the mayor of sioux falls is next. will no longer own even a small part of general motors. the government is selling its entire stake in gm. now, general motors itself is going to buy back 200 million shares, the treasury is going to sell another 300 million shares, at a price to be determined in the future. but gm's buying at 27.50, barely half of what's needed in the stock price to make taxpayers break even. by the time it is all done, the taxpayer will have lost roughly 7 billion dollars in the gm bailout, maybe more if you include gmac now known as ally financial. the stock by the way is up 27. facebook, good press, bad press. first the bad, instagram's privacy policy says it can sell your photos. people have gone crazy about that one. here's the good pr, zuckerberg is going to give away a half billion to charity. whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. stuart: sioux falls south dakota has no state corporate income tax. that makes sioux fal

i appreciate the wonderful words of your superintendent, that was exactly the dynamic in sioux falls and that's the remarkable thing, superintendent, is that this issue knows no boundaries. this issue knows -- it doesn't know class boundaries, it doesn't know race boundaries, it's an issue regretablely that has been timeless. it seems we were all too frequently taught that bullying is simply a rite of passage, i went to christ the king grammar school in buffalo, new york, you would go behind the building and settle your scores at the end of the day and that was an accepted way of doing business. but we're learning and raising consciousness that, no, it's not an acceptable way of doing business. i've had conversations with the mother of seth walsh, of people who have literally taken their own lives and as a father of three, this isn't simply an issue of civil rights enforcement, this is something very personal. because i can't imagine the unspeakable grief that parents must go through. i can't imagine the unspeakable grief in murphiesboro, tennessee, when we talk to the leaders in the

will it be the leaning tower of sioux falls?hings did not go quite according to plan. >> the explosion shortened approximately 40 feet in mere seconds. so the building went from 205 feet to roughtly 160 feet tall, so the wrecking ball could reach the rest of the building and bring the top of it down. >> it takes three weels to finish the job. during that time, the leaning tower of zip makes national news. and thousands more make donations to the ms foundation, totaling more than $150,000. >> i would say another 20, 30% came in after the fact because of the way this thing all turned out. >> if it had just fallen over, okay, it's over. it's what we expected. it was the blooper of it all. >> the initial demolition may have been a bust but that blooper led to something quite progressive.

>> guest: mostly the lakota sioux and northern cheyenne. c-span: who were they? >> guest: they were plains indians, warlike people, militaristic societies who fought fiercely and well. they were certainly noble opponents because they were well trained in their own style of battle from infancy. and the sioux, in particular, were an expansionist people who had, in fact, wiped out and taken the land of smaller, weaker indian tribes in their own desire for hegemony in the west. and ultimately they came up against the united states which, with its greater manpower resources, was able to ultimately defeat them. c-span: what do you find if you go back to that spot, the little bighorn, in montana today? is there anything there? >> guest: yes, it's part of a national park system. fairly recently, back in 1993, it had its name changed from the custer battlefield to the little bighorn battlefield as a way of including the indian participants who had been excluded from the idea of the battlefield up to that time. but you do find it's not a commercialized site in the way many

this happened yestey on interstate 29 in sioux falls... during the region's >>> a semi truck smashed through a road closure gate on a highway in south dakota. this happened yesterday on interstate 29 in sioux falls during the region's first heavy snowfall. season. authorities say the driver was going too fast and the road was just too slippery for him to stop in time. a little dangerous. >>> a las vegas-bound flight from seattle had to make an emergency landing in sacramento because of a smell of smoke. an airport spokesman says the alaska airlines flight landed just before 5:00 last night. once on the ground, firefighters surrounded the plane. >> i watched the crew and they weren't stressed. >> no one was hurt. one flight attendant was treated for burning eyed and coughing. no serious injuries. >>> there is a serious injury accident in daly city. we'll get to that in a minute. but it closed the southbound lane. one southbound lane of highway 35. right there approaching john daly. chopper 5 is overhead. you can see the car this ran off the

more for sioux falls. that's more snow for sioux falls. chicago, also, minneapolis, rapid city. we'll get into -- i don't know. we'll get into the rest of the nation's weather when we come back in a minute. right now, that's the weather around the nation. >> > still to come here on "good morning america," the startling love triangle case that may have ended in murder. a 19-year-old college student is missing. is another teen the key to cracking this case? >>> and is the third time a charm for superstar janet jackson, engaged to a billionaire? all the details on who he is. and why isn't she wearing her ring? billionaire? all the details on who he is. and why isn't she wearing her ring? let's say you want to get ahead in your career. how do you get from here... to here? at university of phoenix we're moving career planning forward so you can start figuring that out sooner. ln fact, by thinking about where want your education to lead, while you're still in school, you might find the best route... leads somewhere you weren't even looking. let's get to work. [ male announcer ] every

more for sioux falls. that's more snow for sioux falls. chicago, also, minneapolis, rapid city. we'll get into -- i don't know. we'll get into the rest of the nation's weather when we come back in a minute. right now, that's the weather around the nation. >>> good morning, i'm mike masco. high wind advisory today. winds could certainly gust to around 40 miles per hour with some chilly temperatures making it feel like it's into the upper 20s to around 30 degrees. we'll go through your two degree guarantee of president and mainly cloudy skies and -- 39 and mainly cloudy skies and some gusty winds. a blend of clouds and sunshine on friday and not as windy. then a storm on saturday going into sunday morning. how much snow still in question at this time. we'll be into the 30s and 40s by next monday. to come here on "go morning america," the startling love triangle case that may have ended in murder. a 19-year-old college student is missing. >>> and is the third time a charm for superstar janet jackson, engaged to a billionaire? all the details on who he is. and why isn't she wearing

the pilot was headed from jacksonville to sioux city. so his jet could get painted. >>> one act of kindness can really make a difference. a secret santa decided to spread some holiday cheer by paying off people's layaway accounts at an arizona wal- mart. santa focused in on the customers trying to pay off the toys. the secret santa ended up paying off layaway bills for 20 wal-mart customers and even workers in the situation were left speechless. >> it's emotional for us too. i mean you know some of the people that i work in layaway when these individuals come to pick up their layaways they're crying. >> as is often the case, the good samaritan santa has asked to remain anonymous. >>> there's a new smell in the air in washington state. >> that smell of marijuana. a new law goes into effect today that allows you to smoke but there are some restrictions, we'll tell you what's going on. >> also this morning citigroup is cutting jobs to save money. we're going to run the numbers by you and see if you think it's maybe a little high. >>> news t

at the same time in sioux falls, a town close to them, that had a suicide and the whole community came together to take a positive approach and that kind of combines the two things, looking at how we treat each other online as well as how we treat each other on the community. you can go to our wepb site and see the progression as the whole community came together, the school district, the city, the library and they all worked together saying this isn't what we want in our town and they are being very proactive. another thing is we work with students and they came up with a positive campaign on facebook that they did, we have a little film on cyber bullying where some students in new jersey came together and they called it a virtual hug. they tried to basically bring that positive environment to the internet because kids are sort of shifting that culture. we also want to shift the culture on the internet. >> mike or stacy, rick, amina, anything regarding social media, not just the connection with bullying but how you can use social media for positive ends. >> i think again we have the m

we screened in sioux city before anyone had seen the movie for all the administrators in the movie. obviously we've been down a long road with this community and i will make a point thanking them for their courage in making this film, which is what you thought nobody would ever do, which is allow a camera to film for a year inside a building and film those interactions and those conversations. but they did it because they wanted to do better. but when we first did the screening, someone that had been an administrator for many many years basically said, listen, if we're going to be honest in

we screened in sioux city before anyone had seen the movie for all the administrators in the movie. obviously we've been down a long road with this community and i will make a point thanking them for their courage in making this film, which is what you thought nobody would ever do, which is allow a camera to film for a year inside a building and film those interactions and those conversations. but they did it because they wanted to do better. but when we first did the screening, someone that had been an administrator for many many years basically said, listen, if we're going to be honest in unpacking this movie, then we have to recognize and i'll be the first one to say it, that i have made those mistakes. i have rushed to judge. i have gotten it wrong in exactly that same way many times in my career. then suddenly the conversation started to flow and not only did people connect to how they missed those moments and that they don't, that they felt they didn't have the training to catch those moments or really do that inner reflection, but then they started sharing their stories of be

we want to leave you with a holiday song courtesy of our affiliate in sioux falls, south dakota.y has christmasa the capital, in pierre, more than 90 trees decorated by people from across the state. goodnight, everybody, and i'll see you later tonight on "nightline." ♪ oork a family coping with a storm that created a soggy start. live doppler 7 hd, watching rain, now, heavy rain, and thunder in the forecast. details coming up. >> and a major break tonight in a mansion murder. know who did it. >> good evening to you, i'm don sanchez. >> after 40 years with abc 7 news we're going to give don sanchez a proper sendoff. >> i love the rain. >> why? >> because, cleans the air. >> and the skies should be plenty clean after the rain storm across the bay area today, north bay gets a steady soaking. good evening, i'm ama daetz. >> i'm san ashley. here is a sample of the today this, turned out to be not a very good place for your car to break down. and here is sandhya patel with a look at live doppler 7 hd. >> still tracking showers, but most of the wet weather has lightened up. let's check

. >> a lady called us about 1:00 at night and said she had received the bill in change in sioux city,owa. i said could you please send it to me and i'll send you a dollar back for it. that's what she did. >> he was somehow able to communicate that he was still alive. it was just such a helpless feeling. we have to try to make some attempt to the people that actually have him. >> this is the reason for this plea. he walked out the door and the kids were getting ready to have pizza. i'll never forget it as long as i live, as he walked out the doorway, save me some pizza, mom, i'll be hungry when i get home. and he waved when he got to the bushes and i waved to him and that was that. and i never saw him again. >> we received a letter, a two-page typed written letter. it said i'll never be able to return home. they cut my hair. and it was signed, love your son, johnny gosch. from the time johnny could write, he always signed notes love, yourson johnny gosh. and the reason he did that is because his father's name was john, too. that was his identity. >> the wing thione thing that y, if you

so we are also pushing at and it's explainable to have a candidate in sioux falls south dakota and they've been on the campaign trail all day and they are exhausted and they made different stops to be here in oklahoma city we kind of pass that off and say it doesn't make a great deal of difference where they are worth think they are at that point. >> gary hart. >> gary hart created the of original sin of challenging people in the media. i think most people in the media knew that he ran around a bit but you must remember the time where we didn't -- the media didn't look into that carefully. there was a backstage area. one of the problems is the politicians don't have the backstage area. whenever they do is realistic, but that wasn't the case at that point in time that he challenged and said you go out and prove this stuff and a reporter from the florida newspaper hit out in the bushes in southwest washington and saw his girlfriend come in late at night and leave the next morning. it wasn't hard for him to guess she wasn't planning the floors or cooking and all night dinner and so you don't

sioux falls say that three children did not make it out alive found in one room on the second floor of two adults managed to escape and are hospitalized. no word what started the fire. >> florida, suburban orlando, a business robbed of $30,000 broad daylight outside of his store and the whole thing caught on tape. it takes the suspect only six seconds to get out of the van and fires a single shot into the area eventually getting away with a backpack loaded with cash. and police found the get away vehicle, abandoned a mile away. this guy targeting packages left on people's doors in suburban seattle. one theft captured by home surveillance camera. the home owner stunned. >> i can't believe people these days, i mean, that could be somebody's medication for all they know. >> experts say you should request all the deliveries require a signature, the valuables are not left out in the open. >> colorado, in denver, welcome home military officers holiday style. >> and love to do it every year. >> shocked, a little overwhelmed, but it's a good feeling. >> most of these brave men and women will o

happens for everyone, one of the incredible things that happened was when we screamed the film in sioux city for the entire community from the 1600 people came out and the assistant principal, everyone came out and after the film, some of the kids involved with bullying him posted on the project page on youtube something they were sorry about what they had done. he received letters to kids who had laid him. so often you think what can happen is kids don't see the entire picture. they may shove someone at the locker in a way to class morning, but what they don't know if the same person was then called a name that lunch. they were not chosen to be in a team-high gym class. they were tricked in the hall on the way to their their class and that it's not these big huge acts of violence that are the things that can really wear young people down. and this is absolutely the case with tyler long, david and tina longs sun who took his own life. i think when kids stop and get to have an opportunity, to look at the things they didn't know were going on, they have a different sense of how their acti

out one of the really incredible things that happened with him is that when we screen the film and sioux city for the entire community, 1600 people came out before it was in theaters, the principal, the assistant principal, everyone came out and after the film some of the kids who had been involved in the bullied him kristen project page on youtube posting they were sorry about the had done and he received letters from some of the kids that bullied him so often sometimes i think what can happen is that kids don't see the entire picture. they may shut someone at the locker on their way to class in the morning but they don't know is that same person was called a name at lunch, they were not chosen to be a team with lagat and jim class. they were trapped on long haul on the way to their other classes and that it's not these big huge acts of violence that are the things that i think can really wear down young people and this was absolutely the case with tyler long, david and tina's long's son who took his own life, but was a constant pervasive presence of the smaller act and i think that whe

sioux falls was blanketed by nearly four inches, and the weather was blamed for several traffic accidents. the next round of snow is expected to miss the area. >>> here's the rest of your wednesday weather. aside from that blizzard, rain and mountain snow in the pacific northwest, severe storms around st. louis, memphis, little rock and baton rouge. lingering snow showers in northern new england. >>> in the northeast, midwest and central plains, twenltss from billings and colorado springs and fargo. 80 in dallas and 75 in your favorite, rob, new orleans. >> i miss those 75s. >>> police in spokane, washington, say they admire a store clerk's bravery but say you shouldn't follow his lead. a gunman tried to hold up a convenience store monday. >> he's waving a gun around. but when the clerk comes after him, the would-be thief takes off. the clerk takes him down right outside and others join in to keep him on the ground. the man was arrested and charged with attempted armed robbery. >> he ran after him. >> that's brave. there's brave and there's like -- >> did he own the store? >> i don't know

it bears his honorary sioux na name, nomni snee," which translates as "never turns back." i think that really describes kent conrad. he never turns back. so, mr. president, kent conrad and i are proud of our shared roots in the upper midwest. he has been an outstanding senator, a good friend for more than 2 1/2 decades in this body. i join with the entire senate family in wishing kent and lucy all the best in the years ahead. mr. harkin: and also, mr. president, in these closing weeks of the 112th congress, the senate is, as i've said, is saying farewell to a number of retiring colleagues. one of our most poignant farewells is to a member respected and esteemed on both sides of the aisle. i speak of senator dick lugar of indiana. he he is a friend, a fellow midwesterner, but to all of us, he is much more. dick lugar is really a nor's senator. he epitomizes the very best of this institution, and it is a sad commentary on the state of our nation's politics that the main reason why senator lugar is leaving the senate is because his primary opponent attacked him for the very q

the sioux were system was overwhelmed. the sewer system. this is the fourth time since 2004. it was not enough to keep the flood waters out. maureen kelly. >> the guadeloupe river residents are very happy to add the city's efforts paid off. in 20 04, the san jose water district worked on the river with a $10 million project. it removed 4800 cubic yards of sediment and relieved over 7000 homes out of the flood zone. >> and the santa cruz mountains, 15 in. after one week of back to back storms it took a toll on mountain roads. you can see discussed relic, this will be closed indefinitely. mountain valley road. you can see, that this will be closed. >> that is the quickest way to get to scotts valley and also highway 17. >> at least eight roads were closed at one point. pg&e will have a lingering power outages with m mudslides. in the santa cruz mountains, kron 4. >> on walnut creek this storm brought down this huge increase that crashed through this fence onto a neighbor's driveway. >> thank god nobody was hurt the dog was not in the backyard. nobody was in his driveway and nob

kaiser has given out more than a million sioux flu shots. 3% more than last year.every year about 36,000 people die in the u.s. because of flu- related illnesses. >>> 7:42. the royal family confirms exciting news that the duchess of cambridge is pregnant. this comes after kate middleton was admit the to the hospital for severe morning sickness and then prince william arrived to visit his wife. word of the pregnancy is sparking enthusiasm from mown and -- from many and possibly sparking a new trend. >> can you imagine? there will be a lot of, a lot of pregnant wint -- pregnant women? >> it's not confirmed how far along she is only that she's not reached the 12-week mark. >>> hundreds of millions of dollars is being spent to repair homes damaged from sandy. contractors will be isn't out to repair the homes at no charge to the montgomerys -- to the homeowners. most of the money is coming from pea -- fema. new york is paying for the rest of it. some say the help is not coming fast enough. >>> also, the mayor of america whack, new jersey will begin its challenge to live

the sioux falls housing and redevelopment commission, for example, has 3800 families, nearly twice the number the agency currently serves, on the waiting list of the hud's assistance. the public rental assistant program help over 3 million households including low income seniors people with disabilities, and families with safe affordable housing. this is funded by the federal government through hud and delivered locally through a network of local and state public housing authorities or phas. despite the roles the programs play, they face a number of challenges including complex administrative procedures, the federal funding constraints that have local agencies struggling to do more with less. the strength on local agencies have become so difficult some phas turned down hud vouchers for homeless vets or shut down completely due to a lack of administering the program. given the challenges and the nation's fiscal position that is essential that our federal programs operate effectively and first efficiently. earlier this year, senator menendez's subcommittee held a hearing to gather recomm

tom is from sioux falls, s.d.. good morning.aller: i would be willing to give up my earned income credit. that is $1,000 per year, for me. i would be willing to give that up if it would help the country. one that i would not give up is my standard mileage rate. i deliver newspapers, and that would be not good for me to give up that. host: thank you for the call. here is the message from twitter -- host: our question for you this morning is -- what would you give up? there is a question from "the washington times" this morning saying that americans' desire a deal without pain. "taxing the rich is the favorite option." host: let's take a look at this graphic created by "the washington times." it asks -- what should we do? host: do you agree with our first tweet this morning, who does not want to give up anything? kentucky, independent line, good morning. caller: yes, i am 88 and i went through the last depression. i am thinking how much we had to pull the belt then. i think that if america would wake up and see that we do have to,

the bill the reintroduce some months ago by the sioux are not here today from the assaults ammunitionclips used last friday by the shooter this summer and and far too many massacres. we can probably never stop a disturbed individual completely from taking a gun and going into a school or mall or parking lot to shoot people but we can give them a fighting chance when he read those and taken down like they did with gabby gifford. to show you how this is changed when we got back on monday we started to get support for the bill and we have picked up 21 co-sponsors and believe they will have more by the end of today. said the nine of them are republican and. we have approached many friends and colleagues. we hope they think hard in the house speaker boehner will bring it to the bill. it will send a message to the moms, dads and people of the country that we are serious. every single american who cares about the issue needs to pick up the phone and call their member of congress. where do stand and use stand with to look at this gun violence. thank you. now i will call congressmen mike thomp

sioux: -- ms. hsu: -- ms. hsu: -- ms. chu: earlier we lost one of the greatest congressmen of our times with the passing of senator daniel inouye. he was a true american patriot in every sense of the word. in fact it's hard to think of the state of hawaii without daniel inouye. since the moment hawaii gained statehood in 1959, he has represented the aloha state in congress and ensured that hawaii and others in the pacific region have access to resources and facilities that many on the continental u.s. take for granted. even though he was labeled an enemy alien during world war ii, he made the decision to enlist in the japanese american go for broke 442nd regiment combat team he fought bravely even as thousands of japanese americans were unjustly placed in internment camps at home. in one terrible bat until italy, he led an assault against a heavily defended ridge. germans shot at him with machine give up derksstroying his right arm. despite that, he was still able to destroy the german bunker. his bravely earn -- bravery