cynthia bowers, cbs news, chicago. >> glor: that is the cbs evening news tonight. i'm jeff glor, cbs news in new cent drop in the sal >>> the condition of a little girl's condition is not known after being shot after she opened the door. >>> talking about reversing what many are calling a catastrophe. >>> not much rain just yet but wind and rain is coming. we will tell you when coming up. >>> i'm ann notarangelo. cbs5 eyewitness news is next.

our thanks to cynthia for that report. we'll be right back. next with "jimmy kimmel live." >> jimmy: tonight, helen mirren paul bettany music from little big town and we're bottling oprah tears. "jimmy kimmel live" is next. twizzlers. the twist you can't resist.

in new york city, this is "nightline," december 9th, 2010. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with a fascinating conversation between two of the most famous women in the world. oprah winfrey and barbara walters. the occasion? oprah's decision to leave her daily television program after 25 years to start her own network. but while part of her legacy is her candor, there are still corners of her own life that have remained a mystery. you may have seen barbara's hour with oprah earlier this evening. now, some of what you didn't see. >> reporter: oprah winfrey. her name, iconic. her show, a phenomenon. over the years, she has laughed with us and she has cried with us. 25 years of talk. 28,000 guests. almost 5,000 shows. millions of viewers. a net worth of almost $2.7 billion. and now, she's saying good-bye. after may, she will end her daily television show. >> these years with you, our viewers, have enriched my life beyond all measure. one of the reasons why i knew it was time to end the show is because the show became my life. and every time i've seen you, you sa

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," december 7th, 2010. >> good evening, everyone, i'm bill weir. and today, the nation lost an inspirational figure. a woman who overcame public and private adversity to communicate a gospel of resilience, as her last book was called. the daughter of a navy boot lot, she was born in florida 61-year-olds ago, went to law school and met the younger man who would change her life. tonight, cynthia mcfadden remembers elizabeth edwards. >> reporter: this was the moment america really saw what elizabeth edwards was made of. >> we're going to always look for the silver lining. it is who we are as people. >> reporter: it was march 2007, standing next to her husband, john, taking a break from his presidential run to announce the worst kind of news. her breast cancer, first diagnosed three years earlier, had returned. but john and elizabeth vowed to continue the grueling campaign, noahing that sooner or later, the illness would take her life. as she told me ri

in new york city, this is "nightline," december 22nd, 2010. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden.e begin tonight with the weather. winter has brought the kind of storms that interrupt and even endanger lives, with days of rain and flooding in the southwest, record snowfall in the north, and conditions harsh enough overseas to shut major transportation hubs. this, after a summer of even more dangerous waves of heat and water. tonight, dan harris talks with a forecaster who saw it all coming, and who has less than promising news for what's coming next. >> reporter: it's hard not to be impressed when you see entire houses being swept away by flood waters in the west. part of the same storm that, tonight, is creating road closures, evacuations and wild spread fear of mud slide. meanwhile, the madness continues over in europe, where the snow and freezing temperatures that paralyze major cities is only now starting to relent. there is one person who is happy about all of this, though. >> i'm extremely pleased that it's very cold and it's very cold in europe as well. >> reporter: this ra

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it was, you know -- and i think cynthia and live that life. when she came back she kept trying to escape. as hard as it may have been, it was still a world. a hard world for women. very hard. >> you talk about having done a lot of research and reading. what is and i spoke about just the day-to-day life, i've read one by kelson called buffalo soldier. i have nothing to base on how accurate. it talks about spiritual life and how important hunting. >> which? are you talking about a specific book? >> cal since buffalo soldier. >> i have not read that book. >> what motivated the comanche warriors spiritually and then why it was so important to hunt and to capture people and to torture. >> it was -- the society -- the comanches society evolved particularly during the years of the apache conquest when they nearly -- nearly annihilated the apache. they evolved into a tribe were statice relied on military success. that, i think, changed everything. you have to look at them. you can look at the spartans the same way. there was nothing but military succe

cynthia bowers is in a less-than-balmy chicago this evening. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, russ. it's hardly that. a lot of times winter storms don't live up to the hype, but this one has, dumping snow from the dakotas to nashville, tennessee, an behind that precipitation, bitter cold. wind chills here expected to be negative 25 tonight. first came heavy snow. enough to collapse the 9.5 acre roof of the minneapolis metrodome, hope of the minnesota vikings. it gave way this morning, unable to stand up to the fifth heaviest snowfall in twin cities' history, 17 inches in 18 hours. the vikings will now play the morning giants in detroit on monday, but the giants were unable to get to minneapolis anyway because the airport there shut down for the first time in 19 years. roads across the region were also closed. heavy snow kept firefighters from getting to a house fire where two people died. more than 600 vehicles slid off the road. there were so many accidents in iowa, troopers say they quit counting. in lacrosse, wisconsin, where snowplo

. >> reporter: sisters rosemary and cynthia raised more than $2 million in grants and donations to buynd build their west oakland center. >> have you done any of your math practice? >> reporter: as the student population grew, the sitssters added a new focus encouraging college enrollment. >> sister rosemary and i would always talk to our students who were getting close to their ged and say, are you thinking about college? and they weren't. or if they were they didn't know enough about it. >> reporter: one thing the sisters know they have made a good team. >> her strength is writing and my strength is math. >> reporter: for using their strengths to help students step into success, this week's award in the bay area goes to rosemary delaney and cynthia canning. sharon chin, cbs 5. >> we get to feature jefferson award winners every week. if you would like to learn more about them or how you can help nominate one, go to cbs5.com, click at connect at the top of the page and then down to jefferson awards. >>> looks like black friday but this video is from this morning. we'll tell you what ha

cynthia, we have to stop calling lame duck congresses lame after this. >> we might, gwen. this wasn't won hasn't been so lame after all. >> ifill: rich. >> i would hope we would stop having lame duck congresses at all. i think it's an awful practice to have representatives rejected by the people deciding important questions like this. >> ifill: there you go. thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> brown: still to come on the news hur implementing the repeal of don't ask >> brown: still to come on the newshour, implementing the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell"; economic change in cuba; and the legal challenges ahead for the health care insurance mandate. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: iraq may finally be close to seating a new government, nine months after national elections. prime minister nouri al-maliki submitted a list of cabinet ministers today. parliament could approve the roster as early as tomorrow. for now, 13 of the 42 posts would be filled by acting ministers. that could give maliki time to work

cynthia bowers has our story. >> thank you very much for being a part of us ( applause ). >> reporter: at panera bread company, the nation's best-performing restaurant chain. >> the breaking of bread with customers is an opening day tradition. >> some people cut a ribbon. we share bread. >> reporter: but what's happening at this dearborn, michigan, store is decidedly nontraditional. >> we made a decision to take this store and literally give the store to the community. >> to make sure everyone gets a meal, even if they can't afford one. >> reporter: panera cares, as it's called, doesn't list prices on its menu board. it suggests donations instead. >> you just leave more or less in the donation box. the "pay what you can" concept is founder ron shakes way of offering more than a simple handout to those in need. >> i'm only working part time right now. so on days that i can afford it, it will be great, and on days that i can't, i'll definitely take use of it. >> this isn't a soup kitchen. it isn't a homeless shelter. it's a cafe of shared responsibility. >> reporter: but for some custom

in new york city, this is "nightline," december 1st, 2010. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. and tonight, we bring you a special edition of "nightline," the extraordinary story of a reporter and the iraqi boy he tried to help. and how it all went terribly wrong. the story begins in baghdad in 2006, two weeks before saddam hussein was hanged, with sectarian violence raging in the runup to the u.s. troop surge. life took an unexpected turn. here's his account of when dan met dan. >> reporter: it all starts with a chance meeting at a school in baghdad in the middle of a gun fight. >> shots. a lot of shots. >> reporter: you're how old? >> me? 18. >> reporter: what's your name? dan. shooting again. >> yeah. we're used to it. >> reporter: you're used to it? >> yeah. >> reporter: that's sad. >> yeah, i know. i know. what we can do? nothing. >> reporter: it's in this moment that i decide that i'm going to do a story about this kid who has got the same name as mine, about one teenager's life in a war zone. dan lets us into his family's apartment. >> here's where i live. this is my roo

cynthia bowers has more. >> reporter: first came heavy snow. enough to collapse the 9.5 acre roof of the minneapolis metrodome home of the minnesota vikings and gave way this morning, unable to stand up to the fifth heaviest snowfall in twin cities history. 17 inches in 18 hours. >> oh. >> reporter: the vikings will play the new york giants in detroit monday, but the giants were unable to get to minneapolis anyway because the airport there shut down for the first time in 19 years. roads across the region were also closed. heavy snow kept firefighters from getting to a house fire, where two people died. more than 600 vehicles slid off the road. there were so many accidents in iowa, troopers say they quit counting. in la crosse, wisconsin, where snowplows could not keep up, drivers were urged to keep off the roads. >> stay home. do not come out in this. this is ridiculous. >> reporter: a state of emergency has been declared in all 72 wisconsin counties, but this massive system dumped snow as far south as lexington, kentucky and nashville, tenness

cynthia bowers, cbs news, dearborn, michigan. >>> coming up later on "the early show" continuing coverageve blizzard that has socked in a large part of the east coast. also a look at president obama's likely plans to seek a second term as president. and a report on the trouble-plagued broadway production "spider-man" and how the show will go on. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. appreciate you watching this morning. i'm terrell brown. take care, everybody. i'm terrell brown. take care, everybody. have a great day! -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

cynthia bowers reports two deadly fires, one early today, the other last week, illustrate the terrible danger. >> reporter: surrounded by thousands of mourners, the casket of chicago firefighter edward stringer was carried to his funeral atop engine 63. the same truck he road to the fire that claimed his life. >> mayday, mayday... >> reporter: stringer was one of two firefighters killed when the roof of an abandoned building collapsed on them. 17 firefighters were injured. they were inside searching for homeless men and women. >> there were some squatters in there trying to keep warm and the place caught afire. >> reporter: in a similar tragedy in new orleans early today, eight homeless residents died when a fire they set in a steel drum to keep warm spread through an abandoned warehouse. fire officials there are urging the homeless to use city shelters. >> it's a lot safer in a city shelter than it is in an abandoned building. >> reporter: but not according to the thousands living on the streets in big cities like chicago. advocates for the homeless say folks tell them they actually f

cynthia bowers, cbs news, chicago. >> couric: how cute is she?s the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm katie couric. thanks for watching. we leave you now with a sign of the season. the first family flipped the switch tonight to light the national christmas tree. >> 3, 2, 1! ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by cbs captione getting a nasty letter. the very personal attack that's raising questions >>> she went to the dmv for a license and got a nasty letter. the very personal attack that's raising questions about privacy. >> you may have avoided a traffic ticket without even knowing it. why police were cutting some drivers slack and why the grace period is over. >>> and you are looking at one man's backyard hobby. so how did all that get there? >>> good evening, i'm dana king. >> i'm allen martin. >>> imagine going to the dmv to renew your driver's license. weeks later you get a letter from the clerk reprimanding for something that did you in your personal life. it happened to a bay area woman. don knapp went to the dmv in san francisc

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cbs news correspondent cynthia bours is in chicago with the latest. good morning, cynthia. >> good morning, jb. coming down as we speak. it is the good continuing is a weekend the first significant sn snowfall for the midwest this season and thinking we could see up to eight inches before all is said and done. from the northern plains to the great lakes, a winter storm smg is having its way with the midwest. >> a fast-moving intention little system but extends all the way from bismarck, north dakota, through the twin cities all the way down into central, believe it or not, central illinois. >> reporter: folks in minneapolis, minnesota will see four to eight inches. at the airport a delta airplanes plane slid off the runway after snow buried taxiway markers. in central illinois, overturned cars littered the highways as slick roads caught drivers unaware. in chicago, where three to six inches are expected snow crews are loading up on salt and getting ready to work around the clock to clear the 9546 total miles of road, the distance from sydney, to chica

. -- i am cynthia bornstein, the executive director. at an audience, laurence kornfield of the department of building inspection, scott sanchez, the zoning administrator, it will also be representing the planning department. we also have carla short with the department of public works. at this time, if you could please go over the meeting guidelines and to up the swearing and processed -- swearing in process. >> the board request that you turn off all phones, beepers, and pagers so they did not disrupt the meeting. appellants, permit holders, and it apart and responders have seven minutes each to present their cases and three minutes for rare bottle. people affiliated with these parties must include their comments with in these time frames. members of the public were not affiliated with the parties have up to three minutes each to address the board and no rebuttal. members of the public who wish to speak on an item i asked but not required to submit a speaker card or business card to board staff when you come up to the lectern. speaker

. >> reporter: sisters rosemary and cynthia raised more than $2 million in grants and donations to buyld their west oakland center. >> have you done any of your math practice. >> reporter: and as the student population grew, the sisters added a new focus, encouraging college enrollment. >> sister rosemary and i would always talk to our students who were getting close to their ged and say, are you thinking about college, and they weren't. or if they were, they didn't know enough about it. >> reporter: one thing the sisters know, they've made a good team. >> her strength is writing and mine is math. >> reporter: for using their strengths to help students step into success, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to rosemary delany and cynthia canning. sharon chin, cbs 5. >>> storm clouds finally beginning to part around the bay area, as it looks like we'll get a much needed break over the next couple of days. still a couple of clouds outside and lingering showers into the east. otherwise, things are really winding down now, and the next couple of days, high pressure will start s

eventually he divorced jultian's mother cynthia, moved to new york and started a new family with yokofather a handful of times before his death. >> he obviously was trying to reach out later in life. no question about it. and he knew that i still was looking -- longing for that relationship with him. >> reporter: do you feel cheated that you were denied that opportunity? >> of course i do. i mean, no question about it. it's beyond sadness that he's not around, obviously. but there's nothing anybody can do about that. >> reporter: december 8th marks the 30th anniversary of lennon's murder. his killer, mark david chapman, was just denied parole for the sixth time. should he ever be released? >> i can't answer that. you know, there's supposed to be room in our hearts, in all of our hearts for forgiveness. my own thoughts are personal on that and are my own and will remain that way. that's for me and my own thoughts in my own quiet time. >> and john roberts joins us now. john, he said he was abandoned a couple of times. how much do you know about how much time they spent together? >> they

actress michelle williams has been nominated for a golden globe and now she speaks with my co-anchor cynthia mcfadden in her first network interview since the death of the father of her child, heath ledger. ♪ >> reporter: michelle williams has been famous for half of her long life. perhaps she couldn't imagine at 15 as one of the young stars on dawson's creek, that she would turn into one of her generation's top talents. >> i didn't dream big. in a way. at every point, that's enough for me. then, i was give an little bit point. >> reporter: the stunning success of brokeback mountain, which she acted opposite of the late heath ledger. earned her an oscar nomination. what was that like in. >> that was happy. >> for a reason we both understand. >> you fell in love in that movie. >> i did. i did. maybe that's the secret. >> reporter: that off-screen love affair with ledger only deepened the love on screen. who could forget moments like this. >> i remember that day. i remember standing in the hallway and thinking, water. water. i want to be like water. strong enough to hold up a ship but able to

good morning, cynthia. >> reporter: good morning, betty. negative one in the suburbs. you know in northern climbs like this one cold can be relative but this cold is that unwelcome relative especially since winter hasn't even started yet. four of the five coldest starts in december in chicago history have happened in the last five years. the pre-winter assault continued across the midwest yesterday dumping two feet of snow outside cleveland with nine more inches expected this morning. and as the slow-moving storm continues to move east, there is more snow for pennsylvania and new york. on a snow-bound highway in ontario, military choppers had to rescue motorists. >> actually, i've lived here 35 years. i've never seen it like this. >> reporter: more than 300 people were stranded in snow and ice for over 24 hours. >> it's a storm that we generally don't get and it's just blowing and keeps on snowing. so, got no visibility hardly sglort the northest is experiencing and arctic blast that has temperatures plummeting. >> freezinging cold. i should have wore another jacket on

." >> i'm cynthia mcfaden, up next on "nightline" heroic actions at a board member. -- board meeting. and freezing to stay fit. @Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ@Ñ= =t >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> there is an alarming number of raccoon attacks taking place in alameda. why alameda? there is a difference between raccoons on the loose there and other parts of the bay area. abc7's alan wang explains. >> over here raccoons were heading toward this way. >> an open dog door lead to an all out battle at 3:00 a.m. in the kitchen. >> i have always known they were around. >> four full grown raccoons, a 15-year-old lab mix and sophie, a four-year-old chawini. >> i also started doing stuff and you can see where they tried to bite hold of her arm. >> sophie found herself out matched. >> they had a hold of her and was pulling back and off like this with a little dog in her mouth. >> it was an intense 45-second fight. it grabbed sophie by the shoulder in its jaws. it is the 10th raccoon attack in alameda this year. most involve attacks on small dogs while they are bein

." >> i'm cynthia mcfaden. carolyn and dan, on a special edition of "nightline" the story of a reporter and iraqi boy joined by hopes for a better life for the young man. but a new start in america turned sour with an outcocococoo >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> we all misplace things from time to time. losing your keys don't usually cost $10,000. money is already tight at bear creek high. this year the lodi school district struggled with a $30 million deficit. staff and students are unhappy about the unnecessary expense of replacing all of the locks. principal darrell camp calls it a big mistake. >> we are running around doing multiple things on multiple days. this is one of those that was quite chaotic. >> also when that money could be going elsewhere to the arts or anything. >> the school had to pay for security guards until the locks could be changed. to make matters worse, this is the second time principal camp has lost the keys. but he vows to hold on to them in the fut

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," december 8th, 2010. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. well, legend has it that an ancient sill sill yan king would dress like a commoner and would sneak out and gorge himself on pizza. a few hundred years later, that delicious combination of crust, cheese and sauce creates such universal delight it has become an american economic indicator. you can tell the depth of the recession by how many pepperoni supremes come out of the oven each day. and john berman tells us why. >> reporter: a slice of heaven. a batch of bubbling beauty. a literal piece deresistance. but that pete is a isn't just a beacon of gooey goodness. pizza is delivers a taste of economic goodness. there are more than 65,000 pizza parlors in the u.s., with more popping up each day. and this year, americans ordered more than 5.5 billion pies. yes, the slice seems remarkably recession resistance. so, you opened new locations? >> yes, five locations over the past year and a half. >> repo

." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," december 3rd, 2010. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and we're going to begin tonight with a topic everyone agrees on. because everyone hates them. airline feels. by now, most of the american flying public seems to have resigned itself to shelling out an extra 65 bucks to check a bag or 30 bucks for more leg room. but is there any way to combat those surcharges? well, to answer that question, ryan owens embarked on a marathon reporting mission that spanned two days, seven cities and 6,000 miles. here's what he found out. >> to know me is to fly with me. >> reporter: there's george clooney in "up in the air." and then there's me in this assignment. my marching orders were to fly in and out of as many air ports as i could in two days. los angeles. in st. louis now. during the busy holiday travel season. completely full flight. middle seat. >> service to los angeles. >> reporter: and no taking advantage of the perks i'm used to as a frequent flyer.

we would like to wish a happy holiday season to my sister cynthia in oakland, california. >> happy holidays. >> 4:44 before the sun comes up this christmas eve over the bay bridge. promises to be another dry day in the bay. this next story will put your train set to shame. check this out. winter wonderland unlike any other. in hamburg, two brothers put it together. it covers locations from all over the world. the train said there is a sport stadium, a working fire department and a cruise ship and may be most interesting, an airport complete with planes that take off and land. there is the cruise ship and the planes coming in and landing. thousands of pilgrims flocking to the town of bethlehem. several festivities are planned and the latin patriarch will lead midnight mass. a recent decline in violence brought it back to the west bank. hotel occupancy rates are above 70% compared to a few years ago. >>> let's get a check of the weekend forecast with the christmas day forecast and a few days after that in the seven-day forecast. christina loren is here to do this. >> i few bag of tricks becau

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," december 14th, 2010. >> good evening, i'm bill weir. the beginning of this story seems tragically familiar. and angry man interrupted a school board meeting in panama city, florida, today, blaming them for firing his wife and leveled a handgun. he said he planned to die and >> reporter: this woman, a >> but why? please -- >> we have reports that mike jones, the officer in the back of the room, was taken to the hospital with chest pains but is okay. a lot of heros in that room. be sure to watch "good morning america" tomorrow morning for tlatest on the story. >>> and we turn now to another disturbing story of illicit drug use and the emergence of a prescription cocktail that's taken hundreds of lives in texas. the trend is abetted by so-called pill mills, pain easi houston these days? chris cuomo goes undercover as "nightline" investigates. >> reporter: houston is in a battle against rogue medical clinics known as pill mills. >> you get a doctor o

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news with cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city and terry moran in washington, this is "nightline," december 24th, 2010. >> good evening, on this christmas eve, i'm terry moran. we're going to begin with the musical. it's back on the national stage. just look at the smashing success of "glee." but in high school theater departments across the country, the musical never went anywhere and in one particular high school in texas, they've been doing it bigger and better for years, thanks to one remarkable woman. but when she set out on her most elaborate production she had no idea a real life drama was about to unfold. earlier this year, john donvan reported this heartwarming story, and we wanted to bring it again to you tonight. ♪ guess this means you're sorry ♪ >> reporter: no doubt, you have heard of "glee." the award winner this year for best tv comedy. it follows a high school teacher who tries to turn a talented group of misfits into stars. well, this is a story about a real life "glee." but with a twist. ♪ happy happy happy

." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news with cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city and terry moran in washington this is "nightline," december 16th, 2010. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. we're going to begin tonight with a disturbing discovery. four unidentified bodies found near a beach on long island, new york. one of the most troubling aspects for this case for police is the way it echoes a similar discovery not far away in atlantic city back in 2006 the bolds of four prostitutes found in a drainage ditch in a crime that has never been solved. investigators are now considering the possibility of a serial killer at work and andrea canning has our report. >> reporter: should people be scared? >> no, i don't think. no. i don't want anybody to think that we have a jack the ripper running around suffolk county with blood dripping from a knife. >> reporter: but there is a believed serial killer on the loose. >> chilling new developments now breaking on new york's long island. >> police are worried they have a serial killer on the loose. >> reporter: striking fea

our panelists tonight are cynthia avitia. mary giovagnoli. in practic practiced, mary. and professor bill hing. and nellie reyes, an immigrant community advocate. we begin tonight dialogue by hearing from each of our panelists. following that, we will hear invited testimony from several individuals directly impacted. the panel will be discussing a number of issues around comprehensive immigration reform. >> good evening. i just want to thank you all. i want to say that think we all sound more like experts when we quote his research three-time representing the office of congresswoman zoe lofgren. i was told to talk a little bit about our personal connection to immigration. i think that's easy for me. i'm the only person in my family born in the united states. my family is from mexico did my grandfather was recruited to work here in the united states during world war ii. my father emigrated here. i sister and my mother emigrated in 1967. we have very different experiences for all three of those members of my family. in my entire professional life, i was looking back. i've

good morning, cynthia. >> reporter: good morning, betty. it was negative 1 in the suburbs here today. now, in colder cities such as this one they say cold is relative but the cold is a welcome relative, especially since winter didn't even start yet and four of the city's coldest starts to december have come in just the last five years. the pre-winter assault continued across the midwest yesterday, dumping two feet of snow outside cleveland with nine more inches expected this morning. and as the slow-moving storm continues to move east, there is more snow for pennsylvania and new york. on a snow-bound highway in on tear yore, military choppers had to rescue motorists. >> i have lived here 35 years, never seen it like this. >> reporter: more than 300 people were stranded over 24 hours. >> this is a storm that we generally don't get and just blowing and it keeps on snowing so got no visibility hardly. >> reporter: the northeast is experiencing an arctic blast that has temperatures plummeting. >> freezing cold. i should have wore another jacket

." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," december 29th, 2010. >> good evening, everyone, i'm bill weir. thanks for staying up with us. more people than ever is now seeking beauty with the help of a really sharp knife. according to the american society of plastic surgeons, the number of operations has jumped nearly 70% in the last decade. among that surge is a controversial new clientele, teenagers. last year, an estimated 200,000 teens, mostly girls, were nipped or tucked in one way or another. young patients electing to reshape breasts or noses before they are fully grown. and for more on this, here's lisa ling. >> this is my room. these are all my dance photos. and that's me before my ninth grade dance. >> reporter: kate lynn is a beautiful girl, but like in teenagers, she suffered about insecurities. what do you think when you look in the mirror that day? >> i felt pretty, but a lot of my friends had more, kind of the low cut, more exposed, but i wanted something to cover the area, i

." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," december 2nd, 2010. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and we begin tonight with a mystery worthy of hollywood, but tragically, it's no fiction. just over two weeks ago, movie publicist ronni chasen buzz driving her mercedes home on sunset boulevard when a gunman pulled up and opened fire. since then the story has emerged in bits and pieces. a sharp shooter, a shabby apartment complex and a neighbor who talked big until last night, when police officers came knocking. mike von fremd has our report. >> reporter: the investigation into the mysterious murder of high end hollywood publicist ronni chasen went down scale last night when investigators went to question a man neighbors say called himself harold, in this seedy apartment building. as officers approached him in the lobby, he took out a gun and shot himself. >> they attempted to talk to the suspe suspect. when they did, the suspect produced a handgun and there was a self-inflicted gunshot wound

. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city this is "nightline," december 15th, 2010. >> good evening. we begin tonight with crime and spontaneous heroism. when clay duke leveled his handgun directly at the panama city florida, school board yesterday, he allowed ginger littleton to leave the room. but she decided to come back creeping up behind the armed man with her purse held high poised to strike. well, tonight, she tells us what was going through her head. here's ryan owens with our report. >> reporter: this was supposed to be the exciting part of the school board meeting. awards being handed out to talented students. those kids left the meeting and next on the agenda, updating classroom technology and preventing head lice. the monotony of the meeting was shattered when this man, 56-year-old clay duke, stead up with a simple declaration. >> i have a motion. >> reporter: with that, he walked to the wall and spray painted a red "v." the symbol for venndettavendetta. his wife was fired from her job as a specia

. >> reporter: from her office in a video call, cynthia let is an etiquette expert and author of "that's so annoying" who says asking for specific gifts is, well, rude. >> policy is not a concern here. >> reporter: school spokesperson says soliciting gifts is against the rules but that's not what happened here since it was the pta not the teachers doing the suggesting. >> this is a story that has snowballed way out of proportion. it has bah humbug and grinch and scrooge written all over it. >>> and tonight's other big story, the redskins sunday lineup. we are learning that starting quarterback donovan mcnabb will be sitting on the bench against a rival dallas cowboys this weekend. our dave owens hears from mike shanahan about his controversial decision. >> reporter: mike shanahan press conference is very vague but not today. the head coach was very frank, donovan mcnabb's future as a redskin is in doubt. just 13 games into it, the donovan mcnabb era. >> pass is intercepted. >> reporter: seems to have already come to an end. >> i also told him that i cannot guarantee him that he would be

. >> announcer: from the global rell sources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city this is "nightline," december 17th, 2010. >> good evening, thanks for joining us. there is no more electrifying and polarizing figure in american politics today. sarah palin demands the attention of so many, her husband and small children draw more google searches than the rest of the republican field combined. long out of office, she still manages to alter national discussions with a single tweet. but can this heat last all the way to 20123? tonight, abc's rob by roberts heads to alaska to spend time with palin, talk about how far she's come and what might be next. >> go straight, ride fast. >> reporter: in her new book, "america by heart," sarah palin writes that the three pillars of her political philosophy is family, faith and flag, in that order. >> let me drive! >> reporter: here in the wilderness, on a snow mobile with her daughter piper, you get the family part. palin seems truly in her element. my first time on the palin property in wasilla, yeah, i just