tie. >> yeah. >> oh! >> and emilia clarke. >> you got punched by a hooker? >> yes. >> what did she say? >> introducing reindeer in the mirror.

tonight's program, hours away from inaugurating a new president, we take a closer look at the man poised to leave mexico. now to a sunken treasure that has sparked a major controversy. after locked in limbo, it is being shown off to the rest of the world. tom has this report from spain. >> inside his vault and inside these containers are thousands of gold and silver coins that were found at the bottom of the ocean. and this is have a change when restored. to what they looked like before they spent 200 years under the sea. dodge this is a tiny part of 14 tons of treasurer found on a spanish ship that sank in 18 04. according to historical documents of the time, it was one of the ships that carried the most amount of pressure on board. they think this particular find is unique. >> is also unique for a long- running legal dispute between an american company that founded the spanish government. they said spain was the rightful owner because there were spanish coins found on the wreck of a spanish ship and the company was forced to hand it back. today, a first glance as artifacts and coins fo

we're poise to be just around 44 to 45 degrees. this low is going to bring in temperatures and get us up to 50 tomorrow and then be in the 60s for the ma majority of the weekend. it comes with a chance of showers and rain. expect that through monday or -- expect that through monday. southwest wind at 5 to 10 is your condition on the bay. 46 degrees today. look for some clouds tonight 31. for tomorrow 52, mostly cloudy, look for some showers by the evening. >> thank you. >>> it is one of college football's greatest rivalries. you can see the 113th army navy game saturday afternoon at 3:00 live right here on wjz 13. >>> still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, why having kids may actually help people live longer. that story coming up in health watch. >> remember wjz is always on for you. we're following several stories on our website another this hour. for constant updates of all this day's news and that first warning weather forecast go to wjz.com. >>> in today's wjz health watch if you sometimes feel like your children are goi

we do have a storm system poised just off the coast. right now forecast models want to keep the showers associated with this off the coast so this low, as well ace this cold front, will drag across the bay area. christmas eve night, early christmas -- criminal -- new year's eve -- i'm a week off -- new year's eve night and new year's day it will drag across the bay area, could possibly bring a sprinkle mainly off the coast. we'll go ahead and put this in animation and show you the forecast. this is 5:00 a.m. monday, new year's eve day, and clear skies, and check out as the front starts to doctoring across the bay area, at 2:00 tomorrow afternoon, we'll see clouds, maybe a drop or two. that's about it. but early new year's day, this is 1:00 a.m., we will start to see it clearing out and then it wants to bring maybe a drop or two keeping it just off the coast for new year's day. if you manage a trop or two or feel one, that is the drop league -- leigh was talking about. dorm, 52, san francisco. livermore, cool day, 53. 54 for gilroy as we

if the government gets its act together, we think the economy is poised to do better next year.e think the stock market is poised to have another good year. >> we're looking at a potential increase in the dividend tax rate. so how would you trade some of these high-dividend stocks including some of those stocks in the health care sector, utilities, what are your thoughts? >> we think ultimately the tax on dividends is going to go from 15% to 20%, plus the health care tax of about 3.8. it will be 23.8. if you look at dividend stocks that are paying 4%, 4.5%, that's still a lot better than you get in a money market, which is .1% or .2% or government bonds which is about 1.5%. we don't think it will have a meaningful impact. we think dividend stocks are going to be a good bet over the next year. slow and steady type of thing. we're not looking for them to shoot the lights out. >> you know, i want to talk about the fed for a second because all eyes were on the fed this year as we were looking at the easy money policies, stimulating the economy. of course we're going to be looking ne

. >> she had just signed deal to do a comedy with abc, so, she was really poised for mainstream success. >> reporter: family friends say she never let fame go to her head. >> she gave everything and always game around. >> reporter: her mother says she is sure her daughter is now singing to the lord. in lakewood, california, theresa garcia, cbs5. former international fund leader strauss-kahn has reached a agreement with a new york city hotel mate who accused him of sexual assault. the lawsuit stems from an encounter in may of last year that forced strauss-kahn's resignation from the imf and cut off his capitolcy for the french presidency. the terms of the settlement are confidential. >>> some of san francisco's homeless and jobless may soon be carrying cell phones around town. approval by the city would provide phones nearly free of charge. we have more live with that story. the big question is, kate, why? >> reporter: well, frank, there are a number of answers for that that we will get to in a moment. this is a program that exists in about 36 states and pending approval from the califor

understand other members are planning to attach multiple amendments that will sort of operate as a poise pill. >> reporter: she blamed council member tommy wells who wanted to add more to her bill knowing it would lead to a no vote. >> there's been hearings, everybody knows what it is. don't let the council hide. >> reporter: the council voted to fund new police officers through a city surplus. not as many as the mayor wants. they won't have the money to hire new officers with expected surplus. are they going to hurt the protection of folks in the city? >> i think they will. >> reporter: the most heated exchange came when marian barry called out white members n the council for not signing onto his exoffender bill. >> six white members out of seven oppose it. how do you explain it that not being racially divided? >> reporter: offended david fired back. >> the notion that we disagree are somehow labeled as insensitive because we disagree is really as i said a part of the vanity of stock and trade of a long bankrupt public servant who has long ago failed to offer constructive solution for t

. >>> south carolina congressman tim scott is poised to become the first black senator from a southern state since 1981. today the governor of south carolina chose scott to take over the senate seat of jim demeant who is leaving next month. both men are republicans. >>> with two weeks to go to the deadline, there are signs we could be on track to avert the fiscal cliff tonight. president obama and house speaker john boehner met 45 minutes today. their talks included a deficit reduction package that would increase taxes on people making more than $400,000 a year and cuts in health care spending programs. a new poll by usa today finds 66% of americans think both men should compromise to get us to an agreement. >>> today virginia governor outlines the changes he wants to make. new spending would cover medicaid, $128.2 million for virginia's rainy day fund and $58 million for a 2% raise for teachers, principals, librarians and instructal aids. >>> they debated aid for hurricane sandy victims into the night but didn't have a vote. they are trying to push through an aid package before christ

. >> greg: the poise and the patience by behanan and the find. great recognition by louisville, end of game, end of clock situations. that's how you develop chemistry and trust on the floor that your teammate is going to make the right play. >> clark: that was a big-time play by behanan. big time. >> tim: harrow. baseline. not there. cauley-stein the rebound. reach by chane behanan. >> greg: there was a goaltend but the play was called on the ground. >> clark: that was close. >> greg: it was close. >> clark: it looked to me as though he was getting into his shooting motion. >> tim: that's what john is talking about. >> greg: there is no doubt it was a goaltend but the key is that the call was made on the floor. they did not get the continuation. >> tim: it's the third foul on behanan and the woes at the free throw lineup continue for kentucky. >> clark: you like that yng man's motor. he just needs to become a little more proficient at the foul line. >> tim: they've missed their last five as a team, and we have another lane violation. >> clark: de

equities are poised to continue to do well. >> and in terms of this fiscal cliff, what kind of a hiccup might that represent? >> it depends on how long it continues, right? if you're sitting here in february of this year with retroactive legislation not being passed, people's houses have gone up and have gone up for a while, then you're looking at the significance of an economic confluence. if we do not go over we'll expect a near-term resolution at least, a week or two weeks after we go over, that's the hope certainly. >> right, and the markets will probably push their hands, by the way. >> you would imagine so. >> two weeks into january. >> sandy, you've got to be responsible for wealth planning long term. what are you telling your clients as we loom the near fiscal cliff deadline? >> it's really hard, maria, to predict with any certainty what will happen, and we're focused on the longer term. we deal with clients who have very long investment time horizons and we really like placing equities around the world. we lost plays in muney bonds now. we think there's great opportunities ther