putnam's office, he extracts the eggs and they're analyzed. most are used within a few years.is expensive, egg freezing is not usually covered by insurance and can cost $10,000 or more. and there are annual fees to store them. but tamara believes it's worthwhile not just for women who are sick. >> i think a lot of people are in the same boat as i am, in the sense that they're thinking having a child is the most precious gift you can have. >> dr. putnam cautions though technology has improved, egg freezing has a short track record, many doctors consider it experimental. >>> right now, pg&e crews are at the scene of an underground explosion at the corner of embarcadero 4. it happened around 4:00 this afternoon, blew a manhole cover into the air. crews have been out there all night. the force of the blast broke a few windows in nearby restaurants. it was caused by a cable failure in the manhole, more than a dozen businesses are still without power right now in the financial district. there's no word when pg&e will restore power there. no one was remarkably injured in that inciden

. >> woodruff: paul solman talks to political scientist robert putnam about religion in america, the subject of his new book, "american grace." >> brown: and we speak to catherine rampell of the "new york times" about the winners of this year's nobel prize for economics. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: talk of a nationwide moratorium on selling foreclosed homes ran into new opposition today, as the securities industry warned against serious damage to the housing market. the warning came from a securities industry and financial markets association. it said imposing a moratorium would be, quote, catastrophic. last week bank of america, the nation's largest, acted on its own to halt foreclosures in all 50 states. the bank is an underwriter of the newshour. three other banks, allied financial, j.p. morgan chase, and pnc financial, have imposed partial fr

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. >> a putnam county man accused of stabbing a cabbie after a asking him if he was muslim. >> the country is deeply divided. 49% hold an unfavorable view of islam while 54% say that it's a peaceful religion. >> no mosque here. >> i feel rejected. that's why they hate everybody. >> the controversy over the proposed islamic cultural center near ground zero has exposed the raw emotions behind these statistics. we decided to bring some of the most passionate voices speaking out on this issue -- >> the opponents have reduced it. >> -- here to new york's times square to debate face to face. the question is should americans be afraid of islam? arguing yes, they should be afraid, the evangelical leader reverend franklin graham. >> i believe ordinary americans need to be very concerned about islam. >> joining him, robert spencer who heads up an organization called stop islamization of america. >> there are muslims who are trustworthy and those who aren't. >> and peter gadiel whose son was killed in the twin towers on 9/11. >> i think americans should fear islam. i think there is a long record of b

. >> reporter: in putnam county, ohio, residents are picking up the pieces as reality sets in. >> i couldn't comprehend it at the time. when i got home and saw it was like, yeah. everything's gone. >> reporter: howling gusts turned up monster surf on lake michigan. the storm is massive. 2,000 miles long. ts barometric pressure the measure of the force, a category 3 hurricane, blasting from minnesota through ohio. >> look at that blow. look at that rain blow. >> reporter: the powerful system sparked violent wind gusts. 80 miles per hour in greenfield, indiana. 81 in butlerville, ohio. further north, in dayton. >> we can hear the tornado warning in the distance. we're here in the middle of this system, moving through. it's coming down in sheets. >> reporter: driving was a nightmare. a chicago area commuter was impaled by a toppled tree. she survived. from tornados to what looks like a frozen hurricane, heavy snow from minneapolis into montana. winter storm warnings in the area. some places could see up to eight to ten inches of snow by the end of the day. hundreds of thousands are without powe

no problems through putnam marin valley. >> author 1036 rainout i mean a policy change.ote for muni operators calling in sick to work. following rumors of organized sickout days by workers, management made it mandatory that any sick day taken between sept. 8 and oct. 15 be accompanied by a note from a doctor. in the 15 months prior to that, an average of 7.6 percent of muni's operators called in sick on a daily basis, according to agency documents. in the 2½ weeks since, that daily rate has dropped to 4.4 percent, a 42 percent reduction. munis says it has fixed the problem with the fare gates at certain stations. the ones they installed along market street. people found out they could waive their hand in front of the center and get in free. spokesperson said the work done upgrading the software all weekend and you should find that does not work anymore. >> a wells fargo executive has acknowledged that he verified only the dates on up to 150 foreclosure documents he signed daily. the executive made his admission in a may deposition involving a washington state homeowner.