. >> our thanks to amanda lewis for that report. two more votes could have helped settle the election but they were abled spoiled and tossed out. so that means a voter made some type of mistake on the ballot. >>> the ft. hood shootings have some soldiers on edge right now. >> fellow soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines looking at muslim comrades and a little bit worried, more skeptical, it's human nature. >> how american muslims fear a backlash because of shooting suspect's religious background.  >>> while communities all over texas hold vigils for the people killed in the ft. hood shootings, authorities are trying to find a motive for the rampage. >> enough of this sort of political correctness. >> muslim leaders react at the killings at ft. hood, and some go far beyond condemning the crime. what they say might surprise you. >>> if health care reform was the finish line, told could touch off the final sprint. why president obama has to convince democrats, not republicans, to go along. hi there, welcome to hln on saturday. i'm natash

. >> environmental journalist amanda little presents a history of fossil for use in america. ms. fleming port that the era of cheap fossil fuel is nearing an end and focuses on alternative energy options. amanda little discusses her book at the mulberry street branch of the new york public library in new york city. >> and thank you all for coming and being here on this wild, wild ride. i think this is the wild ride that i have been kind of gearing up for for three years. but i think you all know that i have spent about a decade writing about energy and the environment. and a lot of that time i was criticizing the government's failures on policy matters to which reason. you know, understandable thing given our politics in recent years. but i came to realize that i was as much to blame as everyone else. i was doing the right things. i was training in my suv for uproarious and shopping at whole foods and going to yoga and really felt like i had been sort of exonerated from any energy field. and then i had a pretty striking realization. one more and i will describe to you and my firs

. >> my name is private kevin lights and this is my beautiful life, amanda lights and this is our 2-week-oldon, hunter lights. i'm facing a deployment in about two weeks. >> how can i be of service to the two of you? >> i have a question. i know with the way the economy is and banks sort of changing the rules as far as things go. are there any banks still participating in the soldiers and sailors relief act? >> they don't have a choice. they have to. now why is that relevant in your case? >> my husband is deploying to north iraq in the next two weeks. so -- and we have a brand-new, 2008 truck that has a very high interest rate in the near 20's. 20%. >> you don't. what were you thinking? >> we were young when we got it and just we haven't refinanced yet. >> well you have two options because under the soldier and sailors relief act while you're deployed that will go down to 6%, you have to petition for it. the other thing is your credit is good? >> uh-huh. >> why don't you refi. >> we're looking at refi. >> ask them. they may require that you do some down appointment payment, reduction in the

prosecutors say amanda knox and two others killed her british roommate in november 2007 at the home they shared in italy. they say meredith kercher's throat was slit during a sex game. knox is standing trial with her ex-boyfriend. a third man was convicted last year. this morning on the "today" show, knox's parents say they're worried the jury will believe what italian tabloids have written about the case, rather than basing the verdict on the evidence. >> we've worried all along just because of what has happened, you know, all the false reporting. and to be quite frank, things have not really gone correctly so far. but we have to be hopeful that now it is all public and everything that has been presented in court has been, you know, pretty much good for us. it shows that she is innocent. >> the jury is expected to get the case december 4th and a verdict could come as early as the next day in fact. >>> a security expert says the pentagon ignored a report that could have helped prevent the ft. hood shootings. shannon ross miller said she worked on the 2008 study to help the military spot

amanda sidman tells "showbiz tonight" that they definitely considered a reality show between the two.> we did see an e-mail basically talking about salaries. what it says to me is that jon at some point, if not now, was definitely interested. >> because i'm carrying your baby and you're off on a boat with a bitch fishing. >> reporter: the show is being shopped around by the executive producer of the trash-fest "cheaters." bobby goldstein tells "showbiz tonight" the proposed octomom/gosselin show would be about, quote, the development of their relationship, if any, and the merging of two families with lots of kids. and octomom may be up for it. considering the nice things she said about jon recently on radaronline. >> i have a crush on jon gosselin. is that his name? he's hot. >> reporter: but alas, it appears the jon gosselin/octomom show is not to be. publicly, team gosselin is saying, no, thanks. >> his rep, mike heller, is saying absolutely not. jon wants to be taken more seriously. >> reporter: and "showbiz tonight" can tell you, we may have been spared from a gosselin and octomom

our jury consisted of amanda foreman ahmed steve olson, camille paglia, and john phillips santos.onfiction of course has been also hopelessly broad category. we had everything, lots of biography, lots of memoir history, policy books, politics, books about dogs, books about war, it's about peace, and lots and lots of other categories. from our very first call in our very first long discussion of this, we did actually try to establish a common criteria. and they were largely i suppose what you would tank. we want a good if not very great racing. we wanted books of the accessible to broad audiences. we wanted a book we kept saying that we would recommend everyone read. we wanted books that were great research. we wanted books that would stand up over time and we wanted books with topicality, books that were about something big. this year's five finalists are, in alphabetical order, david and carol for following the water, a high german sirs notebook. shaun b. carroll for "remarkable creatures: epic adventures in the search for the origins of "e creatures: epic adventures in the searc

this is my beautiful wife amanda. this is our two week old son. i'm 21. my wife is 19. we're facing deployment here in about two weeks. >> how can i be of service to the two of you? >> i know with the way the economy is and things sort of changing the rules as far as things go. are there any banks still participating in the soldiers and sailors relief act? >> they don't have a choice. they have to. why is that relevant in your case? >> my husband is deploying to north iraq in the next two weeks so -- and we have a brand new 2008 truck that has a very high interest rate in the near 20s, 20%. >> you don't! what were you thinking? >> we were young when we got it, and just we hadn't refinanced yet. >> well, you have two options because under the soldier and sailors rule, while you're deployed, that will go down to 6%. you have to petition for it. other thing is, your credit good? >> yeah. >> why don't you refi. >> we're looking at. >> ask them. they may require you do a riks reduction in the loan balance. >> i have one more question for you. i have two credit cards but i've

. >> reporter: amanda sidman tells "showbiz tonight" bullock has been helping james carry for littlesunny since january, when the girl's mother, janine, began a six-month sentence for tax evasion. >> sandra is also saying that she has reduced her workload, she has reduced the number of films that she's doing and made herself available to sunny and sandra has said that she feels like more of a stepmom. shelves like sunny's mom at this point and they feel that sunny is more safe and happier in their home. >> reporter: bullock and james have a problem with janine's current husband, who like janine, is also an ex-convict. but their bigger concern is janine's history of drug use. in a letter to the court obtained by abc news, bullock writes, quote, while in janine's care, sometimes sunny is left alone during the day while her mother is asleep from drug use. >> i've had my share of drugs, but then there's a huge portion of my life, a ten-year span where there's nothing. i didn't need it. >> reporter: in an interview this morning on "good morning america," janine lindemulder admitted her tr

. >> amanda sydman said bullock has been helping him care for sunny since january when she began a-month sentence for tax evasion. >> she reduced her work load and reduced the number of films she is doing and made herself available to sunny and sandra said she felt like more than a stepmom. she feels like sunny's mom at this point and feel that sunny is more safe and happier in their home. >> bullock and james have a problem with her current husband who like janine is an ex-convict. the bigger concern is the history of drug use. in a letter to the court, bullock writes "while in janine's care, sometimes sunny is left alone during the day while her mother is asleep from drug use. >> i had my share of drugs, but there is a 10-year span where there is nothing. >> on "good morning america," she admitted her troubled past, but insists she is clean now. >> sandy doesn't know what goes on in my house. i would love for her to. come over. i will make dinner. let's sit down. >> the battle between the porn star mother and the comedy star stepmother got personal. in her letter to the court she quote

as amanda lewis and kcci reports, now the mayor's wondering why they even bothered having an election at all. >> reporter: in st. charles, iowa, 224 people did their civic duty on tuesday night. in this small church on main street, they voted. two days later, they still have no idea who will be mayor. >> we don't get that often. this is pretty exciting for us. >> reporter: after what appeared to be a hard-fought campaign with duelling yard signs and duelling supporters. >> i voted for joanne, i think she's done great things for the community. >> just because they're pretty much associated with the cub scouts and stuff around her. >> reporter: joanne brown and dennis smith are neck and neck. 112 for brown and 111 for smith, that was until this afternoon. >> we do solemnly swear. >> reporter: one group of election officials take one carefully kept absentee ballot out of the county lock box and open it. >> the vote is for dennis smith. >> reporter: now, it's a tie. so the mystery will remain and the st. charles' mayors race will be decided the old fashioned name. >> they put a name in th

prosecutors say amanda knox and two others killed her british roommate november 2007 at the home theyred in italy. now, they say meredith kercher's throat was slit during a drug-fueled sex game. knox is standing trial with her ex-boyfriend. a third man was convicted last year. now, this morning on the "today" show, knox's parents said they're worried the jury will believe what italian tabloids have written about the case, rather than basing the verdict on the evidence. >> we've worried all along, just because of what's happened, you know, all the false reporting, and you know, to be quite frank, things have not really gone correctly so far, but we have to be hopeful that now it's all public and, you know, everything that's been presented in court has been, you know, pretty much good for us. it shows that she is innocent. >> the jury's expected to get the case december 4th and a verdict could come as early as the next day, we understand. >>> tense and at times outright angry. that was the mood yesterday as treasury secretary timothy geithner testified on capitol hill. republicans on th

amanda writes it's suspect that she does this right as her new album is about to hit the shelves.t doesn't mean this should have happened to her or anyone else. i want to hear from you on facebook and twitter. "showbiz tonight." the show biz lineup and what's coming up at the bottom of the hour. the carrie prejean's sex tape scandal and people are crying hypocrite. john travolta speaks since the tragic death of his son. why he is speaking out today for his daughter's sake. also this. >>. ♪ you might be expecting me to say something bad about kanye ♪ ♪ and how he ran up on the stage and ruined my vma monlog ♪ . >> her swift kick on snl. >> the "showbiz news ticker" and more stories from the newsroom making news right now. >>> right now keep on watching the bottom of your screen for more nonstop compelling and provocative news from "showbiz tonight." ♪ you might be expecting me to say something bad about kanye ♪ ♪ and how he ran up on stage and ruined by monlog ♪ >> the swift kick to kanye west and kate gosselin. she goes after kanye and kate. is carrie prejean a hypocrite? the sex

with a close by kirby and amanda will close by supply? how we close that gap? the number. we know that water is not a global issue. is just the sum of many local issues. so if we now look at a different picture and would break that down, we break down the demand and supply picture by region, by basing that we look at 150 regions in the world that are shown here on this curve. on the fourth ou can see a population of the world from zero to 100 percent of each block is a region or a macro basin. on the vertical access, you see the gap. the gap i just described. the gap between demand and 2030 and the supply that we are able to deliver where and when it is needed. as you can see, a good third of the relation, the people that live in the blue boxes, if you will, actually live in basins where that gap is bigger than 50%. in some cases it goes up to 75%. 75% or more demand met with the current available supply. in some cases, cases like india and china we have to look even greater detail. so we went to the baselevel. the story repeats itself. this is a story of a dif