i am greta kreuz. >> i am alison starling. lescott started with traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden is standing by with the latest on the traffic situation where there are major issues. first, meteorologist adam caskey. >> high-pressure for the next several days, meaning a great friday if ander really

alison is living in los angeles. she has a catering and private chef business, very successful but she grew up in new york and she decided to move back. she called her brother and they decided that they were going to share an apartment together. >> because of grandma? >> this is before grandma she was deciding to move back. so weeks before she moved back we finally moved laura to new york. we tried to put her in a place. it was a disaster. and we found that this apartment opened up across the hall from us and we grabbed it and set up a nursing home for her with 24 hour care. alison says who is cooking for grandma because i know of this chef who is moving to new york who needs work. i said you're hired. and she is cooking for her grandma doing her meals in our kitchen. i am an amateur cook. >> an amateur? >> here is our daughter in our life at least three days a week cook&she also cooks for us a little bit. >> you like that. >> as a result of her being there she's being me so that we can go to italy, so we can have th

scott and alison.k to you. >> doug new jersey your world it's all sunshine today. >> except for the fog. >> i love you have that at your house. lisa, did you hear that? how cool. >> that's what we need. 66 the fog flow together get to an accident near 234. and two lanes are now closed through the fog we take a peek at traffic. southbound 70 from 80 to 109 and through jermantown. back to the news desk. >> 57 outside. your time is 6:42. >> coming up the senate's new member has an actione to grind with the gop. we'll explain when a speaker from po will it co joins us. >> doug shil celebrating another close call, skin fans have a reason to celebrate on [ female announcer ] joe here likes saving money. that's why joe likes aetna's payment estimator. he gets to compare out-of-pocket health care costs before they come out of his pocket. that's awesome. [ female announcer ] now let's say every joe in america uses it. looks like everyone likes saving money. ah, the potential of putting people first. thanks joe.

now back to alison and greta. >> that's a big mess on 66. we're following breaking news from northeast washington where police are investigating a deadly overnight shooting. a man was shot in the head in the head at a park just after 3:00 a.m. and police issued a lookout for a gray s.u.v. spotted leaving the area. police have not released any information on the victim. >> and in other top stories, we are hearing stories from those cruise ship passengers who were stranded at sea. >> passengers will wake up on dry land and have hot food and a hot shower for the first time in days. more on their time on this stranded ship. >> as tiny tug boats pulled the carnival cruise ship, many greeted those whose vacation never really began. the mexican one-week rive areaa cruise vacation began. >> it's our first night on the cruise. >> but monday's engine room fire changed everything. >> all of a sudden everything started going dead. >> the fire went out. so did power. >> a ship adrift. blackness mt. room. though toilets worked. frirted foods -- frirts did

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alison, thank you. >>> 8:16. despite all of the recent controversy over airport security screeners. the chance you will have to go through one of the new body scanners is actually pretty small. nationwide, only 70 of the airports have the scanners. right here in the bay area, all three airports have the cameras. at sfo there are 4 lanes and only nine scanners. in san jose, 16 lanes and eight scanners -- and ate -- and eight scanners. travelers we spoke to at sfo seemed to be taking it all in stride. it's not terrifying to me because i think it's taking precautions. but maybe if somebody were to see my intimate. >> a couple of years ago, they confiscated his diaper cream to keep america safe. so you figure out who won. >> some of the critics of this procedure are calling for a national day of protest t omorrow, one of the busiest days of the year. they want an opt out. bay area officials say the protests probably won't have any significant impact. >>> 8:17. it's being called a major b reakthrough in the fight agai

. >> i am alison starling. thanks for joining us on this tuesday. days away from the thanksgiving holiday. the weather is a mess all over the country. >> if we do have some as the spots, especially on a request, areas of snow -- especially out west. there's a cold front pushing in our direction. most of the sellers will fall apart. let's look at the satellite and radar composite. we don't have the thick fog that we did yesterday. most of this hour's bushy east will fall across as they move across the mountains. a few showers will make it to the metro area around lunchtime. mid 60's today. cooler tomorrow in the 50's. >>> in virginia going north out of springfield and tysons on the beltway, broken-down 18 wheeler in the second lane from the left between the robinson terminal and braddock road. traffic heading to the beltway leaving newington to get ballot of the pentagon is open. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a developing story, the white house has condemned a north korean attack against a south korean island. we have video of the moment north korea

reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. >>> it is 8:18. student protests over tuition hikes don't just happen in california. it's also happening in london today. some protesters surrounded a police van trying to smash the windows. two weeks ago, protesters broke into the building where the ruling conservative party has its offices. these are live pictures from london where you can see some of the streets are simply packed with protesters at the moment. the protesters are upset about a tripling of university tuition from roughly $5,000 a year to about $15,000 a year. >>> 8:18. back here at home, the mother of a tracy man just convicted in the kidnapping and torture of a 16-year-old boy is defending her son. anthony waiters was convicted on all nine counts against him. including torture, false imprisonment and kidnapping. wait sers a former youth football coach. he lived right next door to the three people who held the 16- year-old captive for more than a year. waiters' mother is questioning the makeup -- makeup of the jury. >> the

i'm alison starling. >> i'm scott thuman. we begin with your traffic and weather. we will check in with lisa in a minute but first adam caskey and we can't stop talking about the weekend. we thank you for delivering it. >> my pleasure. it will be nice today but we will notice an increase in the

reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> okay, alison. thank you. >>> during the president's trip to indonesia a handshake between michelle obama and a conservative muslim official is getting a lot of attention. you can see him holding out both hands to shake her hand. some people are making fun of that government minister on twitter because in the past, that minister has said as a good muslim he avoids contact with women who are not related to him. the minister tweeted back saying that he tried to hold back but mrs. obama forced the handshake. critics say that video tells a different story. >>> the volcano in indonesia is erupting again today, sending fire and ash in the air. the death toll this morning climbed to at least 191 people. international airlines are watching closely and -- dash and canceling flights. >>> sully sullenberger appeared at a news conference to call attention to the issue of fight fatigue. sullenberger joined other pilots to call attention to proposed new faa rules that would change the amount of time a pilot flies

alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. >>> 7:19. security is being increased in germany because of a heightened terrorist threat. germany's interior minister says the agency received a tip about an unspecified attack planned for the end of the month. he would not say where the attack was supposed to take place. >>> the san francisco police department is considering a policy that would preclude shooting at drivers that are drying -- trying to run them down. right now they are not allowed to shoot unless they believe they are in serious threat or injury bodily. a new policy would pre -- would prevent them from shooting even if a suspect is trying to run them down. other cities like los angeles have those policies. they tell them to get out of the way instead of shooting. >>> 7:20. substance abuse at schools. students who get high or drunk and where they are getting their goods. >>> also, while the giants world series win brought joys to thousands of fans. it's left one bay area agency crying foul. we still have a big problem on b.a.r.

. >> i am alison starling. steve rudin is with us again. we hope that you have a day like yesterday. >> just a couple degrees cooler, but nothing to complain about. lots of sunshine today. sunrise around 6:45 this monica. the 40's degrees at reagan national airport quite now on this thursday. wind out of the north-northwest at 7. it is 38 in hagerstown. fredericksburg is 45. satellite in motion, and the low clouds to speak of. morning temperatures will be in the 30's-mid 40's. 58-63 this afternoon with slight sunshine. but given the date on the commute. >>> light volume of traffic. no vre service. metrorail operating on a saturday schedule, marc rail on a saturdaholiday schedule. westbound after glebe road on the way to sycamore street on 66, there's light volume through the construction zone near the falls church metro. the petits on 270 is great between 70 and the beltway -- the pace on 270. >>> an officer under fire. prince george's county police are looking for a suspect who shot to an off-duty officer on the 8500 block of greenbelt roa

ktvu's alison burns is live in our d.c. bureau where congress is gonna look a whole lot different in january. good morning, alison. >> reporter: good morning, dave. that's right. it's the biggest republican sweep in the house in decades. republicans ousted democrats in what many are interpreting as a rebuke to president obama. let's take a look at the numbers -- >> reporter: there are still several races undecided. here is a picture we got overnight of the white house of president obama calling john boehner, offering congratulations to the man who will likely be the next speaker of the house. john boehner says he has a mandate to offer health reform. >> we must remember it's the president who sets the agenda. the american people have sent an unmistakable message to him tonight and that message is -- change course. >> reporter: nancy pelosi, who will serve as speaker until january -- >> we are going back to the failed policies of the past. >> reporter: now, democrats were able to keep control of the senate but they lost some

i'm alison starling. >> good morning to you. i'm pamela burrell. i'm pamela brown. >>> we begin with traffic and weather. steve, what is on tap for veterans day? >> temperatures will warm up nicely by this afternoon. temperatures across the mid- atlantic holding in the 30's and 40's. to the midwest, that is where the cooler temperatures are located. compare that to the 43 degrees at reagan national, 40 degrees in annapolis. satellite and radar -- high pressure will influence our radar -- our weather. we are going to look for a beautiful morning. mainly clear and cool, 37 to 40 degrees. sunshine will stick around, but the sun will set around 5:00. upper 50's to lower 60's. tomorrow, the end of the work and school week -- we will take it -- 59 to 64 degrees. >> we are actually rushing. hov is lifted except for -- a live, we'll jump over to the guy eico camera. beautiful at duke street even with activity on the shoulder. no delays. breaking news now. >>> breaking news from greenbelt where investigators are searching for the gunman who shot at an off-d

alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. >>> 7:16. we're following developing news out of greece where a mailbox exploded and three others were debt tated by bomb squads. the firstwoman bomb exploded at the swiss -- the first woman exploded at the swiss embassy. another bomb exploded at a mail courier company. >>> after the discovery of dubai in britain, the head of the department is urging industry to rapidly develop detection equipment for cargo con tiners that carry -- containers that carry mostly freight. >>> the u.s. senate allies are tightening security in yemen. the bombmaker is believed to be this man, the same man who built the underwear bomb last christmas day. experts say the printer cartilages from yemen contained four times the amount of explosives contained in the christmas day bomb. both male bombs were wired to detonators were cell phone technology. >>> 7:17. iran has postponed the trial for three uc berkeley graduates charged with spying. the spokesperson said sarah shourd needs to be summoned back to iran so all thre

. >> i am alison starling. thanks for joining us on this tuesday morning. wild weather all over the country last night. >> this is november. there were mild temperatures in some parts of the country. it was 70 degrees yesterday in fredericksburg. we also had a bitter cold across the midwest yesterday. that is what we get in november. let's look at the numbers outside right now. in the 50's and upper 40's. 54 at reagan national. 55 in gaithersburg. a few areas of rain at midday, more to the west of town, then clearing. there's going to be a cold front. >>> there is a water main break repair according to d.c. water and sewer on m street at the d.c.'s side of the key bridge. 301 northbound, there's a tree debris on the highway. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we begin with breaking news. police are looking for a naked man who broke into zero woman's bedroom. the 600 block of ontario street, nw. brianne carter has more. >> the people who live in this rowhouse are shaken up this morning. according to police, a woman found the intruder in the nose as she local. un

i am alison starling. >> i am greta kreuz. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes.has a check of the forecast. >> its going to be a pleasant weekend. good morning. it's friday. it is a little chilly outside. temperatures are near average for this time of year. mainly in the 30's. 34 in frederick, 41 at reagan national, 41 in annapolis. 37 in winchester. mostly sunny today, a few scattered clouds, high temperatures in the mid 50's this afternoon. in the 50's this weekend, near 60 by saturday. breaking traffic with lisa baden. >>> 270 southbound before montgomery village avenue, the driver of a vehicle pulled over as far to the right as possible and flames were shooting from under a good. 00 the hood. southbound on 270 before montgomery village avenue. trappe is getting by two lanes to the left, delays before father rarely boulevard. if it was breaking news earlier this morning on the baltimore washington barretto it. it was the fatal crash between 198 and 197. the parkway has been reopened. now to pamela brown for the latest on the accident investigation. >> good mor

>> i am alison starling. great to have you joining us at 5:00 on this rainy tuesday morning. adamtart with ada caskey. >> it will be raining for the next 24 hours. it's not going to rain the entire time through this time tomorrow. we will have showers off and on. the intensity will vary. most of the rain will occur between 1:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. some areas of rain. oriented southwest to northeast. it is around the beltway and on 270 and interstate 95. temperatures are near 50 degrees. up to an inch of rain expected by this time tomorrow. >>> there's wet pavement coming out of the neighborhoods with slippery leaves. stalled car on 301 northbound occocreek rd. cre headlights on the way to the beltway near franconia. back to you. >> thank you. >>> begin in prince george's county for a corruption scandal -- the top ranks of local government. keeps growing. nine more people including three police officers face charges. this is days after the fbi arrested county executive jack johnson and his wife lesley. there could be more arrests coming up in the next few days. brianne carter j

good morning, alison. >> reporter: good morning to you, tori. and the big news here is that more companies are hiring again. job growth is up for the first time in 5 months. but it is not enough to bring down the unemployment rate. it holds steady at 9.6%. employers added 151,000 jobs last month, mostly in health care, retail and business services. now, at the white house last hour, president obama used the report to reach out to the newly-elected republican congress, saying our future depends on putting politics aside, to find new ways to boost the economy. >> i am open to any idea, any proposal, any way we can get the economy growing faster so that people who need work can find it faster. >> president obama is also reaching out to political leaders over overseas -- leaders overseas. he left this morning for his asia trip. and he says one of his major goals is to open more overseas markets to u.s. products. reporting live from washington, d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, allison -- alison. >>> and we have video

and alison burns reports from our washington, d.c. bureau, there are already signs that big fights are looming with the white house. good morning, allison. >>> good morning to you, dave. this is brand new this hour. president obama has just wrapped up a meeting with his cabinet. and he is making some news. he said he has invited leaders of the new republican congress and democratic leaders for a summit in a few weeks to look for ways to reach new agreements. he said he has heard the message from the election. >>> and i think it's clear that the voters send a message, which is, they want us to focus on the economy and jobs and moving this country forward. they're concerned about making sure that taxpayer money is not wasted. and they want to change a tone here in washington. >>> but there are some looming fights between the president and congress. on the bush era tax cuts, the gop wants to keep them for everyone. president obama wants wealthier americans to pay up. the gop wants to repeal health reform. obama says he'll tweak it. the p

reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> okay, alison, thank you. >>> well, the death toll from the erupting volcano in indonesia has hit 53. about 200,000 people have fled to camps. mount merapi has been erupting for a few weeks now. hot gases and rock fragments raced down the side of the mountain. >>> well, the department of the homeland security has new guidelines, this comes in response to the recent discovery of bombs hidden inside printers on a cargo plane from yemen ming here to the u.s. a ban with yemen, in addition all items on cargo planes determined to be high risk may have to go through additional screening. >>> 7:16. the recent disaster in san bruno has many people worried about the safety of pg&e gas pipelines. but there are aging lines causing concern. there are almost 1,000 miles of fuel lines that run throughout the bay area. these lines have also been here for many years. they carry flammable products buried as little as three feet under ground. some are not buried at all. local emergency agencies are well aware of the possible dan

. >> i am alison starling. thank you for joining us on this dreary tuesday morning. time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden standing by. we start with adam caskey. another 24 hours of this? >> 22. it's not going to be steady rain the entire time. we can handle this. light rain for the most part. be patient today. but we will get to lisa baden in a moment. the rain is moving from the southwest to the northeast, especially in the shenandoah valley, and at the blue ridge. beltwaying around the and up 95. temperatures are in the mid 50's. holding steady today with some areas of rain. 56 degrees today, 62 degrees tomorrow. >> visibility is going to be poured this morning. a fender bender on norbeck at gude. no major accidents to reports as far as beltway traffic and interstate travel. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we begin in prince george's county, where an alleged corruption scandal reaching the top ranks of local government continues to grow. nine more people, including three police officers, face charges now. the fbi arrested county executive jack

as alison burns reports from our washington, d.c. bureau the administration is calling the release dangerous and reckless. >> reporter: good morning to you. that is right the white house is condemning the document leak by the website wikileaks and facing yemenis pressure to contain -- and facing yemenis pressure to contain the indictments. the they are worried that north korea is supplying iran with advance missiles. the documents also show that the u.s. has tried to coerce countries to take prisons from guantanamo bay. and offering another country millions of dollars. some members of congress say the wikileaks website should be declared a foreign terrorist organization and be shut down. and there are also revelations about corruption in the afghan government. a standoff between the united states and pakistan over nuclear fuel. the state department says these documents paint an incomplete picture of u.s. foreign policy. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> this morning secretary of state hillary

i am alison starling. >> i am pamela brown. lisa baden in a moment. first, meteorologist steve rudin. >> clear skies across most of the area. clients will not amount to much. it's a cold started on this thursday morning. 41 in hagerstown, 46 at reagan national. satellite and radar shows clients on the delmarva peninsula. mainly clear skies in the mountains, to the north of us, and to the south of us. look for abundant sunshine at 6:45 this morning. 37-48 degrees. why range of temperatures this afternoon expected. 63 degrees. nighttime lows around 30 degrees to the west, 38 in the district. colder temperatures in the mountains in the '20s. let's do an update on the commute with lisa baden. >>> hwy crews still working on the alternate vacaville palladian it -- between galanter and university boulevard. you will see the flashing lights. traffic down to one lane. 66 westbound after glebe road, a construction of a tool 267. heading on to the beltway on 66, working in both directions right now. back to you. >> thank you. >>> breaking news from greenbelt, in

alison is at the new york stock exchange. good to see you again. alison? >> hi, tony.nvestors like these numbers. we saw futures pop immediately after the report came out. merger activity today also helping stocks today on wall street. the fact remains, retail sales rose more than 1% in october. it's the biggest gains since march. >> how big are the retail sales numbers? >> we are close to where we were at before the recession began. spending climbed during 2005, 2007. these were kind of the good times where money was cheap. we had easy money. of course, spending fell off a cliff in 2008, 2009. that was during the recession. now here's where we are at. americans spent $373 billion last month. that's about where we were in october 2007. that was before the recession so we are taking those baby steps forward. tony? >> good stuff. alison, we're having a good day so far. let's hope the numberses continue to go in the positive direction. appreciate it. >> exactly. >>> top stories, the haitian government announced since the cholera outbreak has killed 917 people and spread t

i am alison starling. >> i am scott thuman. we will have more on that big loss a little later. we begin with traffic and weather. checking with lisa baden. first, meteorologist adam caskey. foggy and rainy situations. x a dreary day is in store. let's look at live triple doppler radar on this tuesday morning. from front will always eastward to the beltway and from the southwest to northeast. moderate showers just west of fredericksburg. rain off and on all day today. upper 40's to nearly 50 degrees right now. temperatures will climb all-day and all-night, topping out notes in the upper 50s. most of the range should be between 1:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. it will be a wet morning commute. >>> there is no road work. slippery. coming out of the neighborhoods, the roads are wet. on the key bridge in both directions, where traffic slowly getting through in both directions. on the right side, inbound and outbound, the activity should be wrapping up shortly. back to you. >> thank you. >>> some other news we have been falling, more arrests. it may not be over yet. a political scandal the re

i am alison starling. >> i am scott thuman. we begin with traffic and weather this tuesday. meteorologist adam caskey. much nicer this morning and yesterday. >> much more pleasant than monday. it's not going to last long this morning. thet, let's look at temperatures. it is modeled. -- mild. 54 degrees in the district, 49 at dulles. 50 at martinsburg. 37 in cumberland. 55 in annapolis. clear skies this morning by sunrise. increasing clouds coming from the west. areas of rain will occur across the region. this afternoon and we will cleared the ballot again. high temperatures well into the 60s and upper 60's in some spots. now to lisa baden. >>> looks good on the beltway in montgomery county. the bridge between new hampshire and university boulevard, let's take you to the geico camera. but traffic barrels are alums of the lakes -- are out of the way. traffic is getting through. on 95, 395, looks good. near 123eltway tysons, you need to stay to the right. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a developing story from asia. there's been a clash between north and south korea. north korea

alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom and says their focus is the war in afghanistan and when the troops will come home. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we have received new video of president obama's arrival at the u.s. embassy in portugal. he's there to meet with leaders of 28 nato countries for what some are calling the most important meeting in nato history. they are discussing when and how troops will be pulling out of afghanistan. general david petraeus is also at the summit to promote his plan to handing over responsibility for security in some parts of >>> the afghan forces have -- have reversed the momentum of the taliban in places. >> reporter: the plan is to end the combat role of the nato alliance by 2014 but keep forces in the country to train and advise afghans. the president is facing some challenges convincing european nations to stay the course. president obama is holding a news conference later this hour. we'll have it for you here on the morning news. for now we are live in wash

let's go to ktvu alison burns in our washington, d.c. bureau with how the u.s. is responding to all of this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. the united states is deploying an aircraft carrier to take part in military exercises with south korea. this is new video from overnight from the george washington leaving japan. the four-day security drill off the korean peninsula will begin on sunday. >> i think that everybody involved is stunned by the north korea's actions. >> president obama called an emergency meeting of his national security team yesterday. he meets with defense secretary robert gates about it again today. north korea is accusing the south of causing the clash. reporting from washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> oakland will soon join san francisco in offering city issued identification cards. the city id card is targeted at residents that might have trouble getting a state id card such as the homeless. oakland's id card will double as an atm debt card. that's the first in the country. it will let people with n

let's go to alison burns who is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with the latest on the numbers. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, pam. it is slightly better than expected. this latest report still keeps up the pressure on president obama and the newly elected republican congress to do something more to boost hiring. for the third straight month the unemployment rate stays steady at 9.6%. employers added 151,000 jobs. the most in five months. president obama will be weighing in from the white house. also this morning we are hearing part of an interview he did for 60 minutes which acknowledges rescuing the economy is not working. and he needs to do more to promote confidence. this report shows that health care, retail, and food services employment is up. a government hiring and manufacturing stayed about the same. local government jobs are down. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the rescue chilean miner who is a life-long elvis plan sang a attribute to him on his trip to new york. that is edison pena. in the mine he was known

alison burns reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom it's been a rough couple of days for the president. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. that is right, pam, at the g-20 summit president obama failed to seal a key trade deal. now he's on the defensive how he will deal with the bush era tax cuts. this is a look at the class picture from his meeting. he does not have much progress to report on efforts to get a trade deal with south korea or get china to stop its currency manipulation. he is not caving on his pledge to roll back the bush era tax cuts even though top aids seem to suggest otherwise. >> i continue to believe that extending permanently the upper income tax cuts would be a mistake and that we can't afford it. >> reporter: now the debate about how to deal with those tax cuts that expire at the end of this year is going to be center stage when the lank duck session starts next week. reporting live alison burns. >> the obama administration is preparing to boost efforts to protect consumer privacy online. ac

thanks for being with us on this monday morning, i am alison starling. >> i am scott thuman. we begin with traffic and weather. it's foggy this morning, adam caskey. >> it is foggy with a dense fog advisory until 11:00 a.m. when it is this stick and at this time of year, its leaders of while. -- it lingers. there's half mile visibility in gaithersburg. reaganles at dull international. it is 50 degrees at reagan national, 48 in gaithersburg. out west.earing 36 in cumberland. high temperatures in the mid- 60s. becoming partly cloudy. we will see sunshine by the afternoon. >> now to lisa baden. >>> visibility is poor. some of that is at ground level. there are lots of deer running around. drive defensively. the beltway at colesville road, looks like springfield, va., not much happening between a woodbridge and --. we will keep an eye on what we can. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the top story is a thanksgiving travel season approaching. people are not thrilled with the the new rules at the nation's airports. >> the tsa suggests the new security measures are necessary to keep pa

ktvu alison burns joins us now from our washington, d.c. newsroom with the latest predictions. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, pam. the most reliable political analyst that i talked to over the last couple of days are expecting a larger than expected gains for republicans with republicans taking control of the u.s. house of representatives. now let's take a closer look here at what is at stake. the gop needs 39 seats to take control of the house. pollsters are predicting they almost take closer to 50 seats. a wave similar to the one they road to power in 1994. in the u.s. senate republicans need to pick up ten seats to take control. whether that will happen seems to be anybody's guest with extremely tight races in states like washington, west virginia, and california. it's been a flurry of campaigning for both sides leading up today. >> we cut government. we can create jobs in america. we can repeal obama care and fix the united states congress. >> i know for a lot of folks change has not come fast enough. but believe me it hasn't come fast enough for barack eit

as alison burns reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom the focus is on the afghanistan war. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, pam. some are calling it the most important meeting in the history of nato. he's here to frame nato's mission for the next decade and get commitments about when and how troops will begin pulling out of afghanistan. the leaders are expected to back a plan by general david petraeus to start handing over responsibility for security in some parts of afghanistan next summer. >> i think he will be able to conduct transition of various tasks to various afghan forces. we are already doing that in certain areas. >> reporter: the plan is to e. the combat role of the nato alliance by 2014 but keep forces in the country to train and advise afghans. they are having trouble convincing european nations to stay the course. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> 5:15 after thanks giving members of the house of representatives will decide whether to accept the recommendation of the house ethics committee. the et

what's the forecast, alison?survey about a half hour ago, and it shows people are continuing to cut back on how much they're going to spend this year. if you compare it to last year, they're actually going to spend a little more this year, so it's getting a little better but still far from normal. everybody is still concerned about the economy and their personal finances. they're paying off debt and saving more. a little more cautious buying out there. >> a new cnn poll came out last week saying 80% of americans think the economy is in poor shape. how big a factor do you think this is when you think about holiday spending and improving the economy? >> when you think about it, it really impacts it a lot. because how you feel impacts how you shop and how much you spend. do people feel like they have money? is the economy doing well? do people feel secure in their jobs? people ask themselves this, and their ans determine how much they're going to spend and shop. since the recession, people use strategies to shop. ta

ktvu alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. john pistol says the tsa is there to help you to protect you from terrorists getting on a plane but the stories of problems of pat downs at the airport do seem to be getting more dramatic. this is you tube video that shows a young boy with his shirt off getting a pat down in the security line. the boys father took the shirt up to hurry the process along but the people in line the passenger that took this video were outraged that the bay was being singled out by security and then there is the story of the bladder cancer security who had his bag busted in the pat down and had to get on a plane covered in urine. >> this was so embarrassing and humiliating. i wasn't prepared. i don't think anyone is prepared to have it happen in an airport. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton is making headlines with her comments about the patdowns. i'll have more on that during my next update. for now we are live in washington, d.c. alison

alison burns is covering this controversy. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, pam. president obama is not happy about the pat down secretary of state hillary clinton said she would opt out of getting one if she could and the outrage seems to be growing among the traveling public. there is a lot of talk about the cell phone video showing a boy getting a security pat down his dad had taken off the boys shirt to move the process along. tsa says the parents should not do. the whole incident is raising questions why kids are being targeted. john pistol went on tv this morning. he did not seem to budge on the tough airport security. >> we're always looking at ways to evolve our technology and our protocols how we go about doing this. in the short-term there will not be any changes. >> reporter: members of congress are calls for changes. ron paul wants a traveler dignity act to pretect against the physical and emotional abuse of the tsa. barbara boxer wants a trusted traveler program to exempt prescreened passengers from the process. reporting live from washington, d.c. al

alison burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom. she's taking a look at what the gop needs to take control of congress. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. since my last update we watched tea party favorite christina o'donnell cast her favorite. it is one of the most talked about senate races. republicans need ten seats to take control of the senate and whether that will happen is still up in the air. democrats are wondering if their leader in the senate harry reid will survive the vote in nevada. in the house republicans need 39 seats more than they currently have. pollsters are predicting they will get at least 50. >> i think one thing to really look at is the money. the republicans don't have as much money as the democrats. they will not be able to fund the last minute get out the vote operation. the democrats could pull out a few more wins. that would be a surprise for the elections. >> reporter: the first poll is closed tonight in indiana and kentucky. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2

but as alison burns reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom the president is making his views on the news today. >> reporter: good morning to you. that is right of course president obama is embroiled in trade talks overseas baa also face -- but also facing tough questions what to do about the bush era tax cuts. they expire at the end of december. after the president's meetings he talked to reporters who asked him if he changed his mind and will keep the push tax cuts in place. the president said he wants to extend the tax cuts for everyone else but not families making over $250,000 a year. >> i think that would be a mistake. particularly when we've got our republican friends saying that their number one priority is making sure we deal with our debt and deficit. >> reporter: republicans want to extend the tax cuts for everyone. the president is going to meet with them and democratic leaders next week when congress returns for a lame duck session. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >> state lawmakers

ktvu alison burns is live. she knows all about this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you dave. the united states has been working closely with yemen on this investigation but the country's president has been reluctant to allow drone attacks or a more raids from special u.s. special operations teams. now investigators are revealing that they've identified the al qaeda bomb maker behind the latest terror attempt. he's believed to live in this house. he's a member allegedly of al qaeda in the peninsula and suspected of developing the under wear bomb that a terror suspect wore an a u.s. flight. president obama's counterterrorism aid is talking about taking on the threat. >> we will destroy that organization as we will destroy the rest of al qaeda. >> reporter: the incident shows gaping holes in the screening of air cargo, the transportation facility is screening all cargo on u.s. bound flights. a weakness al qaeda wants to try to exploit. reporting live from washington d.c. alison burns. >>> we are hearing the death toll has rise

i'm alison starling. the storm clouds left as soon as they arrived, but the wind is still danger. adam caskey has storm watch coverage. it is gustier. >> very gusty. completely unrelated to the thunderstorms last night. for the low pressure system causing all of this, it tit ghtened. wind gusts are alums of the west. there is a gust of 26 miles an hour at reagan national, 35 at winchester. 37 in annapolis. it's very windy. there's a wind advisory until 4:00 p.m. there could be gusts at 50 miles an hour at the ridge tops. we will talk about the forecast, coming up. >> there was a trail of destruction after midnight and left many residents shaken. pamela brown has coverage in arlington. >> 3 crews and power crews have their work cut out for them in arlington today. the crews are hard at work trying to clear this busy intersection at george mason drive, trying to clean up the mess left behind from the storm last night. it was a brief storm, but it pack a powerful punch. >> it was just horrific for five minutes. and then that was it. it was over. >> a massive downed tree resting on po

i am alison starling. developing news from the district. a school that was once the focus of a reality tv show is a crime scene. brianne carter is standing by in northeast with the latest. this school does so much good in our community. >> it does. they were just talking two weeks ago about upgrading the facility and then this. they found this morning someone had broken into the bindle >> . it was really hard braking. >> he woke up telephone call about the school that he hoped that he would never hear. >> indications of a break-in. >> carella for like this morning and a group of men broke into the facility and stole laptops and projectors. -- around 4:00 this morning. >> it's not something you want to what in on, particularly when you are a service to the community. >> the filing cabinet was forced open, papers scattered. the security system may have helped to get the suspect in the act. the suspect may have been planning to use a stolen taxicab. the school was rebuilt from the ground upper during extreme makeover home edition anthony mata

alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, allison. 8:17. "the associated press" has l earned the cia has come close to capturing or killing al q aeda's second in commend. the agency missed a chance to nab the terrorist in northwest pakistan in 2003. the egyptian doctor may have narrowly survived a bombing by pakistani militant planes in 2004. a strike aimed at him in 2006 also failed because he was not at the attack site. >>> the u.s. and south korea are conducting their second day of joint military exercises that as tensions with the north continue to escalate. the uss george washington is in the yellow sea along with a south korean destroyer. north korea has criticized this and warns these are a pretext to war. all this follows north korea's artillery attack last mock -- all this follows north korea's artillery attack last week. >>> as congress gets back to work today, the senate is set to vote on the biggest changes to food safety laws in 70 years. the food safety modernization act would expand the authority of the food and drug administ

i am alison starling. a breakdown on the highway turned deadly in maryland. police want to know how this happened. the accident brought traffic to a standstill on baltimore washington parkway near route 1 97 early this morning. pamela brown has the latest. >> police say that this did the accident is a reminder to drivers to never get of your vehicle if something happens. call for help. a life could have been saved. the deadly accident unfold around 1:00 in the morning. the card was going southbound on the parkway between 197 and low 98 and did lowdown -- between 197 and 198. the man got out of the broken- down vehicle and was pushing it to the side of the road. the man was struck by another vehicle. >> unfortunately, he's dead. >> a tour bus got stuck on the median while trying to avoid the accident. >> are detectives are interviewing operators of vehicles on the scene. >> southbound lanes reopened after 5:30 in the morning. the driver was struck after the accident. no charges have been filed so far. other than one fatality, there are no other injuries. we do

alison burns has more. >> reporter: good morning, to you tori. you know, president obama has made it clear, he's not happy about the pat-downs. secretary of state hillary clinton said she would opt out of getting one if she could and the outrage among the flying public seems to be growing by the day. there is a lot of talk about this youtube showing this little boy getting a pat-down. his father took off his shirt to move the process along. that's something the tsa says not to do. john pistol went on tv this morning and -- john pistole went on tv this morning and said -- >> in the short-term there will not be any changes. >> members of congress are c alling for changes. texas republican ron paul wants a traveler dignity act to protect against what he calls the physical and emotional abuse of the tsa. california democrat senator barbara boxer wants to revisit the trusted traveler program to exempt prescreened passengers from the process. reporting live from washington, d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alison. >>> 8:16. >>> a

i am alison starling. the man accused of plotting an all-out attack on a mattress system is facing federal charges. farouk ahmed appeared in court this morning and pamela brown is live in alexandria to tell us what happened. >> good afternoon, in federal court this morning, farouk ahmed pled not guilty to federal charges that he was plotting to conduct bombings at four northern virginia metro stations. according to this search warrant, several items retrieved from his house and ask burn, va. included fire arms and laptops and a cd-set with lectures from the spiritual leader of al-qaida in yemen. he is linked to several terrorist plots. he tops the list as one of the most wanted man in the world. farouk ahmed was plotting with two men he thought were al-qaida operas but there were two undercover agents. he was arrested back on october 28. a judge set a trial date for april 11 after farouk ahmed waived his right to trial. his lawyers say they need more time to build their case. he will remain in jail in the

the arab film festival, visit >> welcome " today we are visiting southern exposure in san francisco alisonrepares to launch a fantastic new project called beautiful possibilities. we will send them on a two-year adventure crisscrossing the united states to investigate american history and contemporary culture. it is using a traveling road show as inspiration. she will sit down and talk with residents in search of stories and experiences that reveals exactly what makes us americans. >> beautiful possibility is a traveling research project that i will take on a five-month journey across the united states and lower canada. i document this tore on a map that i painted for the project and also from previous projects called the road map to lost america. on the map i have taken all of the contemporary borders off the map and replaced them with native territories, and then overlaid it with contemporary highways. i have scheduled venue stops at different areas along the tour, from california to south dakota, that will serve as headquarters for my local research. when i was researching the traveling