making news on this tuesday, november 16th. first day fireworks on capitol hill. a top republican and drama in the house. a once-mighty member on trial walks out. standing up to passenger patdowns. the growing backlash. are new screening procedures inappropriate? and today's major announcement. the most popular music retailer finally lands the best-selling band of all-time. good morning. the lame duck session of

congress is under way. and it didn't take long for tea party members to flex their new political muscle. >> a top republican leader was forced to backtrack on the always-krovrls issue of ear marxes. senator mitch mcconnell had long defended that process. but no more. >> banning earmarks is another small but important symbolic step that we can take to show beer serious. >> in a strange bit of political theater, the earmark issue put tea party members and the white house on the same side. president obama praised mcconnell's move. in the house, another bizarre bit of politics was playing out. veteran congressman, charlie rangel, walked out of his ethics trial, after saying he had no lawyer. >> that didn't stop the committee from hearing evidence against rangel. >> reporter: when congressman

rangel arrived to his trial, he had one strategy, delay and plead for a postponement. >> 50 years of public service is on the line. i truly believe that i'm not being treated fairly. and that history will dictate that notwithstanding the political calendar, i am entitled to a lawyer during this proceeding. >> reporter: rangel showed up with no lawyer, having split with his legal team last month. and just last week, prosecutors filed a new 80-page statement of evidence. rangel, clearly, was not ready. >> i did not know until a week ago that this 80-page would be the way you intended to judge my conduct. a week ago. >> reporter: rangel's accused of improperly acquiring four apartments in harlem. he is accused of failing to pay taxes, and soliciting thousands for a school named after him at city college. >> these allegations, if proven,

would demonstrate that from rangel violated the house rules and federal statutes. >> reporter: the committee considered rangel's request but said no. so, rangel walked out. and the prosecution began. >> the record before you is the record. the facts are the facts. and the counts are ripe for a vote. >> reporter: the ethics committee will continue its deliberations on tuesday morning. if that committee, acting as a jury, finds that the evidence proves 1 of any of the 13 charges of congressman rangel, it would move into the punishment phase and up for a vote for the full house. we're following a developing story out of pakistan. at least 15 alleged militants have been killed in a suspected u.s. missile strike. the attack took place in the waziristan region, which is home to insurgents. and back here at home, a desperate search is underway in

ohio for three people who authorities now say may have been killed. 10-year-old kody maynards, his mother, tina hermann and her trend, stephanie sprang, vanished last thursday. she was found in the basement of matthew hoffman. police are hopeful. >> the fact that only one person has been located since last wednesday, you have to be realistic. you have to be realistic that there's a possibility that these folks are dead. >> divers searched a lake and nearby areas yesterday. they found two vehicles. but they say at this point, neither appears to be related to the disappearances. horrifying, new details are emerging about zahra baker. that's the 10-year-old north carolina girl who vanished last month. court documents say the child was dismembered. and her stepmother led police to her remains in several different

locations. alisa baker had been jailed for writing a fake ransom note. zahra would have turned 11 years old today. now, to a new court decision in the explosive immigration debate. california's supreme court has ruled that illegal immigrants are entitled to its same reduced tuition as in-state students. the suit was filed on behalf of out-of-state americans that are not entitled to the same breaks. 13 people were arrested at the white house yesterday, after demanding an end to the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. the protesters chained themselves to the white house fence. but they were immediately arrested and carried away. the midair engine blowout on that qantas airlines jumbo jet apparently was a lot more serious than first believed. investigators said an oil fire caused pieces of the engine to break away, cutting lines in the

wing of that airbus a-380. that caused pilots to yooz control of the wing. officials say if the incident had happened later in the flight, it could have brought the entire plane down. four construction workers are now in custody, accused of starting this deadly fire in a shanghai apartment building. at least 53 people died and dozens are in the hospital. the officials say the four suspects were unlicensed welders helping in building renovations. nasa has found a fourth crack in the fuel tank for space shuttle "discovery." "discovery's" final mission has been put on hold while engineers work to repair the cracks. the next launch opportunity will be in november, and the first week in december. high winds are finally dying down in the seattle area this morning. the 60-mile-per-hour gusts created quite a mess. trees and scaffolding came crashing to the ground. a wet day along the eastern

seaboard. heavy downpours, hail and 60-mile-per-hour winds from pensacola, to tallahassee, in southern georgia and alabama. rain from the carolinas up to new england. and stretching back into the ohio and tennessee valleys. up to two feet of mountain snow in the central and northern rockies. >> 50 in boise. 58 in colorado springs. it's 48 in omaha. and 51 degrees in detroit. upper 50s in boston, new york and baltimore. atlanta will get up to 66. and new orleans is 70 degrees. breaking business news when we come back this morning. is the housing market due for another collapse? the dire warning released overnight. and a seven-year wait expected to end today. apple's newest addition to itunes.

the foreclosure robo signing scandal is now threatening to spark another crisis in the nation's housing market. that's the finding of a congressional watchdog. the report released this morning finds flawed foreclosure documents could cause the housing market to collapse and nearly shatter the nation's recover. if widespread irregularities are found, it could call into question the validity of millions of mortgages. and good news for taxpayers. just days ahead of general motors planned public offering. the automaker is now raising the price range for the stock. gm is also planning to sell more shares than originally expected. that means the government would make more money on the sale,

recouping more than its $50 billion bailout. overseas stock markets are sliding this morning. tokyo's nikkei average fell 0.3% today. hong kong's hang seng is lower. in london, the ftse opened lower. on wall street, the dow added nine points yesterday. the nasdaq was down four points. walmart wants to help you work off your thanksgiving feast with late-night shopping. the retail giant will open most of its stores at midnight after thanksgiving, along with other retailers that are expanding their hours on black friday. but shoppers will have to wait until 5:00 a.m. for deals of electronics. the best-selling band of all-time is joining forces with the biggest music retailer. apple is expected to announce that the beatles are coming to itunes. the fab four have been one of the few high-profile holdouts to digital music. the deal comes after years of lawsuits over trademark between apple and apple corp, the

beatles' company. a new messaging system that includes e-mail. that's part of it. it's based around what they're calling a social inbox, that incorporates text, i.m. chats and e-mails. organized by the person who is sending them, not when they're sent. the service will be rolling out in a next few months. >> interesting to see the speculation. would it be revamping? would it be a different look? >> facebook taking over the world again. coming up next on this tuesday morning, sarah palin's new contribution to the dictionary. and up close and personal. are those new security measures too intrusive? plus, a pair of perfect scores on the dance floor. but is that enough to make it all the way to the final round? ohohoh wow, look at that. calm down donkey. it's vacation time! ohhhhh, who says ogres can't surf? nice moves fiona.

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a tractor-trailer jackknifed on interstate 25 yesterday, leading to a massive pileup. at least 20 people were injured. the highway was so icy, part of it was eventually shut down. commuters can expect more slippery roads today, across the central and northern rockies, especially on i-80, from salt lake to cheyenne, on i-70, west of denver. wet on i-95, from north florida to maine. and on parts of i-80, 90 and 94, in the midwest. >> if you are flying, you can expect airport delays in seattle, salt lake city, denver, detroit, and boston down to atlanta. as we head into the busy holiday travel season, there's growing outrage over new security measures at some of the nation's airports. some passengers are new refusing what they're calling a virtual strip-search. >> and the government is trying to head off the criticism. emily schmidt reports from washington. >> reporter: busy holiday travel often means crowded flights. >> come on through.

>> reporter: but it's a preflight routine that has some customers missing their personal space. >> you can do that out here. but if you touch my junk, i'm going to have you arrested. >> reporter: california traveler, john, said that's how he told the tsa he did not want a new, hands-on, patdown search. federal officials say the worry is unwarranted. >> our commitment is to the public safety of protecting the public. >> reporter: two, new security measures prompt the concern. first, 300 full-body scanners now in 60 u.s. airports, with more to come. >> they, in no way, resemble electronic strip-searches. >> reporter: pilot unions worry about radiation exposure for pilots who fry frequently and who have passed extensive security checks. >> to waste the resources, take them away from the true threat and to apply them to our pilots is absurd. >> reporter: the next security layer is patdowns, with more extensive hand searchs.

>> i don't like being touched like that in personal areas and everything. it's kind of invasive. >> reporter: john avoided the patdowns. but he may pay the price. the tsa says he can be fined up to $11,000 for failing to complete a federal screening. >> so many of us are flying next weekend. the question is, will the new measures mean it will take us longer to get to the gate? >> reporter: one travel experts say the body scans take about 30 seconds. the new patdowns are looking more like two minutes. if more people opt out of the scans or decide to protest the system altogether, they really say it's a chance it can slow things up for everybody else. as for janet napolitano, she said she regrets there's a growing resistance among travelers against the security measures. >> thanks, emily. in other news, now, the controversial energy drinks that combine alcohol and caffeine could be the subject of an fda

warning as early as today. brands including four loco, have been linked to several deaths. the fda is linking to use warning letters to inform the drinks' makers they are considered unsafe. an experiment drug may replace a widely-used stroke prevention pill that's been around for deck kates. xarelto prevented strokes in people with a common heart rhythm problem. but the new drug is easier to use. and didn't cause increased bleeding and some of the other side-effects. sarah palin has rocked the political landscape. and now, the linguistic one, too. refudiate has been named word of the year by the new oxford dictionary. palin tweeted the word earlier this year. if you have a fantasy football player, you better hope

you have eagles quarterback, michael vick, on your team. here's why from espn news. >> good morning, i'm don bell with your espn news update. we start with "monday night football." the philadelphia eagles, visiting donovan mcnabb and the washington redskins. before the game, exchanging words. first quarter, first play for the eagles, yeah. michael vick, play-action and going deep to desean jackson. he beats landry on the play. 88-yard touchdown, the longest pitch and catch combination for both guys. the eagles up 7-0. next eagles' possession at first and goal. 7 yard line. vick does this so well. just about better than anybody in the history of the league. eagles up 14-0. redskins ball at their own 32 yard line. mcnabb, armed with a new contract extension, throws the

pick right there. curt coleman doing the honors for the eagles. and later on, vick to the shovel pass to le coy. first play of the second quarter, vick, standing. and delivering. deep to jeremy maclin. 48 yards. the play would be reviewed. and it is a touchdown. eagles up 35-0. after the catch, second interception, second and goal, vick, on the quarterback draw. gets it easily for the touchdown. the eagles win 59-28. 59 points scored on "monday night football" is a record. and that is your espn news update. i'm don bell. back to you in the studio. jennifer grey is reigning in the ballroom, with more per spekt scores. we'll have to wait and see if the viewers agree. >> grey wowed the judges with

her cha-cha and waltz, earning 30 points for each performance. kyle massey's samba and tango put him in second place. brandy was perfect for her tango. >> and bristol palin had her best scores of the season. but that left her at the bottom of the leaderboard. we'll find out later tonight who gets the boot. coming up next, the stories we'll be following today, including the president's new message to kids around the country.

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now, a look ahead to the stories we'll be watching on this tuesday. lawmakers in the house continue deliberations in the ethics case against charlie rangel. yesterday, they heard there was undisputed evidence that rangel violated 13 house ethics rules. top transportation and border control officials testify today at a senate hearing on closing the gaps in air cargo security. of course, this all follows last month's failed air cargo bomb plot, involving toner cartridges that had been turned into bombs. the search continues in ohio for kody maynard, his mom, tina hermann and friend, stephanie sprang. the beatles fijly appear to be going digital. apple is expected to announce today that it will begin selling the fab four's music on itunes. and president obama's new

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and finally from us this morning, a one-way ticket to the final frontier. it may sound a little bit like science fiction. but that's just what one group of scientists is proposing. >> they want to send astronauts to investigate mars, with no plans of bringing them back down to earth, ever. kevin quinn explains. >> reporter: sign cysts from washington and oregon state universities have written an article entitled, "20 boldly go, a one-way mission to mars." it details how human travel can happen quickly and cheaply, if missions were made with no return. the idea would be for humans to set up a colony on the red planet, which ultimately would become self-sustaining. they reason that it to get to mars is within reach. the author used to be a contractor at johnson space center. she said there would be no

shortage of astronauts volunteering for the mission. >> i think they would have trouble picking the astronauts that wanted to go. i any they would jump at the chance to go. >> reporter: technologically, of course, it's possible that the operational plan, is i would have serious problems with it. >> reporter: that's leroy chiao, a nasa astronaut. he says there's too many things that could go wrong in a scenario that could cause unnecessary loss of life. a breakdown in the supply chain could keep food and oxygen from reaching colonists. not to mention long-term radiation exposure, which would likely shorten the life span of those on mars. >> makes you wonder if you could buy a ticket for a friend. remember, tonight on "world news," watch diane sawyer report from china. that's what's making news in america this morning. have a wonderful tuesday.