we're not here to punish weir.reatment plan and tries to get better so if he ever does reach the streets again, at least he can be a functional member of society. >> the other day you were saying though that you searched everything, so shouldn't you -- >> well, so-so. you know -- >> you might have missed something? >> i might have. like i said, i really just don't care anymore. >> last time he had stuff hidden in envelopes. just like that. look at that. >> oh, okay. >> he can't be helped. >> i can't seem to do anything. when things do get started going well, they throw something at you that brings you back down. and it's just kind of defeating. no light at the end of the tunnel, basically. >> what was it, a week ago he got in trouble for the same thing? and when we come in here, he's crying because he got in trouble? can we help him out? how do you help somebody like this? >> but he wants to sit here and talk about he can't take it anymore because the world's coming down on him and he wants to off himself because -

bill weir, i love that story.sh him luck wherever he lands. >>> now we take a quick break here but i have something you definitely want to see when you come back. you know america has a weight problem? what you may not know is what cnn is doing to fight it with apparently our own resident brit here, piers morgan sweating it out in a studio just next to me. don't miss this. to help communities recover and rebuild. for companies going from garage to global. on the ground, in the air, even into space. we repaid every dollar america lent us. and gave america back a profit. we're here to keep our promises. to help you realize a better tomorrow. from the families of aig, happy holidays. and our giant idaho potato truck is still missing. so my dog and i we're going to go find it. it's out there somewhere spreading the good word about idaho potatoes and raising money for meals on wheels. but we'd really like our truck back, so if you see it, let us know, would you? thanks. what? where their electricity comes from. they fl

. >> well, let's speak to fred weir a journalist with the christian science monitor, joining us from moscow, via skype. little doubt that the people behind the bombers are the islamist fighters in the north caucasus region. explain why volgograd is being targeted. not only the attacks today and yesterday, but in october, on a bus. >> yes, this is the third attack in volgograd. it certainly demonstrated or demonstrates a concerted ability by this terrorist organization to hit repeatedly in a single place. it should be a well-protected city, as these things go. it's clear that volgograd has been chosen for some reason. whether or not it's because the main targets, which are obviously sochi and moscow are invulnerable due to the security precautions or whether - sorry. whether they are launching a diversion. this is the problem. nobody knows. >> i get the fear is this could be the start of a sustained campaign. as you say, leading up to the fact that the winter olympics are held in sochi in a few weeks time. that will be the foremost concern for vladimir putin. >> yes, and he has staked

try it. >> reporter: bill weir, cnn, new york. >>> all right.e newsroom straight ahead. hello again. i'm fredricka whitfield. a cold snap is gripping the central parts of the country knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people. grounding fligh

weir. our next call, linda, democrats line. caller: hi. i follow your website. i'm curious if you did any co- relation work -- core relation work to campaign -- correlation work to campaign, i know you have done studies on both your some of your partner websites as well. so i was just wondering if you investigated that, are you going to investigate it, what have you seen in that area? thank you and good work. guest: thank you. thank you for the question. this time we did not focus on the campaign aspects of the thees, so this is just personal financial holdings. we did not find any obvious connections with the prison industry occurred i know a lot of either company's are involved in that. we have had other credits were we have looked at the campaign finance of these judges and the influencers of the people who are directly contribute to their campaigns and the people who are spending money outside of the orpaigns on issue ads other promotional materials. i do not know if we specifically loo

weir.next call, linda, democrats line. caller: hi. i follow your website. i'm curious if you did any co- relation work -- core relation work to campaign -- correlation work to campaign, i know you have done studies on both your some of your partner websites as well. so i was just wondering if you investigated that, are you going to investigate it, what have you seen in that area? thank you and good work. guest: thank you. thank you for the question. this time we did not focus on the campaign aspects of the thees, so this is just personal financial holdings. we did not find any obvious connections with the prison industry occurred i know a lot of either company's are involved in that. we have had other credits were we have looked at the campaign finance of these judges and the influencers of the people who are directly contribute to their campaigns and the people who are spending money outside of the orpaigns on issue ads other promotional materials. i do not know if we specifically looked a

that high has to move if weir going to get any type of storm in here. here to tell you all the long-range computer models say the next time that moves will be 2014. we're going to be dry for the rest of the year likely because of that big blocking ridge of high pressure taking that storm track and sending it elsewhere. overnight tonight, clear, little bit milder but still chilly. it will be warmer this weekend by 2 or 3 degrees, warmer than what we had today. not really much changing between now and christmas. highs tomorrow, morgan hill 62. hayward 62. redwood city in the low 60s. couple degrees above average for you. livermore top out at 64 once again. walnut creek 63. one of the cooler spots but even you will hit 60 degrees. sonoma 63. oakland, berkeley 64. lake port 64 degrees. windsor 66. more of the same aum the way through the extended forecast. mid 60s with sunshine inland. low 60s near bay right through christmas upper 60s at the coast. final graphic is the niners forecast monday 5:30. we are looking at very nice conditions for that final regul

right now, we are joined by fred weir via skype, the moscow correspondent for the "christian science monitor." do you have any idea who might have been responsible for this attack? >> reporter: i think that it's 99% susta 99% certain that we are looking at the same insurgents who attacked in bolegrad barrel two months ago, dokumarav's network from the north caucuses or some other group. but it certainly originates there in russia's really eithering insurgenseething insu >> fred, as he indicated, he was going to step up attacks saying he was end his moratorium. i want to read to you, the warning, there is a heighten risk against softer target did such as transport infrastructure in sochi and the surrounding area. this was written in october. so, if i am an american citizens thinking about traveling to sochi for the winter games, how secure, how safe should i feel? >> i think everybody is going to be worried because there are two schools of thought. >> fred, we are having problems. >> striking. >> okay. ? >> places like bolegregrad because they are outlying regions. as we know, russian

. >> if someone calls and said i was in the home cue and got bumped off, weir going to try to help those individuals. >> enrolling at a clip of 30,000 a day. many procrastinated leaving to christmas backups not unlike the line for santa at the mall. >> our line is the sand is to help every consumer who made a good faith effort to have their coverage start january 1. >> the midnight is tonight. you can also sign up tomorrow. that coverage will be for february, but the web site will be closed on christmas day. live in the news room kpix 5. >> now, if you don't enreal by tonight's deadline, the earliest you could get coverage would be february 1st. >>> both sides are claiming victory in a land marc pension case out of san jose. a judge ruled today the city can't force employees to pay more toward their pension, but the city can reduce their pay to get the budget savings it needs. voterings overwhelmingly pass measure b last year, which would reform san jose pension system. today's ruling is expected to be apeeled. >>> well, coming up, the one big holiday tradition you may not be allowed to

. >> i don't know what weir going to do to stay clean. i don't know how we're going to get by on food and, you know, it's kind of a blow. >> for 12 years, this has been a safe place for the street kids, but they've lost their lease. executive director mary hall says they tried everything to stay. >> we offered a much higher price. we offered to pay market rate, and -- >> they weren't buying? >> they don't want us here. >> the property owners include the founder of the medical clinic. dr. davis smith said he supports the center, but the city has ordered them to make seismic upgrades, fix code violations and return the building to residential use. staff counselor jennifer remembers when she ran away from home at 14, this center helped her. >> because it was the one place where i -- i felt safe and not judged, and it's like i walked in, and it was okay to just be there. it becomes family is where you can find it, and family is where you can make it. for a lot of the kids here, this is their family. >> the staff lost their building but say th

. >> reporter: charlotte weir has been involved in the company for years. >> i have a lot of places that i need to be at. so it's going to be a little harder, but i'm going to get through it. >> reporter: perhaps the only thing as important as the right moves is the right attitude. after all -- >> the show must go in. -- must go on. >>> tonight new information on a police shooting that put a woman in the hospital, police now saying an officer fired at taser first, but the woman was wearing several layers of clothing and it did not work. only afterwards did the officer reach for his gun. neighbors tell us the husband was trying to get her help for a mental health issue and called police. they got there. at some point police say the woman pulled a knife. police say the officer feared for his safety and fired the taser, then the gun. that officer has been placed on routine leave while police investigate. that woman is in stable condition. >>> we have an update on a story breaking last night at 11:00. an officer wounded in a police shootout in northeast d.c. now out of the hospital, the susp

colleagues take their party back from being seized by an extremist minority in their party, i think weir facing this. i have to tell you when i came here to washington dc it was deja vu. i'm glad that we don't have to deal with the challenges that i did during my time. >> your constituents are some of the people that will benefit from the law. i'm curious how it is playing in your district right now. california like kentucky, like new york, is one of those test cases, it wasn't in the federal exchange, the website worked reasonably well, how well is it playing in your district right now? >> very well and i know this every day from calls we get. a few weeks ago we had a townhall in my district and over 400 people turned out and we were doing enrollments on the spot and we had a townhall where we talked to people while they were waiting for their points. people came with genuine questions. the majority of the people with the exception of four or five were really supportive of the law and wanted to do everything they could to make it run better and to enroll. so there are things that we can

sam weir, a doctor in north carolina, emailed me the other day.he coming years will be challenging he wrote. but my colleagues and i draw strength from knowing that beginning with the new year, that preventive care many of our patients will be putting off and will be covered and the patients that we have not yet seen will be able to get the care that they need. >> you have been listening to president obama and he has been speaking in the stealth auditorium. the people behind him, it looks like young people and monica shared her story and the young peop people. let's go back to bob and stew. bob, in the little bit that we were listening to there. they have done this before though and that is a bit of a problem, they had to focus on this over the last few months. it hasn't changed the public opinion of the law. at least they are back trying again. >> i want to talk to you about the impact on the economy. did you not? >> i do not agree with him. impact on the economy will be holy neglect -- wholly negative. going to take money out of the private sect

. >> and my colleague bill weir spoke to three people onboard that ship. >> i was with them when he firstice breaker on the horizon and he said psyc psychologically that was an important moment. as soon as the chinese captain visibly saw us, the ability to get to us was a real thing >> it is a crucial moment for all the people who seem to be following us. we are in a bit of a bubble here. but we have been using social media to share what we have been doing. but it is hard to see the reaction outside. yesterday lawrence tweeted a tiny picture of the ship that is coming to rescue us. within five minutes it has been sent around the world 200 or 300 times. we've been doing a series of vine videos and they have bon viral too. >> it is just superpersuperb. in the old days we would be stuck. today we can chat to you. >> expedition leader chris turney says that everyone onboard is doing well. straight ahead. parts of the dakotas hit by blizzard conditions and coming up a candidate conversation with shirley mcklain. hear what she says about her ties to the rat pack. and what hollywood and washingt

bill weir met the mayor at a holiday toy drive. there are a bunch of children there which made it the perfect venue. >> why did you decide to finally admit that you smoked crack. >> i'm not going to run around and be phony and lie and i'm not going to have someone try to blackmail me and hold it over my head. i have had enough. i'm sick and tired of all of the allegations and all of the [ bleep ]. excuse my words. that's all it is. and i shouldn't be swearing in front of the kids. >> the kids will hear it some time it might as well be from their mayor. and that was great. i think this might be the quote of the decade. mayor contends that he didn't lie and what he did wasn't so bad and he defends it thusly. >> i drank too much. i smoked some crack sometimes. what can i say? i made a mistake. i'm human. >> he smoked some crack sometimes. oh, are the kids still here? tell them i only smoked some crack sometimes. one day there will be a great statue dedicated to this man. i will be there to see it. i really would love to sit down with

there's 200 officers right now, and they plan to train and hire 30 more by next weir. >>> popular chefl meana is cooking up a deal. fans can wine and dine at bourbon, steak, and pickup that i will have dry-aged stake, bacon wrapped dogs, and nor. the restaurant will be open for lunch and dinner. reservations not required. >> meteorologist paul deanno live. [overlapping speakers] -- >> all right, paul is live for a tree lighting. paul? >> reporter: problems. >> a little cold problem here. we will have another night tonight that is below freezing. we are live in walnut creek for the holiday tree lighting festival. a couple thousand folks are bundled up tonight, as we have ourselves in the 30s. concordat 39 degrees. 50 in oakland. 46 in san jose. these are the lows tonight it will be cold. napa back down to the 20s. oakland, 40, and mountainview at 34 degrees. cold night, perhaps a few degrees milder than what you had this morning, and it will be very, very chilly tonight. once again tonight and tomorrow. the middle school here in beautiful menlow park a cold start. 52 is the high with an

. >> so earlier my colleague bill weir spoke to three people on board that ship. they're rather upbeat. >> i was with greg mortimer and he said to me that, psychologically, that as soon as the captain visibly saw us, the incentive to get to us was so much greater. we were suddenly then a real thing than just a blip on a radar. >> it's crucial for all the people who are following us. we're in a bit of a bubble here. chris and i have been using social media to share what we're doing but it's very hard to see the reaction outside. yesterday, lawrence tweeted a tiny picture of the xue long, the ship that was coming to rescue us. and within five minutes, it had been sent around the world 200 or 300 times. this is attention that we're not used to. maybe justin bieber is, but we're not. we've been doing a series of videos describing the trip. and they've gone viral, too. what do you think? >> they've been fantastic. wonderful, satellite technology we can use today just allowing us to chat to you now. it's just superb. in the old days, we'd be stuck off the edge of a map

the senate is expected to vote on a next weir. >>> the associated press and christi paul christi pault levinson was on a an approved gathering mission. his whereabouts at this point remain unknown. this is a fascinating story. read it. >>> yemeni officials blame terrorists for a killing at a wedding. u.s. has stepped up drone operations in the country. >>> staying in the middle east. latest effort to find common ground between israeli and the palestinians. secretary of state john kerry is there today trying to get the okay from both sides on a new security agreement. karl penhall is live in jerusalem. >> reporter: one of the major topics is the snow, the weather. according to local people here in jerusalem the heaviest dumps of snow they can remember for years. when john kerry met with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas he had to cut his meeting short a half an hour to get back because heavy snow was coming in and a journey normally takes 15 minutes took over two hours to get back to jerusalem. this morning when he met with israeli prime minister netanyahu, both men joking about

states gives national oil well a fountain of orders and they'll see accelerated earnings growth next weirnd nov is spinning off the distribution business in order to unlock value, so here's the bottom line. you can always fall back on big long-term themes and the domestic oil and gas revolution. that's what i like to do. i like celgene, gilead, regeneron for the former, eog resource, noble energy, lynn energy and national oilwell anadarko for the latter. stay with cramer. >>> coming up, merry money? you may have wrapped up some apple products as gifts this year, but does its stock belong under your tree? >>> all week in recking on fig of the fact that christmas is just around the bend, i've been giving you a terrific list of stocking stuffers, publicly-traded companies that would make fabulous gifts for your loved ones particularly for your children which you know i think is very important. i like to think of the names as the real gives that keep on giving because thanks to powerful long-term stories these stocks have the potential to rocket higher, year after year. teach your kids the va

weir now are on the phone with the reporter in sudan. how much danger are they facing? >> reporter: it was undoubtedly a tense night. the aerial option was pretty much the only option. look at geography. in a difficult region. bor is as extreme as you can get. it's up very close to north sudan. very little option to go in by roads. going in by helicopter seemed the safest way to get them out. that was before u.s. helicopters came under fire. these 30-odd americans are working with aid organizations. part of the hugely crucial humanitarian push in south sudan. that all now is unraveling. the worry is that we're moving closer and closer to what president obama proved. north just in other towns, but other towns have fallen to rebels. the concern is that when you start targeting aid organizations, the only life plan, pretty much, for most civilians in south sudan, and they end up having to be evacuated, it's the people that are left behind in the most difficult of circumstances. >> and we've seen that in conflicts around the world. i also want to ask you to just explain qui

weirs findinge that we can have, and clearer minds. be stronger, our focus can be stronger, performance improves. we're not just talking about something fluffy. we're talking about a very tangible benefit which could impact our lives as well. to do much time do need meditation? this should be my concern, which would be the same for exercise. is it a 10 minute thing or a 15 minute thing under needed our? you can get a lot of benefit in as little as five or 10 minutes a day with real impact on the mind. >> what is meditation? how can i meditate? >> the simplest thing to think about are two different words. meditation and mindfulness. mindfulness is being present in the moment. think about the times when you don't have a distracted mind. that happened sometimes. you feel focused and relaxed at the same time. you can do that anywhere, walking down the street, in conversation. it is difficult to learn how to do that very it so we need an action size in which we learn the skill of being present. that is all meditation is. we are removing our

the pilot of the cessna radios the air traffic to you weir a distress call. >> i'm going to need runway unable to close however can you make a left turn. >> they ask if he needs help can you hear his voice shake. >> do you want the equipment stand by. >> no, sir. let me talk to you on the ground. it is running rough i should make it though. >> nearby a chopper staffed by two officers watch as it falls out of the sky. and the impact. >> and there is a fire. aircraft is on the ground. there is a fire. he is short of the runway west of the approach. permission to land i will put my observer on the ground. he lands and they scramble out wind chill the cabinet is in flames. he puts the fire out. gets the pilot out and drags him away from the plane. and they radio that he is rescued. >> pd 4 that is awesome glad to hear that as soon as can you when you are able to get us more information but that is great news. >> the officer gives the pilot first aid until the crews arrive moments later. >> and that pilot had some head and leg injuries. he is in the hospital. the cause is being investigated.

time on campus as well, but, that is sort of what we know and obviously we will continue to update as weire to confirm more information. martha: what can you tell me how aggressive the presence is in those buildings? would you describe, how would you characterize how actively they are searching those buildings right now, what the presence is right? >> that is not something we've been able to confirm. what i will say harvard sent out a couple of notifications to students including one only minutes ago basically announcing what was going on in the community. saying out of abundance of caution the buildings have been evacuated. there are reports investigated and keeping the community updated on that end. martha: okay. but no sense, are you able to see inside the yard right now? or is the whole area so blocked off you can't tell what activity is like in there. >> the yard is closed off right now. martha: nobody can get a sense of that. in terms of exterior, perimeters of the campus, we saw some fire engines out there. and we see kids walking around like no big deal. what is the presence like a

. >> reporter: bill weir, cnn, new york. >>> all right. much more of the newsroom straight ahead. hello again. i'm fredricka whitfield. a cold snap is gripping the central parts of the country knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people. grounding flights and plunging many states into bone-chilling cold. how long will it last? we'll tell you next. >>> after six weeks locked up in north korea, an elderly u.s. war veteran is suddenly freed. we're going to take you to california live for the latest on his whereabouts. >>> and nelson mandela. you know him as an antiapartheid revolutionary, a prisoner, and as south africa's first black president. but what about an athlete? we'll take a look at his love of sports coming up. >>> a major storm is moving across the central part of this country. the dallas ft. worth area is one of the hardest hit places. an ice storm knocked out power for thousands and canceled hundreds s of flights. much of the state is plunged into bone-chilling cold. the city cancelled the marathon ask scheduled for tomorrow. in tennessee the state of emergenc

weir in discussions with a&e to see what that means for the future of "duck dynasty."ssed controversial views before. here he is preaching in 2010. >> they are god-haters. >> reporter: a&e has no comment. but others across america are fighting for phil robertson, the patriarch of the most-watched unscripted cable show in history. the network suspended robertson indefinitely after his controversial comments to "gq." associating homosexuality with sin and gays into terrorists. robertson, who grew up in jim crow, louisiana discussed his view views on race. pre-entitlement, prewelfare, were you saying they were happy? they were godly. they were happy. no one was singing the blues. you might think his duck is cooked. but not so fast. on facebook, a fan page calling for the boycott of a&e until phil is reinstated, surged to over a million likes in just a day. and the supporters are big shots. sarah palin seen here with the "duck dynasty" guys, blasting his critics thursday as intolerants. and home state's governor, bobby jindal -- >> the left is tolerant of every viewpoint e

weir not losing weight on this meal.here, what do we have? >> beautiful brown duck. crispy brown kuk. cornbread. kay, come with me. willie, you have an armadillo egg recipe to die for. >> this only has sausage, bacon, and cream cheese. >> for those of us watching our waistline. >> she's got the cream cheese. you wrap it up, kind of like an armadillo. >> when i saw the armadillo, i was like, are we really making armadillo? >> you never know. >> that's the egg. >> you can put -- >> wrap it with bacon. that will hold it in to cook it. >> into the oven? >> i grill them. i get the bacon crispy. get them smoky and then put them in the oven. >> look at them. they're all chris prispy. >> you working over here? >> our custard. egg yolks, sugar, milk, and butter. in if you didn't get enough fat from the other things. there's two kups of butter in this and two cups of sugar. >> you have the bananas cut up. what is that? >> lemon juice. you dip them in there so they don't turn brown. key trick. >> meanwhile, you get the vanilla wafe

sam weir a doctor in north carolina emailed me, the coming years will be challenging all of us, but myleagues and i draw strength from knowing that beginning with the new year, the preventive care many of our current patients have been putting off will be put off and the patients we have not seen will be able to get the care they have long needed. that's the difference that affordable care act will be for many patients. many more, like mammograms, flu shots, patients will stay healthy. \[applause] >> at the young age of 23, just ine ula is battling cancer for the second time. her mom e mailed me from cleveland university hospital and she stopped by to pick up the medicine. if she was uninsured, it would have cost her $4500 but she is insured because the affordable care act has let her and three million people have gained coverage to stay on their parents' plan until they are 26. [applause] >> that means just teen's mom all she had to cover was the $25 co-pay. because the affordable care act, more than seven million seniors and americans with disabilities have saved $1,000 200 on their

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already does not have to on -- sam weir, a dr. north carolina e-mailed me.y and i draw strength knowing that the preventative care will be covered in the seennts we have not yet will finally be able to get the coverage they need. that is the difference the affordable care act will make. americans100 million have gained access to things to help them stay healthy. [applause] at the young age of 23, this woman is battling cancer for the second time. her mother e-mailed me from the hospital. if justine were uninsured, it her $4500.st mom only had to cover pay.co- because of the affordable care act, seniors have saved an average of $1200 on their medicines.n 8.5 million families have gotten money back from their insurance companies. you don't hear that very often. it's been too much on things like overhead and not enough on care. [laughter] . [applause] what this means to millions of americans. today is that we are not going back. going to betray monica or julia or sam or justine or joann. [applause] that seems to be the only alternative that obamacare's critics

partisan financial disclosure rules for states supreme court judges is our subject for our guest, kytja weire center for public integrity. if you would like to ask a question, here is how you can do so --(202) 585-3881 for republicans, (202) 585-3880 for democrats, (202) 585-3882 for independents. tweet us your questions or comments @cspanwj, e-mail us at journal@c-span.org. we talked about some of the broad areas of the report. we have attached the report to the c-span website. if you want to go to the website , it is the justice of secured article. let's take a call from shannon, republican from new york. good morning. caller: as usual, chipper morning. i would like to validity other side -- when is it ever been different in terms of the oversight into personal finances? i spent about 22 years of a course for -- as a court stenographer. the highest data television personality right now is judge .udy, $47 million a year not enough if you ask her. jokes aside, let's go back to what we are really obscure in here. i grew up the son of a lawyer who later became a judge, and dropped off.ler apol

sam weir a doctor in north carolina emailed me, the coming years will be challenging all of us, but my colleagues and i draw strength from knowing that beginning with the new year, the preventive care many of our current patients have been putting off will be put off and the patients we have not seen will be able to get the care they have long needed. that's the difference that affordable care act will be for many patients. flu more, like mammograms, shots, patients will stay healthy. [applause] >> at the young age of 23, just teen ula is battling cancer for the second time. her mom e mailed me from cleveland university hospital and she stopped by to pick up the medicine. if she was uninsured, it would have cost her $4,000 500, but she is insured because the affordable care act has let her and three million people have gained coverage to stay on their parents' plan until they are 26. [applause] >> that means just teen's mom all she had to cover was the $25 co-pay. because the affordable care act, more than seven million seniors and americans with disabilities have saved $1,000 200 on t

midweek through the end of the week, weir looking at teens, even single digits in denver, so well below that average low of 18 degrees. bitterly cold across a time of the country. we're back after the break. >>> welcome back, everybody. right now it's time for the executive edge. this united workers auto union is considering hiking membership dues by 25%. the union is facing dwindling membership and rising costs. joe, when they talk about raising, it's the rates that they're raising, not the actual dollar terms. it would be something like two hours that you pay in, now they're talking about raising it to 2 1/2 hours per month. it's something that they admit it's just in the early stages of right now, but it's something their hand is being forced because not only do they have fewer members, a lot of the newer members aren't making as much as the old honor ones. and a huge part of the uab, something like 50% isn't part of the union. it's dwindling. >> i was in the union, just briefly. >> i was, too. "the wall street journal" was a union shop. >> the other one, not sag, and then sag i had