for us, we had a tough loss in toronto. we are looking for a little redemption and i expect the guys to come out hard and have a lot of fight. >> we didn't create enough offense until the end of the game. if we start from the start and put them behind the eight ball and let them make the mistakes and give ourselves a better chance. i don't think that our heads were into it enough. we weren't thinking the game enough that night. so, they took it to us good. >> they embarrassed us good out there. again, you know, it happens to be toronto. we are trying to string something together here and worry about our play and it doesn't really matter who we are playing. >> you can see the game on comcast at 7:00. >>> landry is out for sunday's game because of a groin injury. head coach mike shanahan doesn't know if he'll be back this season. sunday, shanahan faces long time friend bill bilacheck. >> him as a coach, are the gold standard in the nfl right now? >> i would say so. they have been that way for as many games as they have won an

gay penguins have appeared in germany, china and toronto. it's so bad they've even inspired a hit children's book "and tango makes three," which paves the way for such sordid future titles like "good night morals" and "green eggs and dan." but finally, finally... [applause] there's some good news on the gay penguin front. jim? >> remember the toronto zoo's so-called gay penguins buddy and pedro? rest let's saw it may have been a passing phase. there was an uproar a few months ago when the zoo announced the two male african penguins would be separated. buddy and pedro were considered gay g'day as they preferred to do everything together. it turns out after their bromance breakup, both buddy and pedro have take on the female mates and according to zookeepers are very interested in breeding. >> this is great news, nation. now we know the cure for gayness. all we have to do is separate gay men from their partners. place them in secure enclosures with female penguin. hey, i wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating mackerel. yeah, girl, you work th

larry toronto. >> good afternoon. larry toronto. some of this was not invented at town hall meetings, but some of this has been changed from the extent where you see so many people speaking, there is a reason. we did not have a chance to review it. i spent maybe two or three hours reviewing it, and since there are changes to the code, it should be 10 days. you should really said and then send an email out. everyone should be told that this is a link to this document so we can review it. we should get a chance to do it. i believe there is a 10-day requirement for certain codes, and we were not given a 10-day notice, and that is not fair. but there is some stuff in here that should probably be done. there is the reamp taxi stuff. the only problem is that the onus should be more on those who are not being irresponsible in fulfilling the requirements to pick up people in wheelchairs'. the medallion holders should be part of the process. the medallion owners are responsible. they are to participate in the operation. the next issue that c

majed el shafie received religious asylum in canada and now lives in toronto. majed says he was tortured and imprisoned in his native egypt for being a christian activist. he says one of his torturers carved out this cross on his upper back. today he runs a human rights group, one free world international. its goal is to raise awareness of and arrange help for persecuted christians like raja. egyptian christians, like iraqi christians, have been the victims of violent attacks. and the attacks have escalated. 25 christians were killed last october in a clash with security forces in cairo. they were protesting the partial destruction of a church in aswan. >> what i know is their scars are my scars. their pain is my pain. their experience is my experience. and they are my people. and i will not leave them behind. >> reporter: in fact, last september, majed convinced two canadian lawmakers to join him on a trip to baghdad to investigate the church attack that wounded raja and killed her neice. canadian senator don meredith is also a clergyman. once in iraq we are c

hi there in toronto. um...ncle of mine who used to live in detroit. and the reason i'm dedicating this number to him is that he is tonight celebrating his 99th birthday. unfortunately, he died when he was 26. liebestraum. hey, victor. ♪#@! [ laughter, applause ] you're not going to sing another song now, are you? no, no, i was just going to remind you that you're supposed to play the piano, play a duo with lee hambro, did you forget? yeah, but you only have one piano. we only have one? yeah, you only have one piano. there's not room for two here? no, we don't -- well, then stop playing in these little lounges.

they are a relatively new airline and based in toronto but they fly to boston, they fly to newark andut if you're going from new york to toronto, that's a $600 air fare which averages like american as low as $248 on porter. the coolest part they fly to one of the coolest urban airports in the world. they don't fly to pierson which costs you two hours in traffic to get to downtown toronto they fly to a little bitty island next to downtown toronto and you land at the airport and three minutes later you're in town. >> you can't beat that. before we go, the deals sound great in terms of the air fare. what about when you're in the air. we talk about what you don't get when you fly. what kind of amenities do they have or not have on board? >> amenities? >> i'm just checking. >> people tell me what is the definition of a great flight? my answer is you landed! the point is they are flying state-of-the-art airplanes. porter gives awe meal on flight to toronto when you consider it's a snack but only a 38-minute flight when you average the air time in there. bottom line it's good service and goi

anti-bullying campaign in his own school. >> hello pierre, this is lady gaga and hello to toronto. wanted to tell you how proud i am of you for being such a strong advocate for the lgbt community in your school. there should be more little monsters like you. >> who says you can't hear from your hero. he is the lucky young man that received the e-mail and joins me now. how were you able to get the attention can lady gaga with the work you were doing at your school? >> i just really wrote her a letter. i found an address for her online and i wrote to her telling her what we were planning on doing, the assembly we were having and how her message impacted the students at my school and hopefully other schools across the country. i wrote her a letter and she responded. >> what was your reaction when you received this e-mail message? >> i'm a huge fan of lady gaga. when i saw the e-mail, i freaked out and didn't believe it. when i downloaded the video and watched it, i burst into tears. it was crazy exciting. i couldn't believe it. >> we know what the problem is in america when it comes t

frigid temperatures didn't stop 15 nearly naked santas from taking part in toronto's annual race, which raises money for a local children's hospital. the event has raised $180,000 in seven years, bringing christmas cheer in the form of toys and games to patients. wait, you're doing that one next year, right? you were just telling me about it. >> i was in the video. you didn't see me there? >> were you? >> i had the six-pack. >> that's right. that was you. >>> time now for an early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. google is celebrating the life of robert noyce, cocreator of the microchip with its latest home page doodle marking what would have been the late silicon valley legend's 81st birthday. noyce conducted intel in 1968. >>> in california, an exhibit will preview hundreds of items from michael jackson's home that are due to be auctioned off next weekend. the collection showcases antique furnishings and paintings as well as the bed in which the so-called king of pop died the. >>> and a very happy birthday to game show icon bob barker who turns

that's for you in toronto.of the holiday in mia miami. >> that's okay with me, too. we want winter snow in toronto, not miami. thanks, my friend. >> unfortunately, in parts of the southeast a different flavor altogether. the chance of strong storms developing, guys. alabama, louisiana and back into mississippi and especially in the late afternoon strong storms possibly some tornadoes and damaging winds and large hail and some spots the low-lying areas and places with poor drainage. the big weathermaker out west is still going to rumble and you saw the live report a moment ago the snowfall outside of denver, at least near the airport. much of this is great news for ski country because, to be honest, they could use the snow and this will certainly help matters. guys, take a look at this, nice, dry, cooler conditions for the northern plains. the storms into the northeast and in terms of the temperatures 26 in the twin cities and your delays, atlanta. severe weather into the afternoon and delays for cincinnati, mem

. >>> last week, lady gaga sent a video about bullying or about anti-bullying to a student in torontocques st. pierre. >> i want to tell you how proud i am of you for being such a strong advocate for the elderly of the community in your school. >> jacques and his school, the school of the arts in toronto, lauhed an anti-bullingy campaignhat she's now h supporter of. we've seen the video, but what we haven't yet seen is jacques himself. we have him via skype to talk to us about how this has changed his life. >> when i first wrote the letter, i didn't really expect anything from it. and then that day, when i opened my email and saw the subject line, to jacques from lady gaga, i was in disbelief. >> what is the campaign that your school is doing for anti-bullying? >> we're calling it i will make it better project. we wanted to show people what bullying can do and how it affects people. we've gotten every single student at our school to sign a pledge, saying they will make it better. and we'd like them to take the pledge live at the assembly we had to launch the campaign. >> jacques, what

no snow in toronto?> probably not. >> check and see if you can get me a white christmas. >> all right, pal. >>> rob marciano. >>> still to come, could the tug-of-war over your paycheck be headed back to square one? what the house speaker has to say about extending the payroll tax hol day. >>> and now endorsing gop presidential candidate mitt romney. our panel of political experts will weigh in on this new campaign development. how important is it? we'll talk about that next. ( phone ringing ) okay... uhh. the bad news, it's probably totaled. the good news is, you don't have to pay your deductible. with vanishing deductible from nationwide insurance, you got $100 off for every year of safe driving, so now your deductible is zero. the other good news ? i held on to your coffee. wow. ♪ nationwide is on your side ( laughing ) it's actually a pretty good day when you consider. that's great. >>> back to the u.s. for a few minutes. could be back to the negotiating table this morning for lawmakers trying to hamm

use their embarrassing loss against toronto as fire tonight. 1-0 caps.beauty. 2-0 caps, momentum rolling. he becomes the first cap to score a hat trick. wizards announced they signed roger mason junior. this is his second stint with washington. he can play both guard positions. helps alleviate some of the for the wizards to sign nick young. the shortened preseason and turnaround will most present some fitness issues. coach says he expected out a little rusty. he believes the team might its youth.m >> this is a new beginning. this is a new team. >> i know what it takes to lead a team. know what it takes to control things. >> good to see him again. tom brady might warrant some therity of the decision on patriots' offense. the redskins credit. washington has the ninth best the league. in you still have to watch out for that. basically, he is bradys favorite target. hall explains why he is so dangerous. he finds a way. they have a major connection. they are able to find each other. >> the national's traded right- to detroit in another rightie. >> good deal.

huge exposure, lavish honeymoon to the colbert national tower in toronto, canada. see the skydome, see the blue jays, number one baseball team in ontario. call me, candidates, this offer expires when i say it does. see you at the debate. we'll be right back. ♪ swing music plays ♪ (cheers and applause) welcome back, everybody! my guests tonight won three grammy this is year. wow! one more and that's four! please welcome the black keys! (cheers and applause) hey, thank you very much. dan, patrick, good to see you again. those lights tried to kill me. all right, good to see you back. the album you won three grammys for this year is called "brothers," right? >> yes. >> stephen: okay, welcome to the club! welcome to the grammy club. >> right. >> stephen: right. i won a grammy. (cheers and applause) >> congratulations. >> stephen: thank you very much. i wasn't fishing for that but thank you very much. do you have any tips on maintenance or anything? >> yeah what do you use to polish it? >> stephen: a shamie, and feed it nothing but baby food. the new album is called "el

five thirty here in moscow thank you for joining us i'm karen toronto with a quick look at your headlines dozens of new civilian deaths reported in syria as the arab league gears up to monitor the implementation of a peace plan but hundreds of mercenaries from abroad are allegedly fighting for regime change there the u.n. estimates more than five thousand civilians have been killed in syria since march while the regime claims its fighting armed insurgency. a new ally pakistan seeks closer cooperation with china as it faces a crisis and its relations with the u.s. ties with america have become close to breaking over the covert u.s. raid to kill osama bin laden and last month's deadly drone attack. it was a day of joy for some and regret for others it's twenty years since the collapse of the soviet union an opinion is still split on whether the breakup was the best choice for its people and ended the cold war and produced more than a dozen nations but also brought about many of the long term and painful consequences. those were the headlines this hour up next r t takes you on a trip through

but now you're back in toronto. >> you got it.so if you have a tech enthusiast on your list i got four great products to show you. the first one is called the magic cube. this is a virtual key board believe it or not about the size of a zippo lighter or pack of tictacs but beams a red laser keyboard onto a nearby surface like a table or a desk. it's kind of hard to see in this room. it's a bit bright. there is a red qwerty keyboard being beamed on to the table. you synchronize this via bluetooth with your smart phone, tablet, computer, and you have a full sized keyboard to type on. it's pretty cool. you can hear a little clicking noise. >> that is very cool. >> a projected virtual keyboard. >> it'll essentially work anywhere? >> as long as it's not too bright. i can see it here very clearly but i don't think through the web cam you're able to see it when i splashed it on to a piece of paper. so yeah. the coffee shop, in your own home. it works great. you just synchronize it to your favorite tablet or smart phone, something that is

. >>> toronto, sabres and maple leafs tied 2-2 late in the third. kadry proved he belongs, unleashing a cannon. leafs with a 3-2 win. >>> predators rally from three goals down against the blue jackets. erat completes the comeback with 8.4 seconds left in the game. nashville scores four unanswered and wins this one 6-5. >>> that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> well, which film has raked in millions overseas but isn't expected to make much of a dent here? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> if someone hasn't gotten your christmas card and you're penmanship challenged, we'll show where you it likely sits right now. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this friday. weekend holiday forecast for the whole country. in case have you traveling or loved ones that are wondering what they are dealing with for the holidays. breezy for california. nothing like yesterday. light snow in new mexico. a few showers up in the coastal areas of the northwest. even on saturday, the only really storm

. >>> toronto, sabres and maple leafs tied 2-2 late in the third. kadry proved he belongs, unleashing a cannon. leafs with a 3-2 win. >>> predators rally from three goals down against the blue jackets. erat completes the comeback with 8.4 seconds left in the game. nashville scores four unanswered and wins this one 6-5. >>> that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> well, which film has raked in millions overseas but isn't expected to make much of a dent here? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> if someone hasn't gotten your christmas card and you're penmanship challenged, we'll show where you it likely sits right now. >>> welcome back to "early today." let me take you through the highlights of your holiday weekend forecast. today, heavy rain early this morning in new england. that's exiting. snow showers this afternoon. a few showers down along the georgia/florida border. light snow in new mexico. west texas is going to get snow late tonight into tomorrow. of anyone getting a white christmas, hav

. >>> now in toronto, the devils and maple leafs needed overtime. david clarkson ended it with his second goal of the game. new jersey snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 overtime win. >>> blue jackets and canadiens, rick nash, one of the best in the league, this is why. take the goalie to his right, went to his left, columbus just won their eighth of the year 3-2. >>> islanders aren't much better. they have nine wins but undefeated when they score five goals. they hit that mark last night against lightning. david ulstrom scored his first of his career. islanders cruise to a win. >>> canucks' daniel sedin scored a goal in the first and two more in the third and that's a hat trick. canucks won it big 6-0. >>> finally great finish in college hoops. final seconds. 11th ranked marquette down one to washington. vander blue found the open man and crowder knocked down the go ahead three. six seconds to play. a time-out to burn. but abdul gatty took it in himself and threw it over the backboard. i don't think that's the shot they wanted. marquette

just in double figures in new york at 11. 5 in toronto and a warm day in winnipeg at. 2 in denver and low 20s in houston as well as mexico city. okay. now to europe. storm after storm keeps coming through the british isles. and during your day on friday, you can see there is a very well-developed system just about to move into the british isles and you can just tell how strong that wind is going to be. so gaels continuing since last week, really, right across the north. as for the precipitation in the baltic states, rain changing over to snow by the time it hits western russia, and down to the southeast, not too bad here actually. a little warmer than it has been in the past weeks. athens up to 18 degrees on your saturday. 17 for rome, and 12 in paris. 12 in london as well. and vienna, meanwhile, looking a lot cooler. 69 in berlin and 5 for the high in stockholm. here is your extended forecast. >> that's our broadcast for this hour of "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

and passing towards looks like toronto and eventually off towards buffalo and syracuse. they are below normal for the snowfall this time of the year. they will catch up. closer to home we will get high cloud out of the system. that's it when you notice the high clouds even contrails from the overhead plane traffic today, the signal that slightly cooler air is working in. we start off cold at 23 in towson and 31 by the water in annapolis and looking back west there's the storm pattern. follow the wakeup window a mild day in store. slight chill this weekend and the big storm for next week. here's burt clay with traffic. >> reporter: thank you. you can drive like the wind this morning but follow the posted speed limits. looking at the beltway a. shot of 695 at maryland 144 that's frederick road, traffic in both directions moving well. building volume dropping in towards another shot. this is 695 at harford road on the northeast side. traffic is moving very smoothly and as a matter of fact also light and hopefully things stay that easy. jones falls expressway, jfx at north a

warships so close to an iranian a naval exercise sits right next to a crucial oil route that toronto is threatening to pull off. egypt's ruling generals are accused of tyranny that's right it's a station against the offices of foreign and human rights groups the military accuses of stirring up trouble. plus softer a tough year for eurozone governments many the so-called euro krauts now in charge of some nation can never bring any relief from a situation they helped to create in the first place.

>> i went to an audition in toronto where i'm from, and it's an open audition, anybody could try out.hen i didn't get the callback the first time, and then the kids' casting director, nora brennan called me and said they're coming back to toronto and wanted me to come do the audition again. and so i went and i got the callback in new york and the rest is history. reporter: the rest is history. and what do you like to do for fun? you're still 13. >> yeah. well, i am 13. reporter: although he seems like he's 35. my goodness, he's so polished and poised. like that discipline. >> i like sort of relaxing and -- reporter: come on. don't hide it. >> i love spending time with the other kids. we have a cool cast. reporter: you love potato chips. >> i love potato chips. reporter: i like reduced fat, he loves full fat. >> i love potato chips. reporter: let's explain to our friends at home why i'm wearing this tutu. >> well, because she's a balance erin a. -- ballerina. our company, even myself we put on tutus and do a number called "finale," it's like a celebration on stage with the company. rep

just in double figures in new york at 11. 5 in toronto and a warm day in winnipeg at. 2 in denver and low 20s in houston as well as mexico city. okay. now to europe. storm after storm keeps coming through the british isles. and during your day on friday, you can see there is a very well-developed system just about to move into the british isles and you can just tell how strong that wind is going to be. so gaels continuing since last week, really, right across the north. as for the precipitation in the baltic states, rain changing over to snow by the time it hits western russia, and down to the southeast, not too bad here actually. a little warmer than it has been in the past weeks. athens up to 18 degrees on your saturday. 17 for rome, and 12 in paris. 12 in london as well. and vienna, meanwhile, looking a lot cooler. 69 in berlin and 5 for the high in stockholm. here is your extended forecast. >> that's our broadcast for this hour of "newsline." i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

toronto blew them out 7-1. it was the caps worst of the season. >> it's always in the back of your mind, but bottom line is, you're going to go out and every game and work your tail off. it's just because you got beat last game and definitely want to rebound a good game. so you know, expect good things. >> boxing back in d.c. tomorrow night the city will host a junior title bout against peterson. peterson 140. two quick notes. le'ron landry is out for sunday's game. traded to tigers for perry. and the wizards open up their training camp tonight. >>> brian, here's another look at that forecast. the weekend is going it be chilly. we keep temperatures below normal. next chance of rain next thursday. >> enjoy your friday night. we're back here tonight at 10:00 for the news edge at 11:00. we hope you will be, too. how's it going? good afternoon. don't feed that meter. this meter's on me. with all the hundreds i've saved at progressive, this meter's on me. thank you. de nada. with all the hundreds i've saved on car i

that will continue through toronto and buffalo and upstate new york and new england during the day on friday. bypassing us. it will drag a little front through us late friday. so, that saturday's a little bit cooler but we'll start to turn it around as we head toward sunday. as you look to the north and west, by saturday, at noontime, showers into des moines and northern michigan. if you're traveling chicago this weekend, you have a better chance of seeing some unsettled weather as opposed to here in washington. just stay home, right? 30 tonight in manassas. 29 for martinsburg and luray. 30 in dumbberland. in town, upper 30s. some areas locally, especially if the winds go dead calm, we could drop to main 25 or 24 in the really cold spots. here is the forecast for the next three days. today, we're looking at 51, 52, 53, very pleasant. tonight, 20s and 30s. we warm up to 55 tomorrow. pleasantly cool. saturday, just a tad cooler down in the low 50s. sunday, another good weekend around here. upper 50s, monday, 60. tuesday though, we turn wet. 55. wednesday, 50. colder air may try to sneak