why a museum dedicated to jimmy stewart needs a miracle of its own. st >>> we're back with a story sure to have a lot of parents asking how soon is too soon when it comes to giving children an added edge. we all heard of the early reading and music courses. now the focus is on the playing field. getting toddlers trained sometimes even before they're out of diapers. northbound's rehema ellis has our story. >> reporter: this looks like a typical mommy and me class with kids who are barely walking, but already they're goal oriented. >> he learns definitely specific soccer skills. >> reporter: from soccer to gymnastics. tee ball, even ice skating more and more toddlers are getting an early edge in sports instruction, as early as 18 months. >> my man. >> reporter: parents are convinced it's good for their child's development and no age is too young to start. >> the earlier you start anything, whether it's sports, music, art, anything, the earlier you start, the better the foundation is. >> reporter: for all the excitement around introducing sports to toddl

jimmy stewart. >> at a time when male movie star were supposed to be glamorous and dynamic, gemmy stewart, modest and a little shy, an ordinary man with an unexpected inner core of strength and courage. audiences sensed he was those screens off screen and on and believed it when his character stood against the odds. in "it's a wonderful life? a. oh, he was the kind, conscientious banker, who thought his life was a failure until he realized how his neighbors thought about him. >> isn't it wonderful, i'm going to jail. merry christmas. >> in jimmy stewart americans saw themselves as they wanted to be generous, honest and ready to fight for the things that mattered. home, family, country, other people's rights. born in rural pennsylvania, in many ways stewart was what he appeared to be, a man from a small town, religious upbringing with conservative values. >> a belief in the value of hard work, i think is very important. it goes back to my family. >> reporter: when world war ii broke out, stewart joined the service. he commanded a bomber squadron in europe, rose to the rank of colonel, flew

i love martha stewart.he howard stern show," gary dell'abate, baba booey is joining us. [ cheers and applause ] he's going to talk about his new best selling book "they call me baba booey." it's going to be fun having that guy on. i love him. and then we've got some great new music from the one and only r. kelly, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ i believe i can fly i believe i can touch -- ♪ this is going to be really good. hey, any of you guys out there justin bieber fans? [ scattered cheers ] yeah, i can tell. i could tell. i am, too, he is a talented dude. and if you'll pardon me just for saying so, he's not too shabby to look at either. now, everybody knows what a fun, happy guy justin bieber is, he's a great guy. but here's something you might not realize. he has also got a really serious side. in fact, i happen to know that justin bieber likes to reflect really deeply on a lot of things. here, take a look. ♪ reflections , reflections of reflections look at my reflection ♪ [ laughter ] >> yo, what'

stanford hospital was not fined in diane stewart's death but the state health department said she diedent into effect. the state medical board declined to pursue action against her doctor. the stewarts have gone to the governor to appeal that decision. >>> how do you find out if your hospital's record is one of the best or the worst? we have a link, violations on our website. go to nbcbayarea.com and search hospital. the complete statement from stanford hospital is posted there. >>> the rain is here. it is going to get a whole lot worse. >> it sure is. the wind is going to be the thing that people are going to really want to note here as we head throughout the next three days. periods of gusty winds and while we are looking at heavy rainfall, the river level gauges are not showing any major flooding. the russian river is expected to hit 15 feet as we head into sunday. a flood stage is not until you hit 32 feet. good news when it comes to the river flooding we are watching right now that could be a potential. it looks like these isolated urban areas are flooding. this wet pattern remain

stewart udall -- that is what stewart udall understood.ion under the law. he could not wait until congress enacted the civil rights act of 1964. he believes in civil rights for all people. that is leadership. [applause] and lastly, it can be said that he cared for the work force and the welfare of all citizens. he cared for the quality of the environment for all citizens. he cared for all citizens having access to the enjoyment and use of their public lands. he cared that we respected each other and demonstrate consistently six -- a sense of the other species that inhabit this fragile place that we call earth. he embraced the sentiments of one of my favorite poems, "the rime of the ancient mariner." all things great and small. i think that was stewart udall. he embraced the importance of legislation that he supported. the mary mcleod bethune memorial. it is something that i know stewart udall embrace. we have a responsibility to our young people. we must encourage them never, never, never to use their -- to lose their zeal for building a b

jon stewart for the hour. no joke. next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. jon stewart. good to have him back. he's the host, executive producer of "the daily show" on comedy central. he's leading the rally to restore sanity in washington, d.c. appropriately the night before halloween, october 30th. he and "the daily show" writers are the authors of the new best-seller, the number one best-seller on "the new york times" best-seller list, "earth, the book, a visitor's guide to the human race." i'm on one page of this. we're not going to show it to you because it's a family show, but it just increased sales of the book twofold. he'll host night of too many stars, an overbooked concert for autism education. that airs on comedy central tomorrow night. half of it was taped in new york, right? >> i'm sorry. i'm just listening to the end of "parker/spitzer." they're just -- that's witty. that is witty. >> larry: you like that show? >> listen, i'm just glad they got a real table. the first couple of nights, they had a stool with newspapers piled on it. they didn't have a guy to

>> reporter: the museum opened in 1995 when stewart was 87. the busiest. most visitors have been senior citizens who grew up watching stewart on the silver screen. but attendance has dropped dramatically and, like george bailey in the movie, the museum needs money fast. >> please help me, mr. potter. help me, won't you, please? >> reporter: is there a villain in this story? >> the villain would be time, john. it's the progression of those generations that are no longer with us that supported the museum. >> reporter: and so like stewart's character in the movie, the museum is looking for help. maybe even a little help from above. >> well, who are you then? >> as-2. >> what is that as-2. >> angel, second class. >> we are welcoming any and all clarences, john. >> reporter: harley's hoping for a happy ending. >> it would be gratifying to mr. stewart and his family that many people contributed what they could. >> to my big brother george, the richest man in town. >> reporter: for "today," john yang, nbc news, indiana, pennsylvania. >>> you can go t

started in 1948 by poultry farmers romain stewart and lee jasper.he farm has grown into a hugely successful integrated operation involving thousands of acres of hauling, shelling, processing and marketing. the second and third generation of jaspers are running the business and finding new ways to market their nuts, including through people like mike and mike. >> you gotta start somewhere. you don't see too many people that come, want to buy a pick-up load of almonds and all of a sudden they're buying truckloads, but it's been great to see that progress. >> people like mama mallace's has made the almond industry as successful as it is. >> today, while maintaining their own business, the company supplies mama mallace with all of their almonds. and over the years, the two companies have come together and formed a unique partnership that, yes, even a mother could love. >> so even if it ended tomorrow, the people that we've made friends with; the people that we've reached out to, the things hat we've done, you know what, it's great. it really is great. >

started in 1948 by poultry farmers romain stewart and lee jasper.he farm has grown into a hugely successful integrated operation involving thousands of acres of hauling, shelling, processing and marketing. the second and third generation of jaspers are running the business and finding new ways to market their nuts, including through people like mike and mike. >> you gotta start somewhere. you don't see too many people that come, want to buy a pick-up load of almonds and all of a sudden they're buying truckloads, but it's been great to see that progress. >> people like mama mallace's has made the almond industry as successful as it is. >> today, while maintaining

. >> when you look at john stuart-- jon stewart and his success, his demographics, and the fact that he's sort of at a place where it's comedy but taken seriously for good reason, he puts together stuff in a way that has a point. uses comedy to make a point. >> write. >> if he came to you and said my contract is up, you know this business like few do, what should i do? where should i be? >> well, i tried to hire jon stewart, you know b eight or nine years ago to do a half hour show at 8:00 every night of the week on nbc. i wanted him to take the show he was doing, the daily show and basically bring that over to nbc at 8:00 every night. i thought that, you know, it would be, it was probably the precursor to what we tried at 10:00. >> but very different, much more hip. >> no, obviously jon appealed to a different demographic. we had conversations, at the end he decided to stay where he is. look, i think jon stewart is -- >> go ahead. >> which think he's one of the most important voices in information in this country. just because he delivers it with a comedic point of view doesn't dimi

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. >> stewart jackson. >> does my right honorable friend agree with me that it's a badge of shame for which the party opposite -- >> there's simply too much noise. it's very unfair. i want to hear mr. stewart jackson. >> does my right honorable friend agree with me that it's a badge of shame in which the party opposite should apologize to taxpayer parents and pupils that having doubled education spending in their term of office. they managed to drive down educational attainment standards to the bottom of the international league according to the oecd? >> well, my honorable friend makes a great point and it makes very depressing reading where we're falling behind countries like poland and astonia whom we should be well ahead of. we've made the choice of putting an extra 3 billion pounds into the schools budget during this parliament because we want to see more done in early years and primary education so we can get the social mobility that the right honorable gentleman was posing about. >> mr. speaker, over half of the students at the university of northampton comes from disadvantaged

by the time he died, stewart had given away a million dollars.are now continuing his tradition, giving out $100 bills, unannounced, to people in need. our kansas city affiliate, kmbc, tagged along this year. >> here, i think -- you must have dropped that. >> no. >> that's got to be yours. >> it's not. you sure? >> yes. >> it's got your name on it. >> oh, my god. are you serious? thank you. >> $500. would that help you? >> oh my god, that would help me so much. >> put it in my bank. >> put it in your bank? >> it's a benjamin. going to my daughter. >> three, four, five. >> thank you very much. >> we've really been trying to teach the kids that christmas is about giving to others, and what a great blessing for us, isn't it? >> i was laid off in october and -- like everybody else, it seems. >> i lost my job, my husband lost his job. >> are you kidding? >> that's for you. >> oh, my god. is that -- are you sure? >> oh, my god. >> it is so great. thank you so much. >> it's going to get better. it's going to get better. >> christmas presents for my child

john stewart viewers are most likely to be married, catholic, and drive a gmc truck. >> okay. i think what they did is put index cards in a tumbler, spun it around and pulled things out. that makes no sense to me. >> larry: has it affected your broadcast in any way? >> no. i never, ever, ever think about who i want to watch or who i'm supposed to be -- who is supposed to be watching or who could i get to watch. i've had people tell me, now who are you aiming for? and i say, it's just, i'm just doing what i've been doing since i was in the 4th grade. literally. and if i know, when i'm happy, what i aim for is i want to create a fund -- a funny environment in that studio. >> larry: were you a silly kid? >> oh, yeah. well, it's funny. i was not the class clown. people say were you the class clown and i've always maintained that the class clown, the guy that when the teacher is out of the room sets the clock back, makes noise, throws water balloons around the room, those kids are always, they grow up and they're killed in a motel shoot out. or their meth lab blows up on them. that

. >> larry: the hollywood reporter did analysis who is watching you, leno, letterman and jon stewart,our viewers are more likely to be single, tech savvy, atheist, and own a vw. >> that's right. that's what we were aiming for. >> larry: that person. >> i said, i want a show for atheist, single, tech savvy vw owners. and i did it. >> larry: you got them. >> i don't know where they came up with that. vw owners, really? >> larry: how do they do that? leno viewers are the wealthiest, most likely religious, drive a chevy or pontiac. letterman viewers, likely to be divorced watch cnn, drive a toyota. talking ridiculous. >> they're making the stuff up. >> larry: jon stewart, viewers, married, catholic, and drive a gmc truck. >> i think what they did was put index cards in a tumbler . >> larry: has it affected your broadcast in any way? >> no, i never, ever, ever, ever think about who i want to watch or who i am supposed to be or who is supposed to be watching or who'd could i get to watch. now i have people tell me, who are you aiming for? i say, it's just, doing what i have been doing since

i am friendly with jon stewart and stephen colbert. enough to come and help me when i did the tour they came on stage in radio city they were absolutely hilarious. brought the house down. we did a big skit together. so, i, i -- i think that, but you know the other guys i don't. i don't have that much of a relationship with them. i don't know if there is much of a -- you know. >> larry: was johnny carson helpful? >> i will go way out of my way to make it clear i was in i wasn't friends with johnny carson. i got to speak with him on a number of occasions and meet him. he was always very nice to me. and that's the thing, that you think -- that, you know talk about being grateful or putting things in perspective. and i always think back to, there are certain things people can't take away from you. and i know that i got to -- when it was announced that i would be taking over the "tonight show" in 2004, it was arranged that i could have this phone call with johnny carson. i spoke to johnny for a while on the phone. he talked to me about the

. >> five of us would like to see a stewart, not a candidate mayor but a stewart who's going to lead the city over the next year and six board members who identify very strongly as progressive really would like the opportunity to demonstrate to the city what san francisco would be like with a progressive mayor. >> reporter: that could mean there's a small period of time when california would not have an official lieutenant governor. in that case, if anything happens to governor jerry brown between january 3rd and the eighth, the seat would go to -- but elsburn says he believes the board will pick a new mayor by the deadline. >> it may happen before then, but there's no word this drags on beyond january 11th. >>> mayor newsom said today he decided not to sign the board ordnance. the ordnance would have mandated up to 50% of san francisco residents be hired for city projects. opponents say the measure would negatively impact the local economy. the governor has send the measure back to the board for more studies. >>> the u.s. economy maybe on the mend. consumer confident has hit a two y

." >> stewart jackson. >> does my right honorable friend agree that it is a badge of shame -- >> orderthere is simply too much noise. it is very unfair. i want to hear mr. stewart jackson. >> does my right honorable friend agree that it is a badge of shame, for which the party opposite should apologize to taxpayers, parents, and pupils, that having doubled education spending during their term in office, they managed to drive down educational attainment standards to the bottom of the international league, according to the oecd? >> my honorable friend makes a good point. the tables published today make depressing reading. we are falling behind countries such as poland and estonia, which we should be well ahead of. frankly, this comes down to the choice we have to make. we made the choice of putting an extra 3 billion pounds into the schools budget during this parliament, because we want more done in early years and primary education so that we get the social mobility about which the right honorable gentleman opposite was posing earlier. >> emma reynolds. >> over half the students at the

. >> five of us would like to see a stewart, not a candidate mayor but a stewart who's going to lead the city over the next year and six board members who identify very strongly as progressive really would like the opportunity to demonstrate to the city what san francisco would be like with a progressive mayor. >> reporter: that could mean there's a small period of time when california would not have an official lieutenant governor. in that case, if anything happens to governor jerry brown between january 3rd and the eighth, the seat would go to -- but elsburn says he believes the board will pick a new mayor by the deadline. >> it may happen before then, but there's no word this drags on beyond january 11th. >>> mayor newsom said today he decided not to sign the board ordnance. the ordnance would have mandated up to 50% of san francisco residents be hired for city projects. opponents say the measure would negatively impact the local economy. the governor has send the measure back to the board for more studies. >>> the u.s. economy maybe on the mend. consumer confident has hit a two y

now like stewart the new santa wants to remain anonymous wearing a white beard and red cap. recipients including a police officer with terminal cancer, and a homeless man pushing a scholing cart and a 80-year-old woman who recently told her 27 grandchildren that she can not afford to buy christmas gifts this year. >> see this is what dan does to us. he breaks you down. he handed out a total of $10,000 on tuesday. on tuesday he plans to hand out $40,000 this month. >> 27 grandchildren? wow. >> she had to tell them. >> that's a lot of grandchildren. even if you had a lot of money. >> but he doesn't miss the point. he is just tucker barnes. >> but that's great. and is that kansas city or missouri? it doesn't matter. >> look here, grinch, what are you bringing us today. >> i'll be your secret santa. >> if you give me $1,000, it won't matter. i'll prevent you are my secret santa. >> looking forward to that. >>> and temperatures here are chilly out there. 25 degrees right now at reagan national. we have plenty of cold air still. but we're starting to get out of the teens. that's g

last night it was the last jon stewart of the work and he absolutely is right, it is worth saying, whooing to hold the people's feet to the fire when we can put a 52 story down there so far at ground zero and we can pay for tax cuts for billionaire whose do not need them and it will not stimulate the economy but we cannot give health care to ground zero first responders who ran into the fire and went down there to save people? do people know what the city was like? people were walking over bridges covered in ash and running for their lives and their family members were dead and these people ran to glownd zero and we are not giving them medicine for illnesses? it is disgusting and everyone who voted against it should have to account for himself or herself. is anyone going to hold them accountable? >>chris: i think you just did. >>shepard: i went out there and said what the truth is, and i feel like at some point we have to do something for these people. this was no warning label on ground zero on 9/11, these substances will kill you. and if there were, they would have gone anyway, they

. >>> jon stewart and the daily show at comedy central did a great service on their show last night. when despite everybody else's inability to focus on a matter for any amount of time, he refused to stop covering the 9/11 first responders bill. the 9/11 first responders bill would provide health care for men and women who are sick, in some cases gravely so because of the work they did after 9/11. the bill is not controversial, it is paid for, it passed with a more than 100-vote margin several months ago, but say it with me now, it has yet to pass the senate. to be clear, the 9/11 first responders bill has majority support in the senate, as you would expect, if it were voted on in an up-or-down vote, it would pass. but republicans are not allowing it to be voted on, they are filibustering it. they are not allowing it to come up for a vote. jon stewart is the person in politics who has kept the most attention on this and last night he blew it out. last night he was talking to four first responders who themselves are seriously ill from the time they started doing rescue and recovery at

that were released when the towers fell. >> there has been a lot of beating up on republicans by jon stewart, as we've reported, and some democrats who accuse the republicans of holding up this bill. correct me if i'm wrong, though, the democrats control the senate, and for months, this bill has been on what our congressional correspondent john carl has called the slow boat. don't democrats bear some responsibility for the predicament you're in now? >> well, we've been working on this bill for the last two years straight, and our goals have been -- we first tried to pass it in the house and we worked very hard over the last year to do that. on the senate side, we've been holding a hearing, we've been working with the other side to find the right way to pay for this bill. it's fully paid for. and right now, i think we have the coalition of democrats and republicans that are necessary to pass this bill, and when we have this up-or-down vote, which will probably be the last vote of the session, i think people of good will will come together and pass this bill. >> is that -- let me just check wi

he took the job of restoring the dodge that jimmy stewart drove and plowed into the tree. smith fell in love with the car, over the years he kept track of it, and recently it went up for sale. >> the rest is history, it became available and we bought it. >> he wanted the car shipped to his colorado home last week, but weather pushed the delivery date to a more appropriate time. that looks like part of the movie right there. that looks almost unreal. pretty fun. >>> lauren scott joins us with a gift list for each of our bay area franchises. >>> there's so many presents we'd love to pass on to our local teams. let's go down the list, you want it to be something they'll use. >>> the warriors should be getting one of their stars back for tonight's showdown against portland at the arena in oakland. with ten teams in five games the stars were out, lebron and the heat face the lakers. >>> i wouldeo like to lik t sayy brother luke in california. in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. >>> part of the fun today

my daughter in law lost her mother, lisa, mary louise stewart, and the service is tonight.i apologize if this creates trouble for anyone

changes here tonight, philadelphia wins by a score of 31-27 to stay in prime shape in the nfc east but stewartd y bradley, dislocated elbow. brandon graham got hurt. asante samuel, le be back next week? still a lot to think about for philadelphia, but still in good shape. footballpros.com, what are you talking about tomorrow? >> cris: i don't know. we'll just recap the game a little bit. really it is the story of michael vick was good tonight but he was not, you know, the great mike vick that we've seen earlier in the season. tonight it was lesean mccoy, desean jackson and desean jackson catches an out route an goes 91. we talked about they're backed up. little out route and he runs 91 yards with it. >> al: limping on and off the field, too. he has to work on that ankle he twisted. we go to foxboro next week. right now i know it is a week-to-week thing. we probably had seven best teams in the league at any given point this year but right now, there's nobody who doesn't think the new england patriots are the best. >> cris: it is a very clear-cut i think super bowl favorite at this point in the

martha stewart is here with ideas from the december edition of "living" magazine.h anniversary? >> i can't believe it's been 20 years since we started. we made all sorts of glimmery, sparkly things. you can buy these little cyber board reforms at any craft store. >> did you then spray that gold? >> i spray painted it gold. and you can use your hot glue gun and put a dollop of glue. and if you get any on your finger, put it right in ice water. and these little gift bows, they're just gift bows that you buy at the craft store? >> everything here comes out of the craft store? >> yesterday i called one of my editors and i said where are you? she said i'm at michael's buying crafts for my kids. once you finish your whole wreath. you can embellish with these little balls. these look beautiful on a table, they look beautiful on a wall. look how gorgeous that is. >> that's nice. >> that's a big one. >> so you hang it fairly high up? >> you want to be able to look into it or at it, above a little. and next the napkin rings. these are just two see quinnseq balled. these are

>> stewart at his best.ually consider it a show of confidence on president obama's part, passing this tax day would be a huge victory, of course, bill clinton might just be the one who helps put him over the top. >>> next, 'tis the political san. democratic leader harry reid has said that the senate could work right through christmas day or around at least christmas eve, if it hasn't been rat fig the nuclear arms deal with russia. republican senator jon kyl's response says reid is disrespecting christians. republican jim demint echoed the religious rage calling it sacrilegious. to hold a vote on s.t.a.r.t. around christmas. here is senator reid defending himself and shooting back. >> i don't need to hear the sanctimonious lectures of senator kyl and demint to remind me of what christmas means. my question, madam president, is where were their concerns about christmases to in that filibuster after filibuster on a major piece of legislation during this entire congress? >> well, how about a nuclear arms race, a

so little media coverage, too, the comedian, jon stewart, started a campaign to sham senate. >> it's a win-win-win-win -- just [ bleep ] do it. the house passed it. >> reporter: it is a more than $7 billion bill that would be paid for by closing tax loopholes on foreign companies. republicans don't like that. and some are arguing there isn't enough time to come up with another funding source. some senators say, they need to be home for christmas. >> it just goes to show the disconnect between those we elect to represent us and those that get out there and do the work. >> reporter: democrats say they have six other ways that they could fund this bill. and they're working frantically with republicans. but, dan, the problem is, time is running out on this lame duck session. dan? >> indeed, it is. david kerley, thank you for your reporting this morning. >>> there is one senator who has been leading an emotional fight to get this bill passed. she is senator kirsten gillibrand. she is from new york. and she's on capitol hill this morning. senator, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i

. >> reporter: stewart and john were among hundreds of couples who legally married in 2008 before prop 8 passed. attorneys will argue that all gay and lesbian couples are being singled out from exclusion of marriage. >> california should not have marriage haves and have notes. that's what will be heard in the courtroom on monday morning. >> reporter: in the first hour of the hearing, judges will hear the arguments on whether the prop 8 sponsors have a right to appeal. and then the attorneys will argue the constitutionality of proposition 8. >> reporter: the three judges will issue a written opinion after the hearing. no decision will be known tomorrow. there's two possible scenarios. whichever side loses, they can choose to appeal again to a full ninth district court of appeals and eventually on to the supreme court. neither court is obligated to take up the issue. >> any long how long the hearing could last? >> it could take up to two hours. the first on issue and then the second on the constitutionality. >> thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >>> the registered sex offenders accu

and that's why we wanted land, i wanted to plant flowers, and be martha stewart back in the 90s.ughter] i wanted to plant everything for weddings, but the reality is everything is full of bugs and it crawls out on the ta (calvin) where did you go when you decided you didn't want to do flower arranging anymore? what happened? oh, i invited-- victoria magazine used to be my favorite magazine when i was doing flowers. it was all very womanly and entrepreneurial and inspiring. i sent them an email and invited them for blueberry pie and tea, 'cause i thought it'd get promotion for my wedding business. and they came! so i was like, "wow, they flew up from new york?" so i ran around like a maniac fixing the place up and making it look perfect, and doing all these little sets and things. and the lady who came...she was so nice. and she's like, "you should be a stylist." and i said... "well, what is that?" and she goes, "well, it's what you did. "you make these little scenes around your yard. and you've made pies and done all this little staging." she goes, "you'd get hired for that." and

picking out a tree is so american, so jimmy stewart, so charlie brown imagine that many people will moveourse companies won't continue to offer products online if nobody buys them. so it will ,cbe interesting to see if this latest experiment in live foliage actually succeeds. don't waste your money, john matarese. >>> oh, i see. a throne for the tv... room for movies... your workout gear... non-stop football... it's a man cave! the boys next door will never leave. who says we want them to? . h dog in the world. her owner adopted her 17 years ago. that would make her m175 in d years. what's her secret? >> i think it's lot of love. if you give your animal lots of love and make sure is that she's taken care of and brought to the vet when you think there is something wrong. 175. misty's owner is submitting her for consideration in the guinness world wrecord books. >>> is michael orr leaving football for his hoop dreams. find out on abc2 news at 6:00 >>> we now know the fire on the block was set, but it's way too early to

jon stewart was great, i'm sure he put a little bit of pressure on them. and it was a combination of everything altogether. >> brown: are you confident now going forward that it will be administered and how the money will be used and administered? >> i'm very confident. i'm sure there's going to be oversight. you know, we take it very seriously that if anybody claims they were at ground zero and they weren't, or anybody who claims they're sick and they're not, we want to make sure they don't get what they don't deserve and it goes to the people who do deserve it. >> brown: all right, thanks very much. >> thanks for having me on. have a happy holiday. >> brown: thanks, you too. to another of the last-minute actions in congress: the overhaul of food safety regulations. foodborne illness remains a major problem in the u.s. one in six americans becomes ill from tainted food each year. 3,000 people die. the new law comes after a series of outbreaks linked to spinach, peanuts, eggs and other foods. among other things, it gives the fda the power to issue recalls;

he restored this 1919 dodge that jimmy stewart plows into a tree in the movie. he put it up for sale and he sold it. smith wanted the car shipped to his colorado home, but the weather made it to a more appropriate time, today, the day before christmas. it turns out it is a wonderful life for him. >> do you ever get tired of watching that movie, by the way? >> no, you could watch it a thousand times. >> the big man already made his way here safely. but tomorrow, not so good for the rest of us. >> we're looking at a pretty powerful storm system. if your plans take you to the high country or back from the high country, over the next 24 hours, i think your window is between now and about 2:00 or 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. we're going to get socked with some pretty decent wind and some good mountain snows. in fact, another foot and a half of fresh powder. if you wait for this to pass, you'll have some nice, fresh snow to enjoy. around the mountain area, it's fairly quiet. we're going to take you to a live picture. the cameras began to bounce around just a bit. the wind