u.s. general. >> reporter: the commander of u.s. d international coalition forces that drove shad out of kuwait in 1991 has died. general schwarzkopf was a much- decorated combat soldier in vietnam and was possibly known as stormin' norman. former president bush approved the following statement. statem >> in the late '80s, general schwarzkopf was promossed to general and later appointed commander in chief of the u.s. central command. general colin powell released this statement which read in part, with the passing of general h. norman schwarzkopf, america lost a great patriot. general schwarzkopf was 78 years old. >>> the white house released this statement last night. it says, with the passing of general norman schwarzkopf we lost and merge original. from his deckated service in vietnam to the historic liberation of kuwait and his leadership of the united states general command. our prayers are with the sports cough family would tonight with know that his legacy will endure in a nation that is more secure because of hispatriotic ser

u.s. generals that have led the u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan is five. five years. five generals. in fact, since the american invasion of afghanistan, in late 2001, 11 years ago, the number of generals that have commanded u.s. and nato is over twice as many generals as years. over 22 generals. the dollar cost of the afghanistan war to the u.s. taxpayer, over half a trillion dollars. $641billion by the end of 2013. okay, the worst toll. the human toll. to date, americans killed in afghanistan, 2,156. americans injured or mentally ill, 18,109. suicides, nearly one a day. and in 2012, more active duty military kill themselves than were killed an afghan battlefield this year. question, drift. is the time to cut and run like now? ryan? >> it was yesterday. the president of afghanistan blames us for all of the instability. the afghan soldiers shoot at our men and women over there. there's nothing left to accomplish. just go. >> you're talking about karzai. karzai sometimes impresses people like a worm. because of the way he is treating us, what we've lost, what we've lost over there. >>

while generic drug makers explore options for boosting sales, here in the u.s., an aging population and the rollout of the affordable care act could be another growth opportunity. analysts believe the generic drug makers could see a 40% jump in revenues once the a.c.a. is fully implemented. >> if you look at where a lot of companies are focused today, it is in the disease states that are relevant to an aging population. >> reporter: new drugs and new markets may help spark revenue growth, but the 10,000-pound gorilla is a newer category of products known as bio-similars, which are proteins made in living cells that are oftentimes used to treat cancer. they are a lot more difficult to copy but could also carry fatter profit margins. ruben ramirez, "n.b.r.," new york. >> susie: on wall street progress on the fiscal cliff negotiations sparked broad-based gains on wall street, helping the major indices close at post- election highs. the s&p 500 rally got going about an hour after the homebuilders confidence survey was released, moving higher for an eighth straight month. the s&p finished up

u.s. general to be knighted. george h.w. bush called the general a true american patriot and one of the great military leaders of his generation. norman schwarzkopf was 78 years old. the white house today says president obama is keeping a close eye on a possible strike by longshoremen. union leaders for nearly 15,000 dock workers at every port from texas to maine say they'll walk off the job on sunday. we asked anna werner to find out how a strike would hurt the u.s. economy. >> reporter: the port of houston handles 42 million tons of cargo every year. it extended its hours this week to try and get shipments in and out before a strike can bring the port to a standstill. jim gillis is vice president of gulf intermodal services, a container trucking company. >> we've seen a dramatic increase in volumes and congestion as a result. >> reporter: what happens if they can't get all the goods out of the port? >> you have containers being held in yards around the houston area, specifically, so you're going to see stores are going to h

u.s. generally speaking a disease as rare if it afflicts fewer than 200,000 people.any of these diseases are genetic. but in truth, there's nothing rare about rare diseases. >> conditions like for instance, hearing loss or deafness, there's many genes that can -- in which mutati can lead to hearing impairment. but in one specific family an individual single gene will be responsible. so in the mixture of the phenotype of how many people can have hearing impairment it's not as rare as people think it is. the same goes for conditions like developmental delay or even birth defects. 2-3% of all children are born with a major birth defect no matter where you do the studies around the world and that is a significant% of the population. they have different kinds of birth defects and the individual birth defect might be considered a rare defect like the general heart defect or kidney defect. but actually there is many children that are born with birth defects. >> here in the u.s. there are more than 7,000 rare diseases affecting 25 million children and adults. studying the dn

u.s. general command there. schwarzkopf was 78 years old. >> secretary of state hillary clinton is heading back to work next week. she has been working from home while recovering from a concussion she suffered after fainting while fighting a stomach virus. her return to the state department's likely to be good news for capitol hill. glenn will testify next month before the congressional committee committee on the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. russian president vladimir q and has signed a bill today banning americans from adopting russian children. the law also blocks dozens of russian children who are currently in the adoption process by american families from leaving the country. houston says the bill as retaliation for an american law that calls for action against russian officials who were found guilty of violating human rights. more than 60,000 russian children have been adopted by american families in the past two decades. >> opening bell on this friday it looks like dow futures are lower

u.s. army general. a west point graduate and officer for his vietnam, he spent his in the army. >> let me put it this way, it take as long as it takes. >> as the leader of the u.s.-led coalition,al schwarzkopf achieved a rock star status. returned to the persian gulf his wasonal hero and the medal of freedom. >> he was a leader, a motivator. >> he was an extremely compassionate man. >> after retirement, he declined by both parties to run for political office. president george h. w. bush issued a statement. >> general schwarzkopf never interest inrue office.for he often played down the label of hero. years, he seemed most proud of this work with children's charities. >> we will take you quickly to landover right now. shanahan is speaking. show us what he could do. i thought he stepped up and played at an exceptional level. wilson? you talk about all the pressure you unleashed romo. >> we had some outside blitz's and some inside the .... zes.lit you have to get to good timing. maybe we got him to throw a t

u.s. general now another actually said it does in one that you had to attack seven countries in ten years which included iraq syria. iran eventually so this isn't a cloud in the works for a while and for now fourteen years going back the biggest opposition group inside syria is the muslim brotherhood group there was an organized group there. are the group in syria itself or of course the golan so. this uprising is not required to put it into context it's a new sim brotherhood uprising if it does political organization and from the very start we marched up and eleven it was already shooting it was already. armed factions of this group of this political organization. started so. the groups inside syria. they're characterized as secular at the say and up high that it has but really line between now and is is quite soon i mean that the other say it so well that the secretary in israel is muslim brotherhood organization and very small amount of them are secular. you have of course the foreign element these for all of the middle east the caucasus region in russia. to syria you are only because

u.s. attorney general dick thornburg pointed out that kind of stuff is just not true, it wouldn't have an impact on u.s. law. mr. thornburg is a republican and the father of a disabled son. he joins me now. mr. attorney general, appreciate you being with us. the crux of the senator's argument really seems to be just because u.s. law hasn't ever been affected by a u.n. treaty doesn't mean it couldn't happen some day. he says under article 6 of the constitution, any u.n. treaty automatically becomes law of the land in the united states. is that true? >> well, the consideration of this treaty was very carefully framed by attaching a number of restrictions, understandings and declarations that make it clear that number one, there is no need for change in u.s. law, there is not a single dime that has to be appropriated pursuant to this treaty, that the sovereignty of the united states is protected, that individual parents' rights are protected. it has one very real, clear and important purpose to this, to send a message to the world that enables them to follow in the footsteps of what the unite

u.s. general norman swartzcpf died.ted combat soldier in vietnam, he was known sometimes as stormin norman. he was 78 years old. >> family and friends continue to visit former president george hw bush in an intensive care unit of a houston hospital. he's the oldest living former president, optized at methodist hospital last month with a chronic cough and just transfered to icu because of a persistent high fever. doctors treating this disease but have not found what is caution it. the elder bush is 88 years old, suffering from vascular parkinism, making his legs immobile. >> a longstanding parking policy is ending and may catch many people off guard. watch out this, is the last sunday you may be able to park for free. >> well, it's the end of an era. as far as that one day break from these parking meters is concerned. td municipal transportation agency says it's not about the money they say, about management. parking management. this first parking meter installed in 1947. since then, sundays have been sacred but that is

general norman schwarzkopf, who died thursday of complications from pneumonia. he is known for leading allied forces in the 1991 gulf war walk caption during -- capturing the public imagination. >> norman schwarzkopf a little- known u.s. army general looking to retirement. then saddam hussein invaded kuwait and norman became a household name. he turned into the face of the u.s.-led counterattack called youoperation desert storm. >> let me put it this -- it will take as long as it takes for a iraqis to get out of kuwait and the united nations resolution to be enforced. >> the campaign culminated in a massive ground offensive, routing the iraqis in 100 hours. >> the navy has been told to get out of the war completely. >> was norman schwarzkopf a west point graduate who spent his whole career in the army. he was a war hero in vietnam, where he earned three silver stars, three bronze stars, and two parts. president george h. w. bush presented him with the medal of freedom for service to his country. president bush called norman schwarzkopf "a true american patriot." in retirement, he declined calls to run for office, devoting himself to public speaking and charity work. he leaves his wife and three children. norman schwa

u.s. military. >> general washington stopped the advancement in the war.khepbl college was established devoted to producing professional leaders in warfare. >> tradition is everything here. it permeates through everything that we do, our uniforms are the same as they wore in 1802 when the school opened. it gives us a background and something to draw from in our lives and our experiences as cadets. >> since day one everyone has their heart set on serving their country. it's not something you ever regret, it's something you get hyped about, reinspired and motivated. you want to serve your country. >> it starts with our mission, our mission to ed indicate to to ed indicate, train and inspire the core of cadets, so they are committed to the values of duty, honor and country and prepared for a selfless career of service as an officer in the united states army. jon: as long as there have been soldiers at west point there has been a band. >> there were field music musicians, drummers and fiffers, that go back to the 1700s in the army. jon: military drums were the

u.s. general way memorable military career has passed away. a look at the life and legacy of desert storm commander norman schwarzkopf. >> a redskins-cowboys preview with dave ross a little bit later. fox 5 morning news continues right now. right now. >> you can see how clear it is. clearly. friday, december 28th. good morning. i'm sarah simmons. h simmons. >> let's talk to tucker barnes about the weather. >> we are looking fine. it is chilly out there. kind of seasonbury chilly. temperatures back in the low to mid-30s and we'll be in for a decent day. about maybe 40, 42 today, partial sunshine. so friday looks good. tomorrow, things get a little more interesting as we've got this winter event on the way. not a huge event but it is an event. >> it is an event but not quite an event. >> okay. i'm just excited about it. >> you are allowed to be excite about it. we don't want to scare people. >> i know. i won't. >> 33 this morning at dulles and bwi. it doesn't take much, you know. there is a look at the satellite-radar. this is the makings of our

u.s. general norman schwarzkopf who died at the age of 78. >>> road crews prepping for another winter storm that could roll in, in the next 24 hours. >>> much more on those stories throughout the morning. thanks for joining us. i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang. >>> i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome back on this friday, december 28th. you can enjoy this friday weather because we're in for major changes in the days ahead. veronica johnson has our weather headlines. >> yeahment another storm for us. this will not be big for us. it will be a big storm for areas up through new england. take a look behind me. these are current windchill readings. they're 7 degrees warmer than the actual air temperature. 27 degrees. 27 gaithersburg and 37 degrees in areas of d.c. and around adams, 29 in manassas into prince william county. >>> snow developing around chicago. two of the areas of low pressure will be coming together, helping to produce snow about this time tomorrow we'll start to see snowfall. as far as today, 41 to 44 with increasing clouds today. mike, what's going on, on the roads in. >> veronica, w

u.s. attorney general eric holder is heading to newtown this afternoon he with will meet with first responders and law enforcement officials after he meets with vice president biden who today is embarking on his new mission to reduce gun violence. memorial of flowers, candles and signs continues to grow in newton, not the most vivid reminder. that is the continuous procession of hearses driven through town hour after hour, day after day. the mother nancy lanza will not be buried in newtown her arrangements are being made out of state. cnn is reporting the day before she died she return from a luxury resort in new hampshire. friends tell cnn in recent years nancy felt comfortable leaving adam home alone. home is where he phone the weapons he would use to kill his mother, 20 elementary school children and six teachers and faculty. vice presidented by charged with finding solutions to gun violence today he seeks input from law enforcement officials from afternoon the country. a new group is advocating for what it calls sensible gun legislation. >> we have 20 children trying to point us the way if

u.s. general said tonight that the mission shows an unwaivering commitment to defeat the taliban. >>> talksere homeland in geneva to find a diplomatic solution to end civil war in syria, which has now claimed about 40,000 lives. diplomats from the united nations, russia and u.s. released a statement saying, "the situation in syria was bad and getting worse. >> reporter: u.s. special forces are working with jordanain force on plans to secure assad chemical weapons. >> the white house has made it very clear there will be consequences, there will be consequences if the azad regime makes a terrible mistake by using chemical weapons on their open people. >> gunbattles between opponents and supporters of the president bashar assad left 40 dead. >>> a plane has been found believed to be carrying mexican- american sing star jenni rivera. rivera was born in long beach and known for her music as well as the tv reality show called "i love jenni." she was among sich people on board the plane flying from monterrey, mexico, when traffic controllers lost contact. authorities say there were no survivors in

i mean, the u.s.' general policy, they want to keep it limited to arms control. is that proper or would there be an opportunity, window for thetas engage with iran on these other -- >> there's always a sort of a conceptual dissidence, a conceptual dispute. there is a group of -- one point of view suggests that the agenda should be kept narrow, because otherwise it gives the iranians the opportunity to divert to talk about afghanistan, bahrain, syria. so the agenda has to remain narrow as a means of focusing issue of our principle concern, meaning proliferation. that's one school of thought. the second school of thought is if the agenda is broader you can have agreement on some issues. that has never been resolved, and when the issue remains unresolved the status quo remains. should it be considered as a last ditch effort? i don't think so. we always talk about years of decision, the year of this or that. we have more time on this issue. we always think of it as not having enough time, yet somehow there's always more time. somehow his issue seems to have within it

u.s. attorney general eric holder is heading to newtown this afternoon he with will meet with first responders and law enforcement officials after he meets vice president biden who today is embarking on his new mission to reduce gun violence. memorial of flowers, candles and signs continues to grow in newton, not the most vivid reminder. that is the continuous procession of hearses driven through town hour after hour, day after day. the mother nancy lanza will not be buried in newtown her arrangements are being made out of state. cnn is reporting the day before she died she return from a luxury resort in new hampshire. friends tell cnn in recent years nancy felt comfortable leaving adam home alone. home is where he phone the weapons he would use to kill his mother, 20 elementary school children and six teachers and faculty. vice presidented by charged with finding solutions to gun violence today he seeks input from law enforcement officials from afternoon the country. a new group is advocating for what it calls sensible gun legislation. >> we have 20 children trying to point us the way if we d

u.s. generated computer models kept trying to push it too far north up into the great lakes.nstead what we're seeing, think about it, a couple sunday nights ago we saw snow in green bay. we had a big storm just north of chicago. this one is a little further south. there will be one later this week that will probably dump snow in d.c. and places like that where the snow has changed over to rain. we're seeing winter push its way southeast and unlike last year we are going to have winter this year in the united states. you see example of that now. i may add in the big cities, baltimore, philadelphia, new york, this should change over to rain but once you get a little bit north of and west of the city, the heavy snow that cops in will change it sleet and freezing rain and it will be a royal mess through southern new england, back into the suburbs of philadelphia tomorrow morning, baltimore. further northwest, this just is an out and out snowstorm for most places from the midwest through pennsylvania, interior parts of pennsylvania through interior southern new england, a skiers d

u.s. general norman schwarzkopf has died at the age of 78. known as stormin' norman, he headed the first gulf war in 1981 which killed up to 205,000 iraqis during the invasion and its aftermath and decimated iraqi infrastructure. the one of the wars must address incidents, he ordered u.s. forces to fire on the retreating and this armed iraqi forces along iraq's highway 80, causing hundreds of casualties and prompting the name highway of death. news of his death comes as former president george h.w. bush who awarded the first gulf war, is a houston hospital in intensive care after suffering bronchitis. those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. president obama is said to me today with congressional leaders at the white house just three days before year-end deadline to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. obama and congressional republicans remain at an impasse ove

u.s. surgeon general, there's no safe level of exposure to second hand smoke and it's a cancer (inaudible) as well. outdoors second hand smoke that reach the same levels as indoughs so it's really not safe. for many months breathe california , as an institution working to create this ordinance that would require that a no smoking sign be posted on all street events, that several announcements be made to indicate that events are smoke free and that all promotional materials and advertising materials in events include information that the event is smoke free and in case of a violation, the director of transportation and iscad, which is kind of our coordinating agency in the city, will consider any prior violations of this ordinance on all permit applications for outdoor events requiring their review and approval. this proposed ordinance is endorsed by quite a few community organizations including the san francisco asthma task force, the tobacco free coalition, the african american tobacco control leadership council, philipino american leadership council, freedom from tobacco, girls afterscho

u.s. general population, estimates of similar around 2 to 3% of people have post traumatic stress disorder in their lifetime. some people are more likely to develop ptsd because of their occupations. a lot of post traumatic stress disorder in firefighters, in policemen and women. and then as eric also mentioned, more ptsd in the general population in women than in men in large part because of the kinds of traumatic experiences women are often exposed to, domestic violence, sexual trauma and the like. >> rose: is the core here the fear, whether it's from war or from civilian life, the idea of the constant fear of being assaulted? >> so the core is really that something life threatening has happened to profoundly change the individual's view of the world and their expectations. and a big part of it then is this ongoing fear that it could recur, it could happen again, it's going to come back opinions when did you first notice it, john. when did you become aware that what you had been experiencing might be something not-- what everybody experiences. >> it doesn't suddenly happen. and i think a

u.s. attorney general announced that so long as you were following the d.o.j. legal guidelines then torture was fine and then he said well ok we'll investigate some of the people who have gone beyond the guidelines and he went on so that he decided there wasn't really enough of a case to answer so no one has been prosecuted for any of the wars in iraq so how likely is it that the americans will one day wake up and say yes yes we will accept i.c.c. jurisdiction over a possible war crimes bill would you like to reply to that. but i just absolutely agree that the united states and every other country ought to be required to part to participate in the i.c.c. going to and to support a activities and i fully agree. it's only here it's not proper for us to. support. you know indictments of gadhafi and bashir and the other ones and not at least hold ourselves up to the same standard lawrence what do you think about that. yes well i think i'm kind of somewhere between the two positions i agree completely on the other hand i think that for an international criminal court

u.s. attorney general holder who pay add visit to connecticut today. the nra is expected to hold a major news dovrns make the first full statement since the killings. also tomorrow morning church bell throughout the country will ring at 6:28 one week to minute of the shooting. 7 news will carry a special report during tomorrow's moment of silence at 6:28. we will air it right here on the morning news and we will also stream it live for you at abc 7 news.com. >>> and there was a moment of silence held tonight for the snook victims. took place in the south bay. amma has the story. >> our beautiful innocent children and 6 of the courageous and loving teachers and helpers. >>reporter: people of all faith gather inside the santa clara county building for a community vigil honoring those killed inked sandy hook elementary shooting. >> we are 3000 miles away but we understand our own children are vulnerable and neighbors. >>reporter: county supervisor hosted event that began with a moment of silence. >> the fear starts to go away when we begin to convene peop