the boston red sox would be my love now. [laughter] [applause] we have time for one more now. >> on that note, i got to tell you some quick thoughts. i didn't know you were having coauthor -- i brought one gift to you. is that baseball, my love for you through your writing and all you have done, and i always feel you're the tim rustin of the "today" show. you couldn't give me a better compliment. i love him so much. >> a couple of weeks ago you were to be speak to us in a way we could understand. i love your energy. on baseball, my wife and i's first date was to a cleveland indians game, which is the boston red sox farm club in the '60s and '70s. >> i know. >> our first date was an indian games. lennie parker pitched a perfect game. >> and you are still married. >> oh. yes. >> hooray. >> we have a great thing every summer and it's called admitted night sun baseball game. it starts at 10:30 at night. my gift to you is to -- [laughter] -- and so -- >> it's beautiful, thank you. couch. an invitation to you if you would like to

the song that belongs to the boston red sox and speaking of those red sox, well, in two great acts, theying back to their battered city, act one started with their first home stand at the end of that terrible week a pregame tribute to boston itself, its people, its hero. in boston, everybody also looked at fenway park and turned to fenway park in this terrible moment that had become a triumphant moment to find hope. why do people in the city go to a baseball stadium -- >> we love the red sox. >> reporter: it's true, look at the crowd that day. it's always true. for a lot of people from boston being a red sox fan is their main way of saying they're from boston. >> it was very moving. yes, it was very moving. the first responders there. >> we want to thank you, mayor menino. >> reporter: and then, they gave the mike to david ortiz and what he said was a little moving and a little shocking. >> this is our [ bleep ] city! and nobody can going to take it away, stay strong. thank you. >> reporter: act one also saw the red sox throughout their season making hospital visits. and bringing survivo

the red sox pulled off an improbable win for a city in need of a lift. >> this is for you, boston. >>ne football star's imaginary friend. >> she would say to you i can see you -- >> yeah. >> i don't know why you can't see me. >> correct. >> didn't you think that was a little weird? >> a few of sports biggest cheaters came clean. >> i didn't invent the culture but i didn't try to stop the culture. that's my mistake. >> now if only the yankees could clear that $114 million off their books. >> this guy should come to our city, i know he doesn't like new york, i love this city. >> shocking allegations of murder here and abroad. a coach who took practice way too seriously. one noted south paw struggled this year with the jumper. ♪ 2013 had its share of bizarre headlines. a cruise ship turned into a floating toilet. >> it was the cruise from hell. >> dennis rodman found a kindred spirit in north korea. >> he's a great guy. >> celebrity chef paula deen found herself out of a job. >> i is what i is and i'm not changing. >> miley cyrus brought twerking from the strip clubs to the american main

good.® >>> jacoby ellsbury is going from the red sox to the yankees.you hate when this happens in new york. the tabloids fight each other like crazy. they have the same headline. "the ellsbury dough boy." ellsbury reportedly agreed to a seven year, $153 million deal with an option for an eighth year. the outfielder expected to add punch to the yankees lineup. he has a league leading 52 stolen bases and 134 games for boston last season. the yankees scheduled to introduce their other big signing tomorrow. he could join them in the news conference. barnicle, 15 seconds. >> good trade -- good signing for the yankees. he's a good playerment he's going to make that lineup pretty good. much better than it was last year. they had to do it, the yankees did. the tv ratings were down. the ticket sales were down. they needed a little juice in that lineup. ellsbury gets on base, they're going to grab it. >> you like it in the short term. >> seven years no trade, they'll be trying to move him in five. >> yeah. or three. all right, mike, we'll be talking about it at

games where got them says not having taken them to the red sox three and he called the child abuse. and what do you call it do you have any regrets you think you should have taken him do so much you know his mother was so good. way for being such a. compensated for whatever it was like why didn't you want to take him to a game in the beginning by the way i was just working my tail off i used to get paid four dollars an hour in the emergency room two hundred two does every two weeks will miss the we could hardly pay the rent so those days had to go to school he going to a boys' school belmont to go to include klunker to me he went to columbia she went to brown it was expensive educations and it could be argued that taking meter at sox game then would qualify as child because. it was neat but you both agree that this is it and i think again i have. because of how hard my father worked we we bore the fruits of that labor and you have gone to great schools gone to ivy league schools all of that do you think fans admirers of your father will have some disappointment members film i think

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the boston red sox would be my love now.[laughter] [applause] we have time for one more now. >> on that note, i got to tell you some quick thoughts. i didn't know you were having coauthor -- i brought one gift to you. is that baseball, my love for you through your writing and all you have done, and i always feel you're the tim rustin of the "today" show. you couldn't give me a better compliment. i love him so much. >> a couple of weeks ago you were to be speak to us in a way we could understand. i love your energy. on baseball, my wife and i's first date was to a cleveland indians game, which is the boston red sox farm club in the '60s and '70s. >> i know. >> our first date was an indian games. lennie parker pitched a perfect game. >> and you are still married. >> oh. yes. >> hooray. >> we have a great thing every summer and it's called admitted night sun baseball game. it starts at 10:30 at night. my gift to you is to -- [laughter] -- and so -- >> it's beautiful, thank you. couch. an invitation to you if you would like to c

jacoby is trading red sox for pinstripes. a seven-year deal with the >> in sports, we are going to start off with baseball. jacoby is trading red sox for pinstripes. a seven-year deal with the yankees. that is according to cbssports.com. the outfielder has a .2970 batting average with the red sox. he still has to pass the physical, but he's effectively a yankee. robert kaplan, a harvard business school professor, offered this perspective. >> we talked off camera with general managers of sports teams. they have all the normal challenges that business leaders have. they are in a very unusual kind of business. i think, for the inky, jacoby ellsbury basically takes one of the starting players for their archrival and brings it to them. it is not one of the -- an accident that they made a move like that. all that matters is wins and losses to the public this year. they have to run a business and it takes all that into account. it is a tough job to be a general manager of a sports team. that is why a philosopher of how you lead is c

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when he was with the red sox, he thought pitchers were stupid.ould go to the pictures and say, you are down. he continued that his manager, and that is not the way to build relationship. there were parts of the game where they send a runner and they do not interest him much. the book is called "the kid: the immortal life of ted williams". he cared about the way he looked. >> not only did he want to be good, he wanted to look good. as a kid, he always carried a bat with him. when he passed a storefront, he would take a swing in the reflection of the store run. the merchant since i were wondering, who is this being glorious kid outside? >> "the kid: the immortal life of ted williams" by ben junior, thank you. >> thank you. ♪ >> live from pier 3, this is "bloomberg west," where the focus is on innovation, technology, and the future of business. the white house advisory panel calling for a significant limit on government surveillance including stopping the nsa from collecting and storing billions of phone records. talent agency william morris extendi

the boston red sox are my love now.[applause] >> we have time for one more. >> i have to tell you something real quick doris. i didn't know you had your co-authors here. baseball and my love for your writing and all that you done i feel that you're the tim russert of "the today show." >> you couldn't get me a better compliment than that. i loved him so much. >> you were able to speak to us and we all could understand -- baseball. my wife and my date was a game and our first date was the clinton in the games when they pitched a perfect game. >> and you are still married. >> oh yeah. we have this great thing that we have every summer. it starts at 10:30 at night. my gift to you is a hat. >> it's beautiful. thank you so much. >> an invitation to you if you would like to come to a midnight baseball game. june 21, every year. >> oh i see. thank you, thank you. i would happily wear the hat. [applause] >> any closing comments for our historians? ..

. >>> in sports, the yankees/red sox rivalry is staying heated in the off-season.n tuesday new york lured free agent outfielder jacoby ellsbury from boston with a seven-year contract worth about $153 million. the 30-year-old stole 52 bases last year in helping the red sox to a world series victory, but he has missed significant playing time due to injuries in his six-year career. >>> pittsburgh steelers' head coach mike tomlin is apologizing for what he calls a sideline blunder during his team's game against baltimore on thanksgiving night. baltimore's jacoby jones nearly collided with tomlin during a kickoff return in the third quarter. now, tomlin jumps out of the way at the last second, but jones breaks his stride and he's tackled. tomlin acknowledged he broke a rule by being too close to the field but insists his actions weren't intentional. >> with my position comes the charge of preserving and protecting the integrity of the game of football, and i think probably my biggest error on thursday night is not realizing that that play jeopardized the integrity of t

i think the red sox repeat, patriots, new orleans in the super bowl. before the baltimore game i had the patriots not pulling it off, but i'm going to hold that prediction. i think those are the two teams in the super bowl. >> the patriots get to the super bowl and the red sox win the world series. >> of course. yes. >> shameless. >> i said that last year, the year before, the year before, the year before. >> senator lieberman. >> i'm going to ad lib quickly and say that in the spirit of scott brown i'm going to predict the uconn huskies men and women will win the ncaa championship. but here's my far-out prediction or even suggestion. that one of the most stunning trades ever in nfl history, the washington redskins and dallas cowboys trade quarterbacks. rg3 goes to the cowboys. tony romo comes to the redskins. rg goes back to texas where he's from, assuming tony's in good shape physically, the redskins get a first-rate quarterback with some good years ahead of him. >> i think some of these predictions are quite plausible, that one has zero chance of ha

i think the red sox repeat, and before the baltimore game i had the patriots not pulling it off, but i'm going to hold that prediction. i think those are the two teams that will win the super bowl. >> so the patriots get to the super bowl and the red sox win the world series. >> yes. and i said that last year and the year before and the year before, and the year before. >> senator lieberman. >> i will ad lib, saying in the spirit, i'll predict the uconn huskies men and women will win the championship. but here is my far-out prediction and suggestion. one of the most stunning trades ever in nfl history, the redskins and cowboys trade quarterbacks. rg3 goes to the cowboys and romo comes to washington. the redskins could get a first-rate quarterback with some good years ahead of them. >> i think some of these predictions can't quite plausible. that one has zero chance. >> the state of new hampshire is part of red sox nation. >> i know that. >> we got that. >> thank you. let's see how you do in 2014 and we'll be right back with a final note. ñ you for watching us each week throughout th

baseball team than they were big boston red sox fans. when they went to washington, they had allegiance to the washington senators. we have a number of the season passes that she was given by the american league. they were issued to her in a books. pocket pockect we have them as part of the display. and we knowledge the president's interest in the sport but grace's passion for it. one of the i tempts it certificate she was given by the boston red sox and the washington nationals designating her first lady of the land, first lady of the baseball. very fine baseball that was iven to john cooling and it is signed by babe route and liu engineer ig. >> next up is joseph in massachusetts. imwondering if the panel is ware of coolidge's great-great-grandson who is america's one of of the greatest e et cetera i'll take your response. >> how many grandchildren? >> that would have been a direct line. calvin and grace had john and calvin junior. john married the governor of connecticut's daughter and had two daughters. and cynthia had chris and now

of these predictions are okay, that one has zero chance. >> the city of new hampshire is part of red soxatuion. >>> finally we want to thank you r >>> finally we want to thank you for watching us each week. we say goodbye to 2013 and ahead to 2014, here is the names of all of the people that work so hard every week to put this program on the air. from all of us, happy new year and we'll see you next "fox news sunday." ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> alameda police need your help locating an elderly woman who's been missing overnight. i'll tell you what they're looking for coming up. >>> and a freeway onramp highway shut down after a pedestrian was hit and killed by a passing car. what we've learned about what happened and the investigation now underway. >>> ends rallying support, the help being requested now by the family of a 13-year-old girl on life support and what her mother is saying about the intense debate surrounding her  care. mornings on 2 starts right now.

sox, hewas with the red thought pitchers were stupid. would go to the pictures and say, you are down. he continued that his manager, and that is not the way to build relationship. there were parts of the game where they see -- they send a runner and they do not interest him much. the book is called "the kid: the immortal life of ted williams". about the way you look. >> not only did he want to be good, he wanted to look good. as a kid, he always carried a bat with him. when he passed a storefront, he would take a swing in the reflection of the store run. the merchant since i were wondering, who is this being glorious kid outside? >> "the kid: the immortal life of ted williams" by ben junior, thank you. >> thank you. ♪ . . >> this is "taking stock" for wednesday, december 18, 2013. i am pimm fox. we will focus on stimulus for the economy, your mind, and your relationships. ben bernanke begins to tap the brakes on economic stimulus. we will tell you how this might affect your portfolio and finances. move over candy crush. the app quizup ta

in baseball's world series the red sox crushed the cardinals even if it did involve the worst fashioning hobos. >> in basketball's championship, the heat scorched the spurs all though the biggest news was from a washington wizard. >> jason collins coming out of the closet, that was monumental. i think he will open the door for a lot of people who are homosexual. >> in hockey, the blackhawks froze out the bruins to take the stanley cup. and in football, the ravens edged the 49ers to win the super bowl despite a nerve wracking power failure. it could have been a sign the nfl was heading to one of the worst seasons ever. >> a lot of bad news. >> the league was haunted with accusations of real crimes, real abuse and real head injuries. >> i don't know what it is, but it seems there is a concussion every game you watch. >> the nfl reached a $765 million settlement with players. participation in youth football appears to be plummeting. >> i think this is the year that 80% of moms in the quiet of their own heart without telling their husbands or partners said my kid is not playing football.

i heard a story from a mutual friend of ours, he was watching the red sox game with you., ben comes home from soccer practice. walks in. you say, ben get out you are bad luck. and ben leaves. >> he left. >> jimmy: that is true then? >> yeah. it's true. it's true. and bad luck during the playoffs. i did what we needed to do. >> people forget the term, fan is short for fanatic. bill simmons is a sports guy. >> dad is short for daddy. >> you remember when i worked here in the 2003 playoffs. i wore the same t-shirt 17 days. >> jimmy: that is different than scarring your child. when you were just getting into the nba just starting to make a lot of money or maybe you made some in college. >> oh! i was not implicated in any wrongdoing. just for the record. >> jimmy: what did you, what did you spend your money on? did you go crazy? buy anything fun? >> one of the dumbest purchases i made was a phone, in toronto, canada. just shopping, having a great day. >> jimmy: they have lobster at mcdonald's there. >> i ate french. i was on an international flight. walking through the mall, s

. >> when the boston red sox won the world series that region really needed that boost and that upliftment. and still to this day i really salute boston. >> worst and best crime story. the escape of three women in cleveland after years of being secretly held captive and tormented in the home of ariel castro. >> i am glad they got the guy but the victims will never be the same. >> castro killed himself and the house was torn down. not soon enough for many. >> people just wanted to go over there and stomp on the dirt. to have that happening in an american city is shocking. >> hannah anderson lost her mother and brother. >> shocking too were all the headline grabbing abductions. the fatal shootings in the u.s. capital, in malls, schools and the d.c. navy yard. >> and i think all of these stories are united by one common principle which is we need to fix our mental health system. healthy happy people don't shoot up a school or a navy yard. >> the story is what is happening in the woods in big bear. the cabin was said to be empty. >> but the silver lining is when terrible tragedies like this ha

the former red sox outfielder is getting a guaranteed $153 million to play with the pinstripes, wow. pretty good money for a player who had only nine home runs and 53rbi's last year. it's not off an nba game gets can selled, but that's what happened in mexico city when smoke filled the arena, forcing the cancellation of the spurs-timber wolves game. the arena was evacuated about 45 minutes before the start. it would have been the first nba game plained in mexico city since 1997, so we'll have to make up that game later, and all the fans went home disappointed. >> i bet they did. have a good night, everybody. you can stay in touch with us on kron four.com or our mobile app. morning news starts at 4:00 a.m.! >>> domestic goddess nigella lawson courtroom shocker. she admits she used cocaine. >> there were half of those occasions when she took cocaine. >>> then, just released, sandy hook elementary school 911. >> i think there's somebody shooting in here at the sandy hook school. >>> and the paul walker death investigation. >> the stunning revelation made in the just released autopsy res

maybe a repeat of the boston red sox world series.new tvlooking forward to shows or the return of tv shows. "scandal" will return early next year. abbey."n to i my resolution for me, fewer vacation days. >> you only take, like, 2. that dustinmount made.'s first movie his new movie barely made a dent. if you missed any of our interviews, you can now watch them on apple tv. ♪ >> good morning, "bloomberg surveillance." has darkened the door of times square. she has -- i don't know what she has. >> i call it nowhere near times square this evening. i'm a new yorker. i've never been there. let's talk about a record year we've had. for stocks and hollywood. domestic box office receipts are closing out 2013 with the new record. thanks to a year and sprint of big releases. one movie that came out on whichmas day, "believe" is just a believer's second movie. you probably did not know it came out. this is a little bit of a flop. >> there was not a big marketing blitz to go along with it, which was a bit unusual. the distributors of this document

this morning, the trimmings from red sox star david ortiz's beard were put up for auction. charity. and big papi's shorn beard sold for, check this out, $11,000. >> yours can be worth more. >> we'll see. give it a few weeks. >> that's a science experiment. we may want to avoid. ron, thank you. >>> turning now to the story of two teenagers so close people said they were like brothers. then one of them was killed, buried alive in fact, and now two years later, police have charged his best friend with murder. abc's gio benitez is on the story. >> reporter: this morning, 21-year-old thomas liming, seen here in a high school photo, sits behind bars accused of murdering his own best friend, kyle underhill. underhill's death shocked a quiet long island community in 2011. the 18-year-old graduating senior disappeared that november. days later, police found his beaten body in a marsh behind an elementary school. the case went cold. >> many cases take a number of months or sometimes years to solve because of evidence, basically. >> reporter: police say that liming turned himself in j

, david ortiz, big papi had a big one for the world champions, the boston red sox. >> a major leaguebody in utah who is married to more than one person. a federal drug on friday struck down part of the state law that bans polygamy. the case started when the star of the tlc reality series, sister wives, sued the state of utah. the man, cody brown, along with his four, count them, four wives. together they have 17 children. they claim utah's polygamy law violated their privacy right. the law passed around the time that utah became a state now. a judge ruled the phrase in the law that forbids cohabitation with another person violates the first amendment. now state lawyers -- state lawmakers are debating whether to appeal that decision. shannon, what is this opinion in reality mean for people in utah? >> well, shepard in response that lawsuit brought by the polygamist reality show, a federal judge in utah ruled that polygamy will no longer be criminalized in that state. now, stopping short of ruling that the polygamist families can obtain multimel marriage licenses, the judge struck down

. >>> center fielder jacoby ellsbury has signed with the red sox -- their biggest rival, that is, the new york yankees, the deal is for seven years and a whopping $153 million. >>> and will ferrell's ron burgundy talks to peyton manning expressing surprise that he has been so successful. >> yet you have done it all without a mustache. you're running around out there and, to be honest with you, you look like a succulent baby lamb, okay? >> to tell you the truth, i never had much of a desire to grow any facial hair. i think i managed to play quarterback okay without a mustache. eli tried to grow one without much success, i have to say. >> i saw that. it did not look good. >> announcer: yea. >> yeah, he's best without one. ron might want to think about that, too. >>> should air travelers be given a fast pass to get through security. >>> welcome back to "early today." tonight is the big night when this beautiful tree will be lit. this is like a comparison of when it started in the 1930s. look at this tree. this was 1937 toward the end of the depression there. it's changed a lot. you can s

expect the yankees, cubs, red sox and dodgers to make a bid. no giants and a's don't expect to see him on your team. >> $20 million for the right to negotiate. >> i want his agent. >> that too. >>> early we told you about a san francisco nonprofit for homeless youth that is closing for good. coming up on the 10:00 news we take you to the last christmas dinner served at the homeless youth allianced. >> we're also here nor you. hope you have a great christmas day. we'll see you at 10:00. ese ugly sweaters? it's just until grandma can see them. my neck hole is too small. mine's itchy. i'd rather be itchy than choky. come on, phil. hurry up. okay, here we go. connecting. [ muffled ] come in, florida! over! mom? dad? hello, phillip. [ chuckles ] all: merry christmas eve! merry christmas eve! a little -- little lower, dad. [ deeper voice ] merry christmas eve. [ chuckles ] thank you -- thanks for the sweaters! [ normal voice ] oh, you're welcome. you look beautiful in them, darling. hey, pops, here's the tree. and, uh, there -- there's the, uh -- the

jacoby ellsbury leaving the red sox and going to the team here in new york.y scholes, give us the details. >> i feel spite if your voice, john. missing the playoffs for the second time in 19 years, you knew that wasn't going to sit well with the yankees. this move has a deja vu move to it of 2005. and the deal the yankees are giving else bury, it's a big one. he's reportedly going to receive a seven-year, $153 million contract. that's the fourth largest deal in yankees history. and then you know what this mean, ellsbury is going to have to shave that beard because yankees have a no facial hair policy. >>> and it looked like a snoozer. toronto had a 27 point lead. then golden state mounted an epic comeback to outscore the raptors 42-15. they came back to get the win, 112-103, the seventh largest come jk in nba history. >>> did you ever think about inviting your favorite pro athlete to your wedding, just to say they did. and they got a handwritten response. >> the couple posted it online. manning respectively resigned. and how cool is that, he actually took the

each ends at the red sox's bull pen. it includes community ice skating plus several high school and college hockey games. >>> time to call it a morning for us. thank you for watching. i'm going to be back here with michelle tomorrow morning at 7:30. until then, enjoy your saturday and have a wonderful weekend. ,,,,,,,, announcer: when you see this symbol you know you're watching a show that's educational and informational. the cbs dream team& it's epic. narrator: today on lucky dog, brandon rescues daisy, a poodle terrier mix who's eager to spring into a new life. brandon: who, she is a jumper! narrator: waiting to adopt her is a loving family on the verge of their own new beginning. daisy has everything they want in a dog, but there's a problem. brandon: if i can't solve daisy's barking problem, this won't be a good match. i'm brandon mcmillan, and i've dedicated my life to saving the lonely, unwanted dogs that are living without hope. my mission is to make sure these amazing animals find a purpose, a family, and a plac

the red sox deserve a lot of credit according to the fed. you must be happy.ou have jacoby ellsbury going from the red sox to the yankees. >> boy, am i happy. it's nice money. carl icahn may want to buy a piece of that. i'll say that's great. i think boston deserved it after what they went through with the may marathon bombing. >>> now just how bad is the obama care website even now? well, it's this bad. turns out the payments mechanism is so off that insurance companies suggest a bailout. i don't like the sound of that. we need to explore it next up on "kudlow report." ♪ hmm. mm-hmm. [ engine revs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz on your wish list at the winter event going on now -- but hurry, the offers end december 31st. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] lease the 2014 ml350 for $599 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. it's lots of things. all waking up. connecting to the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. ♪ it's going to be amazing. and exciting. and maybe, most remarkably, not that f

big papi, the red sox, my favorite, aaron rodgers of the green bay packers?far as aaron rodgers, didn't know. he's not going to win another super bowl this year. >> cowboys fan. dorothy. >> my big miss is to all of the supporters and protectors of snowden, multiplying ferociously all over the place. they include barbara walter whols made him one of the most fascinating people of the year. not the most. and this is her last broadcast and not a moment too soon. and also it was tom friedman who announced that he was a whistleblower. thanks, that explains everything, tom. >> dorothy just got herself a lot of invitations to media parties going into 2014. m mary. >> my miss is the rise of left wing populism in this country. i think most clearly exhibited by the election of the new mayor in new york city, mayor de blasio. not only because of what it means for new york but for what it means more broadly about how the electorate seems to fall for this and what it means to our freedom. now we have a lot to write about with the mayor. >> you think this is the direction

he's doing in the red sox uniform so we don't care.a mythical world series apparently in this last time. it wasn't true. here's the one that matter. this is the babe from like somewhere around 1918. this is wade boggs. you may notice him. wade boggs. then this is the guy -- never cared for this thing. this is the rocket doing whatever he did. and this, we're happy about this one, very happy to have that one. but then robby kanoe. does it preclude the yanks from signing with him? no. but they're a long way apart. >>> pittsburgh steelers' head coach mike tomlin's paying a price for interfering with a play in a game against the ravens. the nfl today announced it fined him $100,000 and considered docking the team a draft pick which is ridiculous. that's me and editorial. the play happened thanksgiving. the wide receiver, jacobi jones, was returning a kickoff. if it weren't for tomlin, analysts say, it looked like jones could have gone for a touchdown. whatever. the rachbt win anyway -- ravens win anyway. tomlin said he was mesmerized watch

did the red sox nation forget johnny damon from going to the -- >> accept it. it's a business. >> i'm saying, why move -- elsbury, i can't believe you. >> mercenaries. >> they are mercenaries. >> let me ask you the question, do you think that -- >> no. >> in a million years. >> i rest my case. coming up next, jonathan strong joins us. >> he has a play. he has the soul. >> soul. . >> pope frances pay have a secret life. rumor is he sneaks out of the vatican at night might be true. the pope dresses in regular priests clothes, goes into rome,ed a ministers to the homeless. he won't confirm this, himself. >> oh my god, he's a vigilante vickar coming to the help of those in need. he's the bat-pope. holy, holy, father nation. it all makes so much sense now. he's just like bruce wane. he's a wealthy bachelor who lives alone in a giant mansion and bruce wane has the batmobile while frances has the popemobile. not only that, batman talks to morgan freeman and the pope talks to god, who is also morgan freeman. >> for example past the hour with us. jonathan strong, good t

. >> do you have any sports heroes, big papi and the red sox or my favorite, aaron rodgers of the greenay packers? >> i love big papi. as far as arnl goaron rodgers g don't know. he's not going to win another super bowl this year so -- >> a cowboys fan. okay. dorothy. >> all right. my big miss is all the supporters and protectors of mr. snowden. they include of course barbara walters, who made him one of her most fascinating people of the year, not the most, and this is her last broadcast, and not a moment too soon. and also the announcement by him that he was a whistle-blower. that explains everything, tom. >> dorothy just got hearst lot of invitations to media parties going into 2014. mary? >> my miss for 2013 is the rise of left-wing populism in this country, i think most clearly exhibited by the election of the new mayor in new york city, mayor de blasio, not only because of what it means for new york but for what it means more broadly about how the electorate seems to fall for these kind of populist promises and what that means to our freedom. i think the only good news is that now

." >> soon, fans could tune into radio broadcasts of the babe pitching for the boston red sox. he moved on to the championship yankees and stardom. but he always made time for his fans, especially young ones. >> there are many stories about the babe coming home from yankee stadium after a game, and he would stop the car if he saw a game of ball going on, and get out and play with the kids because he just was like that. >> babe ruth had a heart as big as yankee stadium. mike told me the story of babe's promise to a kid dying of a rare disease. it was a promise that seems to have helped save the young fan's life. >> over here, you see a bunch of baseballs all signed by babe ruth, but the one second-in from the left is the ball that babe ruth signed, and he made the prediction that he would hit a homer for little johnny sylvester in the 1926 world series, and this is the ball where he writes the prediction. on the side of the ball, he writes, "i'll knock a homer in wednesday's game for you." and he hit three. and the boy listens to the game on the radio and he gets better. >> in t

a good new englander, red sox nation fan and all of that. [laughter] my eighth visit as secretary of state. now, i am not a masochist. [laughter] i am undertaking this because i believe in the possibilities. as many of you know, i have spent almost 30 years in the united states senate and i am proud of my 100% voting record for israel, but i'm proud also that i built up relationships in the mideast with leaders and with arab countries and elsewhere who learned that they could come to trust me. and i believe that i approached this great challenge with a huge sense of responsibility. about building trust and, ultimately, building a process that will test and provide guarantees to people about this concept called peace. on this visit, i spent most of the time focused on israel's security concerns, because for years and years and years it has been clear to me and every prime minister that unless a prime minister could look the people of israel in the eye and make it clear to them that he had open -- that he had spoken for israel's security to a

jacob ellsbury moving from the red sox to the yankees on a seven-year contract worth about 153 million bucks. >> i'll take that door knock, as well. ellsbury led the majors in stolen bases last year, while helping boston to the world series title. all he has to do is pass a physical today in new york. and here you go. $153 million. >> that's some move. >>> as for last night's action on the hardwood, here's our friends at espn. >> good morning, america. other day i'm walking across the street. and a guy next to me said, are you stan verrett. no. you're close. he's stan verrett. i'm neil everett. >> it's a compliment, to you. >> thank you. >> raptors and warriors. andre iguodala out with a strained hamstring. the warriors were down 27 in the third. they cut it to a one-point game. curry with three more. the warriors up two. he got 22 from klay thompson. and harrison barnes filled in for iguodala. the warriors scored 42 in the fourth. and held toronto to 15. and they win it, 112-103. >> that's crazy. >>> number ten duke, hosting michigan. they call it the big ten acc challenge. jabari par

jacoby ellsbury to a 7-year, $135 million contract today home 52 stolen bases for the world champion red soxst season the lefty also hit.298 with 9 home runs and 53 rbi >> reporter:his deal included a $21 million option that would make the deal worth $169 million yesterday the yankees signed mccann to a 5-year, $85 million deal >> pam: that's it for the kron 4 news at 8. stay connected with kron 4 and get latest news developments at kron4.com or apps. our next newscast is tonight at 11 o'clock. see you then. >> pam: goodnight. in new york city's war on crime, the worst criminal offenders are pursued by the detectives of the major case squad. these are their stories. (siren wailing) sir, everything all right? yeah, sure, officer, i'm fine. peter bonham, new york district attorney's office. we're here to interview a witness. where's your witness? he's a, uh... he's a no-show. you gentlemen be careful. yes, sir. now can we go? (clicks tongue)

someone who wants to know who's better between the red sox or yankees.ho wants to know who's going to win the ncaa tournament or why is alabama ranked number three in the b.c.s. instead of number two. 's design told give people a wholey yaunt at a timive opinion on statistics. >> this sounds like it would be very good information for the teams themselves to have. >> what we do is very similar to the movie "money ball." where people used statistics, in this case the oakland a's but they kept it just within the organization. we do it whether it's teams, the high school back in pittsburgh, the college in montana state or the average person playing fantasy football. we want to open it up to as many people as possible. we've had conversations with different teams. i can't name any names but there is a movement afoot across all teams to get smarter about sports, to use advanced statistics and analytics and numbers to make better decisions! , and they have the proprietary data because they can tell you how much the players weigh and how they felt -- >> there's

. >> the beard is returning to boston, be mike napoli agreeing to stay with the red sox.an integral part of that world series winning squad. mostly not remembered for his bat. >> thanks, mark. rebecca's back with more on this winter weather. >> arctic air has bro the an incredible wind, snow and wind chill, so far below zero, dangerous to be outside. the northwest, we've been getting code arctic air drying things out today. 36 in seattle and 29 for portland. temperatures here are up to or i should say down to 20 degrees below the average for the time of year. the arctic air coming down from the north is so dry, that we're just getting light amounts of snow. parts of our ski resorts around utah, about two-inches of snow today so far. we're getting incredible wind gusts, 60-70-mile per hour winds. then we've got that cold rain and big snow being dumped into the california mountains. that storm system is going to be tracking eastward. as it does, we're seeing big risks when it comes to ice, from texas to virginia working our way into monday. thiswr is a place that got about

new york yankees signed a boston red sox all star.tails in a bit. >>> a live look at what it's like driving through the denver area. it's 7 degrees. take it slow, a light snow is falling with more expected throughout the day. welcome back to al jazeera. i'm thomas drayton. let's look at some of the top stories. the engineer at the controls. commuter train may have nodded off before the crash, according to a union rep who spoke with the driver, william rockefeller. alcohol tests on rock where are and the other crew members were negative. investigators say he would have had time to get a good night's sleep before his shift. >>> the governor of illinois will sign a bill to eliminate the pension shortfall. it's been opposed. they say it's un fair to workers and retirees. >> vice president joe biden was supposed to talk trade on the trip to china, instead the focus is on the air defense zone. china specified action over planes that enter the air zone. >> a spokesman for a lebanese organisation says a hezbollah consider was killed. hezbolla

. >>> the boston red sox's beard, one is worth a lot of money.rtiz's trimmings were put up for auction. it was sold for over $11,000. >> what? >> that's a science experiment. ron, thank you. >>> turning now to the story of two teenagers so close people said they were like brothers. then one of them was killed, buried alive in fact, now two years later, officials have charged his best friend with murder. >> reporter: this morning, 21-year-old thomas, seen here in a high school photo sits behind bars accused of murdering his own best friend. underhill's death shocked a quiet long island community. the graduating senior disappeared that november. days later, police found his beaten body in a marsh behind an elementary school. the case went cold. >> because of evidence basically. >> reporter: police say that he turned himself in just days ago when he learned he would be indicted. but a former class mate said that he could not have killed underhill. >> they were extremely close. they were inseparable. they always laughed together. >> reporter: investi

and jacoby elsbury leaving the red sox. >>> and another rocker in the news, van halen says the grouprand new album they expect to release this next june. and anchorman ron burgundy interviewing peyton manning. promoting new "anchorman 2" movie, asking manny why he doesn't have a better arm? no, facial hair. >> you are one of the great quarterbacks playing the game today. you've had a lot of success. and yet you've done it all without a mustache. you run around out there and i'm going to be honest with you, you look like a succulent baby lamb. >> in the meantime celebrity chef nigella lawson admitting in court she has used cocaine but only a couple of times. trace gallagher on the west coast. this is getting juicy. the accusation was she was a daily coke user, right? >> that's exactly right. keep in mind this trial is based on two former employees who are accused of fraudulently losing nigella lawson's credit cards. but the entire case is focused on their failed marriage and allegations of abuse and drug use. nigella lawson says her ex-husband is trying to savage her reputation while