. >> reporter: ryan novak is far from your average college student. he wakes up at 5:30 every morning to get ready for class and work. on top of studying, going to classes and spending time with his girlfriend, novak owns and operates his own business, the chocolate pizza company. >> when i was very little, my mom and i would go across the street to the chocolate pizza company which then was located right next to our house. we would go over there and my mom would talk with the owner bonnie, and while they were talking i would be there and eat all the samples off the sample tray. by the time they were talking all samples would have been gone. >> reporter: novak recently bought the company from the former owner and says his new ownership seems to have been an act of fate. a destiny that unfortunately came to fruition through the worst means possible. >> a man high on drugs ran a stop sign, broad-sided his mom as she was driving home from work. >> i didn't know what to do. i just started running. i ran down the street. because -- what's a 9-year-old supp

for the no blacthe family, of the novaks believe it or not, their electric bill was pretty low because of the l e d. >> $98 last year. for one month. >> what is more is the computer program to turn this winter wonderland into a holiday symphony. >> i try not to think about it but i probably put $8,000, 9000 in the last couple of years. *. >> we have eight different songs, and each song takes at least 30 hours to program. >> and dollars makes sense, hours, minutes, it does not matter it is about the tradition that all people look forward to in this city all year. >> they write a letter, and the best thing in the world. and it is amazing. >> this year is the biggest display that he has done. believe it or not, he is arctic planning to go bigger, next year. >> the leading arches are new next year, and also the pillars that you see. and those are also going to be prominent this year and will add even more next year. >> christmas was in washington this evening. with less in one hour ago, the 40 ft. national christmas tree was lit. with his wife, and two daughters. with holiday celebration i

do you novak when the agent exclusion act, the chinese exclusion act was before congress in 1870, the first national leader to speak out against that was frederick douglass. the same man who fought against slavery. do you know that when the chinese exclusion act was voted on in congress, there was one black senator named blanche bruce, the only african-american in the u.s. senate, voted against it. similarly, we work side-by-side for semel -- civil rights and improve public education. in '86, and laundry owner sued the san francisco board of supervisors for a racially discriminatory law, and it brought equal protection to minorities, and that overturned the 1857 dread scott case, which held that minorities were not protected by the u.s. constitution. we have the landmark case of brown harris is board of education, 1954, to thank for equality in education. -- brown v. board of education. seven years later, the chinese community here worked shoulder to shoulder with the african- american community to expand civil rights and public education. we have a history of working together. mayer

. >> nick novak is expected to one of the kickers to try out today. of course i'll be rooting for him as well. >> solutely. you can see poor graham was just crushed when he picked up that ball and tried to run with it and he was tackled. he was just crushed under that ball. the ball probably hit himn the ribs when he hit the ground and no padding. i could see how his ribs could be vy, very sore. >> we are getting crushed by this cold, tom. it's painful out there. >> it is a cold, cutting wind that is whipping north and west, picking up moisture off the great las and bringing it all the way down here in the form of lake-effect snows that have laid down a layer in montgomery county. many side streets and roads that are untreated and slick. watch out for that. also bay effect snows in the southern part of the eastern shore from easton, cambridge, salisbury. they're getting snow there this morning. the closer view of our radar showing one snow band, snow shower in northern montgory county. this is laying down another coating on top of a quarter inchmaybe

the team will work out a handful of kickers tomorrow including rick novak. shanahan's plan is not to release him after sunday's performance but to find help since he's battling a rib injury. this final play seems to be the redskins bad luck. after sending e game to overtime, the special team seemed to unravel in a series of events that left fans rubbing their eyes in disbelief. the touchdown scored that could have been a game winner, h talks about the frustration of a losing season. >> you play this game to win. somebody has to win, somebody has to lose, but when you're just losing and you know you had chance to win, i'm talking throughout the game, throughout the years, throughout the weeks, throughout this year, you're losing and you don't have no say-so why -- that's why it hurts. and that's why i feel the way i feel bause i'm just getting tired of it. >> santana has an emotional outburst there. the team will go on the field preparing to play with dallas on sunday. >>> sal alosi has been suspended without pay the rest of the season. he was fined an additi

views on issues and people, but once you decide a matter, that's it for me, and you'll see no leaks in novak and bitching about life, st you'll see none out of me, and he didn't. >> larry: we're about to celebrate 1,900th birthday of ronald reagan. >> amazing. >> larry: next year. what are your memories of him? >> oh, you know, i ran against him, and he defeated me, and through that we got to know each other a little, and he asked me to be his vice president, and through that i got to see him up close and personal as a kind, honorable, decent man, and he was a -- he was a wonderful fellow. i mean, he -- you know, reagan said, well, i'm against -- i'm against raising taxes. well, hed mes, but he's -- he's loved her husband very much. i wish you'd asked me about him, because i think he was -- >> larry: what did you think of him? >> i loved him. he was innately polite. >> his sense of humor was wonderful. >> more than that. he was just a very innately polite man. >> larry: he got up and opened the door for you. >> that's right. >> larry: yeah. let's now see a tape from one of my favorite little

they also are bringing in a handful of kickers tomorrow, includg former redskins kirk nick novak. they'll all be here working out. the hope is that they will not release kicker graham gano who really struggled sterday. rather they would bring someone else in because he is having a rib injury issue. so the hope is to keep gno on the roster. as for the disappointment he felt yesterday after what he said was his worst game as a pro, he dropped his wife off. came back here. spent twoours at the facility last night just looking a film, trying to figure out what he could have done differently. this team today is super frustrated about the way that th played and let this one slip away. let's go back to fed-ex field. it was santana moss. they gave the redskins a fighting chance. with 13 seconds left, donavan mcnabb threaded the pass to santana moss between double coverage. made it 17-16 bucks. the redskins were sure an extra would send them to overtime. but this was symbolic of the bad luck they've had. the holder hunter smith couldn't grab the ball. it turns into extra frustration. they

novak at just a couple of headlights. drive from downtown san jose up to santa clara 14 minutes. well. >> thank you, developing story newly revealed as surveillance video reveals how teenager broke free from a group of people who tortured and shackled him in the trees the home. this is a look at the video just released. it shows a teen- ager's first contact with the outside world after living through more than a year of torture at the hands of four people and the trees in all. this is video from the gym of the boy ran he wanted to hide from is by the captors. they talked house in by phone, she says she was so relieved which found that her nephew broke free and tells us how he's doing these days. >> it was extremely hard for crile, using counseling for two years. just be allowed to talk about it or what ever happened to him. to be about to get up on the stand and testify. he was tortured every day. he suffered abuse i just can't imagine we look to him he's such a kind loving good natured person. he doesn't have an ounce of anchor he doesn't exhibit any problems. it's a miracle. he