ted reinstein tells us more. "who knew?" on "chronicle" at 7:30. looking at that. businesses hoping to get a boost from holiday shoppers today. but be careful where you park. sera: the crackdown at malls as police try to make sure handicapped spots aren't being abused. doug: and the community in in a crash. how a group of parents plan to honor the athlete killed in a car crash. as we head to break. sera: a beautiful look at the common with all those christmas lights. i have my christmas tree but i haven't actually decorated it doug: you have time. beautiful. stay tuned.

phil: it' s been a long year of erika: having analyzed their answers, otr' s ted reinstein has come up with the perfect holiday gifts for all of them. ted: it is christmas. it is a political show. if we were to have a nice or naughty list, you may want to do something like this. bernie sanders. you may want other footwear if you want to catch every. as for jeb bush, you may need several pairs if you are going to catch up in your race, and i say that with an exclamation point. boston mayor marty walsh. you have spent much of the year in a bitter feud with casino developer steve wynn. why not play a little game ofrock ' ' em sock ' em and get it out of your system? there are those who say that you are a little invisible? if that doesn' t work, this should help you stand out more. goes with more of a boston theme? she' s not even running. on a purely nonpolitical note, as we enter big papi' s final season in boston, he will finally be able to lounge around it night and watch the game and something nice and comfortable. and unlike pictures from a few years back, enjoy an adult beverage or

and ted reinstein with a gift list for politicians this holiday season. >> from wcvb boston, the inside word from washington to beacon hill, today' s newsmakers are going "on the record." [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ed: good morning it' s time to go on the record i' m ed harding along with political reporter janet wu. our guest robert desalvio, president of wynn everett, now for the scope of this project, the new $1.7 billion development will be built on 33-acres on the everett. that means 4,000 union construction jobs and 4,000 operational jobs, 2000 of which would be union and $250 million , in annual tax revenue for the state. it will all be done by 2018. am i right on everything i just said? >> yes you are. thanks for having me. janet: essentially told you the city of boston is frankly not appropriate. your team is talking to the mayor' s team privately. frankly, is there anything left to negotiate? robert: we will continue the discussions. it is important we keep talking lev

ted reinstein tells us more. "who knew?" on "chronicle" at 7:30. doug: as you were reading that, businesses hoping to get a boost from holiday shoppers today. but be careful where you park. sera: the crackdown at malls as police try to make sure handicapped spots aren't being abused. doug: and the community in medway remembering a teen killed in a crash. how a group of parents plan to honor the athlete killed in a car crash. sera: this is a live look at worcester this morning. a great day for anyone who runs and wants to get out there. just layer up this morning. we'll have more on that coming up in catch holiday-cookie cheer on the tip of your tongue with dunkin' donuts' holiday- cookie-flavored coffees. after 12:00 p.m., enjoy any medium latte or macchiato for $1.99. fact you won't find the brandp pharmacists recommend most for cold and flur relief at the shelf. advil cold & sinus is onlyp behind the pharmacy counter. ask your pharmacist for fast,p powerful advil cold & sinus. relief doesn't getr any better than this. dunkin's new sweet black pep

antoinette: this morning, chronicle's ted reinstein introduces us to one duck tour guide who spells out those names in detail to his passengers. ted: "what's in a name?" is the name of the game at boston duck tours. is a minute man. >> the night of april 18, 1775. i was asleep at the captain's house in lexington, massachusetts, when paul revere comes ridings through town to let us know the british troops are on the move. they're by concord. i said, "paul, it's 10:30 at night. give me another minute-- man." ted: names are spelled out in detail on these entertaining tours. >> the back bay was the bay at the back of boston because this is all filled-in land. i was all charles river at high tide and mud flats at low tide. this was the back section of the city. the bay that wasn't open directly to the sea. it's almost like a little da vinci code right in here. if you can pick out the names and the stories, you can really start to put together how things are happening. ted: boston gets its name from the town the puritans came from as for bean town? >> i'm giving away one of the good jokes her

antoinette: this morning, chronicle's ted reinstein introduces us to a duck tour guide and shows us how he explains the names of some spots to his passengers. reporter: what's in a name is the name of the game at boston joseph zamperella's persona. >> team 75. i was asleep. when paul revere comes riding through town. (telling a story) 10:30 at night. give me another minute, man. reporter: names are spelled out in detail on these entertaining tours. >> the back bay was did bay at the back of boston because this is all filled-in land. i was all charles river at high tide and mud flats at low tide. this was the back section of the city. the bay that wasn't open directly to the sea. it's almost like a little da vinci code right in here. if you can pick out the names and the stories, you can really start to put together how things are happening. reporter: boston gets its name from in lincolnshire county england. as for bean town. >> i'm giving away one of the good jokes here. on sundays there was only one thing you could do and that was go to church. the women couldn't cook on sunday either