. >> how about that's life and da do ron ron?ing with frank sinatra, he was a funny guy, he played with us, all right guys make me sound good. >> monster mash? >> monster mash, i think the biggest thing we did at that time working with elvis presley doing his backup on 1968 come back special. >> you didn't read music? >> not at all. >> did you read music at all? >> no. we could sight read, we could hear where to go on your parts, sight music you read. >> phil specter had a huge impact on your life. talk about your relationship with him. >> he hadn't become such a great star. we didn't find out until later that phil specter was trying to make himself a name not us a name. >> here, you're the star and bruce springsteen is in the background. >> i love that! that's when i got inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. we saw this guitar on the stage all night long and nobody was playing it but the minute you started singing bruce picked up the guitar and started to flay guitar. that's what made everything i've done over the last 5

i hear ron -- >> ron just did a lap. >> everything's cool, man. miss you. >> rond a lap around the set. >> rob knows how crazy things are around here. ron's been running around the studio for reasons none of us could fathom. sara, you had something you wanted to talk about. >> why don't you be leashed to your chair. >> stay out of it. >>> no, it's not "pop news" yet. today is a special day. it's the last chance this century to commemorate the special occasion. that's because, as we said before today is 12-13-14. and the very last sequential date this century. won't see another one for almost a hundred years. the knot.com said over 20,000 couples have registered on their site to be married today. including these at the famous little white wedding chapel overnight. they got married at 12-13 -- 13 seconds after 12:00 a.m. >> we're talking 14 frames too? >> to be married at 12: 13: 14. >> here he goes. >> it's not necessarily the last sequential date. what about january 2nd, 2034. that's 1-2-3-4. >> how about that, sara? >> cut to commercial. go to commercial. cut! >>

♪ ron mexico (all) ♪ ron mexico ♪ ron mexico ♪ ron mexico ♪ ron mexico >>> it's being called techno fearancehree-fourths of women in committed relationships felt smartphones are hrting those relationships. 1 in 3 women say their partner will look at a phone in the middle of a conversation. sounds familiar. and almost as many send texts. and the female co-author admits she does it, too. >> is it that they are looking at the phone or he's looking down, texting another woman. yeah, that's another part of the study. >>> if you've ever felt misled by a commercial, you may be happy to know there's a new trend for advertisers to be more honest. >> they are being a little too honest at times pulling back the curtain can be funny, but does it work. >> hello. i'm an actor. i've been paid $8,000 to tell you how good norton net is compared other to banks. >> is he saying what i think? they chose me because i'm more handsome than their ceo. >> reporter: this is part of the latest trend. >> we know not everything is going to work. >> reporter: companies pulling back the curtain using honesty to hook you i

more from ron madison. ron? >> yes, as you can imagine they're watching these elections very closely. since who controls the government has a pretty big impact on business. so the chief of japan association of corporate executives says the vote is coming at a time when japan is at a crossroads. and people are wondering, now, about whether it can get back on a growth track. >> translator: because of its aging population and low birth rate japan faces tough going unless the economy continues to grow. i believe the key is which party is better prepared to responsibly fulfill its pledges. >> now we also asked foreign investors gathered at a seminar in tokyo a question whether voters will support abenomics. >> and now it's time to have some more significant change because the problems in japan are very fundamental. and if they're not addressed the japanese economy will suffer very substantially. >> well, new survey shows that the monthly wages of japanese workers edged up by half a percent in october year on year. bu

the 12th matt welch is back with ron christie. ron, what do you think?think jeb bush may take her. this does not surprise me at all. they have grown very close the last couple of years. deal with the aftermath of the hurricane. it is a really nice thing to see. melissa: you see jeb and hillary go after each other. >> on some level, america loses. they can both be the greatest politicians in the world, they are not, but they could be. it would be very deep pressing, i think, for more than half of the company see the same dynasties go after each other. melissa: heading back to the private sector are. just 130 days. that is about the length of your average car -- in marriage. [laughter] >> someone who solves a public relations crisis. melissa: i kind of picture him and chuck hagel. >> may be a ruse crews now that it is cold so they can go down to the caribbean. they are getting paid a lot of money. melissa: no sign of him doing one single thing. >> keep in mind, they had an ebola czar before he was there. that person also disappeared, basically. >> it is pr

ron claiborne leading us off tonight. ron, good evening. >> reporter: david, so many of us saw the video of that violent confrontation that took just a few feet behind me. tonight, a small crowd gathering. that crowd growing. they, like many americans around the country, stunned by that grand jury decision today. >> don't touch me. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: it was all captured on video. a white new york city police officer, seeming to put a choke hold on a black man, eric garner, last summer. >> i can't breathe. >> reporter: but tonight, a grand jury said no, the officer, daniel pantaleo, did nothing illegal. the decision surprised city officials and even nypd brass. but it infuriated many african-americans. some gathered just steps away from where the fatal confrontation took place. >> you got to be kidding me. they didn't diet hindict him? why? anybody but eyes can see what happened. how in the hell did it go that way? >> reporter: but while there was anger, so far, no violence. garner's step-father, calling for calm. >> yeah, no violence. >> reporter: even as police around the city were out in force, bracing for the worst. tonight, new york city mayor confirming the federal government will conduct its own civil rights investigation into garner's death. >> one chapter has closed with the decision of this grand jury. there are more chapters ahead. >> reporter: garner, a father of six, who suffered from asthma, had been confronted by police that hot july day for allegedly selling loose cigarettes. >> i did nothing. sitting here the whole time. >> reporter: an autopsy concluded he died from compression of his neck and chest. the other officers piling on. pantaleo's partner had been given immunity. but the grand jury, composed or 13 or 14 white and 9 or 10 black or his panic jurors, could have indicted pantaleo on a rake of charges. >> it's likely this grand jury considered a rangele of charges on things like criminally negligent homicide and manslaughter. but in the end, decided not to indict. >> reporter: today, pantaleo issuing a statementing, saying i feel very bad about the death of mr. garner and offering his family his condolences. and tonight, the president citing what he called a feeling in too many minority communities in this country that the police are just not working with them. what he described as an american problem. and david, the family of eric garner tonight, calling for calm. >> ron claiborne tonight leading us off. ron, thank you. >>> now, to the new headline out of ferguson this evening, after the shooting death of michael brown. tonight, brown's step-father is now apologizing for what he said after the grand jury decided not to indict there. >> burn it down! >> in the moments after learning darren wilson, the white police officer, would not be charged, brown's step-father saying tonight his emotions got the best of him. >>> now, to the surveillance video being watched around the world, after an american teacher, a mother of two, was attacked and killed in a mall. the schoolteacher had two young twin boys, brutally killed in a luxury shopping mall in abu dhabi. this evening, investigators studying this tape. the suspect covered in a traditional rope there, then seen leaving as crowds began to run after learning of the attack. abc's alex marquardt tonight, taking us inside that mall in abu dhabi. >> reporter: tonight, this figure dressed head to toe in black is

ron brownstein. ron, talk about this bump, if you will. one of the things that i noticed was in the last press conference that he had. and he listed all of his accomplishments, how great the economy was, how things were on the mend. and people have been asking him, his supporters especially, to talk about it. does this have anything to do with the fact that he's pushing this forward? >> the swagger at that press conference is striking for a guy whose other party got to its best representation in the house since the recession. but there's been a resurgence in activity from the white house since that election. the unilateral action on immigration, the climate deal with china, the normalization with cuba. but the biggest factor -- clearly also in your poll, is you are beginning to see more americans believe that the economy is improving, not only the decline in gas prices, the improving stock market but also the job market. we're now, under the obama presidency, the economy has already created now six times as many jobs as it did during the entire two terms under george w. bush and you have the possibility that by 2016, democrats may have a different economic narrative than they did in 2014. >> 38% of all americans said national economics were very good or somewhat good. that was in october. it's jumps now that the majority of americans have a positive view of the economy. how does that impact where the republicans, where the gop congress goes in the new year and how much they're able to get done? >> i think a stronger president is in a stronger position to resist them. but they have an enormous amount of institutional leverage, control of both chambers of congress and their biggest majority in the house since before the depression. they are going to be very aggressive on confronting him. this gives him a little more ability to argue against some of the economic alternatives that they want to put forward. but even amidst this, the median income is lower than it was 14 years ago. that's almost unprecedented in american history. most american families are facing a lot of economic squeeze. even a short-term improvement in the employment picture does not automatically or rapidly eliminate that. >> and how does this play out in 2016? some people will still say, i'm not necessarily feeling it the way i should feel it, this economic recovery. or you don't see the gap between the very rich and the very poor coming together. >> the history is the attitudes of the outgoing president after two-term president retires has a much bigger impact on the race to succeed him than most people think. reagan in '88, clinton in 20 2000 -- his party's nominee succeeded him in '88 and 2000, 88% of the people who disapproved of reagan and clinton, the other party won. so it is imperative, i think, it is a critical factor for democrats in 2016 that he be in a stronger position than he was in 2014 when only 44% of voters on election day said they approved of him last november. if that's the number in 2016, it is a big headwind for the next democrat. they are in a much stronger position to contest that race. >> and just months ago, they never realized they would be in this position. >> yes. >> ronank you so much. >> thank you, happy holidays. >> happy holidays as well. >>> other news we're following, former president george h.w. bush was taken to a houston hospital last night after experiencing shortness of breath. his office says it was a precautionary measure. the 90-year-old was hospitalized a couple of years ago with bronchitis. >>> just ahead, president obama jump-starts diplomatic relations with cuba. it is one of the big global headlines of 2014. we'll count down the other top ten international stories of the year. hey what are you doing? i was thinking about taking this speed test from comcast business. oh yeah? if they can't give us faster internet or save us money, they'll give us 150 bucks. sounds like a win win. guys! faster internet? i have never been on the internet and i am doing pretty well. does he even work here? don't listen to the naysayer. take the comcast business speed test. get faster speeds or more savings, or we'll give you $150. comcast business. buil

ron has not needed or tolerated. >> this is for far more advanced cases tan ron? >> yeah, brain stillsulation a pace maker for the brain, it's a stimulator that controls the movement symptoms. we use this when the medications do not adequately control the symptoms. for some people that's five or six years after the diagnosis, for as many it's 15 or 20 years later. >> ron is doing extremely well. >> i don't need the operation. i need that like a hole in the head. >> that's what happens, it's a hole in the head. >> i know you joked about not wanting to do that. you are not anywhere near that point. >> i hope not. >> did they control all of the symptoms? robin williams had the depression issue. do have you the depression issue, also? >> well, i have clinical depression. so parkinsons kind of feeds into that. i was at 40 or 50% of people who have parkinsons has depression issues. it makes total sense. >> extremely common because the dopamean controls movement but also controls mood. so parkinsons causes problems with mood and thinking and other functions of the brain as well. >> one of the things we have noticed with ron is the thinking on the radio, it's crystal clear. so, jan, do you find he is moddy? >> yes. >> well, i seriously think he has always been like that. >> moody? >> before the diagnosis. then you got on anti-depressants. it makes a big diffe

ron mott is in gloucester, mass, for us tonight. ron, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. the snow coming with this system should stay well inland. now here on the coast we're getting heavy rain, strong winds that you can probably see or hear and possible flooding. from the mid-atlantic to the tip of maine, messy conditions to weather today, tonight and into tomorrow for millions of americans. >> i was getting a little worried as to whether i was going to get through it or not. >> reporter: slick roads, flooded streets, strong winds pushing 60 miles per hour, heavy rain and snow expected as temperatures dip overnight. >> this nor'easter is making a mess out there. roads are flooded in new jersey, new york and beyond. >> reporter: along the new jersey coast, angry surf, washed-out roadways, last-minute sandbagging. >> what causes the flooding here is the river water tops the bulkheads and our system's out of use then. >> reporter: traffic turned treacherous all along the storm zone. at least one person killed in this chain reaction crash in upstate new york. around new york city, the wind whipped drivers and pedestrians alike. and on the massachusetts coast, for those depending on the ocean for a living, nor'easters often mean lost pay. >> it's a little too rough, a little too dangerous. we give the fish the day off and the fish give us the day off. >> reporter: elsewhere fog in dallas grounded nearly 150 flights, adding to air travel woes which could expand as snow begins to fall in the northeast. >> the snowy side of the eastern storm comes tonight and tomorrow, then our focus shifts out west where we could see a significant dent in the northern california drought. >> reporter: now, the reason we're not talking about a lot of snow here on the coast of new england is because the wind's coming right off the ocean, brian, bringing warmer air and that's the silver lining around here tonight. >> ron mott in gloucester with our coverage tonight, ron, thanks. >>> quarterback cam newton of the carolina panthers is in the hospital tonight, undergoing tests, being treated for pain. he's believed to have twin fractures in his lower back following a two-car accident in the shadow of the panthers home stadium. he also has internal injuries, none life-threatening. he apparently rolled his truck and the cab of his modified dodge ram appears to have been flattened in this wreck. heisman trophy winner and number one draft choice from 2011 already holds so many nfl records, including most passing yards and running touchdowns for a rookie quarterback. tony romo of the cowboys has been dealing with a similar back injury, though his was suffered on the field. >>> back in washington, republicans call in a key architect of the affordable care act. president obama says he was just, quote, some adviser who was never part of the staff. either way, it is unlikely that most americans have heard the nam

ron in indiana, ron? >> caller: hello, jim, we love your show. indianapolis colts, boo-yah to you. >> yeah, but you got to play the cowboys in dallas and you better beat them. what's up? >> caller: i was going to say at -- >> we like that. we think they may have something for parkinsons. that's something we think is okay. let's go to susan in nevada, susan? >> caller: yes, las vegas. i'm calling, i recently inherited some southwest gas stock. is it a hold, a sell or a long-term hold? it's a long-term hold. it's up very big but a utility. it's not a commodity play and so it's fine with me. let's go to becky in alabama, becky ca becky. >> caller: hi, greetings from alabama where we have beautiful sunsets every afternoon on mobile bay. how are you? >> roll tide. >> caller: roll tide back at ya. boo-yah. >> thank you. >> caller: i've always been a huge fan of yours and appreciate all you do to help us home gamers. >> thank you. >> caller: but i need a little help. i'm getting a little frustrated with the oil ranch trying to steal our santa claus rall

ron madison is here to explain. ron? >> yep, we're talking about a downgrade here. this is really casting, as you can imagine, some doubt on the future of the world's third biggest economy. u.s. credit ratings agency moody's has downgraded japan's sovereign debt rating for the first time in more than three years. the move is due to uncertainty over the country's ability to achieve its debt reduction goals. moody's lowered its rating by one notch from aa-3 down to a-1. a-1 is the fifth highest investment grade. the agency also cited heightened uncertainty over the effectiveness of japan's economic growth measures. moody's says the postponement of the planned consumption tax hike for a year and a half would cause a delay in its budget planning for the next fiscal year. the agency says japan's debt reduction plan will likely be announced in the latter half of next year. now moody's does say that the ratings outlook is stable. it says domestic investors' appetite for government bonds is strong and that private stor profit is sufficient to cover the fiscal debt. the agen

ron madison is here with more. ron? >> yes, certainly is, gene. markets seeing quite a bit of volatility across the globe due to growing concerns over greece's political uncertainty, and china's economic growth. some investors are buying back european shares, though, that were sold off during a broad sell-off in the previous session. as you can see there, markets are modestly higher at this time. frankfurt is leading the pack, it's up by about 0.8% at this time. we've got a rebound in chinese shares, also supporting market sentiment in europe. now earlier in the day shanghai's benchmark composite index regained more than half of tuesday's losses finishing higher nearly 3%, 2,940. analysts say stocks rebounded on speculation that chinese authorities may expand monetary easing after inflation last month was lower than expected. but the overall picture in asia wednesday was pretty mixed, as you can see there. tokyo's nikkei was down 2.25%. that fell to a two-week low. pretty much on worries about the chinese economy. south korea's kospi also seeing d

and ron madison has more on this story. ron? >> yeah. we're really seeing the scope of the expanding, automakers are hoping to get ahead of any other potential problems with this. executives at mazda motor recalling 330,000 vehicles sold throughout the united states. the models contain potentially defective air bags made by the japanese firm takata. the move is in line with a demand from the u.s. national highway traffic safety administration. last month administration officials instructed automakers to issue nationwide recalls for vehicles with takata air bags. mazda's recall covers two models produced over five years. the mazda-6, and the rx-8. the carmaker's officials say they will also recall about 50,000 units of those models in japan. this week another japanese maker, honda, also issued a recall. officials want to check 5.4 million cars sold in the u.s., and 134,000 sold in japan. >>> well, renewed declined in crude oil prices are putting energy stocks under pressure, and concerns about the political situation in greece are also ca

. >>> drivers are now happy with lower gas prices, and ron madison has more on this story. ron? >> yeah, i guess you could say pretty much everyone is happy when gas prices are lower. here in japan, though, it's been quite awhile since prices have gone up. motorists here benefiting from a virtual free-fall in crude oil prices. they've been paying less at the pump every week for five months now. officials at the oil information center say on monday the average price per liter of regular gas was about 157 yen. that's about $1.32. that's down one cent from the previous week. crude oil producers are facing weaker demand from european markets, and competition from people who develop shell oil in the u.s. even so, delegates from the organization of the petroleum exporting countries recently decided not to cut back their output to drive prices back up. officials at the oil information centers say that decision will likely be reflected at the gas stand again next week. but they say the downward trend could eventually level out as the weaker yen pushes up import costs. well car dealers i

ron robinson who asked me to do this introduction, ron and i have been friends with wayne and his good wife judith for decades. and wayne, by the way, was a very good first boss. wayne joined young americans for freedom as a college student in 1961 and eventually rose to become executive director when i worked for him. after running young americans for freedom for a number of years and getting his ph.d. in political science at the university of maryland, dr. wayne thorburn was a history professor at arkansas state university before he moved to texas. from texas he worked as an appointee in the departments of education and housing and urban development for presidents ronald reagan and george h.w. bush. he also served as a longtime board member of young americas foundation. and in 1978 when texas elected governor bill clements its first republican governor in 104 years, wayne had been the executive director of the republican party for two years. i give you full credit, wayne. and wayne also oversaw the coordinated election of all statewide republican candidates for the first time. and texas has not voted for a democrat president now since 1976. think about it, how did that happen? in november 1960 the democrat party dominated texas. we had the new u.s. vice president, lyndon johnson. he was from texas. and democrats held all 30 statewide elected positions. the texas state legislature had 181 democrats and no republicans or no one else. and now everyone calls texas the red state. the book is really so interesting. i read it this weekend, i was on the road traveling, and i love how the book explains that for many years beginning in the '40s texas election contests were between conservatives and liberals. and to gain control of the texas party, the liberals needed to drive the conservatives out of the democratic primaries. and the texas liberals succeeded in gaining control of the democrat party. so it was the liberals in the texas democrat party who actually helped with the strengthening of the republican party by deliberately driving the conservatives from their own party. as wayne says, be careful what you wish for, liberals. and let's hope wayne also talks about the texas governor's race just last month when texas attorney general greg abbott beat democrat liberal feminist wendy davis by 20 plus percent of the vote. watching that race here from virginia i thought it had to be about the time when she ran that astounding ad on tv of her opponent, greg abbott, his empty wheelchair that the race turned around for good. so now to talk about this transformation of texas, how it took place and the future, please join me in welcoming dr. wayne thorburn. [applause] >> thanks. thanks very much. great, appreciate it. >> [inaudible] >> i think so. i think my microphone is on, is it not? yes, great. well, listen, i want to thank not only michelle for that great introduction and ron for allowing us to have this opportunity to get together and talk a little bit about "red state," a book that came out the first of september and i think you're going to get a copy of, those who wish to have one as you leave, and i'll be glad to sign them after, after the presentation for those who would like a signed copy. the one thing i do regret though, michelle, is the mention of all those years makes me feel even older than i actually am or maybe it makes me realize my actual age. but, yes, it has been a lifetime of involvement in conservative and republican politics beginning in college those many, many years ago. and working with ron at young americans for freedom and ron pearson who was on the board, and i'm also honored to have my dissertation adviser here, dr. don devine, who was at that time an associate professor at the university of maryland where i did my graduate work. but what i'd like to talk to you a little bit about today is about texas, and that's basically the th

republican politics beginning in college those many many years ago and working with ron and young americans for freedom and ron pierson who is on the board and i'm also honored to have my dissertation adviser here dr. fein who was at that time associate professor at the university of maryland where did my graduate work. what i would like to talk to you about today is texas and that is basically the crux of what this book is about as michelle indicated that i tried to do in the first couple of chapters for those of you who either are not that familiar with texas or have never lived there were really want to get a better background on the state, the first couple of chapters really go into a discussion of the population, religion, recreational and ethnic makeup of the state the political culture of the state the different geographical areas and the economy so i think if you are not that familiar with a the background in the first couple of chapters goes into what makes texas unique and what is distinctive about this state of texas. from our point on i really stress the changes that have happened since 1960 in tex

ron? that's to you, ron. >> you bleeped out. the fact is, they engaged president bush only when things were made personal. cheney and bush viewed this as an affront to them personally, which was kind of the way bush was managed, the tapping of blood lust. this was about managing bush. by cheney, by others. but also doing what they felt need be done. don't worry about the consequences. of course cheney creates the 1% doctrine, that idea that we should do everything. everything essentially we can think of. don't worry about these issues of ends and means. now what we find is of course the worst nightmare, that not only was this morally reprehensible, cashiering america's moral authority, but it was of no value at all, which they were warned about at the beginning. >> you're sure of that? >> absolutely. >> we got nothing out of it? >> absolutely nothing of value that couldn't be got in a hundred other ways. >> but they didn't get it in a hundred other ways. let me have michael in here. i want to set this up politically. cheney isn't hiding. >> no, he's not hiding. cheney has never hidden. i think that's what frustrates a lot of people. he puts it out there and you have to deal with it. he makes it easy for you to unpack it, as he's done again. there's a lot that ron wasn't in the room, i don't know what's inside these men's hearts and heads. i do know how the process -- i do not think that the president and the vice president were sitting around over a cup of coffee saying, we're just going to start waterboarding, out of thin air. we know what the cia's business has always been about. this is nothing new. this is nothing transcendent in terms what the cia has done in terms of black ops. >> what about going into the dark areas of intelligence, we got to go back in there in the quiet, where there's no discussion -- >> absolutely. >> why is cheney saying to do that? >> why are we laying it out on the table? >> i want to make the point that came from the top. cheney exhibiting no moral qualms about the acts revealed in the report. let's listen. >> did the ends justify the means? >> absolutely. >> no doubt in your mind? >> no doubt in my mind, i'm totally comfortable with it. >> doing his job there. cheney previewed the at any cost mentality. yet days

ron. i agree with ron that this is something that needs to be done on the city by city, state by state level as we look at these kinds of practices and procedures, not presumably on a federal level because most of the law enforcement as you understand is done locally. >> the last thing i will say is there were 228,000 arrests for misdemeanors here in new york city in the year 2013. not one of those resulted in the death of someone arrested for misdemeanor. i think we shouldn't take a rush to judgment. >> hundreds of thousands of people protesting around the country. >> let's lock in the vote. should the president focus more on race relations? noes have it at 88%. it is always a pleasure to have you with us. >>> let's check in on the metals markets. shining overall up about 2% and prices are closing. comexdown about 1.3%. copper, silver, platinum and palladium markets very mixed on the day. we have a $22 drop. out to dominic chu for a "market flash." >> on the heels of the gold story gold prices back below the $12 an ounce level. gold mining stocks are taking a hit. down by about 2%. those ma

ron burke. con cast sportsnet. jim? >> thanks, ron.olidays. >>> for a look at what's coming up on "nbc 10 news at 11." a vet gets a new home for christmas. tonight, a local family offering up their home for a veteran in need. >>> bringing holiday cheer to some children in need. meet the man who calls himself jewish santa claus. dr. joseph dressed up as st. nick and visited the ronald mcdonald house in camden today. this is a tradition he and his family have been taking part in for the last 14 years. >> to be able to help someone who is disabled and unable to get home on the holidays, to bring a little cheer in their lives, it's a beautiful feeling. >> right now, there are 22 families staying at the ronald mcdonald house in camden while their children get medical treatment. so nice of him to do that. >>> and nice to have this mild weather around if you don't mind having mild christmases. >> yeah, the official for christmas day, 65 degrees. tomorrow, more than 10 degrees colder but that's still way above average for this time of the year

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ron mott is outside the church tonight. ron, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, kate. the wake for officer rafael ramos continues tonight, all afternoon mourners have been streaming into this church you see behind me. it is a significant show of support that is spread well beyond new york city. a somber processional for a fallen officer. the body of rafael ramos brought into a church today, quiet salute and long lines to honor his life. >> we love rafael ramos. he was a gift to our church. we're going to miss him a great deal. >> great to see everybody get together the way they have for a very good fellow officer ramos. >> reporter: ramos and his partner wenjian liu were gunned down over the weekend sitting in their patrol car. liu, married just two months. his widow sobbed as a news conference announced a 9/11 charity is raising money to pay off mortgages for both families. >> we want to help lift them out of some of the despair they're in today. >> reporter: vice president biden will attend ramos' funeral on saturday along with as many as 25,000 officers estimated by the nypd to pay their respects today and tomorrow. these men coming from utah on a free flight offered by jetblue to police departments nationwide. >> anything we can do to get back out there and support them, we have to. we have to. because we know they'd do the same for us. >> reporter: amid the sadness, the nypd says it has received dozens of threats. six people arrested, these weapons found in one suspect's home. >> something that you may have taken for granted a week or two ago, you know, you may get special attention this time. just heightened awareness. >> reporter: tensions between police and minority communities have fueled protests around the country. and here in new york mayor bill de blasio has been criticized by some for supporting the demonstrators. officers turned their backs when he arrived at the hospital after the shooting. and today a group of retired officers flew a banner over the city expressing that same sentiment. in response the mayor's office said this is a time to honor the officers and that dividing people won't help our city heal. meanwhile, a memorial grows back at the scene where officer ramos and liu died as their families prepare to say final good-byes. >> i'm going to miss his loving presence, and i can't even begin to fathom what life's going to be like without him. >> reporter: there's late word tonight that vice president biden will offer remarks at tomorrow's funeral service for officer ramos. meantime, details for officer liu's funeral are not yet set. his family in china making travel arrangements to get here. >> ron mott, thank you. >>> until yesterday it was down to the wire for christmas shopping. tonight, it's down to the wire for retailers hoping to salvage this year's holiday shopping season. and, yes, that means even more sales. and if you've wound up with a bunch of gift cards that you may not want, one big retailer has an idea that you might find appealing. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in side one of the busiest malls this time of year in atlanta. gabe, good evening. >> reporter: kate, good evening. so far this year's holiday shopping season has been good, but not great. almost four in ten americans plan to return something during the holidays. and today some stores were ready as early as 6:00 a.m. for some christmas comes a day late. >> right now we're just trying to catch all the deals. >> see a lot of 50% off, even 60, 70, saw a couple 80% off. >> reporter: this year the national retail federation predicts holiday sales will increase just over 4%, but retailers are scrambling to make up for

ron, i'm so sorry. >> did it hurt, ron? >> it does hurt. >> i think you are still bleeding here a little bit. >> little love pokes. >> thank you. >> if you believe that, you've got bigger problems. >> a lot of love. >> okay. do you like it? >> may i have it? >> it has my name on it. >> i think we're going to put you out of misery and we'll be right back. sara, that's beautiful. >> ow! it hurts. >> we'll be right back, everybody. i've always loved exploring and looking for something better. that's the way i look at life. especially now that i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin, but wondered if i kept digging, could i come up with something better. my doctor told me about eliquis... for three important reasons. one, in a clinical trial, eliquis was proven to reduce the risk of stroke better than warfarin. two, eliquis had less major bleeding than warfarin. and three, unlike warfarin, there's no routine blood testing. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily and it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. those three important reasons are why eliquis is a better find for me. ask your doctor today if eliquis is right for you. so you think santa will like these... red and green m&m's? i don't know! i never met the guy! whaaaaa! he does exist! they do exist! uhm... santa? we givecold symptoms.om your you give them the giggles. tylenol® cold helps relieve your worst cold and flu symptoms. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol® for the woman whoter than the shines brightest... ♪ ♪ i am yours and i know you are mine... ♪ kay jewelers presents -- the leo artisan diamond. ♪ my love you shine so bright... ♪ yes! the design of its facets produces an incredible level of brilliance. from the creators of the first diamond certified to be visibly brighter. now at kay, the number one jewelry store in america. ♪ ...my love you shine so bright. ♪ ♪ every kiss begins with kay. >>> "good morning america" is brought to you by kay jewelers. every kiss begins with kay. >> great. hey, apparently things are being done to a voodoo doll. >> stop interrupting my weathercasts, ron6:00. 6:03, right? >> yes. >> watch out for those m&ms. right here in san francisco. whether it's helping local businesses like the fruitguys grow and prosper, supporting nonprofits like juma ventures as they fulfill their mission or helping neighborhoods like the tenderloin become vibrant communities. if there's a way to help the people of san francisco thrive and succeed, we'll find it. that's the power of local connections. that's bank of america. >> announcer: starting right now on abc's "this week," breaking news. assassination. two new york city police officers killed in an ambush. the gunman's chilling last message and a shocking allegation from police. >> that blood on the hand starts in the office of the mayor. >> announcer: sony hack attack. new details on the federal investigation. how will the president respond? and after all the outrage, will sony now release the film that started all of this? >>> historic breakthrough. the firestorm over that major shift on cuba. and the

ron mott joins us now with more. ron, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. it was a very somber ceremony here at this church behind me today. a palpable sense of loss and grief in the air, but when asked to describe it afterwards the vice president simply said it was moving. they came from coast to coast and everywhere in between, beat cops, park rangers, jail guards, state troopers, thousands in all, all for one. officer rafael ramos. his flag-draped casket was carried past the sea of salutes. tributes continuing for more than an hour starting with vice president joe biden. >> to the ramos family, we're all lucky to have rafael. he didn't just have a bible in his locker, he lived it in his heart. he was a cop for all -- all the right reasons. >> reporter: for those who attended colleagues from here and far beyond this city the reasons were different, the sense of duty the same. from california -- >> this is what law enforcement's about. it's about family, brotherhood, sisterhood. >> reporter: from indiana. >> look around you, how can we not. >> reporter: even canada. >> it hits close to home when you hear an officer lost his life. >> nothing will ever defeat or divide our new york family. >> reporter: while honoring the fallen officers was the main message of each speaker, both men promoted to detective by the commissioner, tensions between police and the public nationwide were not ignored. >> if we can learn to see each other and when we see each other we'll heal. we'll heal as a department. we'll heal as a city. he'll heal as a country. >> reporter: yet despite pleas this week that police, protests and politics take a break during the time of grieving, some nypd officers watching on a big screen outside again turned their backs to mayor bill de blasio. but inside he was greeted warmly. >> all of this city is grieving. and grieving for so many reasons, but the most personal is we've lost such a good man and the family is in such pain. >> reporter: after the service the family members of his slain partner wenjian liu standing by, the body of officer ramos carried out of christ tabernacle church followed by a held copt orer fly over. an american flag presented to his wife marissa, sons justin and jaden at her side for the short ride to his final resting place. officer ramos was studying to be a volunteer chaplain and died on the day he was set to graduate from that program. a funeral service for his partner officer liu is set for next saturday, lester. >> ron mott, thank you. the killings of those new york officers have brought a new perspective to the ongoing debate over police tactics. today demonstrators on both sides were out in the streets again as they have been in recent days. nbc's hallie jackson went to one protest today in los angeles. >> reporter: lester, hundreds of people have gathered here today to add their voices to those demanding police reform. in west l.a. they called for change. >> we're all about the same thing and that is about the truth. and that is about justice. and that a is about freedom. >> reporter: today's demonstration sparked by continuing outrage over the police killings of eric garner, michael brown and other black men and boys. similar to other protests this week. >> the idea is to give no time off to the police within the context of racial discrimination and violence that's happening every day. >> reporter: but outside boston a counterdemonstration where a local police chief shook hands with supporters w

how about ron in kansas, please. ron? >> caller: hey, big boo-yah from kansas, jim. >> nice. good to have someone from kansas. always watch you guys. always on either basketball or football. i like that. what's up. >> caller: that's it. jayhawks. okay. kind of wondering about apache oil, apa. kind of bought some a little bit about 70 a month or so ago and wondering if i ought to pick some up as it's going down. >> apache made good moves which raised a lot of cash but they needed to do that which is not good. i continue to think that oil goes lower. we did a big takeout, we've done a bunch of takeouts off the charts about how oil goes lower. the charters have been right. the demand is not there and the supply is there. i don't want to buy more oil stocks. lower oil means lower stocks. hey i know it doesn't make sense. we have to deal with the lunasy until the stocks are so low and they aren't impacted anymore and don't go down when futures go down. much more including a global insight from an industrial power house. how did honeywell buck the trend for most of today's trade. a

ron madison is here with more on this. ron? >> we've seen this dour trend for awhile. people in the markets are wonders just how low these oil prices are going to go and that is really hitting global markets now. concerns over the russian economy, as well as a slowdown in china, added to the global economic woes, denting investors' appetite for risk. the benchmark brent crude fell below $60 a barrel. that's the lowest level since may, 2009. the energy minister of an opec member country denied that there were production cuts. sending oil prices even lower. in asia almost all markets ended the day in the negligentive. investors sold off energy related shares. hong kong's hang seng shed more than 1.5% falling to a seven-month low. tokyo's nikkei also declined 2%. hitting a 1 1/2 month low. indonesian shares gave up more than 1.5% as the rupiah tumbled to a 16-year low. major indexes in europe, though, are looking a bit better. they're rebounding from their recent declines. london is up by 0.75%. paris is up just marginally there. frankfurt is gaining about 0.5%. market pl

ron motte is just outside at rockefeller center. ron, good evening. >> reporter: merry christmas. christmas is a holiday for gathering, and that's exactly what thousands upon thousands of people are doing around our iconic christmas tree here at rockefeller plaza. it's also a holiday about giving, and that was in ample supply as well. around america and abroad, even outer space, christmas is celebrated. nasa astronauts barry and terry. >> we want to take the opportunity just briefly to wish you all a merry christmas and a happy new year. >> reporter: from church services to service in the community, to afghanistan, sacrificing commitment were themes of the day. >> i love you and i miss you, and i hope you enjoy your christmas with family. >> reporter: in new york, volunteers delivered meals to elderly people at home. >> lonely to be by yourself. particularly on a holiday. so it's really heart-warming. i think brightens their day. >> reporter: in los angeles -- >> i got this toy. >> reporter: -- toys for homeless boys and girls, something good to eat. overseas, a christmas mass in bethlehem. the royal family headed off to church en masse. the queen spoke of reconciliation. >> peace and goodwill have lasting power in the hearts of men and women. >> reporter: and at the vatican, pope francis offered blessings of hope for the suffering, rebukes for acts, thanks to those on the front lines of the ebola fight. they tried keeping spirits high in sierra leone. ♪ there was christmas whimsy, too. frosty dip in germany, sun and sand in australia, elephants bearing gifts in thailand. back here at home, special deliveries were bundled with care in pittsburgh. volunteers struck a chord at a d.c. shelter. >> merry christmas! >> reporter: the world's busiest man recruited firepower in tucson, arizona, for kids who are spending christmas if the hospital. >> any kind of diversion to their normal medical activity helps so much. and seeing the firefighters is really important. >> reporter: a lot of folks were dreaming of a white christmas, and a few places around the country got just that. not so here in new york city today. a balmy 54 degrees. the next best thing to snow, i guess, tamron. >> ronthank you so much. >>> tonight investigators are trying to determine what started a huge fire that tore through several homes in san francisco this morning. it took hours for crews to get it under control. fire officials say three homes suffered significant damage, but thankfully there are no reports of any injuries. >>> former president george h.w. bush spent this christmas day in the hospital where he's been for three days, and it's the same hospital he was two years ago on this very day. jacob is at houston methodist hospital with the very latest on his condition. jacob, good evening. >> reporter: tamron, good evening. the former president spent christmas day with his wife, son and other family members, and is, quote, in good spirits, and had a terrific day. we just learned he will spend yet another night at houston medical. on tuesday, he suffered what is being described as shortness of breath and was taken by ambulance to the hospital. the parkinson's disease makes him difficult t

ron wyden and edward snowden. ron wyden was a member of the senate intelligence committee for several years before edward snowden started leaking. he took to the floor the senate as said, there's something shocking going on that if the american people knew about it, that would be totally shocked, but i cannot tell you about it because it is less of five. he is a sitting senator who believed something was deeply wrong but he was afraid to talk about. -- because it is classified. after edward snowden began to leak the into ron wyden oh public and say that is what i was talking all-powerful -- talking about. the checks and balances in my mind are questionable. >> back to your book where you talk about contractors. who is mike esemos? >> he was a fascinating character. the guy, maybe the most intriguing figure of the whole post-9/11 world. i'm still not entirely sure what to make of him today. >> where does he live? >> i am not sure. >> have you talked about -- have you talk to him? >> not recently since the book came out. firm, hired by a law motley rice. >> who is motley? charleston, who the biggestof sediments and the united states. the lead lawyers in the tobacco industry settlement with all of the states in which the tobacco industry had to pay like $240 billion to a lot of different states. partners, got his a large fees from that, billions of dollars. the movie "the insider" was based partly on his life. , after aco settlement huge victory, wondering what he should do next. 9/11 happened and he began t

ron mott is at new york's laguardia airport, ron, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you. good things didn't necessarily come to those who waited until today to travel. fortunately aaa says a vast majority of americans drove to their destination. but folks trying to get out by air was a day of disruptions. look at the scene today earlier at laguardia. despite the heavy fog, you see low visibility and persistent rain. flight disruptions were pretty mellow, five dozen or so. but elsewhere across the country, especially out west, long lines. very long lines. weather at l.a.x. was not a factor, crowding was the issue there. take a look in living color at this misery map. you've seen this map before. there's a lot of green there, which is good. but there's also a lot of red, which means problems. we've seen big problems at chicago's o'hare, dallas-ft. worth and san francisco. in all the weather contributing to some 2,400 flight delays, more than 300 cancellations. but a little good news for the procrastinators trying to get out of laguardia, as you see it's pretty wide open. so they can slow their roll just a little bit. >> ron, thank you. so the question a lot of people are asking tonight, what will the weather look like on christmas? our friend meteorologist janice huff is in the weather center with the forecast. janice, how's it looking? >> it's looking better for christmas day, tamron, but right now seeing severe thunderstorms move through portions of ohio. earlier today thunderstorms reported south of jacksonville, but no damage reported there from those, no touchdowns. this severe weather now stretches if cleveland to akron towards parkersburg. and that's moving towards western pennsylvania and eventually new york city may hear rumbles of thunder. in terms of snowfall there will be some snow falling on the backside of that in colder air over parts of southern michigan. as you go through time here in our futurecast, you'll notice things start to clear out on christmas morning across parts of the northeast. some areas have snow on the ground still in some of the northern sections of new england, so you'l

we have ron madison with the latest in business news. ron? >>> well, gene, certainly investors with a lot of data to digest today, and they're growing concerns about global growth due to weak data from asia's big economies. japanese government officials have revised gdp growth downward in the third quarter of 2014. the economy contracted by 1.9%, in annual terms, from july to september. now that's well above a preliminary reading of 1.6%. trade data from china was also well below expectations. release of the data is casting a bit of a shadow over investor sentiment as we can see here. all the major benchmarks in europe are down with london leading the pack lower, losing about 0.75%. taking a look at the asia pacific region. tokyo's nikkei hit the highest closing level since july 2007. that was due to upbeat u.s. jobs figures. china's shanghai composite index gained 2.8%, hitting a new 3.5 year high. south korea retreated from a two-month high. it was down today just about 0.4%. and in terms of currencies we're seeing dollar/yen at 121.12. the

for "nightline," i'm ron claiborne in new york. >> ron said the 21 times he fell asleep he has no memory that he did it. >> of it happening? >> yeah. >> that's scary. we tack about it and joke about it a lot with this shift and whatnot. it's nothing to play with. sometimes a badge of honor for some folks to say how much -- i can keep going. i've been up for this long. >> serious stuff. "sleepless in america" is available online at natgeotv.com. >>> coming, new coupons necessary. the new way to get a deal while online shopping. just ask for one. how can you save big by cyberhaggling. >>> and in our next half hour, hidden dangers. glass shattering inside your home. mirrors, doors, tables and all this stuff just randomly exploding? we'll take a look. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our okay buddy, what's your favorite kind of cheerios? honey nut. but... chocolate is my other favorite... but apple cinnamon is my favorite too... and fruity...

ron claiborne on the story for us, ron, thank you. >>> tomorrow morning on this "this week", george stephanopoulos will interview new york city mayor bill de blasio. this will be the mayor's first ever sunday show appearance. >>> a horrifying and violent incident inside the tight confines of a moving amtrak train. passengers were heading from chicago to michigan when a man on board took out a knife and started stabbing people. he injured three passengers and a conductor. police rushed onto the train and subdued him. tonight he's been charged with four counts of attempted murder and being held on a $1 million cash bond. >>> we move on now to the world of sports and a historic change for college football, a new way of deciding who is the best team in america. a special committee is meeting in secret this weekend and they will reveal their final vote tomorrow. my "gma" co-anchor paula faris explains. >> reporter: after 15 weeks and over 1500 games played by 128 division one teams nationwide, this is the final weekend of the regular college football season. the best of the best fighting to be one of f

ron paul birthday to, whatever -- you. that's your christmas, right? >> that's exactly right. [laughter] we have a ron paul -- can instead of a festivist pole -- >> ron paul is your baby jesus? is that what you're trying to say? >> absolutely not. >> what is going on here? >> it's a happy time all around, that's what it is. >> speaking of happy, it could be even happier in the bush household as we begin with a big announcement getting the political world's attention, jeb bush posting on twitter and facebook earlier today that he's discussed the future of our nation and a potential bid for the white house with members of his family. saying, quote: as a result of these conversations and thoughtful consideration of the kind of strong leadership i think america needs, i have decided to actively explore the possibility of running for president of the united states. in the coming months, i hope to visit with many of you and have a conversation about restoring the promise of america. all right, kennedy, what do you think about this one? because there's been a lot of rumors, a lot of speculation. is there energy around another bush running for the white hous

in october president obama former white house aide ron klain as nation's first ebola czar. we welcome ron"face the nation." >> thanks for having me. >> garrett: this week we had event, someone might have been exposed to live ebola virus what can you tell us was this late in the game? >> it's obviously unacceptable to have any mishandling of ebola materials. the director of cdc as promised review. also important to keep this in context. first of all thanks to the other protocols and procedures there was no risk to the public, no risk to the cdc campus only one technician was exposed sophora showing no signs of having the disease. she's being monitored every day. i visited this lab on the campus in october they have been studying ebola for 20 years without single incident. processed more than 10,000 samples. they saved thousands of lives. it's a national treasure people around the world look to us for leadership for the kind of leadership they provided on the ebola response. american people should be proud of the job in atlanta. >> garrett: this week food and drug administration gave emerge

. >>> oil prices continue to drop, and ron madison is here with more on this latest trend. ron? >> great news for people filling up at the pump, gene. for producers, though, not as great. we're seeing crude oil futures continuing their dive. traders expect supply will exceed demand for some time. the benchmark wti tumbled at one point to less than $63 per barrel. that's the lowest level that we've seen in more than five years. traders have watched the price fall more than 40% from this year's high. that was set in june when crude oil commanded $107 per barrel. analysts cite a range of factors including growing shale oil production. they also cite last month's decision by opec countries to leave output unchanged. now, those falling crude oil prices are forcing a major u.s. oil developer to backtrack on its plans. executives at conoco phillips say they're slashing capital investment. the executives say the company's capital budget for next year will be $13.5 billion. that's down 13% from this year. the cut mainly affects drilling programs. they say they'll focus on developing shal

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ron paul. he is the host of the ron paul channel. he is an outspoken critic of federal reserve. how do you feel about what they did today, sir. >> not a bit surprised. every free market economist i know predicted all along they would never raise interest rates and she more or less verified this she is a very, very effective cheerleader. she is the cheerleader for the stock markets. that is the purpose of the fed, to keep securities high and the stock market roaring but at the expense of putting a lot of risk into the bond market and debt market. that is where all the inflation is. of course there is a sort of a minor problem already being recognized here in texas. over half a trillion dollars was pumped into fracking and that's on the rocks. you're going to see some ramifications from that. and that could only come from zero interest rates. if the fracking business had to have been supported by savings, it wouldn't have happened. so yes, there is roaring inflation out there and everybody says, no, only inflation we measure is cpi and only thing that counts. that is fallacy and -- melissa: what do you see the roaring inflation. >> i think of the bond market. the price of a bond. amount of debt that we accumulate. i think it is inflated. see i measure inflation not by the cpi. i measure inflation of the balance sheet of the fed, creation of credit out of thin air, the creation of debt that. sin nation. that is where the problem originates. sometimes cpis go up. sometimes housing bubbles develop. sometimes nasdaq bubbles develop. and right now there is a bubble being corrected in the energy industry. although it was precipitated for geopolitical reasons to punish russia i think it will come back to haunt us as well because the consumer, enjoys a break, there will be a lot of businesses, and i suspect, even in texas might get hit on the corrections that have to come in the energy fields. melissa: so when do you think the bill comes due? you think inflation is being hidden right now in the bond market. what does it look like when the bill comes due? what precipitates it? what is the fallout? >> it will be some major crisis. that is the one thing that is unpredictable. obviously markets that buy stocks. they're not worried about it. they were instantaneously for the next minute and the next day but there will be some failure someplace out there just as the failures that have accumulated. i mean the breakdown of the system in 07, and '08, weren't many people predicting that. but a few failures. mows reese thing happened recently but was the fight we saw in the passage of the omnibus bill making sure that the derivatives markets would be protected by fdic and the banking system. that is big-time stuff. they know what is going on. they know it is very fragile. and big banks were not going to get stuck with this so the five big banks got their protection. it will be dumped on taxpayers just as the lasko laps was. melissa: ron paul, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate your time, congressman. >> thank you. melissa: the panel is fired up and ready to react to ron paul as we count down minutes until janet yellen takes the stage and moves the markets again. do you ever have too much money? no way. we'll be right back. here's a question for you: as nations develop over the next 25 years, the world will have almost twice as many cars. how much fuel will be needed to power them? about the same as today? 50% more? 100% more? the answer is... about the same as today. by 2040, advances in fuels and vehicles could enable about 75% better fuel economy than today. take the energy quiz -- round 2. energy lives here. melissa: joining me now, david asman, tom sullivan, along with steve moore, heritage foundation chief economist, also a fox news contributor. i just want to clarify out there because some other news outlets are getting it incorrect. we did say it properly. fed saying patient is consistent with con

through dozens of letters that were sent to the senate finance committee when its chairman, ron wyden, senator ron wyden, asked for public comments from physician groups and physician organizations and anybody on this topic of data, kind of transparency, writ large. he was looking at this topic for a number of reasons. and the american college of physicians a long with a number of other physician organizations, sent very detailed, i think, thoughtful letters that all said probably, just to gloss over similar things. transparency is good. we know that. but huge caveats around how this data is interpreted by public is something that many physicians, especially given what charlie had pointed out with some of the media headlines, that had really been threatened by. so, i'm going to just kind of speak to that because i had a number of conversation after some of the newspaper and radio and other media headlines went live around, i would say, the outlier reporting charges of millions of dollars and trying to understand who these doctors are and why they have millions of doctors of medicare charges, it ma

ron ziegler's office after the resignation speech. ron, and iane sawyer, me. >> so, we will now see some from the interviews that frank conducted with president nixon. all then deal with the period to the resignation, and the very dark days of eearly august 1974. frank, talk about what we will see. sets are four different of clips. frank will give some context on them, then we will roll them. talk about the first set of clips that we will see. >> these clips are available on the nixon library website. in preparing them, i think of it as an old mice to ken burns. they are the clips, but they are preceded by title cards which explain what they are. i will be the human title card here to set them up. but if you go to the library website, even see them, and more will have a much succint explanation. we've divided them into four groups. on the first, you will hear, present brings ziglier, his secretary, and heig, the white house chief of staff, acting as a national security person, although henry kissinger was of course the secretary of state. telling me -- on 23 -- to ust 1 set it up, the house judiciary committee was getting ready to vote on articles of impeachment. the math was unrelenting. there were 38 members, 21 democrats and 17 republicans. of the 21 democrats, 18 were solid votes for impeachment. swing were three possible votes -- people who had not committed themselves that they would vote for impeachment. they happen to be three southern democrats. they were very influential. if they held, as they did not vote for impeachment, that might affect one or two other democrats. very last-ditch hope -- it was only hope in town. so, the math was -- the people sional relations came up that maybe it was of the 17, hold 16 17 of the 21 democrats. there was math where you could keep one republican and only get to democrats -- the math hail mary fight. gets word 23, he that all the democrats would vote for impeachment. he would try and call the southern democrats and vote against impeachment. so, next is on the phone and oval office, and it was a very curious conversation. wallace kept saying, i can't hear you. nixon would speak louder, and that he understood what was going on, wallace did not want to hear. and wallace k you, said, i will be praying for you. up the phone, and said there goes the presidency. two weeks before the "smoking gun" tape was released, nixon knew that he cannot survive as president. in the first clip, he describes what he did as a realization of a decision. he decided if he was going to resign, he had to sell his family. on august 2, the president will talk about bringing the family to the lincoln sitting room. he wants and to read the what becomes "smoking gun" tape -- a tape from the oval office. tape essentially made in operative the statements that nixon had previously made about his knowledge of the cover-up. this was a devastating tape. he wanted his family to read the transcript of the tape so what they would understand would that happen. tape would be released three days later. the result is, the family think it is survivable. -- that not think the he should resign. >> july 23, i knew that we cannot survive. back to when i got washington, and my usual, methodical way -- people think is methodical -- i decided i should put on the pros and cons of the options that i had. had a sheet of paper. it is rather interesting when i read it today. indicated that one, i could resign now. the house wait for to vote on impeachment. or three, despite the house voting impeachment, i did go to bed house and senate. that would take about six months. resigning now with what i did to do -- above all, personally. i am a fighter. i thought it would be a mission which it was. also, i thought it would set a terribly bad precedent for the future. i hope no other president of herbicides. the second option was no option at all. it would be putting all my supporters on the spot, and on impeachment -- you do not want to put them through the first thing. the third option, the senate for six in a trial months, i knew that that was unacceptable. unacceptable because on the standpoint of the country, the afford to uld not have a half-time crippled president. in 1973, the soviet union was a difficult -- i just couldn't risk it. after making those notes, i decided, well, there's no choice. so the next day, august 1, one week before it made my got haig on speech, i and ziegler and i told him i thought there was no choice than to resign. night, i told haig and ziegler, bebe rebozo came down from florida. i told him. he told me, you cannot do it. i said, well, you have to help me with the plan. the next day, i had to tell the family. it was a painful day. we all met in the lincoln sitting room. came down with julie, patricia, and david. the 23rd tape transcript. i thought was important that they see just what the problems were. let me say, having not been the tape transcript -- before that transcript was ever made, the three democrats had been lost on the committee. nevertheless, this was the final blow. the final nail in the coffin, although, you do not need another nail if you're already in the coffin. she was very quiet about it. she came down very emphatically against resigning. have to remember -- during one who is, i was the thought, i should give my resignation to eisenhower. she said no you cannot do it. you cannot do it because of its effect on the children. on this occasion, she was a fighter to last. to give up. last the last to give up in 1960. the last to give up this time. batch of r the next clips, they take us to august 5. >> august 5 to august 7. on the 5th, gain the monday night when the "smoking gun" tape was released. on that night, the nixon family went out to the sequoia. nixon's family, mrs. nixon of and his children, they on the sequoia. was r a while, the tape being released, the present will describe what he did. that is august 5. on august 6 -- he had decided days earlier eral -- when he goes in a cabinet meeting on that morning, he says he has no intention of leaving with his term is up in january 1977. that afternoon, nixon provides a particularly fixing description of the situation at that point. late that night, he gets to his on his d finds a note pillow. on the 7th, the family had a last dinner in the white house, in the solarium. the s kind of hidden by south portico, you cannot really see it. it is a room that is all glass walls. after that dinner, the president goes to the lincoln room to work. around midnight he caused his secretary roniegler to talk about some final arrangements for the next morning. >> we decided that night to go out for one last ride in the sequoia. rather eerie a ride. talked about everything, but what patricia has called -- talked about movies that julie had seen with david. someone was out how dealing with inquiries from the press. the evening ended rather pleasantly. stretch own the loan to out -- i have had a pretty hard weekend, i thought. call from haig on reactions to the tape. she read from the shorthand notes, it is about how we expected. i kind of went at some of the names that she read out -- left my support. looked back -- i have campaign for them, supported them. kind of tough. although i did understand it. then, she read out that the cabinet was standing firm for the most part. then, she left the room. and closed he light my eyes. mrs. nixon was very perceptive. i learned later that after that night in the sequoia, even though they had not been officially told that the she had was f

ron's office. that is diane sawyer, that is ron, and that is me. >> we are now going to see some clips from the interview that frank has with president nixon in 1984, or 1983. this all leads up to the very dark days of early august, 1974. frank, talk about what we are about to see. there are four different sets of clips. frank will give some concept around them. and then we will roll them. so talk about the first set that we will see. >> these clips are available on the nixon library website. in preparing them, i think of it as an omar -- an homage to ken burns. there are title cards to explain what they are. so i went to be the human title card here to set them up. that if you go to the library website, you can see them, and they will have a much more sustained explanation -- and they will have a much more suciscnt -- succinct explanation. what nixon is telling me in this is on the 23rd of july -- although this is the first of august -- but he is saying on the 23rd of july that he got the news. this will be a slightly longer explanation than the rest of these. but to set it up, the house judiciary committee was getting ready to vote on the articles of impeachment. the math was unrelenting. there were 38 members, 31 democrats -- 21 democrats and 17 republicans. of the 21 democrats, 18 were solid vote for impeachment. there were three possible swing votes, people who at least had not committed themselves previously if they were going to vote for impeachment. they happened to be three southern democrats and they were very influential within the committee. they were considered to be very thoughtful people. if they held, if they did not vote for impeachment, this was a very last-ditch hope. but it was the only hope in town. so the math was that the congressional relations people came up and said it was possible to maybe hold 16 of the 17 -- 17 of the 21 democrats. there was massive there were you to keep one republican only keep to democrats, or keep all the votes -- the math was a hail mary play. on the 23rd of july, nixon gets word that all three southern democrats were going to vote for impeachment. so this was the hail mary play. so there was the talk to call walter flowers, the alabama southern democrat, and see if he could influence him to vote against impeachment. so nixon is on the phone in the oval office. it was a very curious conversation. wallace kept saying i can't hear you. and then he kept saying things louder, and then he realized that he said that walter did not want to hear him. then he said, i will be praying for you. then he looked at hague and said, well, al, there goes the presidency. before the tapes were released, he knew he could not survive as president. so in the first clip, he describes what he did as a result of that realization. the second clip, when he decides he has to resign, he decides he has to tell his family. he has two intermediaries with his family. one is rosemary woods, a longtime friend of the family. so that is on the first of august. on the second of august, the president will talk about bringing the family to the lincoln sitting room. he wants to read the transcript of what became known as the smoking gun tape. it was the tape of the conversation in the oval office and neck halderman -- nick halderman in 1972. this tape made, in nixonian phrases, the presidency in operative -- inoperative. the tape was going to be released three days later. they were in the sitting room, and he tells his family what they are about to read. the transcripts. and the result is that the family think it is survivable and they don't think he's should -- he should resign, and mrs. nixon is particularly adamant that he should not resign. >> the 23rd of july, i knew that we could not survive. however, when i got back to washington, in my usual methodical way, people think it is methodical and i guess it is, i decided i should put done the pros and cons of what options i had. i had a sheet of paper on that which refreshed my memory. it was rather interesting when i read it today so many years later. one said i could resign now. to select a way for impeachment and resign then. and three said i could go to trial in the senate. that would take about six months. resigning now is the option i did not want to do above everything else, personally. i am a fighter. i just did not want to quit. also, i thought it would be an admission of guilt, which of course, it was. also, i felt it would send a terribly bad precedent for the future. i hoped no other future would route -- no other president would resign in the future. what i would do with the house voting for impeachment would be to put all of my supporters on the spot and make them vote for impeachment. the third option was to go through the senate with a hearing and a trial, i should say, for six months. i knew that that was unacceptable. unacceptable, from the standpoint of the country, the country could not afford to have a crippled, half time president. particularly in this time, when i recall in 1973, things were not as bad as things are now, the soviet union was not as difficult. -- was very difficult. i just could not risk that. so after making those notes, i in my own mind decided that there was no choice. so the next day, the first day of august, as the weeks before i finally made my resignation speech. i got ed hague and told him that i felt there was no choice but to resign. that night i was i i told hank and -- i told hague and ziegler. i went out into the sequoia with him to have a satisfactory outcome of the heat astern, you can't do it. you just can't do it. i said, well, with the writing. then i said some i said to my family. the painful thing. we all met in the lincoln sitting room, as i recall. she came down, patricia, and julie. i had the 23rd tape transcripts, because i thought it was important that they would see just what the problems were. it was causing concern. had it not been a 23rd tape transcript, we still would have resigned. as we know, the three democrats had been lost. but nevertheless, this was the final blow. the final nail in the coffin. although you don't need another nail when you are already in the coffin. which we were. she was very quiet about it. listening to others, which she usually does. but she came down very emphatically against resigning. you have to remember that during the fund crisis, i suggested i turn in my resignation to eisenhower. and she said, you can't do that. she said, you are going to be able to survive and get your supporters to support you in the final campaign. and on this occasion, she was a fighter to the last. she was the last to give up. she was the last to give up on the fund thing, she was the last give up in 1960, and she was the last to give up here. >> so this next batch of clips takes us to august 5. >> from august 5 to august 7. so they went to camp david for the weekend, and we pick up again on the fifth. that is the monday night, the night that the smoking gun tape was released from the white house. on that night, the nixon family with rose woods went to camp david. patricia, and julie, and david eisenhower, his sons and laws -- sons-in-law, and they left. after the tapes were released, the president did what he did. that is the fifth. now he had decided to resign on several days earlier. the senior white house staff knew. that afternoon, l hague -- al hague gives a succinct description of that point her and he finds a note on his pillow. that is the sixth. on the seventh, the family had the last dinner at the white house on the solarium, which is on the third floor of the family quarters, and it is hidden by the portico. it is a room that is essentially all glass walls, and there is a balcony that looks down on to the elipse. after that dinner, the president goes to the lincoln sitting room to work, and after midnight he calls his press secretary ron ziegler to talk about final arrangements for the next morning. >> we decided that night to go out for one last ride on the sequoia. that was a rather you read right, i would -- rather eerie ride, i would say. we talked about what patricia woods call the subject -- patricia would call "the subject." talked about how rose was handling inquiries from the press, she was very effective. so the evening ended rather puzzling. then i went down below to stretch out -- rather pleasantly. then i went down below to stretch out and think about all these things. rose got a call from al haig, and she read from her shorthand notes. it is about as we expected. i kind of winced as some of the names were read off of those who had left my support. i understood it, but i felt -- i look back at the time where i campaigned for them, and supported them, and it cut. but i did understand it. i did not hold it against them. then she read off that the cabinet was standing firm, for the most part. and then she le

ron madison is here to explain what's happening to the russian currency. ron? >> yeah, gene, you know, the russian ir russian ruble has been trading at record levels. the plunge is spurring public concern. the selling continues despite the central bank's rate hike to stem the currency's tumble. the dollar rose briefly hitting 80 rubles. in the last six months the dollar has gained more than 50% against the russian currency. it did recover slightly on wednesday. around noon russian local time the dollar was trading at around 70 rubles. many local banks have briefly halted service for exchanging rubles for currency such as the dollar and the euro. some retailers selling imported goods were crowded with shoppers fearing further price rises. many shoppers were buying electric appliances. >> translator: we need to be ready for things to get much worse. >> translator: food prices are getting higher and higher. we have to spend more money every day because we are paid in rubles. >> some analysts say the ruble's decline could be unstoppable. they note that crude oil pr

ron replogle of the highway patrol. >> i was asked to leave in charge and it was decided on recommendation that be captain ron johnson. >> a locally grown trooper with just the right temperament. >> he's a very compassionate person. that's exactly what we're looking is to calm emotions and bring some trust to the situation and certainly, ron was the right person for the right time and the right situation. >> today, i'm announcing the missouri highway patrol under the sprfgs of captain ron johnson who grew up in this area will be directing the team to provide security in ferguson. >> it would be his biggest assignment since joining the highway patrol 27 years ago. >> this is my original id card when i became a trooper. >> oh, wow. >> that's the original badge that i had. number 326. wallet is worn and tattered. i keep that to remind me of where i started. >> he followed in his father's footsteps. >> this is my father. he was a police sergeant at st. joe university. he passed in 2012. you talk about heroes, it's because of this one. my hero. >> for more than ten years, johnson has led the largest state patrol troop in the area. >> when i became a policeman, it was to make this community better. >> this community never needed him more than in this moment. >> when the governor called you, you were probably telling everybody,