steve brown on it for us. steve, thank you. well, a huge day in the trial of a man prosecutors say kidnapped and raped elizabeth smart. just hours ago, we finally heard from the suspect's wife. she was there for it all. part of the plot, they say. and she had plenty to talk. remember, investigators say brian david mitchell grabbed smart from her bedroom in 2002. she was 14 years old then. elizabeth smart says he spent the next nine months raping her nearly every day. and today we got the story from this woman, wanda barzee. mitchell's wife. she is already serving 15 years for kidnapping. there she is. serving 15 years for kidnapping elizabeth smart. and as part of her plea deal, she agreed to testify against her ex-husband. alicia acuna is tracking developments. dan bars this ex-wife said brian david mitchell had a history of controlling. >> so much so she testified that the first year of 25 year marriage to mitchell was hellish but it improved buns she told jurors i just learned to be more silent and i learned to be submissive

jon: steve brown, reporting live, steve, thank you. jenna: back to some politics now, the brand new freshman class arriving today on capitol hill and one person says washington right now is like a haunted house and a baptist church. that person, cries stierwalt, digital politics editor. he joins us now. christopher, what do you mean tbhai? >> i mean if you ever went to one of those at halloween time in church, you sthaw as you walk through, you'd see the wages of sin and they'd have the different, gory, guelish details, scaring people into living right and certainly that's what the freshman members of congress who are coming in to start next year who are getting orientation this week get to see, a lot of grizzly stuff in washington this week. jenna: preparing for e-mails from our viewers, chris. >> nothing wrong with e-mail, that's right. jenna: you gave some advice to some of the incoming freshmen that are on capitol hill this week and this is what you say in your power play today, you say no one is untouchable, the question, taking o

correspondent steve brown tells us what the hold-up is all about. >> joe walsh is not yet a new membergress, but he must prepare anyway. >> i'll go to washington next week for freshman orientation. i've got a great group of advisors who are helping me step up right now. >> watlsh has a scant 347-vote lead over melissa bean. since election night, three-term congresswoman in her words considers this race -- >> too close to call. >> and these votes might decide the contest. in republican leaning lake, mchenry county, absentee and provisional ballots are being checked and held for november 15, the deadline for all ballots to arrive by mail. they will be opened and counted on that day. based on the accounted absentees in suburban cook county, bean team likes its chances of erasing the gap. the spokesperson noted 70% of the absentee ballots were cast in support of congresswoman bean. how many absentees are left to count? >> 182 ballots received with a valid postmark that have been verified by judges of the two major parties, as having valid signatures. >> add 37 from mchenry county and the c

steve brown with the early shopping picks from chicago this morning. bill: called fat wallet?rtha: fat wallet. bill: a lot of us are going to have a skinnier wallet come december. >>> in a moment, a major shutdown, raising new security concerns, where this is happening and why there are concerns at home because of it, coming up. martha: and hillary clinton sounding off on some very big issues over the weekend, she talked about the tsa patdown controversy, terror trials and she talked about afghanistan. is there something more, perhaps, presidential sound to go her comments? we're going to be right back. stay with us. martha: we're just learning there will be an ano. tomorrow about -- announcement tomorrow, about whether or not the jawbone, found on an aruban beach is natalee holloways, they know it's not the jawbone of an animal and it is human, and we'll get information whether or not they can trace to it her and the news will be coming, 24 hours from now. and we'll keep on top of any developments in that story. martha: a terror alert in the heart of a key american ally. sect

steve brown in chicago, thanks.artha: and a fox news alert for you this morning on surprising new retail numbers that are coming in today. u.s. retail sales, posting their biggest gain in seven months, so that is certainly a good sign, the commerce department reporting a 1.2% jump in october, nearly double what was expected, and that's the biggest increase we've seen since march. car sales also helped to fuel that rise, but that's certainly a piece of good news for the economy. if people get out there and buying, maybe christmas shopping dicking in and car sales doing well, so confidence in the market, it seems. rick: nice to see, we'll see if that carries through the trading day. >>> chuck schumer to theory cue on the bsh tax cut deal. we'll explain his plan that came out over the weekend. you can decide if it's something you would go for. martha: if you think social security is on shaky ground now, folks, brace yourself. we're going to talk to a member of the president's debt commission about new warnings that thi

in chicago, steve brown, fox news. >>> and there could be a major break in the natalee holloway disappearance case. a jaw prone with a tooth belonging to a young woman was found last week. they've requested her dental records. she disappeared in 2005 during a high school graduate trip. the major suspect is jailed in peru in a separate murder case. >>> police at the university of maryland arrested a 24-year-old man who told them he was on his i was to kill the officer. they got a tip about a man with a knife walking along route 1 yesterday afternoon and caught up with him after a brief foot chase. they say that man of greenbelt had just been released from jail and told campus police he was on his way to kill the officer who previously arrested him. >>> a major admission from officials at ft. detrick. after claims of a cancer cluster in the area, the military base admits a toxic substance was sprayed in the area. the details are ahead. >>> plus we'll introduce you to the new top prosecutor in prince george's county. what she has planned for her time in office. much more ahead this morning. don'

steve brown on this live from chicago tonight.e of these leaked apps aren't leaked at all, really. >> it really sounds like big time corporate espionage. it's not all that complicated. you talk to many some of the folks who run the web sites with black friday ads already in full color on web site. they will tell you 50% of that stuff comes from the retailers themselves. why would anybody do that? leak their own ad. well, talk to analysts, it's about getting a bigger bang out of your advertising dollar. >> it's actually benefiting the companies to get this buzz going. these companies love the hype machine because the first thing that somebody says after hey, target leaked an ad for black friday sales. oh yeah? what are they selling? >> very few companies or retailers cop to it olympia sports is one of the few. they say they hand out ads well and early. >> shepard: target put out app. for ad it showed up on ipad this weekend. if anybody sued or if this is just a marketing ploy. >> wal-mart did sue fat wallet. the suit was withdrawn.

jon: steve brown, live in illinois, thank you, steve. jenna: now breaking news. cholera epidemic in haiti threatening millions in the state's capitol of port de prince. steve harrigan has been following this story from our miami bureau. steve. >> reporter: this is really the worst case scenario, a lot of health workers and aid workers have been worried about it, one confirmed case of cholera in court de prince. it's a 3-year-old boy. the numbers are expected to rise. san tear reconditions have got even worse from the heavy rains from hurricane tomas. tens of thousands of people are living in horrible conditions in tents. the epidemic has killed 500 people and affected 8,000. chlorea is a water born disease, it's spread by water with fecal matter. it can kill as quickly as one day with vomiting and diarrhea until the body shuts down. in most parts of the world it is easily treated with a simple rehydration program of salt, water and sugar. for many haitains these things simply are not a shraeubl. weave -- available. we've seen aid workers going through the town sa

steve brown has been following all the developments as they come in. what's the latest, steve. >> reporter: we are hearing that one -- the father of one of the three still missing persons, the father of 41-year-old stephanie sprang addressed the media today. when we get more details we'll get back with you on that. a lot of activity centering not far from matthew hoffman's home, a place called foundation park. this is just a short distance from hoffman's home, that is where the 13-year-old was found yesterday. the park is an old tkpwarl quarry -- guarry and it has retention ponds. there are boats searching the surface of those bodies of water. there was some good news on the story yesterday finding sarah maynard tied and gagged in the placement of hoffman's home. his residence has been scoured by police. they had information they would find sarah there, the police had hoped the other three would be there as well. unfortunately not. sarah's brother kody, her tomorrow, stephanie, and tina herrmann are all still missing. police say he knows where the other

, walsh declares victory and bean refuses to back down and we have seen how these things go and steve brownom illinois, how many votes separate the candidates, right now? >> reporter: a small number, 350 votes and this is after all of the early voting, that took place, all of the election day voting that tools. and, provisionles and other absentees that have been counted, down to about 350 votes and what will decide this, certainly, will be the absentee that comes in and provisionals that have been cast and those we understand, cook, lake and mchendry county will not be open until the 16th and the ballots will be examined and determined and counted if they are and the gap is 350 and how main provisionals and absentees are there, lake county we are looking at 560 votes. and, cook county, there is a block of something in the neighborhood of 2 to 300 and mchenry county, far fewer and probably the neighborhood of 200, and why do we say probably? well, in that county they have two congressional districts that run through there and it is going to be a narrow margin with votes still to be tacked o

steve cooley. at least we know jerry brown will hit the ground running. he will begin working on the budget in two weeks and the first time he will fill the top post. >> i approach the job with enthusiasm and optimism and all the energy and creativity i can bring to bear on a very broken process. >> at a news conference in oakland he said he is ready to get lean and mean when it comes to cleaning up the state's big mess. brown does not take office until january. election leaders are sorting out unusual events in san francisco. an nbc bay area news crew found this. an electronic tabulator used to count ballots in the sidewalk in the tender loin. they believe it was stolen after the memory card and ballots were collected. deputies picked it up. finding the piece on the street is unusual, but it won't affect the election results. in an unrelated situation, there as many as 75 ballots missing. a poll worker stole them and he has since been arrested. the theft may cause complications. >> as we go through the process, if something is close, whoever is on the wi

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, investigators searching for dunakin who shot at an off-duty police officer a

brown. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. stevehe weather center with a check of the forecast. a pretty nice day. >> absolutely. sunshine and temperatures approaching 60 degrees. a chilly start to this thursday morning, 44 degrees at reagan national. the wind of the north-northwest and 7 miles a network. a few clouds over the delmarva peninsula. temperatures will warmth through the 30's and 40's. highs in the upper 50's and low 60's by this afternoon. tonight will be mild. temperatures will fall quickly at sunset about 5:00 into the 30's. now to lisa baden. >>> on the beltway in maryland on the inner loop, southbound side leaving fedex field headed to andrews air force base before the pennsylvania avenue exit, two lanes are closed. emergency equipment is on the way. we are showing new quiet traffic. hov rules are lifted except for the john hanson highway. >>> breaking news from greenbelt, a police officer lucky to be alive after a robbery gone vancouver. it happened along the 8500 block of greenbelt road. courtney robinson has the

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-duty police officer. it happened after midnight on the 8500 block of greenbelt road. the officer w

>>reporter: and remember meg whitman also went after steve poizner before she went after jerry brown so a the lot of voters in california saw her go negative early and stay negative and those ads may have back fired on her at least it appears that jerry brown is the if once and future governor of california. now my colleague vick lee is down in los angeles with the whitman campaign. vick, what are they hearing down there and what are they saying about it? >>reporter: well, first of all just like you said, the ballroom has filled up now that the polls closed. mike clark can you maybe pan over and we'll take a look. mark, mark, you and i have been to many election night parties and i got to tell you that despite this upbeat music, music, this upbeat appearance, the mood here really is not a happy one. just as people were coming into the ballroom here fox news if which is on the jumbo screen predicted or gave the call to jerry brown. and there was a bunch of oh, my goodness heard here. now whitman i must repeat i must say has not conceded. let be clear. she has not conceded. she in fact

steve news governor-elect jerry brown has returned to sacramento after a post-election vacation to learn more about the billion dollar budget deficit that he will face when he takes office in january. brown says he supports a special session to address the 65 $1 billion shortfall. the rest of the deficit is projected for the fiscal years that begin in july. a lawsuit seeking to stop the sale of 11 california office complex saying they illegally bypass the council and makes an illegal gift of funds. filed on behalf of two people removed earlier from a state building authority selling of buildings and renting them back will cost taxpayers 14 $4 billion over 35 years. in headlines, some political updates both candidates in california's only uncalled statewide race are accusing the other of trying to exert improper influence over hundreds of thousands remaining ballots. , harris has a small lead over coolly nearly 8000 but to remain to be counted both campaigns have monitors watching carefully as county officials tally the votes. each side claims the other is trying to unfairly pressure the

steve weissman with your espn news update. it was a big sunday in the nfl. mark sanchez and the jets vitting the cleveland browns.an 30 seconds in overtime, fir and ten. sanchez to santonio holmes. that's your game, folks. take another look. the jets hang on and come back in o.t. 26-20. they improved 7-2. >>> how about the patriots and steelers. first quarter, no score. pats' opening drive. brady to rob gronkowski, this would be the theme of the game. third quarter, brady, play action. yep, gronkowski, another touchdown pass. 17-3, new england. this time, tom takes it in on his own. third rushing touchdown for brady. 23-3. fourth quarter, back to the combo. brady to gronkowski, he has three touchdowns for the season coming in. three in this game. pats go on to win 39-26, they're 7-2. >>> finally, cowboys and giants, jason garrett debuts as the head coach for dallas. second quarters. giants down 9-3. eli manning. the completion, but it's to bryan mccann, and he played for the cowboys. going to go all the way. team record 100-yard, touchdown on the interception. cowboys win 33-20. just their second win of the year.

joined by steve lesser in new york he's the editor of op ed news in washington we go to phil kerpen he is vice president for policy at americans for prosperity and arlanda we cross to peter brown he's assistant director of university polling institute and another member of our crosstalk team yell on the hunger all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want advice to go to you first even researching this program i came across a phrase someone describing the tea party movement tea is the republican party's cocaine thrilling for the moment but ruinous over time how would you respond to that statement. i think it's absolutely true i mean you know in the short term the tea party is great for the radical right wing part of the republican party you know people like sharron angle ken buck in colorado carl palatino here in new york but it's been bad for moderate republicans you know people like charlie crist in florida lisa murkowski in alaska because of that it's going to destroy the republican party long term there's no path to fifty percent of the electorate in states and districts for any of these tea party candidates in a normal election

brown defeating make women. >> that is show the number snacks from the attorney general's race, this is still a tight race, 7 percent of them are reported steveooley and the district is still leading for kamala harris at 48%. i north-south battle for the top of the law enforcement jobs for the state of california and they are still tight, jonathan blum file list report for the kamala harris report >> district kamala harris who is running against district steve cooley the polls are now closed and they have started to gather to watch the election results come in. this is been very tight and consistently pulling in the same numbers it is too close to call. he favors the death penalty and she is against it. she said she would uphold it but she has been trying to paint coolly as a candidate who is bad for the environment or the last couple of months. lilly is tried to think jerez i daresay it is to close to call. i'm jonathan liver kron4 news. >> we're want to take a quick break but we will come back with numbers and analysis but we want to remind the to march 11th, kron4 news will carry the celebration honoring the san francisco giants world cham

boston globe, senator scott brown teamed up with ron widen, states will opt out of certain parts of the president's health care plan. >>> "new york times," on the same day steve rattner was being celebrated in his role in turning around general motors, the former car czar was formally accused by new york attorney general andrew cuomo of engaging in a kick-back scheme. >> i thought cuomo won? >> steve rattner will be on the show on monday. >> we'll ask him -- >> check it out there. >> maybe it's for cuomo's next election. >>> the hartford cure rant, armed with home made wines, some slightly older harry potter fans who are in serious need of a lifelined up for the midnight showing of the new movie. by the way, it's going to be andrew scarborough reports is going to be very dark and bleak. >> really? >> yes. >> okay. too close for comfort. no, you guys aren't doing it. >> do we have another one? this morning's tsa newspaper photo of the day courtesy of "the new york times." >> yesterday, in case you missed, norah o'donnell, yesterday the denver post, norah, you said yesterday you spit up your oatmeal a couple of times. had somebody stop me on the train saying st