make some popcorn. our small >> a trip to the movie theater is a new year's traditition for many of us, and this week's spotlight on small buness i on a d.c.-owned and o operated thear that is all about offering a distinct alternative to the chain. our guest is co-owner of the cinema. he bought an abandoned movie thear that opened in the fall 2010 at theorner of 23rd and m street. jo, thananks foror joining us. i tnk a lot of people willll rememberer the circle cinemathat were the. they were known r bringing unique movies tto th area, but so many of those theaters are gone. what made you think you could succeed where so many failed? >> mbusiness partner jamie shore, and i felt strongly that the pendulum had swung so far toward consolidation in the industry, and there were so many 11 locations that closed and that there was actually a whole line in the market for a small, nimble, truly independent theater. the reason all the theaters in washington closed, all the cinemas' closed that we love when i was g

i say i don't know how i can do the 11:00 news without the martin's popcorn. well, stan sheets and his wife kelly stopped by the station today with not one, not two, not three, but four, the fourth one, by the way, is under my desk. thank you, sheets. get the popcorn ready. >>> coming up, a mother home for a woman and her daughter. >> what is coming up after us? >> coming up on night line it is about jobs, the economy, and who will be the candidate to take on president obama. a big shift tonight in the race. we're on the ground in new hampshire as the drama unfolds. coming up on night line after abc2news at 11:00. whee wheeeeeeeeeeeee! wheeeeeeeeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! pure adrenaline. whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. download the new geico app today. whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! . >> abc2news is brought to you by cross roads dental arts. >> you have to love these stories. a surprise homecoming, all caught on tape. >> this one was actually a double surprise. christian f

we were sharing box of popcorn. he got a small box of popcorn.you get a small box of popcorn with three people? >> jimmy: maybe he didn't know you would be grabbing some of it. >> he handed it to me when he was getting a drink. and once it was in my possession, i felt this is for all the taxes i pay. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: wow. did you have -- really, when you're holding the president's popcorn, you've got to -- i mean, i would just give it right back to him. i wouldn't take any of it. >> no. we were playing tug-of-war for a little bit. >> jimmy: you did? >> yeah. and i was like, okay. i'll let you have the drink back. >> jimmy: if ever there was a better time to play the cut the hole out of the bottom of the popcorn trick, i could not think of it. >> i should have done that. we had such a good time. i thought the whole time, you know -- he's a little older now. he looks really good. but he's -- you turn the lights off for me, i'm going to go to sleep. so, i'm thinking that he's ready to go to sleep. and the lights go off. and he's wat

coming up, new concerns about microwave popcorn. why something in the popular snack could put your kids at risk for getting sick. >>> plus, under the microskoeft. the latest peo >>> in the day ahead, a congressional panel will hold a hearing into fire concerns for the chevy volt. lawmakers want to know why the national highway traffic safety administration waited months to report the first fire during federal testing. general motors says it will make changes to lower the risk of fires. the company also says there have been no real world reports of fire. >>> new today, chemicals in microwave popcorn may alter the effectiveness of childhood vaccinations. a harvard researcher found a group of chemicals in microwave popcorn in water-resistant clothing prevented diphtheria and tetanus evacuations from working -- vaccines from working properly. the pfcs lowered the body's immune response to fight infections. despite the findings, doctor say there's no immediate public health concern. >>> there's been a surge in families asking for financi

popcorn.shi flavored popcorn. i have the spicy tuna -- >> is that my christmas gift for next year? >> not anymore. because you just figured it out. >> ok. how about a yellow tail scallion? >> that would be something i don't order but i don't know what it tastes like. >> our friends at the popcorn factory have brought out these tins of popcorn and obviously they are football themed. national popcorn day, i guess, got started on this date back in the day when they said, well, about that day in january, that's about when they usually do -- >> sorry, i don't want to get in the way here. >> don't take away my smile. >> how about that survival kit? >> we have to get rid of all the popcorn except for the giants one. >> before you take this, these four right here, this is the average amount of popcorn that an american eats in a year. >> you're kidding. >> no, it's true. that's a lot of jify pop. >> the average american eats 13 gallons per person. >> i'm keeping this one. >> here's the problem -- there

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deep dish pizza and eli's cheese cake and agarics popcorn -- garrett's popcorn.g over their transition. >> house leaders of the gop basically were talking amongst themselves on a bus trip recently about how disappointed they would be if newt gingrich got the nomination on the republican side. >> this was on the way back from the house republican retreat in maryland. we are told freshmen and especially women were concerned about the idea of newt gingrich being on the ticket. they say that with women and independents and suburbanites especially if he would be a liability. mitt romney was back on the offensive in that clip last night. "politico" is calling its newt gingrich's no show debate. for once mitt romney was on the offensive. newt gingrich was on the defensive. i hate cast a cloud over this and end on a down note, but there's not another republican debate until february 22. >> we can all get over that, i think. >> it is the longest without a debate since all this started. that will be no. 20. >> you see what i mean? >> maybe it will be a good debate. >> mayb

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. >> pop the popcorn. >> joanie epstein. and regis philbin will be with us for practically the entire show. >> the people's choice awards last night. one of our favorites won one. i don't think he was present to win. >> he didn't think he was going to win. >> jimmy fallon won favorite late-night tv show. >> we're so happy for him. >> we are so happy because no one is kinder. >> most of the laughs at our expense but we love the guy. >> yeah. >> i put him over the top. >> how about our sexy lover hugh jackson's favorite star? >> love him. >> katy perry won five awards last night. she wasn't there. the biggest winner of the whole night. and she was nominated for seven but got five. and this might surprise people, only because there's been so much publicity lately that the name brand has been tarnished perhaps by kim's wedding, but no. the fans spoke and they said she's still our favorite reality star. >> kim kardashian. we were telling you about the cutest pet contest. we've narrowed it down to ten. >> it is too late. >> stop s

. >> popcorn pimps? is that what they call them? wannabe pimps? the men who the police called popcorn pimps were amateurs but smart enough to play stupid for the cops. >> what's going on today? >> i have no idea. >> what about the girl that got out of your truck? >> she's my friend. >> what's up with her? >> she's just a friend. right now she's staying with a friend, just had a baby. >> what's she doing right now? like what do you mean? >> where's she at? >> we just dropped her off. >> to do what? >> i have no idea. just dropping her off. >> she's your friend, just dropped her off in this middle of the neighborhood. >> she asked for a ride. >> you have no idea what she was doing? >> no. i just know her name is cream. she told me, drop her off. >> you know it's against the law to transport people doing prostitution. >> prostitution? >> yeah. you don't know anything about that either? >> no, sir. >> inside the vehicle, police find more evidence that this crew of wannabes is hoping to graduate to the big leagues of pimpdom, including a pair of high h

and we kept talking about that popcorn experience. >> jimmy: oh, it was unbelievable, it was so fun.oh my god. >> did you feel sick to your stomach? >> jimmy: well, yeah. i vomited, but i do that every time. [ laughter ] anything moving i throw up. but no, but, you're hanging from this thing, it's insane. picture of this -- look at this. this is really you doing this. this is nuts. >> yeah. >> jimmy: oh, you guys, i swear, it's insane. you feel like -- why would you do this, first of all? [ laughter ] can't you get a stunt guy to do this? >> he was afraid of heights. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i mean, this is wild. you just like have no fear. are you like an adventurous dude, right? >> you know i like -- >> jimmy: danger. >> -- yeah, and i want to entertain an audience. when i saw the sequence, i thought if we could just get -- you know, i wanted to shoot the whole thing on the side of the building, and if we can get this, it will be really entertaining for an audience. >> jimmy: what is this building? what is this? >> that's called the burj khalifa. it's in dubai. >> jimmy: gosh -- >> y

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even brought out the popcorn. county executive kevin kamenetz announced plans to bring in some marketers as part of a privately funded $85 million entertainment center. it is expected to create 1500 new jobs and will generate close to $2 million in county tax revenue annually while bringing in $3 million a year in sales tax to the state. >> what we saw was a great opportunity, and putting with a complementary restaurants, amenities, and theaters was our vision. >> said the mark is the same company that owns egyptian theaters will feature 16 state of the art screens. it will be located on a 4.2 acre plot founded by joppa ropad and pennsylvania and avenue. >> when you have 16 screens you can pretty much played at all. you can bring art films and here. you can do the met opera. you can come in and hopefully host screenings and bring the stars. >> there was some question as to whether the idea of a movie theater woodwork -- especially considering the fate of the last movie theater in a mall along york road. >> we are

. >> our inventor was popping around popcorn lids and he made a mold. he was showcasing them at the l.a. county fairs and the rest is history. >> you can throw it and make it come back like a boom era ng. >> reporter: these days, mattel holding the rights. and it's still flying high in many college campuses across the country. >>> these days we take television for granted as well we should. much of the latest inventions are just improvements of an old idea. less than a century ago when there was no television yet, it was a young california man who sent the first signal. philo farnsworth. >> reporter: in 1927, philo farnsworth transmitted the first imagine. san francisco got its first commercial television station and they placed their transmitter tower high atop a hotel. >> the transmitter is right in front of us here. so the man that operates the transmitter can see all the dials and lights that are necessary to keep running it. >> reporter: from the very first days of its arrival here, television weaved it's web around us all. we were hooked by a prod

. >> a four box of pop popcorn. >> means just as much coming from you. >> that does it for this edition of abc-7 news. >> thanks for joining us, see captioned by closed captioning services inc.

or they'll stick it inside the popcorn. as the inmate is having his visit he's enjoying his food, he's eating it. he swallows it. he goes back to his unit. he drinks a little bit of shampoo. vomits. throws it back up. >> a second inmate had actually coerced this inmate and his female visitor into doing this by threat of death. this guy, this inmate, was kind of a fringe gang member and was using his connections to get this guy who was getting regular visits from his girlfriend to bring drugs in, or that was it for him. so she was regularly bringing it in. she was actually -- she had a good job. never -- no criminal record at all. and, you know, had fallen in love with this inmate. well, i mean, before he came to prison. you know, he came to prison, got himself into some trouble. next thing you know she's running heroin in for him. ♪ ♪ blind lead the blind i'm gonna tell you something i'm the one that caught your eye ♪ >> most visitors are community people who have loved ones in prison. >> you know, you have a few that will

me how to run a popcorn stand, and that will be the proper relationship. >> beyond this businessman,se billions, beyond this success, he is what? >> he's everything else you said he is too. i mean, an incredible business intellect and all of that, but there's a lot of little playful little boy in him. >> playfulness isn't something you'd normally associate with bill gates, but take a look at this. that's gates and microsoft president steve ballmer in a film produced for a shareholders' meeting. >> both: no way. >> ♪ what is love ♪ baby don't hurt me >> gates is best known not for a sense of humor but for being intensely driven. here he is at full throttle about five years ago. >> no, no, no, no, no. somebody's confused. somebody's just not thinking. i mean, there's no way. no, you don't understand. you didn't--you guys never understood. you never understood the first thing about this. >> until recently, business was his obsession. he says now, thanks to his wife melinda, he has finally started to mellow. >> and i'm more lucky in terms of having melinda than anything else in my life.

. >> i want to see it and get a large buttered popcorn, what it is all about. >> just for the popcornh-h-h-a >>> this morning on "world news now" -- intense manhunt. a suspected gunman wanted for shooting and killing a park ranger is still on the loose. >> while police try to capture him, everyone staying at mt. rainier national park has been ordered into a shelter because of the danger. it's monday, january 2nd. >>> good morning, everybody. happy monday. happy new year. it is certainly a happy new year on our show. this is the start of a new chapter here at "world news now." our new permanent, permanent, co-anchor, paula faris in the house today. >> promise it will be a long chapter. i know you are not used to those. >> so many women in and out of my life. finally i'm going steady. my mom would be so proud. >> would she. you going to bring me home to your mom. >> if your husband doesn't mind. >> yeah, we're co-workers. won't cross that line. >> rob is trying to get me acclimated. if you have any tips for me, send them to facebook. i don't know how to sleep during the day. i got this.

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. >>> new today, chemicals in microwave popcorn may alter the effective not of childhood vaccinationsa harvard researchers found a group of chemicals in microwave popcorn and water-resistant clothing prevented diphtheria and tetanus vaccines from working properly. the chemicals called pfcs lower the body's immune response to fight infections. despite the findings, doctors say there is no immediate public health concern. >>> later this morning, first lady michelle obama and celebrity chef rachael ray will help roll out major nutrition standards to school lunches. these would be the first major changes in 15 years. the announcement is expected to include less sodium for most meals along with more whole grains and more fruits and vegetables as sides. the popular pizzas will still be on the menu about with healthier ingredients. the first lady will help make the announcement at park lawn elementary in elementary school. >>> in the day ahead, a congressional panel will hold a hearing into fire concerns for the chevy volt. lawmakers want to know why the national highway traffic safety admin

. >> mark's company makes gearboxes and motors for everything from popcorn machines to treadmills. they have 250 employees and he's hiring. >> last year we hired just over 20 folks and this year we could be hiring about the same begin. >> overall, economists expect only modest growth this year and warn there are still plenty of head winds out there. >> we are in an election year, does that affect hiring? >> it's not a good force on hiring. there's uncertainty who will come in and how that's going to affect costs of employing people. but to the extent that we might otherwise be building momentum, it's probably serving as a restraining factor. >> the under employment rate which includes part-time wers and people who recently gave up working for a job fell again this month. but it's still at 15.2%. more than 5 1/2 million americans have been out of work for six months or more. anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >> the jobs news is welcome news for president obama. he credited his jobs agenda with that growth. he also said that the payroll tax cut that was put in place last year has he

we ordered green mussels and popcorn shrimp. the shrimp beat the mussels to the table. i drank for pleasure but since i left that state i hadn't found anything delicious so iate all the mussels. crouched, later in that state betrayal that come from learning some green things are not good. considering the law averages that a body in motion stays in motion unless faced with an equal or opposite force, peer pressure, skitology the projected near devastation of world forest should population the motdz of toilet paper consumption. germs vary. my role in the pressing the mean agent of common human hygiene i knew i never wanted to be near that state again. with extradition i was hardly away at all. when i first rolled over my parents were pleased and i left the state of never having rolled before. ditto, something on all fours to crawling. and once i could walk we all knew i was never going back. i just pulled myself up and started moving. i grabbed at everything i could reach until i learned better i put my tongue on anything. once iate papaya straight from the tree and i mou

. >> popcorn anyone? or maybe a banana. >> every human being gets distracted. >> texting while driving has become an epidemic. costing lives and serious accidents. >> we are all guilty of violating at some point in time. >> virginia delegate wants to take the law a step further and make anything you do that causes a distraction while driving a crime. >> generating more of a traffic hazard on our roads and taking people's lives. >> how would you enforce it? eating behind the wheel. that would be the hardest to give up. >> you might want to rethink the next time you reach for those fries. in alexandria, surae chin, 9news now. >> when it comes to speed cameras, you know that sinking feeling? you know it's happened. and it happened to one local chef so many times along the road. he is ready to take a stand. >>> i'm bruce leshan in northwest d.c. where a brand- new speed camera here on fox hall road caught a famous chef three times in three days costing him $425. now he is planning to hire a guy to stand down

to get to it is right in there and you stay overnight, you stay there and you have this remarkable popcornwe start out with some really nice to popcorn and toss in a little truffle oil and parmesan cheese it is pretty amazing and fun to into a creek a nice nap. her >> and you are from the physical north and west and you came to murray's circle, what a restaurant that it >> we have a great food culture, we have a lot of passion of people coming to excrete great food culture is a lot of fun. could you who conditions with >> cooler you have location to blue cheese: married recruits will--you have a great location where you teach a culinary school. and some of the rooms are old and some aren't. come from the nine winners who are orphans and >> we have sent a full views of hire placement. and quite often >> of for unnumbered on both my dog for a it is stated as police and they did gorgeous start to the day with a lot of sunshine. this afternoon we are expecting sunny and mild conditions. starting off by that clean start and still losing to the attorneys in santa rosa and fear still is that at s

study raising new questions about common chemicals in all of our household products from microwave popcorn bags to water resistant clothing and whether they are somehow making these vaccines less effective for our children than they should be. our chief science correspondent robert bazell has more on this new study. >> reporter: the chemicals are called pfcs. researchers looked at children in a small fishing village in north atlantic and found that when the children had high levels of pfcs, common vaccines for pertussis and diphtheria were up to 40% less effective. >> what we found was astonishing. we found that for these compounds, the higher the exposure, the lower the antibody concentration in the child. >> reporter: pfcs are found in many products, including food containers, nonstick cookware, beauty products and cleaning solutions. the epa is already planning to phase them out by 2015. the problem is, they stay around for years. despite these early results, experts say parents need not worry about the effectiveness of vaccines. >> there's absolutely no indication that the vaccines are

. >> the company makes gearboxes and motors for everything from popcorn machines to treadmills.has 250 employees and he's hiring. >> last year we hired just over 20 folks and this year we could be hiring about the same again. >> but overall, economists expect only modest growth this year and warn there are still plenty of head winds out there. >> we're in an election year, does that affect hiring? >> it's not a good force on hiring, let's just say that. there's uncertainty about who is going to come in and what policies they'll put in place and how that's going to affect costs of employing people. but to the extent we might otherwise be building some momentum, it's probably serving as a bit of a restraining factor. >> under employment rate which includes part-time workers and people who recently gave up looking for a job fell again. it's still at 15.2%. and more than 5.5 million americans have been out of work for six months or more. anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >>> the jobs news is certainly welcome news for president obama. he credited his jobs agenda for this growth. he

everything from the projector to the popcorn machine will be up for sale online. auction will be held on tuesday, january 17th. the website is gottobid.com. >>> unsuspecting metro riders this afternoon got quite a surprise. today was the annual no pants metro ride. dozens of -- wow. >> yeah. >> his mother's proud of him. did he just drop his pants. >> i think he did. >> dozens of pranksters converged on the transit system, all lacking a key article of clothing. this event got its start in new york city back in 2002. this year, 50 different cities are participating. >> they're putting the effort into it. no doubt about that. >> good thing that backpack was there for that last one. chuck's here now. >> let's talk about the weather. >> you'd think you'd wear more today. it wasn't that nice. >>> well, by january standards, it's still pretty nice. we made it to 52 today. that's about 9 degrees warmer than average by early january standards. no complaints there. and it was 68 degrees yesterday. so by january standards, again, a very mild weekend. so mild, in fact, that

. >> good morning wisdom yeah, and all this is based on popcorn we looked at two different studytheseese were college students what they did was put them in a movie theatre and looked for habitual or automatic eating they ate 7 day old stale popcorn because they were in such a habit of just watching the movie and eating. so what the research which ares then did was took them and put them in another room took them out of the movie theatre and they realized they broke that habit it became intentional and they didn't eat the stale popcorn they said okay we are going to put you back in the movie theatre and ask you to eat instead of eating with your right hand, if you are right hand dominant eat with your left hand they found that also broke the habit and i thought that was very pertinent with super bowl sunday coming up a lot of people sit in front of that tv screen and eat and eat you can down a bag of chips in minutes. >> did they say why the left hand, if you are right handed was any different? >> well, what they believe is that we have automatic tracks in our brain causes habitual ea

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. >> get your popcorn. >> michael steele, thanks for joining us on the program. we will have more on the events here in iowa later in today's program, let's have a quick look now at the rest of the day's news, of course, events happening around the world. whoever wins the white house may well find themselves confronted by an increasingly hostile iran. today tehran fired two test missiles as a show of military strength in the gulf. it was billed as a routine exercise, but it comes at a time of increased tension between iran and the west, as james reynolds reports. >> 10 days of naval exercises in the gulf need add fitting climax, so iran decided to test a new surface-to-sea missile. the military calls this a long-range weapon, but it can reach targets within the gulf. >> we have good missiles with proper range and shooting and targeting accuracy. this missile's explosive capability means we can announce that our shore-to-sea missile systems are so powerful that we can hit any target any time, if it's necessary. >> iran's enemy, israel, may be out of range, but it'

your friends over let's say for $4.99 you have also seen the movie for a dollar and you can make the popcorn fresh. >>> you are looking to cut back, watch those things. >>> last one, was causing a bit of controversy around here. before the show, that was stop home delivery of newspapers. >> i agree. my husband disagrees. tell me why i'm right. >> well, it is the person looking to save money in their budget, stopping home delivery can save you about $200 over the course of the year. the fact of the matter is we do want newspapers, get your news online. go to our websites. hopefully the goal is the newspaper companies themselves will figure out how to get the advertisers to start moving onto the online world. a lot of people have to find a way to save 1 2á hundred dollars over the course of a year? a lost people feel bad, it is the local paper, i want to support my local journalists. the articles are a little bit different if it is locally oriented. and you would say? >> i would say go ahead and do it, if it is in your budget. but if you are really looking to make that cut back, it is a signif

martin swarbrick's company makes gearboxes and motors for everything from popcorn machines to treadmills. swarbrick has 250 employees and he's hiring. >> last year we hired just over 20 folks. this year we could be hiring about the same again >> reporter: overall, economists expect only modest growth this year and warn there are still plenty of head winds out there. we here in an election year, does that affect hiring? >> it's not a good force on hiring. there's uncertainty about who's going to come in and what policies they'll put in place and how that will affect cost of employing people. now extent that we might otherwise be building some momentum, it's probably serving as a bit of a restraining factor. >> reporter: the underemployment rate-- which includes part-time workers and people who recently gave up looking for a job-- fell again this month. but it's still at 15.2% and more than 5.5 million americans have been out of work for six months or more. >> pelley: anthony, i'm thinking about a story we did earlier this week about unemployed folks getting jobs but they're making much le