saint petersburg to moscow.tre of coming this is haunting europe, wrote karl marx. —— the spectre of communism is haunting europe. in this park, the ghost of lenin is haunting me. whenever i look years there. lenin is the red star of this show, it is like a freak show of fallen idols. you know that an estimated 111,000 studies of this man in the soviet union, that means wherever you went in the ussr there was probably at least one lenin thinking about you, taking ca re of lenin thinking about you, taking care of you orjust lenin thinking about you, taking care of you or just watching lenin thinking about you, taking care of you orjust watching you. close by, there is a lenin museum. a soviet shrine to the russian revolutionary. take a look over here at the wall. there is a quotation. it says, the october revolution opened a new era in world history. and the signature? lenin. but communism did more than cast statues of him. it preserved his body and put it on display. lenin is more alive than the living, declared

maria barlow is the principal of saint henry's school. and experience educator you have been 12 years in catholic school administered asian and principal of the school. prior to that, a public school teacher. and the mother of a young son. she has a bachelors and a masters and working on her doctorate in leadership. beyond her is marion connelly. marion connolly is the principal of the saint cecilia school and san francisco took six years as principal and nearly 30 years as a teacher. and has a grown daughter who is a doctor. >> pediatric cardiologist. >> so they will help us understand what advent is, what our preparation for christmas is. let me ask you first. somebody posed this advent puzzle to me the other day. saying, in the catholic church, how does new year's come before christmas? >> actually, advent is the beginning of the liturgical year in the catholic church. so we actually start -- i could say happy new year on december 3rd. because that is actually the first sunday of advent. what happens -- is we go four weeks for advent.

for latter-day saints.it's now one of the church's around 150 working temples, but before that, it had been a kind of cultural ecclesiastical center for the community. in fact, there's a kind of -- we might call it a sacred geography for early mormon settlements. and that is that the center of town had a church building, and this is true for provo as well so, the city center temple on the site of the tabernacle, which was on the site of an earlier tabernacle, that was all the center of the community. and that center space early latter-day saints saw as kind of biblical, maybe evoking a kind of new jerusalem idea, but it's also very american in one sense. puritan communities evinced the same kind of centrality of the church, so early mormon settlements in utah, it's not unusual to find either a standing tabernacle or where one used to be at the center of town to. so it's a pretty telling symbol about the way those early settlers envisioned their community, that the church literally was the center. latter-day

salt lake city, pretty even between latter day saints and non-latter day saints. utah as a state, somewhere in the mid 60s percentile in terms of mormon population. so this is an unusually dense mart mormon demographic center. both inside and outside the kind of provo area, this is referred to as happy valley. and it's lovingly so by mormons who know this is a very culturally mormon place. and maybe a little bit more critically by folks who come and can't for the life of them find a bar or have a very difficult time finding that cup of coffee in the morning. happy valley to them and its kind of mormon identity has a little bit of a different feel to them. but that -- it's definitely what makes provo provo. >>> our culture is who we are, and when we look back at how our ancestors lived, the kind of life that they live and how difficult it might have been, that reflects on us because that is who we are. those are our roots. these little bits and pieces that we uncovered tell that story. and that's the most important thing about archeology is finding the pieces of hi

this is the very church in democratic west saint nicholas prayed about seventeen hundred years ago he was officially called the bishop of iraq that was the name of this town back then. was his nicholas. between saint nicholas is important all over the world to some of his good deeds reflected in the first guards here in this church which. like protecting those in prison and healing the sick. because it is. devoted his entire life to the well being of others yes. many such stories surround the legend of st nicholas he was known for sharing his possessions with the poor and filling children's boots with gold coins pilgrims spread the word of his miraculous deeds over the centuries the persona of st nicholas evolved into the santa claus figure we know today. the most sacred spot of the church and daimler isn't open to me behind the glass screen people have long believed that this is the last resting place of saint nicholas they say his remains were stolen and taken to italy hundreds of years ago. but a team of scientists recently made a fascinating discovery at a con you clues findings p

salt lake city, pretty even between latter day saints and non-latter day saints.as a state, somewhere in the mid 60s percentile in terms of mormon population. so this is an unusually dense mart mormon demographic center. both inside and outside the kind of provo area, this is referred to as happy valley. and it's lovingly so by mormons who know this is a very culturally mormon place. and maybe a little bit more critically by folks who come and can't for the life of them find a bar or have a very difficult time finding that cup of coffee in the morning. happy valley to them and its kind of mormon identity has a little bit of a different feel to them. but that -- it's definitely what makes provo provo. >>> our culture is who we are, and when we look back at how our ancestors lived, the kind of life that they live and how difficult it might have been, that reflects on us because that is who we are. those are our roots. these little bits and pieces that we uncovered tell that story. and that's the most important thing about archeology is finding the pieces of history

salt lake city, pretty even between latter day saints and non-latter day saints.as a state, somewhere in the mid 60s percentile in terms of mormon population. so this is an unusually dense mart mormon demographic center. both inside and outside the kind of provo area, this is referred to as happy valley. and it's lovingly so by mormons who know this is a very culturally mormon place. and maybe a little bit more critically by folks who come and can't for the life of them find a bar or have a very difficult time finding that cup of coffee in the morning. happy valley to them and its kind of mormon identity has a little bit of a different feel to them. but that -- it's definitely what makes provo provo. >>> our culture is who we are, and when we look back at how our ancestors lived, the kind of life that they live and how difficult it might have been, that reflects on us because that is who we are. those are our roots. these little bits and pieces that we uncovered tell that story. and that's the most important thing about archeology is finding the pieces of history

for latter-day saints. now one of the church's around 150 working temples, but before that, it had been a kind of cultural ecclesiastical center for the community. in fact, there's a kind of -- we might call it a sacred geography for early mormon settlements. and that is that the center of town had a church building, and this is true for provo as well so, the city center temple on the site of the tabernacle, which was on the site of an earlier tabernacle, that was all the center of the community. and that center space early latter-day saints saw as kind of biblical, maybe evoking a kind of new jerusalem idea, but it's also very american in one sense. puritan communities evinced the same kind of centrality of the church, so early mormon settlements in utah, it's not unusual to find either a standing tabernacle or where one used to be at the center of town and so it's a pretty telling symbol about the way those early settlers envisioned their community. latter-day saints had a strong educational ethic very ea

so far saint mary's county leonardtown, saint mary's, places like -- you're all the star.ge, almost 3-inches for damron. ridge a little over 3-inches and 3-inches for park hill. so those are really the winners so far. they ended up getting the snow overnight and we expect that's where most of the snow is going to be today. down in saint mary's county, you guys could get six, seven, there may be a couple of isolated 8-inch spots before it's all said and done. this storm has overproduced through the deep south. so, i suspect this is probably going to have a few surprises for us even though it's a little bit of a different storm for us than what happened down south. okay. 34 for gaithersburg. 32 for westminster. dulles 33. really cold out to the west, too, but they're not going to get much snow along i-81. it's really down here, southeastern where the jackpot is going to be. obviously first snow for the season for d.c. and we really watch the snow blossom over the so. when annie first -- when annie and i first started at 7 o'clock this morning there really wasn't any snow fly

cape saint claire.it 29. you have to get off at 29 work your way back to 50. eastbound reports of two lanes blocked. now it looks like no traffic is moving through on the eastbound side by bay dale drive. we'll get those exact details for you but right now 50 in both directions dealing with some very big problems this morning. we'll go ahead and see if we can forward along our maps and show you what else you're up against. right now as we take a look at our camera things in the district looking very quiet and calm across the bay bridge. we're problem free. not seeing any problems -- i meant the woodrow wilson bridge. looking good there. oxon hill road looks good. same story on 210. again right now the big story tractor-trailer crash on 50 out by annapolis. >> coming up on fox5 news morning, hall of fame quarterback warren moon is being sued for sexual harassment. >> the latest on that and much more trending stories. >> we're going to break right now with a live look outside across the region. the time i

brigham young is the one who the majority of the saints and got the majority of the saints together andthe majority of the church and joseph smith has the precepts to lead this church and brigham young will take this church. he was a very interesting man, a great leader, one of the great owes leade est leaders of 19th century. he tended to lead by example. if you're going on a trek he's at the forefront. if you have to dig out of a mudhole there he's the first one with a shovel and that engendered a great deal of respect and love. he was very very capable. he was able to envision a future, envision what they needed to do and figure out how to get it done. i think more than anything else he was also an individual who had a deep spiritual core to him. there were a number of people when he spoke at a very highly contested meeting, who said as he was speaking, he started to look like joseph smith. they felt that that was a sign that the mantle of leadership had fallen on brigham young's shoulders. in december of 1847, brigham young was proposed by the quorum of the 12 apostles and the membe

vincent the patron saint of lisbon he drew crowds wherever he went in this historical painting by the fifteenth century. we see him praying with a congregation in a small chapel on the banks of the river tigris. henry the navigator built the choco to enable lisbon seafarers to spend a night in prayer before setting off across the vast unknown oceans to discover and conquer the world for portugal. in the early sixteenth century the mouth of the tangos was the gateway to the world portugal was at the peak of its power its navigators returned to lisbon from far off lands. vasco da gama who met the sea which to india pedro are that a scout who discovered brazil they found new lands and oceans a new sky and new stars. in caravels laden with exotic spices and treasure the explorers sailed into the port of lisbon. where they were awaited by the king where the first also known as man with the fortunate. he ordered a large tall beacon to be build a watchtower for the golden spice ships he wanted a prestigious landmark for the capital of his empire a fitting monument to welcome home the intrepi

that's 179 cape saint claire road.to 50. at least a 30 minute delay coming off the bay bridge because of a tractor-trailer crash involving a fuel spill. tractor-trailer was carrying meat products. that debris spilling overto the eastbound lanes so one eastbound lane getting by. eastbound traffic may want to exit at two and take your way around to college park way and hook back onto 50. coming to and from the eastern shore this morning is going to be a mess. annie yu is tracking the cleanup process. we have an earlier crash. this is 270. it's involving several cars and injuries before 85. it's moved over to the right shoulder but delays remain tw trip. now normally i would tell everyone to hop off and take 355 but you don't want to do that right now. we have ongoing construction work right now 355 at mon knocks see river bridge closed in both directions. that will keep that congestion on 270 very heavy. make sure you leave early. 355 not a option over the monocacy bridge. >> 410 eastbound and westbound at fairview avenu

and some other trainees look more like saint nick so all of her has his work cut out for him the instructor takes his job very seriously ok cool. but look if he's beards look awful. lots of people think a bad light this will turn them into santa. but there's a lot more to it than that. none of those guns is esteemed for showing. cheap beards are simply not allowed here let's see how all of hers doing. it's time for the practical exam. all over gets a little help from his wife. there's no private dressing room here so the men's bathroom will have to do. it so this is the changing room right. now what's in there you know what. it's the status or took my wife made for me what she sold the whole thing by hand so. that's the. hell and i just turned a bathrobe into a coat also when i added some bits and trims them away but it's not perfect so i'm not a seamstress but it'll do. all of her aren't has just fifteen minutes to transform himself into santa. i just want to get in fleece . i need to beard lived. just a second how did you come up with the idea of being santa. your well one day my wife sai

it shows the holy trinity and virgin mary ringed by saints and angels.the words of the creed. pope francis blessed this in 2015 when it was still under construction. >> almost anticipated as much as the macy's holiday windows in new york city are the hand painted holiday windows along mt. vernon avenue. this is in the dell ray area of alexandria. we caught artist patrick kerr win in the act paninting the town. you're going to find the 12 days of christmas at an auto dealer, the nut cracker, and the christmas carol. those are some of the scenes you'll see in t we have a cool time lapsed video of him doing the scene. search delray windows in the app. >> do it while you're sipping your coco. a news4 investigation. >> it exposed popular cars suddenly stalling. there is progress from stopping it from happening to you thanks to our reporting. >> also team usa is heading to south korea pretty soon. they'll have no shortage of delicious food there, but they're not going to find it in restaurants. we went on an adventure. >> the first snow fall of the season, rig

. >> they call you the saint of staten island. >> people shouldn't feel that you need to be a saint to do good things. >> and the doctors about to change their lives. this special edition of "nightline," "the hunted," will be right back. ♪ ♪ start the car! start the car! the ikea winter sale. wooooooo! get up to 50% off select items. now through january 10th. ikea. ♪ ♪ start the car! start the car! the ikea winter sale. wooooooo! get up to 50% off select items. now through january 10th. ikea. >>> this special edition of "nightline," "the hunted," continues. juju chang reports. >> okay, oh very nice! which bed is yours? top bunk or bottom bunk? nice. this is yours. baracka and amgudu are bunkmates, living in hiding in tanzania. does he snore at night? no? you like each other, huh? yeah. baracka, is it like having a big brother? yeah? >> reporter: they both have albinism, a disorder marked by absence of pigment in the skin and eyes. does he take care of you? >> when some people bully him, amagu tells him off. >> he protects you? because he has such big muscles? >> reporter: they weren't

you'll be forced to get off at exit 29, cape saint claire road. a few miles of backup so please factor that in your commute. if you're traveling eastbound you can see one lane is getting by there on route 50. you're getting by with just one lane to the right. and just in case, if you need to get to the businesses including this gas station, the service lanes are opened. i know some of you were wondering about that. now, crews shut down part of the eastbound side because of large debris that basically scattered and flew from the westbound side as a result of this crash and police that this truck was carrying a bunch of meat products so, in addition to a fuel spill, you had product scattered across the roadway, so they are working to clean that up. you also have the department of environment out here assisting with the fuel cleanup. so, this is going to take still i think another hour or so before they can fully reopen the lanes, but once they do, miles of backup from the -- on the westbound side will be able to finally get through here on route 50.

wrap it up tonight, for christmas. >> saint nick. >> saint nick, it is tonight. >> tonight. >> absolutely, done deal. >> done deal. >> you heard from rocco, you heard from the fans, merry christmas, happy holidays, let's go eagles. new back to you, jessica merry christmas look at these faces. >> merry christmas. >> e-a-g-l-e-s eagles. >> eagles fans never disappoint, tori. never disappoint. merry christmas to all of them as you know from looking at everybody out split is certainly a chilly night. down right cold. it will be very chilly for eagles fans at the linc or just heading out to walk around or stretch your legs. meteorologist lauren casey's here with the frigid forecast for the rest of the holiday, it will be really cold tonight >> yes, chilly, very chilly by order of like 10 or something but yes, we had cold air settling in for the day thing and then to add insult to injure we have the wind gusts on top of. that wind gusts at 57 miles an hour, in cape may, gusting, in furlong bucks county 52 miles an hour. northeast fail a wind gust of 51 miles an hour. we had down trees. down pow

how fitting can jolly old saint nick deliver the perfect christmas gift tomorrow.ething eagles fans have been asking for, to foles and eagles can clinch home field advantage throughout playoffs for first time in 13 years with a win. eagles fans better watch out and better not throw snowballs at santa let saint nick foles do the throwing tomorrow night against oakland raiders. tomorrow night foles and eagles look to clinch their first number one seed in the nfl playoffs since 2004 super bowl run. >> everybody is excited about the season, and with the ability to close out number one seed in the nfl, or pardon me nfc it is a huge game for us. >> it is a great opportunity for us as an organization, we have worked very hard, we have been through things in the past and way our season has been going this year, we are made a lot have stride and we stayed hungry and we will do what we have to do on monday, we will just play hard, and be ourselves and then clinching like that, we appreciate it situation. >> if you don't have eagles ticket under the tree tomorrow don't worry

so saint jude is everywhere. worked out at saint jude is then taken into the clinic where the children get the first chance at this life-saving effort, whatever it is. every child who comes to saint jude has both a doctor and a scientist on their case, which is a huge difference. that's why doctors zen us their very toughest cases because they know we're working on what nobody else knows. we're working on what we don't know. because we are a research center. >> what i think -- thanks -- go ahead. >> one of things i think is great i palagis for interrupting there, yes, everybody knows somebody who touched by saint jude and you see the stories and you can't but help feel the compassion and want to give. but the giving is contagious as well and one of stories we saw just a week ago we talk with that young college student who had fallen into the online twitter donation and we had chance to talk to her from out of washington state. you know gosh darn it i'll find a way to come up with this money. she's been able to co

there are also thousands outside the basilica in saint peter's square.travel from all around the world to attend this event. they attend to hear the pope delivery the traditional homily and beside over the service. it is not quite midnight in vatican city, it is just a little bit after ten. but that midnight mass is under way. thousands inside saint peter's basilica and thousands outside as well watching the pope conducting the midnight mass. the russian opposition says he has got the number of seats he needs to be registered in the election in march. he told a meeting in moscow that the support he has got in 20 cities in russia proves he is a viable alternative to vladimir putin. sarah rainsford has more. in this huge tent on a river beach on the outskirts of moscow there are hundreds of people who have been queueing for some hours now to show their support for the anti—corruption their support for the anti—corru ption activist who their support for the anti—corruption activist who wants to be president of russia. he says russians have had enough of vla

between saint nicholas is important all over the world to some of his good deeds reflected in the first here in this church which. like protecting those in prison and healing the sick you also mention so did because it is. a devoted his entire life to the wellbeing of others yet show moon has. many such stories surround the legend of st nicholas he was known for sharing his possessions with the poor and filling children's boots with gold coins pilgrims spread the word of his miraculous deeds over the centuries the persona of st nicholas evolved into the santa claus figure we know today. the most sacred spot of the church and demaris an open to meet behind the glass screen people have long believed that this is the last resting place of saint nicholas they say his remains were stolen and taken to italy hundreds of years ago. but a team of scientists recently made a fascinating discovery to come you clues findings point to an intact burial crypt below the church you clue is convinced that this is where the real grave of st nicholas lies are still buried it will take some time before we ca

we could play against barcelona, against paris saint—germain, or besiktas.ady, we must be ready. because when we played, this isa ready. because when we played, this is a fantastic competition. this is the best tournament. reason, i want to go through. i want to try to be the best in this tournament. we must be ready to face every team. elsewhere on tuesday, in group djuventus moved into the knockout stages joining barcelona after victory over olympiacos in greece. bayern munich won against paris saint germain but the french team still qualify top of group b, while in group a manchester united despite going behind at home to cska moscow scored twice in the second half to see jose mourinho‘s side finish top. iam i am really happy, because we don't wa nt to i am really happy, because we don't want to qualify it with a defeat. we don't want to qualify it with a bad performance, so the objective was to qualify playing well and trying to get at least a positive result will stop and they think we did that very, very well. not many predicted england winning the sec

young, who is the one that got to majority of the saints, who gathered the majority of the saints togetheras a very interesting man. he was a great leader. there are interesting things about him. he tended to lead by example. if you're going on a trip he is at the forefront. if you to dig out of a mud hole he is the first one there with a shovel. he was just very very capable. he was able to envision a future, envision what they needed to do and how to get it done. i think more than anything else he was also an individual who had a deep spiritual core to him. there were a number of people when he spoke at a very highly contested meeting who said as he was speaking he started to look like joseph smith. they felt that that was a sign that a mantle of leadership -- young was sustained. that mains he was proposed by the form and the membership voted to sustain him. in 1847 he lead a group of 143 men rn men, three women and two children. they were paving the way. they were finding the best route. they were sent here to find a way and get things started. once they established and got family sett

paul, or both, why are they the big saints around here?pted to do. >> asia: but when i was a child, my mother took me -- >> anthony: is that the good pope or the nazi pope? >> asia: no, he was the good one. he was not the nazi. this is not papa nazi. >> anthony: that's the good one, the current one? the one before? [ speaking foreign language ] ♪ ♪ ♪ really? really? really? really? really? really? see zero in a whole new way. get zero down, zero deposit, zero first month's payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. now with the people first warranty. dad promised he would teach me how to surf on our trip. when you book a flight then add a hotel you can save. 3 waves later, i think it was the other way around... ♪ everything you need to go. expedia. i am totally blind. and non-24 can make me show up too early... or too late. or make me feel like i'm not really "there." talk to your doctor, and call 844-234-2424. we're going out in an hour...? fast. allegra® relieves your worst allergy symptoms two times faster than clarit

victims now elevated to saints, tsar nicholas ii and his family. stands, they and their most loyal servants were executed. the bolsheviks shot and bayonetted them. it was a bloody and brutal and to russia's last tsar. having murdered the tsar, the bolsheviks tried to conceal their crime and bury all memory of the monarchy. but they failed. it took 60 years, but eventually, deep in this forest near yekaterinburg, a discovery was made. found here, what were believed to be the remains of emperor nicholas ii and his family. in 1998, russia's government confirmed the authenticity. and nicholas, his wife, alexandra, three of their children, and four of their staff, were laid to rest. later, more bones were found in the same forests, believed to be the tsar‘s missing son and daughter. the church, though, has not recognised the remains, though, that may be about to change. now, there are new investigations using more advanced methods, and the church participates in these investigations. there is a strong chance the church will recognise the so—called yekat

>> ♪ >> ♪ >> midnight mass at the basilica of saint peter and paul marks the beginning of christmas forladelphia's fateful. christians celebrating the birth of jesus christ. >> president trump is celebrating his first christmas in office. >> i'm roxanna in new york with a look at how he and other people around the world are marking the holiday. >> live look at storm scan3, showing mix of snow and rain across the delaware vale. a winter weather advisory is in effect for the northern suburbs, until 9:00 this morning, get ready for a cold and windy holiday. good morning, everyone, merry christmas, i'm jim donovan. rahel, katie and meisha have the morning off. matt peterson is here with your christmas morning forecast. morning, buddy, it is you and me. >> we're doing it. >> holding down the for the. we can do it, only couple of more hours. >> little rail i this morning, when i left, but what's the rest of the morning look like? >> looks like the precipitation will move out. morning travel could be a little dicey, lots of folks hitting the roads, it is cents christmas day, but once we get to

the motif of the ecstasy of saint teresa is a variation of the annunciation also depicted by frog andjellicoe but with benny there was a decisive transformation saint to rezone is portrayed in dramatic film many many attempts to make the ecstasy tangible math a mitzvah grown our eyes are twisted the body is open. from now on the story of salvation and the motifs derived from it were presented theatrically utilizing old visual tools available. that included classical heroes and an agrees. precisely at the moment when st peter's basilica symbolized the victory of christian imagery of a pagan antiquity the latter returned in full force into the christian world. in the immense scope of st peter's we find the legend of its foundation expressed in the sentence and so i say to you you pizza and upon this rock i will build my church. the new building claim to be nothing less than the greatest monument in the history of the world time and again the builders dishpan it and down to it whether the immense vault would be capable of bearing the enormous coppola but will. the spirit of the age deman

a saint nick wish for saint nick. >> let's keep it moving. >> all right. >> that would be tonight. >>y. the royals have their christmas card out. i'm sure you have seen it by now because it is christmas morning. duke and duchess of cambridge releasing their annual christmas card just like last year, last year, prince george , princess charlotte taking center stage standing in front of the prince william and kate. this is at the home in kensington even though it is just a white background. looking good, um. >> they are looking very nice. >> yes, some people say a lot of people, over to the new year, new thing, some people have had a rough year i have been speak w next year they will have a baby, another royal wednesdaying. >> i forgot she's pregnant. >> you cannot even tell. >> she always had problems with terrible morning sickness >> yes. >> barely gains an ounce. >> then you have the wedding coming up may the ninth, 19th. >> i think it is 19th. >> harry, hank, and megan. >> i love how do you that, nickname them. >> megan markle, she's invited and it is rare fiance not an actual wife,

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. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> archbishop charles chaput leads midnight mass at the cathedral basilica of saint peter paul. pope francis makes a plea for refugees while celebrating midnight mass at the vatican. >> they have to leave their people, their homes, and their lands. >> he drew a parallel between immigrants and the holy family >> this is the time that these kids have been waiting for. we finally let them open their gifts. >> all things are possible with god. whether it is operation santa claus, or surviving a car accident. >> a christmas miracle for four nuns who survived a violent car crash. >> they called me up. they sent me text. they said what's going to happen with operation santa claus. i said it is cents still going to happen, i'm not sure how. they said we'll make it happen >> former students step in to make sure their yearly toy drive and delivery took place. >> you're wondering where santa is? >> volunteers track santa and his reindeer. >> i was going to get the bring of santa and christmas around the world. >> and those volunteers were busy all night long taking calls from curious

lukes celebrated beast of saint nicholas with an actor portraying the greek saint.aint nick list a fourth century michigan on was men for many miracles and giving his entire family inheritance to the needy. some wore holiday sweaters, for this festive occasion. >> just enough snow melt todd make way for first annual style me manayunk. shoppers bundled up to patronized the vendors right along green street in manayunk they offered jewelry, holiday decorations and other unique gifts, there was also food vendors to provide a little taste of the season. we will be right back. >>> septa employees got in the holiday spirit. teams of employees created displays, near holiday festival at dilworth park. it is public to enjoy and also , bragging rights. so, the draft to vote on which decorated bus, they like the most. >> jamie's here talking about the eagles, and of course, a lot can happen with that win in los angeles. >> yes, lot on the line, guys, nfc east, top seed in the nfc, pride after their first loss since september, and eagles without zach ertz showing that they are r

this notion of always finding another brushstroke we see in saint jerome around the same time saint jerome in the wilderness and it is unfinished but you can see 20 or 30 years later after he put the painting aside, he does more anatomy experiments, gets the neck muscles exactly right in his anatomy drawings on the far right and goes back to a saint jerome painting and redoes that painting so what you see in leonardo's somebody who procrastinates. it makes him a bad notary. sometimes lets the perfect be the enemy of the good like steve jobs who wouldn't ship the original macintosh because the circuit board inside wasn't pretty so they held it up until they could make a circuit board no one would ever see. likewise, leonardo holds onto his drawings, i will learn something more, i will be able to make it better. the way i sort of understood that was not just by looking at his paintings which other people have written about so brilliantly but i decided to use as the foundation for this book his notebooks. 20 years ago when i was wandering around, my wife had studied in florence, we saw the pa

she is the principal of the saint cecelia's school in san francisco. been there six years as principal and 30 years as a teacher and is also an alumnus, alumni, i should say, and a grown doctor who is a nurse. >> pediatric. >> they are going to help us understand what advent is, what the preparation for christmas is. here is someone who posed this advent puzzle the other way. in the catholic church, how does it come before christmas. >> it is the beginning of the liturgical year on christmas. i could say happy new year on december 1st. what happens is we go four weeks for advent. then there is 12 days of christmas. >> right. >> and then we go into ordinary times. there is six weeks of ordinary time, which will then be followed by the season of lent, which then leads us to the most holiest of weeks with easter. then it ends with ordinary time again until we hit advent next year in 2018. >> so in my intro i suggested we are all rushing towards christmas, and i think you would agree, but you are saying there is a season called advent that is the new year.

in vatican city, the faithful began gathering long before midnight in saint peter's square. beneath a giant christmas tree, a scene to reflect the birth of jesus. while inside the basilica began the annual ceremony, steeped in catholic tradition. this, the fifth christmas eve mass to be held by pope francis. with 1.2 million roman catholic followers around the world, the pontiff used his speech to highlight the plight of migrants, telling his followers the story of mary and joseph, and the trials they were forced to endure on theirjourney to bethlehem. his holiness urged compassion to those who've also fled their homes. translation: we see the tracks of entire families forced to set out in our own day. we see the tracks of millions of people who do not choose to go away, but driven from their land, leave behind their dear ones. in many cases, this departure is filled with hope, hope for the future. yet for many others, this departure can only have one name — survival. outside of the cathedral, amongst the splendour of saint peter's square, there was hope that pope francis‘ s

we'll un mask saint nick when "eyewitness news" continues. >> i'm deployed in afghanistan and i wantn son a very happy merry christmas and to all of my family. i miss you. >> ♪ >> merry christmas ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> merry christmas ♪ >> ♪ >> merry christmasses ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> welcome back everyone, weren't they great? one of my high school classmates was in that group. great concert series so they swung by the studios a few days ago, but some news of the folks in eagles nation tonight we got game christmas night. >> big game tonight, can't wait. eagles and raiders, i know you can't wait for t birds are looking to wrap up home field advantage throughout the playoffs. with a win tonight putting a bo on what's been out standing season, perhaps they'll gift a gift tonight against the raiders, all right, no more christmas fun, let's talk football. with the vikings winning easily saturday it, means the birds still have something to play f

saint nick foles throwing tomorrow night at the oakland raiders. foles and eagles look to clinch number one seed for the first time in the nfc since that 2004 super bowl run. >> everybody is excited about the season as are we and with the ability to close out the nim one seed in the nfl, or in the nfc, you know, huge game for us. >> i think it is a great opportunity for us as an organization, we worked very hard, we have been through some things in the past and way our season has been going this year we're rolling. we have made a lot of stride. we have stayed hungry to do what we have to do monies play hard and, you know, for something like, you know, clinching like that, to be the situation, we appreciate it. >> should be a good one tomorrow night. >>> while eagles are soaring dallas cowboys are still alive in the playoff chase. they are down one to seattle. if the cowboys win and were to beat eagles next week and get, of course, lots of help they will sneak in the playoffs. >>> elsewhere saint and falcons drew brees is only third quarterback in n

and after a man who has led them for ten years left northampton saints, captain dylan hartley has hisoutside. frustrating, because i see how hard people work, and it is personal. the ashes are lost for england's cricketers, but there are still two more tests to play. next up, melbourne and the boxing day test. james anderson says england failed at the key moments against australia. england's record wicket—taker has been speaking on the radio 5live podcast tailenders — which is available now to download. in those key moments that test matches sort of pivot on, we've been way off the mark. dave dealt with those moments better. the pressurised situations, we've just not been at the races, really. in a big series like this, that's what you need. the frustration is we know we are a good enough team. player for player, we know we've got enough to compete with australia, but those pressurised situations, those key moments... when we were 370—4, to only get 400 from there was a massive failure on our part, and you can't win a series if you perform like that. one positive in the england camp i

also saint mary's county. this is towards lexington park. notice on the deck on the table on the trees, yes, starting to see the accumulating snow fall. that snow, if it's snowing where you are right now, it may not stop for the next 24 hours. you, folks, are going to see the most. if it's snowing outside your window right now, you hit the jackpot, or what's the other thing if you don't want the snow, you hit the jackpot or? or you're out of luck. or you're out of [ laughter ] >> sol. that's exactly right. if you're a snow lover, you're loving this. if not, you're going to get a lot from southern maryland. right now cloud cover and cool temperatures right now sitting at 41 degrees. winds are calm. we're not seeing any wind chill out there. that's a good thing. 34 winchester, 39 in culpepper. the coldest air right now notice where it is, patuxent river in cambridge. that's not because we have air coming. the air is actually cooling as the snow comes down. the snow will come down. this will happen here tomorrow morning. so it may be 36, 37 whe

in hopes that saint nicholas soon would be there. the children were necessaryled all snug in their beds, while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads. and mama and her ker chief and my in my cap had just settled down for a long winter's nap. when out on the lawb there arose such a klater i sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. and away to the window i flu-like a flash, tore open the shutter and threw you up the sash. the moon of the breast of the new fallen snow gave a luster of midday to objects below. and what do my wondering eyes should appear but a miniture sleigh and eight tiny reindee reindeer. and with a little old driver lively and quick i knew in a moment it must be saint nick. more rapid than eagles the courses they game and whistled and shouted and called them by names. now dasher, now dancer, now pranceer and vixt ke inform and on comet and cupid and donder and blitzen to the top of the porch to the top of the wall do you dash away, dash aaway, -- away all. as dry leaves before the hild hurricane fly when t

. >>> christmas eve means a curb side dropoff event for saint anthony. 7 news in the tenderloin as hundreds pulled up and dropped off donations. last count the foundation collected more than 300 fresh o hand knitted scarves, socks, clothing and toiletries for low income residents of city. off awe want t want the homeless to be warmer, and cleaner too. toiletry. anyway. just do it because i want to. >> we are so blessed by the generosity of, of the san francisco community. >> this is the 30th year, saint anthony's, volunteers have organized the donation drive. >> now your accuweather forecast withdrew tooma. >> ein accuweather. wrapping up the sunshine. cool temperatures. keeping the cloud cover and cooling into the 30s in a lot of spots. live doppler 7 showing you. cloud cover, overhead does contain moisture. you can see a few returns. especially, santa rosa, cloverdale in the north bay. the greatest ground observations none is reaching the ground. just too dry in our atmosphere for the rain to make it to the surface. and we don't intend to see any showe

the saints looked like they were going to win this game.n the last minute, drew brees throws an interception in the end zone. the falcons hold on to beat the saints 20-17. >> so, what about the niners this sunday? they're in houston and already they're comparing jimmy g. and joe cool. >> like joe montana and jimmy grap low? >> yes. >> no way. it's only been one game. here's nbc's colin resch from levi stadium. >> when you go out there and you make some of the throws he did, people get very excited. >> grap aloe, what a grab and another third down conversion. >> i was looking forward in the years to come you have a play maker back there. he's going to get it to you, it makes you want to work that much harder for that guy knowing that he's going to lay it on the line for you. >> in his starting debut as a 49er, jimmy didn't throw a touchdown pass. his team scored just 15 points, but they won. and it's the manner in which he played in beating chicago that has coaches, players and fans singing his praises. >> i think everyone knows the potentia

dallas 8-7. >> crazy play between the falcons and saints. matt ryan's pass deflected. ball winds of on latimore's back side he makes the recover yeef. that l -- recovery. the touchdown pass. and new orleans clinches a playoff berth with a 23-13 victory. falcons have a chance for a wild card spot. >> with just 35 second left. carolina, tampa bay, cam newton scores from the 2 despite fumbling the snap. point after president of the panthers up by tleech. jame -- panthers up by three. loses the football. loses his temper. carolina. with the win. winston was sacked six times andful bummand f fumbled three times. raiders playing for pride tomorrow night against the eagles. can't watch that contest right here on abc 7 at 5:30. oakland had slim pro season hopes end when the chiefs beat miami. alex smith. to travis kelsey. hunt ran for 91 yards. this scores, kansas city, 29-13. chiefs capture back to back afc west titles first time in franchise history. coach andy reid was so jol gee he showed up as santa in the locker room. no winter wonder lan foland. and mitch traviski will