-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com that is going to wrap it up for us on this thursday morning. >> meanwhile the news continues right here. hey, don. >> thank you. good morning to both of you. it is 9:00 a.m. on the east coast. 6:00 a.m. in the west. i'm don lemon. kyra is off today. here's the story that is have us talking this morning. another day, another round of revolutions of wikileaks. the whistle-blowing website exposing concerns that russia's government is tainted by corruption at almost every level. former russian president vladimir putin appeared on cnn's

"larry king live" last night and urged the u.s. to not interfere with the country's affairs. you can expect a royal circus for the return of king james to cleveland. this is a big story tonight. you may remember the nba superstar igniting fan fury when he publicly shunned a new contract with the hometown cavaliers and instead took his talents to miami. watch for that. okay. cue the "x-files" theme music. the web buzz is there's speculation there's life beyond earth. our big story right now, rivers rising in pennsylvania. cars and homes swamped. roads and schools closed today. right now a state of emergency in butler county just north of pittsburgh. people are keeping an eye on the water levels there. bracing for the worse of it. the pittsburgh post gazette

saying the ohio rivers and monoga hee la will crest today. cars sliding. that suv skidded into a retention pond that one right there with a 23-year-old driver inside. good news, though. the officers responded very quickly. yanking the single mom to safety. listen. >> when she got into the water, she called 911 and after that, the cops got real real quick. >> call it good timing but the officers were already in the area responding to another weather problem once they got to the pond, took them less than five minutes to get the woman to safety. snow, snow, snow causing a lot of problems, reynolds wolf is here. all snow business? they were lucky, that person. >> very fortunate. we have seen that play out unfortunately the result is not so great. happy ending. ecstatic with that. we were talking about the issues with parts of pennsylvania in terms of flooding. some of the good news, the

rivers are expected to crest very quickly and then drop. also talking about snow, don was talking about that. it is very heavy in places. in fact, buffalo, my gosh. winter weather showing up and hitting this area like a sledge hammer. maybe a foot of snowfall in buffalo, erie, syracuse before all is said and done. don't forget parts of michigan with the long lake-effect snow action with the winds of the west and northwest. in terms of buffalo, winter driving there is just horrendous. people stuck out on the major o through fares and rough in a lot of places. computer models give us an indication of what we're seeing there. color code up here. six, eight, ten. some of the spots from buffalo southward to erie and the drive extremely difficult time for you. the west, seeing more of that develop. another storm system in the rocky mountains. look what it provides. snowfall, southwest of

minneapolis into fargo. some places up to eight or ten inches of deep. chicago, probably missing out on the snow but, again, we are talking early in the season. that will soon change. a quick look at the forecast. a lot more to share with you coast to coast. that's moments away. don, back to you. >> thank you. today could be a pivotal day in the battle over the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. this hour, the senate armed services committee taking up the issue and hearing from two of the military's top leaders. defense secretary gates and chief michael mullens. our senior congressional krontd dana bash on capitol hill right now. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. >> do we have a sense of what could happen right now? >> reporter: this is a very important hearing. first of two. the pentagon came out with the very important report this week. this is the first time to hear members of the united states

senate ask questions of the military leaders about what it's about, what it means, a whole host of issues and we'll hear from the chairman who you see there beginning right now, carl levi 234i. somebody that supports a repeal. he's complimentary of the report but we'll hear from people like john mccain, a ar dant opponent of this right now and really trying to poke holes in the methodology of the questionnaire, that they put forward to troops and interesting to hear the two sides and i'm looking to hear what scott brown of massachusetts say, don, because he's one of the people, many senators on the fence and want to hear from the military leaders about their thoughts on this report. >> dana, today is a big day but tomorrow is actually going to be more telling as to how this is all going to go down. what's going to be decided? >> reporter: i i think it will be. tomorrow we hear from the service chiefs and i talked to senators in the hallways of what it means and what is going to

perhaps persuade them that going forward and voting for repeal is the right thing to do and several of them like olympia snowe of maine, for example, on the fence. she told me what she hears from the service chiefs is critical because what her question is, how's this going to be implemented? and she believes that those people, the service chiefs are sort of closer to the ground, if you will. many of the people to make it happen. those are the questions they're going to have for the service chiefs tomorrow and why i believe tomorrow is equally important in terms of these hearings. >> dana bash, thank you. we'll be washing. also today, house democrats plan to vote on extending the bush era tax cuts to the middle class. the tax cuts due to expire at the end of the month. democrats want the extension only for those making less than $250,000 a year. republicans believe that wealthiest americans should keep the tax break. another vote today is the punishment for democrat charlie

rangel. they recommended he face censure for violating tax rules. mostly tax and campaign violations. >> he does get the censure, he'll have to stand there in the well and the speaker of the house will say, congressman rangel, you have been a very naughty boy and then he'll apologize and go on about his business. he won't go to prison. he did lose the big prize, the chairmanship of the ways and means committee. if they don't expel the guy, clearly they won't, the rest is just about levels of embarrassment. >> yesterday, rangel reached out the his supporters in an e-mail calling the censure excessive and asked them to call on other house members to vote against it. a new twist in a high-profile hollywood who done it. police believed in on a person of interest in the killing of ronnie chasen but that man shot himself at hollywood apartment building last night as

detectives were questioning him. it is just over two weeks since she died after someone fired into her mercedes benz in one of the best neighborhoods of the world, beverly hills. she was on the way home from a party at the possible w hotel following an a-list premier of movie "burlesque." police are considering several scenarios here. maybe it was a case of road rage. maybe it was a hit. cnn producer alan duke replaced part of the last drive. >> if someone was stalking her leaving this after party at the w hotel it possibly would have been obvious. there's security cameras around here and plenty of people. and they would have had to have been lying in wait to see as she left one would think. >> chasen may not be a household name but well-known and well respected in hollywood. if you wanted to build an oscar buzz for the movie, she was the

go-to woman to do it. working on campaigns for "the hurt locker," "on golden pond" among others. so let's bring in entertainment correspondent here ka rin winter. what do we know about the person of interest in. >> reporter: it is a bizarre case, don. this person, the man lived in the apartment complex behind me located in hollywood. he was in his early 40s. he was a black man and we just checked in with the coroner's office a short time ago. they said they're not releasing the identity right now and trying to notify family members first and waiting on that but we have a name. of course, not going to put it out there until we get the official confirmation. neighbors in the residence in the apartment complex say he was no stranger to trouble. he was an ex-con, stents in and out of prison. that he was recently evicted from this apartment building about three months ago and came

back periodically. apparently, you can live here on a month to month basis and inquiring, asking strange things according to residents here, asking had the police been by? were they looking for me? saying, almost bragging that he was going to be receiving $10,000 for a job. he didn't specify what. but some neighbors say he also gave a different story that he was involved in some sort of, you know, case and he was going to be collecting money from a lawsuit. whatever the case is, they described him as someone very, very strange and, again, not surprised that this happened. we are waiting on the official ruling from the coroner in terms of his identity but, again, so bizarre and people in the community rocked by what happened yesterday. don? >> this doesn't end their investigation. that's what police are saying and my question is, we know about the suspect killing himself. what about what happened to chasen? you saw alan duke tracing the last moments there. do we know anything new about chasen and what happened in the

moments leading up to her death? >> reporter: well, we are awaiting that autopsy to be released. we thought that it was going to be re leased earlier this week. perhaps on monday. today could be the day. we don't have that but we know a lot from a report that was leaked initially in the investigation that she was killed by a .9 millimeter handgun. there were three bullet that is went through her body. chest, shoulder. when's really, really a mystery here and so shocking when this all developed yesterday up until this point, don, at least publicly investigators had been telling us, you know what? we don't have a suspect. we have no motive here. we don't know if it's random or actually a targeted killing so that's what's so strange here. and you can bet this new circumstance right now with that man who turned the gun on himself and creates a different scenario for police because it's a roadblock. even though saying he wasn't a suspect, they did have a search warrant and he was a person of interest and nowhere near the

crime scene. that's on the other side of town in a possible beverly hills community. something led them here. that man never gave police a chance to question him. so, a big, big mystery here in terms of what the next step in the case could be, don. >> it is a mystery. thanks, as always. you know, this is hollywood and drama here, as well. even not a nba fan, there's a game tonight and you need to check it out. just for a few minutes. lebron james back in cleveland for the first time. fans had a reason to burn the jersey. do you think there's drama tonight? i bet there will be. we'll go to cleveland for today's talker. we'll show you the white house deck ratds for the white house from a gingerbread house you could live in to a first dog made of pipe cleaners. that's right. pipe cleaners.

♪ here at the white house we have 19 christmas trees in every corner of the white house. we have a giant bo made out of pipe cleaners. we have 350 pounds of gingerbread house that you'll get to see that took our wonderful pastry chef bill and his team an entire month to create. >> oh my gosh. who gets to munch on that? will they give it to the public? i love the holidays, don't you? when the white house decks the halls, look at it. they really deck the halls. first lady tells us about the decor there. nearly 100 volunteers from all over the country helped with the decorating and made the ornaments that you see. mrs. obama say that is spirit of kindness and generosity is what the holidays are all about and lots of eating and enjoying yourself, as well. now let's talk a little nba. and the game tonight. it's so much more than a game,

people. lebron james plays in cleveland for the first time since his very public and for cavalier fans very painful exit to miami. not fans. not all of them. mary boyer writes that tonight has a potential to be new year's eve, the super bowl and apocalypse all rolled into one. cnn's carol costello joins us live from quicken loans arena. the q. i hope your lips work better than mine today. where all of this could happen. this could -- this is going to be some drama. let's put it that way. >> reporter: well, it has the potential to be ugly but we're hoping it won't be ugly. there will be extra security here tonight, don. undercover security people in the stands. no plastic beer bottles sold. the beer served in plastic cups because, you know, they don't want people throwing the plastic beer bottles on to the floor. if you wear a t-shirt with profanity on it, you will be asked to take it off and replace

wit a cavaliers t-shirt so all bases are covered that way. lebron james himself said he's very emotional at the thought of coming home and arrived at 3:00 a.m. eastern this morning. went to a hotel at an undisclosed location for security reasons. yeah, he's emotional but so is the entire city. >> 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 his jersey after he announced on national television that he was leaving for miami but heperienced the anger live and in person. keith coached james in the akron, ohio, high school. >> never been boo'd in cleveland or anywhere in his whole life. again, i think he understands the business side of this and he

understands there's an mos if i towards him. >> reporter: keith robinson will be sure james hears loud and clear. he will be at tonight's game. do you feel it's necessary for the fans to show something toward lebron? >> no. hatred. >> reporter: hatred? >> you know, dislike. how about dislike? >> reporter: hate is a strong word. >> i don't hate him. i don't like him. >> reporter: he plans to boo james but he fears others could hurt james physically, especially inciting the crowd with the signature puff of smoke entering the game. you could hear the concern as the cavs practiced wednesday. >> the heckling, you know, is 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 wellbeing, i think that's kind of taking it a little too far. >> are you ready for the return

of lebron james? the mr will be here. >> 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 fan's parts of throwing things or running out on to the floor. >> going to the atm today and tomorrow to put enough bail money in the pocket in case you're incarcerated. >> reporter: most fans won't be that stupid but they'll vent. robinson wishes he could do it face to face. >> you are not the guy i thought you were. >> reporter: oh, don, a lot of people in cleveland feel fact cli that same way. the question is how will the fans vent tonight? some fans say they'll stand up and boo loudly. maybe shout a few profanities. others say they'll turn their back as lebron james walks out and others say they'll greet him with silence. a paper urged fans to do that. silence means the city of

cleveland has moved on. >> they're over it. and you have the best assignment at the network. so jealous. wish i was there. >> reporter: i know. i can't wait to go to the game tonight. >> be careful. >> reporter: i'll take pictures for you. >> bring your camera. could there be life on another planet? we speculate about it all the time. go ahead. cue the music. nasa says it may have found proof of life beyond. [ female announcer ] does your hair color feel as healthy as it looks? it will with natural instincts. it's clinically proven. 80% of women agreed that natural instincts made their hair feel softer. the ammonia-free antioxidant formula actually protects hair from dryness, leaving it softer and healthier looking. for natural looking color in 10 minutes, get your hands on natural instincts. it's all good. for a rich color experience, try natural instincts 10 rich color creme shades.

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nasa says it may have some proof of that. it's holding a news conference to talk about the search for life. reynolds wolf coming in to talk about it. big news on this announcement. listen. >> bring it. >> this is weird. someone said -- we talked to this guy. someone in the know. they said that there's a possibility that they've discovered twin earths, find earth-like twins in outer space and they could announce that there's scores of twin-like earths. there are more of us out there? >> so much conjecture as to what this might be. no one knows and has an idea of what it is. the experts at nasa saying right now and the official announcement at 2:00 saying it's a very big find to -- in the world of astro biology. what's astrobiology, study of life in the universe, including its origin and evolution and where it is located and how it

might survive in the future. where could it be? could be a new revelation of maybe a discovery on mars. could be something else. advancing through, could be something we found on saturn's moons, rhea or high tan. two to choose from or chemical evidence of bacteria. utilizing it for photosynthesis. now, i don't think that it's going to be a thing to see little green men with the big ears and eyes. looking for proof of extra terrestrial life, two college roommates -- >> they were? >> you never know. the big announcement at 2:00 eastern time and listening very carefully to what they have to say. >> i think it would be very my opinionic and small-minded to think we're the only form of life out there. >> it's a huge universe. the universe is infinite. a big waste of space. >> we'll carry it live here on cnn. >> good. good deal. >> you will be watching? glued to the tv set? >> i will be.

quis open wide. >> great for a special guest of earth 2 or something. >> the day is young. >> what's that crazy bar in "star trek"? >> "star wars." would have been a band member. >> yeah. enough already. thank you, reynolds. serious story now. the hunt for the man behind wikileaks. there are reports that he's in britain. so why aren't police moving in? we'll get a live update from london.

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yesterday, applause. quite a day on wall street. that was just for us, by the way. the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 surged more than 2%. rally came on the back of multiple reports that showed the u.s. economy is improving. alison kosik at the new york stock exchange with a look at when's in store today. applause today, alison? we hope. >> well, we saw some applause, don. but definitely not the bulls charging out of the gate like yesterday. a flat open right now. the big worry today, it is back on jobs. that's after we had a really nice breather yesterday when we got a strong reading on private sector hiring making the market surge but the problem with that reading was it was back ward looking and measures last month, november. today it is back to reality. we have a more recent report on weekly jobless claims and a disappointment.

the number of claims jumped by 26,000 hitting 436,000 last week. what it means is a lot of people are still filing for unemployment benefits and analysts saying we have to drop below the 400,000 mark to show significant hiring. that number hasn't gone below the 400,000-point in more than 2 years. also on wall street, still big concerns about debt problems in europe. big concern, of course, whether the central bank there is going to do enough to keep those debt problems from spreading. all right. let's see how this is impacting the market right now. the dow up about 12 points. nasdaq higher by 4. so, don, i got to tell you this. i love this story. yahoo! has a list of top searched questions of 2010 of this year. number one is how to tie a tie. the second one, how to lose weight and the third, how to kiss. isn't that nice? but we can't forget how to write a resume. make a financial angle. it makes number four.

you see what people are looking for. number ten, how to boil an egg. you have a problem cooking, i guess do a search on the internet. >> one, you need an egg. >> i love those. >> egg, water. accommoda come on. there's an art to kissing. >> how to kiss? >> listen. did you hear that? was that on the air or just in my ear? >> i think that was in your ear. i thought you did it. >> no, no, no. that wasn't me. >> i'm not kissing you, don. >> there's an art to kissing. not all guys are good at it. maybe they need to study up. come on. >> give them credit. give them credit. >> all right. someone's telling me to kiss you off right now because we have to go. >> okay. bye, don. >> we appreciate it. check in with you later. hello, everyone. bottom of the hour and time to check on the headlines right here on cnn. hollywood murder mystery another bizarre twist. the person of interest in the shooting death of ronni chasen

killed himself last night. investigators won't rereel what role he may have played in the death. she was gunned down after leaving a red carpet event. right now on capitol hill, two of the nation's top military leaders calling for the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. policy bans gays from serving openly in the military. defense secretary gates and joint chiefs chairman mullen testifying before the senate armed services committee. you are looking at live pictures right now. this one is for the trophy. this is the trophy for soccer cup. there we go. another prize comes next hour. look at that. beautiful. soccer's governing body will announce the sites for the 2018 and 2022 finals. 18 u.s. cities are among the contenders. a live report on that. interpol is hunting for julian assange in 188 countries right now with a red notice against him. he's wanted on sex crime charges in sweden and he's been call add

traitor and a trit by critics in the u.s. for releasing secrets for the world to see. there are reports that he's hiding out in britain. so we ought to go to our atika shubert live in london with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, don. well, british media reports are quoting police sources as saying that julian assange is in the country in the southeast of britain. and that they know where he is at but they haven't arrested him because of a technical issue with the arrest warrant. so we actually gave a call to swedish prosecutors office and the swedish police. they said it was complete news to them that there was a problem with the arrest warrant and the prosecutor's office says that everything about assange's case is conducted according to swedish law. we have also just had an update from the swedish police that told us that basically british police said they needed a -- more information about the maximum penalty for possible charges in sweden and that

swedish police are now providing that information to british police and the next question is will julian assange be arrested? that's what everyone's waiting to find out, don. >> okay. atika, he has to be in communication with his lawyers, julian assange. so are his lawyers saying anything about this? >> reporter: well, his lawyers are saying, first of all, he's denying the charges against him in this case and it's important to remember that he's not -- this arrest warrant by sweden and wanted simply for questioning. there are no charges that have been filed against him so his lawyers are basically saying he's denying the allegations and he has already offered himself up for questioning to swedish police and prosecutors both in sweden and when he was here in list london and repeatedly offered to be available for interviews and that offer still stands. they're now waiting to hear back from swedish police and

prosecutors. >> atika, i don't know. you're not an attorney. i'm not. aren't they compelled to help prosecutors, especially law enforcement where he is if there's, indeed, looking for him? >> reporter: well, apparently when he entered the country he gave his contacts to the british authorities so it doesn't seem to be a question of where he is at but a question of whether or not he's available for the questioning. sweden says -- sweden prosecutors say he has to be in sweden in order for the questioning to continue. >> got you. a question of where he is in london and getting him back there to face questioning. thank you, we appreciate that. you know, a lot of people want to know why we didn't stop the leak. republican congressman peter hoekstra of michigan ranking member of the house intelligence committee and briefed on the situation just yesterday saying that the white house should have done something months ago. that brings us to the "a.m. extra." >> congressman hoekstra, what was your take away from that

briefing? >> well take away i'm not sure we are moving fast enough to address the problems. i think we were aware that we'd lost all this data and this information perhaps far back as of may of this year and some of the steps are just now being implemented to make sure that wouldn't happen again. i think the other thing i didn't see yesterday, i didn't see a passion from the part -- people at the department of state who were -- who should have been furious that this database at the department of defense compromised and therefore they'd lost potentially lost all of these documents to this private first class and then to wikil k wikileawikilea wikileaks and then to "the new york times" and other places. i didn't walk away from there feeling confident there was a sense of urgency to fix the problem and make sure it that it would never happen again. >> here's what we should tell you. the white house appointed a czar to oversee the government's efforts to fix security gaps.

and intruder interrupts a white house briefing. one with a big bite. >> tax cuts on the tax -- >> how is senator mcconnell -- >> what did you do? >> killer spider. >> itsy-bitsy spider. robert gibbs brushes off concerns of a gop filibuster. [ woman ] you know, as a mom, i worry about my son playing football. which is why i'm really excited. because toyota developed this software that can simulate head injuries in an accident and helps make people safer. then they shared this technology with researchers at wake forest to help reduce head injuries on the football field. so, you know, i can feel a bit better about my son playing football. [ male announcer ] how would you use toyota technology to make a better world? learn how to share your ideas at toyota.com/ideasforgood.

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nice. white house press secretary robert gibbs had to briefly interrupt the daily briefing when a spider started crawling on him. look at this. >> tax cuts on this tax -- >> how is senator mcconnell -- >> what did you do? >> killer spider. >> wow. >> spider-man man. >> had a lot of problems on broadway. >> have they? >> one of the glitches. >> so, i wanted to just follow up on bill. >> let me know if there's a bigger one behind me. >> julian assange spider. weird. at least he didn't kill it. some people say he's not a bad guy. he didn't kill the spider. after brushing off the spider, gibbs brushed off concern concerns of a gop filibuster.

let's bring in paul steinhauser. no spiders or bugs near you? >> no. i think we are good. >> cnn politics desk. cnnpolitics.com with the sarah palin sighting. >> you got it, don. >> there you go. >> it is in iowa. this is interesting. you know, she is out there with the new book. it's called "america by heart" and a book tour ongoing. this is the second stop in iowa. she was in des moines saturday. today spirit lake, iowa. signing books and sent our own jim acosta. he is out there later today live covering that event. and it's interesting, of course, why? because sarah palin said she may want to run for the white house and of course iowa's caucuses as we all know kick off the presidential primary season and one of the people flirting with running for the white house goes to iowa, don, we get interested. >> yeah. so there's this warning by a top republican in iowa to those who may run for the gop presidential

nomination. >> comes from terry branstead, a four-term iowa governor and just won the old seat back, his old office back in the elections last month and taking over again as iowa governor and said to any potential republicans to run for the presidency, come to iowa. take part in the iowa straw polls and held this upcoming august but a note, while it's important, iowa isn't the end all. mccain didn't campaign in iowa and won the nomination last time around. >> everyone is asking him and he's avoiding the question, mike pence to get in the race. do you think he's a sleeper in this and -- i think he's going to do it. >> he might. remember, don, he won the values voters summit, the presidential straw pal. conservatives like him a lot, don. >> thank you. see you in a bit here on cnn. a car broken in hours after her husband's nun ral. the thieves steal the legendary

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we're following lots of doe development in the next hour of cnn newsroom. >> reporter: the case involving the murder of a well-known hollywood publicist takes a bizarre turn. i'll have those details at the top of the hour. >> and we're going from kareen wynter to winter weather. some of very heavy --

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a california town finally arrives in the 19th century. and noah's ark comes to kentucky. two of the stories we happen to like. but let's see start with spokane. the message is more than just stop. we thought this was a way to blur out a prank, but the city says snow got into the sign and covered everything but the palm, thumb and middle finger. so it was kind of telling people go to something else. in iowa hill, california, the old mining town finally has land line phone service. just one working phone at a

store. the town doesn't have electricity t either. maybe they'll do that in a couple hundred years. and williams town, kentucky is getting a noah's ark theme park including a giant replica of the arc, petting zoo. maybe they'll get two of them. get it. the town is being look for the jobs the park should create about 900 much thof them. it's about 40 miles from the creation museum. >> the heat is on. >> i want to change that music. tony harris is a bad mother -- >> shut your mouth. a lot of people will be talking. that last story was about

flooding conditions, right? >> yeah. >> a flood of emotions tonight in cleveland, ohio. how about that little segue? >> i'm just looking for some tweets because people have been telling me about tonight. >> here's the thing. this is the first game back in cleveland for lebron james since he made that announcement in july that he was taking his talents to south beach. so let's talk about the emotions. and i think the fans should be allowed to express their emotions pretty openly here and it is going to be loud in the quickens loan arena. the fans should be allowed to express that. what the team has done has said nothing over the top. if you come in with something over the top, we will switch it out with something with a cleveland cavaliers jersey. but here's the other side. the fans with their emotion, this is what we saw in july,

burning the that broken jersey. so lebron played with a lot of these guys last year. so when you talk about the emotions, there are a kcouple o sides here. the fans get to express their emotions, but the cavaliers understand, they played with lebron, lebron understands that this is about business. this is a game. this is about business. they may not agree with the way lebron handled the decision. but it's a business decision. >> there are a lot of lebron haters out there. most of them in cleveland. it's a free cup, though. sgle even says he would do it differently. but he has on make a business decisions. owners make a decision all the

time. he made a business decision. he is friendly with a lot of the players on the cavaliers. so it's that i had sooside of t emotional equation, as well. this is a big game. but the reality is now we get you. >> there's bosh going crazy. yeah. but i understand the excitement. i absolutely understand the excitement. these three players with their reputations, two time reigning mvp is lebron james. if you're a business person again, you want to sell every ticket you can. >> someone here says -- by the way, i have a friend lebron. he sent me some shoes. they didn't fit me. one someone mentioned he does

his powder bit? >> yeah, when he's announced, he goes and gets thet tnd gets t cd throws it up in the air. it's what michael jordan did for years.com powder and throws it up in the air. it's what michael jordan did for years. my guess is that he will do it. when you cut nthrough all the emotions, you have a basketball it team to play. the heat is a better team. the heat will an better team going forward and the cavs will continue to struggle. p. >> do you want to do sports? >> can i do the walk? >> go for it. >> see in you it an hour. >> "the theme from shaft." i like it. >> thank you, sir. it is coming up on the top of the hour right now. almost 10:00 a.m. on the east coast and just a couple seconds,

7: 7:00 a.m. in the west. another day, another round of embarrassing revelations from wikileakss. it is now exposting u.s. diplomatic concerns that russia's government is corrupt at almost every level. vladimir putin appeared on cnn last night and urged the u.s. to not interfere with this his country's affairs. nasa has scheduled a news conference todaynd at web is a buzz with speculation that it's about life beyond earth. nasa's news release is certainly intrig intriguing. you have to read it, it promises a binding that will impact the search for extra terrestrial life. >> ajust minutes from now, we'l know which city will host the 2018 and 2022 world cup finals. 18 u.s. cities are among the contenders. we'll have a live report for you.

we start with news out of hollywood. police moved in on a person of interest in the killing of publicist ronnie chasen. but that man suddenly killed himself. he apparently pulled out a handgun and shot himself at a hollywood apartment building last night as detectives were questioning him. it has just over two weeks since 64-year-old chasen was murdered. the showbiz bet was on her way home from a party. someone fired into her car. police are considering several scenarios. maybe it was case of road rage, just maybe. and maybe it was a hit. al lap duke rechased part of cla chasen's last drive.stalking chase p, it would have been obvious. there are security cameras

around here and plenty of people and they would have had to have been lying in wait to see as she left one would think. >> chasen may not have been a house hold name, but well-known in hollywood. and if you wanted to build your oscar buzz or build your name and your brand, she was the go-to pr woman to do it. working on campaigns for the hurt locker, on golden pond and driving misses daisy among many others, this is such a bizarre case. so many up answunanswered. what do we know about this person of interest? do we know why he tookp unanswe. what do we know about this person of interest? do we know why he took h unansw. what do we know about this person of interest? do we know why he took hunanswe. what do we know about this person of interest? do we know why he took his life? is it the end of the investigation? >> reporter: it is not. that we know. detectives made that very clear. so maybe they're still looking for that suspect or suspects perhaps who are out there. but what's really interesting, as well, is especially here you summarize everything at the top this case that we're all very

familiar with, there was so much mystery concerning ronnie cha chasen's death. who would have wanted her dead? and that man who turned the gun on himself, what made him do it? they do show up here with a search warrant and this guy before they could even question him put a gun to his head and ended his life. we don't know much about him at this hour except 245 he was black male in his early 40s. we've been on the phone all morning with the coroner's office. they're trying to raech oeach o family members. so we don't know a lot about him, but from people who live here, they say this is a guy who was no stranger to trouble, that he had been in and out of trouble with the law. he was an ex-con, he had stints in and out of prison. you name it, they said that did he it.

and so a lot of mystery surrounding his death. >> there are reports this morning that chasen was afraid that someone was following her, that she was being followed. so what about her last moments? do we know what happened? have police at least figured out that much? >> reporter: we do know from a report that was leaked early on in the investigation, something that should have been given to coroner coroners, it was a nine mieter hasn't gun, three hits in the chest and shoulder area, that there was a shallow casing, a bullet used and that's used to cause extensive tissue damage. so the point of entry in a person's entry is small, but when it exits the body is a huge wound there and it creates for greater injuries. and so police don't really have a lot to go on. i remember checking up on this

case last week before thanksgiving break, we thought there may have been something in a surveillance tape that was handed over to authorities that showed the video of a woman exiting the condo where chasen lived, but it turns out it was someone else. police have been saying we don't have a suspect and then all of this sun folds, but you can bet there will be a lot most of developments in this especially when the autopsy results come out, not just for chasen, but for the man who took his off loan. >> serious weaponry for just something anonymous. i'm sure police will be looking for to that. thank you very much. this could be a pivotal day in the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. the senate armed services committee is taking up the issue and is hearing from the two top military leaders. john mccain talking right there in front of that committee.

they back a repeal of the law which bans gays from serving openly. >> i've been serving with gays and lesbians my whole career pip went to war with them. i knew they were there.. pip went to war with them. i knew they were there. pip wen. i knew they were there.pip went. i knew they were there.ip went . i knew they were there.p went t. i knew they were there. went to. i knew they were there.i went t. i knew they were there. nearly every in the knew it. we never polimissed a mission. readiness was not impaired. what mattered most, what made us a crew, was teamwork and focus on our combat mission. >> this has been very contentious, so let's's get the latest. dana bash on capitol hill with more for us. are they going to stick on it that, do we know? >> reporter: well, john mccain is involved in the first -- his first round of questioning right

now and he is asking some pretty tough questions specifically about the parts of the report that revealed that there are specific parts of the military, those who tend to engaging in the most combat who this is going to have a pretty significant negative affect on military cohesion and readiness. he was talking about statistics like 67% of marines are very concerned about this. but back to admiral mull will not. he was incredibly powerful he started by saying it has been my personal opinion that repealing it is the right thing, but now after this nine month review, he says it is his professional opinion that it is the right thing to do. they believe that now is the time. it will not be easy, but they believe the people in the

military can deal with it. whether some quit? sure. but they said that they will deal with it. one other interesting point that everybody on the panel has been making, the witnesses, that they are very concerned about the courts. they said they understand it is congress' job to formally repeal don't ask don't tell and they're very concerned that there are a lot of legal battles going on right now and that if some succeed and continue to succeed in the courts, then the military will be forced to do things that they're not ready for and it will be better if congress does this in an an orderly way, therefore they would be able to do this in the right way, not to be force the by the courts. >> dana bash watching it all very closely. thank you. and also on capitol hill today, house democrats plan to vote on end is itting the bush era tax cuts to the middle sclas. you may remember the tax cuts are due to expire at the end of the month and debate is split right along party lines. democrats want the extension only for those making less than

$250,000 a year. republicans believe the wealthiest americans should also keep the tax break. another vote in the punishment for charlie rangel. the house ethics committee had found him geti itguilty and recd that he face censure. that's exception l that's essentially a public dressing down. rangel called the punishment excessive and asked to vote against. lots of weather going on. rivers are rising in pennsylvania. roads and schools closed. right now there is a state of emergency in butler county. people are keeping an eye on the water levels, bracing for the worst of it.

pittsburgh post gazette says monongahela and ohio rivers are supposed to crest today. not good news. >> all the components of bad weather today. rain, sleet, snow. wind damage in parts of the northeast. now one of the big stories, it's really just capturing the imagination taking place up on parts of the great lakes. lake effect snowfall. you see a chain of that snow just sweeping right across buffalo certainly no stranger to heavy snowfall, but this is certainly something that really tals the ca takes the cake. by the time we get to tomorrow morning, some places could easily have over a foot of snowfall and there have been many people that have been trapped on the major thoroughfareses around buffalo. in fact we've got a fellow on the phone with us today, sam, are you with us?

>> yes, i was coming back from uv probably about 8:30 at night and i got down past the galleria on the interstate 90 and all of a sudden i hit traffic and started to slow down and then by 9:00, we were stopped probably between 9:00, 9:30, i moved about 100 feet and i've been right where i'm at. about 10:10 now and i haven't moved an inch. >> how are you in terms of fuel for your car? >> well, fortunately, i saw the storm coming and i always like to have a full tank of gas before i go into the storm. so i filled the tank and i'm down a little above a half tapping, but i know a lot of people away here right now are not in the same situation. i can see they have cans of gas on the back of the atvs so i'm

assuming that's to deliver gas to the vehicles out of commission. >> where are you from originally? >> i'm from a suburb of buffalo. >> so have you ever seen anything quite this extreme? >> in terms of snowfall, i have seen snowfall like this before, but i have never been stuck in a situation like this before on the thruway this extreme. this is pretty crazy. >> how about doing me a favor. as soon as we finish this phone conversation, how about giving your folk as call, let them know you're okay. hopefully they're tuning in, but i'm sure a lot of folks that can are concerned about you. so let them know you're safe. it's not just sam dealing with heavy snowfall. it's also erie some snowfall, toward parts of michigan, 6 to

10 inch range snow. and winter is just getting under way. >> thank you very much. we have developing news. we're going -- announcement in zurich for the world cup. here's what we're hearing, that the nounl tannouncement has bee delayed because the voting is taking longer than first thought. the pictures you're looking at in seoul. there's atlanta right there. of course the u.s. in contention, as well. and if the u.s. gets this, 18 cities around the country would have events and do some games. but it has been delayed because the voting is taking longer than first thought and that's all we

nop know. not sure when it's going to happen. but we'll have it here for you on cnn. again, a delay in the world cup announcement. back in a moment. [ male announcer ] welcome to that one time of year when we all become doers. when our mittens double as work gloves. and we turn every room into a project. but this year, let's trim the budget. get some help from martha stewart that we can't get anywhere else. and spread our money as far as our cheer. ♪ more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot.

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eminem, call him whatever you will, but he has the potential to clean up at the 2011 gram miss. n nominations are out. a.j. hammer has the low down. you can call slim shady anymore. >> he won't hit you or anything as far as i know. >> the announcements were made

last night and it was all about eminem no matter what you call hip. he got ten nominations including song and record of the year for love the way you lie. huge hit with rihanna. his album recovery no big surprise to me here. also up for album of the year. seven nods for bruno followed by jay-z, lady antebellum. followed by lady gaga. of course "showbiz tonight" was right there as the nominations were announced. and the stars were naturally really excited. take a look at what they told us. >> it's such a surreal feeling what's going on now. >> i'm very excited. >> you should be. four nominations including it says right here album of the year. >> they are telling me that that is a big deal, so i feel like a

big deal tonight. >> do i have seven for real? we worked so hard and i think we're happy to our hard work is getting acknowledged by the biggest association as far as mus music. >> i only got one? i'm a failure. i'm a failure. i failed. >> i think craig is surprised there for his nomination. but the grammy awards, it's like new year's eve to me. >> really, why is that? >> music has always been my thing. i come from a music background before i started doing the showbiz thing. and either eat party. all the artists, the creative energy in the room. it's a pretty amazing night and i'm expecting actually it will be a big night, big ratings night for them, too.

it's good to see people who can actually sing get nominated. sgle doesn't need the electronicssinsing. >> everybody is concerned about the wardrobe malfunction. and this might draw more attention than usual for the fcc.why is that? >> four nominations for the huge sit f.u. it's a really catching tune and it will be interesting to see how it's referred to on stage and if it's sung if he's invited to perform it during the show what he'll them's do with that. he did perform a version last weekend on b.e.t., but he sang

the edited version. we asked him how he felt about his song potentially being censured on the grammys live show. watch this. >> at this point, it's just a privilege, you know, to perform either of the versions. they're all equally great. of course i prefer the original. i prefer adult entertainment. but just about everybody will be watching, so i'll do the one that's appropriate for everyone, which is probably the cleaner one about that. >> and worries of course we'of watch it all for ours. i don't know if you saw gwyneth paltrow performing on gleae, bu she did the cleaned up version. >> she was really good. >> she actually can sing. anyway, we'll see. grammys coming february.

>> you can do the showbiz tag line? >> we are tv's most provocative entertainment news show. >> 5:00 and 11:00 p.m. on hln. thank you, a.j. hammer. >> okay. more better staentertainment sh. when you think chuck norris, you probably think action movie show or texas ranger. today chuck norris will become a texas ranger in real plaintiff. he life he's getting a honorary title for his work in the tv series.laintiff. life he's getting a honorary title for his work in the tv series.aintiff. life he's getting a honorary title for his work in the tv series.intiff. life he's getting a honorary title for his work in the tv series.ntiff. life he's getting a honorary title for his work in the tv series.tiff. life he's getting a honorary title for his work in the tv series.iff. life he's getting a honorary title for his work in the tv series.ff.

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we have bad news on the labor market. sorry about that. the number of americans filing for the first time unemployment check ticked up last week. initial jobless claims surge edy

26,000. so we're trying to reduce that jobless number by at least one. he had mopp edmond is an experienced i.t. guy. he has three kids and has been out of work now for almost two years. we're giving him 30 seconds on cnn right now to end that dry spell. he's with us thousand for the 30 second pitch. thank you, sir. how are you doing? >> doing good, very good. >> how has this jobless streak affected you and your family? i'm sure it's been tough. >> it's been very difficult. you know, i have three kids and the job market has been very difficult. >> so you've been cutting back so some fun stuff. you have some frustration over sending out so many resumes and

getting a little response. how have you been making ends meet? >> we've been doing a lot of cutting corners. the kids, we have cut all vacations, all movies are gone, you know, we've just been cutting a lot of corners. >> and the holidays are coming up. so that's not good. you want to get presents for the family and for the kids. >> yeah, well, right now, we spoke -- i spoke to the kids and they understand the situation and i'm hoping that the year is still not over and very hopeful that something will come up and things will be better. >> you're not nervous, are you? >> i'm a little nervous, but -- >> didn't be nervous. take a deep blet. you're fine. we got you here. a lot of people are look and maybe someone will hire you.

so for your family and for everyone, go ahead, give us your 30 second pitch. here's hear it. deep breath, do it. >> sure. good morning. my name is edmond guttierez. i'm very eager to meet with you and explore the possibility of utilizing my experience and knowledge to benefit your company. with my expertise in network administration, desktop support system, i'm now seeking the opportunity to meet with you and also to bring over 13 years of experience in the information technology to your organization. over the course of my career, i have created value by timely diagnosing and resolving network and desktop issues. please contact me at edmond guttierez at g-mail -- i'm sorry, edmond guttierez at mail.com. >> did you great. and listen, someone should hire you because you know what the

heck you're doing, right? you've been doing it for a lpg time and plus you're eager to work. >> yes, i'm ready every day. i'm ready today. i'm ready tomorrow to take on any responsibility. >> all right. before i let you go, how did you hear about the 30 second pitch, were you watching cnn or is there some story behind it? >> actually it was by accident. i always watch cnn and it was just one of those days that i was just watch willing the news and i was just about to walk away and then i just saw the advertisement on the 30 second. and that kind of caught my attention. and once i saw what it was all about, it caught my attention and i said, hey, you know, it's a good opportunity. there are a lot of people out there looking to hire. this is a good opportunity for me to try and hopefully something would happen or something would work out. >> good luck to you. there his e-mail is at the

bottom of your screen. best of luck to you. we hope you do find some work soon. >> thank you very much. >> i want to tell the audience, if you're out of work and you want to sell yourself to perspective employers, let us know. send us your resume and a letter. also if you want it hire our 30 second spichers, go to our blog, cnn.com/kyra, their information and e-mails will be there as well. taming the sky high federal deficit. barack obama's deficit commission recommending major spending cut. find out how it could impact you right after this break. and go everywhere. to help revitalize a neighborhood in massachusetts. restore a historic landmark in harlem. fund a local business in chicago. expand green energy initiatives in seattle.

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associations accompanied by their political dignitaries, for the big job they have done and for the messages they have delivered, they have all delivered messages. they're saying that football is more than a game and i'm happy that all those they have been in, they have said in football we learn to win and that's easy, but in football, we also learn to lose. and this is not so easy. as we have had four bidderses for the 2018 and we can have only one winner, then obviously three of the bidding companies or associations, they must go home.e winner, then obviously te of the bidding companies or associations, they must go home. by saying what a pity, but they must now stand also by saying football is not only by winning.

football is also a school of life where you learn to lose. that's not easy. it's not easy. so, ladies and gentlemen, everybody's now a waiting the result of the 2018 contenders. combined there together, the net netherlands or holland, we have had spain and portugal, we've had russia and the mother land of football, england. the secretary general has announced that we have taken the

decision, the executive committee, the elect difference college in fifa, we have taken the decision. now i would like to know what is the decision for the 2018. i could speak more and more, but i have to announce it. and this is the public notary of the city of zurich. he gives meet envelope. ladies and gentlemen, i do hope that the name of the winner is on both sides because i don't know. so the 2018 fifa world cup, 2018 fifa world cup, ladies and gentlemen, will be organized in russia.

>> a live picture of moscow. guess what, though? everyone thought that russia wasn't going to get it, they thought that they were going to-be the underdogs here. five countries that were compete, russia, england, spain, portugal, holland, belgium. but this is a surprise. a surprise for the 2018 world cup. going russia. okay. in a few minutes, 2022 will be announced and you'll see it live right here, as well. okay. it is the bottom of the hour and time to check some of your headlines. and of course that is one of them going on in zurich. 2018 going to russia. right now on capitol hill, two of the military's top leaders are calling for the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell." the policy bans gays from serving openly in the military.

still no sicgn of julian assang, but there are report that's may be in britain. police there are asking sweden for more information on the rape investigation that it is conducting against him. earlier today sweden's supreme court refused to hear an appeal by assange. okay. you can cue the x fileses theme music right now. nasa has scheduled a news conference about life beyond earth. here's breaking news on cnn. many people didn't think that russia would get the world cup in 201. they said vladimir putin wasn't that interested. but they did. and so fifa president made the announcement just a short time ago. the prime minister is accept -- deputy prime minister, i should say, accepting right now.

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the fda is set to unveil tomorrow how obese somebody has to be on qualify for a lap band. until now they've been reserved for the heaviest among us, but that could all be changesing. and elizabeth cohen has all the details. so what's the change here? can anybody go in now? >> no. you or and i could not go in if

we wanted to loose fi to lose f. but currently you have to be quite heavy in order to qualify if the fda dwre dchld degrees guide line, you have to be heavy, but maybe not so heavy. let's say you're 5'8". right now man or woman, you'd have to weight 230 pounds or more to qualify for this surgery. under the new proposal, you'd only have to be 197 pounds or more. so 197 pounds, 5'8", that's what the new guide lines would mean if they're passed. >> if you're a big weight lifter, obviously you can't do that. okay. so these are only guidelines. is are a ththis really a big de? >> technically a doctor can do any kind of surgery they want on

anybody. but insurance companies care about guidelines. so right now if you weigh 200 pounds and you're 5'8", your insurance company likely will say no or give and you really hard time. if these pass, your insurance company will be much more likely to say, yes, we will pay for it. if these pass, your insurance company will be much more likely to say, yes, we will pay for it. this is just the lap band. there are other kinds of obesity surgeries. >> for some people who are grocery obese, this will is a life saving surgery. >> absolutely. >> if someone is thinking about this, what do they need to know? >> keep in mind that there are complications. things really do go wrong. sometimes these bands don't do as well as people would like. sometimes they slip. sometimes they upon taken yusly deflate. sometimes they can erode. all of those things can happen. so what you've got to do is be an empowered patient.

you want the right doctor. that's the most important thing. you want someone who does this all the time, not like as a side thing. >> stand by, we got to go back to zurich. pardon the interruption. they're announcing the 2022 world cup. america is in contention. let's listen. >> the winner to organize the 2022 fifa world cuff is qatar. >> we were hoping it would be the united states. but i do have to say it's very interesting that it's going to be qatar because yesterday i think their stocks surged.

this will be great for that nation. max, help me out with this. how are you doing? >> i'm fine mainly because i don't care so much about soccer. but if i did, i'd be really y upset right now. football is that fun sport we watch on sundays in the united states. but, look, russia was kind of an obvious choice for 2018. they're the fastest emerging european/asian football market. >> hey, max, we're going to go now, let's go to sarah reporting now from qatar. just look at the excitement behind her. she's reporting on cnn international right now. >> it will do big things when it comes to putting on the world cup. >> that was sarah there.

say remar sara sarah, you can hear me? she can't hear me. you know, max, i know you said you would be more excited if you were a soccer in an. >> i'd be more upset. because it seems to me that this is a corruption of the process. qatar is hosting the asian cup next year. they have a lot of pet controf dollars. but the united states is so much of a bigger market with much more potential in terms of soccer interest because it hasn't been fully which exploited here. there are all kinds of allegations of corruption and investigations in to fifa.here. there are all kinds of allegations of corruption and investigations in to fifa. they're not really regulated by

any external body. qatar spent a lot of money lobbying and doing who those what else. there were even calls to postpone this announcement because of all the allegations of corruption. and that russia in 2018 where you can make a more sensible argument and qatar in 2022 both fueled by petrol dollar, by the way, both get world cup bids, is very interesting to me. >> max, for people who are just joining us and they're wondering what is all the craziness happening, can we get those live pictures back? qatar is going to host the 2022 world cup games. so the u.s. was among those that could have possibly gotten it. if it it was here, they could have exploited mothre people he, more resources. i'm being told in atlanta people are just stunned.

there was a watch party right here in atlanta. there it is. you see the mayor of atlanta. there is his press person there. vladimir putin didn't even go over to try to vie for the games. >> in the first place, russia does make some sense. they have this emerging interest or increasing interest in soccer or football. >> look at these light up balloons. this is moscow. these are live pictures of moscow. go ahead, max, sorry.

>> it's's just interesting to m where you see corruption and petrol dollars you see the world cup now. this is obviously my own opinion, but looking from afar, it would make some sense anyway for russia. but the combination of russia and qatar in consecutive world cup bids amidst allegations of an investigation and expose says of corruption in fifa. draw your own conclusion. >> that's exasperation on max's face. all right, max. appreciate it. thank you. again, if you're just tuning in, we're not going to get the 2022 world cup games. they're going to qatar. and the 2018 going to moscow. that's it. back in a moment. that i was gog to need a day job. we actually have a lot of scientists that play music.

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just fitchi ifinished hangi light and chris walked over and picked up this envelope. >> the envelope was sitting smack dab in the middle of a busy street. >> it had been ran over by a car. >> but when the men opened it up, they could hardly believe their eyes about. >> a lot of money. >> a stack of $100 bills and even more checks.

>> it's rare you find any money on the street. >> and even rarer that someone would try to find it rightful owner which is exactly what the men did. >> thank you so much. i so appreciate it. >> after i found out where it goes to, i'm even more happy about that. >> carolyn's name was one of several describe belled on the envelope. >> we did not even know the money was missing. >> until now she didn't know who had turned it over to police. >> we were just incredibly thankful. >> chris, troy and doug knew the money was probably well needed, but they had no idea to what extent. the money had been raised for the ministry's mission work helping those less fortunate and promoting the word of god. >> do you believe this is god's work? >> oh, absolutely. absolutely. because, yeah, to have the right people come along an find the money so shortly after it was missing is just, you know, it eat lords's money and he takes

care of it. >> and these good a mayor tons are just happy to have had a hand in it. >> after hearing where it goes, that's a full circle right there. >> holiday cheer, consider this, the men said no amount of money would be better than seeing the smile that was on carolyn's face. i'm dorn lemon. thanks for watching. i'll be back here tomorrow. tone any ham then it's time to start thinking about your medicare coverage. call now to find out how an aarp medicare plan from unitedhealthcare can help make your next step easier. medicare has two parts, parts a and b to help cover a lot of your expenses. like doctor visits, and hospital care. but they still won't cover all of your costs. now's the time to learn about plans that may be right for you.

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