[chris & tom] why are you still smoking? [tom] [sarcastic] "it's so much fun." [chris]why not call the smokers' helpline? the program's free,and... [tom]and they'll tell me..."you oughta quit." [chris] not so. just tell them you're ready to quit. then,they'll tell you how. [tom] really? you wouldn't have that number on you,would you? >> now we head north to intchester for the manor larchmont. the waterfront estate is surrounded by the open waters of the long island sound. as he will see, the home's interior is definitely beautiful. hi. we are here on this beautiful day in larchmont, new york, overlooking the harbor. i am the architect that designed the reconstruction of this 1950's home. there's a lot to show you, so let's get started. at we deliberately.ouse the simplicity of the portico belies the magnificence of the rest of the home. once inside the front door, the first thing you see is this amazing beer. this -- this amazing view. this writer waterfront estate is surrounded with 270 great views of larchmont harbor and long island sound. leads us toairwell a

tom keene is offer the week. mike mckee has our top headlines. >> you don't want to be in canada today. here it is 60 degrees. there it is an ice storm p life is miserable in canada. the two most popular provinces, more than half a million -- 400 flights canceled at toronto's airport. all three members of the russian pussy riot have been released from prison. they served two-year sentences after a performance at moscow's main cathedral. the imf has raised its outlook for the u.s. economy. christine lagarde is saying the fed plans to tape or bond buying -- to taper bond buying. lotre seeing futures and a of activity in the markets higher this morning because of that if people are getting optimistic. .- that people are getting optimistic. but obama turned probably the greatest failure of his presidency. the whole year has been rough, starting off with gun control, which has also tanked. the economy and the market is great. 4.1%. we're down to seven percent unemployment. facebook, other internet companies protesting

i think tourists still come to tom when they need help base wear written up in tour guides. we continue to a provided exemplar dental services for those who are fengd that hiv and we continue to a have this beautiful space downstairs have a strong commitment to provide services in your offer 15 community sites. we have a wonderful office space o pet treatment program that brings recovery right into the preliminary care setting pr we are ahead of the curtain with community based primary care hepatitis care treatment and ahead of the hiv care and we co- run a center of the obsolesce in the tenderloin. through josh about 12 years ago we started or josh started the first medication adherence program for people who are homeless or mentally ill and many people were written off because they were thought two disorganized to manage it and we said no, we, take care of those people and help them and that program continues (clapping) we've had integrated prim care and behavioral health before president obama thought about that. we have our psychiatry services. and our transgenders tuesd

he said she was close to tom delay's defense team. b, she doesn't have a lot of -- didn't have a lot of experience trying cases. she was approached when she was in the criminal division of the justice department by the fbi. this is available through wickepia etcetera. she was part of that whole cover up. she was not a person not just an attorney. she was in a powerful position to be able to say no. torture, we'll let it be suppressed a bit. >> you plea bargained and what was the plea bargain, to her? >> she was head of the criminal division. when we would be sitting there and we would see press conference. she would put on this red dress and she would be quite dolled up and smiling before the camera. i said there is pretty alice. i incorporated that into the chapter pretty alice. john boehner majority leader and barry jackson worked for karl rove. what ended up being happening she was criticized by tom levine. and the other part to it was she had been part of this cover up of torture. her appointment was basically in trouble. at some

[tom]yeah.pathetic,isn't it? [chris] ever try to... [tom] quit?of course! my best time was six days. the worst was ...uh...23.4 seconds. [chris] so can i ask you... [chris & tom] why are you still smoking? [tom] [sarcastic] "it's so much fun." [chris]why not call the smokers' helpline? the program's free,and... [tom]and they'll tell me..."you oughta quit." [chris] not so. just tell them you're ready to quit. then,they'll tell you how. [tom] really? you wouldn't have that number on you,would you? >>> as you know, it's a fablgt that ladies love dudes with a cool foreign accept. here's more proof from the whatever channel. ♪ >> singing the italian national anthem doesn't work. that was the one time it didn't work. rafael ha has a grade accent. all the girls love him. >> si, si r, si. >> oh, my gosh, no way. >> not only does he get the number. they make out on the beach. and he's saying nonsense to her. >> he is. it doesn't matter. because it sounds hot. >> because this is what they've been seeing in every "sex and the city" episode and the romantic come dis.

as tom shannon likes to say, the challenge for the u.s. and brazilian government is to catch up and line it policy to this reality. and that's wh why tom shannon is here today, help us understand the landscape in this hopeful, hopefully post-snowden air. let me now turn the program over to brazil institute chair tony herrington. tony served as u.s. ambassador to brazil in the clinton administration and is chair of the managing board of the albright group. welcome, tony. >> thank you, jane. >> thank you, jane, and thank you for the fine leadership that you bring to this important institution here in washington, energy and reached of the programs under your leadership. i first met tom shannon in 1999 when i was unexpectedly preparing to go to brasilia as u.s. ambassador. not something i had envisioned, but with a mandate from president clinton to upgrade an important and as most of you know, under attended bilateral relationship. happily, i also met this other fell on the stage, alice otero, about the same time. to folks who accelerated my a

[tom]yeah.pathetic,isn't it? [chris] ever try to... [tom] quit?of course! my best time was six days. the worst was ...uh...23.4 seconds. [chris] so can i ask you... [chris & tom] why are you still smoking? [tom] [sarcastic] "it's so much fun." [chris]why not call the smokers' helpline? the program's free,and... [tom]and they'll tell me..."you oughta quit." [chris] not so. just tell them you're ready to quit. then,they'll tell you how. [tom] really? you wouldn't have that number on you,would you? >>> today's animal videos are brought to you by the letter l. they're both a couple of dropins. we start in australia where this lizard was noticed this parking garage. so people were getting a little nervous. >> why, he's so cute? >> they say he was looking for food and a little love. since this is a bar, this is his date. >> he was just going to pick up chicks at the bar. >> instead of a bar fly, he's a bar lizard. >> this is brought by the letter l so i'm getting that's a lynx. >> yup. they think it's a young one but it's going up to the window saying are you goi

the two guys named tom, are actually tom turkey. here is the fight. >> two tom turkeys fighting for domination. >> i don't see this as so much a fight as a tango. >> it's kind of like weird arm wrestling but with their neck. >> two details are fighting for the dominance, for the -- here you see them enjoining glasses and weeds. four men, four boys, all of it, stupid fighting over a women while the women are enjoying their life. >> i love this guy. he's giving us life commentary. deep thought. this guy is incredible. >> wow. beautiful, i have never seen turkeys fight. >> they make their way back over. >> to like, break it up, guys stop it? >> they continue to ignore them. >> do you guys want to join in or don't want to ex-spend your initial. >> there were three females and only two of them. >> good odded. >> i love how the girls aren't fighting for each other for only two guys. logical thing, one of the girls would have to go. >> the girls know they're too tired to do anything. no word on who won. >> probably still fighting. >> yeah.

that tom in the hat, you may notice i e. tom is a bit of a s guy has seems to have things under control. he had pulled a knife after tom confronted the guy from stealing from his store. the knife was dropped. tom has got this guy in a sleep are hold. he looks pretty confident because that is tom anderton, former mixed martial arts fighter. blogger and journalist, ted check, talked to him about this incident. >> i'm not trying to take him out. he is still struggling. he is still in a second. i just put my hand on the back of his head and applied a bit more pressure and his arms just go limp. >> go to sleep. >> the guy is out. wrong dude to rob. >> you are kidding. philadelphia police looking for the one that got away. this guy has spent 45 minutes at the front of this store trying to break the glass window with a slingshot. >> slingshot. >> a slingshot. try after try after try, the guy does break the front glass window of this store, manages to get in and his haul, a couple of packs of cigars and $120 in loose change. >> he l

how rude was tom hanks not to bring you food. >> tom did bring you food, the fruit basket. you don't care for green melon. never thought i would hear tom hangs say [ bleep ] so much. you need to use the signal. >> jimmy: all right. i heard it from him. >> i brought you a week on a plate. >> jimmy: whole week of food. >> a whole week's worth? >> sampling of a week's worth of food. the idea of week and a day. if you are going to cook, you might as well cook, two meals. three multiple. >> jimmy: can i eat it? >> week before and after a holiday. >> i love this idea. really great idea. >> delicious. this is before after a holiday. you are making a roast turkey. this is a sweet potato carrot soup. one night's meal. starter for a holiday meal. mac and cheese, brussel sprouts. wasn't that good? >> jimmy: really good. >> i love that. >> sides/starters. left over turkey. three turkey dishes. barbecue turkey gumbo. turkey, fennel, pine nuts. egg noodle. a turkey casserole with corn and tomatillo and sauteed mushroom. >> jimmy: really good. sorry i am being rude and eating. it is good.

in saving mr banks which is sure to be oscar bait when it hits the others this holiday season i met tom hanks so many times sorman new york in a play and at the end of the play told me you're going to love this movie saving mr banks he plays walt disney a dead person you play a living person you know richard wright and i know recession know about bob died yeah but i know richard in fact we had a little house party my father monos and better work with we had a house party with richard played all the music from the old songs talked about working with disney did like a one man stand in this house. amazin oh he's he old is about eighty seven i believe. and he's just he's the most vibrant optimistic wonderful man i've ever i've ever come across and he he was so kind to me in fact he let me come to his house anytime i wanted to in preparation for the role and he would entertain me you know i would sit we would talk for hours then he would go to the piano and he taught me how to play all of the all of the songs for this is hard to play someone who you know yeah i mean i think it's i was very n

tom brokaw, i want to talk about the man. it is unusual to speak of a major politician which, after all, is what he was, a revolutionary, a prisoner and a politician. but we speak of him in terms of personal virtue. they seem to loom largest. >> it was a perfect combination of a man who has suffered, learned from his suffering and had a vision of what he wanted for his entire country, and then had that wonderful user-friendly personality in which everyone felt connected to him in some fashion. i've been thinking a lot about him since his death, how it resonated not just in south africa but around the world. we are in need of someone with those qualities. the people who remember john kennedy, he was similar. remembering ronald reagan, he had a lot of the same qualities. at the center of those qualities was a strong vision about what they wanted that would be good for everyone. >> and reverend jackson, you go back to that seminole moment in 1964 when he's on trial, that speech in the dock that mandela gave. he said, i have cher

i am tom keene. joining me are scarlet fu and alix steel. busy markets and a lot to talk about. the last week to shop before christmas. >> did you buy my christmas present you? make sure you do it this weekend. >> you look beautiful. >> overnight, we have data from the u.k.. the bank of japan is maintaining its record easing. that is after the federal reserve decision to taper. we also have the third gdp number. the last look there. some earnings -- blackberry, remember that company? you used to have it a couple of years ago. they are reporting earnings. >> this is the earnings report. >> it is a losses report. they will not make any money. >> let's go to the data check. we have a lot to talk about. we look at the stocks and bonds -- it to this quickly. it to the emerging markets. the 10 year yield creep up. the euro dollar is weaker. weaker yen. hydrocarbon is up. -- the vix is better. the dow is at a record high. that is one of the shanghai libor rates. it has the attention of the world. let's go t

[tom]yeah.pathetic,isn't it? [chris] ever try to... [tom] quit?of course! my best time was six days. the worst was ...uh...23.4 seconds. [chris] so can i ask you... [chris & tom] why are you still smoking? [tom] [sarcastic] "it's so much fun." [chris]why not call the smokers' helpline? the program's free,and... [tom]and they'll tell me..."you oughta quit." [chris] not so. just tell them you're ready to quit. then,they'll tell you how. [tom] really? you wouldn't have that number on you,would you? home while you're away.

as much as we're awe of tom., tom was in awe of his family. what a big family it is. if you spend more than five minutes talking to him, you knew all about his 17 grandchildren and two daughters. he would include his dog. when asked about how he define himself, tom said, first, and foremost, i think of myself as the husband of a remarkable woman. it was so clear how much he loved annette more than anything. the nearly 60 years they spent married today, only bright ended twinkle in his eye. thank you annette. for everything that you do to make sure that the human rights torch that tom lit with you stays lit. tom said he was a humble worker in the vineyard of the enterprise to make this world a saner place. we all know the truth, that he had a unique call to conscious, a permanent vigilance against discrimination, genocide, oppression and anti-semitism. as annette, he was democracy's staunchest defender and that was the core value of his existence. you may not know that he was also a staunch defender of the rights of women. he led the charge to expand access to healthca

to sure that tom's dream, tom's life, the examples of the award e recipient with us and those unable to come like the dalai lama bring out in each of us our own commitments to what we will do to further the cause of human rights universal human rights for every man, woman, boy and girl in the world. it is certainly what tom would expect us to do. to hold high his ideal. bicepping this award and knowing tom wouldn't let me off the hook otherwise. it's something i will continue to be committed to in every way that i can with every fiber of my being. because the kind of world we want is a tbhorld which the nelson mandelas and the tom lantoss can be proud. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] coming up tonight in about 20 minute we'll bring you highlights from today's memorial service in johannesburg. with remarks from president obama and other world leaders. that's tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. again right here on c-span2. programs for next year. in it language strengthening for victims of military assault. it also keeps open grant moe bay. we spoke with a capitol hill reporter th

tom brokaw, i want to talk about the man. it is unusual to speak of a major politician which, after all, is what he was, a revolutionary, a prisoner and a politician. but we speak of him in terms of personal virtue. they seem to loom largest. >> it was a perfect combination of a man who has suffered, learned from his suffering and had a vision of what he wanted for his entire country, and then had that wonderful user-friendly personality in which everyone felt connected to him in some fashion. i've been thirnking a lot about him since his death, how it resonated not just in south africa but around the world. we are in need of someone with those qualities. the people who remember john kennedy, he was similar. remembering ronald reagan, he had a lot of the same qualities. at the center of those qualities was a strong vision about what they wanted that would be good for everyone. >> and reverend jackson, you go back to that seminole moment in 1964 when he's on trial, that speech in the dock that mandela gave. he said, i have che

>> a gives tom carper pause. staff to go his back to not only hear from the regulators they heard from earlier but to ask every single corner of the u.s. government, even some in the private sector, a full report on what the future holds for bitcoin. and what role washington should fly. he does not say hands off entirely. he says he needs to know more. he is concerned about the arrows and whether this is something legitimate. interesting, we are staring at each other because it is the medium of idiocy. i just don't get it. thank you so much. it is not matt miller giving us the latest on the 12 days of bitcoin. don't give me a bitcoin for christmas. i would not know what to do with it. i know what coal is. you can't put coal in a vitamix and it comes out as a fantastic smoothie. >> i never got the rubik's cube either. how about this? blender and's a overpriced, stephanie has won at the summer place, all of that is next on "market makers." ♪ >> welcome back. this one is for me --vitamix blenders have become a run

[tom]yeah.pathetic,isn't it? [chris] ever try to... [tom] quit?of course! my best time was six days. the worst was ...uh...23.4 seconds. [chris] so can i ask you... [chris & tom] why are you still smoking? [tom] [sarcastic] "it's so much fun." [chris]why not call the smokers' helpline? the program's free,and... [tom]and they'll tell me..."you oughta quit." [chris] not so. just tell them you're ready to quit. then,they'll tell you how. [tom] really? you wouldn't have that number on you,would you? >> the following program contains actual video of real animal emergencies and is suitable for family viewing. coming next, it's a unique place with a gentle touch where at risk youngsters help unwanted animals... [pig grunts] and these various critters have a safe home. this is "animal rescue."

come on, tom. lot like when they bought hilton. >> crocs will stay public. >> you and i will be talking about this in 36 months. >> blackstone will likely make a nice return on those. despite who wears those shoes? >> my kids wear them. >> people who aren't on facebook where crocs. [laughter] >> i am keeping my eyes on twitter. given the volatility we have seen, it is likely to continue. where are the long-term shareholders? something that the company was very focused on during the ipo. it seems like fast money is in the stock. at facebooking shares, down about one percent in the premarket. there was a study that facebook is all but dead and buried, basically. only older people and young, young children use it. no one who is in the know wants to use facebook, apparently, according to the study. brendan greeley, facebook, what is it new to -- what does it need to stay relevant? >> you need to put me off in all my -- it needs to boot me off hi-larious pictures -- >> did you put up pictures of the tre

[tom]yeah.pathetic,isn't it? [chris] ever try to... [tom] quit?of course! my best time was six days. the worst was ...uh...23.4 seconds. [chris] so can i ask you... [chris & tom] why are you still smoking? [tom] [sarcastic] "it's so much fun." [chris]why not call the smokers' helpline? the program's free,and... [tom]and they'll tell me..."you oughta quit." [chris] not so. just tell them you're ready to quit. then,they'll tell you how. [tom] really? you wouldn't have that number on you,would you? >>> welcome back. i'm cheryl jennings. inspired by our continuing to give where you live food drive, we will continue our discussion about one of our most vulnerable communities. specifically, we're talking about seniors. joining me to talk about this is san francisco meals-on-wheels, one of my favorite organizations. >> thank you for having us. >> so good to have you here. meals-on-wheels does amazing things. i have had an opportunity to go follow the drivers to see how they meet the seniors. for folks who don't know about this, let's start with you. how does meals

but tom had been riding bikes his whole life. it was his passion. after a lengthy rehabilitation process, he thought he wanted to still right and he helped build a brace, it's got a bit of a shock absorber from the forearm to the bicep area and it does allow him to get back on the bike. >> i think it's really cool because all he really needs is that support. >> and the brace provide him the balance and support that he needs. hopefully he can get back out to the race circuit. >> behold the wonder of reptar. he's blue doing a cattle roundup. >> the cow is listening. >> i love how the dog is circling the cow and the cow is like, okay, i'll go. >> sometimes a dog wants to herd, even if it's only one. >> speaking of dog, we usually see dogs getting baths at home but not pigs. this is a micropig. her name is shrimp. she lives in england. it's enjoyable to watch her getting a shower and a little scrub. >> it's like a little spa treatment. >> it's so cute! >> and she's eating little treats while she's getting a bath. >> we got to get pigs. >> i honestly thi

[tom]yeah.pathetic,isn't it? [chris] ever try to... [tom] quit?of course! my best time was six days. the worst was ...uh...23.4 seconds. [chris] so can i ask you... [chris & tom] why are you still smoking? [tom] [sarcastic] "it's so much fun." [chris]why not call the smokers' helpline? the program's free,and... [tom]and they'll tell me..."you oughta quit." [chris] not so. just tell them you're ready to quit. then,they'll tell you how. [tom] really? you wouldn't have that number on you,would you? >>> up got this miley cyrus wanna-be dancing versus grandma. you got a girl there with the skimpy bikini with the high heels and leggings on. and then you've got grandma in an appropriate dress. gand ma is not letting the girl steal the show. he's upstaging the girl in a minute. and she's like you are going to dance,om going o. >> i'm a big winner. it tough. >> come on, baby. she's doing the twist. >> that's kind of all these got, which is fine if it works. just keep it rolling. where is this? why is this girl out here and grandma's out here and there's a v.j. like

tom says we're going to feel this cold for a while, too. tom? >> good morning. yeah, the sky cleared out overnight. just a few high clouds lingering over the bay. a few low clouds in the mountain. elsewhere, it has cleared out. we are drying out as well. here in the storm team 4 weather center, getting reports it's down at or below freezing west and north of the metro area. as a result there may be a little bit of ponding of water remaining from yesterday. could be freezing up a little bit. watch out for that. the pavement looks wet. in fact, that may be a little patchy ice. otherwise, most of the pavement is dry. but it is near freezing to below freezing across most of maryland, most of virginia except southern maryland and central virginia. fredericksburg over to southern maryland, the bay, northern neck is generally in the mid 30s and mid 30s right in washington, northern and western suburbs though, most locations are below freezing on this christmas eve morning. shenandoah valley as well and into the mountains, most locations hovering right around 30 degrees

tom is a self-starter. tom developed his practice by looking at the most likely route for cases to get to the supreme court and the lower courts are divided. one of the functions the supreme court sees for itself, harmonize how the law is enforced and viewed around the country. and so when that is what they call a circuit split, that's a likely case for the supreme court. tom developed a way to analyze the circuit split and to start saying maybe that's th a case tt can come to the supreme court. a lot of big law firms in washington were killed in a scotusblog. they had the people to do it. they had the smarts to do. they didn't do it. so one of the things we have to celebrate here today i think is the incredible spirit of entrepreneurship that kind to have brought to this, and they will never tell you that. but having imitators that have tried to be like scotusblog that have fizzled out in the heat of the sun pretty fast. so it's an enormous the congressman and they make it sound like it was just as easy as

all right, tom. >> tom is here now. so most of the heavy stuff is starting to wind down. >> it really is. we've had enough icing overnight to cause the power outages and the tree limbs and power lines have icicles on them and a coating of ice continues. those areas you see in the pink on storm team 4 radar has really broken up some scattered hours with lingering icing continues across northern virginia into the district and our western northern suburbs, southern and eastern suburbs it's a mix of some icing and rain. that's the pink and the rain in the green there passing off to the east. right now, though, still lingering, light freezing rain in montgomery, howard, frederick cou counties in maryland, washington, the panhandle of west virginia and all across much of loudoun county into prince which wiilliam and fauqu much of fairfax county still getting a little bit of icing now. temperatures a key factor. it is getting above freezing near the bay waters on the tidal potomac. elsewhere it's below freezing so where we've

tom? >> you have to spend more for the first 44 and that's where you have to put a lot of the up front money. after that it tapers off. >> that's what they will tell you, tom, but they won't tell you. they will get out back end. >> it is quality and not quantity. they are the right 44. they are the best 44. you don't want the other oregon people. >> you need the connectors. people who have a lot of people on social media. maybe they signed up people with a lot of twitter followers. >> that may be right. i don't know. i lost interest, but at least i am being honest. closed caption guy, hey. it has got to be a commercial. as a closed caption guy you know what that means. off come the pants, hanging out, looking at porn. >> was obama the 44th president? >> yes. >> and 44 people have signed up? >> wow. >> something is going on here. >> i think you cracked the case, columbo or jewlumbo. >> help me collapsed caption guy. you -- closed caption guy. you are my only help. >> i called you jewlumbo.

i'm tom keene. joining me is scalp -- scarlet fu and alix, i need a baby grand, steele. here is the way it works. da da da. this?a chopsticks like >> ok, briefing. overnight we did get earnings from cosco. profit missing estimates. the where hast -- warehouse chain boosting discounts. we will do mortgage applications in the u.s., a 2:00 p.m. budget statement this day after we had a short-term budget deal. also earnings trickling out this morning. men's wearhouse after the bell. bank. to buy jos. a. iplon, big news of the day, -- supposed to be a record ipo or a lodging company. >> this is not another deal. this is in some way a top of the market deal. terrific research on this. we will have it all day on bloomberg television. i got goosebumps. almost like 2005 all over again. >> and is it a problem? groupl ask a gas from isi and we will talk also to bob nardelli. >> why it markets today. looking at stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities. boring. the euro, 1.3764. crude, 98.56. our next board, a litt

tom, let's continue on that note. if i was coming out from either a treatment program or a therapeutic community, or even if i was in a mutual support group, but i felt that, you know, that one hour, even once a day or whatever, was not really connecting me, what would a peer support program provide for me? well, it's a good question. and first of all, you know, we always tell peers they're not counselors, so they don't give advice, they don't diagnose, but they're also not 12 step sponsors, and i think that's an important distinction. but a peer-to-peer experience, as someone's entering the community from whatever-a treatment or institution-the peer will help them have a soft landing and provide them with community resources, such as? community connection- -well, housing, education, employment, venues to that, maybe it may be something like childcare. it could be instrumental, it could be emotional, it could be educational, or it could be what we call affiliational. so, affiliation means connection to family, communi

[tom]yeah.pathetic,isn't it? [chris] ever try to... [tom] quit?of course! my best time was six days. the worst was ...uh...23.4 seconds. [chris] so can i ask you... [chris & tom] why are you still smoking? [tom] [sarcastic] "it's so much fun." [chris]why not call the smokers' helpline? the program's free,and... [tom]and they'll tell me..."you oughta quit." [chris] not so. just tell them you're ready to quit. then,they'll tell you how. [tom] really? you wouldn't have that number on you,would you? ♪ >> hey! [cheers and applause] what's up? what up, baby? what's happening? what up? what up? ah, what's up? what's happening? >> hey, man. >> what's up, brother? what's up, man? come on. [cheers and applause] yes! hello, and welcome to millionaire! are you all ready to see me give away a lot of cash? [cheers and applause] well, it is double money week! it continues all week, guys! [cheers and applause] yes. every contestant has a chance to double their moneyon.on just. that means that we build their bank, and then we build it again, that we rake in the dough, and

so why on earth does tom eat the foam? >> if you're going to make a really nontoxic material, you should sit there and you should eat your own material to prove the material is safe. >> i have eaten the product. it's not like candy or anything like that. but it's bearable. i wouldn't say it's something you put in a bowl and eat for breakfast. >> i've been eating this stuff, you know, off and on for five years. i'm perfectly healthy. i'm a healthy man. >> in february of 2012 george launches the video on the survive and thrive site. it catches fire, recording more than 700,000 hits. >> it had all the elements to go viral. there was suspense. there was new information. there was danger. i think half the people that watch this video expect a horrible accident to happen. but the fact that it demonstrates something amazing is what compels people to pass it on. >> he's the typical crazy inventor in his garage creating something world changing and he's just crazy enough you might actually believe him. >> but here at "caught on cam

that was my focus only. >> tom? >> i think when we started doing what we are doing, got in business, we were rallying against those restaurants that were around, that were established for a long time. we wanted to do our own thing. the thought was never let's build something and it will be here for 100 years. certainly, when i was 26, when i had my first chef's job, i wasn't thinking along those lines. even when we opened gramercy tavern, we were not thinking 20 years in the future. >> but you were hoping it would be successful, obviously. >> yeah. but when i started cooking, i had no idea that i would be working in new york. i started cooking in new jersey. we do not have a model for a young american chef doing whatever cuisine you are doing. that example of that kind of longevity. >> there was nobody to follow. >> prior to that, you didn't know about chefs. >> getting the cooking job was the last thing you did after you got out of the military before you went to jail. [laughter] it was the lowest common denominato

. >> thank you, tom. >> is there any public comment on item 4, the director's report for athrough e? >> >> i would like the commissioner walker and i also forgot to mention the condolences of the passing of your dad. >> thank you. >> as going to tom who said earlier the issue is with planning these days about trying to get permits approved quickly particularly when it comes to the side permit where there are no changes to the outside of the property, once the site permit approved there is not going to be any chances dbi should be able to sign-off on it, on the code at that time and the representative from planning was going to get back to us about allowing dbi to approve those, and which they should be and so we have not heard any more about it there is no doubt though, that commissioner martha planning sort of a stumbling block for a lot of folks when it comes to complying for the notice of violation and you have to go to the hearing for a variance or something like that. and you can't get a response for them and what else i had one recently where we had a response and i will get ri

his name is tom mauser. his son daniel was shot and killed in the massacre at columbine high school in 1999. he also wrote about it in the book called "walking in daniel's shoes." and rich harwood is with us, too. he and his team went to sandy hook after the shootings to help out. tom i want to start with you. your son daniel killed in columbine 14 years ago. as i said it brings it all back as i was listening to those tapes from sandy hook. i was there covering it. what do you think when you hear that? >> it takes me back. and i think of what it was like for us the one-year anniversary of columbine. and here these parents are having to deal not only with the one-year anniversary but so close to the holiday season. >> so you don't think -- >> i'm sure it's really difficult. >> yeah. so what goes through your mind? i hate to ask you the same question but more specifically, do you kind of relive the situation? and do you think that happens for the parents of the people in newtown? >> oh, absolutely. it does sen

tom standage, what do cicero and twitter have in common? >> guest: well, the idea of the book is that social media is a very old idea. we think that it's recent and that only people alive today have ever done it. but really what i'm arguing there's a very long and rich tradition of social media that goes back in fact to the era of cicero, the late roman republican of the first century bc. the point is you don't need a digital network to do social media. if you have one it goes faster but cicero did it with papyrus rolls, and members of the legion were linked to him and they spoke to each other. and there were many other examples that occur throughout history. martin luther, using pamphlets. poetry. tom paine and his pamphlet, common sense, and the pamphlets were used in the runup to the revolutions. when we use social media today it's the a version of the way media operated. >> you write for wealthy romans the distinction between letter writing and conversation was further blurred by the custom of dictating outgoing letters to describes and

tom keene is off. our guest host is bloomberg contributing editor richard falkenrath of we also wendy petitti.rom wsl we start with toshiba which said its television operation turned a profit in the second half after they cut jobs. theiba's president says company hopes to increase the corporate pc business to up to 50% of sales volume by 2015. it is currently about 10%. taiwan fines apple from restricting prices. apple hit with almost three quarters of a million dollar fine. the commission says apple's asian unit required wireless carriers to it permission before setting contract prices on iphones, a violation of the country's free trade laws. i lead by the winds a wireless license in china. a unit of the online china -- giant was one of 11 companies to lease capacity from chinese carriers. part of a two-year trial to bring more competition to the chinese wireless market. it sets it up nicely if there is an ipo later this year. that is company news from the files of "bloomberg west." we continue with o

when do you think we might see some precipitation, tom? >> this afternoon might get a few snow showers and flurries. that's part of our big weather story for this christmas eve day. this morning a chill in the air. winds are gusting to around 15 miles an hour. so the wind chills are down into the 20s. even though temperatures are in the low 30s in the metro area, feels like mid and upper 20s. the winds. dropping wind chills into the 20s. most of maryland and virginia, around the bay, wind chills around 30 degrees where temperatures are in the mid to upper 30s. yes, later this afternoon, disturbance passing over us may give us a passing snow shower. maybe a few scattered flurries. that's going to mean generally around 1:00 until around 5:00 p.m., that's when there is that possibility. i don't think we'll have any accumulation, just flurries or quick passing snow shower and blustery wind gusting 25 miles to 30 miles an hour. temperatures upper 30s and 40s but it will feel colder with that gusty wind. temperatures around 30 in the afternoon.

meeting a woman, tom hanks describes as an old bat. i would be honored if you would take a ride on jingles. mrs. disney's favorite horse. >> no thank you. i'm hap to watch. >> walt was confused by it. he was confounded why would any body want to live their life like she does. >> what has you upset now? >> penguins. penguins have very much upset me mr. disney. animated dancing penguins. >> why would anybody want to do their chosen life work in, in such a negative negative. unpleasant. >> she thought films were rubbish. hated his movies. >> hates americans. >> hated america, really, yes. it smells like jazmine. >> chlorine and sweat. >> pamela traverse, you can't imagine how excited i am to finally meet you. she stonewalled disney for 20 years before finally coming to l.a. to hash it out with him, producer and music man. robert and richard sherman. >> no, no, no, no, no. we made it up. unmake it up. richard played buy jason schwartzman in the movie, the only one still alive. spritely 85. >> she must have hit you look a whirlwind when she

[chris & tom] why are you still smoking? [tom] [sarcastic] "it's so much fun." [chris]why not call the smokers' helpline? the program's free,and... [tom]and they'll tell me..."you oughta quit." [chris] not so. just tell them you're ready to quit. then,they'll tell you how. [tom] really? you wouldn't have that number on you,would you? >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. the bay area cold snap is bursting pipes. this water main break made a mess for people in martinez. >> folks are advised to cover plants and pipes to protect them from ice. this was the scene in san jose this morning. a homeowner used bed sheets to protect his prized plants. >> thousands in the north bay had to do without heat on the coldest mornings of the year. >> good morning. power outage in benicia has thousands shivering especially hurtful impact on businesses and school kids. amy hollyfield is in benicia. amy? >> a rough morning. it continues, 1,400 customs without power in benicia. this strip mall was without power including starbucks creating a last discomfort. wi

as ambassador tom was the architect between the u.s. and eriod offter a p someone lays in the relationship. in the malays relationship. president obama made an unprecedented early visit to to a veryhis address congregation, he observed it was time that brazil and the u.s. enjoy a level of engagement on par with that of u.s. with china and india for example. it helped reset the relationship . the openness and engagement was a constructive step and it was followed by president rousseff visit here. as brazil-u.s.me strategic partnerships for the 21st century. agendas were set at the level that we need to get on with. this mutual high-level outreach would not have happened without the skill and diplomacy of our ambassador at work in brazil and back home. as we know, further elevation in the brazil-u.s. relationship was emphasized by the state visit planned a couple months ago. visit, state visit to washington, was more than 18 years ago. all of you are aware of the depth elements -- the developments that led to the two presidents to announc

and part of chicago and tom was really my mentor diggin in seventy six while he lost that campaign he formed an organization called the campaign for economic democracy and that's really where my political teeth were cut in california working at the grassroots level both inside and outside the democratic party to bring about social change that's remarkable and then to progressive democrats america out of that circle. but i know we only have a couple of minutes i'll try to fast forward a little bit seventy six gave way to a lot of outside work i was very active at the time in the catholic worker community and we did a lot of outside work calling for the redirection of military spending to meet human needs touring the reagan military build up in the early eighty's we spent a lot of time and front of rockwell international northrop a lot of the military contractors calling on them to redirect their military spending so that was a lot of outside work in the early eighty's and during that time spending a lot of time in jail talking with my friends i became apparent that we were quite succee

this was terrific, tom friedman, sal khan, joel klein, wendy kopp. up next, what in the world? protesters in europe pull down a statue of lenin. why this is not going to be a ukrainian's friend. there's a saying around here, you stand behind what you say. around here you don't make excuses. you make commitments. and when you can't live up to them, you own up, and make it right. some people think the kind of accountability that thrives on so many streets in this country has gone missing in the places where it's needed most. but i know you'll still find it when you know where to look. anncr vo: introducing the schwab accountability guarantee. if you're not happy with one of our participating investment advisory services, we'll refund your program fee from the previous quarter. while, it's no guarantee against loss and other fees and expenses may still apply, we stand by our word. where does the united states get most of its energy? is it africa? the middle east? canada? or the u.s.? the answer is... the u.s. ♪ most of america's energy comes from right here at home. take the ene

so you are, said tom. our eyes lifted over the rose beds to the hot line and we refuse of the dog days along the shore. slowly the white winds of the boat moved against the cool limit of the sky. ahead lay the scalloped ocean and the abounding blessed isles. sport for you, said tom. i would like to be with him for an hour. we had lunch in in the dining room, dark and two against the heat and drank down there is gay and with a cold a. what do we do with ourselves this afternoon, cried daisy, and the day after that and the next 30 years? don't be morbid. life starts all over again when it gets chris in the fall. but it is so hot, insisted daisy on the verge of tears and everything is so confused. let's go into town. her voice struggled through the heat bearing against it, molding it senselessly into forms. i heard of making a garage out of a stable, tom was saying, but i am the first man who made a stable lot of a garage. who wants to go to town demanded daisy incessantly. gad's the's eyes floated toward her