. >>> today is a new day at augusta national. >> augusta national, perhaps the most prestigious gulf club in america had excluded women from the membership role since the opening in 1932. but that changed in august with the highly showcased admission, a former secretary of state condoleezza rice and darla moore, a south carolina businesswoman. >> i haven't thought yet about where i'll play, but i have thought a lot about where i've been. >> when quarterback peyton manning and the indianapolis colts decided to part ways after 14 seasons, the coverage of where manning would land was intense. after broncos fans learned he would play in denver, they must have felt like they won the lottery which made the trade of tim tebow to the new york jets easier to accept. the emergence of golf's newest stars took center stage in 2012. bubba watson introduced himself by winning the masters, but it was a humble misdemeanor and viral videos that quickly endeared him to millions. meanwhile, a 23-year-old from northern ireland rory mcilroy dominated, let the comparisons to tiger woods begin. ever since

my dad got to go to augusta once before he passed away. it was just an amazing experience to see him there for that one time, the first time i got to go to augusta for the masters. and me and my mom there. we didn't say anything. we just hugged and kept crying. seeing some of the golfers watch me finish up. it was just an amazing experience. >> that was one of the more impressive things, the fact that you had other guys who you've played with who you were on the tour with who were there around the 10th green to share in your victory, but there's something else. in that game, your game, golf, i mean, which is for three or four years been tiger, is he up? is he down? where is he? you put a smile on the face of golf in the united states. and part of the reason you put a smile on the face of so many people is you're a left-handed golfer. you're off in the rough. and every 16 or 18 handicapp handicappers -- and i might as well take the shot, what could happen. and you take the shot -- >> but he makes it. >> -- and you make this incredible shot.

. >> today is a new day in augusta national. augusta national, perhaps the most well known golf club and home of the masters had excluded women from the membership roles since opening. but that changed in august with a highly show cased admission of former secretary is of state condoleezza rice. and donna a moore. >> i have not thought about where i will play but i have thought about where i've been. when peyton manning decided to part ways with the colts, did coverage of where he would land was intense. after broncos fans learned he would play in denver, they must have felt like they won the lottery are, made the trade of tebow to the jets easier to accept. the emergence of golf's newest stars took center stage in 20 buba watson introduced himself as a new leader. meanwhile, a 23-year-old from northern ireland, rory mcilroy, ended the year as the world's top ranked player and let the comparisons to tiring woods begin. ever since he appeared on the cover of on "sports illustrated" as a 17-year-old, it was not a question of when,

we have a practice, augusta pain management, here in augusta, georgia, and we see a hundred, a hundred people a day in pain. >> dorothy: in pain. >> and that's pain that they've... that's become lifestyle-limiting. they can't do the things they wanna do, they can't go to church, they can't go to the bookstore, they can't do things with their family. so they come to see us with this painful condition. and our, our goal is to get them out of pain, and to get them out of pain as safely as possible. and sometimes i have to prescribe strong, narcotic pain medications and strong anti-inflammatory medications. but i always defer and recommend, try this, try this anti-inflammatory that's natural and no side effects and no harm, so that you can't go wrong with at least trying it. and then i recommend they stay on it because something will get better. >> ken: we're actually helping his business because when you help people, they'll tell their friends, so it'll actually help the doctor's business... not put him out of business, it'll expand his business. >> dorothy: expand his business because ev

i think maine especially around augusta, i-95, you'll have to deal with the possibility of a lot of sleet, too, mixed in. rain further to the south. we had strong thunderstorms along this front yesterday through the midwest. now we just got showers in pittsburgh southward. there are thunderstorms this morning down here. northern mississippi, northern alabama, across the heart of tennessee. that's where you'll get downpours on this front. even further south through louisiana and heading out of texas, just outside of houston, we've got thunderstorms, and now this has to slide through. veronica, there's still rough weather. not as bad as yesterday, but everyone on the east coast, get ready for the cold air, you're next. >> be careful on the roads. >> yeah. midwest -- middle of winter. >> a mess? all right, thanks, bill. >>> while getting around on some of the snow-covered roads might be treacherous, at least drivers are getting a break on prices at the pump. according to the lundberg survey, the average in price for regular gas has dropped by ten cents over the past three weeks to $3.38 a ga

and after years of battling the male only augusta national golf club, the home of the masters now has green jackets for women. former secretary of state condoleeza rice and south carolina financier darla moore are the first female members since 1932. linda, what do you think was the biggest women's story o 2012? i do think the women's role and women's vote in the 2012 election is the big story. you had a huge gap an 18% gap between president obama's female vote and mitt romney's. but more importantly it's not just that the women are much larger part of the electorate, 54%, but that married women have declined, republicans still do relatively well with married women but there are fewer and fewer of those women in america because marriage is in decline. >> mitt romney actually won the white married women vote. >> that's right. >> republicans always win the white married women's vote, although we saw considerable numbers of women married women vote for president obama. actually i think the biggest women's story of the year is why women saw to it that a black man had a second term as pres

for instance, augusta, maine, up there in the right hand corner, has a 90% chance of a christmas snow. those of us who live in the south should start lowering expectations. >>> and, this picture is a kind of christmas postcard rocketing through our inboxes today. did you see it? it's a fully human variation on those old department store portraits of santa. a baby fell asleep waiting for his turn for santa's lap at a mall in boise, idaho. so, santa improvised, pretending to nod off, too. the crowd erupted in cheers and a new christmas classic was born. >>> and, our person in the news is someone who has influenced your life. can you guess what norman woodland did for you? well, he was the engineer who invented the bar code. he did it when he heard a grocer complain that the checkout line should be automated. they'll be faster. so, he turned the morse code he learned as a boy scout into something new. and invented the patterns that identify products. 5 billion bar codes are scanned by computer every day. woodland died of alzheimer's at the age of 91. >>> and, don't forget, we want to kno

wilson served from 1913 to 1921 and is from augusta county in virginia. >>> could deciding on the official state sandwiching on the plate of maryland lawmakers. a new bill would make soft shell crab the official state sandwich. in 2008, the smith island cake was named as the official maryland dessert. >> that sandwich looks good even at 6:21 in the morning. >> i know. i could take two of them. a look at just how desperate wall street is for a deal to avert the fiscal cliff. >> a special tribute to the late dick clark on the new year's eve ball that will ring in 2013. the ball is inscribed with his name. he had hosted the annual times square new year's eve broadcast for the past four decades until 2011.  >>> wall street is sengd a message to lawmakers. stop playing around and start dealing. dennis neal has more. let's start off talking about the mark the and how the fiscal cliff talk keeps affecting the market. >> that is the tail wagging the dog, wisdom. yesterday, in a sign of just how wobbly everything is, the dow was down 150 points. it fell below the key 13,00

another watson is wearing a green jacket at augusta. t augu >> the u.s. antidoping agency is accusing armstrong of using drugs during his career. >> a pennsylvania judge sentencing sandusky to at least 30 years in prison. >> i appreciate everybody's love. show your love to my son. >> one guy goes for touchdown. the other said no time. seahawks win in the most bizarre finish. the regular officials are back >> he slides up the track and into the back of that surplus helicopter jet engine. >> pablo sandoval looks like the babe himself has come back to life. the giants have won the world series in detroit! n detroit! >> sensational play. >> the magic of jeremy lin continues. >> this year it was different right from the start. puts his head down and drives. it the miami heat are once again nba champions. lebron james captures that eelusive title he coveted. >> there is a whole lot of pressure involved in this storied showdown. >> first, the fiscal cliff we are watching. taking a live look at the u.s. capitol dome where they are going to be working this weekend

. >> today is a new day at augusta national. >> augusta national, perhaps the most prestigious golf club in america and home of the masters had excluded women from its membership roles since its opening in 1932. but that changed in august with a highly show cased admission. a former secretary of state, condoleezza rice, and darla moore, south carolina businesswoman. >> i haven't thought yet about where i'll play but i have thought a lot about where i've been. >> when quarterback peyton manning and the indianapolis colts decided to part ways after 14 seasons the coverage of where manning would land was intense. broncos fans learned he would play in denver and must have felt like they won the lottery which made the trade of tim tebow to the new york jets easier to accept. >> golf's newest stars took center stage in 2012. bubba watson introduced himself by winning the masters. it was a humble demeanor and viral video that quickly endeared him to millions. meanwhile, a 23-year-old from northern ireland, rory mcelroy, ended the year as the world's top ranked player. let the comparisons to tig

one captured in bus terminal in augusta, georgia, and the other was taken in atlanta attempting to board a flight. judge said the would-be suicide bombers and spend ten years in prison. prosecutors say mazri wanted to become a fighter for al-qaeda and al shabab terror groups. he was arrested 2010. the head of egypt main association of judges say 90% of the members voted not to oversee the saturday constitutional referendum. senior foreign affairs greg palkot reports people are not waiting until the election to make their feelings known. >> it's another tense night in cairo. supporters, won'ts of mohammed morsi are taking to the streets. critics of the president and the planned referendum on saturday of a new draft constitution gather outside the presidential palace. to try to tear down barriers. >> the protest will not end. >> there is a large pro-morsi gathering a week ago when they slashed. leighing many dead and danger while the authorities stood by. they fired in crowd of protesters. several were injured. "they attacked us from all directions. they randomly fired from all directions.

member of the house appropriations committee yesterday, it was like watching conde rice swing a club at augusta. joining me is the woman behind the [ through, congresswoman nita lowey. good morning. >> it was an honor to be elected by my colleagues as the top democrat on the appropriations committee. >> this is a huge deal. it goes without saying. you've been in congress 25 years. things have changed a bit, haven't they, congresswoman? >> they sure have. when i came here in 1988, there were 29 women in the house. now there are 81. we have a speaker, who is now a leader who will be speaker again who is a woman. and our caucus really does look like maerk. and what's so exciting about it as a woman, i know that we bring our personal experience as a wife, as a mother to our job and it really makes a difference. >> you know, one of obviously the most powerful people in the country is the speaker. she's been a big advocate of yours. she did have this news conference yesterday touting the number of women in the diversity and leadership and she sent out a tweet boasting about that, clearly a stab at th

he was president of san jose city college; at one point in the early '80s at university of maine at augusta. i believe he was the first black person to be president of a state university or a university in that--in maine. and then he ended his career at compton college in southern california. c-span: and who is gloria skinner? >> guest: my mother. and so i had somewhat of a stage mother who--she's also very proud of the book, but she encouraged me in not only academics but public speaking and drama and other activities. and... c-span: what did--what was her career? >> guest: she sometimes was a homemaker; a lot of times she worked in child care, in that field, and that's what she did for most of her career. she ran a day-care center, a very successful one, that she started. she's extremely independent, so she started her own business and--and--and that worked well for her. c-span: and you say they were both civil rights activists. >> guest: mm-hmm. c-span: now did they have any problem with you getting close to ronald reagan on all this? >> guest: no, because--i think especially because the

bubba watson is wearing the green jacket at augusta, and this time his name is bubba. >> his name is bubba. his victory at the masters was one of the greatest in sports. we look back at the top stories of 2012. good morning. >> good morning, jeff. how are you guys doing? >> doing going. >> you were commenting on bubba there. >> he never had a lesson in his life. he was completely self-taught, which i thought was fascinating. bill, we're nearing the end of the football season, one week left and we're talking playoffs. i want to talk nfl. >> america's pass tooil. >> absolutely. they dealt with kuhn cushions and controversy but there were very good stories including the return of pay on the manning. >> great stories. by the way, the buffalo bills will not be one of them. >> mr. rhoden i cannot believe you went there so quickly. >> i want to get your autograph. you're the first existing buffalo bills fan i ever met. you deserve ahmedal of honor. >> they sign add release. i will and also be a buffalo bill fan. >> let's name this the best of the bills' 2012 season. >> i didn't realize this

. >> another watson green jacket at augusta. >> anti-doping agency accusing armstrong of using performance- enhancing drugs during his career. >> sentencing sandusky to at least 30 years in prison. >> clearly a vetting program was in place despite the denials. where i think we disagree is on the fact of discipline. >> i appreciate everybody -- [inaudible] -- show your love, show your love to my son. >> the other said no time. >> touchdown! >> seahawks win in the most bizarre finish. >> the regular officials are back. >> up the track and into the back of that surplus helicopter jet engine. >> has come back to life. and the giants have won the world series in detroit! >> put it up. >> the magic of jeremy lin continues. >> this year was different, right to the start. >> drives inside and puts it in. >> the miami heat are once again nba champions. lebron james captures that elusive title he so desperately coveted. >> all right. busy year in sports. >>> still ahead -- look at the shot -- still ahead in our 8:00 hour. we'll sit down with author mike richmond for a closer look at the history of a

madam speaker, at midnight tonight, our nation is scheduled to fall off the fiscal cliff because the augusta chronicle editorial of december 2 is correct. quote, it's that stubborn adherence to big spending that is powering the momentum toward the fiscal cliff. halting base spending is what's going to stop it. end of editorial. over the past year, house republicans have passed effective bipartisan legislation to prevent the entire fiscal cliff. unfortunately, these bills remain stalled in the senate graveyard. this fact makes it very clear that house republicans have addressed this issue and speaker john boehner is holding firm for fiscal responsibility. with only a few hours to go, it's my hope that the senate will accept one of our proposals and send legislation back to the house that will attempt to tackle out-of-control spending, extend tax cuts for all americans and preventing the devastating defense cuts before it's too late and hundreds of thousands of jobs are destroyed. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. congrat

her parents ran a diner near augusta, and while they didn't have much, her father was adamant she receive a good education. so much so that he was dismayed to learn her kindergarten only lasted half the day. he was convinced, she once said, that i was getting off on the wrong foot. it was at school that olympia first discovered her passion for politics. at st. basil's academy, a greek orthodox girls' school she attended until she was 15, she won her first election as dorm president. she later graduated from edward little high school in auburn, maine, and subsequently attended the university of maine where in 1969 she earned a degree in political science. it was also in college that she met peter snowe. peter shared olympia's passion for politics. they married shortly after graduation, and in 1972, peter was elected to the state legislature while olympia went to work as a legislative staffer for maine congressman bill coen. now, the young couple seemed well on their way to building a life together, but in 1973, in the midst of a winter snowstorm, tragedy struck. peter was killed in a car c

dan from augusta, georgia, says let's go over the cliff. reduce the debt ceiling and curb spending. kind of what you were saying. we will officially feel a punch, but the value of the dollar will eventually rebound. what we now make, even if a little less, will be worth so much more. >> juliet: we have a tweet from julie. why can't the government run the country the way i run my household? i pay my bills on time and i have a budget. that's a tweet. >> eric: stop being dems and republicans, citizens of one country. that's a fantastically accurate treat. it's both sides pointing the finger. kind of laughing, going back to the districts, they're all making their 175 grand a year, they're spending 124 days on vacation. the cadillac insurance policy. >> juliet: let's go to other headlines. russian president putin is trying to make a political point at the expense of orphans. just a short time ago, putin signed a bill that bans americans from adopting russian children. it's retaliation for a u.s. law cracking down on russian human rights violators here in the united states. one american f

i have often reflected on my six years in the state house and senate in augusta, maine, because that is when i found politics and public life to be positive endeavors. once elections were over, my colleagues and i left the campaign is behind us to enact laws to genuinely improve the lives of mainers. i also inherited a legacy of bipartisanship and independence from a woman who is remembered for marks from her second year in her first term. she telegraphed the truth about mccarthyism during the 1950's with her renowned declaration of cience speech. she had done what 94 of her male colleagues had failed to do. she enslaved the giant of a demagoguery. i do not simply go with the flow and i tell them not to take it personally. i cannot help that i am from maine. that is what people truly expect from their elected officials. they expect you to do what is right for the right reasons and the right way. we have seen the reflected time and time again, not only with margaret smith, but in the distinguished service of great senators who have preceded me to bill cohen and george mitchell. throug

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and i've often reflected in my six years in the statehouse, in the state senate in augusta, maine, because that is where i found politics and public life for positive and constructive endeavors. once the elections were over, my colleagues and i would put the campaigns and the party labels behind us to enact laws that genuinely improved the lives of mainers. i also inherited a legacy of bipartisanship and independence from senator margaret chase smith, who is best remembered for remarks during her only second year in her first term in the united states senate when, with truly uncommon courage and principled independence, she telegraphed the truth about mccarthyism during the red scare of the 1950's with her renowned declaration of conscience speech on the senate floor. in 15 minutes she had done what 94 of her colleagues -- male clerks i might add -- had not dared to do, and in so doing slayed a giant of demagoguery. when people ask me whether i might be challenging a particular party position or don't sumly go with the flow, i tell me, please don't take it personally. i can't help it. i'm

helena from augusta, maine. caller: i would like to follow up on the petraeus question. i wonder if the report contains any criticism of the former director of the cia, general petraeus. specifically, in my mind, and these are tangentially related. but "the washington post" article this week about the neocon think tankers who apparently had unfettered access in afghanistan for up to one year with general petraeus and how he gave them unfettered access to high-level security issues, knowing that they were funded by major defense contractors, and their role in pushing for the iran intervention. this, to me, speaks of a total lack of judgment. i wonder if there is any connection between possibly an investigation of this and general petraeus being preoccupied with this unraveling during the benghazi episode? guest: the state department report was limited to state department activities, therefore, did not examine the role of the cia or then-director david petraeus in the security failures in benghazi. it is a pretty important part of the story, but one part that is shrouded i