robert rubin abigail disney, and richard rockefeller, one of the heirs to the rockefeller fortune.h lowered the estate tax. how much did that cough us? $536 billion over 10 years. where did that money go? to the richest .3%. they got an extra $536 billion. what does president obama do? of course, as always, he splits the baby. the state tax used to a ply for families above $2 million. he said let's move it to $7.5 million. bush wanted to move it to $10 million. the rate used to be at high at 55%, now president obama wants to make it 45%. what happens? we save some of the money that bush cost us, but still leave $256 billion going to the richest .3%. some of the people in that richest .3% say we shouldn't do that. we should make estate taxes even higher than obama's proposing because we need the money for the rest of the programs that this country desperately needs and rich have enough. to back up their point the forbes top 400 richest people in the country net worth in 1982 of $213 billion, now a net worth of $1.7 trillion. the money already got moved to the top. we don't need more

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just to give us a sense of how hard it was when they try to organize their minds there and rockefeller's people want to run it armored cars with mounted machine guns straining these tent cities where miners would have pretty horrible lives then to live in sort of company areas if they were given scrutiny. they were paid a lot script i saw some of this russia in the one nine hundred ninety s. instead of actually cashing then they could only use the script in the company and the company stores that really horrible rates and then even so they were striking trying to get a union power trying to get you know their fair fair wages and and laws apply and buy and so on and rockefeller responded with machine guns they even went so far as they were terrorizing the fighters their families to basically the women and children dug like this giant bunker beneath some of the tents he had the children in the women and then at night time the color on a national guard by now kerosene doused the tents with it while they went to sleep in gaza tents kerosene living on fire and shot a bunch of people as they t

jimmy fallon's coming up next. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller centerg company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> jimmy: oh, my goodness. that's what i'm talking about. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. i feel the love, everybody. welcome. welcome to "late night," everybody. thank you so much for being here. [ cheers and applause ] i appreciate it. oh, it's going to be a great show tonight. here's -- first, here's what people are talking about. pope benedict officially joined twitter, yesterday. [ cheers ] and before sending a single tweet, he already has more than 250,000 followers. yeah, then jesus was like, "seriously, i walked on water, i only got 12 followers?" [ laughter ] [ applause ] i don't know what i'm supposed to do. some political news. yesterday, president obama spent an hour on twitter taking questions about the fiscal cliff from

erica hill has the story. >> right outside our doors at rockefeller center, home to the christmas tree, we often hear an plows this time of year. and when we do, we know it means something special is happening. >> yeah. >> the reason for those snoemts people like summit choong flew 4,000 miles from the netherlands just to be here. >> keep skating. >> he's about to give his girlfriend rina the surprise of her life. >> she doesn't have a clue. she's been waiting for this for a long time. >> she's been dropping hints for you too around the house. >> yeah, she does. she puts books on my pillow with wedding dresses and rings. >> summit is going to propose. he chose this spot because it's the same place from rina's favorite movie scene. >> i know i don't deserve a christmas. >> in home alone" at the end kevin stands in front of the tree. that's her favorite moment. i this i why not bring her to the tree. >> you're confident she's going to say yes, right? >> i think she's going to say yes, yeah. i'm still nervous. >> she thinks she's just here to skate beneath that famous tree. but an the rin

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jesse watters went to rockefeller center to find out. gutfeld and >> bill: thanks for staying with us. i'm reporting tonight from california. in the watters world segment. how much do you know about christmas? >> we sent jesse watters out to rockefeller center where the christmas tree is a light to quiz people about the holiday. ♪ have yourself a merry little christmas. >> what does christmas mean to you. >> christmas means family. >> being with loved ones. >> being with your loved ones and your family. >> rush that's not thanksgiving? where weighs jesus born. >> jerusalem. >> jerusalem? >> do you know where jesus was born? >> yeah, he was born in -- i don't know. >> he was born in bethlehem. >> bethlehem. >> where is bethlehem? >> bethlehem is in pennsylvania. >> jesus is an american? >> yes. >> what was jesus' profession. >> carpenter. >> i believe a carpenter. >> jesus was what? >> a baby. >> he was like a preacher. >> all-around nice guy. he had people skills. >> people skills? ♪ sleigh bells ring. >> three wise men from the east and

live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hey, everybody, so glad you're here with us, it's winesday wednesday, it's december 5th. >> already. >> already is right. >> is flying by. should we do a toast just to midweek? >> absolutely. >> and to the luncheon we are going to have today. >> that's right. we are going to see a lot of you today, hopefully about 200 of you at gallagher's. called gallagher's steak house at west 52nd street, just two doors down from "scandalous." >> 11:30 we will be there. we are going to this studio and go running over there. >> hopefully we'll see you at the matinee. >>> sad news to announce that we did post our closing date yesterday, we had to. sadly. i was with the cast last night and i'm prejudiced, of course, i'm the mother of this show. they are the best -- they are the best cast on broadway. they are unbelievable. and i love them to pieces. every -- you know, there's a sadness that comes with this but a good art tell in "the post" today, michael reidel writes the definitive theater article. he was saying so many of the brand-new shows this fall reall

the rockefeller tree in new york city is 9th tallest, only the 9th at 74 feet and it is big.ting spending, the white house to celebrate the holiday season with 54 christmas trees. does the white house need that many? here is what some of you are tweeting me. no way. how wasteful. mark has a different response. as long as they keep telling them christmas trees and 54 is fine. we also asked on . 3 percent said yes, and 97 percent said no. be sure to log on for our on-line question every weekday. here are some of your e-mails. any cat has to start at the top. the agency's, the salaries of all government employees. more of a leg to stand on about fairness and taxing the rich. if our politicians would give up their entitlements we would save the country billions and not have to affect thegeneral public and their social security and medicare. dan says, ii tax bite is why we should hold eletions on april 15th that is a great idea. it all comes together. i love hearing from you. send me an e-mail. gerri@foxbusiness.com. finally tonight, just when you thought of retiring massachusetts

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decent bottle for under $20 but we asked a prominent wine merchant who invited me into his store in rockefellerenter. you may be surprised. holiday season i don't know what to bring. can i bring a decent bottle? >> i hold the bottle that is very decent it is from spain and 1295 days dollars in defense sense per bottle. >> i don't know the menu. >> that does not matter for dinner. most people think they will have it right then and there but most people have their own wine ready. it is more as a gift. you put so much time into the wind you pick. >> it is always safe to break a sparkled wind. tracy: i am in charge of matching. piano in a war? >> it is the easiest. smoothes and the perfect read. >> my wife and i drink winn from argentina. every night white wine. tracy: started 1947? 1970 were on the map going from a really expensive bottle. >> i have the oortunity to taste the wine made clear year lincoln was shot. 1865. i decided it only had the opportunity once in my life. i went for it. i held the world record platt -- price of $520. it would be around $50,000 a bottle today. tracy: that was a l

multigrain cheerios >>> ho, ho, ho, so lovely, the rockefeller center christmas tree.iful weather in new york right now. we get a check on your weather from nbc star meteorologist bill karins where things are not looking all that great as we go westward. >> midwest, people hoping to get their newspapers this morning and unable to get them. it's one of those mornings you're not going to be traveling, kansas, nebraska, iowa, up through wisconsin. those are the worst of it, chicago, rainy weather, same for st. louis. later today, the winds howl from the north. that brings in the cold air. chicago, just rain this morning. may even see a couple thunderstorms. later this afternoon in chicago, we change over to a burst of snow maybe picking up 2 inches. blizzard warnings still in effect again. the worst of it is iowa. winds are now 40 to 50 miles per hour, back through kansas city, wichita, omaha. that's where the highways are the worst, especially interstate 70 and 80, down around kansas city and topeka. the white is the snow. it's snowing good, des moines, dubuque through w

we leave you tonight with a look at the rockefeller center christmas tree and a lot of folks enjoyinghis evening. have a great night, everyone. >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. we are tracking another storm headed our way. experts say it could be the strongest of the storms to hit this wokthis week. as you can see the roads are wet. the biggest concern in most areas is flooding. we begin tonight with anthony slaughter in our weather center with a look at when this next storm is supposed to hit. hello, anthony. >> hey, diane. it's been quite a week across the bay area. we are starting to see the impacts of our next storm system make its way across the bay area. from the bay bridge toll plaza there is a bit of water on those lenses. we still have the flash flood watch in effect against the coast. now that flood warning for napa county primarily becauseth

then we got richard rockefeller. i'll save it for later in the show. all right and plus, reality t.v. isn't real. who knew? crazy. it's go time. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] [ crowd chanting ] >> that's michigan, where the republicans are trying to jam through right to work laws. and 12,000 unionized workers showed up to protest. they reached capacity in the capitol building at 2,200. they shut out everybody else abc news report. >> michigan republican controlled state legislature approved the controversial right to work bill today 58-51. >> the bill is passed. >> why shut people out? why did we do this? i can tell you why because good ideas get debated and bad ones get rammed through with police protection in a lame duck legislature. [ crowd chants ] >> well, governor snyder had run his one tough nerd and hence that's buy they're chanting one term nerd. they are very mad at him for flip-flopping. we'll get to that in a second. then, they got really mad at steven crowder a fox contributor and so-called comedian. he got in workers' faces and it didn't work out we will

and of course, there's the giant tree at rockefeller center. so, let's recap. if you're visiting new york city this time of year, there's lots of fun things to do while you're here. it's great to skate at the park's wollman rink, and then cool off with serendipity's famous cold drink. there's so much to see along the streets of the city, from bright lights that are shining to windows that are pretty. don't miss the rockettes as they kick it old school, or the towering tree that's ever-so cool. but this season, wherever you are and whatever you do, all of us here at "tkn" send holiday wishes to you. >> time for more expert advice on staying healthy. >> so, your friends want to go to the local fast-food restaurant, and you're gonna be virtuous and get the fish or chicken. but listen to this. >> fish and chicken oftentimes are not the best option. >> ellen shanley and colleen thompson are the authors of "fueling the teen machine." >> talk about counterintuitive at the lunch counter. i'm all ears. >> let's take a look, nicole. here we have a burger king original ch

. >>> that is a beautiful look at the tree outside of 30 rockefeller center.tually broadcasting from a closet on the 17th floor of that building right there. let's get a check of your weather with bill karins. is it going to be another nice day in new york? >> i'm always amazed they can keep that ice ring going. it's 70 degrees and people are skating around out there. >> i was in a tube top fantasti. >> was it ribbed? got the tan lines to prove it? here's what we're looking at this morning. temperatures continue to be warm. it won't last for long, though. check out buffalo and pittsburgh, they're heading back to reality. so it will be a warm morning in the east, a little briit of rai and then the sun and cooler air arrives. but it won't be cold. a few showers through new jersey, new york city, up through hartford, boston into portland. so again, the forecast, some clouds early in the northeast, and then the afternoon will clear out and be just fine. the cold air has arrived if you call it cold. 20 in minneapolis, even by their standards really isn't all that b

live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm david gregory in for matt this morning. we've had some terrible news to cover recently. we have such great news this morning that we can share with everyone. our friend and colleague richard engel and his team have been freed unharmed and there they are. we look forward to talking to all of them to find out about their ordeal. >> a lot of us are exhaling this morning. of course, we'll get the latest from newtown, connecticut. natalie morales is there this morning where two more funerals for the victims of the shooting will be held today. we'll get to her, but we'll give you the latest developments. sandy hook elementary school remains closed today, but newtown's other schools are reopening this morning for the first time since the shooting. >> as for the investigation, police hoped adam lanza's computer would provide some clues about a motive, but they say it has been badly damaged and so far those efforts have been

in a twitter battle for bragging rights as the city's best with another famous tree, the one at rockefeller center.. >> on my way to work this morning, i saw the tree by the new york stock exchange, and it looks pretty impressive. >> tom: we saw you putting ornaments on it. but the trees are tweeting? is that right? >> susie: not quite right, and those trees are a little too high for me to reach to put an ornament. that's "nightly business report" for tuesday, december 4. have a great evening, everyone, and you, too, tom. >> tom: good night, susie. we'll see you online at nbr.com, and back here tomorrow night. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

in a twitter battle for bragging rights as the city's best with another famous tree, the one at rockefeller center.. >> on my way to work this morning, i saw the tree by the new york stock exchange, and it looks pretty impressive. >> tom: we saw you putting ornaments on it. but the trees are tweeting? is that right? >> susie: not quite right, and those trees are a little too high for me to reach to put an ornament. that's "nightly business report" for tuesday, december 4. have a great evening, everyone, and you, too, tom. >> tom: good night, susie. we'll see you online at nbr.com, and back here tomorrow night. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> it all started with a single lemon squeezer, and now 30 years later, bonnie grossman's house is filled with collections of all kinds. kitchen utensils, medicines, walking sticks, bottle whimsies, quilts, tramp art, little houses, and the work of self-taught artists, like alex maldonado. for bonnie, each item here is

. >> a live look at rockefeller plaza. i live practically in pennsylvania. drove all the way in today and was hydroplaning all over the place thinking this would be nice if it was snow, but not snow. >> no snow. all rain. high winds, damaging winds. it's one of those mornings that if you took today off, you chose wisely because if you have to travel this morning in new jersey, connecticut, southern new york, and eventually up toward the boston area, it's not going to be fun. it's not icy. it's not snow. the winds gusting up to 50 to 60 miles per hour in heavy rain. the hydroplaning, hands on the wheel-type weather. you can only imagine what the airports will be like once they open up this morning from philadelphia and new york city northwards. d.c. should be okay. as far as the snow goes, we start dealing with that. it's snowing pretty hard this morning. the kids will be excited in areas of indiana and southern ohio and the mountainous areas of west virginia and kentucky. and up in michigan, numerous areas of snow. as far as the big cities go with the heavy

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beautiful tree down there in 30 rockefeller plaza.ticed over the last two mornings a little bit of a ratings decline during the weather hit, so we've upgraded and once again brought back the wonderful meteorologist dylan dreyer. good morning, dylan. >> good morning, bill. i was wondering if you were going to still toss to weather and let me do it, but -- >> please, make everyone happy. >> give you a break this morning. and you know, the weather actually is really pretty quiet. there's not really too many things going on, minus a rain shower or two. it's lightening up across portions of florida, but we're not going to see the severe weather we saw yesterday, but where there is rain, it is still falling pretty heavily at times. this cold front will continue to move through the area. back behind it, that high pressure is actually dragging down some cool temperatures. we started off the day with freeze warnings across southern texas, where temperatures were down in the lower 30s early on. we are going to see this rain continue to produce