it is practically impossible to beat santa claus people are not going to vote against santa claus there are fifty percent of the voting public who want stuff. they want things and who is going to give them things president obama he knows it and he ran on it. so here we are talking about and they're talking about these things this stuff that they're dealing with let's go ahead and then breakdown this to santa claus theory that you broke down and hostler magazine break it down for the average joe for me well it's funny that they're talking rush limbaugh specifically uses the word santa clause because in a way that's that's a misnomer i mean we use that in the article because it's a good way to get across these ideas but that's kind of belittling what democrats have done since since the great depression really and it's the same language that you'd win in ski uses in one thousand nine hundred six when he writes this op ed called the two santa claus theory which basically asserts that democrats have achieved political success because they're giving people things such as social as talked abou

olay regenerist. ♪ here comes santa claus, here comes santa claus, right down santa claus lane ♪ >> ithappy sweaters, and this is -- we don't know what's about to happen here. all we know is we have our own santa claus visiting. we have our own -- >> ho, ho, ho. merry christmas, boys and girls. merry christmas. yes, i am tired. i am all messed up here. i've just been running around. merry christmas, everybody. >> do you have presents for us, santa? >> oh, yes, i do! yes, i do. lots of presents. what would you like? back off, young man. back off! i said back off! >> that is beautiful. what is that, velvet? oh, my lord. >> i'm going to give you something really nice. yeah, that looks perfect. >> what else do you have? >> hey, here's a little mickey for you. >> oh, look at that, santa. >> this is for you. >> and a mug for you. >> i've already got a mug, santa. this is the most cheap, rundown, broke santa i've ever seen. >> have a little ball for you, too. merry christmas, everybody. merry christmas. merry christmas, everybody. merry christmas. >> santa, before you scare anymore suburban c

>> reporter: show of hands if you believe in santa claus? n, audrey, and caleb received their letters from santa. but it's clear they already understand what christmas is all about. what does christmas mean to you? >> that you should believe in other people. >> reporter: how about you? >> it should be a happy time and fun time. and you get to spend time with your family. i like it. >> reporter: family, a gift with renewed meaning this holiday season. byron pitts, cbs news, santa claus, indiana. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning, ""a look at some of your favorite stories including dave letterman's chat with oprah winfrey at ball state university. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. i'm duarte geraldino. have a good morning. ,,,, i'm frank mallicoat. >>> good morning everyone, and merry christmas to one and all, i'm frank mallicoat. >> and i'm elizabeth wenger, michelle griego has the day off. >> and the weather christmas grinch. >> merry christmas guys. hey folks if you're up this morning i'm glad santa's alr

si estÁ de visita vaya a conocer al verdadero santa claus. >>> un santa claus neoyorquino. >>> el iniciocarias, gran parte del sur directo, lluvia, posibilidad de mÁs tornado y ha habido unos cuanto, nieve en la parte norte con viento, nieve en acumulados que pueden ser impresionante en gran parte de los ap laapalache. >>> avisos y alertas incluyendo avisos de tornado, al nor oeste de la florida, afectan el sur de alabama, algunos en sectores mÁs al oeste, este es el Área de mayor riesgo para esta noche, se extiende hasta gran parte de georgia con potencial de tormentass severas, maÑana todo esto se traslada a la costa este, el tiempo severo llega hasta las carolinas, sur de georgia y gran parte centro y nor norte. la parte norte de la tormenta, extensa zona de ventisca, desde el norte de texas hasta maine. >>> missouri, arkansass, los acumulados de nieve principales mÁs al este, el frÍo y temperaturas por debajo del punto de congelaciÓn, nieve que afecta el sur de missouri. >>> noroeste de new york, de n pennsylvan pennsylvania, hasta new hampshire. >>> boston con mayor riesgo de nieve,

>> santa claus brings the presence. >> it is not santa claus. >> santa claus. >> where you ask this question is also an important. in the protestant north and east, they name santa claus. in the catholic south and west, they say it is the christ child. germany has also been a place of innovation when celebrating christmas. the advent wreath has its origination here, but this brought it back and it has been a christmas staple ever since. the advent calendar was also invented in germany. while some celebrate by feasting, many believe it calls for fasting. >> not fasting will. that is impossible with all the delicious food on christmas. >> it is a time to reflect, to slow down after the turbulence of the year. >> i think it should be a time of fasting. >> i would rather eat. >> of of all, the christmas season in germany is a time for family. that is one thing people here can agree on. >> now to a guy whose job is to spread christmas cheer, santa claus. >> around the world, they have been donning their fake beards and harnessing their reindeer. trading reindeer for diving gear. you can make sure

billy joe, maybe santa claus can visit you and me together.on. - be careful, dear. ok, mom. timmy and lassie done give my boy a lift. how's the fruit cake? and you better say it's good, too. mmm. just the right amount of spirits in it. - good. ah, poor billy joe. first we lost his hound dog, mitchell, and then his pa. nobody can give the boy back what he done lost, but he sure needs something of his own to love, and i was wondering if lassie done had herself a litter of pups? oh, no. i know we promised billy joe one of lassie's pups; we'd hoped to have one before this. see, lassie just hasn't had a litter since mitchell was killed here last year. oh, it don't make no never mind then. the boy will wait. it's a shame. it would have made billy joe's christmas. isn't there something that we could do? i think the taylors' dog is expecting a litter. i'll just go check into that. like i said, the boy purely needs something of his own to love. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ timmy, that marker's about the prettiest marker i ever saw. mitchell'd be right proud. i'm glad you l

he was 42 santa claus from pennsylvania. he was a member of seal team 4, virginia beach. asked the team responsible for afghanistan police to fight the taliban in country.arts of the eight days from the fiscal cliff deadline. there's no movement from lighter side. a south carolina congressman is voted against who speaker john boehner's plan b. he says passing the plan would not have changed the outcome. >> the reason i was against plan was i am not convinced the senate was ever going to take tips up. people feel all the house had to the endass the bill at of a discussion. beginning from the continue to believe the in notnt has no interest over the cliff. >> congress is not expected to meet again until after christmas. >> investigators are searching deadly gunman behind a double shooting in northeast d.c. of4-year-old raymond harris northwest and 69-year-old l beasley jr. of south east were shot early saturday morning. harrison died at the scene and r died at the hospital. no word on what led to the shooting. d.c. teenager shot the leg at a bus stop earlier month received

that is how we eventually get to santa claus. and santa claus becomes really big in the year 1832. not so much until then in the colon anies. then this guy sat down and read a poem. 'twas the night before christmas not a creature was stirring not even a mouse. this becomes the gift giving of santa claus. and so it just begins to accelerate and accelerate. and finally then you get the -- in the 30s during that depression you get songs you better -- you get these songs that build up the idea if you are bad or good and so it's a very, very recent sort of thing of the image of santa claus. now coming into the modern day of arriving at macy's on thanksgiving day. which is the real beginning now of the christmas season. that is quite a history. so any way. that is something about chris crinkle and santa claus and st. nicholas all bundled together as the gift giver. >> do you think that with all of that some of that history some people know and some of course are just learning like some of us are just hearing for the fist time. when it comes to trying to get the meaning and the reason for

after a very busy night delivering presents, santa claus came here. tweets coming up in the next half hour. >> merry christmas everyone. thanks for waking up with us on this christmas morning. the pope delivering his christmas message this morning. let's listen in. a lot of relevant things as we look toward the end of 2013. listen to the pope's christmas message this morning. >> yes there is a good earth, a healthy earth. a earth freed of all selfishness and lack of openness. in this world there is a good soil which god has prepared that he might come to dwell among us. a dwelling place for his presence in the world. this good earth exists and today too, in 2012, from this earth, truth has sprung off of it. consequently, there is hope in the world, a hope which we can trust even at the most difficult times and in the most difficult situations. truth has sprung upbringing kindness, justice and peace. >> he also went on to say that we should take a moment to slow down a little bit with all of our fast-paced lives in 2013, slow down remember what is impor

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no hay nada que santa claus no pueda hacer para alegrar la navidad. muy atlético también. la cantante jenni rivera rindió homenaje a su fallecida mamá, difundió por la red un video con fotos, mensajes. perdieron la vida el pasado 9 de diciembre en méxico. el se quejó luego en varios mensajes de no haber recibido regalo alguno en navidad. para concluir la noche se fue a la cama con este peluche y esta sonrisa. . >>> y jennifer lópez, pasó la navidad con su familia, en new york y ella difundió por la red, esta foto con su hermana y 2 primas. y compartió otra imagen de los regalos navideños enviados por su fundación a un hospital de niños en puerto rico. >>> su meta, era recaudar más de 13 millones de dólares para los más necesitados, en la campaña participaron sus gemelos. >>> entre los que donaron escogió a 2 personas, que viajaron con todo pago, a puerto rico a ver su último concierto y conocer la tras bastidores. en esta presentación, sorprendió cantar a dúo con su ex esposo mark antony. temía que pasaría la navidad en el hospital rené pérez. el vocalista del grupo puerto

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about 82 years ago santa claus, indiana, a small town on the kentucky border started the tradition ofo santa. a local billionaire was in charge. folks affectionately called him santa jim. >> my dad was santa claus. >> pat cook is santa jim's daughter. now 81, she's been helping santa since she was 12. >> you have the advantage of the postage that says. >> indiana. >> that is why letters with no address, no zip code, even no stamp awry here in santa claus each day. >> we get letters that say north pole, big red guy, guy in the little red suit. they all get delivered. this is the santa elves head quarters. >> unlike letter operations today, their service is free. >> for my daddy i would like for him to find a job, and for my mommy a little time relax. >> under her watchful eye, dozens of elf volunteers answer merely 30,000 letters each year. >> if we can just make a difference with one child, that's a difference. >> yeah. >> now the keeper of the letters, she displays the best ones in this museum. >> here is my favorite. dear santa, i want my dad to be smarter. pleads can my dad be smar

obesity and generation, and talk to them about the work i do with military families. >> i wonder if santa claus to the white house. >> well, you know, there are over 50 fireplaces in the white house. >> so he has a choice. >> he's got plenty of options. we've got 12 chimneys. santa is a very resourceful individual. i think he can find a way in here one way or another. i think he has a pretty good relationship with the secret service, so they give him a pass. >> happy holidays. >> happy holidays, barbara. thank you, as always. >> thank you. it was time to go, but as a matter of protocol, we wanted to give the last word to the president. >> thank you, barbara. merry christmas. merry christmas, everybody. >> in this season of giving, mrs. obama is asking visitors of the white house and everyone watching to sign up for what she calls operation honor card. this is a volunteer project where you pledge a specific number of hours and then fill them with anything from mentoring your child to making a meal for a neighbor. it's all part of joining forces, which is the first lady's initiative to support mi

i got caught santa claus. and by the time i got down the stair, he was covered in soot.the next year he got his boot out of the fireplace. and he said, i didn't get him this time but wait until next year. >> reporter: this christmas mike reserved the right to share his christmas joy with an old old friend teddy. >> i had it a couple of years but teddy was with me that christmas morning because i had gone to bed. i always kept teddy with me. he was my buddy. >> reporter: mike long ago moved away from that house on carnilian way. it's still there tonight and so are the memories. playing outside out front. the families together, the laughters, the characters creates a history more long lasting than the history being made in the rest of the world. earlier i mentioned that almost all of mike's toys are gone today, one remains and today it belongs to his granddaughter katherine rose. >> my teddy, i sleep with him all night long. >> reporter: it would be simply to see christmas always as a child sees it and in a way mike mcgee still sees christmas through the eyes of a child. >

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the kids just loved meeting santa claus. >> he's excited. >> how many for santa? >> the family gets their picture taken with santa. >> big smile. there you go. >> merry christmas. >> what you want for christmas? >> a monster truck, a real one. >> we have probably about 500 children. >> start out with like five right now. my grandma is -- she's a go- better, she loves what she does. she's so good at it. it's part of her personality. that's where -- it's reached where it has. >> good job, pedro. >> we came out here the first year to do santa and it just grew on us. we wanted to come back. >> 6-year-old boy. a girl, 12, and 8. >> it's been a very small community and then there was a flood a long time ago. >> it was the scene of frantic desperation, hundreds of residents trying to save their homes from flooding. some threw their bodies against the water trying to hold it back. >> one of my daughters, her mother-in-law started to volunteer. >> get in the back. >> seeing their faces like up when they see santa is just something that -- it breaks me up. >> you can choose

ay, quien me aguanta, santa claus.avidad, pero feliz navidad prospero año y felicidad. ♪. ♪. >>que rico!! >>señoras y señores, simbolos de alegría es el intercambio de regalos, y quienes mandan en esas fechas son los niños, un fuerte aplauso, como te llamas >>fiorella >>alejandra >>ignacio. >>javier, valeria. valentina, nereida. >>y que significa la navidad para ustedes' a ver, javier. >>es algo que tiene que ver con la felicidad. >>alguien más quiere agregar algo.>> el amor. >>la navidad es para compartir con la familia, estar juntos. >>es el dia más feliz del mundo. >>para ti, verdad? qué quieres decir tu >>celebrar con tus familiares, con tus amigos, estar feliz todo el año, una vida nueva. >>pero vamos a estar claros, que a todo mundo le gustaria recibir su regalito. a todo mundo le gusta los regalos. ustedes le compraron un regalo a alguien >>si. >>a mi mamá. >>que le compraste a tu mamá? >>no te está oyendo >>una crtera. >>uy, una cartera. quien no le ha hecho la carta al niño jesús. >>todo mundo le hizo su carta

. >> he's excited to meet santa claus right now. >> ho, ho, ho, merry christmas. >> the family gets their picture taken with santa. >> big smiles, there you go. >> merry christmas family. >> are you going to ask me what i want for christmas? >> yes, what do you want for christmas. >> a monster truck, a real one. >> we have probably like 500 children. >> start out with five right now. >> my grandma, she's a go getter. she just loves what she does and she's so good at it and you know it's just part of her personality. that's how it's gotten where it's reached where it has. >> good job pedro. >> thank you. >> we came out here the first year to do santa and i don't know it just grew on us and we wanted to come back. >> good job peter. >> three, two, one. >> a 6-year-old girl. >> a girl, 12 and eight. >> it's been a very small community and then there was a flood a long time ago and a lot of families were put out. >> it was a scene of frantic desperation. hundreds of alvisa residents trying to save their homes from flooding. some people threw their bodies against the wall of the water trying t

you know santa claus won't come till you're sound asleep. - ok, grandma. meet you boys. i can't tell you what this means to us, what you're doing. i mean, jimmy's been so excited; he's talked of nothing but christmas for days. all those lights, and the decorations... i'm sure you boys know what i mean. god bless you for helping to make our christmas so happy. well, we've got other places to go. we'll see you later. - bye! and thank you! and merry christmas to all of you! - merry christmas to you! good night. ♪ see that house over there? ♪ that's the larkin home. mrs. larkin takes care of five orphans. spends all of her time and money making sure that they have the necessities. there's a lot of love in that house, but there's not enough money for a christmas tree. that's just another reason for all of those people to work so hard: for somebody else. not just themselves. come on. we've got one more stop to make. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ here, lassie. ♪ do we have to go in there? no, i just want you to see inside the social hall. oh, that looks f

they are all doing on a flight to find santa claus. they are getting their faces painted.y are going on a trip. this is a little relief for them. they have been in the hospital. a few festivities will wait for them. they did not have to wait very long to find that ripe jolly old elf. >> they got to fly on the plane and take an exploratory flight. >> they did get to fly on the plane. they are loading up. you see there the captain has rosey red cheeks and stewardesses are dressed up. they are doing to look for santa claus. >> are they doing to the north pole. >> they didn't have to go there. he showed up to them. so cool. how lucky were they they were flying in the exact path and they crossed with santa claus. >> did he then pass out small bags of peanuts and pretzels after. >> he gave them better stuff than that as you can see. they have some awards and medals. there they are back in the hangar having a little party. i have to say good for city jet for putting this together. >>> nothing says seasons greetings. >> wwb. >> sweaty big wrestlers and their diva sisters. a spin o

in four-and-a-half minutes he can destroy your children's belief in you santa claus and an entire holiday and the proceeds benefit firefighters, jon, because santa is not real but firefighters are. ( applause ) >> jon: wow. did you pull that one out. >> i can't take any money from this. >> jon: this would not get me through one bowl movement >> i know. jon: as old as i am now, do you know how many of these i would need? >> here's the thing, jon. the i-pad version of the book, he's talking bowl movements. he's 50. we have to help him out here. that has all these extras. things explode. there's special effects and everything. you could be in the bathroom for a good 45 minutes which you probably are anyway. i have to be honest... >> jon: here is my favorite part of the book. let me go to this very quickly. can you get that? he has the coauthor. (laughing) very funny. first of all it's very funny >> can i explain why i have a coauthor? >> jon: a lot of heavy lifting. it's baited on the song merry [bleep] christmas which was co--written by chris phillips. you know what's really sad comedy cent

awesome we really appreciate this. >> the kids just love meeting santa. >> he's so excited to meet santa claus right now. >> come meet santa. >> hohoho, merry christmas. >> the family gets their picture taken with santa. >> big smiles, there you go. >> merry christmas. >> are you going to ask me what i want for christmas. >> what do you want for christmas? >> a monster truck, a real one. >> we have probably about 500 children. >> we started out with five right now. >> my grandma is a go getter. she just loves what she does and she's so good at it. it's just part of her personality that's how it's gotten where it's reached where it has. >> good job pedro. >> thank you. >> we came out here the first year to do santa and i don't know it just grew on us and we wanted to come back. >> you got peter. >> one. >> an 8-year-old boy. >> a girl 12 and eight. >> no, no, wait wait. >> it's been a very small community then there was a flood a long time ago and a lot of families were put out. >> it was a scene of frantic desperation. hundreds of alviso residents trying to save their homes from flooding some

it is practically impossible to beat santa claus people are not going to vote against santa claus especially if there are fifty percent of the voting public who want stuff. they want things and who is going to give them things president obama he knows it and he ran on it. you know we've been paying for that stuff all our lives it's. incredible even mitt romney himself blamed his loss on the president handing out gifts to minority women impoverished americans and of course therefore republicans think that if they can just keep the base of the base reagan's fictional welfare queen in there by and large dark skinned relatives from voting then republicans will begin to win again this is genuinely their strategy but there's something even more sinister than that in the republican plans the post election be little lean democratic voters as moochers to use the words of iran as nothing. pre-election efforts to stop democratic voters vote in the last two years more than twenty restrictive voter suppression laws were passed by republicans in seventeen states including five battleground stat

awesome we really appreciate this. >> the kids just love meeting santa. >> he's so excited to meet santa claus right now. >> come meet santa. >> hohoho, merry christmas. >> the family gets their picture taken with santa. >> big smiles, there you go. >> merry christmas. >> are you going to ask me what i want for christmas. >> what do you want for christmas? >> a monster truck, a real one. >> we have probably about 500 children. >> we started out with five right now. >> my grandma is a go getter. she just loves what she does and she's so good at it. it's just part of her personality that's how it's gotten where it's reached where it has. >> good job pedro. >> thank you. >> we came out here the first year to do santa and i don't know it just grew on us and we wanted to come back. >> you got peter. >> one. >> an 8-year-old boy. >> a girl 12 and eight. >> no, no, wait wait. >> it's been a very small community then there was a flood a long time ago and a lot of families were put out. >> it was a scene of frantic desperation. hundreds of alviso residents trying to save their homes from flooding some

. ♪ here comes santa claus here comes santa claus right down santa claus lane ♪ >>> time to check "thed if we do. not only is today christmas eve. it's national -- boom -- eggnog day. >> it's a little messy. sorry i'm getting that all over the place. >> still cold and delicious. salute, everybody. >> made from milk, spices, sugar and -- if you're making your own, there are unpasteurized eggs. >> before pasteurization, brandy or rum was add. >> nobody spikes it. >> this is good. >>> now a simply stunning case from iowa. get this. >> it centers on a woman, 32 years old, mother of two. worked in a dentist office for ten years. she was fired because her boss said she was too tempting and a threat to his marriage. >> on friday, iowa's all male supreme court unanimously agreed with knight saying he was just fied because he saw nelson as quote, an irresistible attraction. wow. >>> and finally, gangnam style making youtube history. the video of the year is the first ever youtube video to be viewed 1 billion times. billion with a "b." >> it was posted back in july. been viewed between 7 million

take care. > > thank you. > > what do you mean created santa claus?a german folk tale- > > the modern-day santa claus. the modern-day one. on the coke cans. > we'll be right back. >-.y÷$@y+o3vhpe trader tim biggam of tradingblock joins us now for chart talk. good morning tim. > > good morning angie. > what are you shopping for in the market today? > > i'm actually shopping on kind of the lower-end retailers. yesterday's retail numbers came out pretty solid. not off the charts, but certainly a good number. i'm liking kind of the mid- to lower-end names. walmart and target are two of them. both these stocks have come in recently, probably about 8% off their recent highs. also looking at a decent dividend yield, somewhere in those mid- 2% ranges, with maybe some growth going forward. so, in my opinion i think retail sales and holiday shopping should be robust as always. never underestimate the ability of the american public to spend money. but i think it may flow down more toward the lower end than the upper end this year. > taking it one chart at a time

una lista de peticiones para este personaje . >>> no, porque cuando estoy durmiendo él viene. >>> santa clausr. >>> pero todavía estás muy pequeña, sabes usar la computadora >>> un tablet y una cámara para usar cuando voy a paseos. >>> yo quiero un aparato para jugar juegos con mi sobrino. >>> videojuego. >>> sí, y también mucha ropa para mi sobrina. >>> desafortunadamente muchas cartas quedan varadas en el correo, pero cualquiera de nosotros puede ser papá noel y visitar uno de los correos de la nación y hacer realidad el sueño de un niño. >>> feliz navidad. >>> si no hay carta, no hay regalito. >>> miren quién llegó! >>> y yo como hice mi carta, tengo mi bellota. >>> espérate. >>> llegó (todos hablan). >>> aquí está, bienvenido a despierta américa, es un regalo para los peques que están en al casa, quién no ha visto cada una de las sagas de la era del hielo >>> es un regalito para ustedes, porque salió en dvd y bluray. >>> pero espérense, intercambiemosla con el disco. >>> te la cambio. >>> no, es para mi hija. >>> soy la única que tiene niña chiquitita. >>> en breve el niño prodigio tiene

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she told santa claus she wanted her father to come home from afghanistan. he was waiting to come out and surprise her. don't you love those stories? >> i really do. very cute. 6:42. still ahead, a look at the top stories. >> a new accident on the beltway. >> we have some closings and delays scrolling on your tv. you can see the fog. stay tuned. stay tuned. the weather is just waiting for inspiration to strike. and there it is! done. genius. give the gift of dunkin' coffee. get two pounds for $14.99, only at dunkin' restaurants. america runs on dunkin'. >> welcome back to 11 news today. 6:44. john cardinal will hold a news conference later today to address issues around the speed camera program -- john cardin. a number of cars were falsely ticketed. there were separate testings of the cameras. if the supreme court decides congress can decide benefits to couples, that will affect maryland's same-sex couples. the ravens will try to remove the sunday's loss from their memories. the redskins got a winning field goal to beat the ravens. next up, the ravens host t

yes, virginia, there is a santa claus and as usual, he arrived a little early this year for sacred heart community services annual holiday toy giveaway. >> this is an enormous amount of help i am a single. out here, struggling. >>reporter: rachael is one of some 57-hundred people, many of whom shivered in line since midnight to choose two new toys and a book they might not otherwise be able to afford. >> we are excited that they will get toys in the book because it wanted to encourage reading. >> hello, how many? >>reporter: among sacred heart elves helping out with the choosing was san jose mayor chuck reed. >> it is amazing that in this land of opportunity there are still people that are unemployed and they cannot afford to purchase toys. >>reporter: a raffle was held to give away hundreds

santa claus coming to down. ky red suit at the north pole. >> 700 runners, braved the temperature thousands in boston over the weekend for 13th annual santa speedo run. they strip down to skimpy, red, green trunks and bikinis to make their way through the one-mile course. >> my goodness. >> the santas weren't doing it just to be naughty though. they rayed more than $250,000 for a local children's charity. >> all right. all right. not bad. >> some of them are in shape. >> yeah. buff santas, who knew. >> i was expecting something different. >> joan lundeny >>. >> redneck reality. the crop of reality shows everything but charm. off awe a football prodigy and one of the highest honors. and gets a new nickname in the process. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by comfort medical. how far will people go to relieve their sore throat? try these. new cepacol sensations cools instantly, and has an active ingredient that stays with you long after the lozenge is gone. not

. >> short-term traders are really nervous about missing a santa claus rally. so you're seeing this kind of fade. the news reaction. in the absence of us having any clarity as far as when and how this fiscal cliff thing is solved, i think that's really important is we're aware of what's actually happening now,

santa claus is the topic. >> no, he's not. ery happy looking forward to christmas day. there have been times in the past that -- tough times for santa. his sanity was questioned in the 19 40s. we all remember that. he won that lawsuit in the new york supreme court. then later in the 1960s, he was captured by the martians and the kids intervened to set him free. >> steve: who can forget that? >> i've spoken to santa claus about these things. he wants me to set a few things straight. not the first time. a few years back, 1998 at the white house, he intends to go back to the white house in 2013 and have meetings with the president on some critical children issues. lot of things going on. big government, big cultural changes in the country. it's affecting santa claus in a big way. >> steve: let's talk a little bit about this, on this program we've been talking how times have changed. historically, the kids leave cookies out for santa. that could be a problem. >> and he wants kids to leave the cookies out. he's not paying attention

. >>> some people are tracking santa claus. santa has started zipping around to deliver gifts to millions of children. his plans are qualified but volunteers predict that no woes will keep him. his movements are tracking him at norad. they will keep updated through 2:00 a.m. pacific time. they have been tracking santa claus for the past 57 years. >>> we don't need to track santa to find holiday cheer. there are plenty of helpers at lefty o'doul's in san francisco. ktvu's ann rubin is live there and when we talked at 5:00 p.m. they were still short on toys. how are things now? >> reporter: they are still about 10,000 toys short of where they want to be. but for the last minute shoppers this is a last minute toy drive. organizers say there is plenty of time to fill these barrels. the trouble, there has been fewer donations than usual. they received half the amount they had last year. they are still hoping to collect 15,000 toys but they will need more help. lefty o'doul's served as a collection point for the firefighters for the l

next up, santa claus. what does santa claus, president obama and bob have in common? north pole to find out. finding next on "the five" and hopefully kimberly will still be awake. ♪ ♪ >>> i'm chris wallace in washington. the big story today is north korea's successful launch of a satellite in to space. tonight on "special report," that development is seen as putting north korea one step closer to send a nuclear tip warhead as far as california. the u.s. and many western nations recognized new opposition coalition as the legitimate representative of the syrian people. but there is already disagreement over the designation of a rebel group as terrorist. police in suburban portland, oregon, identified the young man who fatality shot two people and himself at a shopping mall tuesday. but they say they do not know why jacob tyler roberts opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle. a man who bought the gun that killed border patrol argentina brian terry two years ago has been sentenced to 57 months in prison. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 p.m. eastern. now ba

santa claus is gonna watch this? >> i don't know. does he have cable in the north pole? ll definitely see this. well, hey, santa, thanks for watching. our thanks to the kids of the mandell school of new york for sharing their fascinating insight on santa claus. that is "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. up next, sunday night football, the 49ers and the seahawks. i'm lester holt. for all of us here at nbc news, good night.

over the years, the santa claus rally has been good for an average gain of 1.6%. but with this year's cliffhanger over the fiscal cliff, many doubt wall street will see the jolly fat man before the new year. watch nbr at 6:30 here on 13.