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Happening now, volunteers in San Francisco are busy in the kitchen getting ready to serve about 5,000 meals tomorrow. They are marking 50 years giving back to the community. For many, volunteering is a longtime holiday tradition. They helped me get my life together. This is my way of giving back. Reporter earlier today, about 3,000 people enjoyed the Christmas Eve prime rib lunch, donated by San Franciscos house of prime rib. Theres also a lastminute push to gather toys for needy children. Cabbies were among those tributing to luckys. They will be expecting 10,000 toys to hand out tomorrow. And there are still a do you mean of hours left couple of hours left to hit the malls. Toys r us stays open until 9 00 tonight. And we saw some dedicated shoppers getting ready to make the rounds. A christmas tradition is up in smoke tonight our continued stag nan weather pattern is stagnant weather pattern is leading to another burn ban. If you dont have a gasburning fireplace like this one, youre
Congress to act swiftly. The bill does make one change to the health care law. Requiring those seeking Insurance Coverage to verify their income. In washington, danielle nottingham, wjz Eyewitness News. The white house doesnt know how quickly Government Agencies will be back up and running after Congress Votes but says the idea will be to get tens of thousands of furloughed federal workers back on the job as soon as possible. Our complete coverage continues right now. Wjz is live in washington. Mary bubala spent the day speaking to maryland lawmakers about a potential deal. Mary. Reporter thats right. Denise, maryland delegation on both sides of the aisle are all relieved that there is a deal. They all acknowledge that this is a temporary solution and there is still a lot of work to be done. Another day of frantic maneuvering on capitol hill and protests outside. Marylands delegation is speaking to wjz, Eyewitness News about the announcements. Finally theres a solid deal to end the shu
Money from a balt. Batkid foiled that event turning him over to police. Batman to a superheroe s welcome. So cute, you know, running in there as batman, you know, getting his you know, all these people all excited. Batkid is no stranger to bravely fighting danger. The little boy began battling leukemia when he was a year old, but hes winning. The cancer is in remission. But his wish has been to be batman, and through the Makeawish Foundation and an army of volunteers, today he was. Very excited and glad to be a part of it. Just never dreamed it would ever evend up being an event like this. Batkid stopped for lunch at union square, and outside a flash mob formed. Batkid waved to him but then he saw from above the penguin kidnapping giants mascot and raced off to at t park. There batkid, batman and the penguin squared off. The good guys one. It was off to city hall to receive honors with thousands of people jamming the plaza. He finished treatment in june. Its been a long three years for
Time period referring to the regular army. Theres a joke that the old army is the army before every war. So theres a bunch of old army. So my book actually starts with the professionalization of the army and its about how that process occurs and plays out in the civil war. Host give us a snapshot of what the old army, prior the war of 1812, was like. Guest before the war of 1812, and this is drawing on really historical literature by historians the army before the war of 1812 is a nonprofessional. It over corps obtained their positions through political influence, and as a consequence theyre not because theyre not professionals who went through a body of education and were promoted by some system of merit, they dont perform very well during the war of 1812 so washington, dc burned. The early attempts to invade canada dont go very well. Theyre all catastrophes. My impression the canadians look at the war of 1812 victory, sort of a great victory of repelling the american invaders. After