that will determine whether the country gets the grand coalition. in the ukraine, antigovernment protesters gather for another day. and members of south africa's governing african national congress bid febrile to nelson mandela. -- bid farewell to nelson mandela. there is one more horrible to go -- one more hurdle to go. members of the party have voted and agreed with the vision democrats. votes, they enough will be sworn in next week. a no vote will beg the question of who will be in power. but these mail trucks contain the answer as to whether germany's biggest party will contain the government, or go back to square one. -- 300,000 postal ballots have been delivered to headquarters. if the coalition is approved, set to becomes the energy minister. general would take the helm of the labor ministry thehendrix could become cabinet minister. >> we won't comment on that or except congratulations either, thank you. conservative side, he looks set to keep his job. minister mayabor get the unpopular health video -- health vote. party leaders are confident

this is the grand canyon. to us, america is a magical place. think my job, or the job of us european filmmakers is to just hold up america to americans and present it to you in a new way. man," it is a road movie, and you see all of this amazing america. -- what ias all wanted to say is, look at your country, it is magnificent. look at the side of the road, just put a spotlight on it. it really does help when you come in with fresh eyes and then present it that way. tavis: i am laughing on the inside. this all happens to a guy who took piano lessons for two we eks? i was in there for years, banging away, and you get to be the winner of every award in town. what happened? >> you should have met my piano teacher, you would have stopped, too. [laughter] i was always banging around on the piano. i took refuge in music. my father died when i was very young. one place of refuge was the piano. then my mother said, do you want to start piano lessons? as a six-year-old, you misunderstand what that means. i had all this music inside me, and i thought this

instead, the grand jury only had a transcript of what tacheny and o'brien told police. n suspect, john feit, he was never subpoenaed to testify. eventually, the jury voted not to indict john feit. irene's family was crushed. >> they're supposed to be representing the people of the state of texas. they're supposed to be representing the victims. >> all we wanted was a grand jury to hear the facts. if they don't build it on their own, then so be it, but it just seemed like he was hampering the evidence to be presented because the texas rangers were there, the mcallen pd, police chief and the investigators were there waiting outside to go in, and they were never called, week after week after week after week. >> district attorney guerra stands behind his decision not to ask dale tacheny and father o'brien to testify in person, and now father o'brien is dead. if you could do it over again, could it have made a difference if you allowed o'brien to personally take the stand and let the grand jurors see his eyes? could that have made a difference? >> i don't believe so. i honest

the minimum wage. as leaders work to ratify a grand coalition agreement. all standouts points over the course of study showed just why the meat industry to now been undercutting the competition was tickled when aegis of under five hundred euros a month the minimum wage level the playing field throughout the content. the asking. and the costs and debt debate the speedy we are going to use it to say hello once again it was felt. she asked what the deepening the headlines tonight. three test caps outside government buildings in the key at the high court is well positioned to watch the dvd you get to cinco have been great. the bbc denied any involvement will be speaking to our correspondents in it yet about the latest developments there call it a girl and statistical support french african peacekeepers in the central african republic. this home that day that french troops but isn't this the gunfire. this will begin disarming wrap. in the troubled central coach this coveted award for what all parents find out in this news pertaining to lose it made the shortlist

for me, this is much more about the rehabilitation of the grand old party. n the pragmatic part of getting america growing. the deficit is $17 trillion. they have $23 billion. that is far apart. >> thank you. stay with bloomberg tv. guy johnson and i are back with "the pulse." ♪ >> u.s. budget breakthrough. the house makes an agreement on tackling spending cuts and averts another government shutdown. >> rock-bottom shares -- the most in a decade. we cruise with riva as that yacht builder makes new waves in luxury. >> we like to be perceived as the ferrari of the sea. >>

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rebecca >> i'm delighted to be here for the grand 0 opening pr i represent a lot of spflts. i want to give a shout out to faye who's our equity person and serving on the ac/dc board. we've provided over half a bloiltdz for the affordable housing in the bay area. we believe that economic inclusion is an important part of the diverse community. we do business by supporting affordable housing developers and after participating in the be financing of those fields. it takes a tremendous amount of teamwork and pool of resources to make this happen. i do want to highlight the city of san francisco's contribution to this deal. it wasn't the biggest dollars it was the first money in. once that money is committed to a deal it can be lifrjd to private and public sources. i comprehend the city for investing in our community through affordable housing and i hope they will continue their work. reverend fong and michael your respected team at urban core at ac/dc thank you for involving us it's a beautiful project >> thank you rebecca. our goal is to cut the ribbon with the mayor at 12:30. i

onpreviously operated shoemaker after the british grand prix in 1999. news of the accident has quickly gripped the world. he first developed a passion for racing here. >> now he has had a skiing accident. is regarded as one of the greatest formula one drivers of all time. he won a record 91 victories before retiring from the sport in 2012. >> it's time to get an update on the day's top business news. taking a looke back at 2013. was it a good year for the stock markets? 4013 is really ending on a high note for those stockmarkets. in the u.s. for example, the best year since 1997. looking at some of the gains, the dow is up around 46% so far this year with one more trading day to go. the year is already over for the german dax index. they ended with 26% and 57% gains recep -- respectively. a very good year indeed for all three main indices. earlier i spoke to brenda kelly, a strategist, and she said central banks a played a major part in 2013. >> were recently with the , they havevernment tried to weaken the japanese yen which has led to higher equity pri

i want to try to win big tournaments, hopefully the grand slam, go up in the rankings as high as i can. is only focus right now trying to stay well here in brisbane and move on to the australian open. it is really it, and then we'll see what play at the beginning of the year and reassess. >> the seven-time major champion has won only one clarence lamb -- only one grand slam title since 2010. it is very different to when he was enjoying his peak years. >> now to change things up a little bit, just a different, getting used to making sure i -- i don't want to say have never looked unprofessional in the past, but you have to be ultra-professional. it is like a car. you have to warm it up more than in the past could back in the day, 10, 15 years ago, i would jump up-and-down for 2 minutes and go out and play a five-set match. today it takes 20 or 30 minutes to get ready, which is ok and i am happy to do that. it is an interesting time. i don't mind doing it. it is just a different part of my career today, and i love the game, so that is not going anywhere. i am very excited that 2014 is ju

it took weeks of the glaciation's to form the grand coalition. has been new vice chancellor who has learned from the party's earlier mistakes. thee were massive losses in federal election, so before positioninto federal now, he pushed for items like the minimum wage and pension reform. there is still some tension between the parties. the spd wants a public spending boost at a time when angela merkel says she is for austerity. she will not be able to have things entirely her way. her third term may be her most challenging yet. some soldiers have been killed when there was a foiled coup attempt, with at least 10 senior politicians arrested along with the former finance minister. it is said that the vice president that was sacked in july was responsible for the rest, and thousands are seeking shelter. the french foreign minister says other countries from the european union are prepared to send troops to the central african republic. france has deployed 1600 troops to its former colony to try to stop the fighting between christian and muslim militias.

this goes back to the previous grand bargain talks. the first reiteration that collapsed in finger-pointing and acrimony. they're going to let congress figure it out. a couple of times they sent joe biden to do that, and i'm skeptical that they're going to be able to come to a deal on friday. i don't know what is in their past performance that would lead anyone to be optimistic. we just saw herrag heritage actk about how they were against this deal, that it didn't do enough to cut spending. it's the same dynamic that we've seen time and time again where john boehner cannot keep his troops in line. he cannot depend on democrats. and he can only go to democrats so many times. i'm not optimistic at all. >> when you talk about not putting political capital on the line. people who don't cover the white house may not understand they're not even talking through back channels. they're just waiting to see what emerges. >> they are you talking through back channels, and they're going for the minimum. libby said it wasn't a grand bargain. it's not

you may remember, broken bolts almost derailed the grand opening of the new span over the labor day weekend. crew are working to install the new steel saddle which will secure the new span and make it safe in an earthquake. installation was supposed to be done this month, but is taking longer than expected. the permanent fix that makes the new span of the bay bridge safe in an earthquake. is not finished yet. you may remember, broken bolts almost derailed the grand opening of the new span over the labor day weekend crews are working right now. to make the final repairs and complete the 6- point-5 billion dollar project. livermore yesterday. talks resumed this morning between bart and union leaders. kron4's will tran is following this story today. he is live at the west oakland bart station. >>: it was a $40 million mistake and that it is bringing both sides back to the bargaining table a third strike still loans. -loons if a decision isn't made soon. >>: we were forced out. we never wanted to do it and we don't want to do it now. we have a contract we have a deal. >>: that to the district w

the grand roles to help them with the team are either outright favourite for a month leaving picks up the last five african nations cup tournaments. this is the last chance for many of the team and they'll be determined to show what they are the top right country from the continent the african side with the most appearances of the world cup finals following their qualification for brazil. sevens world cup but for some divisions among players for performances of plagues the team for the last four years of successful qualifying campaign may be the start of things going right. nigeria with the first african team to qualify of a youthful side will be looking to reach the knockout stages for the first time since france twenty eight systems team selection has lived nigeria to show steady growth over the last two months their friendly against italy in london says that they can mix this with the best. it's algeria second successive world cup finals the only side to north africa the middle east to reach for sale with the right second of africa at the end of twenty twelve but were forced to be

i was one of 38 people who voted for the simpsons bowl grand bargain so it makes me sad to say we arerom the final push to get the country on a sustainable path. >> the budget agreement is good news for a lot of people. certainly small-business owners like the sound of this. the white house held a meeting today with local business leaders, including small furniture ceo who is joining us right now on the show. tell us about what happened in the meeting today. the president, and a few of the senior officials, were talking about what you were just discussing, the environment and thetisanship administration is very much trying to project sort of an environment of economic stability. coming out of the meeting, i was left with the impression that we have taken one small step toward bipartisanship. now there is this framework for the parties to work together again. puttinge we can look at the economy on the right track, reducing the deficit and moving forward. >> this is giving hope to business leaders, small and large business leaders overall that say, ok, maybe i do not have to worry as mu

look up "celebrate me home" at the grand canyon by kenny loggins. e radio, it sounds good all the time. but this live version you did with mark russo on the horn at the grand canyon, i don't know where i was at that point in my life, but i would have done anything to be at that concert just to watch you dude "celebrate me -- watch you do "celebrate me home" there. do you remember this? >> oh, yes, it was a show that we did for disney. tavis: since we are in the holiday season, this song, "celebrate me home" is played directly year. but it finds a particular audience during the holiday season. tell me about it. came up withst that line, was writing a song in my mind. three/four -- in 3 and/-- 3/4. was scrabbletitle begs and i thought that was my scrabble begs. then i took it to new york and i was irking with bob james and phil ramon. and fill those no, that is a great line. celebrate me home. go upstairs and finish that lyric. i was in new york and it was the beginning of the christmas season. "home for thee holidays" as my opening line and that is no

the d.a. can say that's what your grand jurors did. the day, though, what we have in my view is an officer who's in the heat of the moment, whose passions are inflamed, and we actually expect more from our police officers. we expect them to act in a manner that's circumspect and well reasoned. i don't know that i'm going along with the grand jury's view on this case, but like faith says, this is far from over. and we can expect a civil lawsuit will be filed. and i will not be surprised if the county or city is going to have to write a big fat check. >> next, let's move on to the next case. a texas teen who killed four people while driving drunk has escaped jail time citing his wealth as a defense. a juvenile court judge sentenced the 16-year-old to ten years of probation, but no jail time for the fatal crash over the summer. he was speeding and had a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit when he struck four pedestrians. couch's attorneys blame his rich parents for the behavior. one defense witness claimed the young man suffere

deal chancellor under the miracle could be re elected to a third term in mid december he rejected the grand coalition will be over before it began. italy's senate voted on wednesday to expel former prime minister silvio berlusconi following his conviction for tax fraud the decision meansravis county loses his parliamentary immunity and could face arrest in connection with other legal proceedings against him. they include with an underage prostitute and abuse of office. the vote was preceded by a heated debate between supporters and opponents doomadgee imagine that this is a historic day for italy just for them to the rule of law has been strengthened because it's clear that everyone is equal under the law to enable him as a clown a cookie sheet to the knee so i know i'm an addict. but there was tony says he isn't giving up. it was the seventy seven year old told supporters he would seek a seat in the next election. however under the terms of its conviction he's barred from holding office for the next sixty years the day. like his prime ministers like these two groups. he knows his resignati

in the grand army of the republic. right, right. the union veterans of the civil war were in the grand army of the republic. it was their organization after the war. and he was instrumental in the state of iowa for helping form the grand army of the republic. you had a national organization and you had departments for each state or area. and he was actually the commander of all of iowa in 1874 and 1875. years later, in 1886, the state department of iowa wanted to say thank you for all he had done. they gave him this medal. av and on the back of it we have his name, the 1886 date that they gave it, and it was by unanimous vote. and it even says on the medal a unanimous vote to give it to him. and you can tell how much he loved this thing. he has that chest poked out and you can see that exact medal. a lot of the medals were made just out of a simple cast brass or cast bronze. this one is jeweler-made. your ancestor was 50 years old when he went into service. he rose all the way from captain. he was brevetted brigadier general, meanin

swimming in the grand marnier. we like to booze it up a little bit over there. of the recipes you told me about, what was the lemon? >> we have lemon ricotta pancakes. fluffy bits of lemon and rick cat take -- ricotta. we have moon shine bloody marys. >> we have to leave it there unfortunately. you know what? we may eat some of this afterwards. thanks for joining us at noon. you can see us back on tv at 5:00 tonight and 24/7 on wusa9.com. thanks to brickside food and drink in bethesda. take care, everybody.

germany's social democrats give the go-ahead for the grand coalition with the chancellor's conservatives. the and caring nelson mandela's body -- the coffin carrying nelson mandela's remains had to his hometown. ♪ the coalition agreement providing a basis for germany's next e-government has finally been approved. members of the social democratic party voted 3-1 in favor of the agreement clearing the way for a so-called grand coalition with angela merkel's conservatives. this puts an end two months of political uncertainty. the new government is excited to be sworn in next week. is expected to be sworn in next week. >> jubilation and relief among both the social democrats rank and file any party's leadership. the results of the referendum shows overwhelming support for a grand coalition third more than three quarters voted in favor. >> 256,643 voted yes. is 75.96%. [applause] victory fort is a party head sigmar gabriel. he is the one who decided to ask members to vote on the coalition in a referendum. many said this was a risky move. skepticalembers were about growing -- joining forces bu

members and i do believe it's a subject that isn't touched upon enough. >> you had when you did the grand ol' opry debut, you had female military personnel on stage with you. >> i did. i had 19 female soldiers having their opry debut the same time as me. the crowd got out of their seats and gave them the biggest, warmest ovation you've heard in your life. it's on youtube. it's really magical. >> this song we're going to do is about the female personnel in our military. it's a great tribute to them and we need to show our support for them by making sure that this album just moves all the way to the top. charts so let's make that happen. >> let's do it. >> senator, do you think you can play this with us now? >> i think i'm good. try to stay with us, governor. >> all right, here we go. >> my name is ayla brown and this song is dedicated to all the beautiful women who fight for our country. it's called "hero in our hometown." ♪ home coming queen, she had it all ♪ ♪ the captain of the cheering squad, she had it all ♪ no one could understand why she ♪ i? where else she's an average jane, just a

we will ask the man before grand theft auto -- behind grand theft auto. ker is making his back to the new york stock exchange. he just spoke with the ceo of hilton. hilton were up as much as 80% on the first morning of trading. the company's ipo was the biggest ever for a hotel chain. big bang say the global economy is poised for its fastest growth in four years -- big banks say the global economy is poised for its fastest growth in four years. they say the u.s. and u.k. economies will be stronger, while japan's might actually slow down. -- bytors are facing 2017, farmers would not be able to buy the drugs without approval. the fda is concerned that antibiotics might be losing their effectiveness because of overuse. facebook's instagram is rolling out a new message service and will let people send photos and videos to specific friends. let's bring in cory johnson. what a treat for me that you are here. when mark zuckerberg bought instagram, people said, are you kidding me? a billion dollars for this? stock settled down, much of the deal was the stock. inst

the biggest shows. >> do you have kids or grand kids who smoke pot. how do you talk to them about drugs? your comments at the end of the show. >>> welcome back everyone a medical nightmare for a california family. surgery to remove her tonsils caused excessive bleeding. the family is fighting to keep her on life support. her daughter begged her not to have the surgery. she said mom, i don't want to have the surgery because i feel like something bad is going to happen. this is a mother's worst nightmare. hospital says privacy laws leave them unable to comment. >> the creator of a hit show is biting the hand that feeds him. dennis what is going on. the walking dead is the single most popular show on basic cable. it is on par with top rated networks and the amc network said the show hasn't made a profit. he filed a lawsuit yesterday in court alleging that amc has cheated him out of profits on the show. darabont was fired from the show in 2011 and accused amc of paying a low price to a sibling st studio well be low the cost of creating the show. and they get no cut of the upside. >> how is t

. >> it's not the grand bargain and never going to be. not the economy or the budget. this was to make it less likely for another shut down to occur. >> when you look at the budget, do you see it as a loss for fiscal reform advocates by delaying essentially any talk of doing anything for two years or is it a catastrophe. >> depends where you go from here. it is a good first step. a step to where? where are you going? if i thought that the congressional leadership and the white house were planning a next step along the road to a grand bargain, i would feel better about the deal. it has something of the feel of an end rather than a beginning. they decided they are not going to fight about other things. >> we will sit here and decry and people will criticize me and decry the polarization and shutting down the government. on the other hand, you don't get any action unless there is a crisis. >> these days, that's probably right. the better question is do we need action right now or the short-term? >> what say you? >> the answer is no. the defic

the grand prize $2 million. ke describe for us what these teams have to do and allow thes teams to develop robot surrogates for human rescuers, and there are eight tasks they will be doing over the course of this weekend. everything from climbing a ladder to having to drive a car. these are in fact humanoid robots with legs and jake just is you, do something human for and i would be a pretty a recen google aky favored to win. >> jake thank you very much. >>> coming up on al jazeera america, an iranian director surprising everyone based on the limitations from his government. >>> and no, you are not seeing things. now you have a chance to do this, hover over the alps. ♪ >> start with one issue ad guests on all sides of the debate. and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america was 17. flat out my whole life. >> reporter: motorcycle riding free spirits like this guy need health insurance too. that'

from the grand canyon.t's like another planet isn't it? >> it does, it looks majestic. >> very cool. okay live look outside. it is our live michael & son weather cam. very comfortable still. 55 degrees. that's a bargain for this time of night and also for this time of day. oh by the way the sunset -- already set at 4:46 but will:46 is the earliest sunset time we have by december 12th it will start setting later. okay? so -- winds calm. pressure falling a little bit. 30.03. satellite picture and radar combined still have some snow pulling out of the plains states and into minnesota. and this is pretty good snow up there anywhere from 6 to 10 inches fell especially in northern minnesota and this is ice. okay? in the upper peninsula. maybe dealing with that on sunday. down here, we're having a lot of snow pulling out of the southern rockies and denver into the texas panhandle, oklahoma panhandle. winter storm watches as far south as dallas. so we know the cold air is strong and we know it's pretty far south an

no women were present at the grand opening. inted states, red and white for the 14th annual santa sunday in maine. 210 skiing and snowboarding antas gathered to support annual holiday toy drive. coming up, computing hardware makes a comeback in 2014. it seems unlikely but some innovators -- we are going to dig into that story next. also, she topped the charts, swung on a wrecking ball and resurrected twerkign, but will that be enough to become person of the year? we will see what chance miley cyrus has. that story, coming up next. ♪ "> welcome back to "the pulse live from bloomberg's london headquarters. >> let's talk tech. it has seen a tough year for imagination tact. the company's stock price has been something this morning. it posted numbers earlier this morning. let's talk about what those numbers told us about this is this. caroline hyde joins us now. tough set of figures. >> they are. they are talking the talk in an optimistic mood, but they are not walking the walk. buts did climb some 19%, not as big as many had hoped

this comes from the grand canyon.l of the grand canyon was full of fog you can only look down upon it from the north and south ridge one of the images that you don't get to see too often is the colorado river was not seen at this time we are dealing quite a bit of snow across the northern plains. this is causing a lot of problems on the highways also over here towards part of illinois where the rain is going to be to you turning to snow a e later on. winter storm warnings and watches for many states. if you are driving on these highways big problems how is this going to play up? over the next day or so the storm system is going to make it's way down towards the southeast. the big temperature difference between the northeast and southwest. we are going to have active weather and the cold air behind it is going to be a big problem. you factor that in with the wind. the temperatures will feel like -10 or 15 below zero. you want to be bundled up if you are traveling. >> as we progress in the week it's going to make it's w

they couldn't drink water and find out when it rained the whole this was contaminated and this is the grand opening at the 2450 third street is the one stop for young children is going going to be down the street from the sewage plant to have the broken digester. many of the owners in this property senior citizen have already acknowledged children shouldn't be in the area. your about to murder our children that were the digester has been acknowledged it's broken. if this was in any other neighborhood it wouldn't have been loud. we're asking you for help i'm about it's now time for action to the point that everyone who was invite and if you're the environmental commission that shouldn't have been took place. i'm about an eye for a eye and tooth for a tooth. i'm sure you wouldn't want your children to be put in this facility. we need to find out our addresses and names and give you a feeling of what this is outlining all about. we've been pleading but those days are over. we're human beings and have our rights and our rights have been individualized. everything needs to be shut down. i'm not

entry as you recognize the grand entrance of all our dancers. so here we go.cer justin good to see you. welcoming our grass dancers our men fancy war dancers. dance hard, dance hard and followed by our women's national traditional clothes. our women's traditional clothes as well. welcome ladies, welcome. right behind them we have our women's jingle dress sdaurndz. all right. any public comment? welcome ladies. our fancy shawl dancers are making their way into the stage. followed by our jr. girls and tiny to the. how about a big applause for all our sdaurndz. dance hard, dance hard. there you go. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> how about a big round of applause for all our dancers. good singing, good dancing all right. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> all right. thank you photocopying house drum. how about a big round of applause for all our dancers, all your singers. calling up to the stage we want our men and boys to come up. we're going to have a special here for you. smokey based sirens an appropriate song please. not enough room. you want me to clear some of the chairs for you. justin s

we're being told that the train was headed into grand central station from poughkeepsie and there are multiple reports of injuries and fatalities. laura ingle rushing to the sk n scene, joining us live on the phone. what are you seeing and hear sng. >> i'm several yards away from the station in which this train was expected to arrive this morning. and we are just surrounded by a variety of emergency response vehicles. i have just seen one man being brought out on a stretcher, being loaded into an ambulance. he was talking to emergency responders. they had him sitting up. another man was seen brought up. they were holding an ice pack to his face. he was not walking very well. he was stumbling a little bit. looking to gain his balance. we're being told the governor, governor cuomo is here, surveilling the scene. they're going to lead us down closer to the scene for a press conference shortly, as soon as they get everybody together. as you have been reporting, the fire department here in new york now reporting and confirming four people are dead. the derailment of the southbound hudson l

for the minutes before was scheduled to pull into grand central station. reports say the train was going unusually fast when it took the curve and then it jumped the tracks. bito be honest, i was a disoriented, but i heard a screeching noise, which is somewhat common with these trains were made past the house, but this was so loud that we woke up. normally we don't even notice it but it sounded like crunching, grinding metal. i jumped out of bed and looked out the window and saw one of the trains on its side and the other one sort of teetering and smoke coming out from between the two cars. >> authorities are looking into what caused the deadly accident. it has already been a difficult year for the metro-north commuter line. service was suspended july after 10 freight cars trailed. >> croatians have cast their ballots in a referendum on whether to outlaw same-sex marriage. the proposal would amend the constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. parliament called the vote after a conservative group gathered more than 700,000 signatu

the grand plan is to have street cars eventually rolling across the entire city. we were out here recently. there were so many people and vehicles blocking the way it took us about an hour to go just five blocks. so definitely some things to get used to here. we'll keep an eye on the enforcement efforts, ticketing and towing. do not block the street car tracks on "h" street to save yourself some headache. reporting live in northeast adam tuss, news 4. >>> the long holiday weekend ends on a sour note for redskins fans. this morning the team is officially out of the running for this year's mayoffs after last night's game ended with a little controversy. with about two minutes left in the game and with the redskins trailing the new york giants by just seven points, rg3 makes a pass that many think should have been a first down. the redskins are now just 3-9 for the season. they host the kansas city chiefs at fedex field next sunday. >>> constantly find yourself struggling with headaches? why you may want to stop drinking bottled water. >>> a lot of you may be distrac

the grand old party is like the grand old double. taking food from the mouths of the poor.turns out not quite true. one look at this chart tells you the whole story. those small boxes at the top show the amount that would be shaved from the program. but republicans are trying to do is curb the growth in the food stamp program that has grown to include more than just the poor or were remotely poured and here we have our visitors and liz macdonald. the rapture is that the publicans are going to make a lot of people starve. >> what is really going on is the republicans re scrooge mcduck. now, what they really want to do is rescue it. they say a fif of the groceries industry in food stamp usage, it is due to standards that started under george bush and was accelerated. neil: so they have both. >> that's right, one in seven versus one in six people back in 1996. neil: one in six? and here is the deal, they are still prominent. the 1% fraud rate is bogus. it is a big number, it is driven by the number of government officials ha investigated and that is very low, the number who in

we came that close in 2013 to a government shutdown and a less than they bargained goes through the grandgain it's entirely possible that we could lose. we could be fought again and then you know what happens. we have to move back and with britain. >>: we don't want that now. they have bad teeth over there. >>: i do say we should have made canada. that's just invaded canada. health care.gov #1. thanks very much. here's some contact information and show affirmation. it's the vic fattier. seven cities eight shows december 26th through the first of the year. starting off in san francisco going to livermore over to walnut creek, a lovely theater. nevada all but 29. berkeley and san jose. and on a years day and will valley for his and the hangover show. . thanks for joining us it will burst through >>: coming up on our show i'm going to do any mail or two. you can find me on the web at rob black. you can also find a will as the french like to say what to do some electronic mail. few can e-mail me if rob at rob black dot com for it derrick want to know i still like facebook and twitter stock. c

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>> now meet the dare devil who will reveal the grand finale. >> it's a nice ending to the whole family a skier jumps a railing but -- >> the railing doesn't hold him. >> he turns a holiday shopping trip into a proposal and she -- >> was not expecting it. >> the dance that got a girl friend to say yes. >> and you never heard this version of eye silent -- "silent night." >> the grinch comes out this time of year. it came out in this woman. there's a snowman there that seemed to be in a public display but the woman decided to help herself and carry it away. as you can see, she was caught on camera butch the ccr. v for them back the tape. and they they've capted her taking a the snowman. why she would take a picture of it, i don't know. >> that was weird. >> so you're saying it's a snow woman? >> it was obviously part of a public days dis play for christmas. >> cctv not only have video of you, they also call her on the phone. guess what happens at the very end. it has a happy ending and snowman or know woman. back to the. >> these 5 years old,s that except she's a grown woman and she'd hav

you may remember, broken bolt almost derailed the grand opening of the new span.r the labor day weekend. crews are working to install the new steel saddle which will secure the new span and make it safe in an earthquake. installation was supposed to be done this month but is taking longer than expected. >>: is not something you can just pull off a shelf at home depot. it's a complex custom fix for a very complex problem. >>james: bridge official said the $6.5 billion project is expected to be completed in january. it has been a month since the demolition of the old bay bridge started. and already crews are making of possible progress. crews have almost completed the constructing 1,400 ft. of the upper deck between the two towers. and crews are expected to wrap of the contracting the upper deck some time this weekend. if all goes according to plan, next week crews will begin removing concrete and asphalt from the lower deck. demolition of the more than 58,000 t of steel won't start until next year. the entire demolition process is expected to take at least five yea

the passengers. she's with us tonight from grand central terminal. tate katie, good evening. >> reporter: hey there, brian. 75,000 people pass through these doors every day. for many of those that were on the train this is part of their daily commute. today we spoke with the folks who were able to walk away from the crash as they described those harrowing moments. >> we were going fast. as it hit the curve it was flying. >> there was screaming and people crying out for god, asking for their families. it was pretty grisly. >> reporter: the doctor was dozing off in the fourth car when he said suddenly people, their stuff, and even their seats started flying. >> i could feel the cars go off the tracks there. next to me there was one lady whose face was cut up, her nose was broken, bleeding profusely. >> reporter: more than 60 injured and four left dead. tonight doctors say they are treating everything from broken bones to spinal cord injuries. among the dead a member of the nbc family, audio technician and father of four, jim lovell on his way to rockefe

be sure to include c-span programming for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. the deadline is january 20. get more info on the website. marked the one-year anniversary of the sandy hook elementary school shooting in newtown, connecticut. an acknowledgment, president obama and michelle obama lit candles at the white house. each one represents the students were killed at the school. it was followed by a moment of silence. [silence] [silence] >> in this weeks address president obama remembers the victims of the sandy hook shooting. he also talks about the health care law. one year ago today we were shattered by unspeakable violence. parents, as americans, it filled us with grief. newtown is a town like so many of our hometowns. those educators and kids could have been any of our own. our hearts were broken for the families who lost their loved ones. theas changed forever for survivors whose innocence was torn away so soon. these tragedies must end. we must change. in the beginning, our efforts were led by the parents of newtown, men and women, impossibly brave, who