further, the national park service has not addressed the issue of civilian signage, education, reciprocity of enforcement of managing issues. the preferred alternative overly restrictive given that the national park service has not taken intermediate steps to educate the public and users about what is required for coexistence. in addition, reciprocal enforcement of animal welfare laws provide additional alternatives to these restrictions. primer example that i would raise is with the dog charlie that attacked the national park service police course last year . that was a situation where there were claims people did not know horses came through there. and so signage would have been one area that would've been helpful and educational to prevent such an event from happening. in addition, it was the city's vicious and dangerous dog unit of the police department that help hearing about that dog and was involved in enforcement issues around it so there's room for reciprocity of enforcement as well. accordingly adaptive management plan might include signs, [inaudible] enforcement of these rules o

all units of the national park system have got it are guided by the same nps national park policies [inaudible] national historic site, at such a good [inaudible] amended 1970 best we must remove nps from managing the gg nra. either revert back to the city or [inaudible] federal agency that can manage the national recreation area. thank you. >> thank you. next he can >> speaker >> my name is [inaudible] on the publisher they will the greater separate cisco area monthly dog lovers newspaper. i want to thank the supervisors for hearing this issue and to scout winner for bringing it up. we really appreciate your support. i know it's extremely frustrating for the gg nra to have introduced their 2nd round of this opposed restriction without having acknowledged any of the comments that many people made huge efforts to get to them. their new proposal, 2700 pages long is pretty daunting. it's really great that you brought it up. i think that the fact that the city and the state owns most of these properties and have wasted or granted the national park service the ability to monitor them and t

the region. it's not a remote pristine national park. it's part of the urban fabric for san francisco and to be utilized for recreation. it's to be intertwined for the city. it's those including with dogs. there has been a long coexistence between dog uses and non-dog uses. this area has a direct and signature impact on our city and it's residents . it is important for the national park service to take into account the needs of san francisco the use of the dgnra, we did invite the dgnra to participate to the restriction but they declined to participate. decades the dgnra has put rules regarding this access. more than a decade ago the dgnra attempted to propose rules to restrict access and the plan was adopted and over turned by the court's. in 2011 the national park service came forward with a new proposal, again dramatically restricting dog access. colleagues you may recall that we passed a resolution by a 10-1 vote opposing that plan. now, the national park service has come forward with a supplemental proposal that still has significant

park if the plan comes into play. we need to send a message again that the city and county of san francisco opposes this plan. we need the national park service to listen and to work with us to come up with a plan that works for the park service and that also works for the people of san francisco. i want to stress that i have enormous respect for the national park service and the work it does. it does a great job in many ways managing these federal properties and i think we are appreciative for that. in this particular issue with all respect, the park service is wrong. so colleagues i ask for your support in this resolution of opposing the management plan. >> thank you supervisor wiener, i also too want to share my concerns about the dog management plan. one of the main reasons j is that under this alternative it would result in a loss of dog walking opportunities on the beach for the entire portion of the beach of the sunset district. currently the sunset district has two dog areas managed by the parks and recreation department. coupled with the fact that it would be under the plan unavailable to dogs both on and off leash, ther

way, and it's a parkway through the national park. and they make the road disapeer to the national park. >> and the road is about 20 feet lower, normally midday, you go through it in two minutes. looking back from the golden gate bridge to presidio, you are more aware of the park land and less of the roads. and the viaduct will parallel the existing one and to the south and can be built while the existing one remains in operation. and the two bridges there with open space between them and your views constantly change and not aware of the traffic in the opposite direction and notice the views more. and the lanes of course are a foot wider than they are today. and they will be shoulders and if your car is disabled, you can pull off to the edge. and the next area, the tunnel portal will have a view centered on the palace of fine arts and as you come out, you can see alkatrez island and bay. and the next area is about 1,000 feet long. and when you come into one, you can see through the other end. it's almost like driving through a building

. >> one of the reasons is that there are very strict rules in the national park. rkeling and looking is allowed. touching is strictly forbidden. schlÖnvoigt points to the marino ballena national park as a good example. here, authorities were able to get local residents on board years ago, but only after dealing with angry protests. the fishermen were worried about their livelihoods. >> a guard station was burned down in 1994. we don't know who did it. maybe it was because of a conflict of interest. but today, the fishermen from the 1990's work as tour guides. >> there are only a few fishing boats now, out along the edge of the national park. most of the fishermen have retrained as tour guides and their new careers have changed the way they think. >> it used to be that the national park meant that we weren't allowed to fish. but later, and thanks to the training, we changed our minds. we now look at nature in a new way. >> by taking tourists on whale watches, the former fisherman now earns three times as much as he used to. but in a nearby mangrove swamp, things are

i believe that is the responsibility of the national park service to work cooperatively with the localisdiction in which our parks are located. in this situation, as you mentioned, we have recreational areas that are in a urban metropolitan area and reflect the needs of users inviting there. supervisor, as i have in the past, i want to renew my offer to assist you in working with the national park service. nps needs to cooperate with local jurisdiction. hopefully, the city's comments, my own, and the users of nps will create a dog management plan that recognizes the need for both governmental agencies to serve the public multiple needs. last week, constituents and my desert extension of the public comment. given the recent government shutdown since [inaudible] the actual plan itself, right here, 2700 pages, i too believe that additional time for comment and analysis should be allowed by nps. but constituents have requested a public comment period be extended to at least february 17. thank you again for supervisor winner and staff. supervisor obelisk, and supervisor came for your leader

horn you have to kill the rhino so there's a whole lot going on of illegal in one permuted killings through private hands as opposed to national alongside the poaching in national parks so the syndicates are highly highly. placed everybody knows who they are everybody knows where they live but there's so there's so much money involved here and they are so highly protected and corruption is a huge huge issue that it's difficult to get to them but there's a lot of information out there and i'm going to give a plug to one of the best investigative books on this subject is julian read a myers killing for profit al i will talk about solutions or you are part of the u.s. fish and wildlife the van where six times the virus crushed what message was this action meant to send both and there are general public in ivory poachers and also let's talk about your organization what can people do to help because as you mentioned this is a pretty detached topic for people who are living outside of these areas. well the u.s. average the u.s. fish and wildlife has seized had seized six tons of ivory over the past thirty years that was coming in illegally through or passing through the u.

they are subsidiaries of the national park service. they are all over the united states. they are like a national park except they don't have defined boundaries. our heritage area which is called motor cities national heritage area is a consortium. part of the automotive national heritage area. the dodge house at meadow brook hall is part of the area so we're a collection of sites and we try to market each other tell visitors to our area places that we can go to view our automotive industry. collectively it has been a very important part of our region. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring anarbor, michigan. local content vehicles recently traveled there. learn more about anarbor and local content vehicles at c-span.org. you're watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. >> think of the information that facebook has on over a billion people. what you like, what your dog's name is, all of these sorts of things. one security analyst said if the government had asked you directly for that sort of information, it would have taken mo

the united states. they are like a national park except the don't have defined boundaries. in southeastern michigan, our heritage area which is called motor city's national heritage area was telling the automotive history of our area. it's a consortium of auto sites all around southeastern michigan. we are part of the national heritage area in gross point part of the automotive area. the dodge brook house is part of the heritage area. so we're a collection of sites. we try to market each other to tell visitors to our area places that the can go to view our automotive history of our area. the industry has down times, but it also has up times. and collectively the auto industry has been a very important part of the economy of our region. >>> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring ann arbor, michigan. our local content vehicles recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about ann arbor and c-span local content vehicles at c-span.org/local content. you're watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. >>> there are

the united states. and they are like a national park except it doesn't -- they don't have defined boundaries. southeastern michigan, our heritage area, which is called motor cities national heritage area is telling the automotive history and it's a consortium of automotive sites. ours is part of the national heritage area. the ford house in gross point is part of the automotive national heritage area. the dodge house at meadow brook hall is part of the auto heritage area. so we're a collection of sites. and we tried to market each other to tell visitors to our area, places that they can go to view our automotive history of our area. the industry has down times, but it also has up times and collectively, the auto industry has been a very important part of the economy of our region. >>> all weekend long, american history tv is featuring the history of ann arbor, michigan. it was founded in 1824 by land speculators, john alan and elisha ramsey. c-span's local content vehicles recently visited many sites exploring the city's history. learn more about ann arbor all this weekend on american history

the united states. they are like a national park. except it doesn't have -- they don't have defined boundaries. southeastern michigan, our heritage area, which is called motor city's national heritage area, is telling the automotive history of our area. it's a consortium of auto sites all over southeastern michigan. the art museum. the house in gross pointe's part of the auto heritage area. so we're a collection of sites. and we try to market each other to tell visitors to our area places that they can go to view our automotive history of our area. the industry has downtimes. but it also has downtimes. collectively, the auto industry has been a very important part of our region. >>> throughout the weekend, american history tv is featuring ann arbor, michigan. our local content vehicles recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about ann arbor and c-span's local content vehicles at c-span.org/localcontent. >>> jacqueline kennedy's time as first lady was defined as never before by images. a young family entering the white house. international fame. and the tragedy of a gr

the dg nra claims there required to manage the park the same as all recreation or national parks. if in their hands are tied. hasn't the gg nra try to change the rules that fit the needs of a national recreation area located in an urban area. during recent shutdown professional dog walkers noticed increased use of the parks they frequent by additional owners and dog walkers. mclaren had overflowing garbage cans. i also want to correct the number of dogs in the city. 120,000 dogs was quoted by carl friedman. over a dozen years ago. the spca now estimates there are 178,000. thank you. >> thank you very much. next >> good afternoon, supervised. my name is greg leadbetter and i am [inaudible] i'm actually sitting here on behalf of chico. i'm urging you and thanking you very much supervisor wiener, for bringing this to everyone's attention. being a pet owner that lives in the suburbs i look forward to being able to go out to crissy field and having some together time with my dog off the leash to where we can mind at our own pace and his own pace. where he can interact with the other ani

secretary sally jewell talked about the economic valley of the nation's public lands and the impact of the recent government shutdown on the national park service. her remarks from national press club are about one hour. >> thank you, tommy, for that thorough, entertaining introduction to not necessarily fully accurate but may be somewhat close. and i want to thank the national press club for what you do to bring really thoughtful voices the issues that are sometimes complex like what i'm going to talk about today. i want to give a nod to tommy's paper which is "the salt lake tribune" and want you to pay attention to this because they are responsible for the best of a question i've had from the media in my time as a professional. so my great colleague, kate kelly, somewhere around here -- ways kate? she does a really good job. there she is over there hiding in the back and. she called a meeting and this individual said i have a question. i was hiking in grand teton national park and there were warnings about bears everywhere is walking want to i came across something on the trail that made me nervous. i turned around and went back to my

the nation. so as we look to the next 100 years of this nation, the next century of the national park service or the next five decades of the wilderness act, these words from roosevelt should serve as a call to action and inspiration to all of us. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, madam secretary. i, we covered a lot of topics there, including bear poop which i don't think we've talked about over the microphone here before, but thank you for that. we have a range of topics to ask questions on, but let me start with one of the most pressing ones recently because of the shutdown. jonathan jarvis took a lot of heat over the closures of the washington monuments like world war ii. was there any political motivation behind the barriers that were erected around the national parks? >> in two words, absolutely. no yout. you know, i've learned a lot of things over the last six months, one is the anti-deficiency act of 1870 and the criminal penalties that it causes if you put people on staff to do anything other than protecting life and property. so the people of the national park service can did not want

on behalf of the national mall and memorial parks and the national park service welcome to this annual serving of veterans day. i i am pleased to welcome o'malley and general donahoe. he very much appreciate the ongoing support that the friends provide to the memorial. just this past week friends and partnership with the trust for the national mall and park service debuted a new world war ii ap. and welcome to all of the veteran and a special well to our medal of honor recipients. and senator inaway who is a medal of other than inner and a key figure in making this memorial a reality. thank you for your service. [ applause ] >> 70 years ago in the midst of two great wars on opposite sides of the globe 9 million service men were on active duty. that number swelled to over 12 million by the wars end in 1945. millions more worked in america's farm fields and factories toiling with the conviction that each bushel of wheat would help their uniformed service men to win the war and end tyranny and restore democracy around the world. through courage, determination and being self-less they succ

heart of the politics of race reunion and that's why it's so important people come here and walk the national park to visit the museum and try to understand its artifacts that we can recover and appreciate that this moment meant in that turbulent era of the civil war. thank you. [applause] >> dear sometime? >> yeah, sure. i'm happy to take any questions people have. >> i knew i could count on you. yes, sir. [inaudible] >> in your view, what changed in what didn't change because of lincoln's assassination? >> is a great question anyone who knows civil war literature does the assassination when we get the impression of books on shelves of libraries and bookstores, the assassination eclipses the surrender. scores of books on the assassination of very few on the surrender. there's been an assumption that's gone on with the notion the assassination surrender but at that moment the northern impulse to magnanimity evaporates under his calls for vengeance. the drowning of the imposter's magnanimity. i found something quite different. northerners are absolutely embittered by the assassination and we do see

the lbj state historical park. the only way that visitors can come to the ranch itself is on a national park tour bus. md those go every day, you know, from 10:00 until 4:45 in the afternoon. and they leave from the state park and come across the river. and people at that time learn a lot about that partnership that was created 27 years ago. >> how much does it cost to tour? >> it's $3 for 6 and above. correct me if i'm wrong. i've got a couple of staff members near. >> and how many days are you open? >> we are open every day except thanksgiving, christmas and new year's day. >> and sometimes people have the good fortune as they are driving by to see mrs. johnson waving at them? >> when mrs. johnson is out at the ranch, she'll come out on the front porch. she loves to. she'll come out and wave and, if she can, occasionally, she has exchanges with the visitors. the other thing that i wanted to say about the ranch is that all of the land that is part of the lbj national historical park is land that was donated by the johnson family. there was very little federal funding used to purchase any of the resour

the national park service expects it to reopen next spring. >> who fired the shots right near a boys and girls club. >> more mill lean nals are moving back home. those stories and more coming up at 6. here's your preview of what's ahead at 6:30. >> the ads promise young women thousands of dollars. how could one man father hundreds of children. the truth about the business of babies in america on world news with diane sawyer. >>> one local athlete did really well. >> she won the race and won titles in boston, london and chicago's marathon. no other athlete has won those four races in the same year. >>> president obama welcomed the 2013 stanley cup winners today. the chicago blackhawks were at the white house and he hails from chicago. the blackhawks also viftd the walter reed medical center. >>> story smith announced that he and his wife were pregnant using a can of spaghetti sauce. >> one couple used a much more creative approach. >> i work hard bringing bacon and making doe-- dough. got a bun in the oven and we're overjoyed. >> jalen and lincoln taylor of salt lake city put together

the superintendent of the national mall and immortal parks , mr. robert mobile. the executive director of the maritime administration, mr. joule is a bot. -- mr. joel zabat. and my boss, the chairman of the board for friends of the national world war ii memorial, lieutenant general -- army states -- united states army retired. also with us today, we have from the military district of washington, james gray. we have the honor and privilege of having four very distinguished heroes with us today. the world war ii medal of honor recipient, master sergeant william kirby ross, army retired. also with us today, world war ii medal of honor recipient, mr. george staccato, u.s. army. [applause] also present with us today, we have two other medal of honor recipients, vietnam war medal recipient. and vietnam medal of honor recipient bruce crandall u.s. army. it is also our honor to have with us today i read -- irene inouye, or presenting her husband, senator daniel in no way -- representing her husband, senator daniel inouye. thank you for being here to commemorate the specia

before we came on, with the shutting down of the government, talking about the parks being shut down, it is pretty hard to shut down those parks. >> the national parks were the ones shut down. all of our parks were open. and accessible to people. we have 65 parks. 100,000 acres of land set aside for people to enjoy. 1000 miles of trails. people like to go hiking. we have swimming pools and picnic areas, great for families and group picnics. >> how long have you been doing this? >> i have been doing this for 33 years. >> it is a great place to work. >> it is really exciting. >> everybody listening is probably inspired to go to these parks. >> i hope so. i hope they stop by a visitor center. they can also visit our website. all the programs and activities are there listed. almost all of the programs are free or low-cost. >> how many visiting centers are there? >> we have six visitor centers. >> okay. i think i will be visiting one of those. >> i hope so. >> thank you, it is really inspiring to hear this. >> thank you for joining us here at mosaic. we have had two very powerful segment. one on the food banks, that concern that faces us in the who

this was taken from the national park service's web cam about 20 minutes ago. ch a great location. we had a beautiful sky this morning. so you can check that out at the national park service on their air monitoring cameras or go to my facebook or twitter page and find it there. on our own weather cam, it's a gorgeous morning. clear skies. a little chilly but it will all be gone in a few hours as we head toward 50 by lunch time. high of 55. this evening we're falling back into the 40s. mid-40s by 9:00. not as cold today or as windy. tonight it won't be as cold. we'll be down in the upper 20s to mid-30s. currently we're right there, even colder. 18 in manassas. 15 elkins, west virginia. harrisonburg 19. locally we have a lot of temps in the 20s now. it is 32 down at the pax river naval air station but fairfax, alexandria 25. it's looking 22 in dumfries and germantown and 24 in ashburn this morning. to the east bowie 26. yes, a cold frosty morning in many spots. waiting on the sunrise happening at 6:50 this morning. right now 31, clear skies, feeling like 26 with a

. >> we put these allegations to the deputy director of the national parks authority, whose remit is to protect and police the country's wildlife. >> [speaking thai] >> but despite such assurances, evidence suggests trade in wild calves is still ongoing. >> investigations in the last 6 months and conversations have been had with traders and elephant owners have shown at least 14 wild-caught calves have been traded across the border from burma into thai camps. and we believe this is just a fraction of the numbers. >> elephant advocates claim the presence of scarred baby elephants at the recent surin elephant festival also highlight the need for urgent action. >> the world has lost up to 90% of its asian elephants in the last 100 years. and unless actually more is done to protect this species and stop activities such as the illegal live trade, then we're going to lose the asian elephant in the wild forever. what we're asking for is only a registration of captive bull calves so that they're actually registered within two weeks of birth. and to make this even stronger, we're also calling

the charles darwin foundation is working in collaboration with the national park galapagos to set up ore breeding stations. ecuador is making the preservation of this unique ecosystem a priority. the tortoises are released into the wild once they're five years old. >> we've gone from protecting individual species to protecting entire ecosystems. the most important species for the galapagos islands' ecosystem is the tortoise. it's at the top of the food chain of herbivores here on the galapagos islands. >> meanwhile, the human population is growing. in the last 30 years, it's increased tenfold. there are now around 30,000 inhabitants here, and they're joined by about 180,000 tourists every year. this also affects the local wildlife's natural habitat. there's a growing demand for energy, like here on the island of floreana, the smallest inhabited galapagos island. in the past, it relied entirely on diesel for its energy needs. but that's changing. these days, floreana is switching to generators powered with vegetable oil. this production plant was built with german help. it's a pilot pr

canyon during the shutdown, the state's congressional delegation is asking for a refund from the national parksey want $465,000 returned to the state and business donors. >>> eric holder may be the target of an impeachment move. >>> and larry craig says the federal election commission is up fair for demanding he pay almost $360,000 in fines and restitution. the commission says craig misused political campaign money to pay for his defense after his arrest in an airport bathroom in 2007. >>> republican advance mcallister is a candidate in louisiana's special election for congress on saturday and he got a big endorsement from one of the stars of the reality tv show duck dynasty. >> hey, this is willie robertson reminding you to get out saturday november 16th and vote for high good buddy, advance owing mcallister. let's somebody who speaks for us to help turn washington around. >> chris matthews joined david letterman last night. >> times they just argue. there is no deal making. in the end, you fight, you argue and the two sides come together and make the best deal for the country. lately, there h

the bureau of indian affairs gets about as much money as the national parks service, that was the casender george bush. under president obama, they get slightly more than native americans, around $2.5 billion. the groups represented here said their plight is about more than money. for them it's as much about independence and recognition. those are two things this president is delivering to these mostly forgotten people. >>> judges and juries delivered their verdict on the worst environmental disaster in spain. the coastlines of portugal and france were covered in oil when a tanker "prestige" sank 11 years ago. the ship's greek captain and former marchant marine was charged - he ordered the damaged ship to sea. >> the speed at which u.k.'s population is ageing has been described as a ticking time bomb. a report from the british medical journal says the problem is overstated, challenging that the state would not be able to support the elderly and over 65s shouldn't necessarily be seen as dependentened. >> bridi considers herself part of the furniture at the irish pensioners' project. >>

last night we told you that the national park service will stoplighting up the scaffolding after this sunday because all that stuff is coming off there over the next three months. they're wrapping up those exterior repairs after that earthquake a couple years back. the last time there was scaffolding around the monument folks said this looks so cool we'd like it to stay up. the scaffolding people said you've lost your mind. what do you think? should it stay up there this time? log onto tellwusa9.com. cast your vote and leave your comments. >>> there are some jobs where you think that person has got to be crazy to do that. what kind of job takes someone with a bit of a questionable personality? the book the wisdom psychopath actually studies which professions attract the most psychopaths. let's start with the jobs that attract the fewest first, care aides, nurses, therapists, a crafts person, beautician and stylist round out the top five. occupations with the most psychopaths, ceo topping the list followed by lawyer, media, salesperson and surgeon and i guess i should mention that jour

. >> i want to know if there's anyone out tre that's going to ge pancas, goo the national park, t your cup of coffee, get your haircut and go to dinner. >> they deservehat for their seice. >> gat that compani are stepping up andoingit. >> as far as the forecasts you're heading out, we have rain in the pacific northwest. mostly coastal aas, it's going to be later on today, at the top of the show showed youhe big hugetory andll the devastating pictures that we were so afraid we were going to see out of the philippines. the sto has dsipated over china. it moved in as a tropical stm yesterday, but now it's gone. we have a largetorm spinning there off the northwest coas a lot of clouds streaming from the south. it's not going to make too much progress inland. warm front has kked up to the north. onshore fl, for southern california nohward. rainfall amounts, won't be anything spectacar. british columbia wil get more, vancouver, bellingm lucky to get a quarter of an inch. portland up to seattle. monday'sforecast, it should be dry, the rain for the bigger cities on i-5 will be lat 79 degrees.

what's the largest national park in america, yellowstone national park, gates of the arctic, denali nationalk or wrangell st. elias national park? >> i am going to say yellowstone. >> but that would be wrong. but it would be excellent. >> the correct answer, i'm ashamed to say, i don't even know what this is, the rangel st. elias national park. where is that? >> it's massive. it's in central alaska. 13 million acres. it's bigger than the entire country of switzerland. everybody would have said yellowstone. it's the oldest but the eighth largest. wrangell st. elias is the largest. >> back over to kath. >> gentleman from connecticut. america's first paved transcontinental road is celebrating its 100th anniversary. it's will known as america's highway. what is it? the lincoln highway, route 66, i-95 or i-80? >> route 66. [ buzzer ] >> oh! >> gee. gee. but when you do get in your car, play this. >> all right. the correct answer there, the lincoln highway. >> the lincoln highway. back in 1913, it would have taken you 34 days to drive across the country and most of that would have been on dirt roa

locals put up traps around the edges of kreuger national park, hoping to trap antelope. but these dogs are pack hunter. they often leave the park trying to hunt and they end up getting snared by the. >> we see them shoot the dog with the tranquilizer dart. they move honey what they do is actually cut the snare. they cleaned out the wound. they said the wound wasn't that dirty. they said other dogs in the pack had been licking the wound, trying to clean it out for him so there was no infection. they thought it was a good sign that the wound was it pink. they removed the wire. they gave this dog a round of antibiotics. they released this dog back into the wild. watch. he comes to and runs off too find the pack. we got an update from these pokes. th they. >> this is the scene recently at l.a.x. you're seeing fire crews. this is not an emergency. >> on board the flight from atlanta to los angeles is a fallen u.s. soldier. on his web site johnny says they didn't know about the fallen soldier also on board until they landed. the captain got on the p.a. and told them there was g

and head to the national parks free of charge. walk into great clips for a free cut. or go to california pizza kitchen where any pizza on the menu is free. golden corral is offering a free dinner and drink. and go to red robben for a free burger. >>> let's get the latest in sports from betty nguyen. >> we begin with the saints dominating the cowboys. drew brees finds marques cols n colston. and brees to darren sproles. brees piles on with this long pass to kenny stills. and another saints touchdown. saints win over the cowboys, 49-17. >>> the lions with a big-time win over the bears. game tied 7-7 in the second. just seconds left. jay cutler's throw for the t.d. is tipped by suh. for a second touchdown of the game. and the lions win 21-19. >>> and in green bay, the packers whipped out aaron rodgers fall. >>> more division rivalries, the bengals with the luckiest hail mary pass of the season to force overtime right there. but the ravens win, with a 46-yard field goal by kicker justin tucker. >>> better late than never. the jaguars pulled off the tennessee titans. and ge

i met bill line from the national park service and asked him about the 36-year delay. >> the reason whye of bureaucracy. there was in-fighting. welcome to america. that's the way we do things. >> but not all of the delay was due to bureaucracy. if you look closely at the monument, you'll notice the stone changes color about a third of the way up. that's a reminder of one of the saddest events in our nation's history. why does the color change? >> the color changes because of, basically, the civil war. the civil war, starting at approximately 1860, caused a stop, a cessation in the construction of the washington monument. construction on the washington monument didn't start again and didn't resume until well after the civil war was over with. >> the monument is 555 feet tall. when it was finished, it was the tallest structure in the world, and it held that title for five years until the eiffel tower was built. thanks to a special washington, d.c., construction law, the monument remains the tallest structure in the city, overlooking everything else. and, yes, there is an elevator to take

the 88-foot-tall spruce was selected from the national park in washington state. yesterday the tree made a stop at joint base andrews. it will be in position on the west launch the capitol this morning at 10:00. to get into the holiday spirit before the capitol tree arrives at 10:00, at 9:00 today buy your vre santa train tickets. the train ride will take place saturday, december 14. tickets are $6 on line and $5 a the ticket booth. fair warning here. if you want to take a ride with jolly old st. nick you'd better act fast the tickets sold out online in four minutes. tickets at the door didn't take much longer than that. >> he's a popular tud. >> that's kind of how it happens. >> he's got an audience. let's check the forecast at 4:41. really winterlike cold. seriously, tom. >> the weather is being naughty. santa is not going to be happy. starting off this this morning it is frigid. you need your warmest wier coat for the morning. we are going to have quite a bit of sunshine, but it will be frigid. temperatures just in the upper teens now and then maybe by about 9:0

several arizona lawmakers including senator john mccain are calling on the national park service directorfund money paid by the state to reopen the grand canyon national park during the government shut down. the state spent 465,000 dollars to keep the park open in a letter written to the director lawmakers say the shut down caused unnecessary hardship to the state. arizona was refunded since the last government shut down in 1995. >>> the story you have been waiting on. is vladmir putin really tougher than this guy? m >> okay. so people joke that chuck norris is so tough he can light a fire by rubbing two ice cubes together. apparently that is just not tough enough to beat vladimir putin. the russian president was awarded the highest rank in taiwan go a 9th degree black belt. norris is 8. putin doesn't practice tae kwan do. he is a judo expert. when handed the belt he admitted he didn't think he had earned it. >> come on. chuck norris all of the way. >> now to another tough one. time for your first degree weather update. maria molina could take either one of them. >> you need to take your

for their long-standing efforts to maintain a representation for having one of the most dynamic park systems in the nation. throughout his career, chazz has been a visionary who has changed the very nature of our state park systems from the institution of zip lines to i kayak rental, he's done a tremendous job of inspiring the love of nature in just about all delawarans. he's secured delawaran's national park system. delaware was the first state to ratify the constitution, william penn came to america through delaware, one of the oldest houses in all of north america is in lewis, delaware, a dutch cement, we're the first state to ratify the constitution. a lot of firsts in a little state but we don't have a national park. and we've been working on it for a number of years and chazz and chris coons and john carney, we have the first national monument, we grateful for that, and vice president biden. we're knocking on the door for a national park and chazz and his people have been laborers in that effort. his research and personal membership in all kinds of organizations like the national association of stat

government should not have closed the national parks, that somehow barack obama, the president obama nment doesn't run the national parks. and it doesn't make sense that on the abortion issue thaey're arguing for big government, government intervening in the decisions of women, whether or not to have a child. no bigger government than that. i don't think republicans are against government. they're against government. they perceive as helping people that aren't them. >> and bill wants to get in and will as soon as we come back from this commercial message. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is eas

many other federally run agencies and programs are back in business, including the national park service. president obama nominates jeh johnson as the next secretary of homeland security. if approved, the former pentagon lawyer would succeed janet napolitano, who resigned in july. as dhs secretary, johnson will work to keep the borders secure, make the immigration system more effective, and lead response to natural disasters. >> in jeh johnson, we have the right person to continue this important work. from the moment i took office, jeh was an absolutely critical member of my national security team, and he demonstrated again and again the qualities that will make him a strong secretary of homeland security. >> think it's tough to carve a pumpkin at the dinner table? some scuba divers get into the halloween spirit underwater. divers submerge themselves off the coast of key largo, florida, with knives to enter the annual underwater pumpkin-carving contest. some pumpkins looking like a traditionally carved jack-o'-lantern, others a little more quirky. 30 divers from around the u.s. took part