as part of this so-called magnitsky law let's now get the data the latest details from artie's tom boston hello tom so warsaw the reasons for this exchange of accusations and punishments then. hi there yulia yes barack obama has signed into law the american magnitsky bill which blacklist certain russian officials having been accused by the us of involvement in surrey game magnitsky is death so the magnitsky was a lawyer who allegedly uncovered massive corruption in russia involving russian officials his friends and colleagues have said that he was then set up by those very same russian officials in two thousand and nine he died in prison having been imprisoned on what his supporters say were trumped up charges they also say that he was denied medical care and may have been beaten to death which led to this piece of u.s. legislation russia though has for a long time now railed against this legislation saying it is rank hypocrisy and that if the magnitsky bill was a part was passed it was attached to a piece of trade legislation then retaliation would come but a move putin has spoken out ca

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point eight million dollars so let's hear more about the charges now marty's out from boston standing by for us live by tom good to see you can you just bring us up today what is the latest now on this. by the rory yes alexei novelli has been charged with fraud and money laundering relating to a case involving a postal service says his brother works in russia's postal service investigators alleged on the two of them set up a fake company then using their contacts in the postal service they managed to convince a private company to use their firm for postal services they then proceeded to massively over charge this company investigators say and then pocketed one point eight million dollars worth of fun was from the deal also laundering some of that money say investigators in a very complex scheme it is details. of novelli fruit for his part sais that he's he wasn't aware of of this charges until late suddenly popped up and he's also implied that they're politically motivated but designed to discredit him he's been instrumental in organizing opposition protests in russia over the past year he's also facing an

tom calling from boston, massachusetts. >> good morning. >> your two previous callsers were right on. nra member. i am a gun owner. i, in fact own an assault weapon and what senator -- basically what senate feinstein is proposing is that people whoina salt weapons now, they can't sell them. they can't hand them down to their kids. >> that's essentially it. so what will happen >> bill: how do you know that? >> caller: because i read on the "boston globe" web page about what she basically was proposing. no. i haven't read the bill but it summed it down in a nutshell and by the way the "boston globe" is a progressive newspapers >> bill: "boston globe" is a great newspaper. i have not seen any point by point analysis of what is in senator feinstein's bill. i don't think she has released it. i will check out the "boston globe" story, john. but go ahead. go ahead. yeah. >> unless we have what the previous caller said were people are forced to turn in these assault weapons, they will still be in circulation. so what happened last friday could very well happen again two, three, four, 10 years

and we're pleased to be between washington and boston with approximately 50% of our business because that market continues to be reasonably strog. >> tom: that isg. hot area. >> out on the west coast -- the job markets -- i think texas seems to have its own economy. the job market in texas is pretty strong. i think cifornia has been reasonably strong for us as well. particularly up in the silicon valley area. i think the success of a number of the companies upn there is driving the market. and seattle is another pretty wels well-positioned employment base and we've seen good sales up there. >> tom: from the east cost to the west coast with toll brothers chief financial officer martin connor with us. >> susie: investors are trading on headlines, and the head is all about fiscal cliff. yesterday the dow was up 100 points. today own 100 points all because the headlines weren't looking at0 favorable. >> tom: just very sensitive to any of the rhtoric coming out of washington for the stock market here, susieco in our "market focus," we can see indications of that. from the post-election highs we had yesterday, and the selling picked up a lit

tom: how far into the country? you are talking about the ports issue we showed map down from boston down to houston. but, you were talking about the truckers and so on. look at that, this is a big chunk of the nation, how far inland do they go? will we see retailers shelves that are empty? >> not just localized to the ports, all companies throughout country, importers and exporters rely those ports to move their products in and out, if the strike or shut down goes on for more than a couple of days you will see an impact on retail shelves with products not available later this year, retailers in process of bringing in early spring merchandise in january from, easter shoes on patio furniture. tom: grocery stores? i'm trying to think of what comes in on a ship? you have a variety of products from oil to textiles to all kinds of things. how far down the list, i'm trying to figure out what couple of days, what do i need to stock up on? before people run out? >> as of right now, a strike would be limited to containerized cargo, pearishibles would not be impacts or and autos, but if there is a management l

he was in boston last night, but he drove eight hours to attend a holiday assembly at his old school. tomherwood reports from trucedale elementary. >> reporter: in the lobby, all was calm. little children wearing holiday headgear needily lined up just like the teachers said to do for the holiday assembly. >> holiday message for today is cheer and generosity and inspiration. >> reporter: at trussdale inspiration campus and like schools across the country, educators just wanted a holiday season school event, but here there was something special. it's all about you all. are you all excited? yay! >> reporter: san francisco's nfl star vernon davis was back in his hometown after playing late sunday night near boston, he was passing out gives. the dunbar and maryland graduate said it was important for him to be there. >> reporter: you drove eight hours? >> we left at 2:00 a.m. it was important when i came back here. i remember when i was a kid, i always wanted that hero to show up. >> reporter: school business manager charles robertson has been here since 1993. >> vernon was very mature and very

landed in boston a couple of hours ago.ready for their big sunday night matchup detroit and portland art height and a double overtime. take a look. brooklyn to-beat the detroit pistons. 14-9. >> with tom brady and the patriots.who quite simply never lose at home in december.well almost never.20 straight wins in foxboro going all the way back to 2002. 49ers vs. patriots that's right.tom brady and the patriots have won 20 straight at home during the month of december - going all the way back to 2002 so no surprise that new england is a pretty heavy favorite at 5 2 points espn did a poll and two- thirds of the country think the patriots will win a win by the niners would not only cement colin kaepernick's status as the undisputed starterit could clinch the division - if seattle loses to buffalo the matchup really comes down to one thing spherecan the 49ers top ranked defense stop the patriots number one offense? new england putting up 36 points per game while the niners only allow 14 let's hear from both teams: carlos rogers, brady, tarell brown >> there is really no weakness on this team. you have to do well. they will even sacked the quarterback with an incredible pace. it is a lot of

boston for christmas. if you will be there send me a message. we can go drinking. it is depressing. >> tom, what kind of gigs ? >> rehab first and then i don't know i am doing the america's got talent tour in vegas. and then the miramar cultural art center in florida. >> excellent. >> merry christmas, everyone. back to you, greg. >> shut up. >> shut up. >> he does president care about christmas. he doesn't care about christmas. >> au tonight. >> we'll get yourr son out of there one way or the other. we promise that mr. and mrs. hammar. >> laura: corporal john hammar home for christmas after relentless campaign by the factor, the family of the u.s. marine held captive in a filthy mexican prison on a trumped up charge says they will all get to spend the holiday together. >> at some point we're going to have to address the spending problem that we have. but we can't cut our way to prosperity. we need real economic growth. how we get there, god only knows. >> laura: chaos in the g.o.p. as speaker john boehner fails to sell his colleagues on his plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. so what now? >> r

. >>> and giselle and tom brady are proud new parents this morning. the bostoner. >> gretchen: no doubt a stunner. have you ever written a negative review on-line for a bad experience you may have had? well, this next story may surprise you. >> brian: got a virginia woman being sued by a contractor she hired after posting a one star scathing review on the web site, yelp. she claims the contractor failed to do the job she hired him for, but he says that's not true. now he claims her review is costing him business. >> steve: joining us now with more is lawyer steven sack. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: also this woman said that the contractor damaged her house and stole her jewelry. >> yeah. that was the kicker, i think. when you impugne someone being a criminal or committing a crime rises to the level of a problem. >> steve: if you just say, this guy came in and he did, in my opinion a lousy job, that's okay >> the whole key for everyone to remember is that the internet is a wonderful tool. but it's a legal trap. the minute you put something in w

boston. there are many books. so they became publishers and publish things like daniel hawthorne -- excuse me, nathaniel hawthorne and tom clancy. we also publish the grapes of wrath and steinback not publishers many best-selling fiction and nonfiction artists. i am the publisher of riverhead. we are very specialized and our goals is to bring new perspective and new voices to the readers. we are always looking for something appealing to we haven't heard before. there was a book published by a guy i heard on the radio. it was something about his voice and i have to call him up and buy that book. it turned out that i was not alone. many people wanted to hear that same as well. we have this irrational hope in the midst of a constant state of collapse. and we continue to do it. it has been touched on here at the summit, a lot of the history of book publishing is coming together of format around successful publishers. they have adopted new formats and augmented them into a single company. paperback and hardcover as well. which was a problem for paperback publishers because they needed products. so they bought them were starte

tom and gisele's brand new baby, vivian lake. she was delivered in the comfort of the couple's boston home on wednesday.the miracle of birth once again. she posted on her face boox page. and are forever grateful for the opportunity to be the parents of another little angel. >> i grew up with three sisters. i think it is great for my boys to have a girl in the house. to understand a little bit of what makes a woman tick. >> reporter: little vivian's birth was not the first at-home birth. benjamin was born at home in the family's bathtub. something the supermodel said was a natural experience. >> my job as a mom, that i felt that moment, was to just breathe, relax, and allow my body and trust my body to do what it knows. what natch urally knows what to. >> reporter: only about 1% of births now happen at home, more and more couples are choosing to forego the hospital. >> it looks like it's starting to be more popular. gisele, ricki lake, cindy crawford are making it more popular. >> that moment, i felt like i could conquer the world. give it to me. i can take it. i felt so empowered. i felt so ready. you c

tom brady and his wife's brand new baby daughter, vivian lake. but what's really got people talking is that the newborn was delivered not in a hospital, but in the comfort of the couple's boston home on wednesday. we feel so lucky to have been able to experience the miracle of birth once again, and are forever grateful for the opportunity to be the parents of another little angel. >> i grew up in a house of three sisters. so i think it's great for my boys to have a girl in the house, just to understand at least a little bit of what makes a woman tick. >> reporter: little vivian's birth wasn't the first at-home delivery. their son benjamin was born at home in the family's bathtub, something she describes as a natural experience in a documentary. >> my job as a mom that i felt at that moment was to just breathe, relax, and allow my body and trust my body to do what it knows, what naturally knows what to do. >> reporter: while doctors say only about 1% of births happen at home, more and more couples are foregoing the hospital. in part due to celebrity influence. >> it looks like it's starting to be more popular. celebrity gisele, ricki lake, cindy crawford are making this more p

tom putnam is the director of the presidential museum and i thank you all for coming here this evening. let me begin by acknowledging generous underwriters of the kennedy form, bank of america, boston capital, global institute, the boston foundation, and the media partners. tonight's forum is a very special one for those who work at the john f. kennedy library and the same. the publication of the "listening in", which is now on sale in our museum store, was simply not possible if not for the incredible skills and talent and professionalism and dedication of our library staff and government employees. there is one person in particular, one person that tom putnam and i would like to acknowledge. and it isn't archivist that has been overseeing the classification of these recordings and who knows more about these 265 hours of president can '80s taped conversation than any other american. so i ask that you please join us in thanking and acknowledging his work here at the kennedy library. [applause] we have a wonderful panel with us tonight. joining us for tonight's discussion as historian ted winters, who so carefully selected the most compelling of his remarkable recordings and wrote d

there was a guy coming up called tom rush who played here at the cellar door, and he played in bostonthe 47. i really pattern myself after, just a guy with a guitar, full position, unapologetic. -- falcon musician. unapologetic folk musician. and i would say wouldtwo and the beatles. >> what do you think of current pop music? >> you know, i guess i do not like it a whole lot. [laughter] [applause] >> i guess i don't like it a whole lot. >> what would we find -- >> i sound just like my dad. there are great people out there, i know it. and i don't mean to condemn it but i think it's passed me by a little bit. i still have a wonderful career and a beautiful audience that i really love but the spotlight is elsewhere now and i'm a known quantity now. and that's fine with me to play out this hand. but i don't pay a whole lot of attention to -- i never did listen much to the radio. when i was a kid, i did. i don't listen to music much. kim works with the boston symphony and we get a lot of classic cal music in the house. we have 11-year-old twin boys and they have their preferences, maybe it

tom and gisele's brand new baby, vivian lake. what's really got people talking is that the newborn was not born in a hospital but in the comfort of the couple's bostonbeen able to experience the miracle of birth once again. she posted on her facebook page. and are forever grateful for the opportunity to be the parents of another little angel. >> i grew up with three sisters. i think it is great for my boys to have a girl in the house. just to understand a little bit at least of what makes a woman tick. >> reporter: little vivian's birth was not the first at-home birth. benjamin was born at home in the family's bathtub. something the supermodel said was a natural experience. she talked about it in the documentary "business of being born." >> my job as a mom, that i felt that moment, was to just breathe, relax, and allow my body and trust my body to do what it knows. what naturally knows what to do. >> reporter: while doctors say only about 1 pbt of births now happen at home, more and more couples are choosing to forego the hospital, in part because of the celebrity influence. >> it looks like it's starting to be more popular. gisele, ricki lake, cind

there was a guy coming up called tom rush who played here at the cellar door, and he played in bostona guy with a guitar, full musician, unapologetic folk musician. i would say those two and the beatles. >> what do you think of current pop music? >> you know, i guess i do not like it a whole lot. [laughter] [applause] >> i sound just like my dad. there are great people out there. i know it. and don't mean to condemn it, blanket condemn it. but, you know, i think it's passed me by a little bit. i still have a wonderful career and a beautiful audience that i really love but the spotlight is elsewhere now and i'm a known quantity now. and that's fine with me to play out this hand. but i don't pay a whole lot of attention to -- i never did listen much to the radio. when i was a kid, i did. i don't listen to music much. kim works with the boston symphony and we get a lot of classical music in the house. we have 11-year-old twin boys and they have their preferences, maybe it's because they're playing most of the popular music i'm hearing in the house i have such a negative take on it. >> do

tom. chris, executive directer of the legacy. and codirect earth of the center for traumatic at boston university.high school is an interesting question. it's where i started playing football. and it's hard to figure where on the spectrum it fits. we know youth is probably more dangerous than high school. we know that high school is a big part of our culture. i kind of want to go back, i have a lots of notes here to separate youth from kind of professional and then kind of where we're in the middle. because i think this discussion is really what is unique about football versus other sports and while we're having the discussion. a lot comes down to the adult game is not really separated from the youth game. in a meaningful way. like soccer there's no heading before a search age. no checking in ice hockey. baseball no curve ball. we don't do that football. it's the real game where head contact is not rare, and accidental. and so i think we have to kind of identify that as a big issue. but i think we have to look to in terms what we should be doing we actually can look up to the nfl and the nfl pa ab