she also named yun as her spokesperson. yun is vice president of the newspaper and television associatio hetued at tokyo's ko university. park is said to set up her administration this week. >>> russian president vladimir putin spends christmas eve in india, and he sees the chance to sign billions of dollars worth in trade and defense deals. putin met indian prime minister singh in new delhi. they agreed on a deal for india to purchase components of fighter jets to assemble. they also agreed to set up a $2 billion fund to set up joint trade and economic projects. they decided to add two nuclear reactors to southern india. but they reportedly failed to agree on terms of compensation in the event of an accident. >>> wrestling fans turned out >>> some people will line up for the smell of baked goods. developers are offering them a machine that can replicate the handy work. >> reporter: japanese consumers loved stuffed bred especially sweet read bean buns. this factory churns out 1300 buns day. breds like these are usually made

she also named yun as her spokesperson. yun is vice president of the newspaper and television association. he studied at tokyo's ko university. puck is said to set up her administration this week. >>> russian president vladimir putin spends christmas eve in india, and he sees the chance to sign billions of dollars worth in trade and defense deals. putin met indian prime minister singh in new delhi. they agreed on a deal for india to purchase components of fighter jets to assemble. they also agreed to set up a $2 billion fund to set up joint trade and economic projects. they decided to add two nuclear reactors to southern india. but they reportedly failed to agree on terms of compensation in the event of an accident. >>> wrestling fans turned out for events in pakistan earlier this month that pitted some of japan's strongest men against each other. professional wrestling used to be popular in pakistan and thousands showed up for the exhibition matches. behind the scenes is a long history between a japanese wrestling giant an

yun, are any other mortgage housing related issues affected by the fiscal cliff?ou talk about the potential of the mortgage tax deduction, but what about on january 1, are there any other tax changes for program changes we should be aware of? guest: the extension of the mortgage forgiveness should be extended. this is referring to people who are under water, they need to sell their house, so they need a short sale approval where the bank would forgive their debt of. the underwater of from the point of view of the irs, they consider that taxable. taxable if the extension is not prolong. so that is people who went through a difficult time and went through a short sale, they went through a very stressful financial times and for the irs to say now you have an additional taxable income, does not make sense. we have a bipartisan support to extend this. hopefully we can find a vehicle to attach it to and get it extended. it's only $1 billion price tag. a very small amount compared to the $1 trillion budget deficit we have been running. host: you have been quoted as sayin

host: lawrence yun, we -- laurence yun, appreciate you talking to our viewers. >> the house and senate are in today. the senate working on two bills -- to extend provisions of the foreign intelligence surveillance act and the other, a $60 billion relief package for areas affected by hurricane sandy -- hurricane sandy. a book planned for 5 to 30 p.m. eastern on at least one. and the senate will swear in their replacement for senator inouye. the former democratic lieutenant governor was chosen by the governor for the seat. the houses that line at 2:00 eastern. right now, a pro forma session plan with no blood is little work expended but the agenda could change based on the status of the fiscal cliff negotiations. and we got a special book page setup for things related to the so-called fiscal cliff. you can watch video of hearings and briefings and there is a live twitter stream of comments from viewers and reporters and a resource area with related documents and links, all lacked c-span.org/fiscal cliff. >> the soviets but the missiles in cuba. the united states discovers that by surveil

san francisco family sent christmas without their grandmother and mother because a drunk driver -- 56 yundied after a car hit her tweak peeks area. he doesn't want the family to suffer because someone drank too much and decided to drive. >> the thing about the consequences, my family -- i had a perfect family, a perfect mom and now everything is gone. >> the driver of the car 23-year old jenny who you saw there faces several felony accounts verses have heck lar man slaughter. >>> new details about the man who set fire to his neighborhood yesterday before shooting four firefighters and two of them fatally in the new york town of webster it's near rodchester and the shooting left a note intending to wipe out more people. >> he was intending to wipe out more people that he did after the police read a night that spangler wrote. he wrote i have to see how much of the neighborhood to burn down and do what i love to do best which is killing people. >> he wanted to kill as many people but as far as motives and we don't know. >> his 67-year old sister died in the incident and they lived together i

host: lawrence yun, we appreciate you talking to our viewers. up next is steve forbes. >> later, more members -- interviews with retiring members of congress. retiring nebraska senator bill nelson -- he served two terms and was part of the so-called gang of 14 to negotiate a compromise over judicial negotiations. 40 minutes later, interviews with two retiring house members. first, california republican jerry lewis, who chaired the appropriations committee. later, a conversation with california democrat lynn woolsey. >> i enjoy that it is straight forward. it is comprehensive. it has what is happening without a pundit interjecting. that is what i really appreciate about c-span. is a great resource for anyone looking to become more familiar with how government works. >> julie watches c-span on bryson. c-span -- created by america's cable companies in 1979. brought you as a public service by your television provider. >> a look at the u.s. capitol here, where work continues in an effort to avoid the so-called fiscal clift of tax hikes and spending c

it stems from a battle over constitutional rights between ravels grocery stores and yun yinz.preme court said the picketors have right to use private land for labor-related speech, however, stores will be allowed to limit space they can use. >> and an increasing number of san francisco murals turning into targets for vandal as courting to street artists saying their paintings@/dcn beig tagged with graffiti at higher rates this year. that is a shame. artists say once it has been destroyed restoring sit too time consuming. the city says they've spent $3.5 million on graffiti abaitment. >> san francisco company that tracks apps says fewer people are using the program called2vx instagram saying it's lost 25% of daily active users in weeks. numbers don't require changes to terms of service agreement actually cost that to happen. facebook owns instagram. they say the number of users is actually up this year. >> and we're talking about tech these didays there is an app for pretty much everything. how about an app about nothing more than just being cute? on video? jonathan bloomvzá-z

yeej yun -- eugene's son produces videos. eugene nominated for a grammy for a children album.he latest cd. he created an outreach program, they brought latin culture to hawaii. >> we need to integrate people and get people to talk to each other. >> it's because of his commitment and dedication that the artist advocacy group has given him a $50,000 fellowship grant for artistic excellence. for the christmas show this, lot will be turned into a little bethlehem. then, inside music, a pinata and fun, saturday, december 15th. >> paragliders back on the ground after surviving in spain. >> he spent four hours dangling from high voltage lines in spain. he narrowly missed being electrocuted. >> a helicopter team tried to reach him but it got too dark. >> thanks for joining us at a4:00. >> awc 7 news at 5:00mhá2t begis right now. >>. >> thank you. more victims of a car consignment shop come forward, claiming the dealer drove off with the car and earnings. skpf one thing car owners should never hand over before the deal is sun. >> same-sex weddings left on hold. we'll take a look at wha

either that it's part of the again yun market or the company itself has serious momentum. no matter how they get there, many stocks from the high list often keep going higher. we saw this success of investing in the new high list over and over again. following them turned out to be a way to make great money. listening to the bears caused you to miss out on one of the greatest rallies in history. obviously, i have to keep you from ever doing that again. but generally speaking, things that have worked well continue to work well. now, i am not saying that you can chase stocks that are hitting their highs because they'll keep going higher. i'm sure some of you will no doubt qualify. that would be the ultimate. listen, this is subtle. i am not a bozo the clown offering a bozo behavior. i am saying that if you want to identify stocks for the winners of the future, looking at the biggest winners of the present has tended to be a pretty good place to start looking. that is the thing about the market. things pretty much keep going the way they were going until something major shift

. >>> this morning, four children, one as yun as 12, face charges for carjacking. the virginia couple was outside their home in manassas wednesday night when the group held them at gunpoint. when police caught up to them, a 13-year-old girl was behind wheel. the suspects tried to get away leaving the minivan in drive which sent the van into a pillar in a mcdonald's drive through. the group took the couple's rent money and a new tablet computer just purchased for their daughter. >>> 6:34 right now. a malfunctioning furn mass is to blame for a massive fire that destroyed an apartment complex earlier this week. now, we're hearing the 91 calls for help as people watched the fire race through the building. >> i'm down the street but i can see it from here. there's smoke everywhere. >> do you know what floor it's on in. >> it looks like it started on the first floor but it's to the third floor now. >> you said you see a window on fire, right? >> yeah. it's going to the next one and burning the roof. >> window on fire on first floor. now it's going all the way up to the r

federal labor law says any worker in any workplace, doesn't matter if there is a june yun can say i don't want to be a member of the union. in our uaw constitution, we have a provision that members can say, i don't want to be a member of a union. that's one option. another option members can dom under our constitution is say, i don't mind being a member but i don't want any of my dues dollars to go for political purposes, and we allow members to say that and they can get a rebate on their dues if they want to say that. >> where does the management of the automatic 0 company stand on this? >> you know, they all -- and i appreciate it. they all voice privately and very strongly to the governor that thought this was devisive they thought this was bad for michigan. you know i just think that when push came to shove, you know, really i hope it comes out but we heard many, many stories about dick devos and others threatening people and saying if you don't support right-to-work, i will fund a candidate against you. so, you know it's unfortunate. >> that's not the kind of olympics i want people o

the second takeover of a sire re yun army base in recent weeks.he rebels are trying to -- are trying to gain strength near the border of turkey. >>> today, the day many couples were waiting for, well, it finally came over the weekend. about 146 same-sex couples got married at seattle's city hall, the first day they could legally marry in that state. washington state voters passed same-sex marriage last month. >> i feel so good. i couldn't be happier. it's such a special day for us you, the state and for all of the other couples. >>> nine states allow couples to marry. the supreme court could provide the sweeping ruling that could end the bans on the other states. we should hear their decision about in about six months. >>> former los angeles official who claimed a spinal tumor was to blame for his child pornography addiction will be sentenced. afred abrams will be sentenced for distributing sexually explicit image as. prosecutors want him sense -- sentenced to more than eight years. he said a made his personality altered and he downloaded pornogra

he said they were in -- loyal to the sire re yun government. they were not physically -- syrian government. he said they were not physically abusive. >>> a popular children's foy is being recalled. the consular products safety commission says -- consumer products safety commission says water balls and the other varieties can be dangerous if you swallow them. these toys absorb water and they can expand to 400 times the original size. >>> starting next fall there will be a new way to tell which tv shows like "mornings on 2" are the most popular. twitter is teaming up with the nielsen rating company to create the new rating system. it will measure what shows viewers are talking about as they watch tv. advertisers are expected to view the twitter ratings as a useful and extra mention about the popularity of a program. >>> we like to think "mornings on 2" is pretty popular. >> why he. >>> the oakland as plan to imagine a major announcement. and this one comes with an international twist. [ singing christmas carols in background ] aunt sally's singin

eunice yun, cnbc, beijing. >> are those fears right, is the the expansion just investment-led and therefore not worth as much and that seems to be the insinuation? >> also i think china and china manufacturing has always historically been investment led anyway. much less consumer dependent than what we see maybe in europe and the u.s. but, yes, that meeting is just back into expansion territory. that's good in itself. global growth will be looking for china to be going ahead. so good but modest. so any demand elsewhere could have an impact on china. >> have we had the china slowdown? >> we've had mosts of it i think. but again, china is very much in recent line with the cycle of the global economy and we'll be looking for some of the big growth engines to help them, as well. >> what's the chinese swing factor for investors? >> sitting in europe clearly it's something we focus upon. is it a driving force, absolutely not. the tail risk i think is what scares us. so do i feel heartened by the numbers in china, yes, it's kind of a positive. but there's more important things. >> if you're worrie

blizzard conditions for parts of yun and kentuck indiana and kentucky.ts way across florida. we had strong storms in mobile, alabama. this time it's in eastern sections of georgia, south carolina and north carolina as well. i want to show you a look of severe weather. what happened when it rolled across lake ponchartrain. what are you looking at is a waterspout. a tornado over water. when waterspouts come on shore, sometimes they are actual tornadoes. you can see the bottom of the liftup of water as that waterspout worked its way across the lake. incredible severe weather rolls across the louisiana and new orleans area. and now snow. as it advances to the east, bringing heavy thunderstorms. in tennessee and kentucky, one-half is getting of severe weather in terms of storms and the other half getting snow. we're seeing that across lower sections of indiana and illinois. as it wraps around in indiana and ohio, we could see up to a foot of snow. and as we go into tonight and certainly tomorrow, this will be a storm system for the northeast. i don't think we

and we talked to the chief economist, lawrence yun. and discussions about the fiscal cliff negotiations as congress returns to washington. and later, a discussion on background checks, how they work, and when they are required. washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. columnist in a news analyst talks about the relationship with religion and american politics. he was introduced by the former missouri senator and ambassador to the united nations and john danforth. from washington university, this is an hour-and-a-half. >> finally, it is my honor to introduce senator john danforth, who will introduce mr. will. the senator is a partner with the law firm. he graduated with honors from princeton university, where he majored in religion. he received a bachelor of divinity degree from yale divinity school and a bachelor of laws degree from yale law school. he practiced law for some years and began his political career in 1968 when he was elected attorney general of missouri in his first place for public office. missouri vote

. >> did you get the story off of the on yun? >> it's true.w why they would name them the pelicans. >> because the pel cans because the brown pelicans the brown pel pelican is the state bird of louisiana. >> the lakers, the name from minnesota, yeah. i think theat president obama should intervene here the new orleans basketball team should be the new orleans sxraz. they should take that back from utah because who equates jazz with utah? >> well, i understand that they treat people that play jazz music in utah the same way as they treated witches in salem. >> michael jordan is interested in the hornets' name. it could become the charlotte hornets. >> what's point? >> good grief. >> speaking of names, we have to point out that cyprian is wearing the real name of the washington wizards a t-shirt on, the bullets. >> washington bullets. used to be the bullet. >> yeah. they have gone downhill. from the bullits to the wizard. finally, lots of people love the smell of a freshly opened box of pizza earthens so much so they might wear it as a perfume. t

institute] >> we will continue with the forecasts for the coming year's housing market with lawrence yun. a discussion on background checks, how they work, who gets them, and when they are required. our guest is matt bennett. " washington journal," 7:00 eastern. they share their experiences on the various challenges they faced early it into their careers and the workplace family balance. this is 45 minutes. >> debate you every single person here has been up since 5:00. >> the saw her on tv? that was clever. you are not a rhodes scholar for anything. >> 4:30 wakeup for "morning show." >> what time did you get up? :00.:30-5 >> i and the late riser. i get up at 5:00. >> when you are doing the today program, you have to be the last one there at night to make sure you have the overnight. there were late developments and early developments as well. i am there until 10:00 or 11:00. >> for the two people who do not know andrea mitchell, i want to introduce herb. she has her own show on them as nbc. she covers foreign-policy for the network. she is one of the bust respected and we are delighted s

>> because i'll tell you, i was in yun in youngstown a year or so ago.ance said to me, she said -- she was 63 years old -- she just said i just need to live a year and a half more so i can get on medicare and get health insurance. >> right. so maybe the age doesn't raise for her, but what about for others? why can't you guys come up with a framework that works now? >> means testing. there's this whole view that 70-year-olds -- >> we're not saying that. >> no, but somewhere it was social security at 70, 67, now you raise it another year. people that work in a diner, people that are on their feet all day long in retail or construction or manufacturing, you know, all of us can work till we're 70, perhaps, god willing. >> so means testing? >> maybe. that would be something there might be some agreement on, but this unilateral saying we're going to raise the retirement age for working americans. >> i feel there's a disconnect. i feel like, first of all, you've got a lot of republicans promulgating this concept that all small businesses will be hurt by the way

we will continue with the forecast of the coming years housing market with lawrence yun, followed by more discussion of the fiscal cliff negotiations as congress returns to washington. we are joined by steve forbes. later, a discussion on background checks, how they work, who gets them, and when they are required. our guest is matt denn it. washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i just enjoy that it is straight forward, comprehensive, and you can really sense what is happening without a pundit interjecting, and that is what i really appreciate about c-span. it is definitely a great resource for anyone looking to become more familiar with how government works and the ins and outs of capitol hill. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979. brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> now, state and defense department officials testified at a hearing on violence in the eastern congo. a rebel group of congolese army defectors has been terrorizing people. the congolese army, with the aid of u.n. peacekeepers, has been battling the de

. ♪ silent night holy night all is calm all is bright ♪ ♪ round yun virgin mother and child holy infantlready we have -- >> yeah. >> this is a book by ann lamott, and i just picked this up. i'm sort of running out of my office, and cathy, my assistant, handed it to me and said read this. three essential prayers if you are feeling blue. this book is such a great pick me up. it's a good gift to give to a friend. she writes -- ann is a beautiful writer. >> she's such an instinctive writer. it's $10.25. you can get it on-line, and it will definitely help. especially around now. >> i had already set this aside to share as my favorite thing today. it's called god wink story, the devotional by my really good friend. they've been on our show many times. so many people think that life is random and that there are circumstances and coincidences, and squires thinks not. several books he has written on the whole concept. it's not coincidence, it's a god wink these things that are happening, and it could be a source of grace. these are stories who are people who read his other books and then write i

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