, which, that can't be the real ken burn, can it? it? maybe it can, i don't know. buy that, adam needs money. you know, our first guest tonight from the movies 'crash,' '2012,' and 'mission: impossible 2' among others. her latest is called 'for colored girls' but they say anyone can buy a ticket to it. if they want. it opens friday, please say hello to thandie newton. how are you? >> oh, you have your microphone. >> jimmy: you know that happens a lot. women will come out and put on their own microphone. i think because they don't want dirty microphone guys touching your body. >> you're absolutely right. i would never have a dirty microphone man anywhere near me. >> jimmy: ho are you? >> very well. it's a wonderful year to be here. >> because of halloween? >> yes. i had a wonderful halloween because we don't celebrate in england? >> jimmy: why don't you? the queen ruled against it? >> i think people are paranoid with children going to stranger's home and getting candy. but we love it. we love doing it when we're over here. i take my t

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he was a treasure not only to us but to those who recognized his brilliance like ken burns who used his voice for "the civil war" and "baseball." his voice just stuck in our heads. in 1991 when washington was caught up in the challenge by anita hill to supreme court nominee clarence thomas. >> the quibbling of the committee got to people who don't sit around and watch congressional committees very much. here was quibble, quibble, quibble, political posturing hokum that happens on committees. these are the people who have the ethics troubles and who are caught in just a series of things that make people scoff and smirk. and here they were where the two people with any real class in the room looked to a lot of americans like professor hill and clarence thomas. gwen: charles rice mcdowell jr. a class act. he was 84 years old. our hearts go out to his wondful wife, ann. funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> i'm an engineer. my kids say i speak a different language, but i love mathematic. and math and science develop new ideas. we've used hydrogen in our plants for decades. the

there is still an investigation underway into exactly what was burned into the air tonight. ken?you see behind you that flareoff starting to die down now. so that is at least good news. >> it is at least good news. >> robert lyles in martinez. thank you, robert. >>> oakland meet your new mayor. jean quan beat her challenger don perata. quan the first woman and first asian-american mayor of oakland. she has an offer for the guy she beat. >> we really wanted to thank the nearly 1000 volunteers. >> reporter: jean quan is thanking her supporters. >> i'm announcing on monday a transition advisory group and i particularly plan to choose supporters among the people i ran against including senator perata. >> reporter: the senator was way ahead of quan just eight days ago with 34% of the vote to her 25%. then a huge turn around. rank choice voting kicked in and quan took the lead securing fully two thirds of rebecca caplin's second place votes. perata is not conceding the race. asked if he is considering a recount a spokesman tells cbs5 he will address that in a morning news conference. w

ken pritchett. >>> bay area swimmers burned a few calories before a big meal today for a very good cause.um of $4 to the karen m. gordon scholarship fund. >> the kids back to the community for the good kids in the world. helps them reach some of their goals, education wise and it's just a good feeling to be able to help. >> karen gordon was a promising young ktvu intern who was killed by a drunk driver. she was a swim student. >>> form is black friday. traditionally one of the busiest shopping days of the year when stores pull out all the stops with sales. but this year more and more stores are trying to get a head starlet by opening today. tom vacar live tonight in emeryville bay street mall there with our report, tom. >> reporter: you know why these folks are camped out waiting for the deals tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. hundreds were out there doing some shopping today. sears and k mart opened their doors open for those who wanted to avoid the black friday crowds into transaction thursday. >> we're looking for ways to serve our customer it is way they want to be served. >> reporter: with other

ken buck, and christine o'donnell, he has dan costz and roy blunt and some other activity. he's being joined in the conference by people he opposed in the primary. that may cause him some hart burn at some point. >> at the end of the day, it is still very much a very coledge yal body. if you go to work and your lleague is throwi you under the bus, it's hard to get beyond that. maybe it's not obvious, but at the end of the day winng, anybody has to deal with coalition, who is joining you and standing with you on legislation. that makes it tough. >> i want to bring it close with a lightening round. >> i'm not good at that. >> one, i want you to predict whether nancy pelosi stays or goes and two, predict if harry reed fills out his entire six years of his term. carl? >> i'm banned by new new "new york times" policy from making predictions like that. you can say it both ways. either way i have to deal with it, so -- [laughter] i'm not sure about harry reed. i can definitely see him not doing six years. >> i can see him not doing six years as leader. >> i don't knoif that's what you're talking about. >> both. the full six years and -- >> i think he fought too hard for this, this win

ken buck, and christine o'donnell, he has dan costz and roy blunt and some other activity. he's being joined in the conference by people he opposed in the primary. that may cause him some heart burnat some point. >> at the end of the day, it is still very much a very coledge yal body. if you go to work and your colleague is throwing you under the bus, it's hard to get beyond that. maybe it's not obvious, but at the end of the day winning, anybody has to deal with coalition, who is joining you and standing with you on legislation. that makes it tough. >> i want to bring it close with a lightening round. >> i'm not good at that. >> one, i want you to predict whether nancy pelosi stays or goes and two, predict if harry reed fills out his entire six years of his term. carl? >> i'm banned by new new "new york times" policy from making predictions like that. you can say it both ways. either way i have to deal with it, so -- [laughter] i'm not sure about harry reed. i can definitely see him not doing six years. >> i can see him not doing six years as leader. >> i don't know if that's what you're talking about. >> both. the full six years and -- >> i think he fought too hard for this, th

ken buck, and christine o'donnell, he has dan costz and roy blunt and some other activity. he's being joined in the conference by people he opposed in the primary. that may cause him some heart burnt some point. >> at the end of the day, it is still very much a very coledge yal body. if you go to work and your colleague is throwing you under the bus, it's hard to get beyond that. maybe it's not obvious, but at the end of the day winning, anybody has to deal with coalition, who is joining you and standing with you on legislation. that makes it tough. >> i want to bring it close with a lightening round. >> i'm not good at that. >> one, i want you to predict whether nancy pelosi stays or goes and two, predict if harry reed fills out his entire six years of his term. carl? >> i'm banned by new new "new york times" policy from making predictions like that. you can say it both ways. either way i have to deal with it, so -- [laughter] i'm not sure about harry reed. i can definitely see him not doing six years. >> i can see him not doing six years as leader. >> i don't know if that's what you're talking about. >> both. the full six years and -- >> i think he fought too hard for this, thi