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this disclosure is not just an attack on america's foreign policy intests. it is an attack on the international community. secretary of state hillary clinton is trying to do damage control after the unauthorized release of classied documents. >> she made her first public release after online. she said the online site acted illegally. now more from washingto >> after the largest ever release of supposedly private correspondence, ey want to make se a leak like this does not happen again.
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>> we have an active ongoing criminal investigation with regard to this matter. >> the adminiration has also ordered an immediate government review. a memo said failure to safeguard classified information is unacceptable and not tolerated. more than a quarter million documes were released by the whistleblower website wileaks. they pulleded the can you rememr tin over diplomacy. the documents revealed some candid comments about u.s. friend and foe. nicolas sarkozy is the emperor with no clots. kim jong-il is called a old chap. there were no bombshells. administration officials say the leak resulted in significant damage to national security. >> we live in a world where just a little bit of information can be added to a network of
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information and really open up an understanding thajust wasn't there before. there was bipartisan condemnation of the leak. >> this guy is putting danger our foreign policy. >> and the people that are leaking these documents need to gut check about their patrtism. iran's present says the leaked documents recnting calls for the u.s. to strike on iran's nuclear facilities were intended to start mischief. mahmoud ahmadinejad said in the news conference, hes not giving any value to the documents. such acts of miscef have no impact on the relations between nations. he said the leaks weren organized effo by the u.s. to create trouble between iran and
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arab neighbors. >> ty spoke to the captured hikers by telephone to in. the families say they lasted about five minutes each. they are charged with spying and have a february 6th trial date in iran. shourd was released in september. the three graduates were arrested in 2009 near the border. they insist they were hike a not spying. >> the u.s. military confirms six nato troops were all americs. they say a gunman dressed in an afghan uniform turned his gun on them in a training mission. taliban claimed responbility for the attack. >> president obama announced 2 million federal emoyees, a pay freeze. the nation's deficit is more
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than a trillion dollars. >> the hard truth is that getting this deficit under control is going to require sacrifice and it must be shared by the employeeof the federal government. >> the freeze is expected to save more than $5 billion ov two years. heather ishiru joins us from oakland where federal employees are hearing about the news. there is no question what will be the hot topic of the federal buiing water coolers, many employees we talke to coming to wor this morning said the first they heard of it with was on the radio. they wanted more details before they cou react publicly. others say they have heard everything i need to. >> if we have to belt tighten, i think it's only fair. >> ste and city employees have been going through difficult times in reductns and things like that. you know, i'm not surprised.
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i'm happy that i have a job and a good job. i have to make a little contribution and i'm comfortable with that. >> i think that obama should set his priorities straight and not make everybodin this country think that freezing his wages he is going solve all the problems he has caused us. we should look elsewhere as well to fix this problem of these devastating economics we're living with. the obama admistration says this is the first of many actions that have to be taken to tackle the deficit. it will require congressional approval. he did order a freeze of all senior white hoe official salari when he took fice in 2009. berkeley police need your help to catch thieves that stole
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computers in an elementary school. it happened near telegraph. it appears that thves knew exactly whereo find the laptops. it comes after somebody broke and stol cameras last year. >> federal government announced toda it seized 82 internet domain names in an effort to stop the sale of counterfeit goods. custom's officials say they prowl the internet hoping that unsuspecting consums will buy actual brand named items. meantime. internet shopping is expected to
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soar on this cyber monday with more than 106 million americans expeed to shop online. major retailers are offering deals on many items. electronics arbig today, with sales on tvs and camcders. ebay had a sa apple pads for hundred dollars. many of the best deals don't last very long. >> they have lightning deals on all kinds of products and you have to stay on top, check back on the site. those can go really quickly. you have to stay on top of it. >> retailers are not desperate this year so don't expect the same degree of price slashing as last year. a huge trend, 59% of cell phone users plan to use their phones to compare prices. still ahead, the economy deals a big blow, how much it's
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movies he de. leslie nielsen passed away. he was being treated for pneumonia. leslie nielsen was 84 years old. >> director of star wars, empi strikes back has died. he directed the james bond never say ner again. he was 87 years old. >> oakland kids got a major boost toward their health, education and safety. oakland based kaiser permanente is awarding grants of improving lives of children in the city. eric thomas has more details. >> we're li at oakland tech where they made the announcement and some of the moneyoing to keep the health clinicp and running. in fact of the $10.5 million in
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grants, $7.5 million will go to the unified school district to help expand the clinic to other schools. the oakland police department also gets a share, $1 million to keep a program called our kids or okay going. it's a mentorship progra with police officers with violence reduction was supsed to shut down because lack of money. they say the timing and money, it's like being a good neighbor. >> children are our fure. we need to invest in them in order to strengthen our communities. >> to build more health clinics and we'll do out reach in the elementary schools. >> there is some lobbying going on and some conversations going on. i wasn't expecting thisuch. i would have been happy if we ended up with hundre dollars
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but to end up with a million, that is outrageous. >> and a program called remeer them, whic teaches school children. now back here live in oakland, everybody is grateful for the amount of money they are getting but the oakland police department is seeking more. the chief is flying overo washington, d.c. tomorrow. he'll meet up with both u.s. senators, congress people and the department of justice seeking couple million to fund community policing here. mike nic has the forecast. >> taka look what is going on. it's a sunshine is on a it's a way and still cooler than average. rain on the way but guess when it will hit. friday and the weekend. >> and spike in the cases of
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you might want to turn the 12 days of christma to eleven days to save money. the total cost of all items would set a shopper back more than $96,000. that is an increase of 11% over the last year. more than $6,000 for nine ladies dancing and cheapest, partridg to buy just one everytng on the list would cost $23,000. annual holiday index is compiled by an investment firm. what? six ladies dancing, six thousand? >> and i think, all of that. three french toast, two turtlenecks and a beer. it would be a lot cheaper.
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let's move on. my kids are listening in all the time. all these goofy songs from the '80s. heavenly looking heavenly this morning. all that powder and all the empty chair lifts, what is wrong? why aren't they out their skiing. it's a monday. we'll get another chance to get up there and look from mount tamalpais and sausalito and neighborhoods there in the background, let's talk about temperates. we are off the morning lows, 25 degrees as we are sitting in the mid to upper 40s and low 50s around the peninsula over san francisco, oakland, concord, 54, warm spot, monterey, 56. and 50 degrees. so we' have cool temperatur even with the sunny skies today. it will be frosty and cold in our valleys again tonight and
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waveof wet weather for friday and saturday. today's temperatures still below average, even with all that sunshine, napa four degrees beloaverage. redwood city, 6 and 7 degrees cooler than average san francisco. over to the east bay valleys, we have sunshine and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. brentwood warmest at 57. mid 50s throughout the east by shore, from 53 to richmond and oakland and fremont, 65 degrees. campbell the warm spot, 57 degrees. mid to upper 50s on the peninsula, 55 at millbrae. 57 in palo alto as you are heading into the south bay, los altos, 57 and mid 50s, downtown san francisco about the me. throughout t north bay, valleys or over at the beaches mid one exception in clearlake, 51. 51 around monterey bay.
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around the state, wall to wall sunshine with near 50 degree temperatur, eureka, big sr and sunshine a high of 33 at lake level. warmest weathe, los angeles and san diego, mid-60s. bring it back home tonight, livermore, san rosa and cloverdale all below freezing. that is wher the frost will be. 44 in san francisco. pattern looks pretty similar to what we' been dealing with for the last month, high preure off to our east, high pressure down to the south and west and this between we got a few high clouds from passing storms to the north. this one will also pass to the north, it will drive up a little warmer weather tomorrow. wednesday will be mostly cloudy on thursday, after a slight chance of a shower on wednesday and then a stronger system will come in.
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first part comes in on any. more of a steady rain and then the second part the cooler part comes in on saturday and more showers. almost what we went through last weekend. >> all right. thanks a lot, mike. >> american academy of pediatricianis urging doctors to screen not just for eating dison orders at for people but young children. children younger than that 12 years old. in that age group, the number that are treated at the hospital for eing disorders surged. >> you don't want just a lot of anxiety or stress about eating to your kids. mothers are stressed and dieting and they get that as a role model of how to deet eet. >> the study says the children most at risk for eating
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disorders inclu athletes involved with sports. weight watchers is changing the popular diet plan the new program was unveiled online today. points based on carbohydrates and father in foo instead of just calories. new system factors in how hard the body has to work to turn night energy. fruits and vegetables are zero points to encouge people to eat more of them. >> two athletes have been chosen to host the os was. they announced that james franco and anne hatdz away will picked. hathaway stars in love and other drugs and franco stars in a drama 127 hours.
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>> so youn and they help out so much. >> mike, a final look at the weather which include a slightly wet weekend agai >> that means, a powdery one up in the sierras, looking for more snow that is where it wl be falling. before we get to the weeken, monday, tuesday and lesser extent, wednesdaynd thursday should be a little warmer. watch out for a chance of a shower in north bay on wednesday. most of us cloudy on thursday and then our rain moves in on friday and scattered showers on saturday. still a little too early to see if we see hail an lightning like we've been dealing with lately. thanks a lot nor joining us today. >> "who wants to be a millionae" is coming up next. >> bye-bye. save $523! 16 minutes cou save you 16%!
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