i fluff up my quills, into a crest. neat! um. what's a quill? quills are a bit like hair, only spiky and sharp. don't touch! - ooh (giggle) wow! nick and i are looking for new hair styles. is it okay if we try your hair er - i mean, quill style? sure! but be careful, now. two porcupine wigs, comin' up! (giggles) [squeaks, whistle] (laughter) wow! quills are amazing! (gasp) does this mean we've found your perfect hairstyle? yup! - for sure! oh boy, oh joy, we did it! hooray! let's have a hug! awww. oh! are you alright cat? my hat! it's been poked! pierced! punctured! sorry, cat! why are quills so sharp, anyway? quills keep away un-friendly critters, who think porcupines might be good to eat. to pull out this quill isn't going to be fun. i'd better get help from thing two and thing one. [whistles] ta-da! weeeee! hello! ♪ yipee! ta-da! you fixed my hat! oh, thank you, thing one and thing two. bye bye! if we had porcupine hair, we'd never get any hugs. i wouldn't like that. me neither. maybe porcupine quills aren't right for us after all? [ringing

quills are a modified hair, no more than we can shoot our hairs can they shoot their quills. >> thank you for bringing them. >>> robin thicke is going to see a song to get new the mood. he's going to get you in the mood, if you know what i'm talking about. right after this. >>> goshg. i'm meteorologist crystal with the weather channel, tracking the weather as we head into the weekend and next week and you know what? it's quiet across much of the country. the exception being the interior of the northeast here. of course, the lake-effect snow showers persistent. along the coast, we expect it to be dry. the outer banks of north carolina, just a few scattered showers. it's not much to talk about. a little fog in the pacific northwest. the cool air settles further to the south, impacting the tennessee valley. on sunday, great day for all the football games. temperatures will be on the cooler side for some, following that cold front. louisville, back to kansas city, we're dry. chicago, minneapolis, with sunshine. here's the air as we head into sunday. you can see how cold it is in billings

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. >> when i was growing up we put quill to parchment and we waited and the gifts showed up. >> even had the cookies and milk. >> that's right. have to get that app. >> my daughter would like that. >> jeff in for leigh tonight. >> a pretty good forecast today. a cold start tomorrow for your christmas morning, with a freeze warning in effect, but tonight's christmas eve. hope you're enjoying is so far. a beautiful shot from the emeryvillecam, heading into the city. a lot of people coming on down and enjoying the night tonight and whatever you have planned, temperatures not too bad. a beautiful day today. temperatures in the 50s right now. 55 in san francisco. concord, 50 degrees right now. los gatos, 53. so clear and cold again tonight. dropping down in the 20s in the inland areas. a mild christmas day. lots of sunshine and dry conditions. we finally have chance for some rain in the forecast. it's been so dry this month. the reason being this ridge of high pressure will not move. it's been with us all month long. only .13 of an inch of precipitation this month. three inches below average.

this morning the queen and her children paid a visit to prince quill lip in the hospital. prince charles and his wife and the royal patient was in good spirits flts the prince has always been healthy, but he was airlifted to the hospital yesterday. the hospital confirmed he went under surgery where a balloon was inserted to remove blockages. this family ran into the royals at the hospital. >> they did look concerned, yes are. they were concerned. and obviously it's a big thing, isn't it? but it was nice to see them all together as a family. >> the queen and prince phillip have been married for 64 years. he is britain's longest serving consort, a role to which he is devoted, always a few steps behind, always the supporter. she paid tribute to her had husband had on their 50th wedding anniversary. >> he is someone who doesn't take easily the compliments but he has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years. >> reporter: at the age of 90, he is hardly slowed down. this year alone accompanying the queen on an 11-dye day tour of australia. >> the duke of eden borrow

now, we all know about the quill decision. since the quill decision there has been a tremendous growth in online commerce. the number in diversity of goods purchased from large online retailers with little physical presence in the buyers state has dramatically increased. it puts it up to 36% now. 38% over the weekend. 38% is now online. the result, of course, is that online retailers have -- let's face it -- an unfair advantage over local and small businesses who are required to set up -- collect sales taxes. what we are doing today is exploring the need for legislation to level the playing field between small businesses and on-line retailers. main street retailers, local mom-and-pop stores in many instances, and even some of the big box retailers suffer when they have to select a sales tax but online retailers do not. your purchases at lower retailers means less local jobs. i might suggest to you that that 38% retail number is going cup. the number of people purchasing over the internet is going up. it is a 38% already. lower

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and then he can look to the iraqi in a quill a balanced not my view with see. iraq he follow america must have been everything's on american. good subsisted not sources and also mind. many people who. love. our country right now the u.s. and iraqi governments are working on a new type of diplomatic relations building a new type of trust if you will but now the next step is in the hands of the iraqi government to move the country forward as america's influence waned political infighting and sectarian divisions in the iraqi parliament has diminished as well giving iraqis hope for a strong future i'm overjoyed a bit of fun with it as regards other aspects civil life the political and parliamentarian aspects as well as the economic aspect that lets me see that iraq has good capabilities but to be put to become one of the developments it's but as iraq prepares to move past this dark chapter they have a message for their former occupiers to defend america. police don't be another. because you wouldn't stick is a great. fix. but just teach. you to be sure and friends

canvas knapsack made of linen, painted barn red and inside that knapsack is a pend note written with a quill pen by a very old man in his 80s. he tells us in that end note, this knapsack i carried through the war to achieve the american independence, i transmit to my oldest son benjamin ward jr. with directions to keep it and transmits it to his oldest son and so on to the latest austerity and one shred will remain, never surrender your liberties to a foreign invader or aspiring demagogues. benjamin water lived another nine years and was buried in ticonderoga and has a very simple epitaph on his gravestone in 1846. benjamin warner, revolutionary soldier and friend of a slave. those are the stories elliott is telling in this grand book. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. those were interesting comments on the book. let me start with neck and go to tom. my oldest son and i, he is in a veteran leader delayed discussion this morning about -- today's veterans. -all at least -- memorial day for people -- what exactly is veterans day. more about who didn't fall in battle. the conclusions i came to

. >> quills, but that was a scandal -- that is a scandal, because it's still rolling, that takes in power, corruption at the highest level through law enforcement. the idea that anyone in the public eye is okay to spy on, whether the public eye is on a victim of murder or they're just famous, i think it was a moment when the otherwise, you know, quiet majority, the people who buy these things every day, and may find it voyeuristic and titillating, where they said, you know what? we actually have some values and standards, and it's about time it stopped. big scandal. >> michael? >> fast and furious for me was the scandal that i think will have some legs going into 2012, simply because it speaking to a couple things, one, what the government is willing to do without thinking, thinking it through. we see that on debt and deficit, but we also see the devastating impact it can have when a u.s. citizen is killed when the negligence where the government doesn't pay attention. two, as we learned from watergate, it's always the cover june that trips you up. when you have e-mails and documents that

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made of linen and painted barn read about this big and inside that knapsack is a note written with a quill pen by a very old man in his 80s. benjamin warner, he tells us in that note, this knapsack i carry through the work i carried through the revolution, i transmitted my oldest son with directions to keep it and transmits it to his oldest son and on to the latest austerity. and one shred of it will remain, never surrender your liberty to aspiring demagogues. benjamin warner lived another nine years and was buried in ticonderoga. and he has a simple epitaph on his gravestone. 1846. benjamin water, a revolutionary soldier and a friend of us wave. those are the stories that eliot tells in this grand book. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. interesting comments on the book. let me start with nick and go to tom. my oldest son and i, he is a veteran, were in a discussion this morning about what should be the meaning of veterans day? is it about today's veterans? i felt at least -- one point was we have memorial day for people who fell in battle. that is what veterans day is about. it is reall

. >> the quills, are they dangerous? >> they're gorgeous. >> unless they stick in you. >> you notice i'm not touching him, the quills will stick in my hands. it's a form of protection. they cannot shoot them, a lot of people think porcupines can fling their quills out but if a predator went after this animal and touched it, they are very loosely attached and they will stick in and it's not a good thing. >> what's next? >> our next animal is -- >> and they get along? >> yeah, we're going to take the porcupine away. another gorgeous animal, snowy owl. you guys have probably all seen the harry potter films. >> yes. >> this is the same species at harry potter's owl, gorgeous white feathers. where do you think they live? >> in the arctic. >> exactly. so this bird is well camouflaged on the tundra. unlike most other birds or owls, these don't nest in trees because there are no trees. these guys are ground nesters, they're predators, they eat le lemmings and this bird has come a lot further south than it normally would. people

this is from the quill -- "the hill." she writes the entire backdrop is a little less than $30 billion -- also wanted to give you a few statements that have come in from the white house. the white house put out a statement after the agreement was reached. the communications director said that the president said that congress cannot go home without preventing a tax increase on 160 million hard- working americans. the deal announced tonight meets that test. this is an important test awards -- a step towards enacting a key provision of the president's americans jobs act and a significant victory for the american people and the economy. as independent analysts have said, failing to extend the tax cut would have a damaging effect on our recovery and job growth. president urges congress to finish up their business or the american people. -- the president urges congress to finish up their business for the american people. richard on our independent line. caller: good morning. just a quick comment. give me a few minutes. we need