plus vermont's governor makes this his number one priority. our investigation reveals part of the state's plan to deal with >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> its disgraceful... the only crime they really committed is journalism... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live. real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> these people have decided that today they will be arrested >> i know that i'm being surveilled >> people are not getting the care that they need >> this is a crime against humanity >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >

great vermont. face it, a small state i. love vermont. what are you -- >> i know.to visit. i don't know if i could live up there with these crazy people but they don't live close together. >> they don't want you there. >> they don't. liberals. good news, live far apart from them. here's the thing. d.c. won't get the message. really won't. because d.c. has unlimited powers to tax us to death and $18 trillion into debt. ideology trumps common sense, does not matter. this did not register at all in washington. >> it did register, because the democrats knew how expensive single payer would be at the national level, and i think ultimately that's one of the reasons they didn't push obamacare add medicare for all because they see medicare going broke, supposed to bow broke in about 2030. they knew they couldn't get away with single payer and the cost of it. i dream about george clooney all the time, but that ain't happening. >> i'm sure some union is responsible for this, but could you update us? >> trying to get the visual of charles hanging out with bernie -- in vermont

i'm from the good state of vermont.he food they purchase in vermont is genetically engineered. the laws at risk for q7z 4432 become law, because vermont is involved in litigation involving this issue, i want to be clear i am not a lawyer, not a scientiss and not here as a representative of my statetwmtc or government. i want to show that this is important to our citizens. vermont's act 120, related to genetic engineering was signed into law this may, to great fanfare and celebration on our state house steps.kx-p this billr< Ñ grew from efforts of vermonters. this was not limited to a handful of vermonteján that more than 75% of vermonters were in favor of such labeling. iñh0 personally became involve this legislation in 2012, and other the next three years, we vg÷ know how our food is produced. drafts that traveled through six legislative committees, who people, including lawyers, food producers and manufacturers on both sides of the issue. act 120 in the time form was the result of many hours, years and weeks of work.

this comes as no surprise to vermonters because independence is the vermont way. [applause] my friends back home have supported and encouraged my independence. i appreciate the support they have shown when have agreed with me, and their patients when they have not. i will ask for their support and patience again, which i understand will be very difficult for a number of my close friends. i have informed president bush, vice president cheney, of my decision. they are good people with whom i disagree. they have been fair and decent to me. i have informed the senator my decision. three of these four men disagree with my decision to. but i hope each understood my reason. it is entirely possible the fourth one may have second thoughts down the road. that's the way it is. i have changed my party label but i have not changed my beliefs. indeed, my decision is about affirming the principles that have shaped my career. i hope that the people of vermont will understand it. i hope that in time my colleagues will as well. i am confident that it is the right decision. yes? >>

this comes as no surprise to vermonters because independence is the vermont way. my friends back home -- [cheers and applause] my friends back home have supported and encouraged my independence. i appreciate the support they have shown when they have agreed with me and their patience when they have not. i will ask for support and patience again which i understand will be very difficult for a number of my close friends. i have informed president bush vice president cheney, and senator lot of my decision. they are good people with whom i disagree. they have been fair and decent to me. and i have informed senator daschle also of my decision. three of these four men disagree with my decision. but i hope

the gentleman from vermont. mr. welch: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield such time as he may consume to the representative from alabama, my good friend, the ranking member of the homeland security committee, mr. thompson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from mississippi is recognized. mr. welch: mississippi. mr. thompson: that's close, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise in support of legislation him thatting -- naming this facility after ms. juanita millender-mcdonald. wonderful lady. she served this institution well. up until her final moments. most of us were not aware of the terminal illness she had. so she served with grace, our ty and honor and respect and she will be missed. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from vermont. mr. welch: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. meadows: we yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules

while that block of vermont marble was intended to commemorate the exploits of the ofhth vermont on the morning october 19, a morning where the regiment lost three quarters of its men in a span of 30 minutes, it also stood as a testament to the bravery and courage and shared experience of sacrifices of its citizen soldiers. whether they donned the blue with a grey. one vermonter noted during the dedication of the symbolic importance of this monument as a tangible testament to national healing. this monument will serve as a pillar stone which shall forever mark an era of genuine fraternal feeling between us. let it be an everlasting covenant that we will not pass over the stone to thee. thout shall not pass over this pillar to us for harm. may all the social and moral virtues have a high rating with us and the people. then there will be ground for the hope that the future of our beloved country may be worthy of its glorious past." as we commemorate the battle of cedar creek this evening, and contemplate its many meanings, remember thatt to this battlefield can teach us and generations th

a landslide blocking several lanes northbound 101 at vermont street. there's flooding reports cars submerged approaching cesar chavez. 280 a better option for getting into san francisco. we'll take a check of our busy bay area bridges plus the rest of the bay area roadways. "kcbs traffic" is coming up. >>> despite facing possible fines, owners of a bay area christmas tree lot say they will fight for frosty. their giant inflatable snowman, they are trying to keep him up. it stands 30 feet tall above johnny moore's christmas tree lot in pleasanton for 25 years at the alameda fairgrounds. but this year they moved the lot a few miles away and the city says take it down or face a fine. >> he has been around for about 25 years and it's an icon here in town. >> it's a little spirit christmas spirit to cheer everybody up. i don't see nothing wrong with that. >> frost eve was deflated yesterday for a brief time because of all the rain. the moore also face a $100 fine starting tuesday and then it doubles each day after that. a pleasanton code enforcement took pi

vermont yankee stopped sending power to the grid after more than four decades. state officials opposed continuing the plant's operation for safety reasons following the fukushima disaster. the 42-year-old reactor is the same type as the number one reactor at the crippled japanese plant. the plant's executives say the closure is for financial reasons. they say changes in the energy markets make operation too costly. they say the cost of thermal power generation is declining due to increased domestic production of shale gas, and investments to meet safety standards are rising. the vermont yankee will now undergo about 60 years of decommissioning. >>> the u.n. secretary -- the u.n. security council, rather has rejected a resolution setting a deadline to establish a sovereign palestinian state. the resolution was submitted to the 15-member council by jordan. it also set a target of achieving israeli/palestinian peace within one year. the resolution received eight yes votes, falling short of the nine needed for adoption. the united states and australia voted against

they're digging out in vermont and trying to get the lights back on for two days.ther nature pounded vermont with heavy, wet snow knocking power out to tens of thousands of homes, about 13,000 are still without electricity. >>> an american defense satellite finally launched from california's central coast after a delay because of this week's nasty weather. but the storm finally cleared, allowing the atlas 5 rocket to lift off carrying a classified pay load and negotiation breaking down over climate change at that time united nations talks in lima, peru, countries can't agree on what nations should pledge to keep our air clean. >> welsh believe it or not, that's from attacking democrats. republicans are pounceing on fellow republicans. it's all caught by one bell. right now the senate is pushing contentious nominees in a rare saturday session, there is a leave look at the senate chamber right now. it's nowhere as controversial as the $1.1 trillion spending bill. >> that has senator ted cruz standing side-by-side and heavyweights like nancy pelosi and massachusetts s

> the spending bill a noted scuffle between mitch mcconnell and democratic senator pat leahy from vermont is senate pro tem, you get a car and driver and a few extra aides so as part of the spending bill they were talking about the possibility allowing leahy to be pro tem emeritus. they've done this in the past when the parties switch letting the former guy keep the car and driver or keep an aide. mitch mcconnell at the last second said no we're not going to let you do that. the reason pat leahy stood in the way of allowing more changes to campaign finance laws that mcconnell wanted to be added to the bill. so a little bit of petty fighting over only about $200,000 at the most, but it didn't happen and leahy loses all the trappings of the office. >> life is the fifth grade, that's what i always say about the congress. julie? >> we got some interesting hints in the spending bill drama this past week about what next year may look like if president obama has to use his veto pen which we anticipate he probably will have to do at least a couple of times with republicans hoping to thwart some k

i will say a parochial view would help vermont. a senator opposing this bill because of the riders to include to remember the continuing resolution. but omnibus spending bill passed next year will contain many more and some fireworks. chairwoman mikulski has done an heroic job of getting us to this point. i hope we can build on this progress next year. i know senator cochran has been one of the closest friends i've had in this body since i've been here. from mississippi, he should become the incoming appropriations committee chairman. agrees that we should return to the regular order of debate and pass individual appropriations bills. i think we'll be well off, as senator cochran said and mikulski. these are people who know there is a big difference between rhetoric and reality. they are legislators. they believe in legislating. and the american people do, too. the real consequence of shutting down the government. so is this bill everything i want? no. is it everything the chairwoman would like? no. is it everything any one of us w

shumlin first won election in 2010 with a pledge to make vermont the first state in the country with single-payer healthcare. but on wednesday, shumlin said the tax hikes needed to fund the system had proven too high. >> i'm not going to undermine the hope of achieving critically important health reforms for the state by pushing could maturely for single-payer -- prematurely for single-payer when it is not the right time for vermont. this is the greatest disappointment of my political life so far, that we could not advance this as quickly as we had wished. but we shall preserve your, we shall get it right, we shall push on. >> in arizona, the final undecided congressional race from this year's midterm elections has been decided in favor of a republican candidate. retired air force colonel martha mcsally has defeated democratic incumbent ron barber. his defeat gives republicans their 247th house seat in the new congress, their largest majority since the great depression. sony pictures has cancelled the release of a film about a plot to kill north korean leader kim jong-un following th

and vermont senator bernie sanders wins 5% of those voters in that poll. joining me now, msnbc political reporter casey hunt and former vermont governor howard dean and msnbc political analyst. howard dean, what about another insurgency from vermont, bernie sanders from president. >> i've known bernie for a long time. 90% of the public isn't getting ahead because of the 10% who are. that's going to be a major issue in the race. i think its's great if he comes in. he also runs relentless campaigns. i don't think i've seen a negative ad that he's run. i could be wrong. he's just not a negative campaigner. >> just describe for us for a moment, the dynamic of bernie sanders and hillary clinton alone on a democratic primary debate stage, since they're at the moment no other possibilities. >> it would actually be very, very interesting. they're both very, very bright. bernie is the most person -- he's been on the same message for 35 years. but in a sense, that time has come for that message. so i think it would be a fun primary. i don't think hillary would win,

so still blocking a couple of lanes approaching that vermont street exit.ere's a live look at the bay bridge. you can see how the rain is coming downright now. just some slight delays -- actually down from a typical commute. we are not seeing as many cars at this time as we usually see. maybe people are staying home or taking bart. there's a high wind advisory in effect for the bay bridge, as well. back to you guys. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> the wet weather has been playing a role in some traffic accidents. drivers around here are just not used to those healthy downpours anymore. here's an accident scene in north san jose yesterday. an suv spun out along the guadalupe parkway freeway near mineta international airport. there's also some minor flooding on other stretches of highway 87. there's more flooding this morning in san jose. kiet do joins us live from alameda and stockton avenue. kiet. >> reporter: yeah. good morning. you know, the good news out here is we can finally see the wheel wells on this mercury sedan. public works is out here tr

there was a mud slide in the area approaching vermont. still backed up in the area obviously heading past that whole hospital curve area. it's been hit with flooding reports in different accidents but again they just got all lanes open there. so here's a live look outside. you can see the rain coming down in oakland. northbound traffic looks okay. not too many incidents. it's closer to "a" street coming into hayward northbound. we had couple of different accidents one a bad one. it was out there for a while but it's clear now, as well. still seeing some delays and traffic tie-ups all up and down that corridor. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge. the roads are slick everywhere you go and flooding seems to be the issue in marin county all along southbound 101. mill valley sausalito caltrains crews are out there trying to clear some of it but don't be surprised if you still see some lanes blocked. and remember kcbs, our radio partner, when you hit the roads at 106.9 fm or 740-am. that is traffic. let's get a check of your forecast.

vermont was especially hard hit.d out power to tens of thousands of homes. crews are working around the clock to try and restore electricity. but officials say some customers may be in the dark through saturday. for the latest on what's going on today, accuweather's jim dickey is tracking storms on both coasts. jim, good morning. >> good morning, reena and t.j. snow winding down across the northeast. a nor'easter weakening as it moves inland. still seeing from snow from burlington and back west down to pennsylvania nosing down the midatlantic. but as this low weakens, the snow comes to an end. not before many spots picking up 6 to 12 inches of snowfall. storm just getting going though as you see this area of low pressure rolling into british columbia. dragging in moisture to california. deep tropical moisture. that's going to lead to significant rainfall. widespread 3 to 6-inch rainfall amounts for california. rain working all the way down to southern california by friday. powerful winds, too. wind gusts 40 to 70 mil

crews in vermont scrambling to restore power.wind and high surf leave these homes dang ling in the pacific northwest. the city braces for the worst storm in five years. our coverage begins with abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: as 46 million people in the west make final preparations for the biggest storm of the year, a powerful slow-moving nor'easter churns up more snow, ice and rain in the northeast. >> up to 20 inches of snow near syracuse, new york. almost 15 miles of major interstate 81 shut down for over seven hours. car after car stuck on the side of the road. visibility down to only a few feet. the messy roads making for a dangerous commute. in worcester, massachusetts, slipping and sliding on sidewalks covered in black ice. meanwhile, out west, an urgent warning to stay home. in san francisco, schools already out. >> this may be one of those situations where it's best to avoid the roads. >> reporter: sandbags in short supply in some places. flooding already starting in washington state. these homes already on shaky ground

the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, i'm looking at the clock, and i ask the senate to be able to continue morning business for up to five minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, the congressional record will show the introduction of and the prayer by our visiting chaplain today from the university of portland, oregon, and a member of the order of holy cross fathers. now, that is as much of a thumbnail as saying any one of us is a united states senator, period. there is a lot more to it. claude pomerleau has been nearly 50 years a priest. i know. he is my brother-in-law and my wife marcel and i, as well as his wonderful parents, phyllis and cecil pomerleau joined him in rome nearly 50 years ago when he was ordained a priest. my family, my parents, my brothers and sisters, also our children have always had such a wonderful relationship with father pomerleau. it is great now to see the young grandchildren come in and give him a hug and "hi, uncle claude." but i'd also look at

it's a blustery day and low pressure is up over northern vermont and new hampshire and this is what is spiraling in, some snow showers will gradually diminish in the overnight hours and we'll keep the winds so most of the roads will blow dry and tomorrow it's looking better, this low pressure is close enough to us that we see clouds and some breaks of sunshine, it will be chilly, 48 degrees and north windy day. high pressure building in over the weekend and this brings us a return of sunshine on saturday and still breezy and temperatures in the low 40s it's 42 degrees and we warm up on sun and bring in more sunshine. the next 12 hours, any snow showers tapering off to flurries and the wind will blow dry a lot of roads and there is a lot of black ice, if anything looks wet it's likely icy. bear that in mind tonight. the exclusive accuweather forecast not bad tomorrow, breezy and clouds with some sunshine, a high of 40 degrees, it gets brighter on saturday, 42 degrees and on sunday, seasonable, 46 degrees and mostly sunny skies and dry weather for the eagles game with temperatures in the

. >>> it's not rain but snow that's making headlines in ve vermont. people continue to dig out. the weight of snow on power lines caused outages. the governor said thousands of people without power for days may not get it back until this weekend. >>> that snow in vermont, it's the same system that brought us rain and wind and then the snow and is today gibing us clouds. the clouds are finally thinning out as the storm system pulls away from the u.s. we will see more and more sunshine. haven't seen a lot so far, but we will get sunshine. unfortunately, the chilly breeze will continue. northwesterly winds gusting to 15 miles an hour, not as strong as the last few days, but just enough to bring in the cold air and keep us chilly today. we're in for warming this weekend. we will see more sunshine both saturday and sunday. allentown, cloudy, 34 degrees. cloudy skies. philadelphia is up to 38 and a bit of sunshine breaking through the clouds in millville. we have seen a little bit of sunshine at times in boathouse row. looks like the clouds have filled back in for now. that's how it's

it a computer program that is a brain child of a fellow social scientist in the university of the vermont applies happiness and love and laugher and smile and unhappiness to words like pain and sickness and death. >> we use billions of words on twitter to measure where they are up set or happy. >> reporter: the saddest day in america was michael jackson's death. and happiest when president obama was elected and located the happiest place in new york city. not surprisingly central park. unhappy is 118th street and 7th avenue. it is a desination that is not sitting well. >> i don't think that is right. this is a happy corner. joishgs this corner is the unhappiest computer to new york city. >> they are loyars. >> why? >> we are happy. see, are you happy, sir? he wouldn't lie. i just met him. >> reporter: you are not getting a great reception where people disagree with your allegor rhythm. >> obviously they are tweeting the negative words. joishgs they are trying to weed out a few bad apples. why do you think that taxpayers would be on the hook for this? >> it seems like a dopey thing to do.

the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: -- but the current estimate is some of the discussions on the floor and in the hallways about thanksgiving and thursday when i sat down with my family over thanksgiving dinner, i thought about our history, and my grandparents came to vermont from italy, my great grandparents from ireland, my wife's family came to vermont from the province of quebec in canada. we like most americans are a family of immigrants, so it makes our country so special and strong and thanksgiving is a good time to celebrate, honor that strength. but far too many program families live in fear, fear of being torn apart, losing a mother or father or sister or brother to deportation, bringing peace to those families is one of the things that motivated me last year in the long debate on immigration policy. both democrats and republicans in this chamber praised the fair and thorough process that we gave in the judiciary committee that we gave the immigration bill. we had six hearings, 42 witnesses, we debated

we packed the medical supplies. >> look at vermont.e i'm going this weekend. >> are you? >> i am. i'm going to ski. you can see lots of snow. >> put chains on your tires. >> you can see the limbs into power lines there. a lot of power outages. this storm put more than a foot of snow in some areas. hopefully in ski resorts. >>> new hampshire hit with 4 inches of snow. people there made the best of it. skiers in new hampshire with a little bit of snowboarder. >> sharing the slopes. we can all get along. >>> in kansas, look at the icy roads. 13-car pile up in topeka. four people are hurt, but are expected to be okay. a lot of weather today. you really do need to know about. let's get a look at the forecast with meteorologist pedram javahe javaheri. >> good morning. the forecast will improve in the next couple of days. on tuesday, first tuesday of heavy rainfall. yesterday, heavy snowfall. today is a mix of rain and snow. the accumulations across upstate new york and boston, .50 inch. portions of new hampshire and the culprit is the nor'ea

when the sheridan veterans association return two years to dedicate a me of if nt to the exploits vermont infantry, a spirit of true national healing prevailed. a spirit that does not require to forget the past, but not let the past greatest thing that present nor paralysis for the future. while that block was simple and was intended to commemorate the morning. a morning with the regiment lost nearly 3/4 of its men in approximately 30 minutes. it also stood as a testament to henri, and , kurds, experiences of sacrifice -- courage, and shared experiences of sacrifice. one noted the historic purpose this monument as a national monument to healing. as a monument will serve keystone of eternal feeling between us. be an everlasting covenant. be grounds for hope that the future of our beloved country may be worthy of its glorious past. as we commemorate the battle of cedar creek this evening, this d can teach us and generations not only about the civil war's most significant in the shenandoah valley, but it can instruct us heroism, hing such as to duty, and forgiveness. all those men -- they ha

he was famous all over vermont. finally the department of homeland security backed off area they got rid of the local leadership and got people to apologize to the town. buzz roy was the local hero. they still, trying to keep the roadblock. the perfect american story about how small town america reacts to something like the department of homeland security. you read the quote where talked about the counterterrorism experts in lucrative government contracts and all of that. stevengle out a guy named emerson. why? of the godfather of counterterrorism experts in america. she was ahat journalist for a while and then he kind of moved into being more the researcher and consultant on terrorism and prior to 9/11, he became really outspoken about of islamt -- threat jihadists. he was proven right by 9/11. he became a consultant to a lot of organizations and a lot of people work for him in the 1990's have moved on to a lot of other organizations. criticslem is that the of emerson today saying he has never kind of -- he has bec

. >> no, i hate vermont. hey there, mooo-chacos. will altered state of butter pec consciousness to be better friends instead of acting like a couple of moose-holes. >> that makes no sense. >> like [bleep] but with mooo. >> fwho, we get that, it's just kind of clumsy. >> it's not very good. >> hello, i'm an ice cream cone. >> are you here to tell us to be nice to each other too? >> no, i'm here to kill you. >> aaah!. >> run, run away. run, faster, faster running. run away. look, i'm flying. i'm flying away. >> oh my god. somebody help us. >> he's still there. >> somebody help us. >> ben & jerry. (cheers and applause) thank you, thank you for killing the ice cream cone. >> no, he's just sleeping. >> but there's no much blood. >> that's strawberry sauce. >> besides, this is all just a hallucination, remember that when the cops come. stephen and jimmy, you two ice creams don't need to compete. you've got to end your banana split by walking down the rocky road to friendship. >> you know, stephen, baskin & robyn is right. >> ben & jerry.

senator bernie sanders, independent from vermont.really the worst nightmare for middle class families in america, isn't it? >> ed, this is just another example of the republicans having their priorities exactly wrong. what they want to do is extend a huge tax break, run up the deficit for some of the largest, most profitable corporations in america at a time these companies are enjoying record-breaking profits. on the other hand you have millions of families struggling to keep their heads above water, depending on the earned income tax credit, they want to let those very important programs expire. we take from the poor, we give to the rich. that is the republican philosophy. >> do you buy into the conversation this is get back on the president for his executive order on immigration? >> no, i think this is part of the general reapian dna. their job is to protect the wealthian and most powerful corporations in america. >> so the president says that, you know, he's going to vae toe this deal. so what happens after that? >> we sit down a

that the satellite radar looks a lot like yesterday, the low pressure is spinning up over northern vermontling down the snow showers, the low pressure is not moving much but enough that tomorrow we should see some brightening in the skies. sunshine and it should be a dry day, the high is 40 degrees and it will feel cooler than that within you factor in the wins at 10 to 20 miles per hour. quite breezy as we head into the weekend, the low pressure finally says good-bye and good riddens, high pressure builds in for partly sunny skies and not quite as harsh and 42 degrees. so the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we are gradually improving, tomorrow breezy and more clouds than sunshine, but some peeks of sunshine with a high of 40 degrees and saturday 42 and partly sunny and sunday looking good at 46 and sunny. as you head to the linc as the eagles beat the cowboys, 39 as the game kicks off. you'll want to bundle up. monsunny and 48 and tuesday clouds up an 48 degrees and a few showers tuesday night and behind the system breezy and cool and thursday a mixture of clouds and sunshine an

that means that the united states would have lost maine, vermont, new hampshire, and all of northern new york. that way the british would have had control of the southern shore of the great lakes. that's what they were after, but plattsburgh put a stop to that. the british army is not in the united states. the british army is back in canada. so when the treaty is signed on christmas eve in 1814, the statue quo is what we see today. we're five miles north of plattsburgh, new york. it was here this whole battle began. but let me give you a bit of background first. when the war with napoleon ended in the spring of 1814, the british had a problem, we wellington wanted to keep this victorious army in attack, but no one saw this vision. when the army returned to england, it would probably be disbanded. when the ogre goes away, there's no need for a democratic society to fund a very expensive army, and they would just simply go away. so in order to keep them, he went to lord bathhurst, the secretary of war. he said i've got this other problem, i have this american war of 1812. i would like

vermont has very few. the northeast is not fertile ground either the mountainous west rather are mormons or mountains. i think in part because the demographics and population the church is like better at the crossroads of major highways but with big open spaces and the huge sprawling population that would be fertile ground. baby hispanic immigration is summarized come i can tell people right now we're supplant churches but it is about immigration population density and major highways. >> host: here in north carolina are there in this area? >> guest: yes. there is one prosperity megachurch in the area. one for the 1980's an amazing story one of the few that was not urban but in a town the church had more people than the town. it was the same type of jim and tammy fay baker appeal and that exciting attitude. >> host: what is the difference between the megachurch and prosperity megachurch? to they preach different gospels? et megachurch has a reputation to be nondenominational, optimistic , media's savvy, but

vermont -- after this controversy or update, i think vermont announced they were going to stop paying him. he created an economic model that was really close -- the reason the administration wanted his expertise was, his model was very close to what the congressional budget office does when it runs simulations about the impact of various health care decisions. so they were able to use his model to get a pretty good sense as to how the health care law will be scored by cbo. the congressional budget office, it was very important in terms of hitting certain marks. they did not want to increase the deficit. quakes -- >> here is what jonathan gruber got in trouble for. >> in terms of subsidies, if you had a law saying healthy people are going to be in and sit people get money, it would not have passed. a lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. basically, the stupidity of the american voter or whatever. that was critical in getting it passed. >> we passed on insurance companies. it ends up being the same thing. it is a very clever exploitation of the lack of economic understandi

we are getting calls from vermont, many, many of them. people are sick and tired of seeing the people on wall street whose greed and illegal behavior drove this country into a recession impacting millions of people, and now they are back in power, and they are writing the legislation, literally citigroup is writing the legislation that house republicans are putting into the bill. people do not want to see that. >> senator bernie sanders from vermont, thank you for helping us understand. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> lots more to come tonight. stay with us. >>> if you want to hear what it has been like in the united states senate tonight as they fight over this fight from last night, check this out from elizabeth warren. >> you know, there's a lot of talk lately about how dodd-frank isn't perfect. there's a lot of talk coming from citigroup about how dodd-frank isn't perfect. so let me say this to anyone who is listening at citi. i agree with you. dodd-frank isn't perfect. it should have broken you into pieces. the holiday season is h

with that, i would love to hear from the senator from vermont, senator sanders. mr. sanders: let me begin by thanking senator tester, not only for being on the floor here today, but for working on the issue of making sure that in 50 states of this country, in rural america and urban america, we continue to have a postal service that the american people are proud of. and i want to acknowledge senator baldwin for her strong work on this issue as well. i represent one of the most rural states in america, i don't know if it's more rural than montana, but it is very, very rural. most of our people live in very small towns. and the post office, the local post office is not just the place to pick up your mail or to mail your letters. it is a symbol of what the town is about. it is something that identifies the town, it is a very important part of rural america. we have been battling on this issue now for a number of years. as senator tester will remember, it wasn't so many years ago where the postmaster general came up with the proposal that would have led to the ending, th

graduate if independence high school and went to middle brain college that is an elicit school if vermontike another teacher from washington i wish i had ethnic studies i feel very strongly that students are not prepared for higher education unless they've gone to ethnic studies it takes a lot through a person of color to enter into an institution to hold our own you need the language to defend yourself and your people you need young folks need to have that voice before you go to college thank you. (clapping.) >> >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi there's a saying that states that. >> your name, please. >> awe leaf sorry there's a saying that says until a lion tells his own story of being hunted the wonderful thing about medical examiner we're a nation of many stories the sad thing we are only taught from one prospective ethnic studies helps us to view our own history it is sad that history is only telling us one side of the tour we're missing auto the pieces without the pieces we need to know where we come from and in order to grow as people (clapping.) >> thank you very much. >>

. >>> back here in our neck of the woods in vermont, snowplows are hard at work clearing away snow, 20 inches fell there on tuesday and utility crews have been working around the clock to restore power outages. resident are warned that they may be without, electricity now for several days and that is always a big concern when it is so cold out you don't have any need. >> caitlin. >>> well, there is a a ton of snow in new england but there is a ton of snow in the sierra nevada as, two coast to coast storm systems, one in the northeast wrapping up but still, in the thick of it here in california, there is that heavy rain that made its way down to southern california to the los angeles area, heavy rain and wind, that extend to the central part of the state all the way up towards north california, and that is good for the sea resorts. they need rain because of the, drought but it is coming way too fast and that causes problems with the flooding and mud slides. back home here our storm system wrapping up in the north and east. snow showers not in the forecast today, we are drying out finall

new england makes a strong showing, vermont, massachusetts and connecticut come in second, third and fourth. mississippi is ranked the least healthy in the nation. its neighbors arkansas and louisiana are just behind. nationwide, smoking is down 3% and immunizations are up five. karen travers abc news washington. >>> snow flurries are a good reminder to get your car ready for the winter. check the batteries, and put in jumper cables and nonperishable foods. >> 32 degrees you're losing the cranking power. with the polar vortex last year you're losing that energy to start your car. >> tips stay in the back of the plow trucks don't pass, keep a good amount of distance between your car and the truck ahead >> good morning to you on this saturday, sky6 live hd taking a live look at penns landing, 5:55. chrysler is expanding it's recall. it was in four years now it's in 12 to comply with the request of the national highway traffic safety station. takata air bags can explode under humid conditions sending shrapnel out. >>> aforesaid blackberry favors -- ford favors blackberry over microsoft.