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diane. >>> we turn for details to abc's vicki mabrey. >> thank you, diane. we have late-breaking news tonight. diplomat richard holbrooke has died at age 69 after suffering a torn aorta last week. a major figure inside the state department, holbrooke was nominated for a nobel peace prize for his work on the 1995 dayton peace accords, which ended the bloody ethnic conflict in bosnia. born in new york in 1941 to jewish immigrants, holbrooke worked as a magazine editor, professor, author and investment banker. he was a top foreign policy adviser during the presidential campaign of his boss and friend, hillary clinton. for nearly two years now, he was the obama administration special envoy for afghanistan and pakistan. he said it was, quote, the most difficult job i've had in my career. in his latest role, holbrooke traveled frequently to the region, visiting soldiers and diplomats on the ground. he to publish a comprehensive review of u.s. policy in the region later this week. holbrooke is survived by his wife, catty martin, and his two children. now, back to d

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diane? >> all right, jake, thank you. >>> and as you know, about a mile and a half away, on capitol hill, republicans gained power in november by promising to cut waste. those projects known as pork. our jon karl tracked down some of them today, because some of them seem to have said one thing, while preparing to do another. >> reporter: christmas time on capitol hill -- plenty of gifts for special interests and pet projects for powerful lawmakers. case in point -- >> this appropriations bill. >> reporter: the so-called omnibus prop rations bill. $1.1 trillion to keep the government running for the next year. it's filled with old-fashioned pork. more than $8 billion in earmarks, special projects tacked on by individual members of congress. there's $80 million for the restoration of pacific coastal salmon. some of it for land-locked nevada, which hasn't seen wild salmon since the 1930s. $300,000 for the polynesian voyaging society in hawaii. $235,000 for noxious weed management in nevada. $16

and diane, the authorities here, like in the u.s. are exercising maximum caution. >> well, jim, i'm here in washington, d.c. to talk with american national security officials about the holidays ahead. any concerns they have on homeland security. and i'll bring you the full conversation tomorrow. i sat down with department of homeland security secretary janet napolitano, the director of national intelligence, james clapper and his president's chief counterterrorism adviser john brennan. but on this day fraught with so many terror warnings, i started by asking them about london. and here's a bit of that. >> as far as i know, we have not yet found any connection between those arrests and any threat to the homeland or to the united states. >> any sense of how many attacks they're planning? >> i will leave it to the british to talk about the activities that these individuals were engaged in. >> but, again, when we look around today, with newark airport and the false alarm there but new york city we had several of them. what do you say to

diane? >> all right, mike, as we see your pictures and as the west grapples with this weather, if you have a feeling that this has been a year of record crashing across the country, you're right. and here's a look back -- los angeles, now soaked, had its hottest day this year on september 27th, that was 113 degrees. so hot thermometers burst. down in florida the hottest summer in more than a century has given way, plummeting into the coldest december in five decades. 19 degrees on december 15th and in syracuse the most snow they have seen there in 100 years. 72 inches. >>> heading to washington now, because today there was a breakthrough for president obama on the heels of that tax-cut deal and the repeal of don't ask don't tell. that big arms agreement cleared a big hurdle and jake tapper reports. >> reporter: tonight, the president is closing in on one of his top priorities nuclear disarmament with russia. >> every minute we drag our feet is a minute that we have no inspectors on the groun

>> reporter: good evening, diane. that's right. violence raged here in london this afternoon and into the night, as students protested a government plan to triple the cost of university tuition. it all culminated in that attack on the royal family. this video shows the royal rolls rice under attack from an angry crowd. >> prince charles and the princess. >> reporter: inside the car, a shocked prince charles and camilla. the heir to the british throne and the duchess of cornwall, seen here, were on their way to theater when the violence in london's streets reached them. >> prince charles was driving past, all i saw, a couple of people were kicking the door. he got terrified, he drove on, police came down and everyone just -- >> did you see them do the graffiti? >> i didn't see them smash the window, but i saw the car get attacked. it was prince charles in the car. i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: this was the aftermath, shattered windows and a canister of paint that exploded on the car. the royal couple were unharme

diane? >> all right, jake tapper reporting from the white house tonight. >>> and, there is one thing that washington did fail to pass, the bill to help those firemen and rescue workers, who raced to the scene on 9/11. the bill would provide more than $7 billion to help the workers who got sick from the toxic chemicals at ground zero, and as jon karl reports, the failure to act has prompted withering criticism. >> reporter: in the tangle of unfinished business before congress -- >> start treaty. don't ask, don't tell. a vet on the dream act. spending bill. >> reporter: there's one thing that stands out. a bill to guarantee health care for the rescue workers who responded on 9/11, many of whom now have diseases believed to be caused by toxins inhaled in the days following the attack. >> there's no clear bill that i've seen, the difference between right versus wrong. >> reporter: lately, jon stewart has been on a crusade about t s this -- >> we're disgusted. >> reporter: and lashing out at repu

stanford hospital was not fined in diane stewart's death but the state health department said she died before the adverse effect law went into effect. the state medical board declined to pursue action against her doctor. the stewarts have gone to the governor to appeal that decision. >>> how do you find out if your hospital's record is one of the best or the worst? we have a link, violations on our website. go to nbcbayarea.com and search hospital. the complete statement from stanford hospital is posted there. >>> the rain is here. it is going to get a whole lot worse. >> it sure is. the wind is going to be the thing that people are going to really want to note here as we head throughout the next three days. periods of gusty winds and while we are looking at heavy rainfall, the river level gauges are not showing any major flooding. the russian river is expected to hit 15 feet as we head into sunday. a flood stage is not until you hit 32 feet. good news when it comes to the river flooding we are watching right now that could be a potential. it looks like these isolated urban areas are f

diane? >> all right, jake, want to turn now to martha raddatz, because we wanted more on the view from the ground in afghanistan, and she has traveled there six times this year. she's just come back this week. and martha, give me, again, a general sense of how much ground the u.s. and the other forces have gained there and how much the taliban has pushed back. >> reporter: well, you know, the strategy is clear, hold and build. they are still clearing in most areas. now, even in the south, where they cited progress today, those areas, they're just clearing. they're not really holding and they're certainly not building. and as nick schifrin pointed out, in the north and the west, things have deteriorated significantly. >> so, as you read this report, what do you think the troops on the ground are saying tonight? >> reporter: well, i can tell you, diane, first of all, they don't pay much attention to politics or polls. they are fighting for the brother and sister next to them. and if this is ve

diane? >> well, jake, we should note for everyone that even as president clinton was weighing in with support at the white house, there was an old fashioned filibuster under way from the opposition on capitol hill. take a look at this. senator bernie sanders, an independent from vermont has been speaking virtually nonstop, just one break, since 10:25 this morning. reading passages from books and articles. and winning a stamina award of some kind. >>> there was drama inside an outside a courthouse in salt lake city today where jurors convicted the man who kidnapped and abused 14-year-old elizabeth smart and rejected his claim of insanity. and after brian david mitchell was found guilty, elizabeth, now 23 years old, talked about what it means to her to see this verdict after more than eight years of waiting. mike von fremd has the story. >> reporter: this courageous 23-year-old woman was unafraid to confront the man who she says put her through nine months of hell. she was taken by knife point

he has now passed it on, officially, from jack kirsch men to diane as our fifth poet laureate. you would have thought that it must have gone on longer. but i am proud of it. as was jack, and i do not see him here, of his stewardship. jack and i did not always agree on every issue, and i went into this with some risk that i would be scorned even after appointing him. i would never have appointed him if i thought it would change his tenor. quite the contrary. i have admired him even more because he did an outstanding job as a steward of that position and really democratized the position even more reaching out into the neighborhood and also reaching out around the world in international issues, internationalizing our status. that is really important, raising the bar, also. he had a strategy of going deep into the community and broadening debt strategy in a broader context. i look for to extending that tradition which our new po gloria. i have had the privilege of reading through not only poetry but a lot of opinions that opinion-makers have, and lot of letters, and lot associated

. >> reporter: that's right, diane. this report constitutions one of the starkest warnings yet and the prescriptions will be tough for the public to swallow, and even more difficult, perhaps, for politicians to support. the co-chairs of the president's debt commission issued a stark warning today. >> this debt is like a cancer. it is going to destroy us from within. >> reporter: the u.s. risks facing the kind of economicic catastrophe transpiring in europe, they said. >> it doesn't happen as a slippery slope. it doesn't happen in six months. it's dramatic. >> reporter: arguing that the nation can no longer continue to ignore its $13.8 trillion national debt and this year's projected $1.3 trillion deficit. the chairmen recommended raising the social security retirement age from 66 now to 69 by the year 2017. increasing the payroll tax for the wealthier recipients and reducing their social security benefits. increasing the gasoline tax by 15 cents per gallon beginning in 2013. eliminating or reducing tax detuxs for indivi

he gin joins us from the white e tonight. >> reporter: good evening, diane. white house officials expected this case will end up before the supreme court. at issue, as you say, the individual mandate, the requirement under the new health care law, that every american who can purchase it, purchase health insurance. the health care bill that president obama signed into law in march requires that every american who can afford it buys health insurance. federal district judge henry hudson today called that requirement "unconstitutional." what's called an individual mandate he said "exceeds the constitutional boundaries of congressional power." at its core, this dispute is not simply about regulating the business of insurance or crafting a scheme of universal health insurance coverage, he wrote, it's about an individual's right to choose to participate. >> this case is not about health insurance. it is not about health care. it's about liberty. and the judge said as much in his order. >> reporter: the white house argued today the goal of the health care law, covera

diane? >> thank you, clarissa and lara and also nick, our team in the field. >>> and today, the pentagon released its long awaited study on don't ask, don't tell, and how the troops will react if gays can serve openly in the military. after seeing the survey, top brass are reaffirming it is time for a change. here's jon karl. >> reporter: the clear message from the peng leadership today? don't ask, don't tell, should be repealed. >> this can be done and should be done without posing a serious risk to military readiness. >> reporter: the pentagon surveyed 115,000 service members and found 69% believe they've already served with somebody who is gay or lesbian, and 92% of them said the impact on their unit was very good, good or didn't have much of an effect at all. the findings don't surprise army medic sergeant anthony bustos, who was featured in a photo essay of secretly gay service members and who came out in an interview with bob woodruff in may. >> i know that none of my guys would have t

diane, even their longevity. >> so insurance companies are now tracking it? >> everybody trying to get in on the action. >> okay, linsey davis. growing rebellion out there about this. thank you. >>> and on this second night of hanukkah, what should be a joyous time, israel is being rocked by a deadly fast-moving forest fire, the worst in its history. abc's simon mcgregor-wood is near haifa where dozens were killed in a rescue attempt. >> reporter: all day long, hundreds and hundreds of people from across this region have been evacuated from their homes, including 500 inmates from a nearby jail. and it was during that operation tragedy struck. a bus carrying prison guards ran into a wall of flame. they simply had no time to turn around and get away. 40 people on that bus were burnt alive. >> and simon tells us israel is asking other countries for help, including firefighting helicopters. >>> and nasa scientists announced a kind of cosmic headline today, a discovery that could rewrite our ideas about what it takes to sustain life and what else might be living o

diane, if i asked you to find good news in a bad number, could you? >> it would be hard, but there is some good news out there. the only good news is we're generating jobs. not enough jobs to accommodate those coming into the labor force let alone re-employ those who already lost their jobs for more than six months, most of them during the height of the crisis. there are some signs that those people who have just lost their jobs are finding jobs a little bit faster. that's i guess a sliver of hope out there. but we know that, of course, a lot of people have given up entirely on their job search. when they come back in, these unemployment numbers are go even higher. >> sadly to the bad news, first of all we're always told by folks like you that seasonal employment, people getting jobs to work in say retail over christmastime usually deflates the unemployment number. now some people are fearing there's kind of a baked in permanently unemployed number in this country. >> that's the real concern, how many people have given up entirely. labor force partici

. >> this is diane eastabrook at the u.s. post office in chicago, where the bad economy is bringing out the santa in a lot of people. >> susie: many medical schools and teaching hospitals have new policies to put your interests first. those rules ban faculty members from serving as paid speakers for drug products. a new investigation by the independent newsroom propublica found those policies look good on paper, but don't always work in practice. tonight darren gersh continues our "dollars for doctors" coverage, with an ongoing examination of the monetary ties between drug companies and your doctor. >> reporter: they are some of the most prestigious medical schools in the country. stanford university. the university of pennsylvania. the university of pittsburgh. the university of colorado denver. but reporters at the independent newsroom propublica found dozens of faculty members at these schools were accepting payments to speak on behalf of drug companies, an apparent violation of university policies banning the practice. se

diane eastabrook reports on one that's planning to build up its business through a mix of innovation and teamwork. >> reporter: as morning breaks over wisconsin, crave brothers farm is well into its work day. four brothers run this sprawling operation in south central wisconsin, which includes 1,700 acres of land, 2,000 cows, and a cheese factory. each of the crave brothers has a specific job. >> you'll be tiptoeing around through the tulips here. >> reporter: mark rides herd over the heifers. >> this we will used for cattle feed. >> reporter: tom tends the crops. >> this is the melted mozzarella curd. >> reporter: george runs the cheese factory. >> it's nice to have an office where i don't have to plug in the space heater when i walk in. >> reporter: and charlie keeps the books. crave brothers is one of wisconsin's largest and most successful family dairy farms. but 30 years ago, few could have predicted its success. the crave family lived on a small farm. but their father, bob, sold it in the mid-1970s. in 1978, fresh out of college, charlie and george wanted to get back into farmi

. >>> we have an update tonight on diane sawyer's interview with the president's national security team, including director of national intelligence james clapper. he seemed not to know about the 12 terror arrests in london many hours after that news broke. >> london. how serious is it? any implication that it was coming here? any of the things they have seen were coming here? i was a little surprised you didn't know about london, director. >> i'm sorry. i didn't. >> you referenced london, but you didn't talk about the arrests. >> clapper's office first called diane's question ambiguous. today, the white house conceded he was not up to speed. >> his not being briefed yesterday afternoon, this is something that he should have been briefed on. they have taken steps to correct that now. and if that happens again, i'm sure that he is going to be going to be aware of the takeover overseas. >>> a catholic bishop is taking aim at st. joseph's hospital in arizona, insisting it cannot any longer call itself a catholic hospital because of a controversial decision by one of the nuns who works ther

i'm diane dwyer. the bay area received a blast of winter weather today, complete with powerful winds and rain as well. meteorologist craig herrera is here with a look at the storm. hello, craig. >> hello, diane. yeah, quite impressive rainfall totals and the wind gusts that we had today, i'm going to show those to you. this is what we had left from some of the storm. a lot of the heavy rain just off the coast and through the santa cruz mountains. we have some in t sthouthnd up along the peninsula into san francisco and close to san bruno. and up into the north end, scattered showers from healdsburg to saint rosa. 1.3 inches of rain. point reyes just over an inch. plume 0.71. nice impressive totals, from 0.3 to almost a tenth. in orinda over hatch an inch of rain. a lot fell during the evening hours. we knew it was going to be an evening event, and we'll have a few more lingering showers tonight. look at these wind gusts, diane. los gatos, 54 miles per hour. i'll have more on this storm and the next st

. >> diane: that's "inside edition" for today. i'm diane mcinerney in for deborah norville. thanks for watching. we'll see you right back here >>> dramatic new surveillance video reveals the moments after an unthinkable vinyl. police say this video shows a man trying to run out after a discount store after he sexually assaulted a 2-year-old girl. they examine the video. we also get reaction from investigators, plus a look at the suspect's dirt bay in court. >>> randy begins our top store coverage with an in depth look at the new thrill video and -- >> reporter: investigate investigators sex offender is seen rubbing out anion aisle after he was caught with his pants down and was on top of the 2-year-old girl while allegedly assaulting her. the girl's grandmother saw what happened and screamed. as he tried to make a get away, all the customers noticed all of the commotion. >> there he is in that aisle there. and he laid there. >> and he is now across the front area of the store and through this front here and exit. he just flamed. all their attention on this gentleman right ou

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>>> good evening, i'm diane dwyer. merry christmas. in case you didn't venture out today, there was plenty of rain and strong winds out there. what does it mean for the rest of the weekend? let's check in with nick o'kelly. how are you doing? >> i'm doing fine. merry christmas to you. >> we're talking about quieter weather ahead. the heaviest rain is now pushed off to the east. lightning detection just picking up a strike over the east bay hills. we have unstable air moving through. scattered showers will be the rule, however, i don't think we're going to see any more of that really intense rainfall and the strong woids that we saw as the storm passed through in just a few minutes, we'll be back to give you your full seven-day forecast which is rather accurate. >> to san francisco, where tourists and local as like didn't stop them from enjoying the day with the rain. >> reporter: some people dwlr determi were determined to be outside today. a lot more people took the student to get some fresh air. take a look at this ice rink, these ar

diane, tom? >> thapgs a lnks a lot, richardt going to be an incredible two weeks of skiing. >> now we've got some wind to deal with and jeff is standing by. jeff? >> we're seeing sustained winds across the coastline at about 30 miles per hour with this wet and windy pattern right now across the entire bay area. look at this, wind advisory in effect through saturday for not only the entire coastline but for hills in the east and west and south bay, abo 1,000 feet, and also gusts that could bee that. shar some minor flooding issues in santa rosa and report a few minutes around i didn't see reports at any time. we would love to share those on the air.n >>> if you look for having this snow man and poor man, some moderate rain. for the other side of the bay throughout the peninsula from redwood city down to mountain view. san jose looking at some mod ralt rainfall and very sdik condions on hoy issued nouf throughout the meaning hours. snz go three to six feet of snow, from tonight through monday, with

diane eastabrook, "nightly business report," chicago. >> susie: the big three u.s. automakers scored big in november, posting double-digit sales growth. sales at general motors rose 11%. ford motor and chrysler both posted solid gains on strong truck sales. but toyota struggled: sales slipped over 3%. an increase in truck sales couldn't offset a drop in car purchases. tom, toyota has struggled since it announced major recalls earlier this year. >> tom: despite that negative november, toyota shares stronger today. susie, toyota, ford and g.m. shares all moved higher today. let's take a look at tonight's "market focus." as we mentioned, december started with a bang, helped by strong job gains from the adt report, rising productivity and more help pledged for european countries that may be in trouble with their debt. today's rally was widespread. energy, materials and industrials leading the way with gains of more than 2.5% each. all ten of the major s&p stock sectors gained at least 1%. inside the dow industrials, home depot led the way, jumping more than 4.5%. volume

>>> good evening, i'm diane dwyer. happening right now, a bay area woman missing for ten days is in the hospital tonight after a neighbor found her alive in the santa cruz mountains this afternoon. 58-year-old debra collins disappeared on thanks giving, 10 days ago. she had left her home in nearby felton without her pets, personal belongings or her car. and this morning, a man and his son who live near collins said they needed to get out of the house. they decided to go hiking at fall creek to look for her. there had been no organized search effort because there were no clues as to where she might have gone. friends found her just two miles in from the trail head on a trail called lost camp. collins was coherent and unharmed. it's unknown if she had any food or water with her, but she's a triathlete. in washington, d.c., this weekend president obama is criticizing senate republicans for blocking two bills, one that would have extended tax cuts for people making less than a million a year. he's open to a compromise, but

hello, cheryl. >> hi, diane. the report we're talking about compares statistics from bigger cities to smaller cities. you know, we hear a lot about crime statistics in cities like berkeley, oakland and san francisco but not a lot about surrounding cities. until now. >> a couple guys ran up to me, one pulled a gun and i stepped on the gas and got away. >> bob rideout says avoiding a carjacking in concord a year and a half ago makes him sensitive to how the 7-eleven cashier felt tuesday when a masked gunman held up the store, robbing him of only $30. >> no place is immune. it's not going to happen as frequently here as in some areas, but it does happen. >> reporter: there's a california report out to prove it. a study shows violent crime stats dropping in big cities like oakland but increasing in small neighboring cities. for example, the contra costa sheriff's department reporting a 39% jump in violent crime in the first half of 2010. in unincorporated alameda county, violent crime rose 24% in the first part of th

diane eastabrook, "nightly business report," le roy, illinois. >> tom: well, the stock market really kind of marked time today, digesting the pop that we saw last week in share prices. let's get you updated in tonight's "market focus" but coal miner massey was the biggest gainer among energy stocks. massey added another 2% today. shares are at their highest price since a deadly explosion at a west virginia mine in april. c.e.o. don blankenship will retire at the end of the year, feeding speculation it may be bought... or be a buyer. also within energy, anadarko added about 2%. it is just $3 below where it was trading before the gulf oil disaster in april. remember that anadarko owned a stake in the blown-out well. natural gas producer chesapeake was up about 2%. and tonight's close of occidental petroleum is a new two-year high. health care stocks were the biggest losers, led by cancer drug developer celgene. the stock shed 8% on 10 times its usual volume. this is a 90-session chart. it has been studying the long term effect of its multiple myeloma drug revlimid, finding a possible i

diane eastabrook, "nightly business report," chicago. before the recession, before the financial crisis. >> tom: yup, and before the collapse of lehman brothers in the fall of 2008. we're back to those levels. we have seen interest rates rise, and stock prices rise as well. let's get everybody updated, susie in our "market focus." it was a week's worth of small moves, but they add up to new post-recession highs for two of the three major stock indices. the dow industrials did not hit a new multiyear high, but it did add 0.25% from last friday's close. the nasdaq was up all five sessions, adding almost 2% and hitting its highest level since the fall of 2008. the same goes for the s&p 500, thanks to its 1.25% jump this week. the industrial sector led the way today, helped out by earnings and a dividend hike by two components. first the industrial exchange traded fund. today's 1% rally pushed it to a new 52-week high. of the ten s&p sectors, industrials are the second best performing so far this year. g.e. was the second best performer in t

woman elected to parliament. >> diane abbott, what does it mean to shadow minister for health? >> when you mean shadow, what do you do? do you have a budge set in do you have a staff? >> sadly, i have no budget. but i am related house of budget and i have a small staff so i am the spokesman on legislation coming through on issues in the media. i'm part of the top team of the labour party now. >> why did you run for the house of champions in the first place? >> why did i sflun i wanted to speak up for people who didn't have a voice. and i became an m.p. years ago. there were very few women out of 350 there were about 20 labor women, and there no black people at all. and i was the first black woman elected to parliament. i was very proufment because i wanted to speak up for people who wouldn't have goten heard otherwise. >> first back woman to be in the parliament of this country. >> yes. >> and i was elected 150 years after the abolition of slavery in the british empire. 10eu9 shows you there's such a thing as progress. where is your constituency? >> it's in a very poor part of

diane eastabrook, "nightly business report," chicago. >> tom: another day of thin trading and small moves for the major stock indices. let's take a look at what was moving in tonight's market focus. while the dow industrials eked out just a 20 point gain, it was enough to take the index to its highest close of 2010. the dow has been climbing since labor day, as you can see, and despite the sell-off last month, it has been slowing adding to its gains this month. again, closed at a new high for the year. energy stocks were strong today, including chevron, the leading dow industrial gainer today. shares were up more than 1%. it's enough to put the stock at its highest price since the summer of 2008. there was some confusion over a chevron gasoline refinery in california. a state agency said it had been shut down, but a local official said it was still running. while we're talking about gasoline, we have to mention general motors. shares hit the gas over wall street excitement about new cars and trucks coming out. a number of different analysts issued opinions and price targets on g.m., rangi