don't tell him your name, alfred. oop. alfred! oh, this is-- it's alfred. hey, meet alfred. this is alfred. alfred, hi. you like ice cream? yeah. yeah. ice cream. ice ice cream. no, no, no. not you, alfred. now, alfred, uh... the man you saw, the meter man, you get a good look at him? i saw him. great. picture him in your head. close your eyes and think what he looks like. got it? mm-hmm. can you draw him? mm-hmm. get some drawing paper and crayons. hurry up. this is good. i like this. can it, man. oh, we're gonna put out an apb on big bird. that's very funny. yeah, attention, all units, large yellow bird, silly voice. you're hilarious, martin. it's enough. ok, tell me what he looks like. was he black? mm-mmm. was he white? mm-hmm. he was white. ok. was he tall? tall like me? what color was his hair? was it brown? black? blond? mm-hmm. blond. his hair was blond. what, uh, what did he have on? jeans? did he have jeans on? it was pain'ed. pained? pained? pained? i don't know. pained? p-painted! mm-hmm. painted. a tattoo? tattoo? uh, like popeye? like popeye? a tattoo like pope

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the puzzle at the heart of the alfred hitchcock classic. what really made those birds attack? >>> and superstar. the young who refused to be sidelined. hear him soar. >> touchdown! >>> good evening. tonight, the u.s. is engaged in a global showdown with iran. the iranians leveling a threat at the heart of the american economy. tonight, vowing to shut down a key gateway for the world's oil supply. this comes at the end of a year in which americans have paid more for gasoline than ever before. and the u.s. response to iran is tough. don't even try it. so, how real is the threat? and could it harm the fragile economic recovery? abc's cecilia vega covering the showdown from washington for us tonight. cecilia? >> reporter: good evening, diane. iran, upset the u.s. is about to impose sanctions over the country's nuclear program is now telling the world that it could easily shut down this vital artery, leading to the oil rich persian gulf. any attempt by the iranians to shut down the strategic strait of hormuz could send oil and gas prices skyrocketing in this country. an astounding

verne: up the middle we go, alfred blue! at way for the touchdown for louisiana state! gary: what a fantastic year this team has had. mark richt's team gave them everything they had early, but this time stampley couldn't even find anybody to block. 35 is going all right, who do i block? nobody. and blue ran right back hum. verne: now he has become the leading rusher in the ballgame. here's alleman's extra point. 48 yards for alfred blue. he's the third team tailback. hey ladies. enjoying the film? of course not. because this is our movie. and dr pepper ten is our soda! it's only ten manly calories, but with all 23 flavors of dr pepper. it's what guys want. like this... catch phrase! so you can keep the romantic comedies and lady drinks. we're good. ♪ ♪ mama said there'd be days like this ♪ ♪ "there'll be days like this," mama said ♪ [ male announcer ] the toughest job on the planet just got a little easier. with one touch technology and even an air scrubber. the nissan quest. innovation for family. innovation for all. get up to $3,050 total savings on the 2011

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>> bill is just angry because alfred is probably the favorite. i know alfred. he is a good guy. >> my parents don't even remember his name. >> my best present or worst? >> either one. >> i don't think i have ever had a really bad present. the best was my parents built me a doll house. i know it is corny, but when i was a little girl, and it was a big deal to me. i still have it. >> it was three years ago. i remember that. >> you weren't supposed to tell anyone. >> any bad presents in your past? >> i have got some ties not wearable in public. generally we have evolved the present shopping to my aunt who has done a very good job. >> my folks wanted to cure me of my optimism. i have always been -- i believe everything will work out. for christmas they kept putting horse manure in package after package. i kept opening them and the more horse manure i opened up, they couldn't understand it. he said why are you so happy? i said with all of this horse manure, there has to be a pony down here somewhere. >> and there was, but he was dead. >> oh lord. >> he actually suff

that is probably one of the lasting legacies of alfred e. smith, and when governor cuomo entered office he put smith's portrait behind the rostrum so that all the press conferences will see al smith and he replaced teddy roosevelt, who was there for the last three governors. governor cuomo also instituted a sage commission which would investigate government and try to make it more efficient, which is also like smith's reconstruction commission. the point that smith is probably being emulated most for efficiency in government. smith took 187 massive rolling bureaus, boards, commissions, departments, and rolled them into the 20 department of government and had the legislature pass the constitutional amendments, and then they were ratified by the people to make the governor a strong governor, and this is prior to f.d.r. reforming the executive office of the presidency in d.c. smith is wanted to make sure that if i appoint a commissioner i want him answerable to me. reforms,smith's commissioners' terms overlapped. the health care commissioner ha

from cambridge university professor alfred's served as a legislative director in both houses of congress and as a special assistant in the state department he's also the president of the national center for economic and security alternatives and is a founding principle of the democracy collaborative a research institute institution excuse me focused on initiatives that promote the democratization of wealth and most recently he's the author of america beyond capitalism a book that has been described as one of the most important books of the decade it's my pleasure to welcome. alper of it's good to be here you're with us to conversations great minds. america beyond capitalism we're talking about systemic changes how do you what is the system and how does it get changed well there's a you know basically in history systems are defined by who owns the capital who owns the wealth feudalism tiny elite held the land in the capital in ordinary capitalism it was small business only in the capital in defining the competitive capitalist system state socialism or communism was the state owning the we

>> the theme to the tv show "alfred hitchcock presents." our final story, the mystery behind one of hitchcock's greatest movies. >> in "the bird" the violent title characters attack just about everyone. so the question is where did hitchcock get the idea? here is abc's dan harris. >> reporter: what we have known all along about the sigh ypsych winged eed killers, in the mov "the bird" is they were based on a real life event. that event in 1961 when thousand of deranged sea birds descended on north monterey bay, california, hurdling themselves into the sides of houses making headlines and catching the attention of a guy named alfred hitchcock who had a mansion nearby. what has been a mystery all these years is what caused the real life bird to freak out. enter this researcher at louisiana state university whose parents wouldn't let her watch the movie as a kid. >> they were so scared for me. when i grow up i will watch this movie again and again. i did. >> reporter: recently the professor went back and examined samples that the bird were eat

. >>> later this half hour, alfred hitchcock's scary movie "the birds," remember that one? turns out there is some fact to this fiction. >> interesting. so, this actually could come to reality? >> who knows? >> all right. stick around for the warning on that. >>> first, though, on this thursday morning -- just days ahead of the iowa vote, major shifts among the candidates. the latest poll finds newt gingrich dropping way back in the pack behind mitt romney, behind ron paul, behind rick santorum. >> just last night we learned michele bachmann's iowa campaign chair went to work for paul. abc's jonathan karl is following the campaign for us. >> reporter: newt gingrich visited a chocolate factory in iowa to poke fun at mitt romney, who compared his campaign to lucille ball's failed effort on a chocolate line. >> i want you to go tell mitt romney, we're here in the tradition of lucille ball at the chocolate factory. >> reporter: gingrich who less than a month ago confidently predicted victory -- >> i'm going to be the nominee. >> reporter: -- now trails not just romney in iowa,

. >>> that leads me to the alfred c. sharpton blueberry pie lifetime achievement award. at 2011 draws to a close, we look around and ask ourselves who has the most blueberry pie on his face? with all the blueberry pie that was thrown around this year, it was a tough decision, but there was only one man who could walk away. >> as i look back on iraq, i think it was the right thing to do. >> a lot of the work we did with our special operations forces in that period of time during the bush administration laid the groundwork ultimately for the capture and killing of osama bin laden. >> why was it okay for us to use what most people was say was torture against terror suspects? >> it's important for us not to get caught up in the notion that you can only have popular methods of interrogation if you want an effect i have counter-terrorism program. the fact is it worked. >> gentlemen, former vice president dick cheney for your historical fiction, for your defense the torture and the unjustified war you still defend, you walk away with the alfred c. sharpton blueberry pie lifetim

crazed flocks that help inspire alfred hitchcock's thriller "the birds." and this bizarre sight in the central valley that you have to see to believe. and sky 7 hd flying over the berkeley hills where there has been a devastating fire on a home in the berkeley hills and at least one home devoured by flames. we will update that for yo it's the perfect time to find great deals on the 4g lte devices you love. like the droid bionic by motorola for $199.99. or the pantech breakout for $49.99. our lowest price ever. get the technology you love, on the network you deserve. now get twice the data for the same low price. hurry in, this offer ends january 15th. verizon. update you again on the breaking news in the east bay hills in forest lane. a large home presumably a multimillion dollar home caught fire tonight and the flames were furious for a time. as you can see now, most of the flames are out but the damage is quite severe. the good news, no injuries are reported so any one who was inside we believe got out without being injured. that is the good news. t

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at 37-year-old henry alfred smith junior is charged with the murder. >> he was two weeks away from returning home. yeah, there is a huge hole in my heart. i'm proud of him. >> reporter: a proud mom speaks as the body of her son arrives today with full military honors. national guard specialist shaun walsh was about to finish his deployment in afghanistan when his base came under heavy enemy fire. his mother said her son was never afraid to tell anyone that he loved them. his funeral is set for saturday. >> occupy sf on notice, move out because the city is moving in. officials spent the day in another round of negotiations with the protesters, they are trying to encourage the camp to move to a former school site in the mission district. so far nobody is pulling up stakes, they say they want a few more concessions the city like allowing dogs at the new site but the offer may not last much longer. >> the city wants us out by 12 noon tomorrow. >> city crews will want to stop work tomorrow on the palm trees and start restoration of the park, the grassy area and return the park back to the people

brothers john, clarence and alfred robbed a columbia alabama bank with a toy gun. they were captured a few days later in cincinnati and given hard time. john and clarence kept trying to escape. >> the only reason they put them in alcatraz was because they could not keep them anywhere else they put them. they kept getting away. >> reporter: marie has many of the items the brothers had in prison and used to mastermind their escape. >> largest manhunt ever, i think they're still on the top ten most wanted. they would love to have them back. but the chances of that happening are slim. >> reporter: marie's sons grew up used to fbi visits and their phones being bugged. that continues today. the feds stopped by marie's house just months ago. >> how long will you be looking for my brothers? he said 100 years from now. i said, good luck. clarence is now 81 years old and john 80. and all is ready for the family to be at alcatraz for the 50th anniversary of their escape. >> when she knows that she can look in those cells and knew that they were actually living there at one ti

alfred does not understand why yahoo is taking so long to shut that account down. if the daughter has a copy of her mother's death certificate or can get one, you should send it to yahoo immediately. the question remains, why does yahoo want or need a copy of the death certificate in the first place? yahoo looks like a bunch of yahoos. and we have some similar sentiments on the wusa9 facebook page. there aught to be an easier solution. can't she not block that specific address until they get the account closed? most will allow that level of control. i mean, if her mother passed away, i would think any reason for receiving e-mails, possibly related to settling of her estate have passed. william, that's a good question. i have an old yahoo! account. while that will not stop the hacker, the family will not have to see those disturbing e- mails. the permanent solution, closing the account. mcginty's e-mail is also permanent as well. go over to the facebook page. that is our report. i'll be back tonight at 11:00 along with anita brikman. don't forget, log on any time to

alfred blue takes the handoff. he's gone. lsu puts up 42 unanswered points. they win, 42-10. tiger woods with a three shot lead after two rounds, but that would not last. talk to me baby. he's good right there. one over par. woods is trailing zach jackson into the final round. 163 yards out. the eagle is good. johnson with four under par. they take a one shot lead into the final round. before we get out of here, it's the season to give. giants reliever, jeremy was working some groups this afternoon. two groups called generation alive and northern california urban. they had 135,000 meals they will be sending to kenya. we'll be back after the break. >> bye. coming up next on "technow..." we take a peek into the future of robotics .. hit the track for the very latest video game .. we'll show you how the brand new "muppet" movie

ç no matter what your film studies professor told you about how alfred hitchcock's birds was about the real to symbolic, something very real about birds did reportedly inspire that movie. look at this. sea bird invasion hits coastal homes. thousands of birds floundering in streets. this is from monterey bay in california in 1961. the first few paragraphs read like literature. a massive flight of sooty shearwaters fresh from a feast of anchovies collided with shoreside structures during the night. residents were wakened about 3:00 a.m. today with the rain of birds slamming against their homes. dead and stunned seabirds littered the streets and roads in the early dawn. startled by the invasion, residents rushed out on their lawns with flashlights and then rushed back inside as the birds flew toward their light. the great suspense master alfred hitchcock was reportedly vacationing nearby and is said to have requested a copy of the newspaper. and then two years later he brought us one of the greatest thrillers of all time. >> they're coming! they're coming!ç >> what was the evil intent t

i'm going to read one section from alfred stoddard spoke. democratic ideals among homogeneous population of it let us in england or america is one thing, but it is quite another for the white man to share his life with our trust his ideals to brown, yellow, black or red men. this is suicide. simple in the first victim of this amazing folly will be the white man himself. in this panic among white people was prevalent. so who do not? to me it was with the naacp really rose to challenge this year and really did amazing work. there's been lots written about marcus garvey who is raising at this time and later in the 20s there were but people who joined communist movements. but to me, this is a little bit of a distortion of history because certain at the time, a very young g8 group of her was working attorney general and he clawed right onto any political tv had to equate -- there had to be something golly, some radical way svengali, maybe a jewish bengali communists underneath manipulating it all. and he didn't really let go of that idea's for de

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alfred is like your personal about their sharing restaurant recommendations and also allows you to upload video status updates. >> you take small video, 30 seconds or less, and you can push one button and send it out to your network. >> when you need to unwind, you can relax. >> it has all kinds of different music, ambient sounds and video that goes along with it. >> pants as her favorite application will help or have our jolly holiday. >> the last thing you need to do is hang out in the grocery store extra time. this made it easier for me. >> i like the auto finder. the apps page in price from free through $2.99. you can find the complete list and prices on our holiday shopping guide right there on abc2news. com. >> we are once again the proud sponsor of the 13th annual it's kindred time toy drive which honors fallen police officers and firefighters. they have until december 20 second to donate new toys and tools. you can also donate musical instruments and dropped them off at any local wal-mart store, or fire stations in baltimore and anne arundel counties. you can find those locations

and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> suarez: the carnage that has bloodied much of syria came home to the capital today. two bombs erupted in damascus, killing nearly four dozen people and wounding more than 150. we begin with a report narrated by inigo gilmore of independent television news. >> reporter: one of the bomb blasts left this huge crater in the ground. the tangled bodies of the dead were ferried away on stretchers, a doubly whammy in the heart of the capital damascus. the targets-- two buildings belonging to syria's security forces. >> ( translated ): i heard the explosion and saw many body parts. there were dead bodies all over the place. bodies of women and children in the

he gave us the characters of robin, the joker and alfred in the early days of batman comics where his characters became icons and downright scary when caesar romero portrayed the joker in the tv series. jerry robinson was 89. >>> you know how contagious yawning can be? a new italian study has found we catch it most from members of our own family, and not because we find them boring. the research shows there is a longer yawn delay if you don't know the yawner. they say the reason might be empathy -- how you feel toward your own kin -- that causes the urge to yawn when a family member does it. >>> well, nobody at blackburn elementary school in florida ever admitted to pulling the fire alarm, but as teachers are fond of saying it didn't just pull itself. the alarm went off and firefighters arrived but found no fire and none of the students or staff members ever fessed up to it. then they reviewed the security camera tapes. we have our perpetrator. a common gray squirrel. it was found to be living in the school kitchen. the good news, pest control has been notified. the bad news, those we

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he gave us the characters of robin, the joker and alfred in the early days of batman comics where his characters became icons and downright scary when caesar romero portrayed the joker in the tv series. >>> you know how contagious yawning can be? a new italian study shows we catch it most from members of our own family and not because we find them boring. the research shows there is a longer yawn delay if you don't know the yawner. they say the reason might be empathy. how you feel toward your own kin that causes the urge to yawn when a family member does it. >>> well, nobody at blackburn elementary school in florida ever admitted to pulling the fire alarm, but as teachers are fond of saying it didn't just pull itself. the alarm went off and firefighters arrived but found no fire and none of the students or staff members ever f e essed to it. then they reviewed the security camera tapes. we have our perpetrator. a common gray squirrel. it was living in the school kitchen. the good news, pest control has been notified. the bad news, those weren't raisins on the rice pudding. >>> up nex

he gave us the characters of robin, the joker and alfred in the early days of batman comics where his characters became icons and downright scary when caesar romero portrayed the joker in the tv series. jerry robinson was 89. >>> you know how contagious yawning can be? a new italian study has found we catch it most from members of our own family, and not because we find them boring. the research shows there is a longer yawn delay if you don't know the yawner. they say the reason might be empathy. how you feel toward your own kin that causes the urge to yawn when a family member does it. >>> well, nobody at blackburn elementary school in florida ever admitted to pulling the fire alarm, but as teachers are fond of saying it didn't just pull itself. the alarm went off and firefighters arrived but found no fire and none of the students or staff members ever fessed up to it. then they reviewed the security camera tapes. we have our perpetrator. a common gray squirrel. it was found to be living in the school kitchen. the good news, pest control has been notified. the bad news, those weren't

and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the u.s. house balked today at approving a short-term extension of the payroll tax cut. that touched off a new war of words between the president and the speaker of the house, with each side demanding the other give ground. >> brown: the challenges flew back and forth between the white house and the capitol. >> i'm calling on the speaker and the house republican leadership to bring up the senate bill for a vote. >> i need the president to help out, all right? >> brown: president obama and house speaker john boehner spoke separately, minutes after house republicans rejected a bipartisan senate bill that extended the payroll tax cut by two months.