then it might be difficult to sell wayne rooney.nk somebody will be breaking glass in case of an emergency? of alex ferguson, and it does say, in emergency, break glass. x even though the share price in new york is at a record low, give them time. that is my advice. know many of us have dabbled in social media, so i thought it was interesting to bring to everybody's attention a few wise words coming from the church in the u.k. churchgoers and church officials in the clergy are being given advice on how to use social media and some of it translates into other fields of life. reads, bless me father, i have tweeted a right stinker. they don't want to stop people who work for the church for amusing social media, but don't use it in an urge to be liked. the first of what they call nine commandments on modern communication. don't rush in. always think, is this my story to share? what i want my mom to read this? ?hat i want god to read it , you you are on twitter might want to look into the full nine. what will other people think if they r

brian rooney, new york. >>> the supreme court approved a ballot initiative for november.ublicans are against that measure saying almost anyone would be able to get marijuana for slightest complaint. >>> there is a new deputy schaeffer, dan ackro yirvetiond, the 61-year-old actor who asked to join the reserve department. ak royd apparently served in other reserve sheriff departments before making it in hollywood. >>> a candid setting far from where he will be tomorrow night. of course i'll see you back here tomorrow night for special coverage of the state of the union address. 6:00 p.m. eastern, 3:00 pacific. we'll have the speech itself at 9:00 and your top stories are coming up in just a moment. >> al jazeera's investigative unit has tonights >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz in new york. here are tonight's top stories. president obama will give his fifth state of the union speech tonight. the economy is expected to be the top priorities. his approval ratings are the lowest ever going into the address. >>> the city of pittsburgh, nearly two dozen have d

city of los angeles is making bryan rooney reports. >> every at low tide, the study says that the pacific could rise by as much as two feet by the year 2050 which is a lot if there's a big storm. cities like los angeles are going to have to think about engineering a future that could survive rising sea levels and raging storms. >> the danger is that more severe storms and bigger waves, coupled with high tides, we will see more flooding, certainly see more flooding in those coastal areas. >> in potential danger are densely populated coastal areas, this waste water plant and power plants would be vulnerable to flooding. as storms become bigger and more powerful with bigger waves and higher tides, beach communities in southern california and beyond may have to begin building protective barriers for homes and public facilities along the coast. los angeles officials say they need to do it in the next few years, and not when it becomes an emergency. especially in communities where low-income renters live in older buildings that are not prepared to weather storm. >> those are the places where we

brian rooney joining us live from california thank you very much.d as you heard just a short while ago, california governor jerry brown declaring a state of emergency in response to the severe drought conditions. northern and central california hit hardest by the conditions. melissa chan is live right now about two hours north of san francisco. has the drought effected the state's agriculture there? >> well, del what is really interesting is we have been told that farmers have made a switch in terms of crops from seasonal crops to more what they call permanent crops such as almond and pistachio trees. so when a drought happens it severely challenges the farmers and their ability to continue to function. we're sere and surrounded the vineyards, and the residents themselves have been effected. the city has decided on a mandatory water conservation effort. we managed to catch up with the mayor, and this is what she had to say. >> we're low on water. we're in no one the worse office, but we're the only way that seem to being proactive. so when we notice

brian rooney in burbank california with more. brian. >> john, the man's name was kelly thomas, 37 years old, schizophrenic man well-known to the fullerton police. he got in a confrontation and ended up dying five days later. today in court his family was absolutely shocked by the verdict. they were hugging each other there was videotape, and we'll get to that later. the family really thought they had a case here and the police would be convicted. kelly thomas's mother talked to reporters afterwards. >> they got away with murdering my son. it's just not fair. so i guess -- i guess it's legal to go out and kill now. >> there were 34 minutes of surveillance video of this incident. and the case came down to an argument of what each side saw in that video. the police doing their job properly. subduing the man, who was apparently uncontrollable that night. or as the defense, as the prosecution said, that they were beating him up. and using expensiv excessive fo. both of them were acquitted of involuntary manslaughter, john. >> i unders

brian rooney has more. >> the view from space reveals a dramatic problem. the snow pack on january 13th, 2013. on the right, with all the brown, january 13th, 2014. at mammoth mountain, ten of 20 ski liflts are closed for lack of snow. the mountain's webcam shows bare peaks that normally would get covered. mammoth mountain gets a average of 100 inches, so far 48. they're making snow, a high pressure system is acting as a barrier to winter weather in the west. >> the jetstream is so far to the north taking the storm up and over that ridge so that's why we're not getting the much needed rain and snow that we so desperately need in california. >> some interprizing bishops in california, suspended a snow balloon, this year the snow pack is only 20% of normal. usually you should be able to see snow capped peaks from here in downtown los angeles. not this year. >> today i'm declaring -- >> the governor declared a drought emergency in the state warning californians to cut water use by 20%. california has had periodic dry spells going as far back as 1500 years. thi

joining us now is brian rooney, has been watching this fire.lice have three men under arrest. >> it only happened, what, a few minutes and it was everywhere, all around us. >> it started at dawn on the edge of a densely populated area in the foothills of glenn dora, 30 miles east of los angeles. as fire burned the hills, embers sparked palm trees to burned like torches on suburban streets. driven by the wind, the fire grew within hours to 1700 acres and burned five houses. smoke draped across the los angeles skyline, as more than 2,000 people are forced to evacuate their homes. >> more than 700 firefighters were call would to keep this fire from spreading into the suburban developments. helicopters and air tankers worked all day to knock it down. for most of the day, the wind was in the firefighters' favor but they worry. >> all of a sudden the wind hits the embers, we could get fire popping up throughout this whole area. >> home own oars fought the fire with buckets and garden hoses, flying embers skimmed some houses and burned others. that th

lawsuits may have slowed the practice, al jazeera's brian rooney reports it is far from over. >> thiss where they are left, among the encampments of skid row. olivia st. john said it happened to her, a hospital dumped her into the street. >> i had threatened to cut myself with a razor before they would give me bus fair to the - to downtown. they didn't offer transportation, they released me from hospital. >> robert jones lives at the union rescue mission, and from his perch in his chair, he has seen patients get dumped. >> they are dressed in hospital gowns, half are in wheelchairs, walkers and they can't walk or take care of themselves. >> they tend to be people with addictions and mental illness and they have spent a few days in the hospital. they want them out. several hospitals were fined and new rules imposed for how patients are supposed to be discharged. that hasn't stopped them. >> you see the same people coming back, getting dumped. >> same people. it's a revolving door, in and out, in and out. they do it all the time. >> some of the van and taxi drivers know to avoid places

brian rooney takes a closer look at changing tv habits. >> the television is still there in the living room. it works, but not the way it used to. matthew and his wife took a look at the cable bill and decided to cut the cord. >> i felt like i needed to save money, and that was a cost i could cut. >> the family watches television. they dedepend upon a distribution box and other devices to watch streaming services on demand. they are a growing class. >> we can stream the latest shows. we can see everything we want there at a fraction of the price. i mean, i think we are paying $8 a month. >> the ac nielsen ratings company says people 18-49 that advertisers want to reach are watching on hour less of traditional television a week than they did a year ago. at the same time they are watching more video entertainment. they can watch on a variedy of devices, on a tab the at the kitchen table. television has come a long way. >> the audience is no longer interested in showing up at 8 o'clock to watch a piece of television. so if that becomes true, more and more content will sit on servers and b

. >> brian rooney joining us live from california with the latest on the fire. we turn now to dave warren for the latest on the weather. really the only thing they can do at this time is mope mother nature cooperates. >> right. there is still the fed flag warning. the wind looks to be diminishing a bit. no rain in the forecast, though. these storms going up into canada, nowhere near southern california, which is what you need to cover those mountains. you see the satellite showing there is no type of storm. any storm goes well up into canada and impacts alaska and not kro -- california. there is a weak little disturbance which will intensify, but it looks to be intensifying off of the coast by saturday and sunday. cold air with a little bit of snow. >> dave thank you very much. a mix day on wall street. right now the dow is up 66 points, the nasdaq, though, [ technical difficulties ] >>> i'm del walters in new york, "the stream" is next, and remember, you can check us out 24 hours a day just be going to aljazeera.com. >> hi i'm lisa flempl phlegmer d you're in t

brian rooney tells us about cities like los angeles that are looking for ways to adjust. >> marina del rey, cities like los angeles are going to have to start to think about engineering a future about rising california storms. >> as we have more severe storms we have bigger waves and when those are coupled with high tides we will see more flooding. we will certainly see more flooding in those coaflt areas. >> in potential danger are densely populated areas like the famous venice beach. these power plants will be vulnerable to flooding. bigger waves and higher tides beach communities in southern california and beyond may have to begin building protective barriers for homes and public facilities along the coast. los angeles officials say they need to do it in the next few years and not when it becomes an emergency. especially in communities where low income renters live in older buildings that are not prepared to weather storm. >> those are the places where we expect to see the most flooding. they are also the communities that have the most social vulnerability. the populations that are

country to fresh elections he said he hoped the country will be looking for democratic transition rooney is his wallet in my gut which is seen as more true than for weeks by william hill's statement the mounting pressure to relinquish power of two was elected in two thousand and eleven after the fall of banality. cheney's his national assemblies and the prices of the pretty new constitution and elections for new government due to be held late august he now an independent authority was established this week to oversee the coming elections require made it back to set the condition is stepping down from power. the approval of the new constitution that in the guide also demanded had been delayed for months by the withdrawal of opposition assembly members to protest the killing of opposition mp muhammad from me in july. use. the storks is going to be no progress by police and security forces storing auntie catherine demonstrations that gripped the country last summer according to an associated press report which has just been published in these attacks the doctor is with taks well they would

be it -- so, rooney will next year. externally not.oming up, find out exactly what the daily telegraph had to say about 12 years a slave. getting much press coverage. coming up next. >> welcome back. >> we were 80 minutes away from the start of the equity session. >> just before you scare everybody. every equity trader thought they were an hour behind. there are some other pictures of cuddly wildlife. this contrasts with two photos and south america of bears and lions being given frozen fruit. they swelter in a heat wave. the store at the bottom is weather-related and that is to do with paint once. these penguins, they have tough lives. they are not known for being particularly agile contrary to the image portrayed in "happy feet." the ice now seen thinning and many of them have moved on to ice shelves that are 30 meters high. they are working out how they did this. they have worked out how they managed to get up there and they're much more agile than anybody thought but no evidence that they can dance. >> why? >> that behavior is incr

rooney i'm becoming prepared to wear on the march began again it was at the keene act the government off the expected nor yet i did get to eat the fresh air. i'm addicted to the frightening fall off in my collection. i was a very few teeth he will lodge four thirty each morning and no one would think that by the brain during a march from one reported that it defines the very bumpy and self help and care into my forte but it was a complete break when we are active teens. i think that people would think if he can meet the costs of a piano one day before and had now for what they have found that the one who carried out. i was careful to protect the health according to the reform of the cricket we planned thank you for taking care of that i was helping me get away from them. many of the fridge had been planned for height and the kid that is no advantage to being hit by some of the prepared to kill at least he's trying to find it i felt like i did not keep me from depression comparing performance he could think of blogging shopping mall getting in the heart if he hadn't remembered i know

minutes before half time summer rovers but laid the cruzan back in front yonathan sure it equalized the rooney second half and as both sides pushed for a winner felix perhaps found it three two to see the hosts out of the bottom three . brazil don't win when third on goal difference despite twice being back to draw two two at home to arabs were not in clubs men went ahead after six minutes thanks to spend better through fifty minutes later the truth is i met one one shot him then put the hosts back in front of the seventy third minute you don't want he was banned for dortmund in the summer levelled for the visitors. blush he got ski is also out for the rest of the season after tearing a crucial ligament june again. ten is now in switzerland stanislovas battering guy has won his first grand slam title with a full six victory over you get rough in the dark at the australian open the twenty eight year old sparkled in his first major final taking the first two sets of the world number one struggled with a back problem the dolphin fought back to take the third set and recover the breakdown in the f

rooney i'm becoming prepared to wear on the march began a new book at the keene act the government of the expected nor yet are to get to eat the fresh air. i'm addicted to be frightening fall off in my collection. i was a very few teeth he will march in fairly good morning and no one would think that by the brain during a march from one reported that it defines the very bumpy can tell how good your initial report by the productivity particularly are active teens i think that eight people between fifty two nephi five of us. one day before and had now for what they have found that the one with injury. i am. i was careful to protect the health twenty two the first one of the cricket we planned out for tiffany to keep it that i was about three he played in the end many of the protected land for hiking that the radical anti doping by some of the preferred it if you have nice teeth trying to find it i felt like i did not keep me from depression thing very often that he could think of blogging shopping mall getting in my heart if he hadn't remembered i know exactly how will what he would get

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. >> yes, and rooney family extended him an extra time so he could train and get ready and get back into the nfl game. he's--what a great inspire ration he is. and to hear his stories and how he recovered at a much different time in this country with veterans returning home. we're trying to make it better for this generation and generations to come. i wish i could say that we wouldn't have any more conflicts. >> that's not the world we live in. >> no. >> have a great time tonight. and score a couple of them, all right? >> i will, i'll do my best. thanks again, tony, really appreciate it. >> appreciate it. thank you. i'm just pumped up for that. that's fun. new jersey is hosting the big game, new york city is holding what may be the biggest super bowl related event. we have more on this. >> super bowl boulevard. >> that's what they call it. you can to toboggan down broadw. it's going to be fun. we're trying to make this a national story, then we just can't be bothered. get over it, boston, los angeles, where else you are in the country, the nfl, the super bowl is coming to new york, and e

if i had to find one, that would rival this, p pas it was art rooney sr. winning the pittsburgh steelers in the 1930's in a poker game. but this is pretty up there. >> why do you think the nb action agreed to this deal back in 1976 in the first place? >> well, i don't think in 1976 anybody -- save a wizard, could have projected t.v. rights for professional sports whether it be the nba, nfl reaching these levels. national t.v. revenues were minuscule. sports back then, it was just how many tickets you sold at the gate. t.v. revenues were very very small. the publications i worked for, no one would have even thought them up at that time. so the concept that you can get one very seven, of revenues and that would be worth anything, was laughable back then. pray tell, is there a particular reason they are willing to part with half a billion dollars to make this go away? >> well, everything i just said goes out the window now, because the revenues for cable operators and t.v. networks are willing to pay to get professional sports are skyrockets. whether it is th

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brian rooney, al jazeera, los angeles. >> the historic journey recreated.immediately eddie hoffman jr, flew a replica of the same plain. two trips a day with one passenger to global industry carrying more than 3 billion people a year. lost bags and long lines included. coming up, the antarctic mission to rescue dozens of people stuck on the ice. we'll have the very latest. that's al jazeera america, thanks for watching. happy new year. stay tuned for tonight's top stories coming up after this quick break. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz with tonight's top stories. the northeast is preparing for the first snow storm of 2014, forecasters say it should begin snowing in new york tonight and move into new england. as much as a foot or more of snow could fall. temperatures will end up around zero°. the president's health care law hit a last minute snag. justice soto mayor, white house has until friday to respond. >>> lines have been very long in colorado today, now that the state's become the first to male

. >> that was brian rooney reporting. >> coming up. south sudan crisis. the american couple and their mission to save trapped orphans. plus, battle cry. former defense secretary robert gates explosive new book, what he said about afghanistan and president obama. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here is a look at the headlines - president obama invited a group of unemployed americans to the white house to push for passage of a bill to extend long-term jobless benefits. the u.s. senate began to debate the measure that if passed it would face tough opposition in the house. >> jpmorgan will pay $2 million to settle allegations that it ignored the bernie madoff uponsy scheme. >> forecasters say the worse of the cold should be over in the next day or two, but the weather is frigid across most of the country. roads are closed, schools shut down by the hundreds and businesses suffered. not even the south has been untoucheded by the cold. most of the countries has not seen temperatures this low in decades. metrologists are encouraging peo

wayne rooney returned to action from injury. >> we improved. i know i have good players coming back. i to win bet, play better. so don't think because of what happened tonight that i have a smile and i'm happy. i'm happy for the three points. for where i want to go and what i have for the way i want my team to play, i feel like i have a long way to go. >> the world of cricket is embroiled in a bitter batter about how the game should be run. pakistan and india voiced disappointment over plans that the icc said they had approval. >> india took an central leadership responsibility alongside england and australia. the limit-over champions trophy is likely to return in place of the proposed world test championship. a final vote is due to take place on the proposals next month. >> cricket writer mike jakeman explains what the impacts the new plan could have. >> what this will do is increase the money that india, england and australia receive as a proportion of the total. it means that the other nation, such as south africa, windies and new zealand, w

brian rooney tells us why. >> disposable shopping bags are everywhere in los angeles. in fence, the trees, the weeds. they are in the gutter waiting to be washed down the storm drain to the ocean. that is why this city banned them. it's been the law a few days. they knew it was coming. >> for a long time i'd bring them, leaving them in the trunk of the car. i'd forget. now it's become a habit. i'm grateful for that. >> i think it's a great thing. we should conserve. >> the ban applies to all groceries, markets and stores that sell perishable foods. if you come without a bag, you can get a paper one. it will cost you a dime. >> there are some exceptions. you can get your chinese take out in a plastic bag, and the mum and pop groceries have until june to comply. it was a one-sided argument in june when the council passed the law. >> they become trash, clog our gutters, pollute the river and trash beaches. >> if you want to see a fish destroyed, she what plastic does to a -- go see what plastic does to a fish, to the food chain and life itself. >> now about 90 city and co

brian rooney has more. >> the millenium hollywood project near the landmark capital records building is one million square feet of office, residential, hotel and retail space, including two 39 and 30 story towers. the geological map released by the state shows the $200 million flowers are within the 100,000 foot danger zone of the hollywood fault line, requiring testing to find whether the fault runs under the building. >> no building can be built astride the surface rupture of a fault. that's why it's forbidden in california to build across the act fault. >> it is run, near the historical hollywood and sunset booul vards. it's a fault that could crack open the ground. the city used outdated fault maps to approve 14 projects, the millenium hollywood included. the new map is a draft until final approval. opponents seized upon it as proof that the millenium hollywood should be stopped. >> if the buildings, heaven forbid, get built, they'll imperil the lives of thousands that live and work in the buildings. >> among the defenders is an la city council member voting for it. >> this proje

brian rooney, al jazeera los los angeles. >> a new competition to its summer fare: marijuana it wille new crop will be judged alongside tomatoes and squash. no marijuana plants at the fair, all the judging will be done offsite and the judges will only look at the quality of the plant and not their potency. an update on the day's top stories straight ahead and it is "real money" with ali velshi. in fact, my staff has read the entire thing. which is probably more than what most members of congress can claim. we'll separate politics from policy, and just prescribe the facts. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris. the country's president ukrain ukraine's viktor yanukovych, agreed to scrap measures against the protestors. the opposition wants aid allowed into the city of homs, deadlocked over a transitional government. >>> the midwest is being hit by arctic like conditions. airlines are cancelling flights and emergency teams are mobilizing to clear the roads. >>> federal prosecutors have filed money laundering charges against two men operating a bitcoin op

we have the head of emerging markets research at jpmorgan and katherine rooney vera. now that we have introductions out of the way, argentina, the entire market cap of the stock market, every company listed, is smaller than yahoo!. do we care? >> the u.s. investors should care, because really, argentina can be emblematic of the rest of emerging markets. unfortunately, and i don't think this should be the case, investors should differentiate but argentina has been the case that has taken down a lot of the rest of the emerging markets. em has been smacked since the beginning of the taper talk but now we have argentina, the straw that broke the camel's back, kind of taking em down along with it. i think argentina is a separate case, kind of similar to venezuela, you named those two. they are kind of more erratic cases. but we have seen the mexican story getting hit, the peso which is a story that we like, a currency we like, and we see value in. unfortunately, we do see contagion in terms of asset prices and investors getting hit precisely because there are some names ou

here is brian rooney. >> i will not fall in to despair. >> reporter: this was a move any year in whiche as copy it. "12 years a slave." it says right there on screen this is based on a true story. "captain phillips khrael. base on the 2009 highjacking of a cargo shim. fill mean, a "the wolf the wall street" think all true or at least truish. >> that would not hold in a court of law. >> all have been scrutinize forked how faithful they are to trying. >> the problem is in you you want the words up. people are check to go see if that real story is what you have truly depicts. >> reporter: "the wolf of wall street." has been criticize forked not mentioning the victims of financial crimes. 12 clears left out details and saving mr. banks goes easy walt dizzy during criticism he was anti-somatic. >> and it's hard for a move like "american hustle." about the infamous corruption investigation to be both entertaining and accurate. hustle's disclaimer, some of this actually happened. >> nowhere near the truth. >> reporter: mel weinberg is the real life swindler played by christian bail. >> did he

now, if you compare it to "breakfast at tiffany's" where mickey rooney was playing an asian guy, yes,but i think we came -- yes? >> i want to play this from one of your shows on comedy central real quick and get your reaction. >> sure. >> i'm vietnamese. vietnamese people and beauty salons, how in the heck does this happen? what was our plan of attack on the american job market there before we left vietnam? what was it, vietnam, this is the final meeting. i've been thinking about it. i know the perfect job for us. vietnam, we take over by doing pedicure. that's how we take over. >> so you can make fun of your own culture, but others can't? is it a double standard? >> well, here's what i have to say. there's angela johnson, who does the beauty salon bit as well. she's caucasian, she's not ve vietname vietnamese. i do it because my sisters really do own a salon and it really was called angie's nails, which i mention in the joke. it's based on the truth. it's not like we are pulling it in a rick shaw and eating these animals we shouldn't be eating and we drive so bad we kill everybody on

. >> rooney: . >> woodruff: what about on the left. >> i think the left could learn from thomas painegreatest oppressers of the poor and the weak in human history have been their governments. this was a strongly held view of paines. he was worried about the dangers of public power. and i think the left in america today as much too cavalier about consolidating power and expanding the power of the government. and they could learn the essential importance of limiting, constraining, channeling that power for the very purposes that they want to serve through politics. >> woodruff: what dow say yuval levin to people this is all very interesting, it's important and important to know about history but today we have problems that are-- that affect real people's lives whether it's immigration policy, and what happens to people who are suffering, whether it's health care, budget decisions, that what you've done is interesting but it doesn't really apply to what we're dealing with now. >> well, one of the reasons to look to history when you think about public policy is that our society in a certa

. >> the global vatican is the name of the book and the author is ambassador francis rooney. this is booktv on c-span2. [applause] thank you. thank you. good evening everyone. you know, i love coming to cleveland for this annual event. i look forward to it. i enjoy every minute of it and it just grows and grows and thank you for your loyalty. thank you for your support and thank you for all your enthusiasm. give it up for yourselves for being such a great audience. [applause] you know every time i think about this prize i think how anomalous. a poet, a poet in the 1930s who happen to be a white woman in dallas one of the first certainly is not the first prizes in celebration of what today we would call excellence in diversity. quite an extraordinary person what's wole soyinka -- anisfield-wolf would have been. it used to beatnik named the black pulitzer prize at least uptown. langston hughes one, terenzio houston was on the cover of the the -- for winning it. martin luther king himself to one it. 25 years ago under the leadership of ashley montagu who is a dear friend, it beg

james rooney joinings us from seoul. >>> still to come, record high these year. we'll get more on that in the second hour of the program, coming right up. >>> you're watching "worldwide exchange." i'm ross westgate. the adp numbers in the states book the warm-up act for friday's u.s. jobs report. that as we get more dealing and details on the fed's position to taper its bond buying program. >>> microsoft shares down nearly 2% after hours. alan mulally rules himself out of the running for the top job as the tech giant. >>> deflationary eurozone pressures will likely back jack lew's call for germany to promote domestic growth as the u.s. treasury secretary lands in berlin. >>> and freezing temperatures recorded in all 50 u.s. states, including the usually warm california and florida as the polar vortex continues to reek havoc. >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> a very good morning to you. if you've just joined us stateside, welcome to the start of your global trade day here on cnbc's "worldwide

friend, our former ambassador to ireland and most importantly chairman of the pittsburgh steelers, dan rooney n the house. and most of all, it's great to be here with men and women of u.s. steel. this company helped build america, and over 100 years later you're still at it. you forged the pipes that transport cleaner burning natural gas. you manufacture the lightweight alloys that our automakers use to build fuel-efficient cars. you're part of one of the great turn-around stories of this economic recoveries, the rebound of the american steel industry. and look, just every time i go to the steel plant, i remember being a steelworker is hard work, but every single one of you is doing your part to make the country stronger. and because of your efforts, businesses like u.s. steel have now created eight million new jobs over the past four years. 9,000 new jobs in the steel industry alone. our unemployment rate is the lowest it's been in five years. our deficits have been cut in half. housing is rebounding. manufacturing is adding jobs, not shrinking jobs, for the first time since the 1990's. we s

samuel eto o, los de mourinho se llevan la victoria, el manchester united no contÓ con van persie, ni rooney chico. >>> no porque sea mexicano, lo meten y mete gol. lo meten faltando 5, 10, y 15 minutos. metelo antes. >>> bueno, asÍ es el trabajgÓ>>> ya me enoje. te hubiera abandonado, pero vienes bella y hermosa. >>> gracias por el cumplido. el villarreal al almerÍa. cuÁl es la violencia? el submarino amarillo abriÓ el panorama del partido a su favor, dos santos con gran pase, y abre el marcador al tres. quÉ opinas de dos santos? >>> ve nada mÁs. asÍ se tira los penales, asi como debe ser. >>> bruno de penal, mete el segundo del villarreal, y triunfo que no tiene en el cuarto lugar de la ta. >>> muy bien. >>> esto me emociona el fÚtbol americano, el peyton manning, seÑores, es mi Ídolo. y va a ganar el supertazÓn sin lugar a dudas. >>> no estoy de acuerdo contico. >>> yo sÍ estoy de acuerdo conmigo. >>> peyton manning y los broncos de denver, vencieron a tom brady y patriotas de nueva inglaterra, manning lanzÓ un par de pases de touchdown, y acumulÓ 400 yardas. >>> es un genio. >>> un poqui

as brian rooney reports, it's the first of its kind. >> the rose parade floats are designed to defy the imagination, what will the designers do and what will they think of next the the fantastical floats look at causes. the idea behinds the aides health cancer float is love between two people of the same sex. today these two people were married on top of the foundation wedding cake flok in front of the reviewing stand. >> a shout out to the newlyweds and happy couples. >> for us it's standing up there. and getting the message across - let people love who they want to love. be free in that. the rose parade, a symbol of traditional america hosted a gay wedding. these two have been together for 12 years. they were invited by the aides foundation to make their marriage a message. they did this to make a point about aids and how to prevent it, and anyone that wants to get married should be able to. >> the wedding with was seen here and on television. >> something i got early on was when it's something that occurs to you authentically. that fear goes away. we give hope and be the voice for ma

i mean, guys like my buddy, congressman tom rooney of florida, conservative in florida, kicking buttd there are too many being left behind, where it's tbi -- traumatic brain injury -- or homelessness, and we have to do more in this country. that's why with this show, we're doing what we can to get the word out. and we have kirsten gillibrand on, talking about the military sexual assaults, also critically important. >> what do the veterans hope comes of this, that you worked with on this? >> well, one, when i'm part of the show, i get inspired. you know, i watched -- we had these minidocumentaries within the hour program, and it fires you up. i know this big sarge, wounded warrior project, has produced these mini-documentaries, and you watch it, and it's about physical fitness, how you can combat depression and anxiety back home. and there are platoons, veterans out there, like team, red, white, and blue. this is a 30,000-person organization, veterans and civilians, in every town in america that are out there, they work out for free. they get together every thursday night, or they run