we partnered with the hilton. >> uh-huh. >> for an overnight package. >> uh-huh. >> it's $300 for the couple and includes a cooking class, a bottle of champagne in your room. >> that's right. push it. >> and what we're going to do is kind of show you how we do the candy. >> okay. so what are the ingredients? >> the ingredients are sugar, karo syrup and it's dark karo. and then we have the ghost chili pepper and then we have a little bit of red food coloring because we like the holiday red covering to it. >> okay. this is starting to get thick. >> yes, it is. it's ready to dip and mold. >> okay. what do you do? >> what i want to do is have you smell the ghost pepper. it is hot. >> whoa. my nostrils. >> we grow this in our garden. >> okay. what is the other thing? >> just the red food coloring. >> yes. okay. >> that we put in there to make it nice and holiday red. >> and the recipe is on jc hayward.com. so you put it together. you heat it for how long. >> you heat it. >> you have to continue to stir it because if not you can run into trouble. >> you need a candy thermometer. you heat it

still working, the french pensioners who cannot afford to retire. paris hilton on the walk of hame in poland. the internet is seen as a force for good and bad. for three teenage girls that took their own lives, authorities are blaming the internet for bringing them together. they made a suicide pact after meeting on line. they decided to end their lives using carbon monoxide. an unthinkable act that has people thinking about the role that the internet can play in a suicide. >> her ordeal began five years ago. >> after my mother died, my father began raping me. it is a topic that is completely taboo. there was nobody i could talk to. >> she tried to kill herself three times. even today, and she is not really sure that she should be happy that she failed. back then, she began corresponding online with other teenagers in similar situations. she was only 15 when she began chatting the suicide forum. >> i wanted to find people like me. somebody who could help. now it is just an interaction. >> it does not always end at that. 3 girls and filled a tent with it carbon m

the hilton is very high-profile american corporations, international interest, and what did you feel the ramifications of that might be? this is ansure intelligence or policy question for any of us to comment on. if i could add one footnote, it is the issue about intelligence warning, me, and gregg put his finger on it, it is a matter of timing. somebody wrote a paper in 1979 -- had a team of analysts that looked at these issues, and i have always been one who was one of a more dour people, but these are serious issues. the datapoint is the birth rate in russia is declining. it is the only moderate advance society where the protections are in the next 30 years the number of russians will go from 140 billion to the 110 million range. if you look at the consequences of that, how do you man an army? do you import your work forces from central asia? if you take about the problems the russians have already the people from the caucuses, these are huge issues? when the ring the bell? you're not going to get a great.ing that's what i'd do with that information? it is a question of being there

but as a matter, i am going inside the shelter. -- what does it matter, i am going inside at the hilton. watch the political videos on our youtube channel. youtube.com/cspan. >> house speaker john boehner was among those taking part in a christmas tree ceremony. it is from the national forest in california. the architect of the capital was the master of ceremonies for the event. [captions copyright national [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011]

it really is nuts. >> i went to see elvis presley, his closing night show at the hilton. hing the king on stage. he could do no wrong. audience was in the palm of his hand. the next night i'm in his dressing room with my brothers getting ready and the door opens up, hi, old buddy, i'm elvis presley, i wanted to come and say hi and good luck and i thought how cool is that, the king of rock 'n' roll just walked through the door and he's a real person. it taught me a lot about leaving the star on stage. when you go off stage, you're just another person. and it really put the whole show business thing into perspective for me. >> it was their job. >> what else made those guys? >> they worked. >> i think they didn't look at it as being a celebrity. they looked at it as being an entertainer. it was their job. and it was every day how do i be better? they loved that audience. we love our audiences. we want them to leave feeling that, you know what, it's an expensive ticket -- it's not as expensive as some of them here but when they leave they got their money's worth, they had an e

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the red carpet outside is amazing. who are you wearing? what does it matter? i am going into hilton. >> with more than 9 million views of president obama's appearance, c-span coverage of the white house correspondents' dinner are ranked among youtube's top 10 political videos of 2011. watch them again at our utah -- our youtube channel. >> the vice chief of staff for the u.s. army says 66% of most seriously wounded soldiers suffered from traumatic brain injury and posttraumatic stress disorder. general chiarelli pushed service -- research and quality health care for these members. he spoke about reintegrating into civilian society. the military officers association hosted this in washington, d.c.. this in washington, d.c.. [applause] >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. it feels like i just joined yesterday. good afternoon. thank you, sir, for that kind introduction. i am truly grateful for the opportunity to join you all. congressman edwards, i know you are here someplace. it is great to see you. this is a terrific form. i have already gotten some feedback. as vice chief of staff of th

>> four-night stay provided by the hilton on the big island for two people as well as round trip airfarewo. the trip will include a round of golf for two, and an on-property dolphin quest experience. >> all right, cullen. thanks so everyone for all your support. >> go on our website, maybe we'll pick you next week. >> maybe not. >>> jill martin with a round of holiday gifts for under $25. >> the latest inductee to the joy fit club. >>> and terri fator stops by. >>> we are back with look at me now, the joy fit club and the induction of its newest member. she is a 30-year-old fitness blogger from washington, d.c., who lost a whopping 150 pounds. >> her name is caroline. before we meet her, let's look at her story. >> hi, my name is caroline. i'm 30 years old. by the time i was in the eighth grade i weighed 300 pounds. as a teenager, i used my allowance money to buy and eat an entire medium pizza and package of cookies alone in the basement. it felt so good devouring it, but i always felt bad about myself afterward. being overweight it caused me to miss out on simple things in life. i didn'

romney who make their money sitting on their butts around the pool collecting dividend checks or the hilton sisters who inherited all their money from their parents newt completely eliminates the capital gains tax which is currently fifteen percent and scraps the estate tax all together under newt's plan mitt romney who's worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year earns additional millions a year from his investments would pay absolutely nothing in taxes. but that's not all let's just take a look at these charts this is this is actually some extraordinary stuff under newt's plan millionaires people making more than a million dollars are actually going to pay less than people making seventy five to one hundred thousand and fifty to seventy five thousand forty fifty thousand millionaires make the least millionaires or pay a lower overall tax than all middle class americans this is this is and gingrich would give a tax cut to about twelve times under news plan millionaires will receive an average of a six hundred thousand dollars tax cut this is the tax cut this is the amount the average ame

you and a companion to florida space coast, the trip will include a two-night stay provided by the hiltonne beach oceanfront. two admission tickets to the kennedy space center, admission for two at the kennedy space center upclose tour. delta airlines provided airfare for two. enjoy your trip and keep watching. >> have a wonderful time. >> if you want to be our next fan of the week go to klg&hoda.com. >>> invited to a holiday party but an awkward situation keeps from you going? our etiquette team is ready for solutions. >> and today's buzz. bonnie fuller was out last night. >> yes, she was. >>> it's fun day monday which means it's time for "today's buzz." >> whether it was shopping or celebrating that caused you to lose touch with tinseltown this weekend, bonnie and roseanne are with us. >> happy post thanksgiving. >> you, too. >> today julie came on with her husband and made a big announcement about her breast cancer situation. we knew she was getting lumpectomy and said she was going to get a double mastectomy. >> that is right. what struck me so much was her courage and the intense lov

that is true of the people on hilton head. it is true of the people on ossabaugh are used to be there, people down in paris. harris. not many had taken note of us back here. not many have taken out of that history. it is not a part of the great battle. it is not some great book of philosophy or metaphysics or mathematics. it is just us. like people at this level, you, and you go. look at the people who were over at hilton head. they are forgotten those of us who go over there, our hearts bleed because we know what we had in common with them. same thing if you go down to jekyll island or fernandina beach. penpoint matter to us. there were few others who either knew or cared about this place. in fact, there are very few knew about it as i have indicated earlier. i walked painfully as places like hilton had simply or werered or evaporate soon forgotten. some work to make sure that this would not happen here. as i mentioned before, the pinpoint settlement association is dedicated itself to preserving the best of what has happened o

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. >> the city leadership, the citizens going to the party tuesday night at the hilton downtown. >> we will work together with the controllers and if the city fails, we all will fail. >>> this is a lofty goal, but it can be done. >> i think that she is right to focus on the basics. focusing on the public education. >> a john hopkins political science major said that this was an opportunity of able to speak long and hard about the issue of being equal equal. >> even with this, baltimore still a budget deficit of about $60 million. >> the mayor said that the goals could be accomplish $9 with tough and creative goals. >>> the finalist for the national coach of the year, that after an amazing turn around after the tigers won only one game hast year. they got the national playoff berth for the first time in 25 years this season. >>> 32 schools around the country have won health care programs and some raven stars helped with those awards. >> the students at this school screaming their heads off for rice, he turned his attention to the students, he gave them a 10,000-dollar grant. >> what is

with all this history and is amazing buildings and yet here we are at the hilton. [laughter] the red carpet outside was amazing. what are you wearing? what does it matter i am going into a delton. >> with more than 9 million views of president obama and seth myers, cspan video from the white as correspondents dinner. you can watch them at youtube/cspsan. >> mitt romeny is on a three day bus tour. he started in bethlehem, new hampshire. this is just under one hour. >> could to see you. how're you this morning? good to see you, thank you. good to see you. good to me you this morning. how're you, sir? >> i followed do so we are both late. >> we are not that light. do you know the senator? is the red color tradition? >> it is christmas. >> me see this christmas died. -- this christmas tie. >> most important thing to me as protection of life. >> wonderful. how're you this morning? good to meet you. thanks for stopping by this morning. when will the snow,? >> i don't know. there's nothing on my roof, no santa claus. >> if we get ice, he will slip slide on the road. roof.

yet here we are at the hilton. the red carpet outside was amazing. who are you wearing? what does it matter, i am going into a hilton. >> with more than 9 million in the use, the c-span coverage from the white house correspondents' dinner will rank among the 2011 top political videos. you can watch them on-line or on our youtube channel. "washingtonow's journal," peter wehner, an update on the tirane nuclear programs, plus we will talk to assistant secretary of state rose bottler -- gottemoeller. then our guests are lynda laughlin and kevin miller. >> i am here arguing in favor of higher taxes on the wealthy. i am part of the wealthiest 1%. would you be willing to donate to the department of trusties'? >> individually, no. i am very philanthropic active. >> i have the donation page. all you have to do is put in your credit card number and you can donate. >> that is not like to help anybody. >> you do not want to donate to the government? >> you have heard me. you are being silly. >> i am a video journalist. i would say that what we are doing is almost like citizen journal

. >> my son went through the gps and we started from the hilton garden, that's where we stayed, and weust went to the closest to hilton garden and my son lives in redwood city and we're headed toward there. by this afternoon. >> and here is the list of some of the stores that are open today. now, kohl's, walmart, jc penny, toys r us, and old navy are all open. already. and macy's and target going to be opening in less than a half hour from now. and best buy opening at 8:00. and now, consumer reports also surveyed those who are not going to be shopping this week. and frank and grace, not surprisingly, nearly half of them said they're not shopping this week, because they can't deal with the crowds any longer. back to you guys. >> i couldn't deal with them before and i certainly don't want to deal with them after. >> if you're an early bird shopper, you don't have to deal with the crowds. i saw some people in their pajamas so they were not ashamed of that. >> how big is the crowd? are there a ton of people there or just trickling in? >> i think they're trickling in. i would say at least 1

the red carpet outside was amazing. who are you wearing? what does it matter? i'm going into a hilton. >> with more than nine million views of president obama's appearance and 2 off 5 million watchers, c-span's coverage of the white house dinner ranked most the top political videos. watch them on youtube.com/cspan. "washington journal" continues. host: on your screen, kahlil byrd, the director and c.e.o. of a group called americans elect, which made news recently in its quest to get on all 50 state ballots. they made the important state of california. and he's here to talk about americans-elect and the whole third-party bid for the u.s. presidency as we begin the election year. well, for those who aren't familiar, give us the broad outline behalf you're trying to do with americans elect. guest: sure. americans elect has brought together the best lines in business, politics, and technology to get on the ballot in all 50 states with the simple idea that if we had a bipartisan or nonpartisan ticket on the ballot, that we might have better governing in washington. so what you're going to

>>reporter: at hercules city hall the fire chief hilton's sixth and final repairing about the rodeo fireistrict. earlier in the day i spoke with him and he said the situation is not good. >> we are near bottom. >>reporter: for 2012 the fire district is facing a $2.2 million budget shortfall. we already cash strapped fire district faces some tough choices. to make ends meet, hanley says that he has to eliminate six positions enclosed fire station 75 in rodeo. isabel police station 76 in her to lose to serve a community of 37,000 people and to answer about 2000 calls for help per year. >> that means that if there is an emergency will take us longer to get there. >>reporter: crew run the district can call for mutual aid assistance from other giffords but it will take time for those firefighters to arrive. rock would work >> we will do our best to serve the community we are at a point where we do not note with or not we will be able to continue this service. krug hope it requires >>james: to a petition to recall oakland mayor jean quan is circulating a to the city. thousands of still images

here we are at the hilton. the red carpet outside was amazing. the are you wearing? what does it matter, i am going into the hilton. >> the coverage from the white house correspondents' dinner. watch them on line on our youtubers channel. "washington journal"continues. host: we began this segment with the future of iraq. welcome to the program, sir. are you there? guest: i am here. thank you for having me on. host: tell me about the blast in baghdad. we are suing a headline from friday's "financial times." tell us what what the situation has developed into over the last two days. guest: there is a political crisis in the days leading up to that. everyone was very concerned about the politicians going back and forth. on thursday morning, 6:30 baghdad time, we had about 15 explosions that happened over a two-hour period. killing 63, 65 people. they were very coordinated and they happened quickly. the jury concerning -- very concerning. people knew what they were doing. host: what is the situation there today? guest: it seems calm today. since then, it has gone back to

about two weeks ago or three weeks ago in sugarland, texas, pamela gellar was scheduled to speak of the hilton hotel. with pressure from care and the muslim brotherhood, that was canceled. the militants is a high-profile american corp., international interests. i wonder what you feel the ramifications might be. >> i am not sure this is an intelligence question for any of us to comment on. if i can add one footnote on a point that greg made. it is the issue about intelligence warning. for me, it is a matter of timing. somebody wrote a paper in 1979 said -- and i always thought these were really serious issues. the birth rate in russia is actually declining. the number of russians will go from 140 million to 110 million. if you think about the geopolitical and social consequences of that, how do get a work force or army. do you report the workforce from central asia? if you think about the ethnic problems the russians have already with people from the caucuses mountains. if you say there's a problem coming in 30 years, it's probably going to bring the trees down, you will probably not get a reso

but that is true of the people over on hilton head. at is true of the people who used to be on ossabaw, people down in harris neck, all along the coast. we have that common history. not many have taken note of us back here. not many have taken note of that history. it is not part of a great battle. it is not some great book of philosophy or metaphysics, or a book of mathematics. it is just us. and like people at this level, you, and you go. and look at the people who were over on hilton head. they are forgotten. those of us to go over there, our hearts for these, because we know what we had in common with them. the same thing if you go down to jekyll island, or the beach. we all know. pinpoint matters to us, but there are few others who knew or cared about this place. in fact, there are very few who knew about it. as i indicated earlier. i watched painfully as places like helton had simply disappeared. the evaporated into progress, and were soon forgotten. but some work to make sure this did not happen here. how as i mentioned before, i

las vegas made so much money, they bought caesar's palace, they bought the hilton hotel, they boughtthing, and that's when that change came about, and it wasn't just my career but everybody in vegas had to take a step down before they got re-evaluated. >> how did all that success, period make you feel? >> i don't feel like ever retiring. i'm only as good as my next show. the other one is gone you see. >> in your autobiography published in 1998, you shed light on a darker time you had in hollywood mainly in the '70s and you said this about drugs. "cocaine flowed as freely as champagne and it seemed like the hip thing to do but as time went on it got harder to refuse it. i overindill unlged and quickly realized i was in trouble." you were going through what almost every hollywood star goes through at some stage when you see the younger stars these days or younger entertainers, not called necessarily stars but when you see how much more available drugs now are, even than they were in their day, does it concern you? >> i learned, jack rollins, woody allen's manager, he said that he manag

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and union government leaders are picking the ritzy hilton in san juan puerto rico to hold the annual convention reportedly funded by union dues. so not a peep out of all the occupy protesters, the so-called rich corporate fat tax. and charles payne along with dagen mcdowell and adam lashinsky, and charlie gasperino. >> occupy wall street, if niece occupy kids are defense greed and people taking advantage of things, they have to be against some of the unions, particularly the big union bosses. you can argue greed by unions kill the auto industry, the trucking industry, you know, hurting the airline industry and the bosses in the unions, forget about it. they, really, really do live a life that only the 1% could even recognize. >> neil: dagen? >> where do you think that this, this hipocracy comes from? what did you say in the intro, rich corporate fat cats, how many heard if you heard those two words, fat cats come out of the president's mouth. >> neil: as soon as i hear that, i don't listen to the rest. >> when you say fat it's almost literal, literal in that photo. >> rich, calorie c

it's happening at the hilton richmond hotel. tickets range from $25 to $150. rginia governor bob mcdonnell will also be there. >>> former vice presidential nominee sarah palin said it's not too late for someone else to jump into the race. she said the republican presidential nomination is still up for grabs. during an interview on fox news, she was asked whether she is thinking about running. she said, quote, who knows what will happen in the future. in october palin said she was no longer interested in running. >>> d.c. police need your help catching armed robbers targeting 7-elevens in the district. surveillance video shows the robbers rip out a cash register and point a gun at the cashier. one of the men is also seen robbing a 7-eleven in bladensburg northeast an hour earlier. police are trying to figure out if the same men are responsible for robbing two other 7-elevens in november. >>> drugs and weapons worth $7 million are off the streets this morning thanks to a two-year undercover sting operation. take a look at all these weapons. d.c. police and federa

he is just outside the hilton hotel who wants them to go elsewhere e.f. then, he appears to go back into business he is confronted. for >>marty: you can see more of that story on www.kron4.com. that is going to wrap things up for us. >>ysabel: thank you for watching into joining asked. but

the red carpet outside was amazing. who are you wearing? what does it matter, i am going into a hiltonhe 9 million views of obama, the correspondents' dinner, among the top 10 most viewed political videos. watch them on line on our youtube channel. youtube.com/c-span's. >> this week on "newsmakers," the top democrat on the budget committee. thanks for being here. two reporters are here with us, major garrett, and 1 from usa today. if i could begin, on friday, the house republicans agreed to an extension of the bill. over the next months, house and senate members will be negotiating. where is their common ground? >> well, first, the fact that we put the payroll tax cut in place beginning january 1 is very important for the country. it is important for a very fragile economy. it is important to 160 million americans

they already own the fairmont and hilton no. rd on the purchase praise. >> first time in decades annual holiday parade in san jose has been cancel. city officials say the budget deficit prevent them from funding the parade and no outside vendors stepped in to produce it this year. >> more on these headlines in tomorrow print edition of the silicon valley business journal. >>> san mateo resident help the needy and save money, too. during december all san mateo county library for give any fines in exchange for non-perishable box or can food. not a bad deal. all donation go to the second harvest food bank. clever idea. >> terrific idea. >> tl really bad news for the raiders. >> yes. larry here with that story. >> mclane the raider linebacker went to funeral and ended up in jail. exactly what happened in alabama. >> pride of oakland march on lynch back in beast mode thursday tonight football lynch back in beast mode thursday tonight football sports is next [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thank y

what does it matter, i'm going into the hilton. >> with more than 9 million views, c-span coverage of correspondents' dinner are ranked among you to paul -- youtube's top political videos of 2011. watch them at the video library. >> "washington journal" continues. host: and we're back with juan williams, looking ahead to the political environment of 2012. let's start with congress first before we start talking about the campaign. we showed the latest approval ratings for the congress. 11%. according to gallup. they approve of the job congress is doing. after this payroll tax debate that just ended yesterday, what do you think that means heading into 2012? guest: two ways to look at it, greta, and when you a party scene. the white house and the democrats can run against the congress and say it is a do nothing congress, out of touch with the american people. locked into playing politics, polarization, gridlock. just not in sync with what america is trying to do at time of recovery, economic recovery and trying to keep it going. the question is -- once the republicans have a candidate, d

they already own the fairmont and hilton no. word on the purchase praise. >> first time in decades annual holiday parade in san jose has been cancel. city officials say the budget deficit prevent them from funding the parade and no outside vendors stepped in to produce it this year. >> more on these headlines in tomorrow print edition of the silicon valley business journal. >>> san mateo resident help the needy and save money, too. during december all san mateo county library for give any fines in exchange for non-perishable box or can food. not a bad deal. all donation go to the second harvest food bank. clever idea. >> terrific idea. >> tl really bad news for the raiders. >> yes. larry here with that story. >> mclane the raider linebacker went to funeral and ended up in jail. exactly what happened in alabama. >> pride of oakland march on lynch back in beast mode thursday tonight football lynch back in beast mode thursday tonight football sports is next >> good evening. mclane was smiling as he was being arrested but the raiders

claire in downtown san jose that group owns the fairmont and hilton in san jose no word on the purchaserice. >> for the first time in decades the annual holiday parade in san jose has been cancelled. budget deficit prevents them from funding the parade no outside vendors stepped in. >>> in this one year, 90 billion messages have been sent on twitter. [ unintelligible ] the ones that tell the story of 2011. >> reporter: it might seem impossible choosing the 10 best stories from more than 250 million tweets a day but they did it at twitter. co-founder gave us a rare look to show us how. >> 140 characters a year, [ unintelligible ] >> reporter: at the top of the top 10 list this one-liner from a man in pakistan. helicopter hovering above at 1 a.m. is a rare event. the world's first clue that osama bin laden had been killed. japanese earthquake and tsunami made the list, cleanup after the london riots and arab spring, welcome back egypt from a global moment to the universe of one life changed. homeless new yorker tweeting looking for my daughter after an 11 year search makes his plea on twi

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