here two hundred years ago has provided very famous officers and generals for the russian and the red armies and it's those themes of examining. on the march under guard these men and women are walking one of the longest and probably the loneliest road in the world they reenacting the march into exile made by thousands of czarist russia never get it succumbs years to go there is some ways winterreise in say yes a lot of people died on the way this group in the western siberian region of omsk discovered they're living on the only surviving stretch of the original nine thousand kilometers of the siberian exiles track that's had no modern changes made to it. when you come to the track you can vividly picture the convicts on their walk and hear the clinking of their chains you can smell russian history here the story is going to discover that he's descended from some of these exiles and decided to build a museum telling a story he and his reactors now receivers to us from all over the world to show them what it was like with these bodies it's scary to put the shackles on of course but it's inter

about the trade with a kiss carter is in the white house celebrating christmas and get news the red army just invaded afghanistan. and just three months after the soviets invade afghanistan, kennedy is concerned about rising cold war intentions which are the fault of carter? wow! put it in context. was going on march 5th, 1980? democratic presidential primaries where jimmy carter was being challenged by senator ted kennedy. what happened in 1980 also happened to some extent in 1983 with ronald reagan. i could give other examples of this but i am watching the clock and should probably stop and i want to take your questions. that was a look at frank marshall davis and ted kennedy and a lot of other people with covers as well but i will stop and take your questions. [applause] >> what do you think of growing support the communist party has been giving the democrats and people's weekly world and so forth? in 2003 they had movedon.org fin on there website. more recently, constantly raving about president obama's policies? >> it is a remarkable thing. one nation rally held not long ago in d.c.

much later talk about carter is in the white house celebrating christmas and its news in that the red army has just invaded afghanistan. and then here, just three months after the soviets invaded afghanistan, and kennedy is concerned about the rising cold war and tensions which going to the archives are the fault of carter. wow. wow. put in context. what was going on a march 51980? democratic presidential primaries where jimmy carter didn't come a democratic president is being challenged by senator ted kennedy for that. so what happened in 1980 with carter seems have also happened to some extent in 1983 with ronald reagan as well, in both cases. well, i could give other examples of this, but i'm watching the clock and i should probably stop and i want to take your questions. but that was a look at dewey and frank marshall davis and ted kennedy. there's a lot of other people i could cover as well, but i will stop right there and take some of your questions. thank you. [applause] >> right here. >> what do you account for the growing support that the congress party has been giving the democra

is that they believe that they successfully defeated then one of the world's two superpowers, the red army in afghanistan and they themselves precipitated the collapse of the soviet union and the demise of communism and they argue the secret was because of the week soviet economy at the time that they forced into bankruptcy and it is their belief that the united states, west is poised on the same economic precipice of collapse that the force and ardor of the jihadi's one-out push the united states and the west over the edge. so in conclusion let me wrap up. i think if 9/11 taught us anything it is that al qaeda and also its allies and associates are most dangerous when they have a sanctuary or a safe haven and this as we see al qaeda has in many places now. accordingly the highest priority for us must be to concentrate our attention on al qaeda as a networked mobile phenomena. not as we have done too often in the war on terrorism as one enemy in one place at one time whether it was in afghanistan during operation enduring freedom, whether it was in iraq during operation iraqi freedom or mo

submit, and track about the trade with a kiss, carter is celebrating christmas and gets news that the red army just invaded afghanistan, and then here just three months after the soviets invade afghanistan and kennedy is concerned about the rising cold war tensions which according to the or rifes are the fault of carter, wow, wow. put it in context. what was going on on march 5, 1980? presidential primaries where the democratic president was being challenged by senator ted kennedy for that so what happened in 1980 with carter seems to also have happened to some extent in 1983 with ronald reagan as well in both cases. well, i could give other examples of this, but i'm watching the clock, and i should probably stop, and i want to take your questions, but that's a look at duey, frank marshall davis, and ted kennedy. there's other people as well, but i'll stop there and take some of your questions. thank you. [applause] >> what bt for the growing support that the communist party gives the democrats and people's weekly world and so forth? i mean, for crying out loud in 2003, they had a moveon.org t

is that they believe that they successfully defeated then one of the world's two superpowers, the red army in afghanistan and they themselves precipitated the collapse of the soviet union and the demise of communism and they argue the secret was because of the week soviet economy at the time that they forced into bankruptcy and it is their belief that the united states, west is poised on the same economic precipice of collapse that the force and ardor of the jihadi's one-out push the united states and the west over the edge. so in conclusion let me wrap up. i think if 9/11 taught us anything it is that al qaeda and also its allies and associates are most dangerous when they have a sanctuary or a safe haven and this as we see al qaeda has in many places now. accordingly the highest priority for us must be to concentrate our attention on al qaeda as a networked mobile phenomena. not as we have done too often in the war on terrorism as one enemy in one place at one time whether it was in afghanistan during operation enduring freedom, whether it was in iraq during operation iraqi freedom or mo

with the holiday season in full swing, the salvation army is asking for your help. red kettles and the angel program are the groups of the season. the salvation army is asking anyone who can to contribute. the red kettles will be out until christmas eve. for more information on how you can help, you can go to our website, wbaltv.com. >> of the future of ralph friedgen could be in doubt. there is the latest on what is happening with of the fridge up next in sports. >> what is up america? the jackpot is estimated $123 million. to win, you must match these five goals. us see if we can make you a millionaire our first number is 26, followed by 46. up next, we have 11, followed by 20. the final white ball is 53. number ismega ball 12. good >> back in november, new maryland athletic director anderson said that rauf friedgen would be back next season. a month later, it looks like there has been a change of heart. friedgen will likely be asked to retire and expected by next week. and said today that he would not address whether friedgen was guaranteed to return next season. but

they stay with the struggle, they will topple the united states much as the mujahideen defeated the red army, toppled russia in the 1980's. this is a message today that has a greater resonance than ever. secondly, there is an operational dimension, i would argue. al qaeda 62 blood -- seeks to flood law-enforcement departments with noise, with rather -- with radicalize individuals. that has to consumed the attention of the authorities. nonetheless, what i think al qaeda's goal is is to engage in widespread radicalization, encourage self-radicalization in hopes of distracting us, in hopes of fixating us on these low-level threats so a more serious al qaeda threat can see -- sneak under the radar with what they think it's a devastating blow to us, at least psychologically. second, they seek to encourage divisions within the alliance. this is one of the reasons why in southern afghanistan, the al qaeda allies have concentrated on a tax of the united states' closest allies, the australians, the french, the battalion, and the dutch. they believe the strategy -- the i italians -- the italian and th

. >>> donations to the salvation army's red kettles are lacking this year.awg donations are down 13% compared to this time last year. bell ringers have received a little more than $4 million so far compared to 4.5 million last year. salvation army blames the economy and the cold weather. they have until december 24 to reach their goal. >>> the eighth annual wgn morning news toy drive continues with another dropoff location today. >>> wgn is partnering with the jennifer hudson foundation in honor of her late nephew julian king to benefit the abraham lincoln center. jennifer will be here at wgn a week from today december 21 to pick up the toys at our drive through toy drive. but today you can drop toys off at hollywood boulevard theater in suburban woodridge. get a free movie pass. feltco will give away $100 feltco gift cards while the supplies last for each donation they made to one of their locations. >>> drop off a toy at abraham lincoln center at 3858 south cottage grove avenue. check out wgntv.com/toy drive for more information and give, give, give. >>> s

. >> accents outbound red after army street through has been cleared, now back to deal with. getting at the door to bridge check, bay bridge, westbound 80. nice, easy conditions, no problems from the shore freeway. west of 580. these conditions, say mateo bridge, west and east bound 92 good ride. no problems to report. now back up at the toll plaza, no proms getting to the bridge along highway 101 or the nimitz. golden gate, nice, easy. no cars within camera shot. no problems. down in the south bay, we're not talking in the hot spots just yet. a live look good north and southbound 101 right near trimble did it cruz. the camera shaking around so might be a little windy. >> not only tracking traffic but the storm hard weekend for people living in marin they were hit heavy with the storms. drivers are having a tough time getting out. because of the flooded streets and parking lots. reggie kumar shows us >> this is hallowed sunday morning near the 101 freeway the entire area was flooded with several feet of water. so deep that the california highway patrol had to divert traffic.

. >>> not just nickels and dimes making their way into the salvation army's red kettles.at what people end up giving. >> merry christmas. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: you never know what people will put into the red kettle. >> somebody will put something in the kettle and we'll think, they just gave maybe a couple bucks. it's a dollar, where there will be tens and 20s wrapped up in it. >> you get excited to find out what's going to be in the bucket. >> oh oh, yes. >> i can hardly wait. >> reporter: after more than 30 years with the salvation army major green has seen just about everything dropped into donation kettles. >> car keys, house keys, and a lot of pocket lint. >> reporter: he created this donation wall of fame. >> a german penny came in tulsa, oklahoma. >> reporter: the wall includes money from all over the world and jewelry for every part of the body. >> this is one of those fake caps you can buy. it's got a marijuana leaf etched in it. this was in murfreesboro tennessee and this in pine bluff, arkansas. >> those feeks need their teeth over it there. >>

bell ringers are having a tough time getting donations dropped into the big red cattle this year. the salvation armye 24% lower than at one year ago. they still need to raise $900,000 in the next nine days of their going to reach their goal. >> montgomery county is releasing a new tool to help people track plows in their neighborhood. >> talk about good timing. it's freezing cold outside and a lot of us woke up to snow on the ground. now there is a new way to keep track of the roads and streets where you live to see if they have been cleared and plowed after snowfall. >> many people open up to a dusting of snow. >> i think it's great. >> sidewalks and roads were covered and salt trucks got busy ahead of the morning rush. today, a new web site was launched, tracking which roads have been plowed after this note. >> we are looking out for snow all the time. everyone was hoping for a snow day or a delay, but we were there on time. >> this teenager walked outside with bare legs. >> why did you walked out like this? >> i went to school like this. >> was ever deals dress this way? >> yes. >> see says she i

of health, the national cancer institute, the american cancer society, the salvation army, the united way and the red cross combined. i talked with two of the most generous men around about the american spirit of giving. >> reporter: 91 years after his death, industrial giant andrew carnegie's praises are still being sung. for him, philanthropy was a religion. there's even a gospel according to carnegie. warren buffett's a believer. >> i give away the surplus. >> reporter: so is bill gates. together they're spreading the message that the richest people should give most of their money away while they're still alive. a.o.l. cofounder steve case and wall street tycoon ted forstmann are two of the latest converts to sign the giving pledge. tell me first and foremost, why did you all decide to sign this pledge? >> me? >> couric: yeah. ( laughs ) >> because mike bloomberg asked me to and i said, you know, i already do this so... you know, i give away lots of what i have. and he convinced me that adding your name to this would be helpful, maybe other people would do it as well. >> couric: was it an easy dec

with the holiday season in full swing, the salvation army is asking for your help. red kettles were staples of the season, but this year, in are more families in need and not enough donations. angel tree gifts brought in through today. red kettles will be out until christmas eve. for more information head to our web site at www.wbaltv.com. >> on any given night in baltimore city, it is estimated around 600 people between 18 and 24 years old are homeless. now there is a facility that homeless youth can call home. rob roblin has more. in this park heights neighborhood they took an old abandoned school and made homes for homeless young people. this is tedessa's new apartment. she moved back to baltimore and basically had no place to live. >> she said it was hard for me for my credit to move into another apartment complex. like i said, i can save my money, and i'll be able to pay off my debt,pay off my schools. >> she is one of 42 new people. the old'abandoned school hads been turned into apartments for homeless young people who need help. >> i'm coming from sleeping in my

army and police. most agree they are years from ready. >> red one, radio check, over. >> we went on a night mission witherican and afghan forces. the call time was 2:30 a.m. because they wanted to use night as cover to land the helicopters the afghans simply didn't show up at 2:30. so the americans went and woke them up. right around 4:00 a.m., when the choppers were supposed to land, the afghans finally arrived. and then it turned out they left half their ammunition on the helicopters and brought no food or water with them. none of this creates a sort of future where the americans could leave them to it on their own. >> couric: do you have to be satisfied for less-than-perfect? >> well, in fact, we talk about "afghan good enough" being good enough. it is. >> the obama administration has tried to narrow the definition of "success." >> afghanistan has an unbelievable culture of corruption. everybody's on the make there. if you want to get a job in afghanistan, you have to pay for it. ( applause ) >> couric: at the center of that culture is president hamid karzai, who is an ever-growing liability for the

. >>> you see them everywhere during the holidays, the salvation army bell ringers standing by their red kettles. you might be surprised by what some people are giving, besides a couple of dollars. nbc's omar villafranca introduces us to one man keeping track of the trash and the treasures. >> reporter: you never know what people will put into the red kettle. >> somebody will come by and put something in the kettle. and we'll think, oh, they just gave maybe a couple of bucks. it's a dollar, where there will be 10s and 20s wrapped up in it. >> you get excited to find out what's in the bucket? >> oh, yeah. i can hardly wait. >> reporter: after more than 30 years with the salvation army, major sergeant green has seen about everything dropped in the kettles. >> car keys, house keys, and a lot of -- a lot of pocket lint. >> reporter: green created this donation wal of fame. >> a german penny from 1940. it came in in tulsa, oklahoma. >> reporter: the wall includes money from all over the world, and even jewelry for every part of the body. >> this is one of those fake caps that you can buy. and

military identified the bay area resident, an army specialist as one of the victims in the deadliest attack in afghanistan this month. his grandparents live in redding. >> hits you right upside the head. and you know, such a tragedy, just unbelievable. >> reporter: the military says he and five other american soldiers were killed sunday in a suicide attack in afghanistan when a mini bus packed with explosives blew up. his grandparents say the members of the 101st division based in kentucky were preparing to go on patrol. >> he gave the most precious gift he had. and that was his life. and i don't want people to forget all these young men that are out there doing this. >> reporter: he attended claire monday high school in 2004. and played freshman football here. the following here, he transferred to central valley high school and eventually married his high school sweetheart. >> they were living out of state. and i was excited for her. and then i heard he was going off to war. >> reporter: the couple most recently had been living with kim's family. >> i'm very sad. i just never thought that would happen. >> reporter: it's sense been taken down, but t

. >> with less than would weeks to go until christmas, the salvation army is making a plea for donations. they said the red kettle campaign has received 23% less in donations than at this time last year. they said donations at red kettles outside of giant stores are down 81%. it began the holiday season with limited bell ringing outside of the stores and said it was recently allowed to expand from 4 to 8 hours a day for a week. >>> fire brokes out at an area animal shelter. coming up next, a look at the latest on the investigation into the cause of the fire. >>> plus it was another disappointment. yes, yet another disappointment for redskins fans. dave ross is up next to talk about yesterday's loss. we'll be back in a moment. don't go anywhere. i >>> investigators are trying to find the family of a woman killed on i-295. she was apparently walking on the road when a car hit her. it happened around 2:30 sunday morning in the southbound lanes of suitland parkway. the driver did stop. >>> a man who may be behind several bank robberies is behind bars. investigators think benjamin sebastian is behind

international committee of the red cross which rarely makes public statements is painting a much bleaker picture saying humanitarian conditions there are the worst its seen in decades. >>> an army doctor who refused to deploy to afghanistan because he questioned president obama's eligibility to be commander in chief is headed to a military prison. lieutenant colonel terrance lakin who became the poster boy for the so-called birther movement will serve six months and be dismissed from the army. >>> former president jimmy carter thinks america may be ready to elect a gay president. carter said the country's population has made tremendous strides forward in dealing with the issue of home mow sexuality and that the u.s. may have a gay president in, quote, the near future the. >>> and researchers in spain are showing whoff what may be the wheelchair of the future. it enables users to stand, walk and climb stairs. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,499 after gaining 41 points yesterday. the s&p was up 7 points. the nasdaq added 20. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei shed 7 points, but in hong

army is asking for your help. this year there are more families in need and not enough donations. red kettles will be out until christmas eve. for more information, head to our web site at www.wbaltv.com. >> on any given night in baltimore city, it is estimated 18 to 20 people are homeless. now there is a place homeless youths can call home and keep warm for the holidays. rob roblin has more. >> in this park heights neighborhood, they took an old abandoned school and made homes for homeless young people. this is tedessa brinkley's new apartment. she left home in north carolina and -- bam. >> i would have to be like double security project. by me moving here i can save my money, pay off my school loans and start all over again. >> she is one of 43 residents here. the old abandoned school has been turned into apartments for homeless young people, age 18 to 24 that need help. >> i'm coming from sleeping in my car. that's where i would be now, other than staying with friends, thank god for friends. but that's where i would be if it wasn't forrest racial gardens. >> -- if it was president

committee of the red cross which rarely makes public statements is painting a much bleaker picture saying humanitarian conditions there are the worst it has seen in three decades. >>> an army doctor who refused to deploy to afghanistan because he questioned president obama's eligibility to be commander in chief is headed to a military prison. lieutenant colonel terrance lakin who became the poster boy for the so-called birther movement will serve six months and be dismissed from the army. >>> former president jimmy carter thinks america may be ready to elect a gay president. in an interview with bigthink.com, carter said the country's population has made tremendous strides forward in dealing with the issue of homosexuality and the u.s. may well have a gay president in, quote, the near future. >>> and researchers in spain are showing what may be the wheelchair of the future. it's an exo schedule heton with a sensor on the chest that enables users to stand, walk and climb stairs. here's your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,499 after gaining 41 points yesterday. the s&p was up 7 points. the nasdaq added 20. taking a look at overseas tr

red sparks littered dark skies like fire flies swimming. the crackling of the burning grass hiszed at the quiet country night. my mother wis perred. in the last stages of the war the retrieving army would burn the dry grass. my mother's family came upon the burnt out fields and found the body of a dog still smoking from the fire. it's tongue was sticking out of his charred skull. my mother heard it whine. it's only the wind my grand mother told her. but the clouds above stood still. there was no wind that day. it is almost dawn. she is quiet now. mother, i said, stroking her hair and forehead. she opens her eyes and for a moment creeps me with a blank stare as if i was part of the nightmare. but she smiles and the past restores itself. i kept you up again my mother said. no. it was the heat, i answered softly. inhealing the frayingance of mangos that drifted in from the orchard. and bowed my head to the mercy of the flies. my last piece is about what it was like what it might feel like to be dead. i was diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago. luckily i'm here but there were sleepless nights i thought, what would it be like to be dead. so -- >> the dead listened with her ice. the

the salvation army trying something new this year, along with the red kettles you may find on many street guy d. klemanski, divisional commander for the salvation army's greater new york division. good morning, sir. >> good morning, harry, how are you? >> one of the things i've heard, we've done this several times in the past, really appreciate the army band, guys, for coming by. thank you very much. i hear kettle contributions are down this year. >> well, in various places, they are down. then some other places, they're up. you know, the challenge is, again, encouraging everybody as they walk by just to drop that little bit into the kettle and help make a difference. >> and it goes without saying that the need is greater than ever, the need never abates, does it? >> absolutely, harry. in fact, we've found in plaen places it's at least half as much again as last year and most places twice as much as we did last year. it's a challenge. >> i think people pay attention to the army because you will see people being fed during holiday times or stuff like that but the army works year-around hel

the salvation army fired him recently and he was trying to get even. >>> the spike video game awards was a wild night. red red determination won a lot. the spike awards are becoming a upcoming event for the video games. >>> san francisco outgoing mayor is promising a crime crack down. you are looking at a live picture. >>> and bike lovers in berkeley are fuming over what they call outrageous police behavior. stay with us. it's up next.

red light going on. i rather agree and i think there's much more to come out on this story i find it basically implausible this account that one army private downloaded this enormous stock of telegrams some of them dating back to nine hundred sixty six and there seems to be a kind of witch hunt about this man and in america right now that this this man should some of called for his execution rather to lie on the principle of innocence until proven guilty. at the same time coming from the british foreign service i was amazed that so many documents were available online on a computer in the u.k. system sensitive telegrams of that kind go to a much much smaller circle of people. not to say the u.s. is the u.k. is impenetrable and perhaps one day it will suffer its own we can leaks of its own but i was rather amazed like you about the scale of this and how on earth did this happen any what do you think about that i mean is it again we're not going into the realm of conspiracy thinking all that big i mean one person if you think more people are involved in this or they don't want to say more people are involved because they don't want t

red kettles. this is where it ends up. if anybody is curious about where that money is spent. it goes to making christmas meals. >> the salvation army said 300 more people this year than last, but also welcomed an additional 300 volunteers. >>> st. anthony's dining room opened its doors today to 4,000 people in need of a hot meal. the charity served its annual christmas dinner today. it took 2,000 pounds of ham to feed all of the guests and 50- gallons of gravy. st. anthony's has been serving san francisco's poor for the passed 60 years through events such as today's but also provides other life sustaining services for those in need. >> a gesture to keep patrons of st. anthony's food kitchen a little warmer this holiday season became an international cause with the donation of thousands of hand nit scarves from all over the world. ktvu photojournalist anna uses her camera to tell us the story. >> reporter: everybody knows someone who in addition to. it is a great way to give something special to someone, something homemade. >> it started as an idea that nitting could be a symbol of compassion. we had a group of three staffers that w

just 21 years old, and today the army identified derrick simeneta as one of the victims in the deadliest attacks in after fan stan this month. his grandparents live in redding. >> it hits you right upside your head, it's such a tragedy, just unbelievable. >> reporter: semineta and six other soldiers were killed, when a mini van blew up in the afghan base in candajar province. the members of the 101st air force base division were preparing to go on patrol. >> derrick gave the most precious gift he had, and that was his life. and i don't want people to forget all these young men that are out there doing this. >> reporter: simeneta attended high school and played football here. he transferred to redding and eventually he married his high school sweetheart kim. >> they were living up state, and i was happy for them. then we heard he was going overseas. >> reporter: news of semineta's death was a shock for neighbors. >> i'm just in shock, i never thought that would happen. >> reporter: it's been reported semineta's wife and family members were on their way to retrieve his body. no word yet on any funeral arrangements. >>> and governor arnold schwarzenegger issue