her transformation was filmed for a documentary on tlc. >> i think it's a miracle of god that i'm healthyr high blood pressure. >> it's possible just to take 800 -- subtract 800 pounds from somebody and they can walk around like normal and now you're okay? >> i'm okay. and my organs are perfect. >> that's crazy. >> i'm looking for clothes for job, something nice. >> these days the new and improved mayra occasionally gets reminders of her old life like letters from her sister. she showed me a recent one where jamie wrote that she wanted her to take care of the surviving children. >> she said that's why i want you to promise me please that if i am still in prison and something happens to our mom that you will take custody of my children. mi rah visits those children often. >> do you think you will be able to get custody of them at some point? >> i'm working on it. i'm in the process. >> she says the kids are the main reason she's still alive and her incentive to keep losing weight. >> they were the first to know when i was able to stand up for the first time. and then when they saw me walki

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cody brown and his four wives who star in the tlc show "sister wives" which is the name of my band filed a lawsuit and now their court vector reis shared by the 39,000 fundamental list mormons who believe monogamy brings glory in heaven. meanwhile, monogamy is strong among bears. you know, that one bear on the left, thinking about another bear. that's how they keep it fresh. that's how they keep it fresh. sometimes you have to use the organ between your shoulders. >> your anatomy could be different than mine. >> it is, unfortunately. where do you stand on this? >> i can't imagine anyone's life when it comes to marriage including to many women having any direct impact on me unless one of those women i wanted to marry. and this person, this guy has such draw that he is marying all of the women, then where does that leave me or you? >> well that is the big argument. the argument is if somebody has two wives it is one less wife available to a loser like yourself. me, i wouldn't have this problem. i would be the guy with the many wives taking them from you. eli, if a man can 1r* multiple wive

it's a victory for the stars of a reality show on tlc.wives have 17 children between them. they are a member of an offshoot of the mormon church. the family filed a lawsuit arguing that utah's ban on cohabitation violated their rights to privacy and religious freedom. the judge agreed in the case saying the polygamy ban was unconstitutional. and a federal judge agreed. utah was one home to warren jeffs. he was convicted in texas of having sex with underaged girls. he is serving a life sentence. rebecca musser was a witness for the prosecution of jeffs. she was raised in the flds sect. she was forced into a polygamist marriage. she escaped from the flds and joins me now. what is your reaction to the court ruling? >> i'm disappointed in the fact that people want to call this a first amendment issue but they are not talking about the real questions that need to be asked and i think it's an oversimplification of complex issues that open the door for tremendous amount of abuse. >> when you say "other issues," to you, what is the key issue here

sears isn't the only owner in need of tlc. the department of planning says the retailer has been cited for blight. >> we are now talking to them about when they can really get this fixed. they know it's very important to us and i think it matters to them. >> reporter: she says other small businesses also damaged made many repairs within a week. >> small organizations can do it. we're in the neighborhood trying hard to really take bide prooid in oakland we feel like big companies should take part too. >> markel lee is office manager for core center. instead of using blank wood, the nonprofit commissioned work of this woman. >> art inspires people. >> her mural will wrap and cover every broken window. >> we have a hammer for breaking down glass ceiling. >> painting a different picture of the community and those who live and do business here. >> people in our neighborhoods need help. give where you live takes you to the second harvest food bank. >> thousands volunteer >> that is where spencer christian is. >> here in the sort roo

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as seen on tlc series "the lottery changed my life." >> i was overwhelmed that.over 2/3 of his fortune. >> at that point things started going downhill real fast. >> america loves to watch people go down the drain. don't be one. if you ever get this much money. by all means, don't, become one of the statistics. >> thank you. have of a good day. >> reporter: a man in calgary, canada took a different approach to a wind fall. tom crist is giving the $40 million prize to schar tee. a -- charity. >> i have been fortunate to have a good living and look out for my kids. i really don't need the money. >> reporter: not everyone can afford to give away their golden ticket. with millions willing to take a chance at striking it rich. even a man who is already won big, three times. >> now, when on won the million dollars. i val dated it. i didn't need to call my family first. i called my financial adviser, john up. i told him i within a million dollars. he said, again. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm lend sindsay davis. >> he has been here, there, and everywhere. now everyon

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and with some tlc, tender loving care by the owners. she also mentioned that the drive is a high traffic area. these trees do not pose a hazardous risk to the cars or pedestrians or even the buildings themselves. and once again, she is not provided any evidence from these trees, she has not provided any incident reports. and that these trees have caused some kind of injury or damage, along the gonzales drive. and the same thing happened back in august in the initial hearing. she did not present any reports. >> she has not worked out with our group and working with our group and we bring the issues of illegal removal of trees and replanting and she has not reached out and we are skeptical that she will reach out if indeed this body decides to up hold the orders of the hearing officer we don't believe that this plan is enforcable and we will now put the recommendation here on the overhead. and for the public and for you to see, and this is the recommendation. and so, the highlighted in pink here. and she approved the removal of these tree

it would give discovery which own the animal planet and tlc a market cap of $34 billion dollar. spotify has inked a deal with legendary rock and roll group led zeppelin. spotify...which competes directly with pandora -- is the first music streaming company to ever nab the rights to the band's music. competition is getting fierce for music subscription services. apple recently launched its own online streaming service... and one from youtube is reportedly on the way. still to come: could a stock split send mastercard shares soaring? plus.... star studded investment... is now a good time to throw your money into movies? but first....tracking credit card use. why it's signaling something larger about the global economy. that's next with bill moller. the world runs on credit. so, with the economy improving on most fronts, what does credit in its various forms look like in 2014? the credit management and reporting bureau transunion just today released its consumer credit forecast. steve chaouki is a group vice president in transunion's financial services business unit. so out there i

days after the tlc show "sister wives" triggered a police investigation. >> love should be multipliedvided. because of the circumstances, we're going to move in three days. >> reporter: brown took the state of utah to court, and tonight, his family of 22 has reason to celebrate. a federal judge in utah striking down part of the state's anti-polygamy law. >> this is a triumph for privacy and continues a trend, a good trend, in this country, of mrurism and tolerance. >> reporter: while the ruling does not legalize multiple marriages, it means polygamist families who live together but don't seek multiple marriage lie senses, cannot be prosecuted. >> she's a sister from the same mister and he's a brother from another mother. >> reporter: they were open about their lives while living in utah, with four wives and 17 children. the browns now live in nevada. kody weighing in on the verdict. "we hope that in time all of neighbors and fellow citizens will continue to respect our own choices." tonight, critics of the lifestyle are weighing in. polygamy is not a religion and government should hav

like those seen in tlc's hit show "toddlers in tiaras." >> i'm so proud of her, she's so beautiful. >anslator: there is this woman, i'm not sure what her name is. but she wants to forbid the mini miss pageants, because she believes it's just like in the u.s. we put on makeup and show our butts and show our mouth and our teeth and our breasts. >> her mom, martine, agrees that kids are often exposed to too much, too soon. she says she and her husband philippe work very hard to protect their kids from the outside world. but she doesn't think pajtss are part of the problem, and she's furious at the senator's suggestion that by letting anais compete she's somehow harming her daughter. >> translator: i was angry for sure. because essentially what she's saying is, we're dumb and we can't take care of our kids. we don't let our kids wear anything indecent. she can come and have a look. i want her to come and see. our daughters are not barbies. >> the parents who support the pageants argue it's not nearly as extreme as what we see in the united states. it's not so much makeup, high heels. they

and with some tlc, tender loving care by the owners. she also mentioned that the drive is a high traffic area. these trees do not pose a hazardous risk to the cars or pedestrians or even the buildings themselves. and once again, she is not provided any evidence from these trees, she has not provided any incident reports. and that these trees have caused some kind of injury or damage, along the gonzales drive. and the same thing happened back in august in the initial hearing. she did not present

they will -- in fact they're doing a whole marathon, because it is a product that people want, and tlc says please suspend him, we would like to have him. i would like to think he's a markets genius, i don't know, maybe i should call him for us if that's the case. you know why i don't think he did it on purpose? because nobody wants to be called a bigot and hateful. by the way -- by the way maybe so --. the whole station -- >> honestly, most people, it is painful to point out things that hurt people's feelings. it's painful for me to even talk about the issue of cohabitation, out of wedlock, but if we're going to point to what we think the bible says or what is best for society, sometimes we have to say stuff that's not popular. >> by the way, ironically if you read the whole interview and not just one section, he talks very specifically about loving everybody, talks specifically by not being judgment, that that's god's decision. it is a remarkable -- there's sections where he sounds a lots like pope francis in a totally different framework. >> slantering people and then saying love ev

discovery networks is the company behind tlc and animal planet.y are eyeing a possible bid for scripps network. edmund lee is with us now. why would discovery want this network? >> he gives them a lot more cable channels that they can take when they talk to distributors like comcast or directv. they can say they have a much bigger lineup with popular content. we want more money for that. it raises the affiliate fee for all their networks. it gives them a bigger package of channels that they can sell. >> is scripps looking to sell? >> there are no reports that they are actively looking to sell full discovery has been looking at them as well as other possible targets. it could be that anyone could want to buy them. it could be fox, time warner, they have attractive assets. they have popular content. it is relatively cheap to produce. >> if this happens, how would it shake things up? >> you are seeing more consolidation potentially on the cable side and the distribution side. talking about time warner cable and charter going after them, on the progra

tlc has a wonderful show running right now "best funeral ever." the season premiered last week.funeral home in dallas they plan remembrance ceremonies, i mean elaborate. on tonight's episode they had a funeral for george coleman. apparently the most interesting thing about george. he loved candy. they made that the focus of his service. >> he was a nice man. and mr. coleman, i realized that he loved sweets. he loved all his sweets. it could have been a honey bun. he loved his honey bun. do you hear me? there's something about sweetness. there is something about the sweetness in christ. ain't got to get no more honey buns to make him happy. what he had was jesus. jesus. jesus. >> yay jesus. >> honey bun. if my eulogy is not delivered by an enormous ginger bread man, i will consider my life to be a failure. normally they lower a casket into the ground and everyone cries and then gets something to eat. >> y'all come on over. we're going to get some chocolate off the casket. come on up here and get some chocolate. >> this is to my daddy. >> this is for you papa. miss and love you. >

. >> the suit was brought by the family on the tlc show "sister wives" and arguing this is a case ofe relationships between consenting adults. you are saying this is not a free choice at all. >> they are saying this is a freedom of religion situation. but they are careful to keep their religion out of. that they don't want to reveal the amount of grooming that happens from birth from these young girls to go in a situation where this is normal and right. at what point is kody brown 85 years old and looking at a 19 years old and god might tell me to marry her and it is something she would need to do. there is a tremendous coercion and grooming and control that goes on. they want to use the name of religious freedom to deflect. >> you are saying that young women brought up in these families are told from a young age that in order to attain salvation and get to heaven, this is the kind of relationship you need to be in? >> they are definitely told that in the flds and the aub which is the group that the "sister wives" are a part of were the same group up until the 1950s, not because of t

. >> reporter: she was featured on tlc's "untold stories of the e.r."he award-winning director of emergency medicine at one of houston's biggest hospitals. but police say earlier this week, the doc who is also a mother of two, lost her cool. investigators say dr. fisher started harassing dr. marcelle mallery, who used to work with fisher's husband, brandon, at this radiology clinic. according to this charging document, dr. fisher called dr. mallery twice, threatening to hurt her. investigators say she then sent her 25 text messages, including a picture of the inside of mallery's bedroom. >> rage overtakes emotion. and when that happens, it doesn't matter how high your i.q. is. that overtakes everything. >> reporter: investigators say mallery home surveillance camera showed dr. fisher illegally entering the house by kicking in the doggy door. she then allegedly wrote home wrecker and another word we can't repeat in red lipstick on the bathroom mirror. dr. fisher is free after posting a small bond on two misdemeanors. trespassing and harassing. she has no

former pierson tlc chief executive marriage rescar joining the board medley. over saw it financial times and will bring more old media experience to the micro bloging service. twitter had faced kristy for not having any will on the board until now. rival facebook also lacked female board members when it went public in may of 2012. 2 women now sit on facebook board including ceo cheryl sandberg. >> victory in congress today for the high tech industry. palo alto congresswoman bill to overhaul america patent system approved in the house by 325-9 vote. rare show of bipartisan support this legislation is designed to reign in the growing problem of patent trol troll, company that make no useful product themselves but profit by threatening other company with lawsuits. it is supported by company like google but opposed by mick soft and ibm. the bill now goes on to the senate. >> protestors demonstrated across the country today demanding higher pay for fast-food workers. mcdonald's in san jose was one of the targets. tv vick lee has that story. ♪ protestors sang. they

. >> now after surgery and a lot of tlc, he's ready for a home. >> reporter: it can be said that one year finny appreciates the simple things in life a little more than most. this was finny when we met him in september. he couldn't open his mouth. he came into the shelter as a stray and after x-rays, determined. >> that he had likely been beaten with something like a baseball bat. >> reporter: and it happened with when he was a puppy. multiple fractures in his jaw fused together. but foster mom says. >> i don't believe what has happened to him in the past has beat his spirit. >> reporter: she spent weeks feeding him with a syringe. while the human society raises the money to get his jaw fixed, the campaign called his first kiss raised more than enough to give him just that. and all at once, he could eat, drink water and kiss. >> it was just really special because we had been waiting for so long. >> reporter: the vets say the prognosis is good, should be no lastinging effects from his surgery. all he needs now is a permanent home. >> she admits she's in love with the dog who has been

the case started when the star of the tlc reality series, sister wives, sued the state of utah.rown, along with his four, count them, four wives. together they have 17 children. they claim utah's polygamy law violated their privacy right. the law passed around the time that utah became a state now. a judge ruled the phrase in the law that forbids cohabitation with another person violates the first amendment. now state lawyers -- state lawmakers are debating whether to appeal that decision. shannon, what is this opinion in reality mean for people in utah? >> well, shepard in response that lawsuit brought by the polygamist reality show, a federal judge in utah ruled that polygamy will no longer be criminalized in that state. now, stopping short of ruling that the polygamist families can obtain multimel marriage licenses, the judge struck down the state's ban on religious cohabitation with multiple partners, victory the plaintiff's lead attorney says is no surprise. >> you look at the trend of the law, it has been towards greater protection of individual choices, to get the governm

for "nightline," i'm cecilia vega in utah. >> obviously if you can you want to catch the tlc show.ing they are admitting to some dramatization. >> they should because you watch and go it looks way -- >> warren jeffs since he's been in prison, there have been no marriages because he's the only one that perform marriages. >> and also they can't have children, the people in the compound. hard to believe. >> interesting. >>> coming up the music of mandela. >> how artists around the world spread the world about nelson -- word about nelson mandela and the protests that shed light on his life. you are watching "world news now." ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ >>> if you watched the memorial >> if you watched the memorial to nelson mandela, you saw celebration of life. music important to nelson mandela. >> here's abc's dan harris. ♪ >> reporter: during his decades behind bars, nelson mandela's message was carried across the world by music. peter gabriel's cry for a south african freedom fighter. ♪ paul simon bringing south african music to ame

after surgery and tlc, finney is ready for a home.ix 5 reporter anne makovec is in pleasant hill with more on finney's recovery. anne. >> reporter: you know, finney was slated for euthanasia at a municipal shelter just a few months ago. then they acquired him here at the contra costa humane society. so he had a reprieve. what happened after that is a doggie fairy tale. >> good dog. >> reporter: it can be said that 1-year-old finney appreciates the simple things in life a little more than most. this was funny when we met him in september. he couldn't open his mouth. he came into the shelter as a stray an after x-rays, vets determined -- >> he had been beaten likely with a baseball bat. >> reporter: it happened when he was a puppy, multiple fractures in his jaw eventually fused together and calcified closed but the foster mother says -- >> i don't believe whatever happened to him in the past has dwindled his spirit. >> reporter: she spent weeks feeding him through a syringe on the good side of his mouth that he could open just enough wh

. >> for those that don't know this, it was brought by the tlc show, "sister wives," the lawyers arguingt private relationships of consenting adults. you say this is not a free choice at all here. >> they're saying this is a freedom of religion situation. even on the sister wives show they're careful to keep their religion out of that. they don't want to reveal -- if they had that conversation it would reveal the amount of grooming that happens from birth for these young girls to go into a situation this is normal, this is right. pretty seen, even for kody brown. at what point is he 85 years old and looking at a 19-year-old girl saying, you know, god might tell me to marry her an that's my right and it's something she would need to do in order to gain her salvation. there's a tremendous amount of coercion and grooming and absolute control that goes on. they want to use the name of religious freedom to deflect conversation from what the real issues are here. >> interesting you use that term grooming. you're saying young women brought up in these families are told from a very young age in

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she was suppose i think it was all p we were just bysta >> reporter: with a little tlc and steroids,of his lower body. he got w a sie cody was once paralyzed now they are both unstoppable and it is clear why willie is so spe it' his his ability to overcome them. >> his being special didn't scare me because i just have faith that the right things come to people at the right times in their lives. >> reporter: in tampa, abc action news. >> too cute. >> too adorable. >> willie better get a chair. throw the ball. >> she said they ar unstoppable. a little stoppable. >> too cut,rig >> i love thy a telling the story. it's usually, oh, look at me, i did a good thing and adopted a dog with special needs. >> the owner o when i have an asthma attack... i feel like a fish with no water. learn how to prevent your child's next asthma attack. because even one attack is one too many. >>> good morning. i'm john muller. >> and i'm diana perez. >>> good morning. i'm john muller. >> and i'm diana perez. here's some of the top headlines we are following on "world news now." >>> firefighters are battling a

the star of tlc reality series called "sister wives" about brown, his four wives and their 17 children the mormon church abandoned polygamy in 1890 while utah sought statehood. brown belongs to a fundamentally offshoot of the mormon church which still practices polygamy. the family fled utah last year to avoid prosecution after filing the suit to challenge the state law. >> there are those that keep wanting to place the stereotype back on us. and keep wanting to say, hey, you believe in a faith that is faulted. you're weak women. you're a controlling man. you're all these things that people want to stereotype with the lifestyle. they will not validate that we are having a good experience. and that in our culture, people have a good experience. >> well, the utah decision, this is what they struck down. it's the portion of the state law that made it illegal for people to be married and simultaneously cohabitate with another adult in a marriagelike relationship. that language is used to prosecute polygamists and is much broader than laws in other states. it's still illegal to hold multipl

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here in this great city of art, there's no shortage of treasures in need of a little tlc. this is beautiful. how old is this panting? woman: this is a 17th-century painting. steves: from florence? woman: we don't know. -maybe the area is genova. -steves: genova. each shop addresses a need with passion and expertise. fine instruments deserve the finest care. grand palaces sparkle with gold leaf, thanks to the delicate and exacting skills of craftspeople like this. a satisfying way to wrap up an oltrarno experience is to enjoy a florentine steakhouse, which any italian meat lover knows means chianina beef. the quality is proudly on display. steaks are sold by weight and generally shared. the standard serving is about a kilo for two, meaning about a pound per person. so, both of those for four people? woman: yes. steves: the preparation is simple and well established. good luck if you want it well done. man: i am hungry, yeah. oh, look at this. ah! steves: oh, beautiful. [ laughs ] man: wow. steves: chianina beef. -woman: white beans. -steves: okay. perfect. man: and that one

the tlc, the 30-year long bond etf, see that this tree is positioned to go lower and race to go higher. as far as the positioning with treasurys. treasury shorts are near one-year highs. very good chance that will surprise everyone and you see rates dip down. lori: and equity markets. chief equity strategist, making headlines. first everyone knows rates are going up. >> the economy continues to strengthen. systemic changes which could fleshed-out of to the sidelines. i have been reading reports that a lot of the managers are still sitting on elevated levels of cash. this is probably the most jaded rally that we have seen in the years and i have been a trader. also we have some regulatory tailwinds next year. people keep talking about maybe the fed moves on excess reserves a negative interest rates. what does that mean? ever since the financial crisis banks have been warning about 2 trillion that the feds have been trying to flush into the system. if the fed was to start taxing gas was savings that we have a depository institutions we will be pulling money out, looking at different asse

. ♪ don't go chasing waterfalls >> tlc. >> i feel like i'm in one of those 3d movies. >> bears on then and show you the similarities. >> blob fish. >> macklemore and ryan lewis. >> put your hands up, new york. ♪ looking for a >> want to have some fun? >> buckle up. >> when you know the song, lara spencer, you buzz. name this game show tune. lara spencer? >> i did it too soon. >> lara spencer. we buzz in when we know. >> okay. >> i don't know it. >> my button doesn't work. >> i can't hear with you talking. >> this is like me right now. >> that's a hot mess. >> thank you for playing, "name that cloud." >> buzz your buzzer as soon as you know the answer. just testing, george? please don't buzz in before. george. >> mary wells, "my guy." >> no. >> run to you. >> no, you can no longer play. >> you're out. ♪ ♪ put your hands make 'em touch ♪ ♪ give me the feeling >> that was out. >> good morning, america. >> yeah! >> i never get up this early. >> jennifer lawrence. you look so good. >> thank you. >> you look fantastic. >> for the weather today, a chance of a sprinkle. >> we are. >> i believ

former governor hosted "sarah palin's alaska" on tlc a few years ago.g, fishing and shooting. >>> oscar winner ben affleck is opening up about a dangerous stalker threatening his family. he says thanks to the gangs of paparazzi that follow his family around, this stalker was able to blend in and snap photos of his children as they were leaving preschool. michele turner has more for you. >> reporter: an angry ben affleck is blasting the photographers who he says constantly follow his family, like in this hollywood.tv video. >> don't talk to my kids. is that clear? >> no problem. >> okay. >> in a new interview with "playboy" magazine affleck says a man allegedly stalking his wife jennifer garner and family for years, basically used a crowd of paparazzi as a cover to standout side his daughter's preschool. he says, they used to take pictures of our children, coming out of preschool. and so this stalker, who had threatened to kill me my wife and our kids showed up at the school and got arrested. i mean, there are real practical dangers to this. in the 2009

her transformation was filmed for a new documentary on tlc. >> i think it's a miracle of god that i'mionally gets reminders of her old life. like letters from her sister behind bars. she showed me one where jamie wrote she wanted her to take care of the surviving children, who are now with their ailing grandmother. >> they have really provided a huge motivation. >> they are my motivation. >> reporter: a woman, who's lost so much but somehow seemed to gain so much more. ryan owens, abc news, in houston. >> that is such an incredible story. >> that is like a movie, a novel. so many twists and turns. any one aspect of that story is fascinating but my goodness. >> all together -- i think the saddest part of the whole thing is she said i felt like i was already dying and they were doing a favor to her by putting her in jail. what she doesn't realize is what she was doing for her family. actually, what happened is better because had she gone to jail instead of her sister, her sister would have stayed with the children and probably continued to abuse them, which is terrible. she took up an e

ultimately, this court is saying that the stars of this tlc show are right. wrong. >> so they can move home? >> if they want to, they can move home. >> jane velez-mitchell, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. >>> coming up here, hours after a man got married, tragic, tragic. he loses his life helping someone in trouble, and his bride was right there. the heartbreaking story from over this weekend, next. [ male announcer ] the new new york is open. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to bold ideas. that's why new york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years... we're new york. if there's something that creates more jobs, and grows more businesses... we're open to it. start a tax-free business at startup-ny.com. i have a cold with this annoying runny nose. [ sniffles ] i better take something. [ male announcer ] dayquil cold and flu doesn't treat all that. it doesn't? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symp

discovery is the operator, obviously, of all those networks, discovery, animal planet, tlc among others and run by david zasloff as you know well here. discovery had approached -- i know the guy from scripps, pretty well, too. lowe, ken lowe is his name. they know each other pretty well. but scripps was not interested in selling at the time. i think it's a cincinnati-based company. you probably met the guy. he's around. for being based in cincinnati, he's up here a lot. and i know they know each other pet well. that might make sense. he's not that old of a guy, really, but an acquaintance of our friend. >> of our friend. >> of our friend, david, yes. >>> let's talk more about the budget deal. joining us on the set now, ben white. i'm going to call him politico's chief economic correspondent. joe can come in -- >> i've got beltway ben, bleeding heart ben, he's here. >> all of which are equally inaccurate. >> i won't go to our last conversation. it might be a little more accurate. >> you gave me a great complex. >> no, i did not. i said you're big boned. >> from d.c., john harwood, cnbc's

overall strategy was, make discovery and tlc stronger but invest in a lot of new channels, velocity'sle. we grew our portfolio 4% in a mark that's flat. year before we were up six. the year before up four. >> do you think you can keep doing it? >> that's the question. >> we think we can. this year we grew four. and we still believe, if you tell great stories with great characters under a strong brand, more people will watch. in the u.s. we're going continue to do that. i think we can continue to win. on tonigp of that in the u.s. viewership has flattened out and subscribers have flattened out. the advertising mark remains strong. the ability to get cpm growth when the differential between the broadcast cpm and cable still significant, it's a big helper. and in the u.s., we're getting paid more money for our content. we have netflix and amazon buying content. ability to get higher subfees from the distributors in the u.s. has gotten better. >> there may be weakness in the scatter mark, have you seen it? >> we haven't seen it. market remains relatively strong with good pricing. there wa

so bakery boss is on -- >> "bakery boss" is on tlc and that will air december 30.s" and bring on" bakery boss" at 10:00 o'clock. >> we can't help but notice you brought some help. >> i got my two little helpers here. this is my son, marco, my son buddy. they love coming and baking with me. a lot of what i do is all about getting together in a family and creating memories. you start ripping it. >> what is the goal here? >> the goal here is we're going to do a cake. we're going to put a dollop in the center. >> he brought a special one. >> i got to put that right there. that's good. >> you didn't put anything. >> it's okay. >> he knows what he's doing. >> you got to have the glue. >> how about a little bit on there. a little icing glue. >> is this fun? is this fun? >> yeah. >> what makes this fun? >> because when -- >> you get to be creative when you do it? >> yeah. and you can make whatever you want. >> do you sometimes sneak one and accidentally eat it? >> of course. >> this is fondant. this is a lot of fun to play with the family and have a lot of fun. it's about

it's not tlc it's tst juliet. >> what does that mean, mike. >> a delivery man wrote us earlier on the>> fedex says this sort of behavior is not aloud. and the worker, i hope this woman is happy, he has been fired. >> he has been fired. >> i know when there is something really light and i'm not worried about it breaking. >> they are telling me i can do a t.s.t. to janice. a time saving toss. >> time saving technique here. name and town, name and town. >> tuscaloosa, alabama. >> name? >> tuscaloosa patrick. >> and. >> steve madison california. >> and. >> scott manchester, new jersey. >> seeing the big game today? >> rutgers playing. let's take a look at the temperatures outside. it's not too bad actually. it's getting very nice here in new york. 37. 33 in chicago. 47 new orleans. so, kind of average across the country but beware. we have another artic plunge going to come into the midwest and move eastward. for california here, i'm glad we have somebody here from california because it's going to be warm today but also going to get a santa ana wind event. gusty winds and high fire danger

. >> reporter: a company thriving with the tlc of a tech savvy granny.er. >> take granny to work day. >> 2013 orange room contest, today show granny. >> granny party in the orange room. >> i love it. >> coming up, a daunting task for a trainer that says she can teach any dog to do tricks. can she work her magic on >>> eye good morning to you. 8:26. i'm laura garcia cannon. a man who was reportedly tree times the legal drinking limit was arrested after crashing his car with his 4-year-old daughter riding inside. that crash happened on northbound highway 101 north of shy low road near santa rosa. rodriguez re wr es was driving 70 miles per hour when he made a sudden turn and lost control and crashed into a tree. the story doesn't end there. chp says the man then got himself and his daughter out of the car and took off running. witnesses managed to stop him, took the girl from his arms. the chps the girl was wearing a seat belt, but was not in a child safety seat. they were both taken to the hospital with minor injuries. >>> valejjo police say -- 20-year-ol