here's the eastern shoreline right here. >> sam. sam.oliday sweater. >> samuel j. champion. >> oh, hello. harry potter? no. henry. henry potter. i'm veronica corningstone. going cassette to 8-track. that was a bad idea. right. left. milk, please. >> i don't want to ask twice. >> love you, sam. ♪ >> i love you guys, more than i can express. i've had the extreme joy that i don't think very many people will ever know of working with your friends and your family. this will always be my home. [ cheers and applause ] >> sam, that's who you are. i said this to you often times. you're so quick. you're the best to work with. you can throw -- we can throw anything, and we often did, at you. and you'd hit it out of the park. and people are saying, how can we be celebrating? it's because of the love. and the fact that, yeah, we're sad to see you go. but we're so happy for you in this next chapter that you're embarking on. and a great, new adventure. >> we already miss you. >> and you seem so excited about this, as well. >> it is something that peopl

and in washington, sam stein is here with us. hi, sam. >> hello. >> all right. >> hello. is your holiday season going, sam? >> going pretty well, i guess. how about for you? >> man, it's unbelievable. it really is. it's the best holiday season i've ever had in my life. it's because you're here, sam. let's talk about this next year. >> let's look ahead. >> let's look ahead. >> let's be forward thinking. let's lean forward. okay. >> that's a great idea. >> this year's session of congress will -- >> i'm sorry, go ahead. >> this year's session of congress will go down as one of the least liked, least effective in history sending the government into shut down and getting practically nothing done. >> it was fun. two good things. one it was fun. and two, they got 14% approval rating. >> it was not fun. >> 13 points it could be lower than that. >> here's the question, guys. will 2014 be any better? this morning we'll look at what's possible in the next year. >> john, let's start with you. if we go back over the last year we see a lot of promises at the inauguration that the presi

. >> sam eshaghoff's scam was getting paid thousands of dollars to take the s.a.t. test for other students. he did it at least 16 times, scoring in the 97th percentile of the country. >> i would call him an academic gun for hire. that's what he was. >> welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. i'm bob simon. in this edition, we examine two very different kinds of fraud. bernie madoff's wife and surviving son break their silence about wall street's most infamous criminal. and later, we visit a high school con man who figured the best way to make the grade was to cheat the s.a.t.s but first, in december 2008, bernie madoff confessed to running a $65-billion ponzi scheme, the largest financial fraud in history. while madoff is serving 150 years in prison, his family had to deal with the consequences of his crimes. his wife ruth divested of most of her great wealth and derided by a suspicious world. their son mark dead, driven to suicide by shame and accusations of guilt. their other son andrew isolated, trying to live with the disgrace. are they innocent or willing partners? in o

sam was apparently their dream choice. so we wish sam all the best and we will miss sam.ll absolutely miss him. it doesn't seem like it because we just heard the news, but his last day is tomorrow. >> yes, it is tomorrow. >> wednesday is tomorrow. that's tough. >> wow. >>> moving on to this. joe jonas, one of the trio of the jonas brothers, apparently revealing a lot in an essay in "new york magazine." the fact he smoked pot when he was just a teen. he did it with other teen stars namely demi lovato and miley cyrus. they egged him on to try it and try it. and he also says that he was caught drinking at 16 or 17, doing it in another country where it is legal. but still, he was very, very scared and lost his virginity when he was 20. there's the promise rings. >> 20, huh? legal but still he was very scared and lost his virginity when he was 20. there's the promise rings. >> 20, huh? the post pregnancy body shot. the post pregnancy body shot. ♪ >>> the post pregnancy body shot. new moms who have lost their baby weight are posting selfies on facebook, instagram and everywhere

and we did the math sam.we figured -- >> so each time we're going to do it differently. >> over the years, you have been here -- how many days did we say? 1,802 days. you have given us 7,208 forecasts, approximately and counting. >> right, right. >> so sam, what were your favorites? >> 5,201. amazing. >> i remember that one. >> it had it all. >> it had it all. >> heat, cold, rain, sunshine. had it all. >> lake effect. lake effect. >> and speaking of cold air -- i don't know how that works. but we'll try. it's not just a blast of cold air that moves into the middle of the country. but it's got some snow in it. in some cases, about three feet of snow. we'll start with salt lake city at about 6 1/2 inches of snow. and watch in the mountains. this is a big dump of snow. the really -- something important to talk about this morning is another day of fog, right along the mississippi river valley. some places, the visibility is down to zero. you can't see your hand in front of your face, like that close. that area ha

i'm sam brock. coming up on "today in the bay," a fire at a south bay apartment complex, how residents now most cope without a home for the holidays. >>> bay area families fighting to keep their teen girl on life support. how the hospital is responding after jahi's mother puts out an emotional open letter. >>> and weather continues to be a factor for holiday travelers all over the country. this is "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >>> and we begin this sunday morning with a live picture of the east bay from the san bruno mountain. a beautiful vista as we are now just three days away from the christmas holiday. good morning and thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock in for kris sanchez this morning. a bit of a brisk start to the day but is a warm-up in store? let's check in with christina loren and a look at your first forecast. >> that's right. come 72 hours from now kids will be opening up those presents after santa gets through. he's going to have to make it th

panic. >> sam! >> sam! >> sam!e are treated for broken bones and bruises at the nearby hospital. no players are injured but the cowboys' staff suffers a devastating blow. the most severely injured is 33-year-old assistant scout rich beam. his spine is severed and he's permanently paralyzed from the waist down. >> the initial reaction from me and everybody else is, wow, we were lucky and nobody really got hurt. but it was not much later that we realized that not everybody was so lucky. when we found out about rich, that changed everybody's perspective of all of it. >> the cause of the collapse is immediately investigated. at first it's thought that a tornado hit the facility but it turns out the collapse is caused by a microburst, an intense downdraft of air over a small area usually caused by a thunderstorm. the investigation reveals that wind speeds during the microburst are estimated to be between 55 and 65 miles per hour. and because of structural flaws, the facility is unable to withstand the impact. the indoor

sam champion is leaving the network. >> sam is leaving to join the weather channel for what he calls a once in a lifetime opportunity. sam has been bringing the country the weather on abc in 2006. but he became part of the abc news family 25 years ago when he started at wabc. sam will be the on-air face at the weather channel and will serve as a managing editor, as well. we wish him all the very best. sam is one of the absolute best in the business. just a great guy and a tremendous talent. we're going to miss him. >> good luck to him. >> ginger zee taking over for sam. we're in good hands of her. >> yeah. your daughter is a huge fan. >> my daughter loves ginger zee. she's a woman. and she roughs it out there in the out back. doing all of the weather stories. she thinks she is the coolest. and she has good taste. >> she is kind of cool. >>> the clock is ticking in washington again. and if congress doesn't act fast, you'll be paying even more for plane tickets. >>> plus, beaches closed. a fisherman becomes another victim in an area seeing an alarming number of attacks from sharks. new

at that point sam revamped the market.stalled a kitchen in the center of the market and really made it a place where chefs look forward to come. he created community through food. so, we designed our community as having three parts we like to draw as a triangle where it's comprised of our producers that make the food, our staff, those who sell it, and our guests who come and buy and eat the food. and we really feel that we wouldn't exist if it weren't for all three of those components who really support each other. and that's kind of what we work towards every day. >> valley creamery was opened in 2006. the two pastry chefs who started it, chris hoover and walker who is sam's wife, supplied all the pastries and bakeries for the market. they found a space on the block to do that and the ice cream kind of came as an afterthought. they realized the desire for ice cream and we now have lines around the corner. so, that's been a huge success. >>> in 2008, sam started 18 reasons, which is our community and event space where we d

that's sam champ going to the weather channel. do you think that "good morning america" will be affected at all by having sam depart in such a way? >> sam's going to a better job, they had the handoff publicly and he was very gracious and everybody was happy and there was no sad faces other than people missing him on gmz. and people who like the show and like sam probably know and like her too. so i think this transition is very important, everybody wanted it to happen. everybody understands he's going to a better job. and so i think fans of gma have another reason to tune in because maybe the anchor mix will just be different and newer and fresher. >> that's interesting. >> i was kind of surprised to see sam champion go, i thought abc would find a way to get the gang together. i dug around at three difference sources who said part of the reason it was so appealing to sam champion, he's also getting stock in weather channel. maybe that's one way for these cable channels to attract talent. >> you and i both wrote a lot about mornin

sam had always wanted to sing in a rock band. now he has decided life is too short to put it off any longer. >> it made me realize that you only is have so much time on this earth, you only have so much time to do the things that you need to do, to enjoy your life because you only have one life. and i need to put everything into it. ♪ ♪ the bolt from the sky >> coming up, bear is blasted off a high power electric pole. >> all of a sudden we had a bear exploding in midair. >> and good thing a cat has nine lives. when "caught on camera: high voltage" continues. [ male announcer ] the new new york is open. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to bold ideas. that's why new york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years... we're new york. if there's something that creates more jobs, and grows more businesses... we're open to it. start a tax-free business at startup-ny.com. we're open to it. so when my moderate to severe chr

and on occasion they get caught, sam.ne thing i've noticed here the way howard pointed that out is yes john cornyn was a regular conservative republican until ted cruz became his running mate. driving out of circulation, it seems. >> yeah. well, listen. this is a complex matter. because to cornyn and others' credits, they were warning there would be people that would be left off of their plans or forced to cancel plans. a lot of the problems we're seeing, they did warn about. however, they are taking these criticisms to a different extreme. it's one thing to warn about the rollout, about a sloppy website, about people who have canceled coverage. it's another thing to warn about big government intrusions. keep in mind, the individual mandate was a conservative idea chocked up on the heritage foundation. it's not like this was a theory. the other thing that should be pointed out and the president stressed it today, whether you like the bill or not, for the next three years it is going to be law. until president obama is no

sam harris is a promoter of sam harris. so to be provocative that way with that which is most important people without the book learning and without the thinking and without the world experience, i think, is cavalier and trite. >> what if people said that about you? >> they can and have and will. "the happiest life" i try to put on display how to live my life, how i have done. i had this conversation yesterday with three young reporters from the "washington free beacon." the town is now lousy with 20-year-olds with opinions. i was not published until i was 28, and not really publish until i was 35. by that time i had had a few jobs in the government and had gone to law school and clerk for some smart people. i began to have opinions. now the town is full of 25-year-old to know what is wrong with it, and i'm amazed and amused. i think people really should be over 30 before they start to opine on that which could impact people's lives. they should have children, they should be married. if they don't have children, they should

gamp, i'm tori campbell. 16-year-old kevin sam was riding in a van with his mother and sister when they were rear- ended back in september. katie stevenson was there as they announced the charges a short time ago. anne has learned new details about the investigation that led up to the announcement. david? >> garden tori. police back in september booked jimmy zoo on a vehicular manslaughter charges, they said today she will be facing felony charges, felony vehicular manslaughter and two counts of reckless driving causing injury. this is the result of a september crash in which they say she was going as fast as 70, not 80 hours, in her mercedes suv before she rear- ended a minivan, that killed kevin sam. sam's sister was injured, and his mother, a salsalito post office work arer, has suffered a broken spine. the suv accelerated without warning and says she did not remember making any attempt to push the brake, turn the ignition off or put it in another gear to stop the car, we have also learned the investigators brought in a mercedes engineer and a member of the accident investigation tea

best bet is sam eig to 270 and the beltway. he have is -- 66 is running well now.the way um to dumfries, spiting are only 45 to 50 miles per hour. but that is okay. earlier crash activity, bw parkway, all cleared and out of the way. >> this starts as a run of the mel road wreck. >> and quickly turned explosive, what caused this dangerous display on the street. it >> 5:36 now. investigators where the national transportation safety board are on the scene of as deadly train derailment this new york. four people were killed and more than 60 hurt. passenger described train as speeding and the experience a nightmare. >> there was people flying everywhere. >> investigators did find the train's black box in good condition overnight. they will look track conditions, the train's equipment, the signal system and, of course, the train's operator. >> in the day ahead, mrs. building height restrictions will be the focus of a hearing with the oversight committee. congress will now take up the issue. >> and, unveiling is set for 5:00 at the library of virginia in richmond. >>> an

x thank you, sam. another -- >> thank you sam. office mayor has taken tonight. he narrowly defeated his democratic incumbent, by 59 votes. he has already begun making new appointment, despite the city council threat to limit his power. ntsb investigators say the training new york was going 82 miles per hour before derailed sunday morning. track is 70that miles per hour before it quickly drops to 30 miles per hour around the curve. it killed four people and injured dozens more. >> is this human error or faulty equipment? no answers at this point in time. we cannot tell. we can say here is what happened. >> investigators say a train -- the train's engineer who was injured in the crash is cooperating. are nows of commuters taking buses to get around derailment. >> crash investigators in scotland said there was no distress call from a police helicopter before it went down. the chopper slammed into a glass go public on friday night. nine people, including three on the helicopter, died. the body of the final victim was pulled from the pub today. the lead investigator

sam harris has no experience. president obama had two years in the senate. >> president obama got accomplished what the clintons accomplished by getting the health care bill passed. >> george bush passed the health bill. he lost the 2008 elections so badly, when the financial crisis happened on his watch, people forget that senator mccain was when the financial crisis occurred. that's the panic. history will have another one at some point. greenspan me it on more than bush. but that swept in a supermajority that's rare in the american politics and the intend to not happen. the supermajority did not the bill. it did not take the court to strike it down. fundamentally unworkable. and i think -- as i said sebelius decision was appropriately decided because people have to see how law is. there's a limit to what government can do. trying todo what it's do here. >> "happiest life -- seven seven givers -- the ecret to giant success" what's the message. >> generosity underscores almost person i know. i've known successful

sam ford, abc 7 news. >> thank you, sam. coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, a new report is blamed integer zookeeper at the zoo. >> the bipartisan budget plan is far from a done deal. >> there is more than three days away from a senate vote on the plan and it faces criticism. >> the house may have put artisanship -- partisanship aside to overwhelmingly pass a budget deal. >> our job is to find enough common ground to send the ball down the field. lawmakers have been working around-the-clock for two days, pulling all minors to get through a long to do list. --we are doing our old must but most to finish our business utmost to finish our business you're so we can go home for the holidays. >> republicans have used all tactics for days. there it was the so-called nuclear option which was designed to break public and filibusters. it has done that but it is also made this anymore dysfunctional. >> it intrudes to a poisonous atmosphere. there's no sense that the minority party seek to get along with the democrats. if anything they se

october 20th, the day sam's son died, i wasn't aware of that. i was oblivious to it. oblivious to agony like this. >> you don't know the pain that i go through. you don't know the suffering that i have. no one needs to feel this pain again. >> reporter: a father's despair echoed in the sound of gun fire in cities across america. >> i became the symbol of a lot of frustration of urban parents who said, look, no one's talking to me. no one's crying for me. >> reporter: no one, he says, crying for his son as a nation wept for newtown. his pain erupted at this rally against gun violence in hartford. >> i'm sick and tired of hearing about newtown. newtown this. newtown that. i don't want to hear about newtown. i want you to know about shane. the beauty of shane. >> what did you think, monty, when you heard that? >> i was scheduled to speak next. >> next. >> so there were 20 people who were on the program. and fate had it, i'm the next speaker. and i'm listening to sam who i had never met before talking about how he hates newtown. >> reporter: but then monty frank heard thi

ezra klein, sam stein. thank you both for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >> coming up -- greetings from the craziest political fund-raising letter i have ever read. and president obama had a polite 10-second encounter that included a handshake with the cuban president raul castro at nelson mandela's memorial. so, of course, republicans lost their minds. including one republican who very proudly shook hands with the dictator who ordered the bombing of an american airliner that killed 189 americans. and, we could talk about what president obama said at nelson mandela's memorial service today or we could just let him say it. we will bring you the highlights of president obama's moving and eloquent eulogy of his hero. finally tonight. a very special video. starring kid president. ♪ you know, ronny... folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. and how happy are they jimmy? i'd say happier than a bodybuilder directing traffic. he does look happy. get happy. get geico. fifteen minu

sam stein said it.inion ratings fell 14% in the three or four weeks after the nsa revelations. -it is a big issue. >> that has to be part of it. i'm sure chris will be talking about that. that's 7:00 tonight. make sure you watch at 7:00 with the president of the united states. should be great. if it's way too early, what time is it? >> ordinarily it's time for morning joe, but right now it's time for "the daily rundown" after a short break and chuck today has paul mccartney. >> seriously? >> [ lane ] do you ever feel like you're growing old waiting for your wrinkle cream to work? clinically proven neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it targets fine lines and wrinkles with the fastest retinol formula available. you'll see younger looking skin in just one week. one week? that's just my speed. rapid wrinkle repair. and for dark spots rapid tone repair. from neutrogena®. [kevin] paul and i have been r[paul] well...forever. [kevin] he's the one person who loves pizza more than i do. [paul] we're obsessed. [kev

i'm sam brock in for kris sanchez. warm temperatures of late have been really nice, but they have come along with poor air quality. is any of that set to change? let's check in with meteorologist anthony slaughter. >> you know, unfortunately, we are under another spare the air alert day. now we have a red flag fire warning issued yesterday afternoon and will continue to run through 10:00 this morning just because we're looking at the criteria for the potential for elevated fire danger. it's because of the gusty winds above those hills at 1,000 feet. really from about 25 to 35 miles an hour is what we're looking at and that's been the case really all night long and, of course, with the driest year on record, this is definitely not good news. again, just runs through 10:00. once we get to the afternoon hours, i think the winds will die down so we won't be looking at the criteria for red flag fire warning but it's going to be a beautiful day across the bay area. we're waking up to sunshine across every location. a little

we still have long-term unemployed, as sam said. if you're 55 or 56 or 57, you're losing that job, it is hard to get back into that workforce. what do you do with -- how do you train that group of people to be valued productive members of society before they get to a point which they would normally retire. what do you do with the income inequality -- household median income is where it was in the late 1980s. >> minimum wage is lower than it would be in 1969. >> it clearly isn't what it needs to be. and you know, also we've had -- we're having these kind of very ad hoc budget discussions, not necessarily having a what do we want in government and what are we willing at all levels to pay for what it is we desire and want. i do think that is going to be -- it's going to be much longer-term project. my hunch is that is a project also that outlasts the current president and will go to whomever the next president is. i do think long-term inequality as the president again mentioned last week is a problem that can and must be addressed. >>

thank you thank you sam. the senate foreign relations committee is set to consider a new bill that could have wide ranging implications for u.s. foreign assistance take a look at this it's today's a business meeting agenda for the foreign relations committee in the senate and at the top of the list is something called the egypt assistance reform act of twenty thirteen fishel is within the white house have been working with the senate committee to get this bill passed which could loosen restrictions on u.s. aid to countries experiencing a military coup like egypt according to section seven zero zero eight of the two thousand and twelve state department and foreign operations appropriations law none of the funds appropriated shall be obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance to the government of any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup d'etat this law complicated things and earlier this year when egypt's democratic government was overthrown by the military in

i'm sam sax and you're watching r.t. and we begin tonight with a look back at twenty thirteen winds down we close the book on a year with some really big news stories because they are whistleblowers and n.s.a. secrets and he was how washington post reporter barton gellman who was in the possession of snowden documents describe the impact of this story on whistleblowers this year. i've seldom if ever seen a story that has taken hold. so far and so broadly and so deeply and you know if you're a whistleblower who wants attention and. you can't even plausibly aspire to the impact he's had already and this was also a year of violent explosions both from homegrown terrorism in boston and from corporate disregard in west texas it was a year of government dysfunction and a year in which average people around the world took to the streets to protest against the status quo with actions against the trans-pacific partnership trade deal a new community of activists rising up on behalf of chelsea manning learned her fate this year for

i'm sam sachs and you're watching r.t. and we begin today with a look back as two thousand and thirteen winds down we close the book on the year with some really big news stories because the year whistleblowers and n.s.a. secrets a year of violent explosions both from homegrown terrorism in boston and corporate disregard in west texas a year of government dysfunction and a year in which average people around the world took to the streets to protest against the status quo actions against the transpacific partnership trade deal a new community of activists rising up on behalf of chelsea manning who learned her fate this year for exposing u.s. war crimes so joining me now to discuss how these stories and more impacted two thousand and thirteen are the people who brought you the stories here in washington d.c. correspondent liz wall from new york r.t. course by. an honest turkana and from l.a. r.t. correspondent ramon glinda oh thank you all for being here so i want to start with what has to be the year of the whistleblower th

do you think it's right sam should be suspended? >> i mean, sam is a lovable kid, and from the time he's been in duluth middle school, high school, you know, he hugs all his teachers, they greet him with a hug. the team moms on the football field, that's how he is with all the individuals in the school. if she had an issue prior i should have been notified or someone in the school. this is his senior year. you stripped that of him. so there's no opportunity for him to even finish out his senior year. >> let's read a statement from duluth high school said hearing officers considered witnesses testimony a review of the known facts a students past disciplinary history including a long term suspensions that result in an alternative placement, when determining consequences. tell me what you did. >> the first suspension was because of a bb gun, a student placed a bb gun in my bag and it fell out and raised attention towards me in the classroom and i was suspended for a year, this was 7th grade and the next situation ninth grade. i had an

need of sore disruption. >> sam grobart, appreciate it.tions again journalism 2013, particularly on apple computer. "bloomberg businessweek" she is the electrical engineer from general motors institute, stanford, takes over the helm at general motors. that is our focus. tomorrow on your newsstand, out on digital today. euro, euro, euro, euro. be 1.38. a huge deal. much, much more for you. coming up, thoughts on stanley fischer as the fed vice chairman. ♪ . . >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." -- bernieur customer made off's ponzi scheme. the finest $2 billion. stanley fischer is slated to be vice chairman of the federal reserve. and will you pay for your chicken fettuccine out all curry with rice pilaf with bitcoin? matthew miller tipped the waitress to the percent --or to 30%! --in bitcoin. she threw it back at him. i am tom keene. i will not be tipping in bitcoins. alix steel and scarlet fu. >> will you tip 30%? i would like that when i was a waitress. >> in bitcoin? >> let me tell you, when you are a waitress, it doesn't matter. 8:30

sam brock, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, sam. >>> ups and fedex are working overtime to earn back customer confidence after failing to deliver packages on time. u.p.s. will offer a refund on shipping charges. fedex says it will work with customers who had trouble. the companies say many problems happened because of the weather. and a rush of last-minute online purchases. >> we had a shortened holiday season in terms of shopping, six fewer days and a surge in online demand, particularly accelerated by mobile devices. i think mobile contributed about 40% of all internet sales. >> fedex says it handled over 275 million shipments and that 99% of ground deliveries got there on time. some people took matters into their own hands to try to get their holiday gifts. >> i'm from florida. we haven't seen my father in, i don't know, how long? >> three years. >> three years. and i don't know what's in the package actually. >> u.p.s. isn't saying how many packages didn't make their destination on time but say most of the deliveries will be dropped off by tomorrow. >>> amazon is also offering re

join us in giving sam a glam goodbye tomorrow on "good morning america" at 7:00 right after the only news. >> it is just going to be hard without... >> the way the weather keeps changing around the country and around the world, really, he has his hands full. >> he will not be that far away, but we will miss you, sam. >> we are talking about a big change for us weather-wise. >> we are. we have a lot of cloud cover still remaining over the bay area as a cold front continues to push its way through. looking from our mount tamalpais camera to san francisco, under mostly cloudy skies for the duration of the day with earlier precipitation that now has cleared and it looks like everything now is east of i-5 and over the sierra. as we look at our live doppler 7 hd radar, the clouds starting to diminish in the north bay. as we look from our camera to the embarcadero the flags along the ferry builting are still blowing out there and we will have gusty winds. in fact, we are looks at gusts up to 26 miles per hour at sfo and calmer in petaluma at eight miles per hour and ten miles per hour in ha

>> sam i am. that sam i am, that sam i am, i do not like that sam i am.you like green eggs and ham? i do not like them, sam i am, i do not like green eggs and ham. >> so, that one? >> he's so passionate while he's reading it, very earnest. no, it's, you know, this freshman member of the senate has managed to so thoroughly jerk around republican leadership in both houses of congress, drive his party into a strategy that they did not want to implement, that they knew was a disaster, but they couldn't figure out how to control him. and he, you know, he engineered the government shutdown. i think, though, while he has had an extremely impressive rookie season just in terms of impact, i think finally he has so angered so many of his republican colleagues -- >> good. >> -- that john boehner and mitch mcconnell have figured out strategies to neutralize his power. i think he will be less important in 2014. >> i'm embarrassed after seeing the dream defenders because they really did something. >> but i actually think ted cruz, from just the most sort of notable, ne

i'm sam brock.hter joins us now with a look at your weekend forecast. >> sam, we have a red flag fire warning. this went into effect yesterday afternoon and it continues to run through 10:00 because we have elevated fire danger. not only are we talking about sparing the air once again, but with gusts in our hills above 1,000 feet, we are looking at elevated fire danger at least for this morning. eventually this afternoon if we can get off scott free without looking at any fires we will eventually talk about improving air quality but that does come if we do not have any fires break out in the next couple hours. right now we're looking at clear skies. you can see from the peninsula starting to see that sunrise come up over palo alto. just those first few signs of our sunrise. as we look at the highs for later on, temperatures warming back to the mid-60s. in fact, the coast will be very warm today. fuf the day off, maybe want to head over to the bay. they're at 60 degrees. eventually headed to 70. real

>> i mean, sam is a loveable kid. from the time he has been in duluth middle school, high school, he hugs all of his teachers, that is how he is with all the individuals in the school. you know, but my thing was, if she had an issue with him prior i should have been notified or somebody in the school should have been notified. because this is his senior year. you strip that of him. so there is no opportunity for him to even finish out his senior year. >> let's read a statement, it says hearing officers consider witness's testimony, a review of the fact, and the witness's behavior, including suspensions, when determining the consequences if a parent has concerns about the outcome of a panel, he or she is entitled to appeal. tell me what you did, you had suspensions before. >> the first was a b-b gun, a student placed it in my bag, it fell out. it raised attention towards me in the classroom. and i was basically suspended for a year, this was seventh grade, the next situation was ninth grade, i had a fellow injury from

allow storms'impact people a lot of free time as sam ford shows us. they use that time in different ways. fell so heavily the dome was just a shadow. >> i am from minnesota. -- this whole concept of closing down is silly. >> workers enjoyed it. home depot was a busy place. rock salt and christmas decoration were popular items. we solve this trio walking a tree home. >> we got the cat to the vet, and now a christmas tree. >> finally, an unexpected day off means a trip to sliding hill. kidslace was teeming with taking advantage of the slopes. >> it was faster than i thought it would be. one told us the formula. was popular with robbers. off, most employees were not street crews. more than 200 trucks between -- as temperatures dropped further. >> it is going to re-freeze. temperatures have been the coldest they have been for a while. , the same thing. let's get started. more snow out west. 5-6 inches of snow was piling up. everything will freeze solidly. right now, down to 37 at reagan national. a lot chillier at this hour. 33 reported at dulles. and 34,

that means that uncle sam bought roughly $10.7 million a day. supporters will say that was money well spent when you look at the jobs that we will see and the fact that the economy doesn't suffer any greater than it did. and a practical standpoint, what this means for gm, look for them to issue a dividend rather quickly. and they no longer are under the t.a.r.p. pay restriction. they have long said that has been holding them back from recruiting the type of talent that they want to recruit for executives. the two big changes immediately for general motors now that uncle sam has sold all of its position. >> thanks for that update. we appreciate it. interesting that phil brings up the math in terms of how much money per day the government has lost. that was also quite a chunk of change. they were saying that they saved a million jobs. >> a million jobs? >> more than a million jobs. would it cost the broader economy more than a million jobs? how much is that cost per job to save it if you're going to do those types of calculations? >> i think it wa

and abc news sunday morning broadcast this week with sam donlson. he continues to work on many freelance projects. we are thrilled to have him back for the discussion. james swanson is the ed -- the 12-day chase for lincoln's killer. in 2006 they named it one the best books of the year. and claimed crime writer patricia corner blank blag his other books include acclaimed lincoln's assassination, trial and ebbing cushion, and bloody crimes that chased if jefferson davis. james swanson's current book in the topic for the evening is tighted "end of days: assassination of john f kennedy ." which was released today. we are fortune to have both james and sam on ford theater's advisory council. and my pleasure to introduce two such distinguished talents. please join me in welcoming them. [applause] [applause] james, it's good to see you. >> good to see you, sam. >> for several generation of americans, people here, i'm certain, including me, that assassination of president kennedy was the shoughs shocking, horrifying, grief striken day in the public event i

sam explains.c -- >> tommy wells is trying to buy the endorsement from the d.c. police and fire unions by offering unprecedented pay raises. police and firefighters haven't had a raise in six years, unable to agree with city negotiators. the bill would guarantee future raises tied to the cost-of- living regardless of whether they have reached a contract with the city. the mayor's office calls it pandering to unions. >> it is a campaign ploy. what do you think. it undermines our collective bargaining apparatus. >> there is more to union contracts than wages. d.c.'s police men and have not had a raise in 6-7 years. the administration is going to stall beyond this year, and not raise, keephters a them home. >> there are no other unions being offered such a deal. most others have reached agreements with the city. wells is one of five members in addition to mayor gray who were seeking the mayor's office next year. another council member has joined wells in introducing the measure. >> thank you. >> sam didn't look too cold out there. this was a breezy day. >> a lot of

i'm sam brock.istina loren. >> good morning to you, sam. well, you know what? it is going to be a really nice day today starting with our sunrise at 7:22. you can see we have a nice clear start, no fog to report this morning, and temperatures are a little on the chilly side but not too bad. we're headed towards a nice finish. beautiful rebound headed our way. temperatures jumping into the 60s for the second half of the day. so whatever you're going to be doing outdoors today, temperatures will likely cooperate. if you are going to be shopping, just make sure you give yourself plenty of time to get to the mall between your parking spot because it's going to take a little while to find one out there today. but conditions are going to be nice. 63 degrees valley fair. stanford shopping center, 65 degrees. and 62 degrees for union square today. so not a bad day even in the city. and just taking a quick peek at your california christmas. temperatures are going to be comfortable this year and nice and dry,

> hello, sam. >> diane, good evening. there's definitely disagreement at the time over how catastrophic a shutdown would be. economic reports this week would suggest not that catastrophic. but here's the key. it's not about what the job numbers are but what they could have been without a shutdown. the answer is, no one knows who's right. it was a black eye for our country. the two-week period in october when the federal government flat-out shut down. depending on which lawmaker you heard from, the results would prove either terrible or barely noticeable. >> past shutdowns have disrupted the economy significantly. this one would, too. >> i want to say most americans, realize the government shutdown has no impact on their daily lives. they got their mail today, going to get their social security checks. >> reporter: so who's right? a few months later and job prospects are looking up. thanks to sizable gains in construction, manufacturing, and other sectors. the u.s. added 203,000 jobs in november. and unemployment sank to a