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"time" magazine is set to announce its person of the year. it picks a person or group who was had the most influence on events around the year. the editors have made their choice. a poll have readers choosing the wikileaks founder and other nominees include the chilean miners, lady gaga, sarah palin, and president obama. the winner will be announced later today on the "today" show. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. who do you think "time" magazine should name its 2010 person of the year? you can share your response at wbaltv.com, and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> it is 19 degrees on tv hill. i think old man wondered should be the person of the year. coming up, the morning's financial news in the bloomberg business report. including calvet tax bill will affect wall street. >> some dramatic moment captured on camera as a plane makes a dramatic landing. >> i am live with the harlem globetrotters this morning. i'm waking you up with some razzle dazzle. i have a live report, just ahe

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joining me now is rick stengel, mangle editor of "time" magazine. earlier today he conducted an interview with assange who spoke via skype with an undisclosed location. i am pleased to have rick stengel back at this table. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. good to be here. >> rose: so what happened that leads you to have a phone conversation with the one person that all of us want to talk to? >> well, it's a huge story and it's a story that's much bigger than just the gossip about world leaders or what diplomats say about conversations, it's a story about the nature of secrecy and what role it plays in our society, what benefits it has. and so obviously we want to talk to him. and it really was very simple. i'd love to say there was a lot of cloak-and-dagger, there wasn't. we e-mailed mr. assange and said "i'd like to talk to you. in whatever way, shape or form." >> rose: did he respond or someone else respond? >> someone else responds. i never dealt with him directly until we actually were on skype. and even then about a minute before the actual conv

who do you think "time" magazine should name its 2010 person of the year? you can share your response at wbaltv.com, and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 19 degrees on tv hill. cold again. a school board meeting turns deadly when a man pulls a gun. that story straight ahead. >> this is a live look at traffic at 95 north of 195. it is moving right along. we will get a closer look at >> welcome back. it's breezy and cold again this morning. 22 degrees downtown. the temperatures do not mean anything because the wind chill is what you want to look out. clear to, partly cloudy skies. 18 in westminster. it feels like 8 at bwi. seven in frederick. it's breezy and arctic cold this morning. we will make it up to 30 degrees this afternoon. i think we will see more sunshine than yesterday. the seven-day forecast is coming up in just a few minutes. >> a school board meeting in florida it turns violent as a man pulls a gun on school board members. the gunman was apparently angry about his wife losing her job. he walks up to the po

duffy, you're the "time magazine" guy. why di p youut him up? he is trying to be a little bit excited. >> that isn't really a gaffe. a gaffe is when you say something -- chris: that's at the top of your list. >> a gaffe is when you say something that is true. chris: well, there you go. let me ask you, andrea, let's look at michael steele. he is the republican national chairman. he takes a lot of heat of what he says. let's catch him on this one. >> this was a war of obama's choosing. chris: this was a war of obama's choosing. analyze the thought behind that. >> we could have a whole magazine issue on michael steele's gaffe. going back to what biden sai biden is now on the hill doing all of these one-on-one negotiations. biden is the man, he is the right-hand man. chris: he is the correcter. he is the back-slapping, dropping the f-bomb, he is the happiest guy in the white house. >> the heavy lifting. chris: what role does he play? >> enormously influential now. biden with rahm gone, rahm emanuel gone, biden is probably, i would say one of the pre

it will last >>> a bay area techicon is time magazine's person of the year. mark zuckerberg is one of the youngest people to ever win the title. kron 4's gabe slate gives us a look at one of the top. >> reporter: mark zuckerberg is the second youngest person of the year named by time magazine. mark zuckerberg is one of the youngest billion airs in the world. $6billion. he is a self made man. grew up in new york. his father was a dentist, mother was a psychiatrist. he has three sisters. here is a picture of mark and his family. his family was raised jewish but he has described himself as a atheist. he attended harvard university where he created facebook. this is his girlfriend. they have been dating since 2005. they live in palo alto. governor schwarzenegger inducted mark zuckerberg into the california hall of fame. the movie social network is expected to be nominated for a oscar. he donated $1 million to new jersey schools. and he pledged the majority of his wealth to charities. gabe slate, 123489. >>> "don't ask, don't tell" was repealed by a house vote of

welcome. >> thank you. >> okay. >>> the 26-year-old founder of facebook is "time" magazine's person of the year. mark zuckerberg also the ceo of the palo alto social networking company, time credits zuckerberg with changing the way we lead our lives. facebook has more than 500 million users. now, at 26, zuckerberg is the second youngers person ever to be named time's person of the year. the youngest was the very first person of the year, charles lindbergh, 1927, he was

"time" magazine has a brand meant something. to have the thyme stamp on a story meant it's different, you have to read it. as we spent the last decade and as my career advanced and the world of media changed, people don't read out of obligation anymore. so when i got job at bloomberg business week, i emphasized we've got to fight for our space effort. everyday off to convince people why your story is the best. these are great jobs. that's what animates me is i have a great, great job. i talk to smart people about things that matter. but we have to be defensive of our position. we have to make sure people understand why it's important but we've also got to give them what they want. and that's very different from ten, 11 years ago where you sat down, you figured out what the story was, you wrote the story the way you wanted to do it and people bought it. there's many more avenues and the attention economy is so much more crowded we've had to clang that. >> rose: what is it you think the audience wants? >> you need to be indispensa

. >>> "time" magazine's person of the year. reerdz put him in first place. the tea party, chilean miners and lady gaga. readers don't make the pick. coming up on the "today" show, you can find out who is "time" magazine's person of the year. >> pentagon officials believe the 23-year-old private bradley manning is giving classified documents to wikileaks. manning has not admitted to being the source of the leak. the army intelligence enlisted pack was stationed in baghdad. he's charged with illegally downloaded classified documents. >>> former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel could in the hot seat this afternoon. he testified for 12 hours yesterday. more than twdozen complained he has not lived in the city for a full year, which a candidate must to to be eligible. he did not forfeit by going to work in washington for two years. >>> once known for act delic excellence, dunbar was dpinch a windowless fa sass in the 1970s. but that's about to change. it will be built on the original dunbar site. the new glass wall building the house 1200 udents, 500 more

facebook founder and ceo martin has been named time magazine's person of the year for 2010. * person of the year is the person or thing that has most influenced the culture and news during the past year this year martin was thrust into the spotlight with a popular movie paid in the ceo when a not so flattering light. he also put himself on the map not only has one of the world's youngest billionaires, but also as a prominent new comer to the world of philanthropy. the wall, as stephanie reports 2010 person of the year joins a prominent list of giants and the business world to receive the honor >> time magazine has named its person of the eric facebook founder martin and we did checking we found a handful of big names in the business have been times first person of the year. weicker sought bill gates was named person of the year in 2005 along with his wife linda. he does not always as well for his efforts. it to of the first three honorees came for the business world. if walter chrysler got the nod in 1928 as did all when young the founder broadcasting pioneer rca in 1929 ted turner w

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. >>> he's young and wildly rich and the focus of a blockbuster movie and now he is "time" magazine'sder mark zuckerberg is now one of the youngest to receive the honor and as nbc bay area's scott mcgrew says, one of the most powerful as well. >> reporter: "time" magazine points out if facebook were a country, it would be the third largest country in the world and mark zuckerberg is its t-shirt wearing head of state. >> "time" magazine's person of the year? >> "time" magazine's person of the year for 2010 is mark zuckerberg, the founder of facebook, the ceo of facebook. something that's transforming the way we live our lives every day. >> reporter: the honor puts zuckerberg on the level of luminaries like bill clinton and gorbachev and hitler and stalin. the dotcom billionaire is not the youngest person ever honored. at 26 he ties queen elizabeth named person of the year back in 1952. charles lindbergh "time's" first person of the year was 25. zuckerberg responded to the recognition through naturally enough facebook where he paioind out facebook is the work of a team and he says i'm h

. >> "time" magazine names person of the year. it is not the wikileaker. >> take down the content by taking us down, the organization, and taking me down. >> that is julian assange. he has been released on baiai he was under arrest and being held in london, possible extradition on sexual assault charges. can the justice department get to him? >> the old law requires it to show tha he rdedhe united states. it could have helped the united states by exposing all of these secrets. it is a question of approve. it is a tough case. >> he did not leak chinese or russian secrets. >> what did he mean to hurt the united states? >> which is why they are doing the investigations to find out what he was saying to the guy that gave him the documents, whether he was conspiring to le, and whether he intended to harm. >> "time" magazine looked at him as the possible presence of the year but they put mark zuckerberg instead. >> "time" takpicked hitler in 1939. i'm not comparing hitler and mark zuckerberg, lest mark misinterpret what i'm saying. but

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. >> "time" magazine names the person of the year ended is not the wikileaker. >> there were obviously serious attempts to take down the content by taking us down as an organization, taking me down as an individual. >> that is julian assange, who has been released on bail. he was under arrest and being held in london, possible extradition on assault charges in sweden. and the justice department get to him? >> the fbi act requires it to show that he intended it -- espionage act requires it to show that he intended to hurt the united states. he could argue that he intended to help united states by releasing documents. >> he did not leak chinese secret russian secrets. >> but it needs to be whether he intended to hurt the united states. >> that is why they are doing these investigations into the guy who gave them the documents, was he spurring them on, whether he was conspiring to leak, whether he intended to harm, not just foster transparency. >> "time" magazine looked at him as the possible person of the year but they picked mark zuckerberg instead. >> "time" picked hitler in 1939. i'm

. >>> plus, time magazine's pern of the year for 2010 is the youngest chosen since 1927. stay with us. >>> we continue our 12 days of christmas giving. we introduce you to a local organization that needs volunteers and donations. a group called mentoring to manhood. >> thank you, barbara. 's a program that targets young men between the ages of 12 and 18. mentors help these young men develop an understanding of their social responsibility and help them to become effective leaders and leaders in their schools and clubs. tell us when you got starteand how. >> we got started in 2004. four men saw the need and wanted to act immediately stead of waiting and joining other organizations. they decided when we have the power and know-how. so let's get out there he a help these young men. >> how many are you serving and tell us a little bit about them. >> we serve about 50 men per year. we will he other students in ongoing years and their background, single parents households don't have that opportunityo have a positive male figure in their lives. so we provide that support to help

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rick stengel is "time" magazine managing editor. for better or worse. >> exactly.lot of people object to what facebook is doing, infringing on your privacy. he is expanding notions of privacy, people of a younger generation have a different sense of privacy. zuckerberg is a recipient but an architect of that. that is one of the ways facebook is changing the world. >> what about the runners up. why were they chosen and fall short of the mark? >> the tea party was one of the runners up. i'm biassed in putting a single person. the tea party problem is finding a person. julian assange came on strong. he is the flip side of mark zuckerberg. assange wants to use transparency and openness in pulling down governments. zuckerberg wants to use it to connect people and he is reaching a staggering number of people. 600 million people on face book. the chilean miners would have been a heart warming choice. we have a fantastic photo essay. hamid karzai, who wasn't going to win but represents the heart of foreign policy issues. >>age edgy portrayal of zuckerberg in "the social ne

now mark zuckerberg is "time" magazine's person of the year. it is mixed reviews though.bring in mary snow. >> not surprisingly online, there is no shortage of opinion of the choice. many people thought that julian assange should have been chosen and while many say that mark zuckerman is a good choice, they say it is amidst privacy concerns. >> reporter: they say that mark zuckerman is ti"time" magazine' man of the year. it is so influential that a stanford psychology professor teaches courses on the social networking. >> it is teaching the boundaries of the world, and they are not that big of a thing anymore. >> reporter: and also in facebook. >> they talk about how cool it is and then they talk about their privacy. >> reporter: the is the president of the electronic privacy information center, and he says that the personal information that you choose to post is not just shared with your friends. he says that facebook duds not sell data to the advertisers, but it is a con neng shnection >> if you put down redskins as one of your like, an advertiser selling to redskins wi

. >> the kid with 500 million followers is time magazine's person of the year. >> who's going to be the next police chief and the district of columbia? so we will tell you what we know. >> in the belfort furniture >>> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> calm before the storm. straight ahead this half hour, how the region is getting ready for this season's first widespread snowfall. good morning, washington. it's thursday, december 16. i'm scott thuman. >> great to have you along with us. i'm pamela brown. we have some school closings. in maryland, calvert and charles county schools are closed. in virginia, king george and madison county schools are closed. >> time for traffic and weather. there's a lot to talk about. whether the snow is going to be significant. what are we looking at? >> it's not going to be a significant snowstorm, dust and good coaching -- coating. the school closings are mainly self of the metro area, because that is will we have greatest snowfall potential. areas of synovus dredging from the midwest, indiana and ohio and into southwes

kennedy landing on the cover of "time" magazine as its person of the year. "time" magazine honor makes sense because zuckerberg has connected billions of people all around the world. >> i was in contact with relatives abroad and now -- i wasn't in contact with relatives abroad and now all of a sudden my aunts and uncles and grandmother in spain have facebook. >> just this last spring we got together with nine other couples from my college group and we went on a cruise together and we did it all through facebook. >> and perhaps appropriately zurichberg posted a response on his facebook page today saying being a person of the year was quote a year end recognition on how our little team is building something that hundreds of millions of people want to use to make the world more open and connected. i'm happy to be a part of that. facebook getting more attention tonight. the movie the social network which signs a light on the facebook creator's life just won a golden gate bridge nomination -- golden globe nomination. >>> dropdown side cribs are outlawed. the cons

mortgage lost documents are leading to contested foreclosures slowing the recovery this is what time magazine found now in this one bit they talked about washington mutual. well it turns out that they've lost one hundred thousand files for mortgages and the reason why is because in early two thousand and seven one who shipped one million loan files from a document warehouse in houston that it was shutting down to save money the documents were supposed to go to acquire as mexico you know where all those people are being gunned down. well according to local reports at the time one lost track of a hundred thousand vials during the move to mexico asta libby's yeah they were going to send him to building seven down there at the world trade center complex but of course they blew that one up they consented to building seven they already took down building seven as though you can newscasters in the u.s. are now tacitly admitting the fact that that was a controlled demolition so they sent him to war as mexico of course that would work makes sense for washington mutual which is now part of the whole we

. >>> up next, "time" magazine names the person of the year.his year's honoree changed the world by doing something that's never been done before. >>> plus, this is a hot one. michael vick opens up to nbc about his dogfighting scandal and if he would ever get another dog. >>> right now in chicago, it is day two of a hearing on whether rahm emanuel is eligible to run for mayor. the woman who rented his chicago home after he became obama's chief of staff is testifying today. she refused to break her lease to allow rahm to move back into his home. he testified for nearly 12 hours yesterday. >>> and america's view of congress has hit an all-time low. in a new gallup poll, just 13% of you said that you approve of the job congress is doing while 83% disapprove. >>> and the rock asand roll hal of fame may have snubbed jon bon jovi this year, but president obama did not. bon jovi will be on the white house council of community solutions. those are the things we thought we you should know. when it comes to investing, no one person has all the answers. s

. >> and on wednesday, "time" magazine will reveal its personal of the year. right here on "today."ahead, we're going town veil this year's finalists. >> some interesting names on that list. really, it's diverse. let's go inside, natalie is at the news desk. >>> good morning, everyone, dangerously cold temperatures are gripping the midwest today after a weekend of heavy snow. at least six deaths were blamed on the storm. major highways were closed in several states and blowing snow forced the cancellation of 1,600 flights in chicago. a buildup of snow even caused part of the roof to collapse at the metrodome in minneapolis. >>> the death of ponzi schemer bernard madoff's son's death has been ruled a suicide. it's the second anniversary of his father's arrest. mark madoff had been named in lawsuits seeking to recover money for his father's victims. >>> the compromise on extending bush era tax cuts faces its first test vote in the senate today, it also extends jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. >>> about 30 cruise ship passengers were treated for minor injuries sunday afte

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part in the cyber attacks and it comes as the wiki leaks founder is leading an online poll for time magazine to be named its person of the year amid reports he would then be extradited to the u.s. some american politicians have even suggested a sound it should face execution civil rights activist. who is from the songes native australia says there is an all teary eyed motive for the extradition well to discuss the latest developments of the story we're now joined live by the leader of sweden's pirate party rick. so your party's website has reportedly come under attack as well why do you think that is. in hers and i think that's because we are supporting wiki leaks there's an all out war going on on the net right now with the both factions trying to silence the other which ironically is quite the opposite of the freedom of expression that wiki leaks is fighting for or let's talk more about these cyber attacks here because around five thousand people are said to be involved in the cyber attacks are we witnessing some kind of global information war possibly it is it has been called the first in

"time" magazine still exists? who knew? about it in "news week." >> "news week still --" news week" still exists? >>> and michael vick says he would love to own another dog claiming it would be a big step in the rehabilitation process. he was banned to owning a dog by the judge who gave him dog fighting charges. remy you are a dog lover, in every bit of the sense. word. you love dogs. >> yes, i do. >> should he have a dog? >> absolutely not. interesting fact, the judge who sentenced michael vick also has a dog, a maltese. >> i hate malteses. >> you racist. the maltese has done nothing to you. >> if michael vick gets a dog anywhere near him, there should be a restraining order. i will sick my two terriers, my 40-pound terriers and rip him apart. >> i have seen your terriers and vic would kill them. >> whatever dog he gets is going to be -- have the greatest life ever because no harm could come to the dog. >> i would like to be his dog. this dog is going to have everything. >> michael vick should have a dog and susan smith sh

. >> facebook founder and ceo mark zucker bird has been named time magazine person of the year for a hing that is most influence the culture and the news during the past year. we're joined now by tech reporter gabe slate for a closer look at who market is. he said young man. >> he is a now i am the expert. most people don't know where he spends his past thanksgiving holiday with his family at harry potter world adventure park in orlando. and even know existed. let's roll the video and let me tell you more about or kazakhs berg. at 26 year-old he's a second as% of the year named by time magazine. the august as charles lindbergh, at age 25. zucker bird is one of the youngest billionaire is in the world, his net worth is around $6 billion. i think for a sizable number to enter the 12th of the riches billionaires' of the world. it is a self-made man born in 1984 brought in new york. his father is a dentist and his mother a psychiatrist. marquez three sisters one of them randy to work for him at face book. his family raised in jewish but according to which the peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.co

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he is one of the finalists for "time" magazine's person of the year. of readers put him in first place. the tea party, chileaniners mark zuckerberg and lady gaga are up for it as well. readers don't make the pick. coming up on the "today" show, you can find out who is "time" magazine's person of the year. >>> the federal government is getting ready to go after bp. the justice department is expected to join hundreds of civil lawsuits against bp over the big gulf oil spill. the lawsuit will likely be filed today. the government will accuse the oil company of violation of irmt environmenl protection regulations, which could trigger billions of dollars worth of fines. >>> if you live in montgomery county you can use a high-tec cool during winter storms to see if it's safe to ventur out of your house. the county has a new on-line system. you can enter your address t see the streets near your home and it connects you to 190 real-time cameras so you can see what the roads are like. >> a choice. while they're sitting at home they can make a decision, an inform

. >>> we have got the finalists who have been announced, who will be "time" magazine's person of the according to time, it is someone who has done the most influence the events of the year. >> who do you think will get the distinction? and we took an online poll, our viewers did and here's how you think it should go. 44% of you thought it should be the chilean miners. 20% say the tea party. 19% the founder of facebook, mark zuckerberg. julian assange, steve jobs, apple. 6%. >> and remember that "time" magazine says it's someone who for good or for ill has affected the most lives and it's not somebody who has affected lives in the past, but also may have an affect in the future. so looking at that -- >> i think the chilean miners is a great choice, but i'm not so sure how they would move forward. so i'm thinking about maybe mark zuckerberg or julian assange as being possible. >> certainly the tea party is a big player in american politics could be changing the face of elections as we know it. >> already has. >> mark zuckerberg has done so much good, now he's donating most of his fortun

"time" magazine disclosed its person of the year. the editor made the announcement on the "today" show. >> "time" magazine's person of the year for 2010 is mark zuckerberg. the founder of place bofacebook that's that is transforming our lives. >> why this year though? >> this ar they passed 500 million users. it is an extraordinary number. the scale of this facebook now is something that is transforming our lives. >> the magazine's person of the year is generally a man or a woman, sometimes an organization who has don the most to influence the events of the year for better or worse. zuckerberg is 26 year old. "time" runs a reader's poll for person of the year. they surrounded wikileaks founder julian assange but the magazine edors put him in third place behind the tea party. >>> there's more to come. an online survey discovers the pick-up lis that work most often. >> and we're waiting to hear from you to be a part of our 12 days of giving. call 202-686-nbc 4 to lend a helping hand to an organization that helps mentor young men. >>> m

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. >>> the readers of time magazine have voted on who they think should be the person of the year. will give you a hint. it's someone in jail. >>> let's go to tori to find out what is coming up. >>> coming up in minutes not good news for the employment picture in the bay area. one of the bay area's largest companies will be handing out pink slips as early as today. we will find out how many jobs will be cut at yahoo. >>> eight cities are being warned they could be hit hard by the flu and one of them is in the bay area. we'll talk live with the u.s. surgeon general about how the cities were identified and what residents can do to protect themselves. >>> tomorrow a fashion website is offering free 2011 jettas for $6,000. we will explain why and how you can get one. back to you on the morning news. >>> thank you. we will see you then. right now we want to go to sal to check in on any commute problems. >> it's very slow out there because of the wet weather. pretty slow here on highway 4 all the way back to brentwood if you believe it or not. we have slow traffic at the toll plaza for a

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