decent climate: rarely gets below freezing in the winter; it gets fairly hot in the summer, but not unbearably so. c-span: how long did you live on that ranch? >> guest: well, i live on it from childhood until i went away to school and eventually got married. my brother, who wrote it with me, lived on it always, until it was sold.

something we can do about it, is the things we are doing to the environment, making these things more unbearable. construction, an earthquake there was one in chile that killed less than a hundred people, fewer than a hundred people. all of these things, and people have been forced to leave the countryside, to come to the city. so we often also discussed these things and how devotion in the land -- how it causes us to have these massive mudslides and flooding when a hurricane goes through. these things, they are more of the things that we can do something about as a community. but these other theories, they are also talked about. >> host: in reading through your book, "so spoke the earth: the haiti i knew, the haiti i know, the haiti i want to know", i was struck that so many writers return to haiti. >> guest: i think so many of us come as children. we were a lot like our parents. arkansas like they had no choice to leave. so you do have this yearning for your country. and i have a lot of family that i did quite a lot. but there is this yearning, things that are parents described as a paradise a

it payment unbearable. -- it became unbearable. on top of that, within a half hour or 45 minutes the germans, according to their doctrine, began a power attack. they hit it with company strength or more, sometimes even a battalion. the 2 72nd and later -- [inaudible] started storming the hill. this happened five times. one of the most poignant scenes is from ed who was in a foxhole that was sort of obscured by a rock. and as they charged up the hill, they were about to overrun the rangers on top near the pill box. there were several german bodies that were in front of the foxhole, and he -- it's almost like out of a scene out of the movie where eagles dare. he picked up two mg-42 machine pistols, and with both hands fired into the oncoming germans and stopped the entire attack. and that's not an anecdote that was given to me if an oral history, that was in the official after-action report, and it was later confirmed by about six or seven other rangers tarp right next to him. but that's the kind of courage these men had. things got

today newtown, connecticut, faces what seems to be the unbearable. the 6-year-olds killed in the elementary school massacre. they are being held at this hour. i'm suzanne malveaux in atlanta with "newsroom's" special coverage as newtown remembers. >> reporter: and i'm wolf blitzer here in newtown. the funerals will go on for days as 20 children and the 6 adults who tried to protect them are laid to rest. all of this following a moving and emotional service last night. ♪ it included a prayer sung by a rabbi, readings from the bible and the koran, prayers from christian leaders and a promise from president obama. >> in the coming weeks, i'll use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens from law enforcement, to mental health professionals, to parents and educators in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this. >> also last night, the crowd at the prayer service gave a standing ovation to the first responders who answered the call at sandy hook elementary school. i want to update you on the investigation and in the afterm

. >> the agony of this week town was almost unbearable. first jack pinto was also buried. the town will hold the funerals of 80 more small victims of horrific violence. the parents of one of them have been speaking of their desperation as they waited outside the school on friday. >> i know exactly what she was wearing. i was going to see her black the glittery uggs should put on this morning. >> there was still hope because the children were hiding. >> then hope departed. >> there was so much panic and confusion. life was sucked out of everyone in the room. i found a state trooper and was like are there any survivors? are you telling me that standing here as a parent my child is gone and? he said yes. >> in the drizzle outside the school, candles and flowers and decorations, as symbols of the season of joy, serve as a memorial for grief. it is heartbreaking. it set out a bout of national soul-searching about young men and violence, videogames and mental illness and guns. america asks what could have prevented this. >> charlotte, daniel, olivia, sustained, anna. >> there we

it is unbearable. yet millions of people use the river every day. it is the entry point to the capital. those who live in nearby slums dump their garbage in the river. they also washed themselves and their clothing in it. >> it smells, but with so, it's the clothing cleaned. >> authorities have left it to people to care for it. for millions of hindus, the river is sacred. every year, they immerse their gods in the water. for some, bathing in the river remains a sacred ritual. >> more than $3 billion is being handed out across spain on its 200th anniversary lottery. millions of prizes will be awarded. the biggest payout went to people in the town on the outskirts of madrid. they were very happy about it. the spanish government is desperate to revive the property market. it is offering foreign buyers an incentive to help shift almost 700,000 unsold properties. >> in the spanish resort, the russian expatriate property agent shows a potential buyer around the property. she is russian. she is looking to trade live in moscow for some sign living on the sp

working and the purpose was very obvious to us the purpose was to create a situation which would be unbearable for for them to continue and that was. achieved so they left as well and then of course in june last year in june this year. in june two thousand and twelve in geneva there was a action group initiated by kofi annan our very strong support because we for quite some time had been suggesting that the key i would cite the players meet and try to see whether they can reach a common approach to creating conditions. in which the syrian potus would be. negotiating their own future results outside interference with managed to agree on this on this sequence stop fighting the point and to look at doris. let them negotiate become position of the transitional governing or this organ institutions should prepare for elections and should draft a new constitution. and we say fight this is consensus let's let's stick to it let's send this message very strongly. in sync and to all of those who are fate worse than france who just signed this document said no this is not enough we have to have a security

reporter: as hard as it is to comprehend this tragedy, keeping them safe, what happened today is unbearable. >> everyone kind of works together, so it is hard. >> reporter: erin is a behavioral therapist. she works one-on-one with kindergartners and pre school students. she doesn't work on friday, so as fate would have it she was out of the line of fire. her father texted her after the attack. >> it makes me happy i was not there, but guilty i was not there, as well, to help. >> reporter: we were with erin and several of their friends today when with lumps in their throats, they waited together, with word about what happened to their colleagues and their students. >> just to not be there and not to have any information it is hard to hear everything through the news. >> reporter: details trickled in, and they were dreadful. >> i don't even know how to wrap my head around the fact that so many children were killed. knowing the ages at the school, they're so little and they're so tiny and they're so innocent. i can't -- i can't even there are not words to express. >> reporter: and then somethi

. >> reporter: what happened today is unbearable. >> it is a close community, everyone kind of works together, so it is hard. >> reporter: erin deleah is a therapist at sandy hook elementary school. she works one-on-one with kindergarten and pre school stude students. she doesn't work on friday, so as fate would have it, she was out of the line of fire, her father texted her about the attack. >> it makes me feel happy i was not this, but guilty as well, that i was not there to help. >> reporter: we were with erin and several friends today, when with lumps in their throats, they waited for word with their colleagues and students. >> just to not be there, and not have information it is hard to hear everything from the news. >> reporter: details came in, they're dreadful. >> i don't know how to wrap my head around the fact that so many children were killed, knowing that the angels of this school, they're so little and they're so tiny and they're so innocent. i can't even -- there are not words to express. >> reporter: and then something nobody expected. a call with the worst possible ne

families handing out teddy bears to lawmakers telling them they're putting moms and families in an unbearable situation. moms are going door to door telling lawmakers and handing them a book of stories how they're struggling to make ends meet as is and how falling off the fiscal cliff will further hurt their families. >> things like child care cost more than college. we have a 1/4 families living in poverty and it's not the time to balance the budget on the backs of women, children and families. >> reporter: the organization says they're bipartisan but are calling on the end to the bush era tax cuts for the wealthy. >> 50% of people who receive medicaid are children. >> reporter: pager is worried about taking care of her aging parents who rely on social security and medicare. >> we'll be left supporting them while we're raising our own children. so i'm really concerned how are we going to be able to provide for our own kids and create a sustainable future for ourselves so that our kids don't end up in the same situation? >> reporter: moms rising has about a million members. it's hard to say i

. >> the agony of this week town was almost unbearable. first jack pinto was also buried. the town will hold the funerals of 80 more small victims of horrific violence. the parents of one of them have been speaking of their desperation as they waited outside the school on friday. >> i know exactly what she was wearing. i was going to see her black the glittery uggs should put on this morning. >> there was still hope because the children were hiding. >> then hope departed. >> there was so much panic and confusion. life was sucked out of everyone in the room. i found a state trooper and was like are there any survivors? are you telling me that standing here as a parent my child is gone and? he said yes. >> in the drizzle outside the school, candles and flowers and decorations, as symbols of the season of joy, serve as a memorial for grief. it is heartbreaking. it set out a bout of national soul-searching about young men and violence, videogames and mental illness and guns. america asks what could have prevented this. >> charlotte, daniel, olivia, sustained, anna. >> there we

circumstances that most of us never dream of and living lives in fish bowls and sometimes that becomes unbearable. >> the chief's are planning on going ahead with the home game against the panthers. west babylon new york. >>> we have an active radar already, and a third wave of rainfall, really the meat and potatoes isn't here yet. how much rain do you get and when the sun finally going to come back. i'll have the answers next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the bay area marked world as day today. in san francisco, ceremoniet th ve >>> events around the bay area marked world aids day today in san francisco, ceremonies at the national aids memorial grove in golden gate park remembered those lost today. it marks san francisco's historical significance in the epidemic being at the forefront in the fight the disease and an effort to raise awareness. six awards were awarded to leaders for their work. >> i explain to young people what's going on with hiv, and what they can do to make a difference, about talking to someone or using a condom themselves. i empower the youth. >> the event honored nancy pelosi with the

it is a trend we have been seeing for many years, but now, it has reached unbearable dimensions. >> youo not feel welcome, to be honest. you just feel forsaken. >> rich and poor have been able to live harmoniously in many german cities, but if the trend continues, the situation could look more like paris and london with privileged district and the neglected problem areas at odds with each other. >> at 2.5 years ago, poland was plunged international morning after a plane crash, which killed the polish president and many other leading military and political figures. the plane was on its way to a ceremony in russia to mark the 70th anniversary of the soviet killing thousands of polish prisoners of war. when it crashed in thick fog with 96 people on board, there were all sorts of conspiracy theories swirling around. it has emerged that there were some serious mistakes made in the way the russians identified the bodies. forensic tests have shown that several people were buried in the long rates, and now more bodies are being exhumed to check their identities. >> the college president was kil

the thought of your having to haul this knowledge everywhere you went remains almost unbearable to me. to calm the panic caused by the fact that you knew you were soon to leave us i invented a scenario and i would have given it to you as a gift. i imagined there was a brief time each day or two that you were not tormented by what you knew of your prognosis. every morning i thought as you slowly emerged from sleep and the briefest of minutes you experienced your awakening self to be the once small child you were and little boy's life and no burden and weightless and floating. each morning you woke up into the innocence that with with all children and at the time you're unknowing ofior fate and i am imagine before you died you began the return to the child you were, a little boy of great purity. i want to believe for those hours you were free of the weight of what was near and sleep took you back in time and guiding through the corridors you occupied and the bliss of a child. i would have given anything at all to make this imaginary scenario true and as you watched your children run and

it makes you feel like your eyes are popping out, and the smell is unbearable." these weapons are unquestionably been used as the rebels are gaining more and more ground, but there is still fighting to do before they can get power in damascus, where the regime is showing no public sign of being ready to give up. bbc news, be read. >> now, some rather alarming news. apparently, the festivity is shrinking. according to chinese factories that make up so much of the world's festive decorations. we have been to a factory town to see the effect of falling global demand. >> by some estimates, this factory town in eastern china makes half of all of the christmas decorations sold around the world. but the ongoing global financial crisis means foreign buyers are changing their habits. of course, taller, factor trees are more expensive, so this year, they say they have noticed a jump in orders for shorter, thinner trees, as europe and america have themselves a slightly more frugal christmas. across the industry, sales are expected to fall 15% compared with last year, so the

it's really unbearable to think about, deb, a son getting guns from his own home and going on a killing rampage. our brian todd who went out and spoke with some people who know the shooting suspect. >> his motive for this unspeakable act is still not clear. law enforcement officials say. and in digging for details about shooter adam lanza and his family. accounts emerge that are still confusing, sometimes conflicting. a neighbor who knew him in recent years describes lanza as troubled. but listen to this account from a young man who knew him. >> he was just a kid. >> just a kid. >> just a kid. >> never anti-social? >> no, adam, no. >> trouble-make centre. >> no, definitely not. >> noticeable? did he just kind of blend into the background? >> yeah. nothing that would warrant any of this. >> ryan craft says he babysat adam lanza about ten years ago when lanza was ten and craft was 15. he describes lanza as focused, quiet, introverted. he never saw evidence of violence, craft says. but says lanza did throw the occasional temper tantrum. >> just general stuff like you would have to put him

hype hg an extreme form of morning sicknesses that made caring for the 4 and 2-year-old children unbearableask. >> i couldn't change my daughter's diaper because i was so nauseous. i would start changing it and just lion the floor because i didn't have the energy. i just my stomach was always i felt so queasy. >> the same acute morning sicknesses that duchess of cambridge kate middleton is reportedly going through. buckingham palace forced to the announce her pregnancy after prince william seen with his wife whisked to the hospital. in a rest interest interview with katie prince william hinted they may preparing to start a family. >> i'm just family we are looking forward to having a family in the future. >> i lost weight during the first trimester. just all throughout actually i didn't gain whole lot of weight. >>reporter: last time the world saw the duchess she was playing field hockey on friday. picture of health. now doctors say she could likely lose up to continue pounds and suffer from intense nausea that can last the entire pregnancy. doctors say women with hg oftentimes need to be h

. >> no, just too much hassle on me, and the pressure -- it'd be unbearable. >> i would like to be presidentof the united states, because that way, everyone knows you. >> i would not like to be president of the united states. i feel like it's too much of a responsibility, and i feel like nobody will ever be satisfied with what you do. >> i would, because that way, i could get rid of some subjects at school. and i can make bacon the national food. >> no, because they put too much pressure on the president, and every time something goes wrong, they blame the president even though it's also with the congress and the senate, not just one person's fault. it's not just him, 'cause it's a three-branch system. so we shouldn't just blame one guy. >> no. number one, that's a lot of pressure. number two, um, as great -- i mean, i'm not gonna stroke my feathers or anything like that. i'm kind of a good leader. but, like...i don't know. i don't know if i could ever lead the whole u.s.a. >> sadly, most of the teens we spoke to wouldn't want to be president. if you're on the fence as to whether or not you'

and the pain still unbearable in newtown, connecticut. three more victims of friday's deadly school shooting massacre are being laid to rest today. emilie parker, josephine gay and ana mari mar kwez-greene. i'm kelly wright, back to bulls and bear, for the all the latest headlines go to foxnews.com. uncle sam now on youtube. no, it's not a hoax like the latest youtube video going viral, but it just may have taxpayers going viral. the new online tutorial showing americans how to customize government benefits to suit you. >> to begin the benefit finder you must first answer the nine core questions essential to narrowing your results. remember, the more questions you answer, the more likely you are to be eligible for the benefits that appear on your benefit results list. we hope this tutorial has helped you on your path to government benefits. >> so, point, click and pick your benefits. gary b, is this what the nation needs? >> absolutely not, brenda. in fact the opposite. and the whole concept, i think, is scary. i went through and did the

hype hg an extreme form of morning sicknesses that made caring for the 4 and 2-year-old children unbearabledn't change my daughter's diaper because i was so nauseous. i would start changing it and just lion the floor because i didn't have the energy. i just my stomach was always i felt so queasy. >> the same acute morning sicknesses that duchess of cambridge kate middleton is reportedly going through. buckingham palace forced to the announce her pregnancy after prince william seen with his wife whisked to the hospital. in a rest interest interview with kat prince william hinted they may preparing to start a family. >> i'm just family we are looking forward to having a family in the future. >> i lost weight during the first trimester. just all throughout actually i didn't gain whole lot of weight. >>reporter: last time the world saw the duchess she was playing field hockey on friday. picture of health. now doctors say she could likely lose up to continue pounds and suffer from intense nausea that can last the entire pregnancy. doctors say women with hg oftentimes need to be hydrated with iv

this evening, an outpouring of kindness for a community shouldering an unbearable loss. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. the wave of sadness and national reflection continues tonight as reality set in a bit today in newtown, connecticut, a town that laid two 6-year-old boys to rest today after the president's visit there last night. while we learn more today about these victims and sadly more information about the gunman, his possible plans and schemes and this awful thing he carried out. and so to start off our reporting on a monday night after such a sad weekend in this country, we go back to the town that remains the saddest spot in our country, nbc's anne thompson is in newtown for us tonight. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. i'm actually in the center of the borough of sandy hook. near the christmas tree where a big memorial has sprung up in the wake of these shootings. every day brings new details about what happened inside that school.

it's how the thing we're doing to the environment are making these things more unbearable. for example, construction, you know, soon after the earthquake in haiti thereu was an earthqua in chile that killed on slightly same level or killed less than 100 people.at and ours ended up killing so many people. we are a city of badly constructed buildings and all of the things. people had been forced to leave the country side to come to the city to work. you had the den population.oce we often discuss these things and how the environment, howse erosion, how the land, how the fact that we have to burn ourn i trees forn charcoal causes us have the massive mudslides and flooding when a hurricane goest through. so these things, too, i thinka more of the things question do something about as a community. we that -- the other theory are also -- [inaudible] talked about.t >> in reading through "so spoke the earth: the haiti i knew, the haiti i know, the haiti i want to know" i was struck by the fact that so manyb writers yearn in a sense to return to haiti. >> i think so many of us come

an unbearable six-day stretch of funerals for the victims of the newtown shooting wrapped up today with the last three. mourners at the funeral of josephine gay wore purple. her favorite color. a horse-drawn coach carried the casket of six-year-old ana marquez-greene, remembered as a girl who never walked from room to room. she danced. six-year-old emilie parker was buried in utah, remembered for the markers and paper emilie always had with her because as she would say, "i have so many ideas of things to draw, it's hard to remember them all." newtown's police chief is talking publicly about the shooting for the first time. the chief and his captain sat down with elaine quijano this morning who joins us now. good evening elaine. >> reporter: good evening to you, jim. well, police chief michael kehoe and captain joe rios arrived at sandy hook elementary within minutes of the call. >> we needed to break into the school to get in. because the back doors are secured. >> reporter: how did you get it open? >> broke out the window. >> reporter: it was quiet and the halls were empty, chief kehoe

time of mourning and speaker boehner did say on a paper statement, the horror of this door seems unbearable, but we will lock arm because that's how americans rise against unspeakable event. let us come together in god's grace for the families of the victims that they may find some comfort and peace amid such suffering. there are some calling for tougher gun laws in the week of the shooting. president obama said that the country does need to quote, take meaningful actions to prevent more tragedies like this. back to you. >> rick: outside the headquarters at fox news, we also have our flags at half staff. >> rick: no parents could watch these scenes without being shaken to the core. and many describe horrific scenes before their eyes. we'll speak with one mother whose daughter was inside the school during the shooting. make a wish! i wish we could lie here forever. i wish this test drive was over, so we could head back to the dealership. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. test drive! but we still need your signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it's never been easier to g

and finally, speaker of the "the horror in newtown seems unbearable, but we will lock arms and unitewe rise above evil". >>pam: the close knit community of new town connecticut gather in the wake of the tragedy. the church service was so packed members of the congregation had to stand outside of the church. there were so mentee that wanted to pray and find a spiritual response there were so-many that wanted to pray with 20 children killed and six others killed. the suspect killed himself. and also of the suspects tils killed his own mother. we will continue to follow this as developments come upon a through this evening. we will have support for a scary, coming up.who will have sports with gary, coming up. >> welcome back everyone. the shooting in connecticut shook everyone today.including those in the sports world.warriors coach mark jackson asked about the stories... >> i have children. we take for granted it is such a tragedy waking up an entire community. it is a difficult time. >> raleigh, to talk about sports about and this really -- they battled back from the early deficit wit

it is in such times of almost unbearable loss that we seek the comfort with our creator and that artificialions of faith fall away to reveal a nation of mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, all united in a desire to bring healing and renewed hope. the koran, islam's revealed text, tells us that god's mercy and compassion are without limit and always available for those who ask. god says when my servants question you about me, tell them that i am near. i answer the prayer of every person who calls on me. chapter 2, verse 186. the koran in the koran god also says give glad tidings to those who endure with patience, with when afflicted with calamity say, we belong to god and to him we shall return. such are the people on whom there are blessings and mercy from god. chapter 2, verse 155 to 157. so let us all, of every faith, of every background, pray for god's comfort at this time of heartbreaking tragedy. rarely with every difficulty there is ease. rarely with every difficulty there is ease. chapter 94, verse 5 through 6. >> a prayer for the first responders. let us p

it is in such times of almost unbearable loss that we seek the comfort with our creator and that artificialf faith fall away to reveal a nation of mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters all united in a desire to bring healing and renewed hope. the koran, islam's revealed text, tells us that god's mercy and compassion are without limit and always available for those who ask. god says, when my servants question you about me, tell them that i am near. i answer the prayer of every person who calls on me. chapter 2 verse 186, the koran -- in the koran, god also says, give glad tidings to those who endure with patience, who when afflicted with calamity say, we belong to god and to him we shall return. such are the people on whom there are blessings and mercy from god. chapter 2, verse 155 to 157. so let us all, of every faith, of every background, pray for god's comfort at this time of heartbreaking tragedy. barely, with every difficult, there is easy. barely, with every difficulty, there is ease, chapter 94, verse 5 through 6. amen. >> a prayer for the first responders. le

it is in such times of almost unbearable loss that we seek the comfort with our creator and that artificial divisions of faith fall away to reveal a nation of mothers and father's, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, all united in a desire to bring healing and renewed hope. islam's revealed text tells us that god's mercy and compassion are without limit and all the available for those who ask. god says when my serve vants question you about me, tell them that i am near. i answer the prayer of every person who calls on me, chapter 2, verse 186. god also says give glad tied togs those who endure with patience when aflicted with calamity say we belong to god and to him we shall return. those are the people upon are blessings from god. so let us all of every faith of every background pray for god's comfort at this time of heart breaking tragedy. with every difficult there is ees, barely, with every difficulty there is ease. amen. >> a prayer for the first responders, let us pray. >> holy god, many of these men and women you called into service when they were just children. they wanted to