they are getting married sometime next year, spring, summer, somewhere here in london, obvious parallels to the last big royal wedding, prince williams' parents. could be in st. paul's cathedral like the last big one or a small affair. we know kate middleton is quite private but her privacy is out the window. she will be queen of england one day. >> we will be talking about it throughout the afternoon or throughout the year until next summer or spring. tony, we have a little royal weddi wedding, senate leadership voting. >> i'm thinking about the song "grand central station". ♪ when we get married remember that one? >> you have sung that a couple of times. >> i leave myself wide open to that, don't i? live from studio 7 at cnn world

headquarters, the news and information you need for tuesday, the 16th of november. thanksgiving travel chaos. calls for airline passengers to reef body scans and patdowns the day before the holiday? six months after nashville's historic flood, the opry land hotel opens with a glitzy multi million dollar face lift. >> we have put our heart and soul into this project, and to see the devastation is something that tears your heart in half. and we go whale watching. our cnn ireporters capture one of the best videos of the day off the coast of mexico. i'm tony harris. those stories and your comments right here right now in the cnn newsroom. new video right now, is that true? of kate middleton's parents. let's roll that in.

love is in the air. a royal engagement. prince william, the heir to the british throne plans to marry long-time kate middleton. there you see her parents. richard quest is in london. i understand this is a joyous occasion but you don't interrupt a cabinet meeting for this news. these are serious times, my friend. this is an era of austerity. there is not time for banging on the tables in unadulterated joy. >> reporter: i'm going to throw this right back at you and straight down your throat. if this isn't such a nice, good, happy feeling story, tony harris, would you tell me why you are leading your 11:00 eastern bulletin with the story of prince william marrying, being engaged, betrothed, to kate middleton? the two have been together for the best part of eight years.

when they tie the knot next year, sometime spring or summer, it will be three decades to the year, of course, since charles and diana. the symbolism also. he proposed in kenya, recently, in october. it was in kenya that the queen found out she'd act seeded to the phone after the death of hadder father. so it's a good story, and you need to just live it. >> i will answer your question, richard quest, we're leading the show with this story because i was overruled in our morning meeting. so there. all right. so i think america really likes this couple. i really do. they seem to be in love. here's the question. do brits like this question or do brits love this couple? >> reporter: good question. that's the first one so far in this interview. firstly, brits do not know

enough about kate middleton to make that judgment. but what they do love is the sense that this is a true natural loving relationship. they met at university. they have fallen out. they've broken up, they've gotten back together again. it's a modern couple. it's the exact opposite of that stilted, young girl/older man, that we saw with diana and charles. this is all about the next century. >> i think she's stunning. i really do. >> oh, yes. >> does she have any of diana's star qualities because the comparisons will come, you know it? >> reporter: of course. the two or virtually living together as man and wife, not as if it's all hush-hush, nod-nod, say no more. the british people will enjoy this wedding next year as,

indeed, will everyone else except you who will be sitting there on your own watching some other lord knows what program, but the rest of the world will watch this because it's that mood of the nation. it speaks to love, it peeks to romance, and, yes, to a princess who has made good. >> you have people over there storming the conservative party headquarters because you're cutting funding to education for kids who can't afford the kind of education that middleton and the prince were able to afford. these are serious times, i tell you, richard quest, but here's my last question for you. what is the protocol for an announcement like this? who gets the next couple of calls after kate says yes? >> reporter: kate obviously says yes. that's key and core to the whole proceedings, and then i would imagine obviously they told charles, william's father and her parents. charles, despite what has

happened before, charles is the epitome of a loving father, no question about it. the way he's brought up these boys is absolutely perfect. in that sense, he will have been interested in one thing, and one thing only, and that is william's happiness. then they would have gone to the queen and told her. she has been informed, and next month, the privy council, which is an narcic will give it's approval. the prime minister, all of that banging on the table and cheering, the prime minister also has to give his approval, and he spoke to william this morning and said william was very excited. it is a bit convoluted and a bit come bersome, but, you know some, tradition is what's made this country, and, frankly, frankly, it's tradition. it's what people like you spend good money coming to see. so get your wallet out. >> all right, done.

richard, as always, a pleasure. thank you at that see you on ail ali's show later today. josh, anything more on kate middleton? she's stunning, a great-looking girl and we're happy for their love. >> i heard that. you are so going to watch this wedding. i remember the last one when i was a little kid. since you want to know a lot about her, i'm here with facts. who is this woman. the world's most desired bachelor. first of all, she is not of royal or aristocratic lynn yad. she was born in 1982, the oldest of three children. her father michael is a former airline pilot, and mother carol a flight attendant. they run a successful mail order business that sells toys and party paraphernalia. kate had a school girl crush on

him. what school girl didn't. >> that's the tom cruise and katie homes story. >> melissa gilbert said the guy she married, she had his poster on her locker. she was dubbed princess in waiting because she had the poster of him on the wall. she's the woman that the world's talking about today. >> yeah, i'm having fun, but i'll be watching it. it will be glamorous and gorgeous. they're a great looking couple. we are better than 90 minutes into the trading board. the dow industrials down. oh, we have a pretty steep selloff here. we may have to get to our money team early to find out what's going on with stocks. the nasdaq down as well. we are online this morning just like you watching jennifer grey's stock soared. take a look.

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time to go cross country now. we begin with a pretty sad story out of arizona. a hero dog rescued from afghanistan is accidently youth niced at an animal center. he saved soldiers by alerting them to a suicide bomber. >> we went through so much, and when you go through such an intense experience with somebody, albeit a dog, you grow a very, very strong bond. what happened here? to chicago next, where a coyote was spotted running

through the streets. don't bother to call animal control on this one. the coyote is no threat and performs a service. he wears a tracking collar and helps deal with rats and mice. they're decking the hauls and hanging a help-wanted sign at a florida mall. retailers say holiday hiring is off to a good start and expect to increase the number of workers by 25%. more than a dozen stores at the mall are hiring right now. the holiday traveling rush is facing a challenge. they are calling on americans to opt out of a security scan. josh is here with this one. josh, is the site calling for what here? >> it's opt out day.com. they are talking about it taking place the day before thanksgiving. they posted video about what security is like at different airports and what their views

are. let's go to the video of the security people are facing. i want people to understand what his is about. this was started by one guy, and you will hear from him in a moment. he's frustrated. he's one of the people around the country who feels things have gone too far, and that's the problem with advanced imaging technology. he's created something called national opt out day and asking anyone who is going through the advanced imaging technology, the machines they use that create an image of your body. you have the right to opt out, and he is telling people, encouraging people to opt out of using those and september the patdown but do it in public in front of everyone. he wants over the thanksgiving table americans to be having a conversation about what the patdowns look like and how much is too much. i spoke with him this morning. >> i thought what was happening with the new procedures with the body scanners and the enhanced

patdown or really a gross invasion of privacy, and there's got to be some reasonable standard that we can apply that keeps us safe but also doesn't violate people's privacy in the way it's currently being done. >> he thinks it's fine to go through the metal detector and have people go through the machines that can see if you have some kind of chemical on you as well but the current system he feels goes too far. >> if you set off some bells and whistles and you need a secondary screening and they need to get you in one of these, i think that's fine and that's a reasonable position to take. >> so he's getting a lot of people talking right now. he put this on line, and i'm seeing a bunch of websites posting it on their main page. one of the concerns is what it will do to the whole travel process. you have all of these people flying the day before thanksgiving and will this slow down the process because they

are opting out of one thing going for another thing. they're going to need extra tsa workers. we'll see how big this goes. if the boycott takes off, it could add to people's hassle that day. two teams with history and a lot of bad blood, eagles against the redskins, oh, boy, we have the big plays, and there were several. where's rafer? there he is, from morning express with robin mead. the michael vick show, let's talk about that. >> one of the most amazing stories this year. >> do we believe in redemption or not in america? ings started g immediately. then i wrote a letter to the food stamp office. "thank you very much, i don't need your help any more." you know now, i can actually say i bought my home. i knew that the more i dedicated... the harder i worked, the more it was going to benefit my family. this my son, mario and he now works at walmart. i believe mario is following in my footsteps. my name is noemi, and i work at walmart.

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let's keep it moving. ♪ michael vick, on the biggest stage, rafer, the biggest stage of football, short of the super bowl, monday night football. >> right. >> he performed like a man possessed last night. >> this is an understatement. regardless of how you feel about michael vick. >> there are people who will never forget michael vick for what he facilitated with respect to animals and dogs. >> put that aside, we are seeing the greatest comeback in sports that i have seen in my lifetime. >> that's not an overstatement, c'mon? >> this is a record-breaking performance. the first play from scrimmage was a touchdown. they threw for two touchdowns,

ran for two, and passed for over 300 yards and ran for over 50. we have not seen a performance like this on monday night football. only thing rivals this is when brett favre beat the raiders after his father died. >> why is he seemingly so much better now than he was during his days here in atlanta when he was playing quarterback with the falcons? >> that's literally the $100 million question. >> 18 months ago, he was in federal prison. if you told me two years ago, michael vick will become the most exciting player in the nfl, i would have laughed at you. this man doesn't have a shoe contract. nike is giving him free shoes but no contract, no commercials. >> is it possible he is the best football player on the planet right now at this moment? he beat peyton manning last week. a guy recognized as the best quarterback ever. >> they're saying the best nfl player right now in the league. that's astonishing considering

this man's history. this man is now the face of the nfl. think about that. >> how can that be when this is a guy that went to prison for doing something that was absolutely horrible? what do we think about redemption stories? what do we really think about second chances? will america embrace this guy again under the auspices that we believe in second chances and redemption stories? >> i think we will. are you kidding, we are a foregiving country. this is the only way he can perform like this is if he is truly a changed man. >> dogs were dead on his property! >> absolutely, absolutely. unforgivable in many, many ways but he has taken accountability for his ways. >> performing community service in the philadelphia area. >> regardless of how you may feel about him, it's an incredible story. it's just getting started. we're still in the middle of the season, and he plays the giants

on sunday. if he keeps on going, he's the nfl most valuable player. >> that is possible for him? >> that's possible. >> could the league embrace a guy with this kind of baggage as its poster boy? >> you and i understand it, but it is absolutely astonishing. >> there are more games, and the end could be a literal pot of gold for him. >> he's a free agent after this year. it's open season to get michael vick, and the eagles looked like they traded the right quarterback. >> there is a new study out that says teams that fist bump a lot, they perform better as individuals and teams. >> they actually sat down and watched 30 teams for much of last season and counted how many times people did fist bumps, chest bumps and so forth and co-related that to the team's success. >> we got to do it. >> they said the guys that fist bump more are passing the ball more. they think it will translate to other sports.

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today. they are raising their target share price. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange with details for us. >> it means a couple of big things. it means demand for gm shares is strong. the ipo was priced earlier this month at $29 a share, and then they went on a road show enticing investors to put in their money and now the ipo is up to $33 a share. investor response must have been good with the ipo. the total ipo is $16 billion, one of the biggest in u.s. history if all goes as planned. >> we hope it does. since demand is strong, does that mean taxpayers will get some of their 50 billion in bailout money back? >> that's the great question we all want to have answered. here's what analysts say is we will make back most of the $50

billion but we won't know until the government sells all of its gm shares. this week it's really selling just a big chunk of them. right now, the fact remains that we could lose some money but it depends on where the stock price goes, and really nobody knows about that until it happens. >> can we get a market check from you? we were mentioning we have a steep selloff going? >> we have fears about debt problems in ireland. i know you haven't forgotten about greece a few months ago, and we have the same thing with ireland. wall street is worried about the domino effect. the dow jones industrial average down 170. getting lois to 11,000. just when you think things are getting better, maybe not so must have. >> see you next hour, thank you. one more note about gm's big comeback, motor trend named the chevy volt the car of the year.

they called the volt a game changer. it can go 40 miles on electricity before the gas engine kicks in and it got 72 miles per gallon in its testing. let's get you caught up on top stories. aaa predicting a nice rebound in holiday travel this year thanks to the improving economy. 42 millions are expected to go by plane, train or automobile this thanksgiving, and 11% increase over last year. >> is. >> president obama's new children's book is in stores today. "of there i sing" is a letter to his daurs and tells stories of people like george washington, georgia o'keeffe. a 24.diamond is at auction. it was once owned by harry winston, new york's jeweller to the stars. so many of you are on line, possibly ordering your favorite

beatles songs through itunes. we are going to give you the top seven most played song. number ten, here comes the sun. number nine, something. number eight, help, number seven, all you need is love, number six, lucy in the sky with diamonds. so who wants to learn ab? me, me, me!

i love this, "come together." this is good here. we're checking your memory on beals tunes, the top five most played songs. number five, hey jude. do you like that one? that's a good one. what's your favorite? >> come together.

>> elinor rigby, number three, yesterday, and number two, come together, and the number one top beatle song, let it be. >> big announcement. they teased is yesterday by saying it's a day you would not forget. the beatles now on itunes. why is this a big deal? >> tell me why it's a big deal because we have been talking about it forever. why was it so talked about for so long? >> because apple controls 90% of the online music share, and then you have a beals who last year in 2008 sold the third largest number of album sales in the united states. beatles sell a lot of music, apple sells most of the online sales. why weren't they online? they have been trading lawsuits since 1978. >> do we know what was the issue. what is this?

>> this is a trends map. we want to know where people are talking about the beatles. everywhere in europe. >> i wonder if it's a bigger story than the engagement announcement today. >> i wanted to look at the tweets. austin says one cool thing about the beatles itunes thing is you can can watch the first u.s. concert in entirety, so not just music but video on itunes from beatles. a lot of cynical tweets, what's the big deal. i already had the music. i don't need to pay apple for it, and from stephen fri, the comedian saying, prince william is available in the itunes store and paul mccartney getting married. a sarcasticic tweet. here's a little observation for you, though. if you want the cds, the

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you know, we have several stories developing right now. let's bring you a bit of a bird's eye view from our tower cams. at the white house, preparations are under way for the medal of honor ceremony. in dallas, the groundbreaking ceremony gets under way for george w. bush's presidential library on the campus of southern methodist university. in los angeles, they are voting on whether to ban plastic grocery bags and also include a ten cent surcharge on paper bags. the floodwaters that washed through nashville, tennessee in may left up to 10 feet of water in some parts of the opry land resort and convention center. the hotel reopened yesterday. how about this for a good news story?

reopened yesterday after months of repairs and renovations. colin reed is chairman and ceo of gaylorder terror takenment who owns the opry land resort. it took six months, but you managed to reopen. how much business did this flood cost you? >> well, can cost us about 325,000 group room nights in nashville and a whole bunch of transportation yent business. it was a big hit not just to our company but the whole of our community. the good news is we have booked a lot of business over the last few months and particularly over the week for our christmas program. we are excited about being open as of yesterday morning, and it will culminate in a big reopening ceremony this weekend. >> take us back through the first few days when you were taking in the scope of the damage.

how bad was it, really? >> it was awful. i remember that morning of may 3rd on monday morning, from my office at 5:30 in the morning, and looking at this massive amount of floodwater that engulfed not just our wonderful assets here in nashville but most of downtown nashville as well. we took on our ground floor and subterranean areas about an 80% hit. so all of our technology systems and atriums got smacked. oh our folks have worked very, very hard here over the last 6 1/2 months to get everything up and rung. >> did you ever for a moment consider shutting it down? >> shutting it down permanently? >> yes. >> no, no, no. this is the finest convention hotel in america bar none, and, you know, so it's cost a couple of hundred million dollars plus

of money, about 70 million dollars preopening, but, no, no, this hotel is a fabulous, fabulous asset. that thought never crossed our mind for a second. >> what about your employees? i know you had to lay you have something in the neighborhood of 1700. how many are back? >> well, but what we did is we kept those folks on the payroll for two months, and we said to our people that we let go, if you want to get temporary work through the summertime, we'll deal with your health and welfare plans the way we did. so we tried to encourage them to come back to us. we recruited about 80% of those 17,080 folks. >> colin, the best this week with the grand reopening. it should be glorious for you and it's a good news story for us. >> thank you. i want to thank cnn for the way you covered the stories.

you guys and anderson did a fabulous job. >> thank you. thank you for your time. >> thank you. a rare sighting for some of our ireporters in mexico. hanging out in a boat off cabo, when a group of whales decided to show up for their photo op.

they go through the investigation process. >> did you watch the football game? >> i turned on the second quarter, and i was like what happened? >> 35-7, right? >> something crazy and got even worse. >> he looked like -- vick looked like he was playing were i kids.

look at some of these pictures here. we go from, what, blustery one day, and cleaning up the mess, to this mess, north carolina, a scaffold that collapsed yesterday? that took down cable and phone lines. no one was hurt. >> they had themselves in wind. >> puget sound? >> down through tacoma, port angeles area got it as well, higher amounts along the coast. this is the time of the year, tony, october, november, where the pacific northwest gets wind storms. it didn't look so bad comes in but obviously packed a bit of

punch. scaffolding easy to come down, but some of those big trees takes some doing. >> that system moves east, radio it? >> a lot of wind warnings up. pretty strong onshore flow with this, rain and wind as well. we have onshore flow warnings -- wind warnings that are up for parts of the interior mountain west and winter storm warnings. we could see from 6 to 18 inches of snowfall on top of what these folks have already seen and some spots have seen 15, like red mountain pass in colorado. telluride has 6 inches this is steam boat. no open yet. when i was a kid, i would look at the picnic table on the back porch and think, no school tomorrow. why do the homework? why do today what you can put off until tomorrow? this is what's going on on the east coast. we have got a pretty big storm

system, not that potent, but the back half of this is starting to get some energy and we're starting to see some storms packing bunch in through memphis and tennessee and huntsville, and it will gather itself and get into the east coast. might be areas of localized flooding. not down south. ground is more saturated, but generally speaking, it will continue to be kind of wet and damp and novemberlike, which also happens across parts of the east coast this time of year. >> cool video? >> what do we have today? >> pets losing their minds. pretty amazing off mexico. some of other aye reporters sailing. whales getting really close to the boat, too. take a look at this. did we see them pop up here in a second? where do we have this cued in? >> oh, nice, nice. sometimes i feel like the whales

are in cahoots with the boat owners. give them a piece of the pie. >> you heard the phrase, let sleeping dogs lie. the same apparently applies to cats. one parrot. enough is enough, finally kitty has had enough. wait for it. had some. c'mon. >> eat yourself out, pack man. >> yesterday was the kitty against the gators. i love it. >> we got to go. look at the parrot, you're so mean. [ female announcer ] in the grip of arthritis, back, or back joint pain?

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china's state media report, eight people, some of them welders, have been detained in yesterday's high rise in shanghai. 53 people killed 70 others injured. there is going to be a royal wedding if britain next year. prince william and his long-time girlfriend kate middleton are engaged, and we have just learned -- listen to this. william gave kate his mother's engagement ring. and ground is being broken this morning for the george w. bush library being built on the southern methodist university campus in dallas and expected to open in 2013. we have some new poll numbers just out on nancy pelosi. paul steinhauser part of the best political team on television joining us from washington. what's crossing right now? >> brand new stuff. new poll from cnn news

corporation and national survey. first number of democrats only, about nancy pelosi. she's running for house minority leader, top democrat. look, democrats are divided on this. you know, her move is a little controversial. some democrats are pushing back. 45% say, yeah, we would like to have nancy pelosi as our leader in the minority. another 47% say let's pick another democrat. here's why. among all americans, only 1 out of 3, tony, have a favorable opinion of nancy pelosi. 52% say they have an unfavorable opinion of her and 15% of unsure. i'm going to ask our cameraman to zoom in here. nancy pelosi is at the top of the political ticker. we have numbers about john boehner, the house minority leader who will become the next speaker of the house. check out these numbers. 3 out of 10 say they have a favorable opinion, 22% unfavorable opinion, but 48% of

those we questioned said they don't know enough about boehner yet to form an opinion. something tells me that when he becomes the house speaker, that 48% is going to drop. >> what do we americans think about the senate party leaders? >> the senate party leaders were just re-elected a few minutes ago on capitol hill. mitch mcconnell was the senate minority leader, will continue to be the senate minority leader. americans, 26%, give him a thumbs up. 51% don't know enough about mitch mcconnell to form an opinion. what about harry reid, was the majority leader, going to be the majority leader in the next congress. an unfavorable opinion. only 28% think of him in a positive light. 35% unfavorable, and only 37% say they don't know enough about harry reid to form an opinion. there you go, the latest right here. >> thank you, sir. the next political update in an hour. go to cnnpolitics.com for the latest political news. ♪

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violation of the rule, committee was unable to reach a conclusion on clear and convincing evidence. count four, conduct in violation of service laws in the franklin commission. the committee found violation by the evidence. count five, conduct and violation of the statute. the committee found that conduct was completely covered by the conviction in count four, and the statute was for the executive and judicial branchs. count six, violation of the house office building and commission regulations. we found violation by clear and convincing evidence. count seven, conduct in violation of the purpose law in members' handbook. we found a violation by clear and convincing evidence. count eight, conduct in

violation of the letterhead rule. the committee found that was proven by clear, convincing evidence. count nine, conduct in violation of the -- of the ethics and government act and house rule 26, the financial disclosure provisions, we found a violation by clear and convincing evidence. count ten, conduct in violation of the code of ethics for government service relating to lennox. conviction by clear and convincing evidence. count eleven, violation of the code of ethics of government service clause two, we found a conviction by clear and convincing evidence. count 12, conduct in violation of the code of conduct, letter and spirit of house rules. the committee found that to be proved by clear and convincing evidence. count 13, conduct in violation of the code of conduct reflecting discreditably upon

the house. we found -- a majority found that to be proven by clear and convincing evidence on a vote 7 to 1. i would note that that does conclude the deliberations of the administrative subcommittee. i would note that our deliberations are covered by rule seven of the committee on standards of official conduct, which prohibit discussion of our deliberations publicly and require us to keep the confidentiality of our session. and i would ask members of the public to respect our obligations relative to the rules. before asking the ranking member if he would like to make that brief comment, i would just like to conclude by saying that none of the members of this committee are volunteers. this has been a difficult

assignment, time consuming, and we have approached our duties diligently, and that includes every member of this subcommittee. we have tried to act with fairness, led only by the facts and the law. and i believe that we have accomplished that mission. i do give thanks to each of the members who have worked so hard to do the right thing as well as the staff who have worked extraordinarily hard and many, many hours to present this case to us. with that, i'd like to turn to the ranking member, mr. mccall for any brief comments he may have. >> thank you, madame chair. just let me say first that as you mentioned, no one asked for this assignment. sitting in judgment of a fellow member, a colleague is very difficult task, but i believe that you, madame chair, and all

the members of this subcommittee have handled yourselves in a very nonpartisan and professional manner and dignified manner, which i hope will restore credibility to the house of representatives. as you mentioned, madame chair, we were able to reach consensus on 12 of the 13 counts. with count three being a split vote 4 to 4. when we look at count 13, it talks about reflecting credibility on the house. and discussing dishonor. i'm hopeful as we move forward with this matter into the next phase that at the end of the day we will be able to begin an era of transparency and accountability, a new era of ethics that will restore the credibility of this house, the people's house. and with that, i yield back. >> thank you. the gentleman yields back. and i would note just

technically it was 11 of 13 because we ruled five into four. i would just like to note the next procedures. we will be meeting briefly just to approve the brief report that goes to the full committee. after we recess from this session, i will be contacting the ranking member of the full committee so that we can schedule the sanction hearing that is the next step in this process under our rules. and we will certainly give notice of that. >> madame chair, one clarification. we did achieve consensus. >> we did achieve consensus, you are correct. with that, we will recess to the closed session this afternoon. >> okay. the ethics committee has come back with its decision on charles rangel, as you know, he was facing 13 allegations including failure to pay taxes on a home in the dominican republic.

misusing a rent-controlled apartment in new york. improperly using the mail service and his congressional letterhead. let's get to our congressional correspondent brianna keilar. she is on the hill. and brianna, i just sort of laid out some of the allegations, 13 in all. how did the ethics committee find? >> reporter: well, 13 allegations having to do really with four different incidents. and what they decided on is that he is essentially -- they don't use the word guilt, tony, but this plays out very much like a trial. and they have in essence found charles rangel guilty of 11 out of 12 counts, if that makes sense, becauserolled one of the counts into another one. and they have found him guilty of 11. this is how this will play out. you just heard the chairwoman of this subcommittee saying that

they're going to prepare a report for the full house. and then they go to something called the sanctions hearing. if you were looking at a trial, this would be like going to sentencing. so we're waiting to see exactly when that is going to be. but that is the -- where we're going to see exactly what is charles rangel up against here. is it -- the worst thing that could happen is expulsion, but no one's expecting that to happen. because that's normally reserved for a member of congress who has been found guilty of criminal activity. in a court of law, and rangel has not been. so there are differing levels of rebukes he could face. perhaps it would be a censure, a reprimand, maybe he would pay a fine. and depending on the level of rebuke, the full house may or may not have to sign off on it. but that's the next step. really the sentencing. >> hey, brianna, do we have any more clarity today as to why charlie rangel decided not to mount "a case" for himself?

and why the committee decided to move forward without a formal presentation from the congressman? >> reporter: no, i mean, we have to take him at his word yesterday. he said he wasn't mounting the defense, he was boycotting these proceedings because he didn't have counsel. remember, he said yesterday that his counsel when he told them that he wouldn't be able to guarantee payment of legal fees anymore that they withdrew, and that law firm did sort of run counter to that saying they tried to maintain the relationship with him, but the committee proceeded, we can only presume because they felt as if they had a lot of facts before them. we heard the chief counsel who is really here the chief prosecutor saying that he felt like these facts were complete. that subcommittee, that ethics subcommittee met behind closed doors after rangel said that he was going to really not stick

around. and discussing between the four democrats and four republicans, they decided they had enough to proceed here, tony. >> and i would suppose the next thing is to hear something from charles rangel still early this news just happening. but that's something that we would anticipate to come at some point today, correct? >> reporter: and we're outside of his office waiting for that. you know, he tends to -- >> yeah. >> reporter: he tends to speak. so we're going to be waiting to see if he's going to comment on that. even if he's going to tell us it's just that he doesn't think you should comment on that. we should expect he'll probably say something today. >> i think you're right. rangel has called his actions maybe stupid, maybe reckless, but not corrupt. >> reporter: and the counsel agreed with him on that point. and yet the sloppiness is what the chief counsel told him that got him in trouble. you have to be careful if you're a member of congress. >> thank you, appreciate it. top of the hour.

hello, everyone, i'm tony harris. top of the hour in the "cnn newsroom" where anything can happen. here are some of the people behind today's top stories. travel troubles. people protesting against revealing airport screening could slow down your holiday travels. we are talking with a man behind the protests just ahead. royal engagement, buckingham palace makes it official. prince william is about to wed. we are digging for more on his fiancee and the wedding plans. and just how smart are dolphins? a revealing test with a mirror. >> they show interest to look at themselves. so one thing is to understand themselves, it's a whole other thing to say i want to look at myself. i want to look and see what my face looks like and see what it looks like when i turn upside down and blow a bubble. millions of you will be taking to the roads, the rails, and the air during the busy thanksgiving travel season. 42.2 million of you according to new projections out today from aaa. that would be an 11% increase over last year.

and if you're flying to your holiday destination, don't be surprised if you get stuck behind someone who is upset about the new screening methods. the advance imaging body scanners and more intense pat-downs are striking a nerve with some travelers. the backlash over body scans is gaining momentum over the internet. some websites are calling on americans to opt out. the boycott is being called for one of the busiest travel days of the year. josh is here for that story. >> let's take a look at one of those sites called optoutday.com. they've been presenting this idea. and they're focusing on the day before thanksgiving, and saying that people should refuse to go through the advance imaging technology. here's another website that is doing it, as well, we won't fly.com. and they're encouraging people to refuse to go through this. it's this advance imaging technology we've been hearing so much about. some of these techniques at airports right now that can basically take an image of the

body and see if there's anything there. more and more groups are complaining about it. i want to show you a couple of quotes here from optoutday.com, what they're calling for. on a screen right here. the first one, the government should not have the ability to virtually strip search anyone it wants without cause. here's another quote from it. it says be sure to have your pat-down by tsa in full public. every citizen must see for themselves how the tsa treats law-abiding citizens. what they want people to do is refuse that technology and instead go for the pat-down and do it in front of everyone. they say at thanksgiving they want people to be talking over the dinner table about what that experience is like, about what they saw. i spoke earlier with the man behind optoutday.com. here's a little piece of what he told me. >> based on what was happening with the new procedures, with the -- with the body scanners and with the enhanced pat down

are really a gross invasion of privacy. and there's got to be some reasonable standard that we can imply that keeps us safe but also doesn't violate people's privacy in the way that's currently being done. >> he's in virginia. one guy who started this. but more and more people talking to other groups picking up on it. the government is rejecting this whole uproar. we've heard homeland security secretary janet napolitano says the majority prefer the scanners over the pat-downs. and the whole point is to protect the country from terrorism, from threats like the underwear bomber last christmas she says the scanners are not the horrible things they're made out to be. >> they in no way resemble electronic strip searches. all they do is ping in a private area away from the gate with an image that is neither retained nor transmitted. we built privacy screens into the machines.

we built privacy concerns into the procedures when they were deployed. >> now, a normal screening at airports -- i'll remind everyone of the facts. the devices are not supposed to hold on to images. but we have reported in test mode, they allow for capturing and sharing of those images. and there was one incident in the u.s. marshal service admitted stored images of more than 35,000 of people who visited a courthouse. that information was obtained by this group over here the electronic privacy information center, which in turn is pushing national opt out day on the main page. we're talking about it all this hour on facebook and twitter. we've got a conversation going. and tony, one of the big questions right now, what will this do to travel the day before thanksgiving? so many americans traveling. if a lot of people do take part in the boycott, it could slow down the process for everyone. we're going to keep an eye. >> okay. hey, josh. stick around here. take a look at these new pictures of prince william and his fiancee kate middleton.

that's a good-looking couple. >> you know, good for them. i'm so happy. >> that's a good-looking couple. >> we're all looking forward to that wedding. >> that is the late princess diana's engagement ring. >> that is? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. that was the news we learned last hour. they plan to -- boy, that's a nice ring. >> that is chilling. that's her engagement ring? >> yeah, it is. it is. they planned to get married in 2011. that makes sense, 2012. you wouldn't extend it beyond 2011. 2012 is a big year in the uk. you've got the olympics. the diamond jubilee for the queen is also, i believe, in 2012. but that is -- we can't really get a good look at kate, can we? >> we'll be getting a good look at her a lot. >> yeah. yeah. >> days, weeks, months, years to come. it's nice to get lost in it. good for them. >> that's good. we'll keep an eye on that story.

i think we've got a segment planned for later in the hour. is brianna keilar available to us? okay. let's get to brianna keilar on capitol hill. and brianna, if you would, bring us the latest information on news that broke just moments ago. the subcommittee of the ethics committee back with its ruling on the allegations against charles rangel. >> reporter: and they found hi in essence guilty of 11 of 12 allegations. there were 13 counts initially, tony, of alleged violations of house rules. they rule e rolled one of those the other one. in tend, there's only 12, and they actually only found him guilty for lack of a better term of 11 of these things. let's remind people of what we're talking about here. so a dozen alleged violations are now violations having to do with really four different incidents. one, and rangel admitted to this, not paying taxes on income from a rental property that he

owns in the dominican republic. keeping in mind that at the time this happened, he was the chairman of the very powerful house, ways, and means committee. this is the tax writing committee and he didn't pay taxes on that rental. and this is interesting because one of the things we talked about is that he was using congressional letterhead as well as staff time to solicit donations to the rangel center. the city college of new york, a center there bearing his name. and some of these companies that he was soliciting donations from had business before the tax writing committee. that one count that the ethics subcommittee couldn't come to agreement on, they actually split 4-4 on it, presumably a party line. had to do with one of those violations. alleged violation of the house gift rule because it was deemed that these benefits to this

college center were indirect gifts, that they were not direct gifts to rangel. and so that's the one that he didn't get in trouble for at this point, tony. >> right. and now the committee has to determine its sanction. is that what's next in this process? >> reporter: yeah. they call it a sanctions hearing. but it's really like the sentencing process. so they're going to decide exactly what kind of rebuke rangel will get. we've told people, the worst thing is that he could be expelled from the house of representatives. that is very unlikely. that's normally reserved for a member of congress who has already been convicted of a criminal -- in a criminal proceeding. rangel has not. he's not facing criminal charges. >> right. >> reporter: and so you're looking at kind of different degrees of rebukes here. could it be a censure, perhaps? just a slap on the wrist. maybe he pays a fine. and depending on how severe that level of rebuke is, it may or may not go to the full house for

a vote. >> hey, brianna, i'm not sure whether you have that monitor. are these new pictures of charles rangel? do we have new pictures of charles rangel? >> reporter: we do, and we're going to have them for you momentarily. i do know he was heading to the democratic caucus, which is their meeting. and he didn't make any comment, i should tell you. i know our producer is on the ground there because we're following him around -- following rangel around today and he didn't say anything. he made his way down the hall way. >> okay, these are the new pictures. we've got them turned around. i know you're just outside of the congressman's office. if he pops out for a statement, let us know, we'll get you back on the air. let's go to the break now with new pictures from moments ago of the happy couple. prince william and kate middleton. [scraping]

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okay. with republican senators planning a vote to end earmarks today, we asked you how much congress spent on pork in 2010. here's the answer. did you get it right? there it is. $16 billion taxpayer dollars. there you have it. got to tell you, it is one of the big issues before the lame duck congress.

medicare reimbursement payments to doctors. if congress doesn't act by december 1st, medicare recipients could have a difficult time finding a doctor. let's bring in senior congressional correspondent dana bash and senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. ladies, appreciate it. let's start with you, elizabeth. what's the problem? outline it for us. >> all right. the problem is, doctors say they're already not making enough money from medicare. that medicare doesn't reimburse them well, and it's hard to take care of those patients. now, this is the proposal to cut medicare payments by 25% in 2011 starting january 1st. so let's take a look at what that means. i think sometimes tony we go to the doctor and we don't know how much the doctor is getting paid for all this. if you're a medicare patient right now for an office visit would be about $100, that's what the doctor would get paid. starting january 1st, he or she would get paid $75. let's go on to something more expensive.

here's a third one, here's something quite expensive, triple bypass surgery. if you were to have that today, your doctor would get reimbursed $2,600. starting january 1st, it would be $1,950. if you've got a lot of medicare patients taking that cut can really make a cut in how much money a doctor makes. >> this is clearly a big decision for congress to make here. what impact will this have on patients? >> you know, the folks i've been talking to say, look, doctors -- patients are already having a tough time finding doctors who will take medicare. i mean, i'm sure you've heard the stories, tony, about people trying to find someone who will take medicare. it's not across the board, but many people are having problems. and if this goes through, more doctors might say no. now, some doctors can't say no. if you do cataract surgery, you can't say no to medicare, or you'll be out of business. but if you're a family doctor and you've got younger patients

to see, you might tell your medicare patients to go away, basically. >> appreciate that. let's get to dana bash. dana, why are we at this crisis point again? and what is congress likely to do about it? >> well the answer to the first question -- the reason is congress really can't come up with a long-term solution. they have not been able to do that. maybe more to the point, they haven't had the stomach to do it. have a look at this number. $300 billion, that is what the congressional budget office latest predictions are on how much it would cost to just overhaul this and not have to deal with this crisis at a time. that's a lot of money. and in fact, in the early days of the health care debate, there was a part in there that dealt with this, about $300 billion is added to that. and they did away with it because it's so much money. that's part of the problem. how are they going to deal with it? i just walked down the hall with senator mitch mcconnell who is the top republican in the senate who said he doesn't know how or when they're going to extend

this. as elizabeth mentioned, december 1st, that's in two weeks, that's the deadline for this to go up. and if they don't deal with it, all of those cuts will happen for the doctors. the doctors are so concerned about. it is entirely possible, probable i would even say that congress will come together and at least do a couple of months. but then, what happens after that? you know, we just don't know. but it's very likely they are going to deal with it. kicking the can, though, has been part of the problem. >> kicking the can. that's exactly what i was thinking as you were saying that. kicking the can. dana bash, our correspondent, thank you, both. ground being broken for the george w. bush presidential center. it is taking place. live pictures right now from the campus of southern methodist university, that's in dallas, more than 2,500 of the bush family friends are there including former vice president

cheney and former secretary of state condoleezza rice. we understand the center will consist of a library, museum, and independent public policy institute. what's the cost on this? well, it costs between $200 million and $500 million to build this facility. and this will be the nation's 13th presidential library expected to open to the public in 2013. she said yes. well, it would be kind of hard to say no to the future king of england, wouldn't it? by now you already know prince william popped the question to kate middleton. these are the first pictures of the happy, happy couple. since the announcement. we got them, i guess, a little less than 15 minutes ago. we will tell you more about the royal engagement. and remember this, from 1981, it seemed like the world stopped to watch prince charles and lady diana get married. so i'm asking if you can guess just how many people watched the

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okay. so how many people actually watched princess diana and prince charles' wedding? a whopping 750 million. did you watch? of course you did. if you want to factor in the number of people listening on the radio, more than 1 billion tuned in. now diana's son, prince william heir to the heir of the british throne plans to marry long-time girlfriend kate middleton. the royal family announced today

the two are engaged. roger clark, he's mr. everything there down at our international desk. good to see you. >> hi, tony. >> so here's the thing, you don't -- and i get this is big news. >> very big news, yeah. >> but you do not interrupt the prime minister in the middle of a cabinet meeting when there are serious issues being faced by the uk. you've got austerity programs that have to be put into place, you've got people storming the party headquarters because you're cutting funding to education, and yet, you interrupt the cabinet meeting for this announcement and there is applause and banging on the tables? come on. >> isn't it nice to get some good news out there for a change? in amongst all the misery, there's a bit of good news out there. so look, i mean, the prime minister will have known for some time about this announcement because the queen would have to consult her prime ministers around the world and get approval from them. and there are laws in place so that, you know, members -- senior members of the royal

family can't marry who they like when they like. it has to be approved by the queen and under some historical precedence for this kind of thing not being approved. you remember princess margaret, queen would not allow the marriage to go ahead. so, you know, why not? why not celebrate? why not have a bit of cheer around the cabinet table? there's not that lot of cheer around there with these ministers talking about austerity measures. >> i think we've been seeing these pictures that came into cnn just inside the last 15 minutes or so. the first pictures of the couple together since the announcement. and i would -- i believe we have a bit of sound here from kate middleton. i think folks want to hear her voice. so do we have that cued up? let's roll it. >> that really wasn't it, was it? >> no. we've been together for a long time, and you know, we have spoken about our future.

>> thank you. >> were you able to make it out? what is she saying? what is she saying? >> well, she talks about it being a very romantic proposal. it was very personal. william was asked whether he went down on one knee to propose, and he says that will always stay between the two of them. and she says, yes, of course she's daunted of joining the royal family. but it's interesting, isn't isn't it? that was diana's ring, prince charles gave her back in 1981. but it's interesting, isn't it? kenya, very symbolic location really. because kenya, of course, was the location that the queen became queen back in 1952. she was on tour there when the king died. >> that's nice. i think america -- i'm going to speak for america now. but america likes this couple. they really do seem to be in love.

long time couple, right? do brits like this couple? >> i think so. prince william has been popular throughout his whole life. the british people have gotten to know kate over the last ten years, not intimately, but we've got to know her through newspaper articles and so on. so she's kind of been a regular in the newspapers but hasn't given interviews. we know a little bit of her background, but we don't know anywhere near what we're going to find out in the months and years ahead. isn't it different to diana? and some people have been saying is there a comparison between kate middleton and -- >> yeah, we've asked the question. >> and absolutely not. these two have been dating each other now for the better part of ten years. charles and diana only met each other, i think on 13 occasions before they actually got married. big age difference, diana was 19 when she went into the royal family, straight in there, whirlwind stuff, kate middleton has been groomed for many, many years. i think it'll be quite

different. and she's much more mature than diana was when she married into the family. i tease, this is a good story. i really tease about this because i can have fun at your expense, but i think folks are really excited about this. they're a good-looking couple. they are. >> it's a little bit of uplifting news in amongst a tide of miserable -- and you know what? 1947 when the united states -- >> sure i do. >> you remember it. 1947, 63 years ago next week, queen elizabeth and prince phillip -- or princess elizabeth as she was and phillip married. and the country was totally without money, there was rationing of food and everything was really, really poor after the second world war. the country really was on -- you know, on the bones of itself. and now, you know, 1947, everybody came out lifted the national spirit and i think this royal wedding will lift the national spirit too. >> the country was on the bones of itself. that's roger clark. only a brit can say that and get away with it. good to see you, man.

>> thank you. many of you are online right now possibly ordering your favorite beatles song through itunes. big news on this today. we thought we'd help you out by giving you the top ten most played beatles songs. number ten, "here comes the sun," number nine, "something," number eight, roger, "help," number seven, "all you need is love." roger, take number six here. >> "lucy in the sky with diamonds." >> and the top five in a moment.

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"hey jude," number two, "come together," and number one, here it is, "let it be." so the beatles are now on itunes. cnn's christine romans is at the business desk for us. and christine, i would have to think, you know, the beatles' catalog is a bit of a coup for steve jobs and apple. >> that guy had to use a cd and download his beatles, and he was a beatles fan, right? so now this is definitely a coup for steve jobs. and i found myself into the apple media hype machine over the past 24 hours, you know, as they were trying to build momentum for this. there was a 10:00 announcement this morning, and maybe half an hour before 10:00, people were on itunes downloading the beatles songs. so they knew it was real. they knew this is what it would be. this is after years of fighting

between the two companies. they've been fighting over the name of the company. apple core and apple computers. now this is really the last big mega mega name that has stayed off of itunes. you know, itunes, 10 billion songs have been sold on itunes. and just in this country, beatles have sold 177 million albums. so these are two giants in the delivery of music and the creation of music. they're coming together. >> coming together. >> you could do the whole report in beatles lyrics. it helps for beatles fans who finally wanted to get their music via itunes. but this is -- it's always been said that all of the band members or their heirs would have to agree on this and it would have to be the right thing for the band before they would ever do it. and looked like whatever it is changed because now beatles fans will be able to get their -- for

$1.29. >> what's the price on this? >> $1.29. there's something interesting, you can download the entire beatles box set for $149.99 on here. and that also has a film of the 1964 concert. it's also on the site on itunes. they're allowing users to wat watch -- watch that particular film. and that's the band's first concert in the u.s. so you can see that for free on itunes. >> and you can see it in its entirety. you can see the entire concert in the entirety. that's terrific stuff. >> trying to build some buzz about -- i mean, it's amazing. they just keep selling songs. it's just -- they got -- they were just perfect in a perfect moment of time, tony, a cultural touchstone. and boom, there you go, changed the world. and now it's completely digital. >> it really is. christine, good to see you. thank you. me, more, now, forget those

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taxes and debt, two of the big questions being tackled by the cnn help desk. here's business news correspondent stephanie elam. >> time now for the help desk where we get answers to your financial questions. joining me this hour, carmen wong-ulrich. thanks for being here, guys. >> thank you. >> first question is coming from jerry in texas who writes, must you itemize your tax return in order to take advantage of the energy saving tax deduction on windows and similar purchases? >> no, you can get up to $1,500 or 30%. you can spend up to $5,000 on cost-effective stoves and insulation around different pieces and it goes on a separate document that you attach to your tax return so you don't have to itemize it. check out a good contractor, make sure you get good rates and make sure at the end of the day you spend this money, but you'll save money in the long run. >> and that's what it's about. saving money in the long run. our next question comes from

joan in pennsylvania who writes i have $16,000 in unsecured debt on one credit card and i'm unable to pay. i haven't used this card for a year or made payments in six months. i'm 61 years old and work full-time. my husband is collecting unemployment, which will soon end. i'd like to get rid of this debt and i'm concerning bankruptcy. can you help me? carmen, this is a tough situation. >> i may not be able to help her get rid of the debt. chapter 7 will help wipe out the credit card debt. the problem is she's full-time employed. even though her husband is unemployed. they're less likely to allow that to happen. chapter 13 is a debt repayment plan. that's more likely. but before she does that, i'd really love her to talk to a non-profit credit counselor. you can find one at nfcc.org. we don't know her other financial situation, and they can also help you in terms of looking about settlement. what about if you settle? what if you call the credit card company and ask them to settle for less than you owe? one, you're going to need the cash payment upfront even though you may get a huge discount. and two, you may pay taxes on

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okay. so what's hollywood saying about the beatles hitting itunes? and it seems like the drama never ends with mel gibson and oksana. "showbiz tonight" co-host braooe anderson in los angeles with us. it's about time we started getting our fab four hits off of itunes. what took them so long, brooke? >> well, you know, anything regarding the beatles being released in a new form, tony, is going to take a while. because a whole lot of people have to sign off and agree before it can happen. and to that end, the beatles' surviving members, paul mccarteny and ringo star along with the widows of john lennon and george harrison had been among the music industry's last major holdouts against making their songs available online. so really the fact that the

beatles are on board here is making this huge for the entire music industry. it's also worth noting that this is the same band which also resisted putting its music on compact disk, on cd for several years until 1987. they're real paul mccarteny began acknowledging he'd like to see a deal happen with itunes. and said in a statement today "it's fantastic to see the songs we originally released on vinyl receive as much love in the digital world as they did the first time around." ringo star says this, i love this, "i'm particularly glad to no longer be asked when the beatles are coming to itunes." so he was just sick of the question, tony. and i know that you and christine romans mentioned it a few minutes ago. but in the 40 years since they've been broken up, the beatles have sold more than 177 million albums in the united

states alone. that's according to the recording industry association of america. so, tony, as ringo would say, peace and love, peace and love. >> that's good, brooke. hey, i know this is another item you're following on the big show later today. mel gibson's court battle with his ex-girlfriend and the judge getting pretty ticked off about what's happening here. >> yeah, and i'm not surprised. this whole mess is enough to give anybody a headache, tony. but it seems like somebody involved in the custody battle between mel and his ex-girlfriend oksana grigorieva has been talking too much. some of which were published on the website tmz. grigorieva and her attorney discussed those leaks with our own larry king on cnn. now, tmz is reporting that oksana did that interview with larry king despite the judge telling her that if she spoke to the media she might pay when it

comes to awarding custody. tmz is citing sources that she did the interview because she feels she's been silent too long and feels bad for other battered women if she stays silent. of course, tony, we can all see the interview for ourselves. it'll air wednesday night on cnn's "larry king live." obviously she felt it was a risk worth taking. >> that's a rock solid entertainment segment. brooke anderson, good to see u you. thank you. this evening "showbiz tonight," that's at 5:00 and again 11:00 p.m. eastern on hln. [ female announcer ] it's the ultimate surf and turf event,

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so a challenger steps up. dana bash, part of the best political team on television joining us from capitol hill. good to see you again. what are you following? >> well, put in this in the category of this just in. if nobody else steps up to challenge nancy pelosi, than shuler will. it is official, he is going to challenge her. does this mean that nancy pelosi is threatened? does it mean she's perhaps going to get toppled? the answer to that seems to be no. in fact, shuler says moments ago he said it doesn't look like this is a battle that he can actually win. unless, he said, some of his fellow conservatives and others beyond the shrunken conservative caucus go along with him and say it's time for new leadership and nancy pelosi is not that person right now. second, on the other side of the capitol, both the republicans and democrats have settled on their new leadership in the united states senate. they both -- both of those teams

came out and talked to us about an hour ago about the fact that they had both reelected virtually the same teams, not a lot of drama there. one interesting note on the democratic side, though, tony, is that chuck schumer has a new post, in charge of messaging and communications for the senate democrats. very interesting there. and then harry reid made a point coming out to reporters saying that it's not in his words, the democratic way or the highway. >> all right. dana bash with us. your next political update coming up in one hour. for the latest political news, you know where to go, it's cnnpolitics.com. [ female announcer ] in the grip of arthritis, back, or back joint pain?

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they're just beginning to understand the intricate thinking of these so-called big-brain mammals. >> here you go, nani. good girl! >> reporter: we came here to the baltimore aquarium to see just how intelligent dolphins are. you see them playing with their trainers all the time. but scientists who study them say there's a lot more happening there than just play. that their intelligence actually rivals ours. here you go. >> to see upclose what has scientists so excited, we climbed down into a tiny underwater lab with a window into the aquarium where scientists put a two-way mirror up against the glass. the dolphins can't see us, but reese can study how the dolphins react to the mirror. >> we used to think we were the only species on the planet that could think. and now we know we're amongst

many thinking species. so the questions are no longer can they think, but how do they think? and what's amazing is in this capacity with giving them mirrors, looks like they're doing a lot of things very similar to us. >> reese has been studying dolphins' behavior for 25 years. >> most animals don't even pay attention to mirrors. so if you put a mirror in front of your dog, most dogs won't look in a mirror, cats don't pay much attention. other animals do, but never figure out it's themselves. they think it's another of their own kind. >> reporter: but dolphins do figure it out. >> and not only do they figure out it's them, but they show interest to look at themselves. one thing is to understand themselves, it's a whole other thing to say i want to look at myself, see what my face looks like or see what it looks like when i turn upside down and blow a bubble. >> reporter: unable to ignore the mirror, several did hang upside down. >> they're going to get wild now. being very innovative.

watch this. >> reporter: other dolphins opened their mouths and stuck their tongue out. they put their eye on the mirror to get an even closer look. >> not convinced yet? wait until you see some of the other experiments. we're watching dolphins in the "cnn newsroom." [ male announcer ] opportunity

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usually slap it, right? what about dolphins? our randi kaye has been checking their reactions under water. >> reporter: take a look at this video of an earlier experiment from 2001. scientists mark this dolphin on the side with a black pen, but did not mark the other. when released, the dolphin with the mark swims directly to the mirror and turns the mark towards the mirror like he's trying to take a look at what's been done to him. the unmarked dolphin doesn't show the same behavior. dolphins aren't the only big-brain mammals who recognize themselves. elephants do too. watch what happens when reese tested them at the bronx zoo. this one with a white x marked on his face turns towards the mirror. over and over to take a look. back at the baltimore aquarium, reese is now focusing her research on younger dolphins. just like human children, younger dolphins make lots of movements and watch their

reflection. they quickly learn they are watching themselves. >> what are you trying to figure out with the younger dolphins? >> we're trying to figure out at what age, what developmental age do they start figuring out that it's them in the mirror? and when are they showing interest in the mirror? >> reporter: foster who was 3 started recognizing himself in the mirror about the same time toddlers do, when he was about a year and a half. reese said some dolphins pick up on it at about six months, much earlier than children. >> what's funny is we recognize similar to what she's doing. and they go through the same stages. these animals that have been separated from 95 million years of evolution. big brains, processing things in similar ways. >> with a mirror providing a window into the dolphin's mind, reese believe she's