Of the things that that they did . Well, were simplically talking about people who violated their values. My guest today, what do you make of that snippet of the interview, that the people who are going to be fired, valued the value of the va. It shows there are bad apples in the bunch. This is maybe a thousand, maybe a few more of employees. Va employee, overwhelmingly great employes. Serve vets. Many are vets. There are clearly a lot of bad apples in the bunch that were able to get away with atrocities to vets for a long time. We want to see them held accountable and fired. Its really interesting because a lot of people think its the bureaucracy of the organization thats the problem. Where do you fall on that . Lets say they do get rid of a thousand people. By the way, they want to get 28,000 more to take their places. Would that actually fix the problem . Fixing the problem is going to be a culture change. For so many people to get wei with such a grievous behavior for so long, that wasnt just oneup. That was a culture of dlaupcorrn that was allowed to persist and fester for years and years. Thats going to take moves to fix it. Hes already taking moves to fix it. Hes already sending the right signals. Hes got a good start going on. But its really going to take quite a number of years i think before you start to see change in the va. I guess i was surprised to hear a thousand people. Just about a month ago, we heard on real story that four people are go to be fired i guess none of them from phoenix where the whole thing started. And then to find out three of four were actually just retiring. Youre the average american or more importantly a veteran out there right now, do you believe in the system . Well, you know, thats the overwhelming thing that weve heard from our members and what weve been saying. Theres still not a sense that anybody is held accountable. Everybody got away with it. Youre right. Theres a process in place. We passed some legislation in july with the congress to try to get that process sped up, at least for Senior Executives within the vanchs. Theres got to be fold held accountable farther down the chain. I want you to list ton the next snippet. This has to do with the 28,000 people they might need to add. How many doctors and nurses and medical professionals do you need to hire right now . If we could do it today. We would tell you we probably need about 28,000 is what we said in our committee testimony. 28,000 more people. This is coming from the former ceo of procter gamble. Do you think that the American Public and members of congress are going to agree to 28,000 more people . Well, you first got to make the va a place where 28,000 more doctors and nurses are going to want to go work. The va has a reputation problem. Theres an Overall Health care profession shortage within the general population, so its going to be difficult to staff up, even in the intermediate term with that many people. Vas going to have to go outside of its walls. Work with private providers. Expand you know, its utilization of private and Community Solutions when it comes to providing health care. Who knows. I think this is a job that many many people would want. But right now, were going to see some changes that could be happening right during the ballot. Alex nicholson, thank you so much. Second mcdonnell telling them hes looking to streamline. They require multiple websites that require multiple user names and multiple passwords. Thats notable. Weve got to get to one entry point and fan people out there. Zmrt secretary said he will plan to improve Communication Services within the agency. Another fox news alert to tell you about right now. This is on obamacare. And breaking news on enrollment number us. 9 to 10 million americans will have insurance bit end of 2015 through federal state insurance exchanges. Far off the predicted mark of 13 million by the Congressional Budget Office. The head of the fah taking questions today. This comes as the law faces new threats in the Supreme Court and on capitol hill. I think the president s been clear, the idea of repeal of the affordable acare act is not something that, you know, this administration will let happen. What we will do is work to improve. If people have ideaed in places where they believe can increase, affordability, quality or access, lets have that conversation. And we would welcome that conversation. Joining me National Political correspondent for the washington times. Lets start with the breaking numbers because the Congressional Budget Office their prediction was 13 billion people. Keep in mind, these are people coming into the system to help fund the system which is the important part of the entire survival of obamacare. Now those numbers downward revised to 9. 5 million. What does that mean . Two things. We should be careful of the obamas administrations projections. They were down and miraculously made the numbers at the end of the first Enrollment Period so this could be sending expectations low in order to actually meet them in the end. With that caveat out there, if indeed they fall short, thats a problem for insurers who are hoping to join up with taxpayer subsidies. If not, if 13 Million People dont sign up then the economics of obamacare doesnt work and becomes more expensive and what we referred to as the death spiral. If the economics dont work, the insurers have to raise the rates for people on the exchanges. And that makes it less affordable for the people who are there. More drop out and then you have a death spiral. And more fall. Real quickly, one of the problems weve heard, people think they had such a bad experience the first time theres been a survey and about 50 of them say im not going to bother to sign up again. Do they even face a penalty anymore . Do you know of anybody who actually paid a penalty because they didnt signup. Were actually looking for that right now. It will come with the next tax filing. Were looking to see of people facing that decision or people have said, im not worried about the penalty. Or a hardship exemption, all have to do is say i had a hardship. And they say give documentation if you want. Lets talk about how this is going to play out on capitol hill now that we have republicans in charge of the hougs a house and in charge of the senate. You believe its a balancing act, right . The clip you just played a moment ago, the Administration Says theyre willing to look at ideas to improve the law. Theyve been saying that for four years now. Congress has don nothing. Its not that the republicans who control the house havent ied. Its that the democrats and republicans have blocked everything. Obviously, nex year that all changes. You have republicans in the senate. With the filibuster bills, theres things where theres likely to be a majority and 60 votes to get these things done. Republicans have a balancing act. Theyre not going to get repeal done. The question is can they actually get rid of the action board. And the medical device tax. The key for republicans, there are some members who say no, we either repeal the whole thing or dont do anything at all . Right. Speaker boehner and majority leader mcconnel will have to balance that. Theyll have to get them to come along for partial repeal even if they cant get full repeal. Its interesting to see how democrats feel on those things. Steven, thank you for your thoughts. President obama continuing his china trip with a major deal transforming how the countries handle visas. Its going to extend the length of individuals traveling between the u. S. And china especially business vas which go from one year to ten years in length. They hope it draws more Chinese Tourists to the united states. Check your calendars because its stll fall, but already feeling like winter in many parts of the country. Blasts of cold air aplowing into the midwest from canada. Parts of minnesota getting as much as a foot of snow in areas. The areas that will avoid the frigid will be florida, california and parts of the midwest. What do you have your hands on your hips for . How are your parents karen and lee . Wow, good memory. Lee escaped to arizona about three weeks ago. Karen just escaped there on saturday. But my sister and her family still in the thick of that snow. They need to tweet me and send pictures. Okay. Will do. Of course, we know shes from minnesota and thats why were talking about it, because, yes, were getting snow until november but its not usually a weird thing, but the amount of thing, thats the thing thats concerning. Some areas could get 2 feet of snow. Theres minnesota and green bay, u. P. Of michigan. Thats where we think the bullseye of the snow is going to be. Theres your future radar. Minneapolis, waves of snow. So heading home this afternoon is going to be treacherous. Hopefully, a lot of folks stayed home. You had a lot of warning by tuesday, most of this is up in canada. The cold air is going to stick around. Theres the bullseye again. North of minneapolis. Thats where were getting several inches of snow. Some areas certainly a foot and marquette we could get the bullseye of two feet of snow. Its early for this type of snow totals. Minneapolis, there are your temperatures again. Sinking to 9 on wednesday night. 13 on thursday. A little too cold too soon. And frigid mornings. Were talking 20 to 40 degrees below where we should be. So we certainly could set some records. Look at billings. Minus 1, minus 3, minneapolis, struggling to get out of the teens. The big story, gretchen, this cold air is going to sink as far south as the deep south and its going to remain with us well into the weekend and into early next week. Thats the takeaway. Not only are we getting early snow. But the cold temperature is really going to hang on for twothirds of the country. Im glad to hear that at least Mother Nature is passing the stuff around. Hi zbl yes. Hi, karen and lee. Theyre probably watching right now. All right, katie, thanks so much. Will it happen this week . Fergus ferguson, missouri, bracing for more violence. The city on edge ahead of a grand jury decision over whether to indict the Police Officer accused of shooting unarmed teen michael brown. Plus, this once i gothe officer to the curb, the car just literally burst into flames. I mean, the flames were shooting so high. It was like the whole donor was yellow. The dramatic story of how one pennsylvia teen risked his own life to rescue a Police Officer from that burning car. And the toys for tots drive. Theyre kicking it off on real story. Who are they working with this year . And how you can help. Welcome back to real story. The Chinese Government accused of hacking into the Computer Network of the u. S. Postal service. The fbi saying it happened back in september and that the hackers gained access to the personal information of more than 800,000 postal employees. No risk to customer data. Security analysts say it makes sense that china would want to target the usps because it may have assumed the agency is like its own Postal Service which collects a vast amount of data on its citizens. China has repeatedly denied claims that it engages in cyberattacks ke this one. Time now for some real talk about whats going to happen in ferguson, missouri, later on this week, potentially. A grand jury is set to come back any day now with the decision of whether a white Police Officer should be charged in the shooting death of unarmed teen michael brown. As protests continue in ferguson the mayor said hes preparing for, quote, all worst case scenario. Since august, police have spent 100,000 stocking up on body armor, tear gas and other crowd control items. Theres word the officer may not face any federal charges at all. A justice telling the Washington Post the charges not support the charges of officer wilson. To my guests and analysts today, whats going to happen, do we . We dont know. Theyre being very smart in making sure the forces are out there. Either way if the and ju holds down an indictment, theyll be celebration and hoopla from quarters and if not, there will be rioting from other quarters. We dont want that because we dont know what the grand jurys going to do. Gretchen, i was a prosecutor with grand juries. And i will tell you its completely secretive. The only people that can talk about what happens in the grant jury are the witnesses who testify. The prosecutor cannot talk about it. The grand jurors themselves are sworn to secrecy. They cannot talk about it. Theres no judge in that courtroom. Theres a court reporter, but no judge, a defense lawyer. The only people are the prosecutor, the grand jury and no reporters. No reporters. Weve been seeing the leaks trickling out. So you would assume theyre coming from witnesses. If a prosecutor were to leak that, they would be disbarred. If a grand jury were to leak that would be on the grand jury. The only people that can ethically talk about what happens in the grand jury are the witnesses themselves. So are we to assume that a prosecutor here is going for charges against the officer . How does that work . We cant assume that. Youve heard the expression, you know, a prosecutor can indict a grand right. When i was a prosecutor, oftentimes, i went to them and said i really dont know what happened here. You tell me. You bring your collective minds. Remember, there are 21 or 23 of them, depending on the jurisdiction. You bring your collective mind to this and tell me whether to bringcharges. I wouldnt necessarily go in and say i want you to bring charges. I want them to tell me. If its the end of the road lets say no judgment is handed up. Its over . Its over. Potentially, the feds could come in and try some kind of civil rights violation. There is that possibility. But when a grand jury says no bill, no true bill which the expression, thats it. Even if new evidence comes up . It could come up if new evidence comes up it could reopen it because you dont have double jeopardy because you havent seated a juror, but that could happen. Okay. Ever wonder what happens when somebody sneezes on an airplane . Besides grossing you out, science now showing you exactly where all that stuff goes . Coming up, were going to speak live with the man who figured it all out and made the simulated video. And have you started your Holiday Shopping yet . Im not trying to make you nervous, trust me. But youre going to want to hear off until you hear which day to get the best deal. Heres a hint. Plus, what did you do this weekend . This principal ran on the truck 100 miles. Its all in part to raise money for his students. That brings the question of the day, which educator in your life most inspired you and why . Give a shoutout on my twitter account. Twt me gretchen carlson. Use the hash therealstory. Ill be back. Work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. So why am i still thinking about this . How are ya . Good. Aleve. Proven better on pain. I got this. [thinking] is it that time . The son picks up the check . [thinking] im still working. Hes retired. I hope hes saving. I hope he saved enough. Who matters most to you says the most about you. At massmutual were owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. Whether youre just starting your 401 k or you are ready for retirement, well help you get there. Welcome back to the real story. Believe it or not, its time to gear up now for Holiday Shopping. But what is the best day to buy for the best deals . Should you really wait until black friday . Now, theres a new online tool that shows you where you can get the biggest bargains. Joining us on the sister network, Business Networks carele Charles Payne. I know youre a big shopper because youre a dapper dresser because youve got bling. Ive got a little bit of bling. Im not a Good Discount shopper, though. Oh, you want to help folks today. We absolutely do. I find this fascinating, black friday not the best day to go shopping . Its not the best day to go shopping. To refresh the audience why they call it black friday throughout the year, retailers are struggling. This is when the Balance Sheets goes from black to making money. Apparently now, the best time to go is the sunday before thanksgiving. That week, you get some amazing discounts. And, plus, you probably will find what you want in stock. You know, because the week after thanksgiving, it gets a little bit more expensive, particularly as youet closer and closer to christmas. Its fascinating. So the two best days are what you said, sunday before thanksgiving. So if you dont have any plans right now, thats the day to go shopping. And the day before thanksgiving. Thats really interesting. Thats interesting because most people are either traveling that day or theyre cooking. Sure. I will say this thanksgiving there will be individual deals out of this world. The Retail Community is split down the middle. Theres been a verbal war about how nmean spirited it is to mak your employees work on thanksgiving. Jcpenney doesnt care, theyre desperate. Those retailers that are open thanksgiving they will amazing deals for. You heard it from Charles Payne. If you really want to save money, wait until the day after christmas. Thats interesting. How can people do that, p a note in an envelope for somebody. Heres your refrigerator im going to buy you on december 26th. Listen, i thought about you but last year penneys had 50 off. Abercrombie and fitch. Childrens place. 30 on all orders. Express, 50 on gap. The numbers are huge. Maybe put a note in there say, listen. Were on a budget. I love you. Check me out the day after christmas. Why do you take your glasses off to read . Im nearsighted. I have to take it off to read. It makes it tough to read the teleprompter. You just helped a bunch of people. I hope people have a great holidays. We deserve it. We do. Dont miss making money with Charles Payne can on fox Business Networks. Looking on to fox business. Com channel finder. And how many people are going to actually sign up for obamacare and theyre lowering it by millions just as its set to relaunch now. The Exchange Work like its supposed to this time . And what kind of prices will customers actually see . And certainly not music for the ears of rock fans. The legend and leader of legendary band led zeppelin making it very clear he doesnt have a whole lot of love for a monster offer to reunite the group. Wait till you hear the astounding detail. Im over the hill. My body doesnt work the way it used to. Past my prime . Im a victim of a slowing metabolism . I dont think so. Great grains protein blend. Protein from Natural Ingredients like seeds and nuts. It helps support a healthy metabolism. Great grains protein blend. Time to check out some of your headlines for today. Rescue crews have found 15 members of a church group who got lost in a Southern California forest. They got lost on a hike. They called 911 when they couldnt find their way out. Today is the last day nurse kaci hickox will be able to stop selfmonitoring for ebola. And there will be no reunion for the legendary rock band led depp palestinian. Former lead singer robert plant reportedly tearing up a 800 Million Contract despiteplea from norm band mates to try and get back together. Knox news alert now that the midterm elections are over you can finally find out how much obamacare will cost for the next year. Some of the price hikes expected to be in the double digits. In the meantime, the Supreme Court will consider a challenge to Obamacare Tax credits coming up. The secretary of health and Human Services saying the subsidies will survive the legal review, and theres nothing for consumers to worry about. I think the most important thing for consumers to know is that nothing has changed. That the tax credits that theyll be signing up for and the ones that they for those enrolled that want to stay enrolled will be continuing. And so as we go into open enrollment, nothing has changed. Dan christie is the president of gotham goat writers, david avella. You didnt like obamacare . No, the paolitics were so poorly handled. I think this is a big test for the president right now, the website debacle fundentally shook peoples confidence in him and his administration. I think its a big factor not only in the drop in favor ratings. You talked about the politics of it. David, you dont have to be a Rocket Scientist to figure out this was put off later than last year as far as how much its going to cost people. They did that after the midterm elections on purpose, right . As with everything on obamacare, there has to be a lack of transparency because the more people learn about it, they less they like it. You dont have to take my words for it. You can take jonathan grub here said lack of obamacare call it the stupidity of the American Voter but basically, that was pretty cal for us getting it passed. No, in other words, not telling people everything that was in the bill. Nancy pelosi said well read it after we pass it, right. So what do we surmise about the challenge in front of the Supreme Court . This ha got to be making people within the administration nervous, does it not . To one degree, it survived one court challenge. But i think the bigger issue is whats going to happen in the months before it, right . Republicans are going to try to stave a showdown repeal which i think will only back fire on them andquander the opportunity they have right after these midterms. If they present themselves as the adult grown up counterpoint to the president , ability to govern interesting governing and fixing the problems of obamacare, they could actually really seize the advantage from the president. But if they focus on repeal and look like all they care about is ideology and hurting the president , theyre going to skwaunder that advantage. On the republican side, what should they do . Strategically, we got to look at certainly a vote on obama care up and down in the senate. You referenced it, the Supreme Court case next year is either going to create obamacare forever or have it starting over anew. If the Supreme Court rules that some states can have subsidies, its not going to last. Do you think members of the Supreme Court are going to wait to see what happens before they dive into the battle . There will be a vote before the Supreme Court rules. Based on demand. Its going to happen. And we can want obamacare to be gone, but as long as the president sits in the white house, its not going to be gone. But when the Supreme Court rules next year and as obama continues to bring down the numbers of people who are going nobody it, first it was 13, now its 9, thats assuming that 7 million that are in it now actually stay in it. Mayot be worth it to actually buy the insurance. Guys, thanks so much. Time for my take. With less than a week to go before americans can go to healthle care d care. Go healthcare. Gov. Behind the scene federal officials are apparently scrambling and making contingency plans in case the administration proves its not working as well as predicted. Take for example, the notices that obamacare users are supposed to get in the mail. Theyre supposed to be in your box by november 1st. By the third week of october, fewer than 1 million of the 7. 6 million notices were ready to be mailed. And to make sure its safe from hackers and to make sure that the Small Business part of healthcare. Gov is up and running. Ren that was never ready for last year. And now we hear the Congressional Budget Offices prediction that 13 million americans will sign up this time around is nowhere near the real number just released bit administration. Closer to 9. 5 million. Will healthcare. Gov really work this time . And bottom line is, who will end up paying for it . So, on to this, what happens when someone sneezes on an airplane . You may think that if youre sitting several rows away, youre in the clear, right . Well, it turns out, youre very wrong. Take a look at this unbelievable animation. It simulates where all those pesky germs spread when somebody sneezes in the middle of the airplane. How easy to detect Something Like the flu on a packed flight or even just the common cold . Joining me the director of airspace and defense for Anderson Incorporated which put together that simulation. Great to have you on the show. All right. Thats kind of scary. I think sometimes people think if youust sneeze into your elbow that they tell you to do that the germs might next to the two people sitting on either side of you but certainly not as far as that animation shows. How did you find that out . Well, good afternoon, gretchen. Thanks for having us on the show. Just let me share a little bit about some of the things that we do, ansys is a Software Company and what we do is provide a representation of your test before you build it. You can simulate how it will perform in the real world. What were looking at here say model that was created by some of our collaborators at Purdue University under the leadership of professor yang chang, and it shows the simulation of airflow. If you remember the last time you were on an aircraft. Maybe you sat beneath maybe you sat near the window and it was a little cool what were able to do with the simulation, is really capture the complicate the airflow patterns and see what happens as you see in the video off of sneezes. We contract under a whole range of different situations where it may transfer within the aircraft itself. How do you do that . How do you do that . Because, you know, it kind of it kind of breaks away at the notion that your germs just spread a little tiny bit. How do you know, based on that simulation,nz n÷ that theyre spreading that much . Great question. And what were actually solving here, gretchen, equations and laws on the laws of physics. And theyre laws. We have calculations to compare the simulation results with the actual physical experimentation. So weve got a very high degree of confidence. In fact, we were involved through Purdue University with the faa center of excellence to look at disease spread in touting the newly complicated message like the ones were showing here were the key components of that. So we do have a high degree of confidence. When youre in the aircraft, you do feel a strong draft. These particles will disperse and move around by those air currents. And those air currents are designed to actually extract the path of dirt from the aircraft. Thats interesting. I was going to ask you, what do consumers do now that they know one sneeze is infecting a whole lot of people than we ever though what should consumers do and more importantly, what should airlines do. Should they do anything . Weve been talking about ebola a lot. Not that its spread by a sneeze, no one knows for sure. Should there be changes made . We can follow the guidance from the community. From the airles standpoint, i can tell you youve got incredibly talented people using simulation, using experimental methods to make sure in the incabin environment is as healthy as it can be and also as safe as it can be. And we along with the leading aircraft manufacturers and the leading academics in consortia, continuing to develop conditions for the next modern aircraft. Well its shocking to see that simulated video. I dont know, im going to continue to stock up on a bunch of hand wipes or hand gels every two seconds on an airplane. Great to have you on the show. Thanks for sharing this. Thank you. Coming up on the real story an update on an air crash. Brandnew photos of an air canada plane. The gear giving way as the pilot tries to bring it down. But it gets worse. A propeller played bracing on impact slices into the window into the cabin. A woman sitting next to the window says shes lucky to be alive. Shes being treated for bruises and a possible concussion. And corvette Company Finally putting a giant sinkhole in the rear view mirror. Remember the story it swallowed eight classic corvettes when it opened up under the museum. This happened in februay. Those cars have already been pulled out and are now being restored. So, the program that delivers holiday joy to less fortunate kids all around the world. Toys for tots. Coming up, well talk to two beam involved in what making the program so special. And the story behind the Seattle Seahawks who stole the show yesterday. And hear from the philadelphia teen who ran towards this Burning Police cruise tore rescue an officer trapped inside. I said, you can get out . He said, i cant feel my legs. His door was jammed shut. I said i cant get you out through the door. Im going to get you out through the window. Better take something. Ill catch up later. Awww. Truth is, theraflu severe cold doesnt treat chest congestion. Really . 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Trace gallagher has more. 17yearold joe chambers was in his house watching cops oddly enough. He hears a loud bang so he runs out and sees that a Police Cruiser had been broadsided by a truck. People were standing around watching it. Joe chambers who say volunteer fireman knew he didnt have much time so he started going towards the car, talking to the Police Officer who wa drifting in and out of consciousness. Listen to joe. He was in shock a lot. He couldnt feel his legs. He couldnt move. His door was locked shut and it wouldnt open. There were people standing by watching. I yelled over for somebody to help me because we had to get him out of the window. As soon as they pulled him out, right, they could see his legs were burned. Just seconds later, the drivers seat actually burst up in flames. After he got the officer out. Joe chambers also got the driver of the pickup truck out of his car. So it was kind of a double dose of heroism. Listen to joe again. I cant even describe the emotions. It was like cheerful, happy, thankful. Like everybody all around said thank you. I just did what i hoped anybody else would have done. So thats really did. Hes a good man. Both the officer and the truck driver are going to be fine. By the way, officer mark kenzie even had a chance as you see there to thank joe chambers in person. He was as you might imagine extraordinarily grateful. An unbelievable story of heroism. Thank you, trace. The fbi on the scene after atwo fire bombs blow up a political strategists car. Flames spreading far enough to blow up his home too. Who he works for and why he may have been targeted. And one of the greatest charities of the holiday season, toys for tots, youve heard of it, righ this year, they need your help. Well tell you how you can pitch in, next. Nothing else. It works, simple as that. Its a natural source of fiber and five essential vitamins. Its the smart choice for me. Try Sunsweet Amazin prune juice. 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That doesnt matter to one family member. Right or wrong they did not intend to trialto kill eight people. We know that. But id love to see justice. The victim says he doesnt know anybody who would want to harm him. The atf looking for any possible the u. S. Marine corps reserve kicking off the toys for tots drive. Marine families taping gathering at a buildabear workshop like this in new york city. People can drop off new and unwrapped toys for kids. And joining us now, the crowe coof buildabear work sharp and the president and crowe of the marine toys for tots foundation, its hard to believe were already talking about Christmas Shopping shopping and what we can do to help the needy. I love this program. Why did you pear up withbuildar day. Theyve been a great corporate sponsor for the last seven years and provided it 1i]jjr r par and almost 8 million worth of toys, and particularly bears. Great corporate sponsor. So, for people out there right now, sharon, who want to come to buildabear and get involved with toys for tots. What can they do. Through december 14th december 14th peoplen donate an unwrapped toy but come in and make a buildabear themselves to give to the children in need. Every kid needs a good bear hug and we provide an opportunity for parents to pass long the concept of giving. Thats so important. We were talking about that in commercial break, how important this lesson is, not only for adults, but if you bring your children to take part in toys for tots activities, they learn how important it is about giving of themselves to help somebody else. Right, general in. Exactly. We see that this time of year a lot. Particularly children that maybe have christmas have a birthday party, and theyll see, bring a gift but its not for me, im going to donate my gifts to toys for tots. A great message that the parents are teaching the child. Sharing with those who are less fortunate, this morning, youngsters came in built a bear they fell in love with, a little heart in there. But realizing that im going to take this bear and put it in the box so a less fortunate child can have a christmas that probably wouldnt have one were it not for making the7 donatio. The general mentioned the heart ceremony, which is a special part of what you do, and its great for the kids to make a wish for the child in need. You can get these outfits absolute. Anything youd like. From a frilly dress to a military outwit. We want to give the children an opportunity to pass on what they want to. We should say also, coincidentally, happens to be the birthday of the National Marine corps today, 239 years. Wow. Thats right. What an honor, and here we are talking about toys for tots. If you want to donate, you can go to toys for tots. Org or just stop by buildabear and donate. I love this program. Thank you so much. Thank you. Coming up, a High School Principal giving his all and then some for his students. What motivated that teacher right there to run 100 miles around the schools track. 100 miles. Without stopping for anything. Well tell you his story when we come back. [cheering]. Heartburn. Did someone say burn . Try alka seltzer reliefchews. They work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. Mmm. Amazing. Yeah, i get that a lot. Alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. Enjoy the relief. Yyou would need like a bunch of those to clean this mess. Then ill use a bunch of them. What are you doing . Dish issues . Get cascade complete. One pac cleans better than six pacs of the bargain brand combined. Cascade. Now thats clean. Principal in new york city going the distance for his high school. The plan running a total of 100 miles around the school track. He promised his students he would do it in exchange for them raising money for school and athletic programs. It took him under 24 hours. The students were raising about 10,000 so far. That principal had me wondering. Who is the most influential educatear in her life . Renee says her High School History teach, including her teacher peter troy. Connies teacher bob took an award took an awkward made her the lead in the school play. Kimberly is giving a shout out to her dad, who taught her how to tie her shoes, change a tire, and everything in between. Mine goes out to jack, who taught me my motto, carpe deem. Big changes at the veterans administration. The new head said he is shaking up the agency, adding a chief Customer Service officer. And potentially firing hundreds of workers accused of creating deadly delays for vets who needed to see a doctor. Then a veteran who survived fighting in afghanistan, shot dead in the street here at home. Cops are reviewing new clues about the shooting. Lets get to it. Good afternoon from the news deck. First today, pentagon sources say theyre in wait and see mode now to find out whether islamic states leader is dead or wounded. This has been changing and quickly all day