it's not as comfortable a building as the russell building. it's not a building that ever appealed to the senators the same way that the russell building did, but it served its purposes, and its chief purpose was to be a place for the committees to hold hearings that could be televised. this was 1958. television was in its prime. there was a lot of interest to televise the proceedings of congress, activities. they couldn't go on the floor. there was no c-span on the floor of the chambers at this stage, but the hearings of the senate were being televised, and they needed better situation, better equipment. the capitol building, interestingly enough, had direct current at this time, rather than alternating current. the u.s. capitol building had actually first been wired for electricity by thomas edison. edison believed in direct current. and sometimes, if you're sort of ahead of the curve in terms of technology, you become obsolete faster than everyone else. and so, until 1960, the u.s. capitol had direct current, which meant you couldn't plug an

it's not as comfortable a building as the russell building. it's not a building that ever appealed to the senators the same way that the russell building did, but it served its purposes, and its chief purpose was to be a place for the committees to hold hearings that could be televised. this was 1958. television was in its prime. there was a lot of interest to televise the proceedings of congress, activities. they couldn't go on the floor. there was no c-span on the floor of the chambers at this stage, but the hearings of the senate were being televised, and they needed better situation, better equipment. the capitol building, interestingly enough, had direct current at this time, rather than alternating current. the u.s. capitol building had actually first been wired for electricity by thomas edison. edison believed in direct current. and sometimes, if you're sort of ahead of the curve in terms of technology, you become obsolete faster than everyone else. and so, until 1960, the u.s. capitol had direct current, which meant you couldn't plug an

i'm sheer in the russell building to witness the majesty of our nation's legislative process. the beauty, compassion, intelligence -- i'm just (bleep) you. i'm here to see if shame works, the emotion you might have if you were a senator who said we would not forget our heros but did by not extending this bill. we're going to stop in to rand paul's office. is he in? >> i don't know, there may have been a briefing. >> we were wondering if senator johnson is home. >> i'm not sure. let me check. >> trick or treat, anybody we could speak to about the 9/11 responder's bill senator portman has yet to support? is there? one who it would be appropriate to be upset with? >> yes, sir, i would be happy to check for you if you -- >> thank you so much, i really appreciate it. >> who can i give this to? who can i follow up with? >> i appreciate it. yeah, so actually we can't record inside the office. if we could step outside. >> we can record out in the hallway? why is that you can't record in the office, is it acoustics? >> i believe he's at a committee meeting. >> the bill has been taken o

it's when david russell builds a pedestal to her and decides he wants to make it inspirational movieink the film gets a little bit dead. on the other hand, there are lots of people who see the movie and they'll want something inspirational. so the critic and the audience may diverge here. i think people are going to like it. >> it's a busy time of year for many people. so maybe, like me, they haven't gone and seen a movie in the theater in a long time. are there any movies out there that have been out for a little while that people should take an opportunity to see before they leave the theaters. >> if you haven't seen "creed," you really should. like "star wars," it's another example of going back to the original and doing a beat by beat remake, essentially. except where "star wars" flips the genders, this flips the races. you have a fatherless african-american guy coming to sylvester stallone. and there is something really transformtive and wonderful about changing that dynamic. it's also a very gritty film for all the hollywood qualities of it. it also has a lot of texture, a lot

. >> well, welcome to the kennedy caucus room of the russel building. vickey, very good to see you again. i've appreciated the opportunity to come to boston and to participate in one of your first programs. and, also, to enjoy the extraordinary replica of the united states senate that vicky has put together out there. many of you have probably been there. but if you haven't, you should probably go. as somebody who spends a good deal of time on the senate floor myself, it gave me an eerie feeling that i was right there on the floor myself. ted kennedy and i didn't have much in common. but he came down to the university of louisville, which i appreciated deeply and was extraordinarily impressive performance in every way.nk  [ laughter ] >> we're the cool body. we're not into drama. nothing happened in the senate. if you're looking for quick results, don't look at the senate. >> this project is extraordinary. as a bit of a history buff myself, i am thrilled that ted, even after his departure, is still making history. and we've had no more extraordinary se

"he said wouldn't it be awesome to light every window in this building and that's - i just took it from there." russell still has the first box of lights from his daughter. and after that - from donation to volunteers - many worked to get lights up each one of the 363 windows on the building. "when they turned the lights on, moment, it was a dream come true. i loved it. " "it really touched my heart to see people pull together for my dad." for everyone at summit point they couldn't wait to celebrate his dream come true tonight with bus trips around the sparkling building. for a man who's always thinking of others and sharing hugs -- this night is all about russell. "he's the type of guy who no matter how bad he's feeling or having a rough day he makes sure to open you." now, russell gets to make it part of his routine to enjoy this holiday dream come true. "these are his lights and his pride and joy. " "i like them, i love them. to me it's been a lot of work for a lot of people and i want to appreciate it." want to appreciate it." summit pointe staff members say they plan to put the lights up every yea

"he said wouldn't it be awesome to light every window in this building and that's - i just took it from there." russell still has the first box of lights from his daughter. and after that - from donation to volunteers - many worked to get lights up each one of the 363 windows on the building. "when they turned the lights on, moment, it was a dream come true. i loved it. " "it really touched my heart to see people pull together for my dad." for everyone at summit point they couldn't wait toelebrate his dream come true tonight with bus trips around the sparkling building. for a man who's always thinking sharing hugs -- this night is all about russell. "he's the type of guy who no matter how bad he's feeling or having a rough day he makes sure to open the door for you." now, russell gets to make it part of his routine to enjoy this holiday dream come t te. "these are his l lhts and his pride and joy. " "i like them, i love them. to me it's been a lot of work for a lot of people and i want to appreciate it." >> service for the masses. <

respect from all of his colleagues, regardless of their ideology, their party, so that building was named for richard russell who was a democrat. and for some balance, this building was named for a senator everett dirksen who had been the republican leader from 1959 to 19 1969 and who was quite a popular figure with tousled hair, a deep voice, a terrific orator in the old school style. he won an award just for reading patriotic sheet music and speeches with music playing in the background. it was a quite popular piece at the time. ♪ >> down through the years, there have been men, brave, gallant men who have died that others might be free. >> and so dirksen, known at wizard of ooze, just as a popular person who actually represented a great spirit of bipartisanship. because he was the minority leader in the senate with a very small minority. he usually operated with 35 to 3 36 senators on his side. but it was critical when it took two-thirds to cut off a filibuster. so if they were going to stop a filibuster on civil rights, they needed everett dirksen's support. the nuclear test ban treaty. once dirksen agree

"he said wouldn't it be awesome to light every window in this building and that's - i just took it from there." russell still has the first box of lights from his daughter. and after that - from donation to volunteers - many worked to get lights up each one of the 363 windows on the building. "when they turned the lights on, moment, it was a dream come true. i loved it. " "it really touched my heart to see people summit point they couldn't wait to celebrate his dream come true tonight with bus trips for a man who's always thinking of others and sharing hugs -- this night is all about russell. "he's the type of guy who no matter how bad he's feeling or having a rough day he makes sure to open the door for you." now, russell gets to make it part of his routine to enj this holiday dream come true. "these are his lights and his pride and joy. " "i like them, i love them. to me it's been a lot of work for a lot of people and i want to appreciate it." " tim: good news for kids all across siouxland.... the u-s waiving its usual permit fees... allolong santa's reininer to fly withtht charge. the permit allows

enough. " 3:10:16 he said wouldt it be awesome to light every window in this building and that's - i just t ok it from there." russell still has the first box of lights from his daughter. and after that - from donation to volunteers - many worked to get lights up each one othe 363 windows on the building. "2:49:30 when they turned the lights on, moment, it was a dream come true. i loved it. " " 3:11:40 it really touched my heart to see people pull together for my dad." for everyone at summit point they couldn't wait to celebrate his dreaea come true tonight with bus trips around the sparkling building. for a man who's always thinking of others and sharing hugs -- this night is all about russell. "3:20:35 he's the type of guy who no matter how bad he's feeling or having a rough day he makes sure to open the door for you." now, russell gets to make e t part of his routine to enjoy this holiday dream come true. " 3:21:30 these are his lights "2:58:27 i like them, i love them. to me it's been a lot of work for a lot of people and i want to appreciate it." in marion, jill kasparie, kcrg-tv9 news. tens of thousands of east

wasn't enough. " he said wouldn't it be awesome to light every window in this building and that's - i just took it from there." russell still has the first box of lights from his daughter. and aftethat - from donation to volunteers - many worked to get lights up each one of the 363 windows on the building. moment, it was a dream come true. i loved it. " "it really touch my heart to see people pull together for my dad." for everyone at summit point they couldn't wait to come true tonight around the sparkling building. for a man whwhs always thinking of others and sharing hugs -- this night is all about russell. "he's the type of guy who no matter how bad he's feeling or having a rough day he makes sure to you." now, russell gets to make it part of his routine to enjoy this holiday dream come "these are his lights and his pride and joy. " "i like them, i love them. to me itit been lot of people and i it." deborah: several hot spots either be closed or under special holiday hours in the next few days. the long lines family rec center gym will remain open for the holiday break... with special hours on christmas and new ye

. " 3:10:16 he said wouldn't it be awesome to light every window in this building and that's - i just took it from there." russell still has the first box of lights from his daughter. and after that - from donation to volunteers - many worked to get lights up each one of the 363 windows on the building. "2:49:30 when they turned the lights on, moment, it was a dream come true. i loved it. " " 3:11:40 it really touched my heart to see people pull together for my dad." for everyone at summit point they couldn't wait to celeate his dream come true tonight with bus trips around the sparkling building. for a man who's always thinking of others and sharing hugs -- this night is all about russell. "3:20:35 he's the typeef guy who no matter how bad he's feeling or having a rough day he makes sure to open the door for you." now, russell gets to make it part of his routine to enjoy this holiday dream come true. " 3:21:30 these are his lights and his pride and joy. " "2:58:27 i like them, i love a lot of people and i want to appreciate it." in marion, jill kasparie, kcrg-tv9 news. christmas is the time of year to spend with

he said wouldn't it be awesome to light every window in this building and that's - i just took it from there. russell schmidt lives at "summit pointe senior center" in marion. last year... the 82 year old's daughter put lights on his window... and he thought one just wasn't enough. so his daughter... and dozens of volunteers... worked to light up each of the 363 windows on the building. it's a sight schmidt says he'll never when they turned the lights on, moment, it was a dream come true. i loved it. this year the center gave its residents bus trips around the building... to see the christmas eve will bring a few snow flakes across central iowa. a weak disturbance will lift northeast out of kansas and nebraska today and of the state. the majority of the snow looks to fall across northwest iowa with 1 to 2" from carroll to fort dodge. des moines will be right on the edge of seeing a few snowflakes as well as some light rain showers. highs will reach 37 in des moines. the weather will quiet down this evening for christmas eve services. a few flurries may remain but otherwise, dry weather. temperatures

"he said wouldn't it be awesome to light every window in this building and that's - i just took it from there." russell still has the first box of lights from his daughter. and after that - from donationn to volunteers - many worked to get lights up each one of the 363 windows on the building. "when they turned the lights on, moment, it was a dream come true. i loved it. " "it really touched my heart to see people pull together for my dad." for everyone at summit point they couldn't wait to celebrate his dream come true tonight with bus trips around the sparkling building. for a man who's always thinking of others and sharing hugs -- this night is "he's the type of guy who no matter howowad he's feeling or having a rough day he makes sure to open the e or for you." now, russellllets to make it part of his routine to enjoy this holiday dream come true. "these are his lights and his pride and joy. " "i like them, i love them. to me it's been a lot of work for a lot of people and i want to appreciate it." >> four... seeing in color is something most of us take for granted. but one mother and son are viewi

awesome to light every window in this building and that's - i just took it from there." russell still has the box of lights from his daughter. and after that - from donation to volunteers - many worked to get tights up each one of the 363 windows on the building.. "2:49:30 when they turned the lights on, moment, it was a dream come true. i loved it. " " 3:11:40 it really touched my heart to see people pull together for my dad." for everyone at summit point they couldn't wait to celebrate his dream come true tonight with bus trips around the sparkling building. for a man who's always thinking of others and sharing hugs -- this night is all about russese. "3:20:35 he's the type of guy who no matter how bad he's feeling or having a rough day he makes sure to open the door for you." now, russell gets to make it part of his routine to enjoy this holiday dream come true. " 3:21:30 these are his lights and his pride and joy. " "2:58:27 i like them, i love them. to me it's been a lot of work for a lot of people and i want to appreciate it." in marion, jill kasparie, kcrg-tv9 news. a tec

he said wouldn't it be awesome to light every window in this building and that's - i just took it from there. russell schmidt lives at "summit pointe senior center" in marion. last year... the 82 year old's daughter put lights on his window... and he thought one just wasn't enough. volunteers... worked to light up each of the 363 windows on the building. it's a sight schmidt says he'll never forget... when they turned the lights on, moment, it was a dream come true. i loved it. this year the center gave its residents bus trips around the building... to see the lights. stacy layton sent in this picture of her dog, mandy. and susan murphy ammons sent in hey! this holiday, u.s. cellular's giving you 15 gigs of data for just $70! but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] you're getting data. pony-sized data? u.s. cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. you're getting $400 in promo cards! yes! switch to u.s. cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just $70. christmas eve will bring a few snow flakes across central iowa. a weak disturbance will l

building's roof to collapse. joining us now from dallas is ben russell of nbc affiliate kxas.en, why don't you give us a picture of the cleanup efforts this morning and what's going on, on the ground there. >> reporter: good morning, we're coming to you from garland, texas, the place where the strongest of the several tornadoes touched down here. still this morning there is debris scattered across what is left of this apartment complex. this car no doubt parked here, its side view window completely punched out. we hear meteorologists when tornadoes come through talk about getting to the lowest level of a building. these buildings behind us show you why, the roofs ripped right off, but the lower levels sustained almost no damage. we do know there were people trapped in some of the apartments here, but to the best of our knowledge, no one was killed specifically in this area. now, police here do have much of the damage zone blocked off from the perimeter, and it is a wide area. again i said the strongest of the tornadoes touched down here, the ef4 with winds of up to around 200

building. for a man who's always thinking of others and sharing hugs -- this night is all about russell. who no matter how bad he's feeling or having a rough day he makes for you." now, russell gets to make it part of his routine to enjoy this holiday dream come true. " 3:21:30 these are his lights and his pride and joy. " "2:58:27 i like them, i love work for a lot of people and i want to appreciate it." in marion, jill kasparie, kcrg-tv9 news. both donald trump and hillary clinton are doubling down on their comments about each other... neither one is backing down from the feud following the second storm system of the week heads into thehe state drawing plenty of moisture with it. unfortunately the moisture that falls will be i ithe form of rain and not snow. the showers begin to break out late tonight through the morning hours of our wednesday. rainfall totals up to 0.5" are likely wrapping up during the early evening. highs remain near 40 for christmas eve and christmas day with more rain n ead for the weekend. have a good night. tonight: showers late low: 35-4141 winds: s 10-15tomorr

russell wilson. >>ahmad brooks-49ers linebacker "they're about the same build. they're about the same height. he looks pretty fast on film. he has good vision in the pocket, so we gotta do a good job of getting to him." >> reporter:heading across the bay, the 5-7 raiders have had to move past a recent fourth-quarter meltdown against the chiefs.as they prepare to meet jack del rio's former team in mile high. >> reporter:instead of peyton manning, the defense will be keying on his young undefeated apprentice-- brock osweiler. >>jack del rio-raiders head coach "obviously, he's been preparing for that day when he got his opportunity and he's done a great job filling in as peyton has been down the last three weeks filling in for them." >> reporter:with four games left in the season, you could say this is the last chance for both the niners and raiders. >> reporter:but with the way this year has been.who knows? return >> reporter:and while we hash that out, the warriors seemingly just don't know how to lose. >> reporter:coming up at 6- 45 in sports, gary radnich will have more from the team as they

russell still has the first box of lights from his daughter. and after that - from donation to volunteers - many of the 363 windows on the building. "when they turned the lights on, moment, it was a dream come true. i loved itit" "it really t tched my heart to see people pull togogher for my dad." for everyone at summit point they couldn't wait to celebrate his dream come true tonight around the for a man who's others and sharing all about russell. "he's the type of guy who no matter how bad he's feeling or having a rough day he makes sure to open the door for you." now, russell gets to make it part of his routine to enjoy this holiday dream come true. "these are his lights and his pride and joy. " "i like them, i love them. to me it's been a lot of work for a lot of people and i want to appreciate it." " still to come... a tradition started after an accidental phone call. the story behind santa tracking. after the break. (fred) we have a warm chirstmas day coming up, and light rain and snow are possible. cooler weather will follow next week. all that, plus the abc9 santa tracker, after the norad--tracking his every move on this c

members of the international brotherhood of electrical workers, local 302 good russell proud members of the construction building trades council. we, too, should port shipments six-month federal trade zone permits extension. you hear a lot about free trade and free trade pacts and so forth. free-trade zone concepts allows for raw materials to travel into the united states, relatively unimpeded certainly unencumbered initially by some fees and tariffs. which aren't levied where are the more proprioceptive this means us businesses using us workers will provide us jobs which in turn will strengthen the us economy. that benefits american workers whether they work in these manufacturing jobs are not. certainly strengthens the economy in the area. this allows us in addition to maintain our competitiveness in the world market. at any given time, we represent 200 workers at the chevron facility in richmond that these are highly skilled, highly motivated and well-trained men and women from diverse backgrounds, and they all enjoy hiking middle-class jobs. chevron richmond supports local labor. they've entered into a proje

russell him, quote to rot in the landfill of lost souls. the sentence is eight years less than prosecutors had sought j. a close call caught on camera in london. the facade of building suddenly, let's go, raining bricks and wad on pedestrians below. no one was hurt in the partial collapse which is under investigation. >>> it's funny seeing that gay out there with the shorts on. >> he wasn't the only one. we had some moms walking by with strollers with all their holiday shopping. they weren't in big coats. >> it's about to get even warmer. >> through the weekend. plan on your outdoor activities. think what would you do in a mid-october weekend. outside we go. the empire state building in blue for human rights day. partly to mostly cloudy skies. we're at a pair of 5's at 11:00. your average high is 45, the average low 34. just so out of black. record highs near 70. a change of temperature for sunday. i bumped it up, then temperatures verifying, we're going to break a record in the mid-60s. weather headline, 60s the next four days. record warmth now likely and rain returns on monday. not first thing although there could be drizzle. partly to mostly cloudy skies. 8:00 a

russell is with us. his new movie "joy" is the only in america story of a divorced mother of three who builds a business empire. quite a story. >>> let me fin usual with the astounding number posted by donald trump and need for special care and who you root for. >>> two new polls out for the democratic race in iowa. hillary clinton holds a nine-point lead over bernie sanders. martin o'malley down at 4%. new fox news poll has clinton up 14%. >>> we are hitting isil harder than ever. coalition aircraft, fighters, bombers and drones have been increasing the pace of air strikes nearly 9,000 as of today. we dropped more bombs on isil targets since this campaign started. we are taking out isil leaders, commanders and killers one by one. >>> welcome back to "hardball." after critics panned his oval office address one last week, president obama set to reassure the country he is making every effort to destroy the group. 34% approve the president's handling of isis. 40% of americans say terrorism and national security should be the top priority for the federal government. that is above economics which is so stran

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building a future to believe in. sanders: i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. ( cheers and applause ) ( laughter ) ( laughter ) ( applause ) ( clears throat ) ( laughter ) >> stephen: so david o. russell is the director of this one, right? >> yeah. >> stephen: yeah. you worked with him a few times. >> yeah. >> stephen: i hear he yells lines out like, "try this line. try that line." >> yup. >> stephen: do you like that? >> i do, i do. >> stephen: say, "i love it." >> well, i love it-- ( laughter ) ( applause ) i don't-- i don't really love it. >> stephen: you don't love it, no? you know what? i believed you, though. you're that good of an actor. i really did. you have directed yourself. >> yes. >> stephen: you have worked with great directors and you're a director yourself. could you help me out, i started out as an a director. >> i did. i would like to get some of that de niro, ear de-neto-- magic. i'll come in, with an intention. >> all right, go ahead. >> stephen: i'm going to have an intention, and i'm going to tell you-- like i'm a doctor, and i've lost the patient. you're the family. and i come out, okay. ( clears throat." i'm sorry, we did everything we could. ( laughter ) >> so

members of the international brotherhood of electrical workers, local 302 good russell proud members of the construction building trades council. we, too, should port shipments six-month federal trade zone permits extension. you hear a lot about free trade and free trade pacts and so forth. free-trade zone concepts allows for raw materials to travel into the united states, relatively unimpeded certainly unencumbered initially by some fees and tariffs. which aren't levied where are the more proprioceptive this means us businesses using us workers will provide us jobs which in turn will strengthen the us economy. that benefits american workers whether they work in these manufacturing jobs are not. certainly strengthens the economy in the area. this allows us in addition to maintain our competitiveness in the world market. at any given time, we represent 200 workers at the chevron facility in richmond that these are highly skilled, highly motivated and well-trained men and women from diverse backgrounds, and they all enjoy hiking middle-class jobs. chevron richmond supports local labor. they've entered into a proje

russell schmidt's 80 to end lives that summer point senior living. last year his daughter brought in some christmas lights. and he said wouldn't it be awesome to light every window in the building? thanks to donations and lots of volunteers, they did just that. >> when they turn the lights on, it was a dream come true. i loved it. >> it really touched my heart to see people and friends pull together for my dad. elizabeth: all of the residents got to see the lights by taking shaina: a lot of great awesome stories into the holiday. it is now 5:47. we will give you a look outside at the wet roads at highway five and fleur drive. a lot of people leaving town and engaging in traffic for the you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie cannot be bought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. he's a rock. >> weather is never more than five minutes away, only on kcci 8 news this morning. jason: hap

russell taylor begged a federal judge for leniency in a tearful address to the cord. he had been the director of the foundation. >>> the british government has delayed a decision on whether to build wahle at heathrow, arguing that airport officials need to provide more information on environment concerns. business leaders argue that britain needs more errant capacity to keep that you are economy growing. >>> >>> john madden was released from a san francisco hospital after undergoing open-heart surgery. the nfl says he's expected to make a full recovery. that's a cnbc news update at this hour. back to you. >> thank you, sharon. >>> will the current recession end on 2016? art cashin has thoughts. we will hear them next. coming up ford's ceo mark fields joins us with his take. stay tuned. >>> welcome back. let's start with a news alert on united technologies. seema? >> we have three updates. first it's raising the low end of the 2015 guidance by five cents to a new range of $6.20, important to know this is below wall street consensus. united tech is also up to the 2016 revenue and earnings outlook, but this is also -- this guidance has also fallen short of wall street consensus. thi