go, professor wiseman! go, professor wiseman! sis-boom-bah! sis-boom-bah! water. so far, so good. (crowd cheering) george wanted to see the professor cross the finish line, so he made sure to get a good spot. do you see her? i don't see her. (chatters) she looks tired. george: uh-oh. oh, no, something's wrong. maybe she got a charley horse. huh? that's a cramp in your leg, george, and they can be very painful. oh! whew! hi, there. (squeals) i thought it'd be fun if my personal trainer finished the race with me. huh? (squeals) (laughs) (crowd cheering) ha-ha! (chuckles) i did it! i actually ran a race! uh-huh, uh-huh. i got a medal for finishing, and the race was a huge success. we raised enough money for our trip to oman. ah, that's terrific. and i found out who those anonymous donors were. apparently, they thought i needed to work a little less and have fun a little more. that's right because all work and no play... ...is a crummy way to spend your day. (both laugh) to thank you for helping me learn that lesson, i want you to have my medal. oh! (chuckles)

i talked with lieutenant reid wiseman right after the war began. at 10:15 eastern today he'll tell us how that war shaped his career and his life. >>> plus, president obama talking to the troops about the end of the war. that's just before noon at ft. bragg. you'll see that right here on cnn. >>> well, donald trump has pulled out of the gop presidential debate that he was scheduled to moderate. trump says that he wanted to avoid a potential conflict of interest because he could enter the race later than a third party candidate. >> the republican party does not want me running as an independent. so they made this debate pretty impossible, although it could be an interesting chat with newt gingrich and it could be an interesting time. they want me to announce that i won't run as an independent candidate and i won't do that. because if the republicans pick the wrong person, i would, in fact, seriously consider running. >> well, trump says that most of the candidates declined to take part in the debate because of his potential candidacy. as of now, onl

(hooting happily) wiseman (over p.a.): attention.f penguins. oh. uh-huh. see this small family of chinstrap penguins? uh-huh. well, this breed gets its name from the unique marking on its head. oh. (chortles) we didn't see them on our last visit, and i'm worried. i need you to find them. (chortles excitedly) in your gear bags, you'll find a waterproof video camera... uh-huh. radio mics for talking to each other over short distances... check. ...and a photo of a chinstrap penguin to help you identify them. uh-huh. any questions? um... yes? on the left. um, were we chosen for this mission because of our fine work in outer space and under the sea? uh-huh. well, not exactly. my usual team is on assignment in the sahara desert. (groans) oh. but you lucky guys get to meet penguins! yes! penguins. (chortling excitedly) (chortling excitedly) narrator: george couldn't wait to meet a real penguin. oh, this is great. okay. i'm moving on to the nesting grounds of the emperor penguins. you'll meet us at this spot at 9:00 a.m., right? right. remem

. >> he was a little wiseman. people forgot all the baby jesus. >> science fair silver medalist. >> so handsome. [laughter] jon huntsman junior, the nicest boy. >> he breast-fed >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. tonight my guest is first american to join russia's ballet. ly make sure he stays on point. please welcome david halberg. [cheering and applause] david, thank you so much for joining me. all right, sir. get your defenses up because i'm going the lay into you right now. okay. americans don't defect to go to the bolshoi. the russkies defect to come here. why are you trying the lose us the cold war? >> stephen, the cold war is over. >> stephen: it was until you did this. [laughter] then you handed them a victory. why dance for the bolshoi? >> you know, i love challenge. i love risk. >> stephen: there's nothing risky or challenge in the united states? you want risk, dance on fire. i'd go see that. do the firebird on fire. >> stephen, for me it was really an opportunity to experience something totally differ

. >> he was a little wiseman. people forgot all the baby jesus. >> science fair silver medalist. >> so handsome. [laughter] jon huntsman junior, the nicest boy. >> he breast-fed mom: ...these are perfect. now what about activating them? blueshirt: not a problem. we have all the plans right here. mom: they're gonna love these. blueshirt: ha, santa's got nothing on you huh? santa: real mature. vo: get the holiday's hottest phones for free on verizon's high-speed wireless network. at best buy everybody. tonight my guest is first american to join russia's ballet. ly make sure he stays on point. please welcome david halberg. [cheering and applause] david, thank you so much for joining me. all right, sir. get your defenses up because i'm going the lay into you right now. okay. americans don't defect to go to the bolshoi. the russkies defect to come here. why are you trying the lose us the cold war? >> stephen, the cold war is over. >> stephen: it was until you did this. [laughter] then you handed them a victory. why dan

thomas wiseman with the go- ahead goal.hort, short school, 11- three. >> will have more coming up on the newscast tonight at 11. have a good night.

>> was there a wiseman on there? >> they were walking around. >> you know what's been fun?ry year we expect salvation army with their kettles out every year. they do the most amazing work year after year after year. have you noticed it ain't your grandma's salvation army? they are jazzing it up. they're so full of joy. this gentleman in front of the nbc experience store is a guy i see all the time. he is shaking it up. look at him. he's like that all the time. i love him. >> we have some of the guys from the salvation army here. they are going to show us how they've spiced it up. >> merry christmas. >> how are you? >> you guys are at penn station, right? >> yeah, penn station. >> show how you get people to give a little money. let's hear it. ♪ angels we have heard on high sweetly singing ore the plain ♪ and the mountains in reply ♪ echoing their joyous strain ♪ gloria ♪ in excelsis deo ♪ >> everybody. ♪ gloria in excelsis deo ♪ >> that was perfect, you guys. >> he is doing a whole lot more choreography than you guys. >> he's not singing. >> what about the jackson 5? >> if i

and here's how fox news wiseman, charles, assesses the state of play in the house of representatives. >> what the democrats have succeeded in doing is to of the upper hand in the initiative. if the republicans leave now, things as they are, the democrats are not going to save the republicans and save the house. they are going to do nothing. we are going to go to january 1, there will be a tax hike, the end of a holiday tax hike imposed every day and they will be hammering on the republicans in the house and ultimately the republicans will cave. >> the republican house stubbornly refused again to vote on the tax cut that passed the senate with 89 votes, including 39 republican senate votes. democratic leader nancy pelosi says she knows why. >> that's why they didn't give us a chance to vote on the senate bill. they are afraid they would lose. >> this afternoon, president obama interrupted the white house briefing to ask house republican leaders for a vote on the senate bill. >> right now the bipartisan compromise that was reached on saturday is the only viable way to prevent a tax hike

and the wiseman always says the same thing. you already know it. there's no place like home. that is the story of the search for knowledge or also of an education, of course, that leading out from what you already know. and i think that there are myths that keep coming back that make fantastic -- phaerda is one you keep coming back. it's in other books. it's in the devil and the flesh. every time it comes back, wow, oh, boy, i think i'll forget that. it's already close to home. i'm not going to think about that. and when it comes around again, it's always very compelling because it's very close to home. in some weird way, catch-22 is related to all the horrifying books like -- what's it in english? what's it called? >> all's quiet on the western front. >> all's quiet on the western front. all the great novels even from here to eternity, that they have a connection in the loss of just plain realty and things are all turned upside down and forgetting why you're there. at least of all with the second world war because it was the last war with good guys and bad guys, or so we tho

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professor wiseman needs me at the museum. they're picking a new shade of yellow for the main hall. hmm. apples are red. and peppers. and strawberries. ooh. and watermelons. ahh! george didn't know what cabbage was, but it was the last red thing in the fridge. five red things. oh... now, all george needed was a special ingredient. (exclaims) (sniffing) hmm. a red fish? why not? (whirring) (hooting happily) (gurgling) okay. so maybe raw fish is not a special juice ingredient. george decided he'd try again, and make a fish-free juice. he started with one of everything: one apple, one strawberry, one pepper, one piece of watermelon and one whatever this was. (whirring) (humming) (groans) that wasn't it at all. he had the red ingredients. hmm... what could be the problem? (blender whirring) (hundley whines) george decided to experiment with different amounts of each ingredient. he used a big piece of paper to keep track. (blender whirring) hmm? ahh... (sniffs) (barks) not berry enough. so george added strawberries. ugh. too sweet. george added more peppers. (both sputtering) it still wa

president, certainly not the one that clark clifford, washington's foremost wiseman, called that dunsto says this argument. but then you wonder why it had to collapse. history is complete -- is replete with poor countries editor state court or get poorer, but do not under our system of a revolution, and especially not a peaceful abandonment of the empire. the turkish and russian empires worked for and got poorer over several centuries. -- work for and got poorer over several centuries. to a certain inevitability of the revolutionary soviet breakup -- to assert the inevitability of the revolutionary soviet breakup is simple-minded. it leaves out people from the historic portrait of that era. to someone who is chattering class, there is room for a portrait in the historic -- there is room for a face in the historic portrait of the era. and that faiz is mikheil core which of. mind you -- and i face is mikheil gorda joseph. and mind you, he deserves some of the credit. but amidst all of the adulation heaped upon gorbachev, someone applied a simple question that should be pos about any lead