. >> it happened because i saw sicily tieson when i was ten years old and before that it was sanford and son, mama i'm back, the jefferson, those where the shows you watched growing up and you loved them but youere so desperate for any agine that looked like you and tu suddenly what emerged was sicily tyson and i knew i wanted to do that. there was something about it for me that required a skill there was something about it to me that required excellence. she aged from 18 to 105 and i didn't even know it was the same human being. i think that's what a lot of actors feel watching meryl streep. therefore, that's what a wanted to do i wanted to do that. i just felt like what could stop me? >> charlie: nothing. nothing but yourself. >> absolutely. >> charlie: you were never going to let somebody else stop you. >> no i wasn't. >> charlie: so what did you learn about acting that has made you as good as you ar<: >> thatñr acting is very much f me like life. i think that you are always on e path inçóÑc> and fed by inspiration and when your on that path you always discover things about you th

. >> almond caramels from sicily.t's super simple. >> do you think a lot of people will get into doing this? the book is beautiful and there's a lot of good stories and wonderful pictures. for me, i'm not such a cook, i probably keep it on my coffee table. will people do this especially now in a tough economy? are the ingredients cheap? >> what i'm finding when i'm talking to people that have read the book and people in general, people are starting to grow gardens. they're bartering for things. there are at the love ways of gathering ingredients that are not expensive. that's one thing. of great delight to me has been that many women and family have come together around this book. i seen stories of mothers and daughters cooking together in this book. >> you eat here and you eat there. they sit down at a family meal more often than we do. >> i think that's what makes the culture coherent and what we need in america. >> think it's fattening to eat on the go because you lose track what you're eating. jessica, we thank yo

then lingering situation here which could bring heavy rain into sicily. here are your temperatures. just a little bit warmer here. 13 in athens. 14 in rome and just 9 in paris. here is your extended forecast. >>> here is a recap of the top story. japan and india agreed to strengthen economic and defense ties. this came after a meeting on wednesday between japanese prime minister and indian prime minister. in new delhi. noda told sin that japan will provide a loan worth $4.5 billion. india intends to build a 1,500 kilometer railway line linking new delhi and museum buy. noda and sin agreed to create a framework for currency swaps to help prevent europe's kre credit crisis from attracting asia's economics. they will also speed up productivity in the south asia sea. >>> from all of us at nhk world, thanks for joining us.

he says we need every ship we have for sicily and italy and all the other operation we're carrying out. we can't afford to send ships so relieve starvation in india. it was shocking. churchill behaved very callous lou, very brutal. the viceroy in charge of india, and wrote later when it come to starvation in holland, that hundreds of british bombers were diverted to drop food supplies to holland, he wrote, a very different sense of priorities in the british government when it's europeans who are threatened with starving to death. some dutch people did starve to death. so, it was a very ugly story, and it was -- this is what i mean about moral compromises. it would be quite untruthful and would have been easy to relieve famine in bengal. it was going to be very difficult with -- in the midst of the world war, burt the fact that churchill refused to try and that shipping allocations to india and the rest -- were to be cut because of the demand of the amphibious operations in other places. it was not as bad but it was -- famine in another british possession, and several famines in which e

at mount etna, sicily. >> relations between washington and islamabad are in something of a crisis at the moment. but children in pakistan are about to be introduced to an american favorite, a locally produced version of sesame street. the u.s. aid has committed $10 million to the project over the years. ♪ >> meet the cast of pakistan's sesame street. elmo is here. but he is surrounded by new friends. a pakistani village has been created on set full of local characterize and local concerns. here is rally, star of the show. cricket mad, energetic and curious. she looks to kirum for help, daughter of the school village teacher, the 12-year-old who plays kiram says the puppets are like family. >> i am telling them a lot of stuff, and they are learning from me. >> and do you think the children that watch the show will learn a lot? >> they will learn a lot and get more educated and go to school. >> the programs show hopes to strong female lead will win over the schools in society. >> in generally, in schools they have the girls take a step back but in seeing ronny, she is the captain of th

had extensive operation in sicily and italy. in the balkans they aided the guerrillas in yugoslavia and greece. was very wide-ranging operations there. in asia they were really limited to burma and china, those two theaters. interestingly enough, macarthur, command of the southwest pacific theater, in want of any part of donovan's force. in fact, banned him. didn't think you have any use for them. admiral, commander of the northern pacific force, also didn't think much of donovan's force and wouldn't let him in there. his most extensive operations came in france, northern france and southern france. they mounted or they had a good bit of research in targets in france and germany. they also infiltrated, parachuted in commandos during that operation. donovan also like to go in on landings, the beach landings. he went in on the landing in sicily and italy and it started to worry is on staff because they thought a spy chief, and intelligence chief with all the secrets and said, the last thing you want is at the front or he might be

she's always from sicily, italy. >> because we have the sun and we're happy. parents told us to be happy. and to be happy with what we have. >> reporter: and she brought her happiness with her when she moved to america some 46 years ago. in downtown bethesda, maryland, 9news now. >> no tweeting necessary. >>> one snow lover found a way to get himself happy despite mother nature's lack of cooperation. he created his own white christmas. the weather in idaho has been too warm for snow. very unusual. but that didn't work for him. so he first tried to build a snow maker with instructions from the internet. when that didn't work, he went out and bought one and spent three days making the powdery stuff. and you can imagine the kids loved it. i know mine cannot wait to go sledding. mom is okay with no sledding. >> we in the weather department definitely like some good snowstorms and we really earn our paychecks. but we got actually some quiet weather for most of the week. now, tomorrow we're going to see some changes. we're talking clouds and the showers arising. i t

. >> in fact, savanna said she's originally from sicily, italy. >> because we have the sun and we'repy. our parents told us to be happy. and to be happy with what we have. >> miss deluca brought her happiness with her when she moved to america some 26 years ago. >>> according to a recent study, what is the most annoying everyday phrase? is it a, my bad. b, sorry about that. or c, no big deal. what do you think? put your answer on our facebook page. we'll read some of your comments and reveal the answer to the survey in our 6:00 hour. we'll be right back. >>> olga breese in for howard bernstein this morning. be prepared for a damp and dreary day. moisture is on the way. that means our day planner will feature overcast skies and some fairly moderate to heavy rain at times until the 5:00 hour. temperatures today hold in the lower 50s. monika? >> we're going to take a live look at the beltway west side of town, american legion bridge, good indication of what it looks like basically between 270 across the potomac river and down into tysons and 66. coming up, more good news on area roadway

the disaster killed 100,000 people and destroyed 90% of the buildings in sicily.lian mainland. to make matters worse, smaller tremors continued to bring down buildings and kill rescuers days later. many survivors relocated to the united states, but a great quake struck southern italy 103 years ago today. and that's the fox report for wednesday, december 28, 2011. i'm trace gallagher in for shepard smith. thank you for having us into your home tonight. i'll be back tomorr

after sicily for the rest of world war ii westmoreland was a staff officer. over he was given command of an infantry regiment for six months in the army of occupation. then back in the united states of westmoreland was able to get an assignment at the 802nd airborne division where after attending jump school he had a year in command of the 504 parachute infantry regiment and then three years as division chief of staff. then late in the korean war westmoreland took command of the 187th airborne regimental combat team, a unit that constituted the theater reserve and consequently was stationed in japan and periodically a ploy to korea. westmoreland demanded the up to 15 months. nine months of which were spent in japan to wear after he had been promoted to brigadier he was able to live with his wife and their young first child. six months of the 15 spending korea. during one such carian time when they were not in combat westmoreland, desirous of qualifying for the master parachutist has made 13 jobs in one day. after the war and some scheming on the part of westm

after sicily for the rest of world war ii westmoreland was a staff officer.n the fighting was over he was given command of an infantry regiment for six months in the army of occupation. then back in the united states of westmoreland was able to get an assignment at the 802nd airborne division where after attending jump school he had a year in command of the 504 parachute infantry regiment and then three years as division chief of staff. then late in the korean war westmoreland took command of the 187th airborne regimental combat team, a unit that constituted the theater reserve and consequently was stationed in japan and periodically a ploy to korea. westmoreland demanded the up to 15 months. nine months of which were spent in japan to wear after he had been promoted to brigadier he was able to live with his wife and their young first child. six months of the 15 spending korea. during one such carian time when they were not in combat westmoreland, desirous of qualifying for the master parachutist has made 13 jobs in one day. after the war and some scheming on

after sicily for the rest of world war ii westmoreland was a staff officer.n the fighting was over he was given command of an infantry regiment for six months in the army of occupation. then back in the united states of westmoreland was able to get an assignment at the 802nd airborne division where after attending jump school he had a year in command of the 504 parachute infantry regiment and then three years as division chief of staff. then late in the korean war westmoreland took command of the 187th airborne regimental combat team, a unit that constituted the theater reserve and consequently was stationed in japan and periodically a ploy to korea. westmoreland demanded the up to 15 months. nine months of which were spent in japan to wear after he had been promoted to brigadier he was able to live with his wife and their young first child. six months of the 15 spending korea. during one such carian time when they were not in combat westmoreland, desirous of qualifying for the master parachutist has made 13 jobs in one day. after the war and some scheming on

my dad struggled, came here enter fr som sicily and my mom grew up on the lower east side and i thinkeally well. we have a dish we would like you to sign. michael monaco, the very first chef on this broadcast. >> a lot of history. >> 14 years ago. exactly. >> it was a great honor then and it's great to be here with you today. really, we are in that way extended family, you know? we just done things together and we get to celebrate a holiday together or really extend sort of the holiday spirit to everyone and say it's a time to -- and also look after people. >> that's true. >> look after people who really don't have what they should have. so, you know, this is sort of the table that we do that at. >> tell folks at home you can get more on these stuff here and go to cbsnews.com/saturday. michael? >> cheers. >> happy holidays all around. >> we will be right back. this is "the early show" on cbs. [ male announcer ] who fills their holidays with sawdust? ♪ with quarter inch holes and blueprints for the coming year? those of us with doers on our lists. and because it's always better to give

you knew there was a problem and you acted visited sicily -- i wouldn't mind hearing a follow-up but'm done. even though i will be back. >> i thank the gentleman. mr. berkovitz, commissioner sommers told the senate ag committee on tuesday, we have a very good idea at this point what happened to the money. what happen? >> congressman, i think what commissioner sommers was referring to was we have a very good idea of additional transfers out of the segregation accounts. we have a lot of information about initially where that money went within the company. but we are continuing to look at, what we are continuing to examine is what was the nature of those transactions, what was the underlying purpose of those transactions, to what extent would a legitimate transactions, to what extent were they not legitimate transactions and then from there, what happens to those funds? so there are several other steps that we are looking at very very closely to try and trace exactly where all that money went. >> was there one particular entity that got a lion's share of those transfers in the last days