Exciting news for our loyal Happening Now viewers—the Chat is back!

If you were one of the regulars who joined us for some rousing discussions in months past, you know what you’ve been missing: the chance to interact, live, with us–Harris, Rick, Jenna, Jon and our news producers, plus the opportunity to share your thoughts and opinions with Happening Now viewers around the nation and even around the globe.

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You might have noticed for the past couple of days I've been wearing a sling on-air during Happening Now. Many of our kind and concerned viewers have written in to ask what happened. The truth is, I don't know. That is, I don't exactly know how... continue reading »

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Wow! Aren't we glad we bought that cake from Angela Logan. She's having a bake sale; hoping to salvage her home. She has 11 days to raise 2,600 dollars or lose her home. We'd be glad to help contribute again. YUM!

If you were watching todays edition of Happening Now, you probably saw our coverage of the partial evacuation of the U.S. Capitol building. Details are still coming in, but it appears a pilot flew into the restricted airspace over Washington without the proper authorization... continue reading »

I'm wearing the 'golf' tie our youngest daughter gave me for Father's Day awhile ago. I thought it was a bit garish--but every time I put it on, people seem to like it. Our daughter came in with me for "Take Your Kids To Work Day" here at the News Channel this morning... so I thought I'd show off her gift.

We want to apologize to you, our loyal viewers, for an incident that occurred during "Happening Now" earlier today. Correspondent Griff Jenkins was covering one of the "Anti-Tax Tea Parties" underway throughout the nation today, this one at Lafayette Park across from the White House. Griff was reporting live as we always try to do during our two hours, talking to participants and finding out what motivates them to take part. continue reading »

Last week I blogged about how my frugality has, on occasion, cost me a bunch of money. Over the weekend, my miserly nature almost cost me something even more valuable--my face!

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Iprefer to refer to myself as frugal. Its a skill I learned from my parents, both of whom came through the Great Depression. My dad was never able to afford a college education but taught himself a great deal in the school of hard knocks; he built a very successful business primarily through guts and hard work. My mom taught me more about scrimping. Im the youngest of six children. While Dad was out trying to build his business, Mom stayed home and took very good care of all of us. It wasnt easy... continue reading »

I dont live in New York City. It has its charms, but most of them are lost on me. Concrete, traffic, noisenot my idea of a place to call home. So I live in the burbs. We have grass and trees and wildlife passing through the yard in a variety that still surprises me. Owls, hawks, coyotes, groundhogs, wild turkeys and way too many deer. But I digress. This is not about city versus suburban living. Its about New York versus the rest of the country, and it was motivated by a conversation I had with an acquaintance yesterday morning... continue reading »