extreme weather pounding pa. rivers keep rising, homes and cars under water. schools and roads shut down. right now there is a state of emergency in butler county, near pittsburgh, where water is rising. house cuts has the republicans and senate using the "f" word -- filibuster, all while the take on pay for 2011 hangs in the balance. it's all coming out tonight. cleveland bracing for the return of lebron james. it will be his first time back since he decided to, quote, take his talents to south beach. can lebron handle the heat and account fans behave? we're live in cleveland with a preview. first, new developments for the most wanted man in the world right now. reports say british police know wikileaks founder julian assange is hiding but they haven't arrested him. he's wanted for sex crimes in

sweden and he's been called a terrorist by the united states for releasing diplomatic secrets for all the world to see. atika shubert is following the search. she's live in london this morning. what do we know, atika? >> reporter: well, no one is quite sure where he is, his lawyers say security services in nato countries know exactly where he is. the british police we have called, they won't get any official confrontation, but local media reports are saying he's somewhere in the south of england and they haven't arrested him because there's a procedural problem with the arrest warrant issued by sweden. what we did, we called sweden's police and asked them what they know about this. and we got this statement from the national criminal police there. they said all we have heard is what has been reported in the media that he's supposed to be in the uk. but we have no information at all about his whereabouts.

we also called the swedish prosecutors's office to ask her, to ask the prosecutor there, if there's any problem with the warrants that have been issued. she said "this is completely news to me." she also said everything in assange's case has been handled completely to swedish law. so it seems a lot of conflicting information about where his location is. >> they have booted off amazon.com servers which were hosting him. what's the story behind that? >> that's right, basically, wikileaks has come under repeated attacks by hackers and otherwise they have put out a lot of twister postings saying they have come under service attacks and it has caused minor glitches in the system. and that's why they switched to the amazon services, it has a lot more space for them to operate on. but when senator lieberman started calling for a boycott of

them hosting wikileaks, amazon, it seems, stopped having wikileaks on its server. it's not clear why amazon decided to take that position. wikileaks said amazon has been pressured to take that position. and wikileaks said it has been ousted by amazon. in fact, put out a twitter message saying if amazon are so uncomfortable with the first amendment, they should get out of the business of selling books. clearly, wikileaks is lashing out at amazon. >> atika shubert, thanks. the state department on full damage control right now. at the white house, the obama administration appointed yet another czar, a career counterterrorism official to fix the security gaps. but the ranking republican says the government has been sitting on its hands for months. >> i still don't sense an urgency to fix the problem.

i think that there are still other government databases that are out there. that have similar types of materials that may be vulnerable to penetration or vulnerable to being downloaded by employees or by other individuals or organizations in a way that would damage american interest. >> and coming up at 6:40 this morning, congressman peter hoekstra will join us, he was in on a high-level briefly regarding wikileaks and wasn't impressed with what's going on. and a new development in the shooting death of the hollywood publicist ronni chasen. police say a person of interest in the case just committed suicide as investigators were questioning him in connection with her death. cnn's kareen wynter is following

developments. she's up early in hollywood this morning. what is the latest. what are police saying this morning? >> reporter: hi there, kiran, good morning. this is a stunning development in the case. police are releasing very little details. one of the new details regarding the man turning the gun on himself. he was in his early 40s. blake male who residents say resided in this apartment complex located right in the heart of hollywood, that he lived there on and off. here's what we know went down yesterday by beverly hills police. they're the ones handling the chasen case. as you mentioned off the top, they're not calling this man a suspect. they say he was just a person of interest, someone they looked to question. but detectives, kiran, did have a search warrant with them. they wouldn't elaborate on it. but police say when they approached this man, they say he

pulled a gun. >> our detectives were here on a follow-up. and this person was a person of interest on the chasen incident. that's all we have. as the captain mentioned. this person shot himself. it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound pronounced later on. and the investigation is ongoing at this time. we have nothing further to disclose about the investigation. >> reporter: one thing, kiran, officials were clear to highlight is that this is a case that's far from over. meaning there could be another person, perhaps persons out there, who they're looking for who may be connected to chasen's killing. >> one of the sheriffs said just the nature of the gunshot wound seemed like it was professional. at least him, three shots to the chest, two in the shoulder. meanwhile people are trying to find out more details from the autopsy report expected to be released later this weekend. now, it's on a security hold. do we know more about when that may be made public? >> reporter: that's right, we were look out for it.

we were initially told monday, it's now thursday. it could be released perhaps any day now. it could, of course, provide so many clues for police. by the way, up to this point, they've been telling the press, we don't have any suspects. we don't have a motive here. we don't know if it was a random killing, perhaps road rage. that autopsy report is going to provide so many clues. also when the autopsy report comes back, one of the bullets used was from a .9 millimeter handgun in the chasen case. one was a hollow bullet. it causes extensive damage when enters the body. is that what the man used? we don't know. still a lot to be revealed in the case. >> you're right, a stunning development in beverly hills. thanks. right now in western pennsylvania, the rivers keep rising and record flooding is driving people from their homes. a state of emergency is in effect for the northern suburbs

of pittsburgh. these are new pictures we got overnight from our affiliate there. 3 inches of rain fell yesterday. this is what it looks like on the ground. homes under water. roads impassible. the ohio river expected to crest at 20 feet. >> we were checking every two hours in the back where the creek is, it kept coming up, 2:30, 3:00, my dad said we got to get out of here. >> reporter: 3 in the morning? >> yeah, then he took the cars out. >> the creek comes out. right now, we're connected. >> reynolds wolf is in the extreme weather center. good morning, reynolds. >> at this point, we could use good news out of parts of pittsburgh and pennsylvania. we do have some to offer to you. although we do have big issues on the ohio river. we have better situations on the

allegheny, clarion and the monongahela river. they're probably not going to reach the original forecasted height. however, they should be at the same time above flood stage. you're seeing pittsburgh now, what we're seeing in terms of precipitation, when you go farther to the north of pittsburgh where they have the flooding situations. we're talking about something very different altogether. we're talking heavy snowfall. in fact, buffalo is one of those locations that could get over a foot of snow from now until midday friday. in the north and northwest, you're going to have heavy snow not only in buffalo, but erie and syracuse and parts of michigan. also part of the midwest, we could see a little bit of rain, sleet, snow, perhaps icing in portions of missouri and back into parts of ill im. the reason for the weathermaker, of course, this area of low pressure chugging through the centrale u.s. heavy snows in the rockies and sierra nevada. high temperatures will be pretty comfortable.

parts of the eastern seaboard. 56 degrees. 66 in tampa. 43 in new york by the afternoon. 76 in phoenix, 71 in los angeles. certainly those rough images that you see out of pittsburgh, looks like things are going to be shaky over the next hour or so. but the river levels should remain below the forecast. that's certainly the best news of all, guys. >> yeah, tough throughout. we're hoping to get pictures later as well in the new york, new jersey area. long island saw 60-mile-an-hour winds and new york city, 40-mile-per-hour winds. there was a lot of damage. they're still trying to get power on. >> very rough, millions without power. similar to the situation including here in atlanta which the worst you saw was widespread damage yesterday which people are still cleaning up as we speak. >> yeah, it was very odd, that weather. felt more like a spring storm. thank, ren nods. wall street opens this morning after having its best day in three months.

the dow closed up nearly 150 points. the nasdaq 151 points. christine romans joins us. >> good morning. european stocks up. we've also got futures up this morning. we'll see if it can be day two, there was a pretty good rally yesterday. why the rally? well, there was a report from a private payroll company that showed, private payroll growth of 93,000 and small business hiring as well. and so that was something that really got people excited. if small businesses are hiring, and we're going to start showing private sector jobs growth, how many times have you heard me talk about that, that will be something good for the economy. also car sales really, really good. gm car sales up 11%. ford car sales, 20%. something is happening out there with the consumer. something is happening with a little bit of hiring. also there was some relief, if you will, about china. china has been the engine of global recovery.

china had strong manufacturing numbers. i lot of concerns about location, china overheating. china having what they call a hard landing. when they saw the economic data out of china, it coupled with u.s. data making it feel like they could put europe's debt crisis on the back burner. we'll see if the private sector jobs number is matched in the u.s. jobs number. i'll keep watching this. >> amazing how the world has shifted. we're looking to china for good signs. >> yeah. still to come, can he handle the heat, or more important, can he handle the cavs? lebron james ready to take the heat of the sports nation. and he scores a zwrouvn. takes a knee. points to the heavens and then a high school running back gets flagged for excessive celebration. now, everyone wants to know, what, why? the video of the controversy all going viral this morning. 13 minutes past the hour.

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15 minutes past the hour. on this thursday morning. it's not going to be a happy homecoming for the king. tonight is the night that lebron james comes back to cleveland. it's miami's first game there since he ripped the heart out of

fans, of course, by leaving. they watched him play as a kid for seven years for the cavs, then he left. >> yeah, there's going to be extra security on hand to handle the 20,000 people who are ready to vent. our carol costello has gone back home for us this morning. she's in ohio. she's live in cleveland. good morning, carol, what are we expecting? >> reporter: oh, it's going to get loud here. i'm at the "q." john and kiran, don't you wish you had tickets right now. they're going for about $5,000. lebron james himself and the heat arrived, actually this morning around 3:00 a.m. by plane from detroit where they just annihilated the pistons. then lebron went into a hotel at an undisclosed location for security reasons. yes, security will be tight. inside and outside the arena,

fans are prohibited from wearing profane t-shirts. alcohol will be thrown into plastic. there were no bottles thrown on the floor. as for lebron james, he says it will be an emotional home coming. i think pretty much everyone in cleveland will be emotional tonight. >> he's responsible for almost half of the heat's points. >> reporter: lebron james used to unconditional love from fans will experience something quite different tonight. yeah, he did see cleveland fans burning his jersey after he ostentatiously announced on national television that he was leaving for miami. but he hasn't yet experienced the anger live in person. keith banbrook. >> he's never been banned in cleveland or anyplace his whole life. again, i think he understands the business side of this.

he understands there's animosity towards him. >> reporter: keith robson, a life long cavs fan will be sure that lebron hears him loud and clear. do you think it's necessary for the fans to show something towards lebron? >> no, hatred. >> reporter: really, hatred? hatred say strong word. >> yeah, dislike. >> reporter: robinson plans to boo james, but he thinks a faw fans, a few, could try to hurt james. especially if he tries to incite the crowd a puff of smoke. >> the heckling, it's pat of the game. when we go on the road, we get it. obviously, this is going to be a little worse. i get that also. but once we get talking about harming people and their family and their well-being, i think that's kind of taking it a little too far. >> are you ready for the return of lebron james?

the two-time nba mvp will bring his talents back to the east coast? >> reporter: on espn the radio, they're urging fans not to hurt the city. >> hopefully, we don't see stupidity on fans' parts. >> going to the atm today and tomorrow to put enough bail money in your pocket in case you get incars natured. >> reporter: most fans won't be that stupid, but they will vent. robinson wishes he could say it face-to-face. >> what i would say to him, you're not the guy i thought you were. >> reporter: that's how so many people feel against him. last night, the heat annihilated the pistons but let's face it, the pistons aren't a great basketball team this year. it should be an exciting game here at the "q" and fans are trying to determine how they should show their displeasure towards lebron james. should they stand up and boo.

or should the entire crowd just stand up, turn their backs and greet him with silence. i don't really think that will happen. but that was one idea. >> sounds like it's much more than a game there in cleveland this morning, though. >> reporter: much more than a game. it's very emotional. lebron james was a hero here. and he sort of -- he symbolized what was good about cleveland. and the way he left was so un-cleveland like. >> yeah, see ya, it's going to take me an hour of torture to let you guys know i'm out of here. clearly, they want their team to win. that would be the biggest payback. they could distract their own team if everybody is going crazy about lebron? >> reporter: we talked to a couple cavaliers players. they're really psyched about this game that may feed their enthusiasm to win. it may work the opposite way. if you're a cavs fan, you're

thinking positively about it. >> no question about it this time this morning, we'll have the story. cam newton getting the all-clear from the ncaa. officials say that newton's father broke the rules by trying to get another school to pay for his son's services, but they determined that cam didn't know anything about it. newton is now eligible to play when this top-ranked team meets south carolina in the s.e.c. title game. and have you seen this. it's awfully tame by nfl standards. a washington state high school player gets flagged for this touchdown. simply kneeling and pointing to the heavens. but the referee called it excessive celebration. >> you can't draw attention to yourself. they do that -- my heavenly father, jesus, something i do, he gives me the strength and these abilities i have in the first place. i do it every time i got to the

end zone. no one has ever said anything about it. it's something i've done that's tradition. >> you can bet this is going to be talked about in the coming days. league officials say they're aware of the religious undertones but the rules say that they must give up the ball immediately after the touchdown. this weekend, he said he's going to kneel down from the sidelines and point, not the end zone. >> yeah, excessive celebration, like three seconds. but rules are rules. eminem's comeback is complete. the rapper leading the pack in grammy nominations. we'll tell you who he's up against. and a christmas classic about to light up the stage. we'll tell you what's next for the famous film "a christmas story." >> oh, yeah, i triple dog dare you. >> schwartz created a slight breach offet kit by skipping the double dare and going right for the throat. >> all right. [ j. weissman ] it was 1975.

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welcome to the half hour right now. looking at your top stories. wikileaks founder julian assange is in britain. and according to published reports police know where he is. assange is on the international most wanted list, so far, police have not acted on the swedish warrant for his arrest for alleged sex crimes. president obama decided that he won't allow any more drilling in the eastern gulf of mexico for the next seven years.

an oil exploration in the arctic will proceed with caution. saying these are the lessons learned from the bp oil spill. three days and counting, verizon wireless getting ready for the big launch of its new 4-g network that's going to happen sunday. the company claims it will be ten times faster than the 3g network. it will be viewed in more than 40 nations and 60 airports. customers will feel like a 40-hour flight to tokyo just reduced to 20 minutes. and groupon, revenues from 2010 are expected to top $300 billion. that would be a record. reports are sick lating that google may be offering as much as $6 billion to buy the company. >> let's talk about your paycheck and how much of it will be going to uncle sam in 2011.

house democrats are prepared to call for a vote today to extend the bush era tax cuts for middle class americans only. brianna keilar joins us on the phone for what's going on there in congress as it relates to tax cuts. >> reporter: high, kiran. even democrats and republicans are going to work together. they say they've made strides. and as partisan negotiations are getting under way to extend the tax era tax cuts, the house is going to go ahead, democrats leading the charge here to have a vote to extend the tax cuts just for the middle class. extending tax cuts for people who make $250,000 per year and less. and the question is, why are they going ahead and doing this, negotiations are still taking place before there is an agreement. we caught up with speaker pelosi yesterday and she told our producer evan glass, that this is to support our position that we support the middle class.

even if the end it doesn't shake out like this, it's the speaker of the house and nancy pelosi making a point. they want tax cuts for all americans. many democrats don't want to extend them for the wealthy. and then what else you have, in the senate, republicans who said they're blocking legislative action on any issue, whether don't ask, don't tell or any economic issue, until there's a deal worked out on how to extend the tax cuts. >> you know, normally, very neat hallways on the capitol. looking a little different. more like a college dorm because, of course, it's moving day. what's going on? >> reporter: yeah, life in a cube. i suspect that's not what you would expect for members of congress. well, yesterday was the deadline for defeated members to move their staffs out of their offices. and in the cubicles, among other places, so the offices can be readied for the incoming members

of congress. there's dozens of them. it's almost a demoralizing sight. you have a lot of staffers working off of ban get tables. some on capitol hill, in the office buildings. this is the cold reality of losing your seat or leaving congress this month before things wrap up. >> brianna keilar this morning, thanks. the white house getting its holiday game face on. first lady michelle obama showed off this year's holiday decor yesterday. it includes 19 christmas trees in virtually every corner of the white house. a 350-pound gingerbread house covered in chocolate with a replica of bo there. it took chefs months to create the house. this year's display is more modest than most. the theme is simple guests. it expects more than 100,000 visitors. still to come, parts of pennsylvania under a state of

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39 minutes after the hour. the white house facing criticism this morning for not moving fast enough to stop the wikileaks debacle and to prevent a young army private from allegedly walking off with some potentially damaging diplomatic secrets. republican congressman peter hoekstra from michigan is the ranking member on the house intelligence committee.

he was in on a high-level briefing on the wikileaks situation yesterday. he joins from us washington this morning. congressman hoekstra, what was the take-away from that briefing? >> well, my take-away was i'm not sure we are moving fast enough to address the problems. i think we were aware that we've lost all of this data and this information, perhaps as far back as may of this year. and some of the steps just now being implemented that would make sure that wouldn't happen again. i think the other thing that i didn't see yesterday. i didn't see a passion from the people at the department of state who were -- who should have been furious that this database at the department of defense has been compromised. and, therefore, they've lost potentially lost all of these documents to this private first class and then to wikileaks and then to "the new york times" and other places. i didn't walk way from there feeling confident there was a surge of urgency to fix the

problem and make sure it would never happen again. >> the white house has appointed a czar to try to figure out where the security gaps are in the administration's security system. russell traverse is the deputy director of the counterterrorism center. his position has raised if questions. it's like appointed somebody to look after the barn door after all the horses are gone? >> well, you know, this should have happened years ago. right after 9/11. then we had the 9/11 commission and other inquiries into what happened on 9/11. and everybody said information sharing is a problem. having specific silos of information that prohibits the information going from agency to agency say problem. back when we did the intelligence reform bill, you know, we appointed the director of national intelligence to take a look at information sharing. databases were created. they were put together, but they were done from my perspective, it was sloppy. it was lazy.

this big database called siprnet should never have been created. we should never have put that range, that diversification on one database. and we should never have made that database available. think about it, 500,000 people. if you're telling 500,000 people about a meeting with general petraeus in yemen, that's no longer a secret. >> but it raises the question, we wanted to have open lines of communication between all of the agencies post-9/11. but it's alleged that this fellow, this private bradley manning, who was stationed in a remote area of iraq was the source for at least some of these leaks. raises the question that we've got this massive date abase and all this massive information sharing, but how it is

accessible to somebody like him? >> that's exactly the problem. it's a problem with system design. you want to get the information to the people that can use it and that it will enable them to do their job better. so you have to segregate the data and then create the passwords and the funnels to get the information to the right place. what the government did in this case, is they just said, we'll dump -- or we'll dump a lot of database into one place. we'll let a lot of people have access into it. then if congress asks us, are you doing information sharing, they can come and say, yes, we are. >> let me ask you about some of the substance of this. in particular, this directive that apparently came from the state department for its diplomats to collect information on dig that tors. julian assange, the founder of wikileaks said if it's found at that secretary of state did direct her diplomats to do that, that she should resign. what do you think about that

statement? >> well, i think clearly everybody has a role. there is a role for spies. diplomats should not be spies. it would potentially compromise their role as being effective diplomats. you know, i've gone on a lot of congressional delegation trips where we've met with heads of state. we should not be given the role of spying and we have not been. >> but, again, congressman, if the secretary of state did direct her diplomats to do that, should she resign? >> well, i'm not sure we'd go as far as resigning. but we need to take a look at it and see what we have asked the department, perhaps an ambassador to do, whether we've crossed that line. and whether we need to step back. but you do bring up a very interesting point. throughout this whole process, it appears that no one has been held accountable either for the leaks, creating the database and in the case that you're now bringing up, who direct ed in te

tim, our framework of laws allows us to go after him and get him for espionage. we can argue about whether that's right or wrong pipe don't think our current legal framework allows us to do that. >> interesting point. congressman peter hoekstra, thanks for joining us. thank you. >> thank you. reynolds wolf has got the latest.

48 minutes past the hour right now. we want to get a check of this morning's headlines. show a little video of what a mess it was yesterday. reynolds wolf is in the extreme weather center. new york, new jersey tristate area pounds by the storm. >> that's right, 2 inches of rainfall and, of course, widespread power outages. let's give you an idea of what people are dealing with as the sun comes out. a lot of power outages. thankfully, there were no fatalities with the system. no sign of tornadoes yet but straight-line winds caused all kinds of damage to roofs, to power lines to trees and, again, the cleanup is getting under way. farther out to the west, the situation is not wind damage but flooding in parts of pittsburgh. take a look at this, wind could cause delays in some of the airports. all your airports in new york could be delayed to up to about

an hour. seattle, low clouds to keep you delayed 30 minutes to 60 minutes. again, the big story is back towards pittsburgh. the situation we have there, of course, the flooding. we still have the flood warnings in effect for pittsburgh. some of the rivers are probably not going to reach the high levels that we anticipated. still above flood stage and over the next hours we'll see water beginning to scale back. one of the things not scaling back is the snowfall. no, that out in pittsburgh. farther north in erie, back over towards buffalo. by the time we get to saturday on midday, could see a foot of snowfall. even more of that falling near the west. the reason for that, the pressure coming from the midwest giving you the lake-effect snow effect. 43 in new york. 33 your high in atlanta. 56 in tampa. back to salt lake city, 40 degrees. 44 in seattle with the low clouds. we're going to talk more about the travel weather and what you can anticipate with the sneak

peek into the weekend. that's coming up at the top of the hour. >> looking forgd to that. we are sick of the wind here in new york city. >> not as bad as yesterday, 60-mile-an-hour winds. >> we've had a bunch, haven't we have wonder what the winter is going to be like? tough search, including the worldwide search for the man that has wikileaks. why isn't he under arrest? the dow posting the biggest gain in three months. why the rally and will it continue? christine romans is "minding your business" this morning. with the capital one venture card

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it's coming up now at 54 minutes after the hour. cnn documentary "losen lennon" premieres this weekend. we talked to people who witnesses the tragic events of december 8th, 1980, some of whom have never spoken publicly about the experience before. this morning, the final moments of john lennon's life as he arrived at roosevelt hospitals in new york city. but by ambulance but a police squad car. >> two police officers came around the corner one with the body over his shoulder. one was yelling. he was hold be him just like the fireman hold. the other one yelled, gunshot wound, no vital signs. >> he was lifeless, he had no pus, no blood pressure, he was unresponsive. >> reporter: lennon was wheeled into a trauma room.

lynn opened his chest and with lennon's heart in his hand, tried to massage back a pus. doctors transfused massive amounts of blood, but as fast as it went in, it leaked right back out. >> after trying for about 10, 15, 20 minutes, it was clear that nothing could be done and john lennon was pronounced dead. >> reporter: 11:10 p.m., dr. lynn knew what had to be done next. the devastating task of telling yoko ono that john was gone. >> she was sitting in a little room right off the e.r. >> reporter: hospital administrator chandra was with ohno, she had never spoken about that. >> she was in shock, he was anticipating because she was expecting that john could be

saved. >> she probably said something i have really bad news, in spite of all of our efforts to save your husband, we were unable to, and he died. >> reporter: ono was devastated. >> she was literally lying on the concrete floor of our emergency room department hitting her head against the wall. i put my hands behind her head, fearful she was going to hurt herself. >> i talked to dr. lynn, i said, this is 1980. obviously medicine was good in 1980. but in 2010 with medical advances, would you have been able to save him. he said the degree of his injuries were so extensive that nothing could have possibly saved him. >> i was wondering the same thing. yesterday, you had talked about how they decided they couldn't get there him there in time for an ambulance. they decided to get him in a squad car and drive as quickly as possible. could that have made any difference or it didn't matter how quickly he got there? >> dr. lynn told me, the one pult, because he was using

hollow point bullets, the one bullet creased his heart. literally took the aorta and disintegrated it. there was no way to put him back together again. they just didn't have anything there. regardless of how quickly they got him there, regardless of the technology you have then and there. when you literally remove all of the major blood vessels come ought of the heart, there's nothing you can do. >> it's amazing they described yoko ono how she took it. to tell her that he wasn't going to make it is unimaginable. >> he had just come back from the recording studio. they had a great night recording the song "walking on thin ice." >> it preerms this saturday and sunday, 8:00 eastern. >> tomorrow, we're going to hear from julien lennon.

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-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning to you. this morning, we are following the latest developments in the wikileaks case. a location disclosed. and breaking news in the search for wikileaks founder julian assange. we may know where he is. but he is still not under arrest. good morning to you. it's thursday, it's december 2nd. glad you're with us on mark machine. i'm kiran chetry. >> good morning, i'm john roberts. we'll have more on julian assange in just a moment. first, the morning's other headlines. torrential rain, extreme ice pounding pennsylvania. rivers rising, homes and cars

submerged. roads and schools shut down. there was a state of emergency in the northern suburbs of pittsburgh and the worst may be yet to come. tax cuts. who gets to keep them? house democrats plan to vote today for the middle class only that has republicans in the senate saying they could filibuster all while your take-home pay for 2011 hangs in the balance. we're live in washington with the latest. and it's all coming out tonight, cleveland bracing for the return of lebron james. it's his first time back since he decided, quote, to take his talents to south beach. can lebron handle the heat, can he handle the cavs? will the fans behave. first, the search for the most wanted man in the world right now. reports say british police know the whereabouts of wikileaks founder julian assange but they have not yet arrested him. he's wanted on sex crime charges in sweden. he's also been called a traitor

and terrorist. atika shubert has the latest from london this morning. >> reporter: so just where is julian assange, well, british police won't give an official statement to his whereabouts, several media sources quote police sourcing saying he is somewhere in the southeast of the country and they have not arrested him because a procedural error in the original arrest warrant. we called the swedish police and the prosecutor's office to get answers. marion nye told us that it is, complete, complete news to her that there's any problem with the arrest warrant. she also anded that asang's legal case has been handled completely according to swedish law. swedish police also say they don't know where assange is. they gave us this statement, all we have heard is what is reported in the media. that he is supposed to be in the uk, but we have no information at all about his whereabouts. in the meantime, assange's lawyer in london has said that

his client has denied all of the allegations against him. and has repeatedly offered to be interviewed for questioning by both swedish prosecutors and the police, but so far, all of his offers have been refused. so, a lot of conflicting information from both sweden and britain, hopefully, we'll get more answers by the end of the day. atika shubert, cnn, london. and the state department's in full damage control right now at the white house. the obama administration appointed a new czar, a career counterterrorism official to oversee the government's official to fix security gaps. last hour, we spoke to peter hoekstra. he said we should have looked at this years ago. we also asked him about what should be done with julian assange. >> do you believe he's guilty of espionage? >> i don't think our legal system, our framework of laws allows us to go after him and

get him for espionage. >> really? >> we can argue about whether that's right or wrong. but i don't think our current legal framework allows us to do that. >> congressman hoekstra also fell short of calling for secretary of state clinton to resign because of what was in the documents but he did say diplomats should not be spies. new developments in the shooting death of famous hollywood publicist ronni chasen. she was gunned down two weeks ago while driving home from a movie premiere in los angeles. questions were discussing a person of interest yesterday when he suddenly shot and killed himself. kareen wynter is with us in hollywood. a stunning twist to the story. what are the police saying about it? >> reporter: absolutely bizarre, john. we do know that man who turned the gun on himself. he was in his early 40s. black male. he lived in this apartment bidding located right in the middle of hollywood behind me. in fact, john, we just reached

out to the coroner's office to get an idea of when we will be releasing this man's identity. they say it's going to be several hours. right now, they're working to notify the next of kin. we don't have an identity on him. again, police aren't calling him a suspect. they say they was just a person of interest in the ronni chasen murder case. he lived in that apartment building living in a busy part of town. detectives say when they zeroed in on this building yesterday evening, they came with a search warrant. they tracked this guy down in the lobby of the building when they say we just wanted to question him when things took a shocking turn. >> our detectives were here on a follow-up. and this person was a person of interest from the chasen incident. that's all we have at this point, as the captain mentioned. this american shot himself. it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound pronounced dead later on. and the investigation is ongoing at this time. we have nothing further to disclose about the investigation. >> reporter: so there you have

it, john. case closed, not exactly. in fact, police say this is a case that's far from over. and the least publicly, john, they're telling us they don't even have a motive here. they don't have any suspects. so still a lot of work to be done, john. >> we also don't have the autopsy report on chasen. it's been on a security hold since last week. when do we expect that? >> reporter: that was, we thought, was going to be released on monday. it could be any day now. perhaps today but we don't have that. but it could provide, of course, important clues here. and there was a report that was leaked initially in the investigation that said that the type of gun used in chasen's murder. it was a .9 millimeter handgun. three shots fired in chasen's body. two in her chest, one in her shoulder. again, this could provide crucial, crucial details. police say, they don't know at this point if it was a random crime or something much more targeted. >> kareen wynter for us with the latest from hollywood. thanks so much.

now, the latest, western pennsylvania this morning, where the rivers are rising and there's real concern about flooding. a state of emergency in effect for the northern suburbs of pittsburgh where 3 inches of rain fell yesterday. that's been combined with all of the melting ice. you get a look at what it's been like there. homes under water. roads impassible. and the ohio river expected to crest at 27 feet this morning. that would be two feet over flood stage. >> we were checking every two nours the back where the creek is, it kept coming up, 2:30, 3:00, my dad said we got to get out of here. >> reporter: 3:00 in the morning? >> yeah, at 10 to 4:00, he said we're getting out. >> the creek backs up. there's three ponds here. we're in the middle pond, right now, they're all connected. >> a very intense morning for thousands of people living in pennsylvania. we're going to head to reynolds wolf now in the extreme weather center. you see what some of the homes look like. what is the situation there? >> the situation is many of

those rivers, especially the ohio river, expected to crest within the hour, once it does, it's slowly going to recede. all of that rain, of course, finds its way into the rivers and the rivers begin to rise. how much rain? take a look at the map behind me. in fact, we're going to take it full to see it. mt. pocono had 3 inches of rainfall. williamsport, close to 3 inches. connecticut had 2 inches of rain, fort richie, pennsylvania, 2 inches but not just the rain, we've got wind, wind damaging parts of new jersey. we have wind gusts of 65 miles an hour, one topping 70 miles an hour in vermont. also in places like new york, el enburg and malone, 50-mile-an-hour gusts caused trees down and outages. that wind may cause delays in all the airports, in new york,

over an hour wait. seattle, it could keep you on the ground perhaps an hour. you see the areas shaded in green, not just north of pittsburgh, altoona, state college, williamsport, all under the flood warnings. now the big issue in that part of the world, later this afternoon, heavy snowfall. places like buffalo, guys, get this, possibly over a foot of snowfall by tomorrow afternoon. lake-effect snow is the first major snowstorm for parts. east and, again, could remain that way for the weekend. back to you. it's not just here, extreme weather pounding the uk as well. we've got live pictures from just outside of london's gatwick airport. look at that. gatwick airport remains closed until, listen to this, tomorrow morning. >> a lot of the snow, nearly a foot of snow. it's the heaviest most of

widespread snowfall they've seen in great britain in 17 years. hundreds of schools have been forced to close and it's also causing big headaches and the roads and rails. final list, the headache is easing on wall street. it opens this morning after having its best day in three months. the dow closed up over 250 points yesterday. the nasdaq up over 51. christine romans is "minding your business." is it the holiday spirit? >> no, the holiday spirit never moves wall street. it's all about money. and diminished concerns about europe because of sfrengt in china. let me tell you what happened yesterday. big rally, it's what we call a banner day. this morning, folks, it's holding. and it looks like futures are moving higher. this is what happened, one, you had a number from a private payroll service that showed private sector hiring. in fact it showed that small business was hiring strongly in the month. main street was working again also car sales, gm car sales up

11%. ford up 20% over the year. something happened there. in the auto industry that is showing consumers more confidence. finally, manufacturing data in china it showed that they were strong. china a leader of the global recovery it made them a little more confident. u.s. multinationals anything that had to do with resource, minerals, those companies did well. of course, those companies are in the stock market. when the stock market went up, the stock went up, too. >> it's a long day. >> it is a long day. >> a lot could change between 9:30 and 4:00. >> that is true. still to come, can he handle the heat? lebron james is ready to take the brunt of 50 years of cleveland sports frustration as he headed back to the city for the first time in a miami uniform. carol costello is live there with a preview. she's getting a little bit of --

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15 mipgts past the hour right now. it's not going to be a happy homecoming for the king, but we knew it was going to happen at some point. tonight is the night that lebron james comes back to cleveland. tonight is the first game when the fans watch him. >> crushed their dreams like bugs. there's going to be extra security on hand to handle the 20,000 people who are ready to vent this evening. carol costello is live for us in the "q" arena this morning. going back home. >> reporter: yes. crushed their hopes and dreams like bugs? >> yes. >> reporter: that was a good line, john.

cavaliers will play the heat tonight. it's quiet right now. you can't imagine what a reception lebron james will get here at the "q." fans are considering what to do, should they boo? should she laugh? should they stand up and turn their backs? i guess we'll find out. security here will be very tight. lebron james arrived from miami. about 3:00 a.m. eastern time. they were whisked away to their hotel. that hotel is undisclosed for security reasons. here at the "q," there will be extra security people on the floor. we hear there will be under cover people in the stands all to make sure nothing happens. also fans will not be allowed to wear t-shirts with profanity on them. and the beer usually served in plastic bottles will now be served in plastic cups to event fans from throwing those plastic bottles on to the floor. as for lebron james, he says it

will be an emotional homecoming. i think pretty much everyone will be emotional here tonight. >> he's responsible for almost half of the heat's points. >> reporter: lebron james used to unconditional love from fans will experience something quite different tonight. yeah, he did see cleveland fans burning his jersey after he ostentatiously announced on national television that he was leaving for miami. but he haebt yet experienced the anger live and in person. keith danbrot coached james in his akron high school. >> he's never been booed in cleveland. and he's never been booed anywhere or anyplace in his whole life. again, i think he understand the business side of this. he understands there's animosity towards him. >> reporter: keith robinson a life long cavs fan will make sure james hears loud and clear. do you think it's necessary for the fans to show something

towards lebron? >> no, hatred. >> reporter: really, hatred? >> how about dislike. >> reporter: hatred say strong word. >> yeah, we'll see dislike. i don't hate him. >> reporter: robinson said he plans to boo james, but a few fans could try to hurt him physically. especially as he incites the fans with the puff of smoke as he enters the game. you could hear it as they practiced wednesday. >> heckling, it's part of the game. when we go on the road, we get it. obviously, is this going to be a little bit worse. i get that also. once we get talking about harming people and their family and well-being, i think that's taking it a little too far. >> are you ready for the return of lebron james? the two-time nba mvp will bring his talents back to the north coast. >> reporter: on cleveland's espn radio, they were urging fans not to embarrass the city. >> hopefully, we don't see, you know, stupidity on some of the fans' parts of throwing things

or running out on to the floor. >> going to the atm today and tomorrow to put enough bail money in your pocket in case you get incarcerated. >> reporter: most fans will not be that stupid, but they will vent. robinson only wishes he could do it face-to-face. >> what i would say to him, you're not the guy i thought you were. >> reporter: so many people feel that way here in cleveland. john and kiran, as i said before, fans are still trying to decide how to show their displeasure. i kind of like the twitter campaign going on right now. it's advising fans to stand up and laugh. lebron james is used to dealing with boos he'll know how to handle it seikaly. if fans stand up and just laugh, he'll be totally flummoxed and he won't know how to react. >> carol castello for us. thanks so much. what an interesting story

tomorrow either way. it's going to be the video that everybody is talking about today. take a look at this. it's tame by nfl standards. a washington state high school player gets flagged for this touchdown routine. kneeling and pointing to the heavens. the referee tagged him for excessive celebration. >> i asked him, he said unsportsman-like comment, can't draw attention to yourself. i did that to give glory to my heavenly father, jesus. he gives me the strength. he's the one that gives me my abilities to do this in the first place. i do that every time i get in the end zone. no one has said anything about it, it's something that i've done that's tradition. >> league officials say they're aware of religious overtones but the rule says that players have to give up the ball immediately after the ball. hastie has scored 17 touchdowns this season. he's done that every time. if he does it again this weekend, he says he will kneel and point but do it from the sidelines, instead of the end

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ce-lo's bleep you was nominated as song of the year. >> glad to see lady antebellum getting that. nielsen survey paying off, when it comes to phone platforms, more men prefer the android, while more women say they want an iphone. you're an iphone user. >> yeah, only person i know on our staff who has an droid. >> i've been an apple guy since 1982, that's probably why. >> i've been an orange gal, but they haven't made phones yet. you probably know him as the gub tomorrow candidate who said "the rent was too damn high." jimmy mcmillan. first the doll out after him, now, he's starring in a documentary that's set to be released next year. here's a little peek. >> i got calls from london. australia, hey, this is jimmy.

wait. wait. the rent, it's too damn high. >> and if jimmy didn't put a smile on your fashgs this next youtube video will no doubt do that. look at this, it's emma, a french bulldog that is engaged in what can be described as heaven for a little puppy dog. this epic battle with a doorstop. >> so cute. her little growl sounds like a motor. she's so adorable. >> that's the great thing about being a puppy. hours of endless joy, just something as simple as a doorstop. >> then she'll grow up and sleep on a couch all day. well, a famous christmas carol from the 1980s is about to become musical theater. peter billingsly who played

ralphie is produce the musical. he said the story's meant a lot to him personally. and he hopes some day he can bring the play to meerch theaters. hopefully he won't shoot his eye out. >> right. can you put that to music? >> not on camera. >> all right. top stories coming your way in just a few minutes. including the big tax debate. republicans and democrats fighting over it again. we're live in washington with more on where your take-home pay may go. start preschool at 2 now sports while they're still crawling. how young is too young to start getting your baby in shape. we'll talk to a baby fitness trainer about this new craze. stay with us. try priceline ins? >> no it's a sale. nothing beats a sale! wrong move! you. you can save up to half off that sale when you name your own price on priceline. but this one's a deal...trust me. it's only pretending to be a deal.

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crossing the half hour right now. it's 7:30 on the east coast. the top stories this morning. a shocking turn in a real life hollywood murder mystery. police say a person of interest in the death of publicist ronny chacin killed himself while detectives were questioning hill. chasen was gunned down two weeks ago in beverly hills as she drove home from a movie premiere. despite the death of apo terrible suspect police say the investigation is not overnet. hunting for the man wind wikileaks reports say julian assange is in britain. so far, police have not reacted on his charges of sex crimes in

sweden. it was a great day in wall street yesterday. stocks rallied. the dow rising nearly 250 points on better than expected auto sales and listen to this, stronger private sector hiring. economists at goldman sachs also predict the u.s. economy will do better than expected next year. yesterday was the dow's biggest one-day gain since september. and signs are pointing up again today. well, they're bickering again, democrats and republicans at odds with regards to who keeps their tax breaks. house democrats are planning a vote today and they only want to extend the breaks for people making $250,000 or less. >> congressional correspondent brianna keilar is live with us. that idea is not going. they want the tax cuts for everyone? >> reporter: they want to keep it together. they say they've made strides after that meeting at the white house. as they're going forward with bipartisan negotiations to reach a deal, the house is still going

to go ahead with the vote. democrats pushing to extend the tax cuts just for the middle class, extending them for folks who make $250,000 and less as a couple. so why are those negotiations still going to go on before there's even an agreement? we caught up with speaker pelosi yesterday and they said it's to show our position is very clear that we support tax cuts for the middle class. the discord between republicans and democrats on full display here as republicans want the tax cuts for everyone including the wealthy. and many democrats don't want to extend it for the wealthy. and they're going to block legislative action on any issue, for instance, don't ask, don't tell, that doesn't to do with coming to an agreement on these tax cuts, with the federal government. they say those are the first priorities. and everything else has to get put on the back burner until the issues are resolved. >> brianna keilar for us. thank you. mitt romney for president in 2012? well, maybe. the former massachusetts

governor has been laying low lately but he was back on the spotlight making an appearance on "the tonight show." he told leno, another run for the white house not in the cards right now but he's not ruling it out. >> what would you do differently that you did in 2008? >> well i'm not a political consultant and a strategist that can lay out how you do these things. if i were to do it again, vooid to make sure i got more votes than the other guy. [ laughter ] >> yeah, yeah, that is a good way to do it. >> there's the simple answer. you said that, what wow do differently? win. >> win. >> please, he's going to run. >> it's so refreshing when somebody just says, yes, i am going to run. >> wouldn't that be nice? >> no one believes you when you say, no, not at this time. >> he's going to run. the younger the better? we're talking about infant athletes. sports raining for babies and toddlers up next. ♪ join the jaguar platinum celebration !

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♪ suicide rap we've got to get them while we're young because tramps like us, baby we were born to run ♪ we're getting new meaning to born to run. and perhaps getting rid of the baby fat. instead of parents plopping their kids down in front of sponge bob, they're now buys sports dvds for babies. some as young as 6 months old. our next guest says it's never too young to start on sports-like activity, even before kids start walking. dorine bullheist, she's the creator of dvds on how to teach skills tour kids and babies, as well as elementary students. thanks for being with us this morning. >> thank you, i'm pleased to be here. >> we sought video of the little baby probably about 6 months old getting rolled around on one of

the exercise balls. what is the benefit of starting kids early with getting kids involved in exercise? >> well, it helps babies and toddlers and young children to develop the full range of movement ability and to explore all of the ways that their body can move. that gives them an advantage in brain development. and also helps them to have joy in movement, to have positive emotional associations with movement and also to development skill, which will encourage them to keep moving throughout their lives and gives them a hedge against obesity. >> what is thing a that you start, as far as how many months old before they start doing this stuff? >> our dvds start at 6 months. that's really when children begin to explore movement in their world. they start to crawl. they're rolling over by then. so they're already beginning on their own to try to find out how their bodies can move. we enhance that and help them in

the learning process. >> and the cdc says the number of obese children has more than tripled over the last 30 years. you're obviously very fit. your father actually started you being active as an early age as well. do you think that starting kids in sports earlier actually prevents obesity down the road? >> unquestionably. i work with thousands of children every year. we don't have any obese children in our facility because they are active. not only during the time that they're there. and most children come once a week for an hour. but they take those skills and abilities, and they're moving all day long, every day. because of their enhanced movement ability. so we know that that's 50% of the emotion, in terms of preventing obesity. of course, the other is nutrition. so we need to maximize movement capability because we like to do things that we're good at. so when we help children become good at movement, they're more likely to move every day and engage in it. >> what about people who say

we're just pushing babies who hard? they're baby, let them be babies? >> well, certainly, you can push babies too hard. there's no question about that. the it needs to be done very carefully and we need to respect when children are tired of movement, that we need to give them a rest. so, you know, there's a delicate balance with that, certainly. we're not talk -- i'm not talking about repetitive movement, about rigorous training, about early sports specialtization. this is exploring and teaching children how to move well. >> right. you mention that about starting early with specialized sports because one orthopedic surgeon is quoted in "the new york times" as saying there's really not any evidence that this helps and it could cause younger kids to get hurt. one example say little leaguer who may blow out their arm pitching. what do you say to that? >> i absolutely agree with that. early childhood should be be about movement exploration.

i have eight categories in our dvds of movement, different kinds of movement that were explore with children. but children should not be engaged in repetitive training. because then you do have overuse injuries. and it's not necessary. when they develop their full range of abilities, they'll decide later in life, middle school and beyond, how they want to use those abilities. >> obesity is a huge problem. and we know that moving is good when it comes to combatting it. dorine bolhuis a fitness coach training babies and toddlers with your dvds, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> your kids moving around a lot? >> they've been going crazy because it's been raining. we had to get hem out of the house. they were at their little gym yesterday. but they need it. >> this is their exercise. just got to get them out.

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♪ and it knocks you down good morning, boston. 36 degrees right now. later on today, partly cloudy with a high of 45. >> reynolds wolf is following that.

that's certainly an improvement over what it's been like in the past few days on the east coast. and also parts of pennsylvania. i know you guys got it in the south as well. >> absolutely. you're right, in the northeast it's been horseshoes and hand grenades. you've had wind gusts, power outages. i'll tell you what, things are going to at least look better in parts of that area. but you're going to have major delays, especially in parts of new york. this morning, the keystone state, the flooding issue. north of pittsburgh, widespread flooding. some places had 3 inches of rainfall. all of that rain going into the rivers. the rivers expected to go at flood stage, less than what they initially forecast. it's still widespread flooding. it's going to be a widespread issue. cleanups are going to be very difficult, not only in pittsburgh, but altoona and state college. farther to the north in buffalo, it is not rain, but, rather, snow that's going start picking up. some of that could be especially heavy. in fact, you take a look at the map. these are the forecast snow

totals not only for cleveland and erie and buffalo. buffalo itself may get close to 1 foot of snowfall by tomorrow afternoon. in fact, take a look at video you have in beautiful right now. this is the first heavy snowfall they've been getting so far this season. people making their way through the downtown area. not too bad. believe it or not, once you get outside of the main thoroughfares of downtown in the surrounding areas, the hinterlands, that it's when things get crazy. peel in buffalo, they're hearty folks. they know how to handle this but, still, you've seen the change. the transformation of a few flurries and heavy snow. the sheets coming on later on a daunting process. let's go back to the magical wall. as we do so, the snow is not only an issue in the great lakes but farther back to the west. close to a foot, especially south of the twin cities. one of the reasons we're seeing it is really quite simple. we've got an area of low pressure across the nation. that area of low pressure is going to be something that's not only going to bring snowfall to

parts of the northeast but also more cloud cover in parts of the southeast in terms of the mississippi valley. finally in the deep southeast and then back to the west, we're seeing another storm system ramp up that's going to bring snowfall to the northern rockies, the as cads and into the sierra mountains. california, nearly a rain event. in shasta, it's going to be mainly snow. especially up in the mountains, east of sacramento at this time. now, it in terms of temperatures, another comfortable day. atlanta, 53 degrees. warmer than yesterday. 76 in phoenix. 56 in dallas. 71 in houston. 66 in tampa. and 47 in st. louis. 35 in chicago, and, of course in parts of the great lakes, that's where you have your coldet temperatures, detroit with 26 at this hour. these are current temperatures now. cleveland with 26. it's going to be much warmer tonight for lebron james' return. that should be interesting. toronto, to the north, 30 degrees. that's fahrenheit. 30 in albany, 33 in

philadelphia. 35 in the nation's capital and washington, d.c. taking the jog up to boston commons, by the frog pond, 37 degrees. 40 in portland. 34 in chicago, 28 in cincinnati. guys you're up to speed in terms of your forecast. let's pitch it back to you in new york. >> you promised you're going to tell us what you the weekend is going to be like? >> well, unfortunately, that storm system that's we're watch ought to the pacific northeast. it may be showers, maybe a rumble of thunder but certainly not the magnitude that we've seen in the last couple days. that's good news. >> thank you. meanwhile, troubles across the pond, as well as snowstorm crippling in england -- not new england, england. check this out. they're not used to it there. the system has given a foot of snow. it's forced london's gatwick airport to shut down. heathrow is open but there are a number of delays and cancellation. the cold snap is caution major

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guilty on 11 violations including not playing taxes on a vacation home and using the office to raise money for an educational center that bears his name. president obama deciding he won't allow new drilling in the eastern gulf of new mexico for seven years. an oil exploration in the arctic proceeding with the utmost of caution. the white house saying these are lessons learned from the bp spill. louisiana governor not pleased with the decision saying it costs the u.s. and his state more jobs. while white house press secretary robert gibbs brushing off republican threats yesterday, he had a close encounter with a different kind of animal. have a look. >> tax cuts. on this tax -- >> what is that? >> how is senator -- >> a spider. >> wow. >> a spider-man. >> had a lot of problems. >> have they? >> one of the glitches.

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-- captions by vitaci-- wit www.vitac.com good morning to you. december 2nd. i'm kiran chetry. >> i'm john roberts. hunting the man behind wikileaks, breaking news in the search for julian assange. we may know where he is. why isn't he under arrest? they shed tears. well, tonight, cleveland is prepping for the return of lebron james. it is the first time back since deciding to, quote, take the talents to south beach. we are live in cleveland with the preview. the hoff live here talking about his new reality show. >> you know what's amazing is the air. i feel -- i feel calm. >> you feel calmness? >> yeah. reminds me of another place i went for 28 days. >> shut up. it does. i agree. >> i'll tell my sammy davis story when he said to me, you wear the hat of success really

well. don't mess with the hat. it can be taken away. that's been taken away when i mess with it. >> you know what -- >> every day it is like something fantastic happens and i kind of get in my own way. >> the entire hasselhoff clan will be here talking about their reality show. that will be later on this hour. up first, new developments in the search of one of most wanted men in the world right now. a red notice for the arrest of wikileaks founder julian assange. now they may know where he's hiding. >> reports say he is in britain but britain police have not gone after him yet. he's wanted on sex crime charges in sweden. our atika shubert has the latest for us live in london. what do we know? >> reporter: there's a red

notice and wanted for questioning in sweden on suspicion of these crimes but he hasn't been charged with them yet. now, british police won't put out an official statement on his whereabouts but several media reports here in britain have quoted police sources saying they know that he is here in the southeast of the country but they have not arrested him because of a technical issue. because there are some questions about the original arrest warrant issued by sweden so we called swedish prosecutors and police to find out a bit more and the prosecutor's office say it's complete news to them that there has been any problem with the arrest warrant and the swedish police told us that they don't know where assange is. in fact, they gave us a statement saying all we have heard is when's reported to media, supposed to be in the uk but we have no information at all of his whereabouts so we don't know exactly where assange

is. we have heard reports that he is here and no idea whether or not he will be arrested any time soon. yon? >> as the wikileaks boosted off of amazon.com servers. what is going on with that? >> reporter: wikileaks lashing out as amazon saying they were ousted from the server and switched to another european-based server. amazon did not give comment as to why they have removed wikileaks from their servers but it might have to do with the fact that senator joseph lieberman put a lot of pressure on amazon calling for a boycott of amazon if they continued the host wikileaks and it is interesting to note online now there's a move to boycott amazon because they took wikileaks off the server and seems to be a team assange versus team amazon on the web at the moment. >> eighty shubert for us this morning, thanks. wall street opens after the best day in three months.

the dow closed up nearly 250 points yesterday. the rally in part because of better than expected auto sales and upbeat report showing 93,000 jobs added to the private sector last month. a fascinating look at the scope of the fed's role at the height of the crisis. christine romans joining us now, the fed was the central bank to the world for a time. >> it was. the scale of the rescue of the global economy is so much bigger than we even thought. $9 trillion. let me put that in perspective you. the entire u.s. economy is $14 trillion. $9 trillion of aid went into the economy almost every single day as banks borrowed emergency money from the fed for days in the fall of 2008 and it was u.s. banks, the name that is you know. frankly, this rescue makes the t.a.r.p. bailout look like chump change. but also, foreign banks and this is why many people are saying

that the federal reserve looks like it was the global central bank. not the u.s. central bank. and also everything from things like harley davidson to mcdonald's to ge to big american companies that needed emergency funding so that they could pay their bills in what we call the commercial paper lending facility they use. 21,000 pages of documents allowing us to see congress made the fed reveal allowing us to see what happened this nose days and the scope of the activity. >> how does that go with what you talked about yesterday that t.a.r.p. less expensive than we thought? >> most of the money is paid back and expected to be paid back. this money went out temporarily and paid back at very, very low interest rates and what the fed is supposed to do, i guess. i guess it is supposed to be this backstop for the economy. the scope of what it did is so surprising to people and also

the scope for foreign companies, as well. >> where does the fed get the money? $9 trillion. >> the fed makes the money. >> i just have it laying around? >> not from the kardashian kard. >> no, no. this is liquidity. pumping in liquidity. this is the oxygen into the body of the heart attack patient and now they have taken all of that back and here we stand but we've never been able to see this much detail before. this is what got people watching the fed and people in congress frankly looking at the powers of the fed and asking some questions this morning. >> pretty amazing. $9 trillion. thanks. also new this morning, citigroup reportedly in talks to hire peter orszag. people familiar with the situation say he would take a senior role at the securities unit. juicy couture shutting down the 5th avenue show in manhattan. employees discovered a bedbug

infestation. happening more and more across manhattan and not a good time for a store, obviously, with holiday shopping season in full spri. that's just bedbugs. sorry if you're eating. store going to be open tomorrow after exterminators remove and treat every single piece of merchandise. >> literally nobody has been immune here in new york city. not even us. we had them for a while. >> here. i never saw one. >> they weren't in my office. >> thank goodness. they were not or they were? >> no, no. >> they weren't in mine. >> anybody else? no. scientists may have underestimated the stars in the heaven. it now appears the universe as triple the number of star s tha originally believed because there's so many red dwarfs out here. look at this, 23 zeros after the 3. >> how much the fed pumped into the global economy. >> slightly more. if it's correct, there's 300

sextillion stars in the universe. how do you count that? >> obviously they're doing an estimating but it's amazing. >> crunching the numbers in a super computer. >> exactly. reynolds wolf is crunching numbers for us, as well, looking at the forecast. hey. >> hey, guys. gosh, from bedbugs to -- what was the number? >> 300 sextillion. >> hard to wrap my mind around that one. we need big numbers. strong affecting people in the northeast. we are talking about wind guszs and damage across parts of not only vermont but new jersey and new york. look at the gusts behind me. two big ones that popped up in places like vermont. over 60 miles an hour. one 73 in hanksville. two in new jersey, actually one in new jersey. that's north elkton and one in new york. ellenburg and malone. again, power outages this

morning. roof damage. further back out towards the west like pennsylvania you are dealing with especially in pittsburgh, flooding this morning. that wind that we're talking about lingering for a bit and can cause delays at new york metros and back out toward seattle. a delay or two at the airport. 30 minutes to a full hour. national perspective, pretty good until you look closely at parts of pennsylvania. we have the flood warnings. everything you see on the map that is in the lime green color including state college, williamsport, areas with issues with the flooding. rivers expected to crest and then slowly recede. snow is the next big picture. big picture erie to buffalo and syracu syracuse, mid-morning tomorrow, some places could have over a foot of knowfall and the reason why is that prevailing wind out of the northwest across the great licks. we have another weather maker in the west.

double barrel low. know to the central rockies. amazing snow season out there already. look for rain in california. and plenty of sunshine in the southeast. we will have more on what to expect for the weekend coming up in a little bit and more on the travel delays. looks like adding to those. let's send it back to you. >> all right. reynolds, thanks so much. nine minutes past the hour. washington, d.c. is shining a bit brighter despite the weather. they had a lighting of the national menorah yesterday to mark the start of hanukkah. they needed a bucket lift to get the first candle lit. the jewish holiday lasts for eight nights. the white house decked out this year. 19 christmas trees in virtually every corner of the white house. the 350-pound gingerbread house covered in white chocolate. there it is. there it is. >> it was a chandelier. >> one of the most interesting items, a giant replica of first dog bo made out of -- what do

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emotional but will those emotions boil over? carol costello gone home for us. she's live for us at the q this morning. so what's the sense there in ohio about the degree of animosity that the fans are feeling toward lebron? >> reporter: well, there's a high degree of an mimosity and excitement. people are really psyched to go to the game tonight. you have an extra $5,000 laying around, john and kiran? because that's how much seats are going for, $5,000 or more for prime seats here in the arena where the cavaliers take on the miami heat. now, we know how the cavaliers will be introduced. they were testing out the scoreboard as the cavaliers come out. flames from the scoreboard. look at that now. it is pretty -- real flames. they felt the heat. the question is -- how will the crowd respond when lebron james and the miami heat are introduced.

security will be tight. extra security on the floor and in the stands. the fans are wearing t-shirts with anything profane on them, they'll be given a cavalier shirt. plastic beer bottles not sold in the arena tonight and it comes in the cup. emotions will be very high. as lebron james himself said, he will be emotional when he comes back. emotion is the name of the game tonight. >> he's responsible for almost half of the heat's points. >> reporter: lebron james used to unconditional love of fans will experience something different tonight. yeah, he did see cleveland fans burning the jersey after he announced on national television that he was leaving for miami but he hasn't yet experienced the anger live and in person. keith coached james in the akron, ohio, high school. >> never been boo'd in cleveland and never really boo'd anywhere

in his whole life so, again, i think he understands the business side of this and he understands that there's some animosity towards him. >> reporter: keith robinson a lifelong cavs fan will be at tonight's game. do you think it's necessary to show something toward lebron? >> no. hatred. i'll be honest with you. >> reporter: hatred? >> dislike. >> reporter: hate is a strong word. >> dislike. i don't hate him. i don't like him. >> reporter: robinson plans to boo james but he fears a few fans could try to hurt james especially with the signature puff of smoke entering the game. you could hear the concern as the cavs practiced wednesday. >> the heckling. part of the game. when we go on the road, we get it. obviously. you know, this is going to be a little bit worse. i get that, also. but once we get talking about

harming people and their family and their well being, i think that's kind of taking it a little too far. >> are you ready for the return of lebron james? the two-time nba mrp will bring the talents back the northeast. >> reporter: on espn radio they were urging fans not to embarrass the city. >> hopefully we don't see, you know, stupidity on some of the fans' parts of throwing things or running out on to the flr. >> going to the atm today and tomorrow to put enough bail money in the pocket in case you get incarcerated. >> reporter: most fans won't be that stupid but they'll vent. robinson wishes to do it face to face. >> what i would say to him is you're not the guy i thought you were. >> reporter: many cleveland fans would like to do exactly that. but they can't and need to vent in some way and the big debate this morning, john and kiran, how to vent. do you stand up and do you boo lebron james as he's introduced? turn your back? and not say anything? the cleveland plain dealer in an

editorial said greet him with silence. and that would kind of give him the message that cleveland has moved on and he doesn't matter much anymore. i guess we'll find out tonight how the fans will react. >> but they haven't moved on. obviously. >> reporter: no. they haven't moved on but this gives them a chance for full closure. see lebron james. hopefully the cavaliers will win. sorry, miami fans. >> you're right. >> reporter: it's a great city. they don't need james. >> cleveland rocks. the thing is that the cavs have to win. that's the best revenge, right? winning. >> reporter: i know. a few fairly tales with sports go in cleveland and i hope the cavaliers win. >> the fact he left or the way that he left that really has people incensed? >> reporter: it's the way that he left. let's face it. cleveland used to major sports

stars and other people of stature leaving cleveland for greener pastures. they totally get that but the way lebron james did it. so ostentatiously. he didn't give the fans the respect they think they deserve. >> and the blasts behind you. testing the sound that's going to happen when the cavs come out tonight? >> reporter: yeah. testing the sound system, the music. >> more than a sound system. >> reporter: they're real flames. >> the q dragon there. >> reporter: you can feel the heat. but yes. testing everything. they're cleaning up the floor. they even repainted stuff, you know, to cover the scuff marks on the walls around the seating areas so this -- the arena will be spick and span because this game is nationally televised and let me tell you, the eyes of the world on cleveland tonight. >> we look forward to what you have to say tomorrow post game. thank you for joining us. >> reporter: sure. well, grammy nominations are

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>> lady -- >> one of my favorite. got six. >> eminem's awesome. he is a lyrical genius. >> yeah. pretty controversial song, though. >> yes. >> "love the way you lie." >> he knows what's controversy. >> unusual for him to be controversial. because never known him to be controversial before. >> never. very milquetoast. a hollywood vet is lending the voice to a new charlie's angel series. it spawned millions of halloween costumes, thank you very much. reports say veteran robert wagner will be their boss charlie and never seen, of course. >> hang up the reverse mortgage ads to go back on -- come on. >> he's great in the austin powers stuff, too. >> rob lowe as the young robert wagner, priceless. spot on. >> his voice was exactly the same, i thought that he was actually -- that he was lip

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cnn documentary "losing lennon" premiers this weekend ahead of the 30th anniversary of the murder wednesday. >> we talked to all kinds of people for the documentary, including those that witnessed the tragic events of 1980. for some, it's the first time they have spoken publicly about it. this morning, the final moments of john lennon's life arriving at the roosevelt hospital in a police squad car. >> two police officers came around the corner, one with the body over his shoulder. >> over his shoulder like this? >> just like the firemen hold and the other one yelled, gunshot, no vital signs. >> dr. steven lynn was the director of emergency services at roosevelt hospital. >> he was lifeless. he had no pulse. no blood pressure. he was unresponsive.

>> lennon was wheeled into a trauma room. lynn opened his chest and with lennon's heart in his hand, tried to massage back a pulse. doctors trance fused massive amounts of blood but as fast as it went in, it leaked right back out. >> after trying for about ten, 15, 20 minutes, it was clear that nothing could be done and john lennon was pronounced dead. >> 11:10 p.m. dr. lynn knew what had to be done next. the devastating task of telling yoko ono that john was gone. >> she was sitting in a little room right off the er. >> hospital administrator sandra showen was with ono. she has never spoken about that night. >> she was in shock and she was certainly anticipatory. at that point, she was still

expecting that john could be saved, i'm sure. >> i probably said something like, i have very bad news. in spite of all of our efforts to save your husband, we were unable to and he died. >> ono was devastated. >> she was literally lying on the concrete floor of our emergency department hitting her head against the wall. i put my hands behind her head fearful she was going to hurt herself. >> we are talking about 1980 and at that point medicine was very good. it is better now. i put the question to dr. lynn. if you had today's technology then, would you have been able to save him? he said, no. there was nothing that could be done because every major vessel coming out of the heart was obliterated by one of the bullets. hollow point bullets. the aorta was vaporized and so there was nothing to do. we were massaging the heart and nothing coming out of the heart.

they were transfusing the blood and flowing out. it is not like we were talking about this earlier. it's not like you could have done something. >> in some ways, it may be a little bit of comfort because the people were there and, you know it had to go through the minds could i have gotten there faster. doing something different could i have saved his life? perhaps that helps them sleep at night. >> they could n't wait for an ambulance. they put him in the back of the squad car. by the time they got him there, dr. lynn said he was dead. there was nothing to do. in the documentary premiers this weekend, you will hear from those people and whole lot more who were there on that night and the months leading up to the murder. saturday and sunday night 8:00 eastern right here on cnn. >> tomorrow hearing from julian lennon. >> we are. the son whom he left in england at the age of 8 never saw him much in the early going and tried to keep him a secret when he was first born and then over the years john lennon wanted to

reconnect with him and have much more of a relationship and that was snatched away, as well. >> well, we are going to hear from him tomorrow, as well. he tells his story. 33 minutes past the hour. a stunning development in the mysterious murder of a hollywood publicist. police say the person of interest killed himself as he was being questioned by beverly hills detectives. she was gunned down in her car two weeks ago driving home from a movie premier. the man behind wikileaks. reports say julian assange is in britain and have not acted on a warrant of his arrest of sex crime charges in sweden. he released hundreds of thousands of leaked state department documents. on wall street, stocks rallied. the dow rising nearly 250 points yesterday on better than expected auto sales news and stronger private sector hiring. economists at goldman sachs predict the economy will do better than expected next year.

yesterday was the dow's biggest one-day gain since september. all right. time to break out the vivazula. we're less than two hours away from the major announcements. fifa set to anoubs honounce hos countries. first time they have announced back to back bids and the u.s. is a strong candidate for 2022. >> yeah. so is the world cup coming to america? richard roth is live in harrison, new jersey, home of the red bulls. not the kind we chug every morning to be so peppy but the red bulls. >> should we be getting ready to blow in celebration? >> reporter: just hearing that word, too early in the morning, john and kiran, to talk about that. they have been babbed in a lot of sports arenas around the world and i think they would be banned here probably in the united states if the u.s. won the bid. the big announcement coming

within about two hours. the united states is gunning for the 2022 world cup. now, in zurich yesterday, they played their rock 'em sock 'em promotional video which they have been promoting. the big slogan is the game is in us. the game is in u.s. the video out highlighting now the united states is stadium ready and in this tough economic times they don't have to build arenas. that's been a problem that's plaguing other countries and hurt them economically after the matches are over. now, they also trotted out big guns politically. bill clinton, the former u.s. president that really enjoys soccer at the recent world cup in south africa, he was on hand for a pitch to the delegates to vote on who gets the world cup and actor morgan freemannon hand, flubbed a line skipping a page and certainly not acting like nelson mandela in that presentation. of course, everybody in the united states would want the world cup here.

those that love soccer. players can't wait if the u.s. gets the bid. which country should host the 2022 world cup of soccer? >> u.s. >> reporter: because? >> because did you see it this past world cup? everyone's crazy. such great patriotic spirit. >> if the world cup were to come here in 2022, it would -- i mean, we have the money to spend and would be successful. people would travel here to see it and great for the sport in general. >> reporter: now, the united states is not a shoe-in to win this bid, john and kiran. there's tough competition. probably from qatar, the middle east nation, the world cup never been hosted in that part of the world. the soccer brains like to maneuver it into a different region of the world to increase the popularity. other contenders, australia and then south korea and japan that held it more recently than the u.s. i don't know if they're going to get it. the u.s. held the world cup in

1994 if you can remember those days, john and kiran. >> when we do know, richard, you were a fierce defender of the game of soccer of world cup against max kellerman dismissing soccer as a sport but have you been to a world cup match yourself? >> reporter: yeah. i was just chasing max kellerman through the empty stadium here. i think he is outside now. i have personally been to several world cup matches. i was at the final in 1994 in california. brazil and italy. but sadly, the final result was nothing-nothing and then going to penalty kicks. that's something to change and i was also at another match in florida. in 2022 when i'll be 30 the popularity hopefully will increase more. there hasn't been a huge tv ratings increase for domestic league matches, the type played here in the red bull arena

behind me despite the summer. >> you look mature for 18. no question about that. >> okay. all we have to say to you -- >> reporter: that's the red bull. >> you have officially -- >> reporter: brings back memories. >> you have officially been piped off the deck. richard, thanks so much. >> say hi to max for us. david hasselhoff, you know him as the former star of "night rider" and "baywatch." he and his family are in the studios to talk about their new reality show next. out of the very best america had to offer. ingenuity. integrity. optimism. and a belief that the finest things are the most thoughtfully made -- not the most expensive. today, the american character is no less strong. and chevrolet continues as an expression of the best of it. bringing more technology to more people

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♪ 42 minutes after the hour now. he's not michael night or niche but cannon. the hoff is being the hoff. he's back with the daughters and navigate the way through hollywood. >> we know david for the roles in "baywatch" and "night rider." 30 years of experience in the business. >> whoa! >> i know. you started when you were 5. he knows the challenges that his girls will face. >> when you become famous, suddenly all of these kids who are just like your friends, they start acting weird to you. people that never gave you the time of day are suddenly kissing your butt. and then you start to change. and -- i don't want you to change.

>> well, david, haley and taylor ann join us this morning. good to see you guys. is it strange to watch it played out on tape? >> no, no. it's just funny. you know, we're -- the name hasselhoff took a lot of stuff with that name. now it's the hoff and family. it is nice to see the clips you are playing because it's a great rendition of what we went through. you know? and her getting huge and the emotions and the ups and downs -- >> hey on. >> hey! >> can we keep saying that. we keep -- honey. >> the series of kids going to -- yeah. >> it is nice. >> why did you do the reality show? you expose the family life, the struggles and everything. >> you know, someone says you want to invite cameras in? yeah. we are inviting the world in to say, hey, this is who we are instead of like reading about us saying that's not us or a five-minute interview and trying

to be charming and cute and funny. self effacing in five minutes. we are real people. we have a life. we have something to say and that -- we love this business. we love show business. they're pursuing their dream to be actresses and singers and the ups and downs of it and also the fact that we have feelings and we -- we say we can do this through television which is a media that i love and make it entertaining so, yeah, come on in. this is who we are. we are inviting people into our home for the first time and saying, no. what you read about us is what you read about us. this is what we are. so hopefully you will find it entertaining. >> one of the things you address and you do off the top -- >> get it off the top. >> the hamburger incident that caught you in the depths of alcoholism. this is addressed several ways in the show. let's watch. >> so i brought you guys up here just to say thanks and what a great life we have. i mean, people don't really know who we are. >> yeah.

they have no clue. i'm the hamburger saver with the 911 taper. >> hamburger hoff and 911. we shod write a song. being in the hoffs is not like that fun. we like to hike, our dogs and sing a beautiful song. hamburger hoff 911. >> it was much more serious back then. you shot the tape of that incident. >> five years ago, yeah. >> what were you trying to show your dad she. >> you know, i love him so much. he's my best friend. i tell him everything and i wanted to be like, you're so amazing to me and i want to show you what you're like when you're not in the best state. >> the key to that sentence is what were you trying to show your dad. >> yeah. >> not show 11 million people. >> that was a private tape and why it was -- >> it was -- >> it was something very, very hard for our family and hard for us to take it just for him and for it to be shown to the entire

world was -- >> it was -- >> devastating experience. >> yeah. >> you know, but david, one thing it did do is there's a lot of people talk about the struggle with relapsing and trying to fight your demons and sometimes -- >> brought awareness to it, huh? >> yeah. people said i can relate to what he was going through. >> comedy central. bring an elephant out of the room and laugh and hah hah and a guy that roasted me was in the same boat is dead. greg died of an overdose and it's tragic and a sad thing and millions of people relate to it and then millions of people have looked at my daughters saying that's helped me in a way so it's a reason for everything. you know? but we've moved on so long ago. we're living large and having a blast. >> how are you now with the recovery? >> i'm fantastic. how are you? >> it is a plus to today. >> it's today. only as good as today. wefr only as good as what god brings us every morning. i'm fantastic. the girls are fantastic.

we're having a -- the time of our lives and, you know, it's funny. through amidst this, my shows are still number one and been successful. >> amazing. "baywatch" watched by a million people around the world. we'll be right back with more of the hoff. for those of us who have lactose intolerance,

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11 minutes until the top of the hour. we are back with the hasselhoff family. in the opening episode, taylor ann, you are at the university of arizona and thinking of coming back to hollywood to pursue a singing career. you are talking her into not taking risks and say if i had played it safe, none of my life would have ever happened so how does the dad try to get her to play it safe? >> i loved the university of arizona and the wild cats and she was going to school and staying there. i never finished school but i knew the time is now for them. they want to be, you know, in this music pop world. the time is now. they're ready. she's still takes classes. >> did you say you didn't play it safe? >> that was our conversation. i was like, you're a hypocrite.

what are you saying to me? >> i didn't go to college. i turned out okay. >> well, yeah. yeah. you did. it was tough. it was tough. she went to homeless school. you know? >> i graduated from high school three years early. >> did you learn any lessons or did you take what some of the things you learned about your dad or saw as he was living in the career and said, you know what? i'm going to try to do and do this? >> yeah. he had fun with it and really followed his dreams at such a young age. we learned that from him. always follow our dreams and never give up and, you know, we got to see the bad side of being in the entertainment business at such a young age to which i think realized that it was a small price to pay when you do what you love. it's a great -- he was a great example for us to say, you know what? follow your dreams and that's what he did. that's what we're doing. and we're doing. >> dads love to be mentors. what do you think the greatest lesson you taught these two? >> honesty.

>> yeah. >> somebody was honest with me. joyce zellsnick was like an amazing casting director. and smokes a cigar. can you snakt i said, yes, you can. anybody that's good looking and can act could be a star and she was brutally honest with me. best advice i ever got. i have to be honest. when they're on it, i say it. when they're not on it, you are not on it. when i mess up, dad, you are messing up. you are scaring us. there's consequences for your actions in life. and that's what we have learned. you know? and we -- we're a tough family. we stick together. but we have more fun than anybody -- we laugh at ourselves more than anybody. you know? just -- >> what is your dream gig? if you could do anything? >> acting and singing. you know, i just got off the series huge on abc family and we're pursuing our, you know, our girl group. >> you actually opened for him a couple of times.

>> we did. we went over -- our first disco tour. >> not the germany wall. >> new year's eve we are going back. will be there on new year's eve 20 years later. >> how's it feel to be the person that brought down the berlin wall? >> i'm bringing down the wall of china and israel next week. you know? it's hysterical. such an honor. >> the jacket -- >> you know what? do you have that? >> we'll be there at that same spot with that jacket on new year's eve. 20 years later. we have booked it. >> the jacket still works, yeah. >> i thought it would be in the smithsonian by now. >> or the hard rock. >> i thought i would be in the smithsonian by now. >> thanks, you guys. >> thanks. >> good luck with the show. good luck to both of you. >> thank you for this. this is fantastic. >> the incredible graphics department. >> a plug here, catch the season premier sunday 10:00 p.m. eastern. thanks again. >> thank you very much. >> thanks, guys. hopefully you guys will have an

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