someone printed off a stencil of lionel richie. night long ♪ >> reporter: what was once seen as a leftover from the '80s became their anthem. it started popping up everywhere, in the hangars, the flight line over the radio. >> it can be hard to find humor at times. >> you need something like that i guess. >> everybody got behind it and started started motivating each other. someone printed off t-shirts and unit patches. we couldn't keep them. we had to reorder three times. >> reporter: by the end-of-the-year long deployment it became a badge of honor. >> so lionel richie is all over. >> reporter: he's never done this, unknowingly provided a much needed more rail boost for soldiers serving a half mile away. >> there he is. >> reporter: the son of an army captain, richie insoichbtd meeting the men who gave new life to his old song. >> this is incredible. >> likewise. >> i keep waiting to be punked but it's not going to happen. >> mr. richie pleasure to meet you. >> they're in the military and they're looking for something for morale

. >> richie, how many times have you been up for parole in the last 18 years? >> twice. >> what's happened each of those times? >> they've continued me because of something i've done. >> why would you purposely try to ditch your parole? >> because i'm scared of getting out. >> you've been at the program before? >> yes, sir. >> if you didn't want to make parole, could you say, i don't want to go? >> i don't know if you would understand, but a convict saying that he's not ready to get out, i'd feel like i would be ostracized. >> is that it? >> yes, sir. >> the lieutenant's decision comes swiftly. >> guilty of the charge of refusal, attempt to alter a drug screen, recommend five days penal segregation, assess a fee of $25, $4 fine. recommend a job drop. you want to appeal this? >> yes, sir. >> yes, sir, i don't think the $25 is appropriate. >> i can suspend that. i will suspend the $25. >> okay. >> and richie would like a little time to get his affairs in order before he has to go away for five days. >> no. everything i heard and saw, he attempted to alter the res

we immediately went in, i want to say we located richie in about two minutes once we came in. we looked around. there he was. what an amazing moment to -- after going through the here is terror of that to see my son alive. >> pelley: what was that moment like when you spotted him in the fire house. >> to try to describe it with words would probably be inadequate. however i would use words like "joy" "elation" "relief." until you've been through it it's perhaps hard to explain. but it was -- it was an amazing moment. i hugged him. it was -- it was just great. >> pelley: what was that moment like when you were turned away from the school and sent to the fire house. you were essentially being sent to find out whether your son had survived. you didn't know. >> that is correct. the terror does not stop until you reunite with your child. period. there's nothing -- it doesn't matter where they point know. until i see my child, it's still here is terror until that moment. >> pelley: you are one of the luckiest people in this town. >> i would say so, absolutely. absolutely blessed to h

nevada quarterback double fakes, finds a wide-open richie turner. wolfpack up 10. arizona onlies back. 14:36 to play. 48-42 nevada. the ensuing kickoff, the onside kick, get it, march down the field. third t.d. pass of the game other. >> utah state facing toledo in the idaho potato bowl. feet ton, 62 yards touchdown, finished with 270 yards in the air. utah state wins the always popular idaho potato bowl, 41-15. >>> the division 2 championship game, went from tate's opening kickoff. to his own four, up the middle. 96 yards. 7-0 valdosta just like that. still in the first. blazers, o'neill, fourth and one, 24 yards to the end zone. o'neill, 141 yards on 24 carries. valdosta wins their first national championship, ending their season 12-2. >> high school football, marine and maddison for the cif division three championship game in carson, california. fourth quarter, marin catholic quarterback headed to cal, threw four t.d.'s on the day. hit at the line and interest other the hands hoff he wild receiver. madison answers on the ensuing drive. cormier ran for -- madison

. >>> doesn't otto porter look like lionel richie? my gosh. all night long. richardson. he got the 270 pounds up in the air and spiders up by 12 but furious rally. wright at the buzzer, game high 22. patriots knock off richmond 67- 64 wow. what great action. >>> matter of hours we're going to find out whether rg3 and rust go together. griffin musted last week's game in cleveland. this week he's hailed as being healed by the coaches and the doctors who say he is ready to go in time for a visit to the link. nothing like a tough nfc division east game to chew on when you desperately need a win. the eagles have had their wings clips but they're dangerous and griffin is taking care of himself too. don't get hurt man. >> one two, throw it out of bounds. i think that's a faulty approach to the game. but you know i get where everyone is coming from and i'll continue to protect myself and this latest injury. could have happened to anybody. you know i was getting down and it is what it is. and i have to move on from there. >> that's the redskins' story. over to the ravens now. ree

craig: you can outcool me by being friends with larry king as opposed to my being friends with richie sambora? geoff: you bet your ass i did. craig: that's a hell of a thing to say. geoff: can't wait for that concert, sambora -- king 201. >> i'm totally into it. craig: i don't know, i think people would enjoy that. it would be part of an entire, like a whole-day event. you can call it crock it cnn. what do you think? geoff: yeah, man, that's great. craig: cnn fired larry and then larry joins sambora and his super group. geoff: sambora-king, cnn tour 2013! ♪ ♪ >>> busy signals and dropped calls. a too familiar annoyance. >> one congressman is taking aim at verizon wireless. our ken molestina is live with concerns that have caught the attentions of federal investigators. ken. >> congressman gerry connolly of virginia spoke candidly today about what he described as a sub-par 911 call routing system run by verizon. now he is the one making the call to the fcc and he wants some change. >> i guess i would give it a d. >> reporter: virginia congressman gerry connolly is slamming verizon wire

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along with my other partners, chris and richy in the back, and lawrence who could not make it.elcome to 6 45 harrison and the hatchery. it's super exciting to have such a dynamic group of people from both the public and private sector here today. and as a self-proclaimed geek and tech entrepreneur, this is really exciting for me. before i wax on about that's correct really quickly want to give you just a quick 90-second thing about the hatchery. we opened our doors about a year ago at 625 2nd street, bought 21 thou square feet there. we opened our doors and within a year we've grown into a whole new space which we opened two months ago. * across both spaces we have about 135 companies and it's sort of awesome. they are not all tech. we sort of range from writers and virtual wineries which are right behind me. to some of the leading technology companies in the valley. we have companies that raise anywhere from a thousand dollars to $25 million that have sort of been housed with us. some of the coolest things that have happened at the hatchery two people sitting next to each othe

we have julia gilman first with second harvest food bank and then we also have kimmi richie and you have a big check for us today. and it was all through dodgeball. >> yes. we did a charity dodgeball tournament in november and we picked four local charities to raise money for and brought companies together to play dodgeball for sunday afternoon and we raised a ton of money for the charities including the second harvest food bank. >> let's turn the check around and see how much we're given. $14,836.25! >> cheers! >> so this obviously helps a lot of families. >> absolutely. we're serving nearly a quarter million individuals in santa clara and san mateo counties each month so this will really help our agency network and our program to make sure everyone gets a meal this holiday season. >> awesome. all right. thank you. if you want to help participate in our food drive, check out our website, right there on your screen, cbssf.com/food. brian and michelle, back to you guys. >> that's really great. thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> you don't center to be a structural engineer to know now that

. >> you've got to love lionel richie, come on. >> really?i'm a commodores guy. >> you're a commodores guy? >> no, i'm not. >> you're not? >> no. >> the fiscal cliff topping our headlines this morning. speaker john boehner urging the senate to come up with a passable debt solution, promising to at least consider any bill the uper chamber produces. senator harry reid to continue tax breaks for households with incomes below $250,000. the senate bill would also likely contain an extension of expiring unemployment benefits. the fiscal cliff is not the only ticking clock in washington. in a letter to congress treasury secretary tim geithner said the u.s. would hit the $16.4 trillion ceiling on monday. without extraordinary measures geithner announced that the treasury would begin accounting moves that would keep the government from hitting its credit limit for about two months. the treasury secretary warning that it's hard to predict exactly how much time the accounting moves will buy, because ongoing cliff negotiations make it hard for them to fo

trying to bait the president into becoming the retirees they can there's nothing balanced about making richie riches like mitt romney pay a little bit more in taxes while sticking seniors the poor and the disabled and sick with billions of dollars in extra health care costs. given that effective tax rates for the rich today are at historic lows. and over a trillion dollars in spending cuts were passed last year when republicans well the president. raising taxes alone makes for a balanced deal all you got to do when confronted with a republican talking point of medicare is unsustainable president obama should echo the words of progressive senator sherrod brown who fired back with this i don't buy this is not sustainable anymore the defense budget is not sustainable i mean we owe billions of dollars down the line of course we can fix these things it with changes at the margin without radical surgery which sets up a perfect line of discussion about our national priorities do we cut health care for seniors or do we cut weapons contracts for war profiteers republicans have made their choice to cut

if the richie jody foster he would be john hinckley. he he has got to back off.ed about him. >> bill: well, he does believe that the system is rigged, mcguirk, and that he has got to make it more fair to those who don't have anything. let's give mcguirk the last word and pray that we are not arrested. >> let me say, this bill. for us political junkies, the election was like injecting heroin. this fiscal cliff debate is like drinking non-alcohol beer with elephant urine. it's just -- and that's why nobody knows about it. if we don't care about it, the average snow in the schmo in the street that jesse watters is going to interview he doesn't give a damn about it we have got to stop. put your hands up we lost. >> bill: it's so important. thanks very much. factor tip of the day. another web site where you might get some money. the tip 60 seconds away. >> everybody wins. now the west. john from las vegas. from illinois. steve from new jersey. >> that's for sure, steve. thanks for pointing it out. from dayton, ohio. from massachusetts.

i'm rochelle richie. i will tell you who it is coming up next. >> danger on the front lines. a well known war correspondent abducted in syria. what happened it to richard engle and his crew. >> holiday tragedy days before christmas. a baltimore county family loses everything in a house fire. >> chilly weather moving this way. stick around for the updated weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it is maybely clear, 47 degrees in central maryland right now. the complete first warning forecast is coming up. >>> a fast moving fire in dundalk leaves a family of six homeless tonight. as mike schuh reports, a quick thinking maybe may have prevented it from being worse. >> reporter: here's what it sounds like when firefighters must evacuate this burning home. that horn confirmed what bystanders feared. this fire in dundalk was dangerous, big, and getting worse. >> there was a call for a mayday but it was a mistake. the firefighter was in the rear of the building. nobody knew where he was. they found him. it was okay. >> reporter: when it started two kids were home alone watching tv. lucki

. >> trying to sing "hello" to lionel richie. >> were you really trying?i like to make the guest feel like they're the star contrary to public perception. with you and lionel, make you think you're better singers. >> an ego boost. that's nice of you. >> perk you up a bit. you sold 10 million albums? >> something like that. >> what's the worst song you've ever written? >> i don't even want to say it. >> one that makes you shiver. >> this is cnn. come on. >> your worst bruno mars song you have ever written, one that even now makes you come out in a weird sweat. >> me and my partner phil wrote a song called "bedroom bandit." that's all i have to say. >> i can't even imagine how bad those lyrics are. >> if you had been in the studio, we thought we were going to win 18 grammys off this song. we thought it was -- then the next day we call each other up, what were we thinking? >> you've been involved with songs about desperately wanting to be a billionaire. >> and that's the beauty about "billionaire." if you listen to the lyrics of it, it's really not about -- i

wjz's rochelle richie was there for all the fun and joins us with more on how some kids say this isn't only a shopping spree but a life lesson. >> reporter: it's a round of applause for ravens wide receiver anquan boldin dozens of students are one step closer to completing their christmas shopping list. >> i think this is great. >> reporter: boldin's foundation made the christmas season more affordable for these kids by handing out $100 gift cards to use in the aisles of walmart on washington boulevard. >> a lot of times people aren't able to afford different things at christmas time. so we're trying to extend our hand as much as possible. >> boldin started accumulating one foundation during his sophomore year with the ravens and the entire idea around the foundation is to give back to underprivileged kids. these children were chosen to shop. >> give a whole lot extra in class every day. you should be rewarded for that. >> reporter: while video games and beauty products may be on the minds of many, some say it's a good lesson in budgeting. >> i look at the prices now because usually i

gracias a mi richi por estar con nosotros. vamos a la pausa.me contÓ que tenÍa un amigo y que eras tu ♪ ♪ habÍa un sapo sapo que nadaba en el rio rio ♪ con su traje verde ♪ ♪ la seÑora me contÓ ♪ que tenÍa un amigo ♪ y que eras tu y tu ♪ >>> ¡hasta mañana!y después de esta rica cena de navidad es la hora de regalo. esta computadora es para elisa esta pantalla

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lionel richie had a good record, one of the biggest selling records of the year this year, shut out.-z and kanye west? >> kanye west and jay-z, six nominations each, but not in the major categories. they're the old guard now. >> but how is it bruce springsteen, with that new album that came out, is not nominated for a major award? >> i know you're outraged over this. i know you are. >> outraged i tell you, outraged! you heard the album! >> because the grammy organization and the voters want to get with what's happening right now. and so, it's been a big tent for them for a long time. there are 81 categories. there's just too much, and they want to focus on what's happening right now, and they have, and they've done it pretty successfully. this is a good list of major nominations. >> so, what about the women? that was also a headline last night. why so few female artists? >> album of the year, no nominations for women in album f the year, and i'm a little surprised. there were a couple of my favorite records, fiona apple, pink, very good records, different kind of records, and no nomi

richie sambora's mother is still living with him because her house was affected by the tragedy. >> bon> and paul mccartney stepped into the role of curt cobain. he's a legend in his own right, so much mystique. it's myself to know they really care about this. alisyn: let us know exactly what the final tally was, that will be incredible. >> thank you. bill: that concert apparently just ended two hours ago. [laughter] bill: it was a jerry lewis telethon. great, great cause. guess who is the new target of a sear just cyber threat, 32 institutions. that's next. americans are always ready to work hard for a better future. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪

[ inaudible ] [ moaning ] we'll play that for you that's lionel richie. [ applause ] >> when she is playingthe tin man. >> stephanie: yeah. steve in indiana, you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi, steve. >> caller: hi, stephanie, how are you? >> stephanie: good go ahead. >> caller: i hate to tell sean hannity that he is racist. >> i never actually said that. >> caller: i say it, because he is. >> caller: it was a song parity that was talking -- >> caller: yeah, i know. >> stephanie: that's what he does with everybody. he creates a straw man. he says things that liberals never said. he literally said i said every conservative is racist. >> never said that. >> caller: let's go to stephanie in illinois. hi, steph. oh stephanie in illinois? hello? >> caller: hello. hi! the caller who said the unions are racist? >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: first of all the last time i called you, i hung up on you because my two cats thelma and louise started attacking my feet -- >> do not let the them drive the car. >> stephanie: no. >> caller: thegy with the unions, my brothers are electricians and the

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