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signs into law the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell." the -- the pentagon's standing policy in place for nearly 18 years. most signing ceremonies are small. this one is so big the white house booked an auditorium. >> is the president going to take a victory lap? >> the president, like me, is extremely superstitious. >> because not all of the work in congress is done. the senate still has to approve the start nuclear arms treaty with russia and republicans are fighting until the end, saying the administration got the short end of the stick from the russians. >> i think it's just basic...

health care bill and two 9/11 first responders who stormed senator tom coburn's office earlier this morning. president obama, well, he was got his swagger back, he just held a year-end press conference to remind america just how much change has been delivered over the last two years. the "the huffington post" roy secroft and bob shrum democratic strategist will break down the press conference with sound cuts coming up in the "battleground" story. and i love this one, bill o'reilly, he's all worked up against reverend al sharpton is actually talking to the fcc. the reverend will r...

with mark tamayo live in the weather center. mark? >> reporter: heather, basically in between storm systems. still some rain showers out there but the coverage is on the increase. that trend will continue over the next 3-6 hours. you can see on live stormtracker 2 up in the north bay santa rosa reporting light to moderate rainfall. down towards the south bay for the bay and the rainfall pretty much a constant over the past 24 hours. this will continue to be on the increase at least for tonight. there you can pick out the storm developing offshore in the pacific. a series of storms. a...

cory joseph guarded by larry drew. we near the two-minute mark. 15 on the shot clock. joseph whips it, inside, thompson saves it, jumper for three. no, rebound, thompson, no. north carolina has it. strickland, zeller. joseph looks back over at rick barnes. high screen set by johnson. foul is called. it's on larry drew that's his fourth. >> clark: right away when zeller returns to the game, north carolina does the wise thing and gets the ball to him on the post and he delivers four quick points for him. saw him do something similar couple of weeks ago in the win against kentucky, he d...

>> up next, columbia university history professor eric foner examines abraham lincoln's thoughts on slavery and reports that early in president lincoln's political career he was naturally anti-slavery but adhered to the constitution's original protection of the institution in the slave states. this discussion is about an hour, ten minutes. >> well, thank you very much for that kind introduction, and thanks to all of you for coming out on this kind of -- now i know why they call chicago the windy city. coming in here today. but i'm very, very happy to be here at this great institution...