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radio city, an estimated 300 million people have come to see the show.rs ago today. i kind of wanted to be a rockette if the news thing hadn't worked out. what do you think? die have the legs for it? i'll see you right back here hee 7:00 p.m. this weekend with the fox report. >> brace for impact. the obamacare hits are coming whether you signed up or not. welcome. i'm in for neil cavuto. this is "your world." forget the ball dropping, get ready for you jaw to drop as taxes and fees prepare to kick in at the start of the new year. in fact it's now showing up as a separate line on some insurance bills. taxes totaling close to $280 a year on one bill, including a $2 fee to help identify wasteful spending, premium tax, a 3.5% user fee to sell insurance on the

. >>> now david letterman is looking forward to the performance at radio city. >> the legendary christmas then beginning january 3rd it's the atheist spectacular featuring "everything's meaningless." >> finally will ferrell stopped by jimmy kimmel and gives insight to ron burgundy's visit to a north dakota newsroom. >> they let me literally with the regular news team. i read the news. i think there was a warehouse fire. in which they used 5,000 gallons of water. >> that's a lot of water. >> there was a santa claus beard growing contest. it was a big news day. >> did they leak some kind of a deal pr you when you flew out to north dakota? >> our deal was you can't announce that i'm coming on the show. we literally want people to turn on their tvs and say what the [ bleep ] is going on. >> so nice to see will ferrell out of character. every time in an interview, he's been ron burgundy. >> this was a great cooler. royal dynasties, then "duck dynasty." when i text you i can write "baby kins"? >> of course. >>> your most creative tweets and "morning joe" just moments away. stick with innovation

from the tv commercials, it looks like radio city music hall step back a couple of paces.this is amazing. what attracted you to do something. this is your first time. >> it's my first time here. cc, bb, donny, marvin. actually, my brothers they attracted me to this. but i've heard about it for years. my son has been here. it's a fabulous production. the three winas brothers, bb, carmen and myself, we're doing this again. don't ask me why. >> you just said yes because your brothers -- >> i'm coming because i'm in a group now. but i've often -- i hear it's -- i've been on broadway and i hear that this is just fabulous. >> we've got to ask, why a production of this enormous scope to tell the christmas story? 200 live animals? >> well, it's a cast of 200 and -- the reason why is because we want people to know that this is probably one of the greatest times of the year, the greatest gift that was ever give ton man was not under the tree but he died on a tree. that was jesus christ. we're so excited to be able to tell this story in such a marvelous way that will uplift the heart

. >> for 81 years the radio city christmas spectacular has drawn crowds from around the world to new e to go behind the curtain with some of the stars themselves, the rockettes. so exciting. i saw the show for the first time last night. >> it's pefrblgt -- perfect for all ages. something for everyone. >> do you feel a sense of tradition and responsibility? >> speaking of tradition, this is one of our traditional favorites. been in the show since 1933, a crowd favorite so we have to make that the same every year. people come just to see that. >> i understand you'll give us a tour back stage. >> absolutely. >> we're doing six shows a day, eight costume changes. it's pretty craziness back here. >> here right here is our 12 days of christmas number. >> eight minute half number. >> love this. >> this is classic, classic rockettes. >> is this the one act, the one part of the show that stayed the same? >> since 1933. the choreography is classic. >> everything else changes? >> it changes every year. >> this is the nativity costume. >> probably one of my favorite moments of the show. >> so bea

the famed radio city music hall where the rockettes have had a leg up on christmas for more than 80 years>> we're the only ones here right now. we've never seen the stage so quiet. >> reporter: 6,000 seats, four shows a day, 24,000 people will see them today alone and so will we. >> i have never been greeted like this before. merry christmas. >> reporter: holding on to their form and their gifts. samantha with battleship. katie from mobile, alabama. good night moon. >> that southern accent. >> it won't ever go away. >> reporter: can't forget the loopty loo. >> made in pittsburgh, new york. >> pittsburgh, new york? made in america. >> reporter: the wedding from shutter fly, this rockette, newly married. >> so your husband gets to tell people he's married to a rockette? >> that's true. >> reporter: all of those toys that they gave away to their garden of dreams foundation, their annual toy drive for children and for the young at heart they wanted to give one more thing, a lesson. >> i can't do that. >> reporter: i did cue the music. they kicked off our great made in america christmas. ♪ >>

for 81 years radio city christmas spectacular has drawn crowds from around the world to new york cityi'm not talking the camel, i'm talking the rockettes. ♪ >> so exciting. i saw the show for the first time last night. >> it's perfect for all ages and all families. there's something for everyone in the show. >> do you feel the sense of tradition? >> absolutely. >> and responsibility? >> definitely. >> speaking of tradition, you're looking at parade of the wooden soldiers hat, one of our traditional favorites. been in the show since 1933. crowd favorite. we have to make scene every year. >> give us a little tour back stage. >> absolutely. >> we're entering the space back here where we do a few of our changes. we're doing six shows a day, eight costume changes. some of our changes are as fast as 80 seconds. it's craziness back here. >> to your right is our 12 days of christmas number. >> our 8-minute tap number. >> "new york at christmas". >> love. >> gorgeous. >> this is plastic rockette costume. >> is this the one part of the show that's the same? >> since 1933. >> there you go. >> th

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instead of selling acts, we were ,uying ask, trying to keep them madison square garden, radio city asas possible. that led me to the job at the rock 'n roll hall of fame, which has been able to take all of the things i've learned in being able to use them to do everything we can to produce events, like we do at the annual induction ceremony, and also look over and oversee things that happen at the museum in cleveland. >> let's talk about some of the inductees this year. >> kiss has been a fan favorite for a long time. says, whatsomebody you do, and i tell them what i do, i get that, how come? how come so-and-so isn't in their? that forbeen one like years. there is no rhyme and reason to it. artists, after they become eligible after 25 years -- this year, they got on the ballot. they got enough votes to be in. top vote getter from the fan ballot that we started for the second year. >> nirvana? >> nirvana is an iconic band from their time. there are certain artists in their period that set a standard for all other artists that come after them. they created a new sound, a new feel, and t

oakland you dropped to 39 this morning. 36 red radioed city. sitting at 50 half moon bay. the winds are quite gusty offshore. they should be dialing back throughout the day. san jose nice and sunny. you are going to have a stretch of temperatures well into the 60s all week long. that includes after christmas. right now 35 in napa. it's 33 in fairfield. so coming up from your morning low of 30, concord and livermore in the upper 30s. so pretty chilly out in the valley but we are looking at more sunshine today. our east bay hills camera still not the best air quality but no spare the air. we are looking at milder weather today as winter arrives at 9:11. this year going down is the driest ever on record. records starting from 1849, 5.59 inches of rain in san francisco. so we will keep this trend going as high pressure just does not want to give. in fact, it's double barrel high pressure to the east and west of us. a little bit of rain up in the pacific northwest. but the storm track remaining far to the north. the only thing we are going to see in the next couple of days are

you leave 30 rock where i work, this time of year there are constant crowds waiting to get into radio citystmas spectacular, the fabled rockettes are there. my must read is another heart warming story about a wounded warrior who was hosted backstage along with his wife and their 7 and 10-year-old sons. it's up on our facebook page. let us know what you think. head to facebook/jansingco. thrusters at 30%! i can't get her to warp. losing thrusters. i need more power. give me more power! [ mainframe ] located. ge deep-sea fuel technology. a 50,000-pound, ingeniously wired machine that optimizes raw data to help safely discover and maximize resources in extreme conditions. our current situation seems rather extreme. why can't we maximize our... ready. ♪ brilliant. let's get out of here. warp speed. ♪ waiting for your wrinkle cream to work? clinically proven neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it targets fine lines and wrinkles with the fastest retinol formula available. you'll see younger looking skin in just one week. one week? that's just my speed. rapid wrinkle repair. and for dark spots rapi

. >>> he stole a truck earlier this week and the radio act city of and now truck has been recovered alongith that radioactive material. authorities say anybody who came into contact with that radio active material could die with in day. >>> and they are saying it is a 15 year deal with a company that does have ties to the school. and they have paid off a $15 million renovation. and we have more with torii for what is coming up on mornings on 2. good morning torii. >>> we will be keeping a close eye on the thermometer and see when it is inching up and we have a couple of house fires in the bay area. also fall out with the shooting of a 13-year-old boy with a fake gun in petaluma, what every officers will soon have to wear this is an accused quarterback for the nation's college football team. those stories coming up on mornings on it, now back to you and the news. >>> let's bring sal back, you are watching highway 24 and everything else? >> yes, that's right, highway 24 is getting a little busier and you are driving through and it is super cold. over are of course, let's move along about th

. >> i know you got to make another stop at radio city before you leave. >> i sure am, i'm going to be hall. >> cubic sir cone ya. >> wow. >> worth something one day. merry christmas. >> the best. >> anybody want some lemonade? >> >>> good morning. 9:12. still waking up to clear skies but that haze is really starting to settle in. from the east bay, looking towards san francisco, how murky it is this morning. this is another spare the air alert date. make sure you keep that in mind. go to sparetheair.com for more information. temperatures in the mid-60s if in san francisco to the mid-70s in our inland valleys. >>> up next, how to keep the true spirit of christmas with you beyond and throughout the year, right after this. [ simpson ] remember how simple life was when we were little? ♪ when our only job was having fun. well, it's feeling pretty simple again thanks to weight watchers new simple start. i started losing weight right away. and i'm having a lot of fun. new simple start. a 2-week jump-start to a whole new beginning. get motivation at meetings, like i did, or do it entirely onl

they kind of blamed it on radio city music hall, the beacon theater. tracy: why blame he it on them? >> they did. they didn't necessarily have kind of shows -- ashley: haven't been there in a while. >> interesting they own all that and forum in los angeles. they have branched out but you got to get preet creative as publicly-traded company in big, static building and looking for new, interesting ways to do this. i don't know that billy joel is the answer but i think it particular venture will be successful. tracy: i was going to ask you, did billy joel move the stock. >> i don't think it moved the stock, but this is kind of thinking they need, out of the box thinking particularly with the stock being weak right now. they make a point of saying he is first. here's a good statement for you. today's announcement that billy joel is joining the madison square garden family as the first music franchise is truly a momentous occasion. andrew m. cuomo. a big deal and great deal for new york. tracy: one of the greatest shows i ever saw, i don't think it was at g

you can see out our window, sixth avenue, radio city music. that is what it looks like.emperatures out there are very low across the country unless you're lucky to be in florida where it is 71 degrees today. maria molina is live in the fox weather center. hi, maria. >> 71 degrees in tampa. not bad, right? we have an update on the winter storm warnings. they have been allowed to expire a few minutes ago. the winter storm warnings expired for parts of d.c. and also the baltimore area. those two cities no longer under winter storm warning but under winter advisory as additional one to three inches of snow can fall across the areas. that is because we do have some of the heavier snowfall rates lifting northwards. we're seeing heavier snow falling across parts of philadelphia and across the new york city area. worst of the storm should be over for the d.c. area within the next several hours. but we are expecting significant accumulations, three to six inches of snow forecast across areas just west of d.c. some of those areas still under warning. philadelphia you could see thr

>> well, there's been a resurgence of interest since the premier of "napoleon" in 1980 at radio cityic hall. and surprisingly the entertainment value of the best films from the teens and '20s are still there. >> have you been able to track down some of the films once thought lost? >> well, it turns out that many of the films which are completely missing from the united states showed up overseas. and they were sent to overseas theaters and then at the end of the distribution period, instead of being junked the way they were supposed to, they ended up going to film collectors and then to film archives. oddly enough, the biggest collection of american silent feature films found overseas was in czechoslovakia. >> czechoslovakia. why there? >> it looks like the czech was the end of the line for distribution. so the distributors said, once you send it to czechoslovakia, don't bother to spend the shipping to send it back. >> what have we lost as a culture? you talk about three-quarters of all silent films gone. what does that mean to us as society? >> what we've lost is a real in-depth unde

interesting theory behind what is behind president obama's failures which he shared with a new york city radio station last week. obviously it is time for another installment of -- >> finally somebody said what we are thinking, but we didn't because we thought we would get in trouble, but it is the truth which is sad it is the world we live in. >> take it away, mr. west. >> man, let me tell you something about george bush and oil money and obama and no money. people want to say obama can't make these moves or he is not executing. it is because he doesn't have the connections. black people don't have the same connections as jewish people. black people don't have the same connections as oil people. >> well said, sir. finally we get back to blaming the jews. we asked kanye west's cat to comment. >> and we know who caused the cat to fall. the jews. the jews. there was a cushion down there and the jews took the cushion and then the jews drugged the cat. the cat started moving and the cat falls on the floor. finally, finally somebody has the guts to get to the of somebody's problem. it is the jews o

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radio active material was stolen in mexico. it happened in the town of ta pa hack conear mexico city. dio active material was being taken to a storage site when stolen. the big concern here that someone could possibly use that radio active material to build what's called a dirty bomb. brian todd has been looking into the story for us. brian, what are u.s. officials saying about this case? >> wolf, the department of homeland security has alerted all border crossings at the southern border and the agencies manning them of this theft. the alert's gone out because of the possibility you just mentioned that someone could use the radio active substance inside that truck which is cobalt 60, to make a dirty bomb. first now to the active search however. the mexican officials are looking for the stolen truck and alerted the international atomic be energy agency in geneva which put out an international advisory. u.s. law enforcement officials tell cnn the government has skens cores at border crossings. agents are carrying portable devices which kk scan vehicles. it's not clear that the thieves we

a city commission recommends oakland replace all 2,700 police radios as soon as possible. and that could cost between 15 and $20 million. oakland officials have been working for months to repair the system. many describe as unreliable. a malfunction even happened during president obama's visit to oakland last year. >>> the latest numbers released today show the job situation in this country is showing signs of steady improvement. november's unemployment rate dropped to 7% from 7.3%. that is its lowest level in five years. and the labor department reported employers added 207,000 workers last month. hiring was across a broad sector as well. that jobs report triggered an increase after days of decline. the nasdaq added 29. >>> gunned down and killed in front of his front door. the trouble police believe this man interrupted right before he was shot. >> we told you about a system bringing rain and snow. find out how long the freezing wet conditions are going to happen. >>> a cash smashed into a home injuring two people and causing considerable damage to a car. san jose firefi

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stopped by from radio city.nded. >> how did you get here? >> oh, wait a minute. oh. >> oh, santa. you know. >> a hulk hogan action figure. >> so listen, i loved the gifts. you know what, i want to bass this down through generations and share my love of hulk hogan. i shared it with my son 4-years-old. apparently the tv was on. he immediately called me out, in open, this is yours. and so there he is, holding up this present as it's on the television. he went back on the dvr to call me up. >> there is a teachable moment in that. i'm trying to think what it is. >> don't ever regift. >> we can play with this together. with your doll the villains, now you got the he lo. >> there you go. so add to the collection. >> professional wrestling bringing families together. >> so he's a big professional wrestling fan? >> not really. i gave it to him anyway. >> is that your doll collection you are talking about? >> that i share with my son. >> there you go. george, good job calling your dad out. >> he did, he's only 4. he got o

james brook, program director of the national league of cities and from boston a reporter with wbur radio. james, you heard player bloomberg. he said the golden age of the suburbs is over, do the fact back him up? >> the facts are mixed. cities, i think, with mayors like mayor bloomberg and others who will be in office, the mayor in st. paul, the mayor in houston, who have had good tenure and good success, they continue to be a great and continuing source of real leadership in cities, in different parts of the united states. yes, there is a generational change in cities like new york and chicago and other places, but i think we have seen a lot of innovative creative leaders at a local level at a time when leadership is needed. i think that does help cities as you look forward some of the fiscal issues being barriers that they have to all confront. >> you mentioned a generational change, and i did back of the envelope calculation between joe reilly in charleston, john hickenlooper in denver, gavin newsome and michael bloomberg. that's more of a century of city hall experience walking out t

things we need to reset our thought process on is, when you think about a radio play, one radio play in new york cityllion listeners. and when you, but when you're compensated for it an artist will say i had one play in new york city and i made whatever i made. one radio play on pandora or, one play on spotify is one play to one person. so there's a five million to one disconnect the way we're counting things. so, i think that we've gotten so granular in way we're talking about the business and expressing activity, that we forgotten that you know, we pay out for a network performance on network television. david: how dot artists pay you? how do you get your cut of all this? >> we actually, work, by ann over head rate comes off royalties we negotiate on behalf of our songwriters and publishers. david: wow. what a new world. >> really is. david: unbelievable. >> thank you. david: you have to really roll with the punches. >> you have to be flexible. lori: your wife must be thrilled. no more mess in the house. david: well, we still have a bunch of kds. lori: cassette tapes? david: cds, cds. lori: we won'

for those ten minutes every radio station in new york city went off the air. >>> on the morning of december, mark chapman, the man who killed john lennon was put in a bulletproof vest and taken by van to the new york city criminal courts building. while chapman was awaiting arraignment, police were searching his hotel room looking for clues that might reveal his motive. >> in the hotel room, we found kind of a display of all of his stuff, and we had a bible, a passport, photos, and a tape by todd rundgren, airline tickets, and a placemat and a receipt of the "wizard of oz" and the ymca receipt there. >> the stuff was laying there, and laid out in such a way that he had intended for somebody to find it. exactly the way it was laid out. >> how do you feel about taking this case? >> i feel good about it. >> jonathan marks, a former u.s. assistant attorney, is appointed to defend chapman. >> jonathan marks is asked about whether or not he might ask for a change of venue for the trial, and his response was certainly not at this point, and he said even if we held the trial in paris, people would

correspondent for the nation magazine welcome back its endless adam thompson libertarian radio host and attorney in new york city welcome back. good to be back tom great to have both of you with us so first of all john just to recap i think i told the story told very well reality but. the bottom line in this is that nelson mandela who we are honoring today and perhaps making even more of a hero that he himself would have wanted to be. is now being kind of reviewed for all the things that he really focused on in his life and there is no question that one of the things that was very very high on his list of priorities was this access to health care it was a big deal because in south africa there was a real division between a white minority that got health care and a great african-american population or african population apologize didn't get access now mendell that was a man of a certain unlike mitt and that enlightenment period was the world war two era he was a young man at that time and it is important to understand that his ideas about universal health care were founded in franklin roosevelt's four freedoms it

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called radioactive agents on london and there were geiger counters hidden all around the city to test for radio tv. the ally since the l.a. start out 160,000 tons of chemical weapons in england and the mediterranean in case the were turned chemical. that's about 160 times more than the syrians are suspect it to harbor at this point. my son also at the national archives, to plans for chemical warfare in normandie. both of them had been approved by eisenhower. the first is predicate .. casualties. the second plant, not so much. in fact, there would've been tens of thousands of french civilian casualties of the war become a chemical war. u.s. army drafty standards during the second world war are progressively lowered for the drafting of what were known as physically imperfect men. so for example, when the draft began in earnest in 1942, you had to have at least 12 of your natural 32 teeth in order to be drafted. by 1944, how many teeth does you have to have to be drafted? zero. and that is because the army in the navy had drafted one third of all the dead to sin america and collectively they extra

like when i turned on the radio i think maybe on the first day -- this is right before oklahoma city,pecially with the right-wing talk radio that people started wondering maybe you shouldn't talk like that all the time and the reason i wrote that is because of the 1994 congressional elections and the congressmen when the republicans took over and i thought maybe i was having a huge impact on the country and i was kind of unaware of that site if it, but i would hear before oklahoma city i heard maybe on the first day calling in a talk show saying there another kid trying to board and on my paper route and that they would say you need to get a gun. and i remember maybe a week into it i was visiting my parents in montana and there was a big snowstorm so much about the streets were not plowed yet and i went cross-country skiing in the middle of the night and it was so light and wonderful and then i came back and turned on the radio and there was some person saying that you can solve the problem of the welfare mothers and illegal immigrants by giving the welfare mothers jobs by posting the

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truck hauling a medical device with cobalt 60, a radio active material used to treat cancer patients was found abandoned and empty north of mexico cityout a half mile away, authorities located roughly 40 dpr grams of the shipment. the device stored inside the truck was stolen on it's way to a radio active way storage facility not far from the mexican capital. on monday, at 2:00 a.m. two armed men confronted the drivers at a remote gas station. the gunman took off with the truck and the car go. authorities don't know who they are or if they knew what they stole. the radio active poses no risk as long as the container is not fractured or tampered with. >> you can let a lethal dose in a few minutes. >> reporter: things like this one have worried u.s. officials because the radio active mat material could be used to make a dirty bomb. >> they need to know how tondle giving themselves in ka past tating doses of radiation. >> reporter: the thieves most likely wanted the cargo van for the platform and crane and may not have known the radio active material was on board. >>> in los angeles, the man charged with killing a tsa officers and wound

radio active material under custody. a truck stolen monday just north of mexico city. e taken to the hospital to be tested for radiation exposure. six suspects are expected to live. all radio active materials have been recovered. authorities do not believe that thieves knew about the cargo. >> another milestone in syria in efforts to eradicate the chemical weapons program. announcing destruction of the unfilled munitions. the group is working with the united nations to remove the toxic chemicals by the end of the year, and destroying the programs by mid 2014. >> in colorado a judge told a baker he has to make a wedding cake for a gay couple whether he likes it or not arguing making wedding cakes for same-sex couples violated his beliefs this, is the web site you're seeing there. and the judge says the store will face fines if it continues such practices. >> some parents sounding off after fisher price announced a baby bouncer with an ipad holder. here is video showing how the activity seat works the company says it puts play and learning at a babo's finger tips. >> just

city decided to try something new, functional art like these benches here. some critics believe the entire program is a waste of money. >> i think it's a ridiculous waste of money. >> reporter: for years radioersonality has used his talk show to complain about the art program. the city spent $3 million on public art. he believes the money should be used for other things. >> i don't want to be a spartan city but i do think there would be enough through the private sector or maybe even a modest investment, but it has just blown completely out of proportion to what i think the taxpayers thought they were getting when they voted for this thing 40 years ago. >> the city is growing, and with that 1% it means that there is 1% for creative people to contribute, to beautify. >> reporter: some believe art is making a difference, giving her and other artists the opportunity to use the city of seattle as their canvas. al jazeera, seattle. >> thank you for watching al jazeera america i'm richelle carey. a special presentation nelson mandela remembered is next. and for updates throughout the day check out our website at www.aljazeera.com. thank you for your time. keep it here. >> hello and welcome i'm ph

but they say yesterday the pilot radioed controllers in salt lake city saying there was engine troublene heard from the plane which was flying from baker city oregon to butte montana. searchers fear the plane went down in central idaho backcountry. near the tiny town of yellow pine. heavy snow and low visibility forced crews to stop search for now. they will return in the morning. >> pam: today after receiving the go-ahead from doctors sasha fleischman returned to maybeck high school in berkeley neutral senior. being dropped off earlier today wearing a black skirt and walking with a noticeable limp. >> pam: sasha spent 3-weeks in the hopsital with 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his lower body he was set on fire while riding an a-c transit bus last month. >> we know that session is an excellent student but it will be a process for them coming back. we are not concerned about sasha's academics. >> pam: doctor's say, it will be a long road. however, they expect sasha will make a complete recovery. >> pam: meantime. the 16- year-old oakland high school student charged with committing a hate c

now to c-span radio. >> a russian city, 400 miles from bayberry's would your games is on high alert today following two suicide bombings in today's. authorities believe they were carried up in the same group. at least 14 people were killed in today's glass on an electric bus and volgograd. yesterday 70 people were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a railway station. we'll keep an eye on the story and keep you updated. tomorrow's the last day of the year, and also the last day of work for a veteran journalist. about40 years at abc news ratner retires tomorrow. is a former war correspondent ben has been a capitol hill correspondent for abc news in recent years. approaches,ew year word today that the supreme court justice sonia will help ring in 2014 in new york city at 11:59 p.m. tonight -- tomorrow eastern time. she will push the button that starts the time square ball to drop. she was appointed to this group record in 2009 -- to the supreme court in 2009. . those are some of the latest headlines from c-span radio. we are in the galley of the museum. we are looking at polar landscapes

city commissioners. and in all 2,700 police radios. and that will cost between $27 million.t they describe as unreliable. the radio malfunctioned during president obama's visit last year. police in vallejo are looking for three people that robbed a bank of america. it happened early thursday morning. and three masked men entered the bank from a teller, taking off in the small silver sedan. anyone with information is asked to call police. >>> the possibility of ice and snow has forced today's annual beacon lighting celebration to be moved. the event commemorates thousands of troops killed in the japanese attack on pearl harbor on december 17, 1941. it's been moved to the east bay campus in concord, but the beacon, they will still be lit. organizers say that it will be shining brighter. today marks the attack on pearl harbor about 2,500 marines and sailors were killed that day, prompting the u.s. to enter their war with a handful of people that are still alive today and the service people that were involved in that attack. and they were survived, including the former state sen

radio -- is missing. police say was taken by two armed robbers on monday near mexico city. but sit -- the material known as cobol 60 is a radioactive element used for medical or buses, but it can be used to make a dirty bomb. investigators are looking to track down the suspect who may be unaware of the radioactive cargo they stole. calm.ditions are mild and they are experiencing some of the coldest temperatures, dealing with record raking temperatures and snow. >> only four days into december and weeks from the official start of winter, and an arctic blast has taken a brutal hold on a large swath of the country. >> it is terrible. in the midwestes and south are experiencing a 30 to 50 degree temperature drop and only 24 hours. nearly two dozen states are underwent her advisories were warnings. >> i'm hope thing -- i'm hoping it will taper off. >> the winter blast has led to dozens of accidents from utah to colorado and nevada. >> they became the news with this been out. >> we are going to hit. >> it's not just the cold, but the snow adding to the pain. the denver area expec

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. >> it's one of the bill boards to promote the embattled city college the marketing campaign includes tv ask radiouestion whether it makes sense to spend now when the college is trying to put finances in order the vice chancellor says it's a small investment to boost enrollment. >> we need to get out this message. the college is open. >> accreditation commission has given until july to meet requirements or lose accreditation. today in court that same commission asked a judge to abstain from ruling on this matter but the city attorney wants the college open >> to give them comfort knowing nudging is going to happen until the court considered merits of the case. >> this teacher says enrollment is down because of the perception the college will not prevail. >> next year, funding will be based on enrollment this year. and our enrollment is plummeting. some think we're not even in business now. >> in san francisco, abc7 news >> thanks for joining us at 4:00 >> thank you. when every moment matters a family gets more time. breaking news on the decision to keep young jahi mcmath on life support past today

city council. >> reporter: those we spoke with in the neighborhood say they need to -- >> i heard about that on the radio. i just moved here from los gatos so i haven't checked into city politics yet. >> are you ready for mayor's race? >> no, not yet. not looking forward to another election. >> reporter: to increase their name recognition and legitimatize themselves with potential supporters, dr. christianson says the candidates will have to raise a lot of money. quickly. >> the more money you raise, the more credible you are? >> money is a big factor. you have to raise a million bucks to be a winner, winning candidate for mayor in san jose. it's a big city. >> reporter: a city that should expect to see more than the few political sparks between now and the june primary. at san jose city hall, damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >>> still ahead, shutting down their own places of work to make a point. what was behind these protests behind the country and here in the bay area today. >>> and making a change. the new move for the bay area campus embroiled in a hate crime investigation. >>> so what's in a nam

what a judge says the city cannot do and what still has to happen before a permanent radioing. >>> plus a san francisco woman fires one of the first lawsuits against target. what she says the retail giant failed to do. >>> warmer today across the entire bay area. coming up i'll let you know if the warmest day of the week pairs up with the christmas day forecast and let you know if there are rain clouds on the five day weather outlook. . >>> san jose had a court decision today that dealt the city a blow. the fight over pension reform is looming over city hall since measure b was passed last year. today a judge ruled they could not make current city employees pay more for retirement benefits or take away the cost of living adjustments. >> it means the employees will not have to bear a possible burden and lose 40 to 50% of their salary paying for a pension plan. >> the city can essentially cut pay and utilize the savings to pay for the benefits. >> they have two weeks to give the judge input on the temporary order before a permanent ruling. both sides will have a better idea if the dispute

. >>> how a green box caused a radio active scare and how it's connected to crime in another city. >> and how tax payers paid the price for the america's cup competition. >> how ten bay area techies created the hottest newly social media site. >>> it may be one of the hottest a photo sharing device in a modest san francisco office space. it may be about to make those young people very, very wealthy. >> this has become the tech success story. you start with a simple idea. you develop a following. you sit back and wait to become a multi, multiple millionaire. >> go tomgur .com. >> if you came across this you are probably familiar with the work, the to o sharing device launch in an ohio statement dorm room in 2009. >> if you look at facebook those kind of dominating. >> and like the grumpy cat itself, i am jeremy morin has drawing 3 billion page views every month. >> you can comment on pictures and comment on comments. >> all those eye balls are drawing buyers. >> one of the reasonsa hockey on altitude may be interested is the cool factor. >> as hot a property as i am jeremy morin is on

city decided to try something true. even still critics believe the entire program is a waste of money. it's a ridiculous waste of money. >> for years seattle radiopersonality dori monson used his art show to complaint about the program. in 2012 the city spent close to $3 million, believing the money should be used for other things. >> i don't want to be a spartan city. there should be enough through the private sector or a modest investment, but it ha blown out of proportion to what the taxpayers thought they'd be getting. >> the city is growing and with the 1% there's 1% for creative people to contribute, to beautify. >> they believe art makes is a difference, giving artists to use the city of seattle as their canvas. >> from art to sport mark is here. the navy has been on a role. >> they have. he'll with highsman moments. ohio, alabama. harvard, yale. army and navy is different. it's not about the game, but the schools and what they represent, and all of these players will not play on sunday, but whether serve the country. the teams met for the 114th time in philadelphia, cold and snowing throughout the game and up and down the east coast. we

city. authorities there have since recovered the radio active material and the stolen truck, but no one knew where the people were. will carr is live with the later. we know the thinking these may be the people who stole the truck. what have you learned? >> reporter: authorities have been saying this could happen, that whoever came in touch with this dangerous radio active element could show up at a hospital, so now the reports out of mexico that six people have shown up in the hospital in pachuca, mexico, a report that one is throwing up and -- dizzy, signs of radiation poisoning. we don't knoll how or if they're actually linked to this stolen can he bat 6 -- cobalt 60. but on machine the truck that was transferring the material was stolen. we don't know if the thief knew the truck had cobalt 60 inside but the truck was found this. the container was found a half mile from the truck. the container was open, and they found the cobalt 60 so somebody was exposed to this and now we have these sick showing up. >> this cobalt, it can kill you. >> that's right. it's dangerous. and this is the stuff

city to ever enter bankruptcy. a federal judge's decision sets the same for how to slash the 18 billion-dollar debt. that can include cutting pensions. scientists find yasir arafat did not die radio active poisons. let's get to the latest now on the train derailment in new york city. >> performed the proper brake test prior to the accident leaving the station. and again, no anomalies were noted. we also looked a the data for each of the station stops and saw no anolllies or deg grow face of a braking performance as the trip went along. similar my put, based on this data, there's no indication that the brake systems were not functioning properly. also today, investigators began a more detailed inspection in each of the railroad cars and the locomotive. these cars were moved late yesterday to secure rail yards and investigators spent the day documents and independenting the mechanical systems. in addition we are continuing to -- we are continuing signal testing and to date no anolllies have been found. including the engineer whose interview is currently underway. the first responders to the accident scene, as requires by federal regulation, following the accident, each member of th

city council. >> could we keep reed? >> reporter: those we spoke with in the willow glen neighborhood concede they need to study the race a little better. >> i have heard about that on the radiojust moved here from los gatos so i haven't checked into city politics yet. >> reporter: are you ready for the mayor's race? >> no, not yet. not looking forward to another election. >> reporter: to increase their name recognition and to legitimize themselves with potential supporters, dr. christensen says the candidates will have to raise a lot of money quickly. >> the more money you raids, the more credible you are? >> money is a big factor. you have to raise a million bucks to be a winner -- winning candidate for mayor in san jose. it's a big city. >> reporter: a city that should expect to see more than a few political sparks between now and the june primary. >> things are going to get interesting. still ahead on "today in the bay," a big contribution, a very small thing. how a bay area woman called on car lovers to help her help others. and their efforts will make you "bay area proud." >>> and he's back to kick off a very special fund-raiser. >>> and this morning waking up to a few

reporter: the single engine beach bonanza took off from baker city, oregon sunday, headed for butte, montana. but near yellow pine, idaho, smith radioed controllers about engine trouble, asking for directions to a nearby airstrip. but the plane never made it, vanishing from the radar. smith is an experienced pilot. his love of flying seen in this family video he made just three weeks ago. after thanksgiving, he was flying his son daniel and daniel's wife back home, also his daughter and her fiance, jonathan norton. their wedding just three weeks away. >> continue your prayers and continue to hope for a miracle. >> reporter: clayton sandell, abc news, den jer. >>> in other news tonight president obama said the growing gap between rich and poor threatens america's founding ideals and he calls for a raise in the minimum wage to $10 an hour. his remarks come ahead of a day of protest, fast food workers in 100 cities plan to walk off the job tomorrow to push for higher pay. >>> meanwhile vice-president biden was in china shaking things up within hours of arriving there, the first stop on his two-day visit. it was the u.s. embassy where he