-old new king led a buddhist prayer ritual to mark 50 days since the death of his father. the ceremony took place at the royal palace and was televised nationwide. people in bangkok expressed hope the succession could encourage stability in a country that has been deeply divided. >> translator: the country has to keep walking. everything will remain the same and go forward with the new king. >> translator: i expect the new king to develop our country along the better path, which the late king bhumibol had done. >> reporter: the media is giving blanket coverage to usher in the new king's reign. they are rushing to print out the first special edition welcoming the reign of maha. officially thailand's king is a constitutional monarch with limited powers. he occasionally played the role of mediator during times of crisis. the country is moving towards restoring democracy after a military coup in 2014. a general election is scheduled for next year. conflicting forces of the military backed royalist establishment and populist political movement are still simmering. at this critical

seven generations. he begins each day by offering prayers. >> this is how buddhists do it. but hidden christians, cross their chest like this. if you do it this way, no one can tell. >> reporter: they're also disguised his ancestors would put stones in a cross while praying and scatter them so the grave would not be recognized as christian. followers had to register as buddhists to conceal their faith and pray to this female figure. to hidden christians, she represented the virgin mary. >> for 2 1/2 centuries, some christians survived. >> this site is a reminder why his faith is so strong. seven generations of his family are buried here including his father. when his father died ten years ago, he himself enabled to recite the prayer. >> i was so frustrated with myself at that time, i came here every day for three years and memorized all the prayers. i have changed. i'm glad to have chosen to be a hidden christian. >> today he fears that hidden christians could disappear. he's calling on all the group leaders to join forces to protect their beliefs and strengthen the community. >> he m

each day by offering prayers. >> translator: this is how buddhists do it. but hidden christians cross themselves like this. if you cover your r chest this way, no one can tell. >> reporter: the graveyards were also disguised. his ancestors would arrange stones into a cross while praying and then scatter them so the grave will not be recognized as christian. followers had toto register asa buddhist to conceal their faith. and they prayed to this female figure. to hidden christians, she represented the virgin mary. >> translator: for two and a half centuries during feudal times, the hidden christians endured and survived s such strt persecutions. we have a lot to learn from their pure hearted dedication to their faith. >> reporter: this site is a reminder why his faith is so strong. seven generations of his clan are buried here, including his father. when his father died ten years ago, he found himself unable to recite the prayers correctly. >> translator: i was so frustrated with myself at that time. i came here every day for three years and memorized all thth prayers. i've changed. i'

, as opposed to the majority, the buddhist part of the majority, the buddhist part of the country. they've been under attack and it is said that they have been clearing them. it is said 27,000 people have escaped across the border to bangladesh. these are people who are originally of bangladeshi origin, but we are talking about many decades since they've been in myanmar. so the thing is that the claims that there's been no protection from aung san suu kyi... there's been no protection from aung san suu kyi. .. they hoped she would. well, this is a person who came to prominence very much on the human rights ticket. she won the nobel peace prize for her humanity and i'm afraid it seems as if she has kept very quiet since taking effective leadership of myanmar. to be fair to her, she is caught between a rock and a hard place because she has got the military which has been in power for most of the year in myanmar and it is the military that has been leading the charge very much against the people of the rohingya people in myanmar at least, and it is the rohingya claimed that the army

buddhist. not a weekend buddhist either. a serious, long-term practitioner of tibetan buddhism. it's what makes him so different from me. he, for instance, is nice. i am not always so nice. >> eric: look on the rock. it's something written in chinese. >> anthony: maybe, you know, "gift shop this way." >> eric: no. [ laughs ] >> anthony: whoa. check it out, man. >> eric: i know. >> anthony: about two hours south of chengdu at the confluence of the min jiang, dadu, and ching yi rivers is the giant leshan buddha. carved out of the cliff wall back in 713, it still stands as the largest stone buddha in the world. whoa, that was pretty awesome. >> eric: that was beautiful, huh? >> anthony: and me without my selfie stick. though eric's buddhism diverges somewhat from the kind practiced here, as you might imagine, the site is respected and revered by all buddhists. i am respectful of faiths not my own, and i am more than happy to let my friend do what he does. it means a lot to him. and, like i said, i respect that. really. pretty cool. >> eric: isn't it? >> anthony: all right. this is a tasty ra

buddhist retreat at the santa cruz mountains. this weekend's storm being blamed for the rock slide in boulder creek. the rocks are so big, the county needs to bring in a contractor could clear them. >> this is huge. it's really going to be something to chip it apart and move it. >> now for now, the only way in and out of the nearby buddhist retreat is by food. the staff says they have enough food, the issue is getting people who have to go back home out. >>> breaking news to share with you out of san francisco. tonight police say a man has died of stab wounds in the castro district. here is what we know. officers were called out to 18th and diamond just before 3:00 where they found the man on the sidewalk with a knife literally sticking out of his chest. he was pronounced dead. right now no word on what led to the stabbing. police are looking. they do not know an identity for the suspect as of right now. >>> new at 5:00, a somber moment at the scene of oakland's deadly warehouse fire. first responders of the december 2nd tragedy have returned to the site. they are marching together an

then pastor thomas and then the freedom center and then that's the buddhist community and then the choir director and the round of applause of the faith leader. and then the president of the all muslim society and the vice chair to protect the middle east. >> thank you. i'm glad we're okay and that's the plan. i needed some time to unfold my papers and i would make a scene out of it. and loretta lynch and all of the government officials and then the beloved leader and then peace be with you all and then the muslim family and to leave the american dream and by seeking the economics and that the land of the citizen and then the fundamental of the daily life, liberty and these families begin and then it's the payers and sunday school and other activities to enrich the lives and wish them to exchange and then it's the man and woman and then provide religious and the services and to several thousand and it has one of the largest boy scouts of the program in the area and then with doctors and volunteers and to the broader community and ladies and gentlemen and this is the story of a typi

clearing out boulders that blocked the buddhist retreat over the weekend. a dozen people still stuck at that buddhist center and the only way out is by foot. crews say it will take several days to clear this rock side. >>> texting gone wild. parents upset after learning about a mountain view police investigation involving widespread student on student texting on a dropbox account and could involve multiple high  schools. cheryl, this actually may be heading to the santa clara d.a.'s office. >> reporter: the d.a. will be getting this case soon. he will decide whether or not to press charges. one former prosecutor says that might be hard to do. >> i guess you're afraid of what else they're getting into. >> reporter: they're allegedly sharing sexually explicit pictures through dropbox, believed to be of other students. >> in august we received a call about a dropbox account that contained inappropriate images, some of them sexually explicit in nature. >> reporter: that account now frozen. criminal charges could be filed. but steven clark doesn't think that will happen. >> the courts don'

buddhists do it, but hidden christians cross themselves like this. if you cross your chest this way, no one can tell. >> reporter: the graveyards are where his ancestors would arrange stones into a cross while playing and then scatter them so the grave would not be recognized as christian. followers had to regist pray to female figurure. to hidden christians, she reprpresented the virgin mary. >> translator: for two and a half centuries, the hidden christians survived such strict persecutions. we have a lot to learn from their purehearted dedication to their faith. >> reporter: this is a reminder of why his faith is so strong. several generations are buried here, including his father. when his father died ten years ago, murakami found himself unable to recite the prayers correctly. >> translator: i was so frustrated with myself at that time. i came here for three years, and mem. >> marty:i:ized all the prays.s. i've changed. i'm glad to be a hidden christian. >> reporter: today murakami fears that hidden christians could disappear. he is calling on all the group leaders to join forc

. reek. a dozen people at a buddhist retreat in the santa cruz mountains. the rain caused a significant t==k slide on rings road and boulder creek. he onocks are so big, the county needs to bring in a contractor to clear them. he onls is huge. is's going to be something to chip it apart and move it. hey or now, the only way in and o baof that buddhist retreat is by foot. cu==staff at the institute say sturbaave enough food. the issue is getting people who es at o go back home out. >> unruly inmates caused a sis turnians at a south bay jail. the inmates at the elmwood urnrectional facility protests after their phone privileges heriffaken away yesterday. no ja 120 inmates took part in e pr protest. they refused to return to their bunks. the sheriff's office called in more resources. no staff or inmates were injured in the protest which didn't last ivng. >>> who is going to lead the drug an enforcement agency? gaaturday night live" puts walter white in charge. the president-elect's recollection is an unexpected one. >> a live look outside the golden gate bridge. no rain yet. it is coming so

like a wine label. as a buddhist, does this worry you? >> i'm sorry? >> as a buddhist does it worry you considering how well this life turned out for you? >> no, it's good karma from my previous life. i have to -- >> how long can that karma last? >> until it's dead. ends. >> when do you think that might be? >> any time soon. you never know. karma switch like that. >> what would you not want to come back as? what would a worst-case scenario be in the next life? >> how many chances do you have to be born as what you are, what i am? in the entire universe. >> isn't that worrying to you? the next life cannot possibly be better than this. it's probably going to suck. i mean, best-case scenario, you know, in our next life, maybe if you get to sit in a sub shop in asbury park, new jersey, that will be the greatest day of your life. that will be the best-case scenario. >> but the most challenging -- >> more likely, you end up, you know, a mime. a diseased itinerant mime. wandering the streets scrounging for money. or worse -- >> you're a disparate case. i don't know what to do with you. >>

. >>> well, this weekend's storm is also being blamed for trapping about a dozen people at a buddhist retreat in the santa cruz mountains here at home. that rain caused a huge rock slide on king's creek road in boulder creek. the rocks blocking the road are so big the county has to bring in a contractor to clear them out. >> this is huge. it's really going to be something to chip it apart and move it. >> for now, the only way into and out of that nearby buddhist retreat is on foot. the staff of the institute say they have enough food for folks who can stay. the problem is some people have to get out and go home. but at least if they're buddhists, they're equipped to deal with it. >> they are. they have that inner sense of relaxati relaxation. >>> well, we were talking about the siberian express a second ago. we really can't complain about what we're seeing here. >> yeah, we can. why not? >> everyone's saying, oh, my gosh, it's so cold. yeah, how about you say 30 degrees below zero. that's unreal. as we look outside, beautiful scenery. we have some dry weather. you can see those high c

japan. buddhists ring temple bells 100 times to cleanse their bodies of mortgage tal desires. that's a buddhist belief. the century bell is just for this particular ceremony. visitors will have the chance to take turns ringing the 2100-pound bell to leave behind any unfortunate experiences from this past year. the ceremony begins at 11:00 a.m.. >> next on abc7 mornings at 6:00 a.m., a pair of fires deliberately set in the south bay. why officials say it is becoming a here's your receipt. have a nice day! thank you. start the car! start the car! start the car! start the car! the ikea winter sale. wooooooo! get up to 50% off select items. now through january 10th. ikea >> look at this. it is already 2017 down under in sidney, australia. an hour ago we showed you live on abc7 mornings the fireworks at sidney harbor where more than 1.5 million people celebrated the new year. an earlier 8-minute family fireworks display paid ohmage to prince and david bowie. in total 7 tons of fireworks explosives were used in their two fireworks displays, along with 18 shipping containers of equipment an

] >> there. this is part of a century's old tradition in japan. buddhist monks ring temple bells 100 times to cleanse their bodies of mortal desires. that's a buddhist belief. the century bell is just for this particular ceremony. visitors will have the chance to take turns ringing the 2100-pound bell to leave behind any unfortunate experiences from this past year. the ceremony begins at 11:00 a.m. >> that has a pretty heavy bell. >> i would say so. good morning. we are looking at a few light showers mainly along the peninsula. by the afternoon in the mid-50s for the warmest spots. upper 30s by midnight tonight. a couple days before we see the wet weather return with coolish numbers and a lot of mountain snow by midweek. >> nice weather for good riddens 2016. it's over! lisa, thanks for showing me the ropes today. >> it was fun. >> thanks for being us on abc7 mornings. jessica castro, in for chris nguyen. abc7 news continues at 5:00 a.m. after the games. have a great morning and happy 2016. let's ring in the new year. see you in 2017! >>> good morning, america. new overnight, new rus

a buddhist resort in the santa cruz mountains. >>> will sillicon valley techies be brought in to tackle a russian hack? why local security companies say they're ready to go to work. >>> and i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri. we're expecting the return of bay area rain. thursday and friday. >>> sierra no ranging 7 to 13 inches. back at 6:19. this is my park. i'm like the mayor here. i know every bench, every tree, every squirrel -- -hey, what's up, andy. -andy: hey! same with my banking. with my bank of america mobile banking app, i can see my accounts all in one place. i can easily manage them and if something doesn't look right, i'm going to know. plus, i can set up alerts to help detect unusual activity. so i feel secure. in other words, no surprises. morning. hey, abby. like i said. the mayor. hey, abby. washington is asking the question .. and it may be tng >>> was our presidential election hacked by the russians? washington is asking the question and it may be turning to sillicon valley for the answer. scott budman is here after talking to techies redsy to accept the challenge.

a dozen people at the buddhist retreat. rain caused a huge rock slide. the county has to bring in a special contractor to clear them out. >> this is huge. >> the only way into and out of a buddhist retreat is on foot. the staff say they do have enough food for folk whose can stay but some folks have to get back home beings get back to work. >> you can track the forecast with our nbc bay area weather app. >> some unruly inmates caused a disturbance at the south bay jail over the weekend. inmates began protesting after their phone privileges were revoked yesterday. in all, about 120 inmates took part in that protest. they refused to return to their bunks. the sheriff's office had to call in more resources. no staffers or inmates were injured and it didn't last long. >>> a 53-year-old man is in custody accused of sexually abusing a 9-year-old. police arrested john logston last thursday at his house. the arrest was made after an initial report came in from the victim. he is facing multiple criminal charges and held on $1.5 million bail. >>> search is on for a man who held two people at

buddhist nation. all people have come together to build this nation. our message is what i would like to repeat is what is written in our scripture is [ speaking in foreign language ] that we all, each one of us has a divine light which has been blessed, which has been given to us as a gift by our creator, and we are here to shine that light each day, every moment of our life. [ speaking in foreign language ] . so may god bless each one of us, and we all need to strengthen each other, we should be praying for muslims, muslims should be pl praying for hindus, hindus praying for jews. that's what's going to make us much stronger and big enough for all times to come and especially we must create a safe space for our children. i was in sacramento about a month ago and a sikh woman, a sikh mother came to me and she said this is a sixth grader and the child doesn't even wear a turban, and the sixth grader was told by his closest friend that i'm sorry, we are not going to be friend anymore, because after election, you will be leaving. just imagine the kind of fear that is being created for the

weekend's storm is being blamed for trapping about a dozen people at a buddhist retreat in the santa cruz mountains. it caused a huge rock slide. the rocks are so big, the county has to bring in a contractor to clear them out. >> this is huge. it's going to be something to chip it apart and move it. >> now the only way in or out of the buddhist retreat is on foot. the staff say they have enough food for the folks that can stay. the issue is getting people who need to get out back home. >>> good morning. it is 5:37 as you head out on this monday morning. all cloudy skies and a little bit of clearing today. some peeks of sun in san francisco. 51 heading up to 56. we will have the possibility of mist and drizzle at least early in the morning. it does stay mostly cloudy in the city and will be rainy as we head into tomorrow with the king tide really taking effect by tomorrow into thursday. by wednesday, we willç have tis of light rain but it will be much heavier to the north. the next storm system moving in will be mostly for the north bay bringing the highest amounts of rain there. i'll le

and jews all day long or as treianses and buddhist. you can't dename muslims. -- defame muslims. it's only meant to protect muslims. and there's a lot of muslims had a don't want anymore of this sharia business than you and i do. >> armstrong: they're a casualty of this. biggest casualty fist and foremost, because they must submit too, but in the end because we not working with them and instead we're working with the muslim brotherhood who wants to dominate them, and make the rest of us submit as well. we're playing into the hand of our enemies, especially as it relates to this point about free speech. if hillary clinton has her way, she has made this absolutely clear, she would ensure that we do not give offense to whether it's videos that she blamed for the benghazi business or any other way. she said we are going to use old fashion techniques. >> armstrong: why would they destroy and jeopardize, is it that they don't know, is it that they trust too much or being naive and manipulated. why would your leadership. >> guest: let me break the code. i believe that the record shows unmist

the tiger's nest, a i7th—century buddhist monastery. how are you finding the climb? it's beautiful. easy! barely breaking a sweat, it seemed. perhaps the most poignant image of the trip came here, at the taj mahal. in february 1992, it was diana, princess of wales, who sat alone, seemingly forlorn at this monument to love. her marriage to prince charles was in crisis. not the best of associations for the son. by 2a years later, the duke and duchess had their own taj mahal moment. so, what has the visit here today meant to you? a beautiful place. stunning design, amazing. although there was no mention of his mother, it was the duke's chance to create some happier memories here. at home, the duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harry continued to focus much of their time on the subject of mental health. they say they want to change the national conversation, and end the stigma that still surrounds the issue. it is now at the centre of their charity work. in may, they launched heads together — a partnership of different charities all working to provide the best support possible.

different leaders from theerent legions around country -- members of the jewish, buddhist, christian, and ikh communities. attorney general lynch along with the other speakers addressed the recent spike in takenrimes that have place across the country, especially since the presidential election. many of those hate crimes happening against muslim americans. the message today from all of the speakers of all the religions that love, peace, respect, and understanding during a time of great division in america. loretta lynch: we may read from different books of scripture and call our guide by a different name. but we all of this country and we all of the ideals for which it stands. we are all committed to upholding them. we all want our children to lead lives of safety and opportunity, and we proudly claim the title of american. during her speech today, loretta lynch quoting some statistics from the fbi. the most recent stats in 2015. she says hate crimes have fromased 6% from 2015 2014. most alarmingly, the increase against muslim americans, hate crimes are up 67% area that is the larges

preresiding over ththe eve and the buddhist ceremony was broadcast across the nation. >> translator: i believe people will continue to revere the royal family. nothing will change from before. >> translator: the new king knows what to do. we just follow. >> as the new king settles in, the military-led interim government is tightening control of free speech by shutting down websites critical of the royal family. >>> u.s. president-elect donald trump has met with former vice president al gore. they talked about one of the issues gore is most passionate about and that is climate change. they met at trump tower in new york. gore has been campaigning for years to lower carbon emissions, and that won him the nobel peace prize in 2007. >> i had a lengthy and very productive session with the president-elect. >> he says he also spoke with trump's daughter ivanka. she has expressed support for efforts to stop climate change. during his election campaign, trump referred to global warming as a hoax. he threatened to pull the u.s. out of the paris agreement on cutting emissions. but in a recent int

reason why they sang the songs was just like when the priest chanted gregorian chants or when a buddhist has a mantra. or when you say, "hail mary mother of god" in the catholic religion. it was a means of going inside of yourself to find the strength within to deal with the outside world. one of my mentors was bill kunseler. there was one scene he told me about when he was in birmingham where he was representing dr. martin luther king. and they had come from a demonstration or rally, and king had been told that there were men looking to kill him that night. and they drove up to a house, and bill and king were staying in the house together with a group of other people. bill told the story that people were petrified that night. i mean, they thought that the house was going to be bombed, and they darkened the house so there were no lights at all. and he was afraid for his life. and king must have sensed this fear in the room. and he walked over to a piano and started to play "this little light of mine," and the whole group just started to sing this song, and they sang songs all through the

presiding over the event and the buddhist certificate ceremony was broadcast across the nation. >> translator: i believe people will continue to revere the royal family. nothing will change from before. >> translator: the new king knows what to do, we just follow. >> meanwhile the military-led interim government is tightening control of free speech by shutting down websites credit critical of the royal family. >>> senior officials in south korea's government have indicated that president park geun-hye will accept a request from the ruling party to resign next april. a senior member of the parliamentary office suggested park will soon announce she will accept the plan by the ruling party. at the same time non-mainstream members of the party are said to back an impeachment motion against park. one member of the party leadership said if the vote takes place on friday, every lawmaker should join the session and decide it according to their conscience. south koreans have been outrage the by the scandal. people gathered near park's presidential home and office to call for her resigna

indonesian dominant groups, but the country's many minority groups, christian, hindu, and buddhists, are also following the case closely. nhk world, jakarta. >> we take you to northeastern japan now. the 2011 earthquake and tsunami destroyed many fishing boats in the region, along with the flags used to celebrate a good catch. those flags, however, are finding a new lease on life. nhk world reports. >> reporter: hair clips on heads, bursting with color. they are cut and sewn from vivid designs that used to flutter in the wind. these products are made from fishermen's flags tairyo-bata. they are hung by family and friends as a way of praying for a good catch and for the safety for those who are to bring it in. the 2011 earthquake and tsunami swept much of this way of life away. in the city of ishinomaki, the tsunami destroyed about 2,000 fishing boats. soon afterward, some turned up in the corner of a destroyed building, covered in mud. this man found the flags. he had gone to ishinomaki as a volunteer and was cleaning up homes. >> translator: there was a collapsed building and in it

kind of a buddhist so i swing that way but not with the foul language. >> bart tells ktvu that they're working on their own campaign to celebrate diversity. their campaign was in the works before the signs popped up. >> the man charged with killing a department of public works employee in san francisco earlier this week has pleaded not guilty. he's accused of shooting 27-year-old germaine jackson jr. in san francisco wednesday morning. he's due back in court on december 9th. he remain ins custody with a bail set at $5 million. >> the two men charged in a deadly shoot out in stockton two years ago pled guilty today to the murder of a hostage used as a human shield. it happened at the bank of the west in stockton. their hostage was killed during a chase and shoot out with police. her husband said the court appearance stirred up a lot of difficult memories. >> the proceedings of what happened today it's definitely brought everything back up to the surface. i was pretty emotional on my drive in to work today just reliving the day. >> he's facing life in prison without the possibili

exotic. the dalai lama. so, what's the renowned spiritual leader of the buddhists of tibet really like? we asked seth doane to find out. >> the 14th dalai lama. >> the world 'most celebrated monk, nobel peace prize winner and spiritual leader of six million tibet tan buddhists, with a message of compassion and nonviolence so meaningful, and so cool, he's been featured in an apple ad. though we'd arrange to meet him it still seemed a bit other worldly to see the dalai lama. >> your holiness. >> nice to meet you. known to cast off formality and did. the 81-year-old immediately accepted a little support. we met in poland where his busy schedule would allow t the book of joy. it's based on series of conversations he had with equally celebrated friend. >> i saw this picture. it's great. you look like you're going to kiss him. >> i told you once, shhh, behave like a holy man. >> his coauthor is south africa retired archbishop desmond tutu a pillar of his make's struggle against apartheid. the book they wrote with editor douglas abrams explores a topic appropriate to the season. how to live a

become a buddhist monk. but funny enough, we haven't talked about the connection but it is relevant at this moment to mention my mother and father who were jailed as spies but they were convicted of being cia agents working for the americans in the soviet occupied hungary. and they were the only journalists ever to have conducted an interview, because one of the conditions and again i'm jumping forward, sorry. one of the conditions of the release from the soviet captivity after five years was that they never spoke to the western journalists because of how banning it would be for the west to discover what this man had been through and again we will talk about what he went through. so, my parents were determined to interview this couple and tried for years. when my father was being led to his cell in january, 1955 and he had just been released we will talk about why that happened, but the jailer said it to my father congratulations, you've got the vip so recently vacated by an american asian and two years later my father is freed and we ask is that the really cool place with a nice view

buddhist and taoist groups, but mainly christian groups. what is interesting, despite the strong opposition, the surveys showed that in taiwan about half the people here actually support legalising same—sex marriage, and that is very significant, given the fact that in many countries in asia, being gay is still a crime. so in taiwan, it is not only legal to be gay, but now for the first time the ruling party and the opposition parties are both proposing bills to recognise same—sex marriage as legal, and to give gay couples the same rights as heterosexual couples. it's 25 years today since the soviet union collapsed, following the resignation of mikhail gorbachev. he's admired in the west for ending the cold war without bloodshed, but many russians still blame mr gorbachev for the loss of an empire. a quarter of a century after he stepped down, sarah rainsford has been to the hometown of the former soviet leader. with a gorbachev impression and a song, we are welcomed to privolnoye. this is the southern russian village where the former soviet leader grew up. the child from a family of fa

buddhist kingdom for more than half a century, died on friday aged 86. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world the china daily focuses on the controversy over the discovery of a us drone in the south china sea. the newspaper attacks what it describes as president—elect donald trump's inexperience in diplomacy in his reaction to the incident. the south china morning post also leads with the drama over the drone. it says that beijing is expected to demand that the united states scales down its surveillance in the south china as china agrees to hand back the seized underwater drone. and the philippine daily inquirer has a story on the health of the nation's president, rodrigo duterte. one of the country's leading politicians says mr duterte should end speculation about his well—being following his admission he used the powerful painkiller fentanil. now, karishma, there's a lot of excitement on line about a certain film! the force is certainly with them — rogue one the latest in the star wars movie franchise has had the second biggest december in history. globally

play as a buddhist or a hindu, you only get to play it once. three stars. now say hello to a five-star man, jon batiste and stay human, everybody. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: oh, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to me sitting at the desk. this is my favorite part of the show because i get to not use leg muscles. mmm. ( laughter ) of course, there's another debate this sunday, between hillary clinton and donald trump, and there has been a lot of pressure on donald trump to outline policy proposals. and if trump has one signature policy proposal, it is having no policy proposals. but if he has two, it's got to be the border wall. you guys remember the wall, right? >> audience: yeah. >> stephen: he is going to build it, mexico is going to pay for it, it's going to be the best wall ever, like the great wall of china had a three-way with the berlin wall and the wailing wall. we don't have a picture of that? we don't, we don't have a mockup of that? well, folks, just imagine three walls having sex and a picture of that right here. naturally, the w

bacon to go to waste. kennedy: are you zen buddhist? >> not officially. but i follow a zen path. i was taught by a japanese zen artist in college. and he taught several zen disciplines. so he laid a bunch of wisdom on me that i stuck with, eventh though i never had to sign up for the zen club.ha kennedy: the book is very t impressive. i tried to make a craftsman lamb but i electrocuted myself. >> you could always set a candle on it. kennedy: nick offerman. good, clean fun. if you love wood as mu as you love nick offerman, get a bunch of books for your friends for the holidays. may the light of liberty always blossom in your heart. coming up, whether you are drowning your hillary-loving sorrows or celebrating. wa have a recipe for you. we live in a pick and choose world. love or like? naughty or nice? calm or bright? but at bedtime... ...why settle for this? enter sleep number, designed to let couples sleep together in individualized comfort. sleepiq technology tells you how you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from

order it two months in advance, bearing in mind most japanese are irreligious or buddhist or shinto. so christmas with kentucky. >> who knew christmas with kentucky was being celebrated in japan? that's something totally new. and where are we going next? >> south africa. >> let's go there because that's your heritage. >> we have christmas in the sun. on the beach, having what we know as a barbeque to cook meat and some people might roast a lamb and have home-brewed beer. >> do you feel when you're in the u.s. and it's cold and maybe you're somewhere where it snow, it feels a little out of place? >> i think we should be basking in the sun. there's no white christmas in south africa or australia for that matter. but fascinating and i know your husband is from the czech republic, right? >> yes. >> so you've got some interesting traditions to share. i wanted to share the one about let's say you're a young woman and you think this year you want to get married. what you might do is take a cherry tree twig, put it in some water. if the twig blossoms, it's a good omen, you probably will get

his father's role. he honored his late father a few hours ago with a buddhist prayer ritual in bangkok. his father died in october. tens of thousands of muslims protested in indonesia. they say the city's christian governor insulted islam during a campaign speech and should not be allowed to govern a majority musl muslim city. a similar rally last month led to clashes with police. russian president vladimir putin has once again signalled he wants to work with donald trump's white house. some skeptics say he has an ulterior motive. cnn's brian todd takes a look. ♪ >> reporter: trump eting and fan fare for vladimir putin as the russian strongman and president delivered his kwif lnt of the state of the union. american diplomats and analysts are combing through putin's words about how russia's relationship may change under the incoming trump administration. we count on uniting our efforts with the united states to fight a real, not a made-up threat, which is international terrorism. >> reporter: the example he cited, russia's intervention in syria, but there's a big difference th

a turf war between south bay neighbors and a group of buddhist worshipers. the religion group has plans to build a temple on cline road near gross beck hill park. county officials say the group is at least three months behind on its payments. so, they issued a letter ordering the head monk to pay up or settle the matter in court. neighbors in the area long complained about the group's music and loud chanting. members of the temple have not commented on the issue. >>> a carjacked porsche has been recovered after being involved in a crash. it was involved in a collision this morning on 880 in oakland. it is the same porsche stolen yesterday. a woman told police she was forced out of the car at gun point while she sat in a parking lot. the gunman got away as did the driver in this morning's crash. >>> every day three million kids go off to school in california. a new did shows that some of san francisco's schools made the list of the most dangerous. kpix 5 news wilson walker explains why. enderloin comm school for instanc far the most pedestrian accidents and was in the top five for