i'm sorry, jen said. there's no choice. jay went back inside and searched through his closet for an outfit. the last time he'd dressed up was for their wedding, five months and 15 pounds ago, and now his favorite pair of slacks refused to button. he found another pair of wrinkled khakis in the back of the closet and smoothed them with an iron. they fit, but he couldn't find a belt to match. he tried to knot a tie once, twice, three times and still the thing ended up dangling above his belly button. dammit, he said. he threw the tie back in the closet and went in to the living room to show jen his partial outfit. you look good, she said. i feel like an idiot, he said. jay disappeared into the closet again. this time when he came out, he didn't ask for feedback. he was wearing skateboard shoes, jeans, a frayed cloth belt, an oversized detroit tigers t-shirt and a baseball hat stained white with sweat marks. he tucked a cigarette behind each ear and grabbed his car keys. this will have to work, he said, and then he kissed jen

who would resemble a william jennings bryan? >> i'm not sure. there are people who want to be william jennings bryan. sarah palin might try to be. angry populist. they believe that a small greedy elite is after the majority of americans. bryan was representative of an anti-monopoly movement. a movement where people believed that corporate america was taking the country in a revolutionary direction. we have come to grips and come to peace with big business. we cannot imagine a society where that is not there. that was not true for bryan. >> we just looked at the desk that he worked with mary side by side. most businesses were like that in the 1870's and 1860's and 1850's. they were small partnerships and firms. that time before 1896 was a time of enormous industrial growth. colossal corporations. the pennsylvania railroad employing more people than the united states post office. these were corporations with enormous resources, enormous wealth, and enormous power. most people had experienced a very different america, one with small partnerships. t

i'm cheryl jennings. today we're talking about temptations and dangers of drug use that is teenagers face every year. a baseball slugger finally admitted steroid abuse, mark mcguire said he used steroids when he broke the home run record. >> not here to discuss the past but here to be positive about this. >> that was then when he refused to testify for steroid abuse. this is now. >> i was using steroids. >> frustrated by injuries, he denied using them for performance. they say he helped them get back to the field. it was an admission that hardly came as surprise. jose canseco that they juiced up in the bathroom together. others had share their suspicions. >> when he he picked me up from behind bear hug and i never felt strength like that that. >> they played together in 1990 but it does more than clear his name. >> it's like walking around with a straight jacket, you don't to have wear the straight jacket. hey, i made a mistake. >> baseball analyst says the announcement only helps his image and his chance

and in the jen versus angie debate, "men's health" readers come down in favor of jen. in fact, they named jennifer aniston as the sexiest woman of all time. >> of all time. the editors say funny is sexy. when asked who she thinks is the sexiest, though, aniston says it's a tie between bridget bardot and gloria steinem. which was shocking to me. >> i have a crush on jen, so i'm in favor of that. she beat out some interesting names on that list. they liked her down-home persona. and her funniness. >> i like jen as well. but sexiest of all time? that's too far. how about salma hayek and halle berry. you have the sex symbols of our time. >> i'd be happy just to meet any of them, know what i mean? >> well, this is an interesting one. >>> an italian cat is one of the richest creatures on the planet. he was a stray who was taken in by an elderly woman with no other family. she died last month at age 94 and left tomaso $16 million. >> italian law does not allow cats to inherit money, actually. a friend who had nursed the elderly woman this her last days is now entrusted with t

most important figure was william jennings bryan and his gold speech which you can hear recordings of years later as one of the great speakers in american politics. big part of william safire's book on speeches. it delivered in a different way and -- my own political hero when i was a kid, richard nixon -- don't tell anybody. tell us how brian and nixon affected the dollar in their own times. >> richard nixon would roll over in his drive if compared to william jennings bryan. but in a very fundamental way they were aiming for the same thing. william jennings bryan became the spokesman of the populist movement in the 89s and at the heart of the populist movement was of belief that the financial system of the united states was tilted against farmers, specifically, ordinarily people generally but farmers specifically and they had a specific complaint. namely falling prices for farm products. the price of corn went down by half the 201870s 1890s. cotton was more than that. this was a very serious problem for farmers because farmers typically operate under conditions of debt and debtors ar

>>> welcome to to "beyond the headlines", i'm cheryl jennings. today's show looks the importance of environmental stewardship. according to the california department of resources, recycling and recovery, californians created about 30.4 million tons in trash last year. it comes out to 4.35 pounds trash per person per day. we still have a long way to reduce waste and conserve our natural resources. speaking of preserving resources a new type of house was on display in oakland last year. it generates as much energy as it uses. richard hart takes us on on a tour. >>> this house is designed of natural energy, the house produces as much as it uses. in order to make that ham, you need a smart system. if you want a cooler, air-conditioning can fire up but we have better ways of doing that. that is what this optimizes and control. >> this is the first home controller to moderated the air temperature and quality in realtime. within five seconds it can draw cool air from the basement and open the skylight. more than 20 mechanical systems in all, in a demons

jen ran away from home three weeks ago. it was only for a day, but this time the police said i had to wait 48 hours before they' file a report. right. okay, the first time she ran away, do you remember where she went? tompkins square park. i already went and looked, but no one had seen her. don't worry. we're going to find your daughter. let's get you into the ambulance, okay? there was no sign of jennifer in the condemned building. well, dane hopkins still denies that he did something to her, ani cad n't find anything to contradict him, so... all right. you know, i went to jennifer's school, played a little hippie sticks with the burnouts. apparently, she stopped hanging out with them three weeks ago, and that was around the first time she ran away. maybe she was telling her mom the truth about not smoking pot. hey, look, you know, pot is a gateway drug. maybe she moved on to the harder stuff with people out of the school. hey, lucy just pulled a bunch of mapquest searches from the kid's computer. where was she looking to

jen sachi and joe watkins join us. great to see you both this morning. this back and forth between newt gingrich and mitt romney has been brewing all week. do you think gingrich is right? is he looking more and more like he's the secured gop nominee? >> well, he is actually. he is getting stronger and stronger. if you look at the recent polling data, not only is he winning with big numbers in iowa. he's doing very, very well in new hampshire, which is a state that mitt romney should dominate and should win. he's also winning in south carolina and winning with big numbers in florida. so he's got a real growing base of support. and newt gingrich is no newcomer to this. he's got a few of the experience that few of the other candidates have as speaker of the house. >> he'd like to say he's not a creature of washington, d.c. but he certainly knows his way around d.c. and how to keep himself alive and kicking. he's been described as being combustible, the bigger his ego gets. this comment yesterday is sparking outrage on the left. take a look. >> really poor c

brought e brought everybody bak together. >> khiashls jennings, "abc 7 news." >> up next, we know how hard it is to get an insurance company to pay up sometimes. michael finney it may be tougher than you think. also, potholes can be like land mines in the street. one city is falling way behind fixing the problem. saving money could be as easy as turning a wheel. what the inventor of the ipo cl >>> welcome back. money troubles means san jose is ignoring its roads. potholes are getting worse. karina rusk has more. >> driving on san jose streets can be like navigating a landmine of potholes. >> i hit it in such a fashion it blew the tire and damaged the wheel. >> the director of transportation is warning city leaders that the numbers just don't add up. >> you need to invest hundred million a year to keep the roads in good condition. unfortunately we only have $15 million a year. >> this is 2400 miles of paved streets and without regular maintenance conditions are getting worse. >> the transportation director 900 miles are considered in good condition. but the rest, close to 1,000 miles a

here is cheryl jennings. >> i found out about my son's death by watching the news and thought i hoped never to see it again. >> the these mothers cases have never been solved. they went to talk about the critical need for witnesses to come forward. >> when something like this happens, a lot of people know about it. you don't have anyone willing to come forward. >> because they are afraid. >> because they are afraid. >> her 31-year-old son and his girlfriend with shot and killed while sitting in a car. he worked in a halfway house helping addicts. her son was gunned down at a party this year. he was the father of a little girl. lorraine taylor lost two sons at the same time. the twins were gunned down while trying to get a stalled car started. one worked at ups. the other was a barber. their murders made her sent the remaining son to school out of state. >> it's outrageous. we have do something with our young kids. >> you can write an anonymous letter and address to it the police department, don't put a return address on it and mail. >> it or there is a tip line, 510-310-or oakland the

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good morning, jen. >> good morning. the county will start extending healthcare benefits to same-sex couples who are legally married in other states. that's really some welcome news for couples who have been paying for separate healthcare plans. margaret and collete have been together for almost 20 years, but have always had separate healthcare plans. >> collete has had to insure herself as catastrophic healthcare insurance, which is very expensive every year for her. and the bank that she could have -- we could have been saving probably could have helped our family out quite a bit. you know, raising two kids is not cheap. >> in 2009, surrounded by family and friends, the couple married in massachusetts. shortly after that, margaret began fighting for collete to be covered under her health insurance plan. as a baltimore county police officer, she filed a grievance with her police union, which she says the county denied. margaret then went to the labor union, but they also denied her grievance. finally it went to an arbit

. >> the reason it was impossible is because jen and her husband, sean, live almost 6,000 miles away in senegal with their missionary. >> we're working in a small kind of like a bible study sized church that's growing and we're developing lessons. >> one night, she posted on her facebook page that if people pitched in, they could get home to the holidays. >> a couple people mate say i'm in then we gotta worry about what are we going to do with $200 that somebody gives us and we can't come home still. >> he was wrong. >> within minutes people were saying i'm in. i'll give $100. $3,000 was promised for our trip home. >> that only covered the cost of the flight to the u.s. not the hour-long taxi ride on the only paved road out of town. on to a ferry to get to the nearest airport then numerous flights home. >> i lost count. >> five flights. >> the villagers they work with who are known for helping each other out were excited that the same culture existed in america. >> we threw out this idea and all of these people jumped on board and gave us the money to come home. they were excited bec

. >> before we go to william jennings bryan, what role, jean baker, does peace-making itself make in politics? >> it has a big role, whether you are barack obama, who gets high marks for this, or whether you are william jennings bryan and you have this centurion voice. i never quite understood it -- and never quite understood this -- 20,000 people can hear you and, beyond that, another 40,000 or 50,000 would be there. >> [unintelligible] we will restore bilateral as some. england will have bilateral as an because the united states have. defending the gold standard is the good thing. we will fight them. supported by the commercial interests and the toilers and everywhere, we will answer their demands for the gold standard by saying to them, you shall not pressed down on the balls of labor and the crown of thorns. you shall not crucify mankind. quite the gives a speech -- he had a wonderful voice. the tape that you played was 1893, not 1896. the technology did not exist yet to record a speech in 1896. he was robust, he was vigorous, the had an amazing voice that could be heard by 10,00

so i think that might be the most important thing besides greg jennings leaving this game . jim: palmer hit when he threw it, it's intercepted. it was a wobbler because he was hit when he threw it and shields has the interception. phil: this green bay defense still continues to try to go after the quarterback and that's what you're going to do. if they're going to try to score, you just don't sit back and let them get what they want. that's zombo with the hit. causes the floater ball. jim: jones, too. phil: it is jones. jim: thatifies for carson, the most interceptions ever thrown in a game in his professional career. his fourth. and the packers will take to the victory formation. and tonight on cbs, "60 minutes" with the interview with president obama coming up. followed by the season finale of "the amazing race," the all new "the good wife," and "csi miami -- "csi: miami" tonight only on cbs. palmer and the raiders will hope to have the full arsenal back for the last three games of the season with ford and moore and especially mcfadden, maybe all coming back next week for

jen a fox news alert, the u.s. government confirming reports north korea test fired two short range ballisticmisms today and it's ratcheting up the continuation on the korean pen lanes this after north koreano korea's leader kim jong-il died. there are reports the missile test and his death are unrelated. the man on your screen is the annointed successor of kim jong-il, it's worth mentioning north korea has nuclear weapons, and an army nearly a million strong. keep this in mind, we have 30,000 troops on the border of north korea and south cree kwrafplt they've thr-pb no years. jim walsh at mit joins us now. one of the questions we're asking, is north korea more dangerous today than it was last week when kim jong-il was in power. >> jenna, i think the answer is yes. jenna: i think he was going to say -- well? >> jon: we hope the north koreans weren't in charge of the satellite. jenna: i think he did say yes but i don't want to put words in jim's mouth. sy a security expert, he's been to north korea which obviously m

this is his last victim: amy jennings. she was 23. he infant son was in the next room when she was killed. so, uh... so even if he thinks he's finished, he still has a debt to pay. thank you, mr. ryan. thank you, sir. thank you. [chuckles] you look comfortable up there. why don't you come back to the b.a.u. for a guest lecture? i'm retired, remember? hell of a way to relax. 323 pages on the one that got away. he hasn't gotten away... and you didn't count that 8 page prologue. what happened to florida, 36 holes a day? flori's too humid. anyway, i'd miss the seasons. so i'm in philadelphia now. you're iphiladelphia for the seasons? do you think i'm, what, dysfunctional? obsessed? you wanna eat where the killer eats, sleep where he sleeps. maybe i'm addicted to pat's steaks. maybe i'm holding out hope that the eagles will turn it around next season. remember weapons of mass destruction? what are you saying? you think i'm chasing a ghost? i'm saying sometimes we get it wrong. you ever consider that? i've considered everything. so... how a

and next, ken jennings. in 2000 4r, he went on that 74 e winning streak on jeopardy. he's gone places since then literally. he has a book titled map head. i love that stuff and i do best to stump him next. ♪ it's easy to see what subaru owners care about. that's why we created the share the love event. get a great deal on a new subaru and $250 goes to your choice of 5 charities. with your help, we can reach $20 million dollars by the end of this, our fourth year. but sometimes i wonder... what's left behind? [ female announcer ] purifying facial cleanser from neutrogena® naturals. removes 99% of dirt and toxins without dyes, parabens or harsh sulfates. so skin feels pure and healthy. [ female announcer ] from neutrogena® naturals. >>> jeopardy jam champion ken jennings won $2.5 million when he won 70 games in a row. this past february he went on the show again against ibm's machine watson. although jennings lost, he's landed on his feet with the publication of a new book called "maphead." he is a nerd but a neat one, and i spoke to him earlier. i know you talk abo

i feel that jen is with me every day. >> that's all for now.

we're going to call it where in the world is jens stoltenberg! ♪ >> jens! >> the answer is antarctica. the head of norway's government is at the south pole right now. he'll hang out there for a few days to mark the 100th anniversary of the first person to reach the south pole. that would be the norwegian who famously beat captain robert scott in a race to the pole by just a few weeks. the actual anniversary is in two days so the prime minister will have to hang out for a bit. it looks like he is having fun. it's practically summer there. so an important government official getting to cross a big one off his bucket list for his job. the best new thing in the world today. or maybe this is! ♪ where in the world -- >> jens stoltenberg. >> that was not my idea. your staff made me do it. and speaking of where in the world -- tulane students, your professor may be in new york city but your final assignments are still do and i'm my inbox in five minutes. that does it for us tonight. as a reminder, rachel will be back tomorrow with her exclusive interview with vic

. >> and thanks for joining us at 4:00 i'm cheryl jennings. >> you can keep track on twitter and you can talk about it on facebook.com/abc 7 news. thachlg here. the news at 5:00 continues now. >> and a broken water main disrupts business in a downtown district on the same day we learn the cause of the massive gusher. >> and concern that one south bay city is about to give burglars a free pass by ignoring most alarms. >> and number of us checking our work e mails while we're supposed to be spending the holidays with our family. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm cheryl jennings. answers on what caused a water main break. >> a pipeline sent water shooting into the air and damaging homes. don sanchez is live with the findings into what went wrong here. >> this is is what was a simple fix became a complex problem. san francisco public utilities commission admits that they blew it. >> there is no excuse, human error caused it. >> what a spectacle. firefighters called mother of all water main breaks sent a geyser into the sky and caused a mudslide and damage to homes and cars. and say

. >> corporal jennings worked as apastry chef before enlisting. >> my role is to make these guyshappy. >> the food hit the spot.the first few moments they were able to relax. even the afghan guards were in the spirit. the meal was cut short. a neighboring checkpoint came under a attack. the war doesn't stop for hospitals butholidays but it doeser is does serve as a reminder. >> it's back to business forthese soldiers. in march they are heading home to hawaii. >> a few more months to go. >>> in his christmas day messageat the vatican the pope pleaded for peace and called for an end to the bloodshed in syria where 5000 people have been killed in pro democracysy confrontations this year. >> the vatican constem condemned bombingin nigeria. charlie has the latest. the bomber struck as worshippers gathered for christmas mass. families, children in their sunday best. 35 people were killed and 50 injured in one bomb blast alone. >> you can see so many familiesgone. the whole households gone. >> the emergency crews struggledto cope with the number of victims. st. ter theresa was the worst hit.

the news at 5:00 continues right now with cheryl jennings and dan ashley. >> pg&e takes responsible for the san bruno pipeline explosion. how this is bringing some relief to families affected. >> and what was spare prd education and social services? what was not? today's state automatic spending cuts. >> calls for a nationwide ban on all car cell phone use is put into motion with an exception. >> good evening, i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. pg&e says it will take financial responsibility for the deadly pipeline explosion. >> following a request on the official position on the explosion and fire a year ago september that killed eight and destroyed 38 homes, pg&e due to go to trial in may, 2012. john? >> this is announcement confirms what people expected, that pg&e is liable for the catastrophe which killed eight people and destroyed three dozen homes in this neighborhood. pg&e says it's taking on responsibility to compensate victims an amount that could be in the $1 billion range. about 150 people are involved in lawsuits after that pipeline blast september of last year. the uti

news at 5:00 continues now with dan ashley and cheryl jenning autos founder of a local company pitches in in a big way to put a roof over heads of bay area homeless families. >> and there is a local theater group forced to move. >> and a mother learns about the damage done when you give a 5-year-old your iphone pass word. >> good evening, i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. a call to help homeless families this season. >> more families are homeless than before but one couple and companies have stepped up to help. >> david louie is live with the story for us tonight. 50 juan, renee and their 5-year-old daughter called this room home for now. it's inside of a shelter operated by hamilton family centers. unemployment continues to force families out of homes san francisco is finding homeless families are a growing challenge. >> there is demand increased to a point where we're able to meet need so get someone into a shelter bed tonight but long term sustainable type help for folks takes longer. >> big impact is on the weather. >> kids who do not have stability in their lives, this is ha

the plot was uncovered by mexican intelligent jens. >> syrian president is denying having word of a bloody crack down, demanding he step down n a rare interview with abc's barbara walters the dick yaitor calls the report not credible. and has this report. >> the leader of the country, syria's president appears calm, soft spoken and confident. confident he's doing the right thing for syria. where the un says 4,000 people died in nine months. in an exclusive interview with barbara walters he distanced himself from blood shed. >> do you think your forces crack down too hard? >> they're not my forces. they're military force that's belong to the government. i don't own them, i'm president he did admit mistakes had been made but doesn't feel guilty. few journalists have been allowed into sear yachl the most of what the world has been this, cell phone clips spread online. most sent out by the open saigs which says they show forces killing peaceful protestors. he says some have been peaceful, his forces are fighting militants and terrorists. >> we don't kill our people. nobody kills, no government

the contingencies moneys are being used to fund what i would consider ongoing, non-ward defense on jennings -- non-war defense functions. the reality is that those funds are real in the sense are being used today to fund non-war operations. and you would like to pull them back - >> you would like to pull them back in? >> the defense department should live within their budget. those funds are multiyear slush funds. if you do not kill those back, the reality is that those are available for expenditure -- scale those back, the reality is that those are available for expenditure. it can lead to real deficit reduction. this is going to be part of the conversation. >> we have time for a couple more questions. >> i want a fast forward. december 31, 2012, two things about the terry significant will happen. the bush tax cuts are set to expire. the automatic cuts will be triggered because the super committee was not able to come up with the funds. there are some who are seeking to alter that defense sequester, saying an across-the-board cut would be damaging to national defense. is this an issue that

we were talking about william jennings bryan. occupy wall street criticizes, saying they don't have a message or order. if they had william jennings bryan they'd be in business and they don't have to do that thing with the mega phone and talk because bryan could be heard through the whole crowd no matter what was going on. debs is the same way, if you allow me a metaphor -- the megaphone. i wrote this down and want to get it just right. but at his trial, gene debs said - this is 1918, while there is a lower class, i am in it. while there's a criminal element, i'm of it. while there's a soul in prison, i am not free. and he said this in 1918, 21 years before john steinbeck writes in "grapes of wrath" whenever this is a fight for the hungry to eat, i'll be there and whenever there is a cop beating a worker, i'll be there. and 50 years before bruce springsteen brings back the ghost of tom joad and repeats the words of steinbeck and this comes from debs and is our conscience in a way. bernie sanders was right. the words he said liter

some jen yules people step up and pay off the layaway bills of some for the holidays. abc2's don harrison is looking for this layaway angel. >> reporter: with a few shopping days left the crunch is on. how to pay for the remaining gifts is a con certain for a lot of us. not at this kmart. an anonymous donor gave more than $20,000 to cover layaways for customers and workers. >> it made a lot of christmases that wouldn't have happened. >> i've been in retail 35 years and have never seen this. >> reporter: she wasxd going to but not now. most wonderful thing i have seen. as much as the kids will be a pirks the amount of stress and anxiety he's taken off parents and grandparents is amazing. >> reporter: maria brown was surprised when she learned her layaway bill is just a dollar. >> wow, amazing. it's good to know. >> we told her her balance was $1.06 and she broke down and cried. >> it makes me feel a little christmas elf. i get to deliver the good news. >> this makes you realize there are people in the community that care about others. >> when a miracle happens to you, y

i'm cheryl jennings. >> you can keep track of the latest news on twitter and you can talk about it at facebook.com/abc 7 news news at 5:00 continues right now. >> and coming up, heavy fog causing problems on the road and delays in the air. >> and there is a shooting tragedy that turned into a christmas miracle. >> and snow may be a no show in the sierra. we're going to show why it's a good time to hit the slopes. >> good evening, i'm cheryl jenning autos fog and lots of it made it hard for folks to get around the bay area today. >> northbound traffic on the bay bridge at a crawl now this, is the golden gate bridge. a three-car crash shut down all northbound lanes. and traffic leaving san francisco just started moving slowly. minutes ago. and there are all lanes open now. >> you can see from our camera that the fog has lifted on the golden gate bridge. and this is still slow going. >> at the bay bridge, signs warning that the toll plaza about poor visibility on the strand. and this is why there has been a fog warning much of the day. >> inbound flights have been delayed up to two and a

jen, thank you very much. >> you want to see that video, don't you? >> let's point out your many fans. this is your last week on this particular set of shows. >> yeah. >> i know you're going to be sorely missed by many fans. >> i'll be around. >> foremost among those who are going to be ordering extra boxes of issues will be myself. >>> coming up on "world business today," will emerging economic super power china maintain its momentum in 2012, or will the financial woes besetting europe slow beijing down, too? we'll take a close look. >>> transformation ime. a pantomime grand dame is really a man. and he's spilling the tricks of the trade. >>> from cnn london, i'm charles hodson. welcome back to "world business today." let's have another quick look at european stock markets, where they're standing about an hour and a half into the trading day. quite positive. the ftse is closed. the other indices, as you can see, making quite decent gains. bear in mind, obviously these are pretty thin trading sessions. not much going on. a little bit of adjustment pos

let's go to jen delgado at the cell weather center. hello, jen, how are you? >> hello there, andrew. i have to tell you, you're right, we are dealing with delays today. i checked glasgow airport, various airports throughout the uk and they're warning to passengers to check ahow'd because of the strong winds, in addition to the heavy rainfall. this will lead to more delays today. things have ban rather active. heavy rainfall moving through central england up towards the north. you can see a little bit of snow starting to change over to more rain. still in the higher elevations. still talking about some snow and you combine that with cold temperatures. this is going to lead to bad travel weather as we go through the next couple days. i want to point out to you, temperatures around 10 to 11 degrees, that's roughly 50 degrees celsius. most areas are warming up above freezing. as we go later into the evening, we'll start to see certainly more slick spots out there. let me point out some of the winds right now, 50 in glasgow, 50 in dublin, 39 in aberdeen. that's rou

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let's go to jen delgado at the cnn weather center. yesterday was officially the end of hurricane season yet we're getting hurricane-force winds. >> that's right. we're talking about those winds being excessively strong along that western coastline of the u.s. california. even over the last couple hours i've seen wind gusts up to 97 miles per hour. we're talking about 150 kph. as i show you, the area since yesterday has shrunk. we're talking about the advisory area. we have a high wind advisory in place for parts of california. you can still see areas. this is the area we're watching because of the santa ana winds as you were saying. let's go to video. this is amazing video, just showing you the power of the winds. look how large those trees are. it actually snapped on a woman's home. we're talking about trees coming down, power lines have been coming down and flights have been diverted into and away from lax because of the bad weather conditions. we talk about these santa ana winds, the winds come down the mountains, they speed up and

. >> thank you, jen, and i want to thank you all for stopping by for raven's countdown, and no need to go anywhere, with the game. and come after the game with raven's wrap-up. and leave you with images of last sunday's night game against pittsburgh. that was fun. see ya. err [ female announcer ] at verizonfios.com, you can choose your channel package. ♪ you can choose your own internet speeds. ♪ you can even choose to chat with a live person. ♪ now you can choose to save $35 a month for fios tv, internet and phone for just $79.99 a month, plus get a $300 verizon visa prepaid card with a 2 year agreement. but hurry, offer ends soon only at verizonfios.com. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v.

>> well, jen is exactly right. one tax cut is not another tax cut. in general, anything that you can do to put money into the pockets of people who will spend it is stimulative to the economy and will help create jobs. if i spend money to buy something then someone else will be hired to make it, to market it, to sell it. the problem with tax cuts is they'll only spend a little part of it. a little piece of it. after you put 50 out what are you spending money on? unemployment insurance, on the other hand, they are going to spend every penny of it. ditto for lower income people on social security. the work pay was targeted at working people more. now there is a problem with the social security thing, which is why i voted against it. it takes money away from social security. >> you voted against this tax cut the first time around. >> i sure did. it was part of the entire debt ceiling. >> right. >> as i recall. i voted against that. but one of the reasons i did was this. because it takes money away from social security, which we're putting back into the

don't think anybody that we know of going forward has the kind of gravitas that cronkite or rather or jennings or brokaw had i think those days are over. >> after 5 a.m. prayers president ahmadinejad. >> good morning, mr. president. >> walks from his private residence in the presidential compound to his daily workout jogging with his security team at times seemingly rocky style. before sunrise to the goim often lifting weights or cycling. concerned about staying healthy president ahmadinejad exercises more than 30 minutes every morning. he reaches his spacious office before 7:00 a.m. >> bill: i hope he showered up. you can figure this out, bernie. >> two possibilities with the proviso these are just theories. one is that she gave him a valentine story hoping to win over the regime and get a real interview for foam's today show. if that's the case, fine. >> bill: don't you lead with your strength. >> she may not have it yet. she may have done that to show the propaganda ministry or whatever they call it over there see, look, we did a nice story. can we get an interview. >> bill: i got it. >> th

. >>> let's talk about the race and -- jen saki is the former communications director for obama, and j.p., let's get straight to it. for those that may have missed it, take a look. >> when newt showed up, he said we can become the majority, take back the house of representatives. he hadn't had the house since 1940s. initially none ofs believed it, but he was persistent, ten nation, he kept it up and kept it up. finally by '94, the newly elected speaker. so i wouldn't underestimate him. >> so jeff morrow not exactly the current torch bearering, but his words and he carried weight. are the context of his comments why newt is doing so well? >> he is conditioned of the comeback kid. everything had written him off when his cruise, hi vacation seemed to interrupt his own campaign. now you even have somebody like mitt romney coming forward saying this is the front-runner for the republicans so newt has been clawing to game credibility and he's finally there. he finally made it. this is a guy who's worked hard to make rchgsr republicans take the house in the '90s, but also something who has