i began as a young social worker in south los angeles.gang infested housing projects that are now almost mythic, jordan downs and nickerson gardens, and i worked in these projects during what is referred to as the decade of death, when crack and unregulated gun availability laid waste to communities of color. in los angeles during the late 1980's and early 1990's, there were 1000 homicides per year in the city of los angeles, not the county, the city. now, we have between 203 hundred homicides per year. people talk about the gang problem having been addressed. i want to share with you, what i experienced, what i have learned, i am not a typical academic. i will not quote statistics to you or talk about theories. i will talk with you about practicality. pragmatic approaches, and i will talk about reality. san francisco, like los angeles learned, will never saw or deal with its gang problems effectively unless there is true collaboration. i will talk to you about what this looks like and feels like. i will speak to you about the lessons tha

and you can see all the clouds and that storm system, it will stretch from north to south, even los angelesg wet weather from the storm system and maybe even inland. so that's where all the stormy weather is. rest of the country looks great. rainfall totals are going to be very impressive. up to six inches in northern california and oregon coastline. the rest of the country, chip cal for this time of year. the afternoon hours look great. no problem. and especially a look at thursday's forecast shows pretty nice weather out there from the rockies all the way to the east coast. so, lynn, i need to call back mariah carey's people and i know last year i sat next to her and i was wondering do you want to sit next to her this year? >> that would be great. i was taking care of the twins earlier today, so it will work out. >> you are very busy. >> i know. just ahead, remorse on the set of "two and a half men." plus kim jong-un celebrates heartthrob status. 2% on groceries. 3% on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. that's 1% back on... [ toy robot sounds ] 2% on pumpkin pie. and apple. 3%

. >> happening now a massive manhunt underway in south los angeles for the suspect who shot a sheriff'sy. authorities say a deputy who belong today's a gang unit was shot last night in the florence area which was several miles south of downtown. the deputy has been rushed in to surgery and more than 100 officers participating in the search. >> for the first time los angeles county probation officers will patrol the rivalry football game. its part of an effort to crack down on fan violence. it comes two years after a fight between dozens of fans left two men stabbed and two officers injured. you can watch that game at noon. >> a deputy sheriff is a accused of robbing a bank and is scheduled to appear in court on monday. yesterday we first aired this surveillance photograph, police say it was taken ten days ago ago. authorities say that it shows a 36-year-old deputy. police say his fingerprints were also found on the note handed to the teller. before joining the sheriff he worked at a gun store. >> to make that kind of decision, is someone in sworn member of law enforcement. it's like a b

the people that make these machines and exercise social responsibility and have the people in south los angeles or south chicago trained to make these machines. they desperately need work and also they would be paid a decent wage, relative to china and we wouldn't have anymore of this, at least we would be able to cut down majorly on our street crime if these persons had something constructive to do. >> guest: yeah, very interesting point. so there are two things i would say. it is true that we have seen in the success of these technology companies, apple and google and amazon, we've seen a great success in american innovation. that is the part of our society where we all agree that the companies have been tremendously successful and where we really lead the world in terms of technology but a lot of the jobs that are being created to build those gadgets are actually overseas. many of them are in china. and so there is a question how these companies can help us deal with unemployment problem we have or lack of good manufacture manufacturing jobs in this country. let me make a point which is in "

elsewhere down in the south land, los angeles is okay. overcast skies in chicago and denver.ork city, partly sunny skies, and 48 degrees. back in the bay area, the numbers today, we'll make do with a reading in the mid-60s. san francisco today, just 62. 62 at oakland. 67 in livermore and they have clear skies. extended forecast, boy does it get wicked this week. wednesday we'll get wet. enjoy the next couple of days of sunshine, but it's not going to last. as for how the fog is affecting the traffic. elizabeth has your update. >>> we first got to work this morning, i couldn't remember the last time i had seen the fog this thick at the bay bridge toll plaza. difficult to see that overcrossing in the distance. it is stacking up toward the 88 overcrossing. and they turned on the metering lights pretty early this morning, right around 6:00. you have brake lights like this and pretty difficult to see up the incline. and let's check the golden gate bridge. dense fog advisories for pretty much every bridge across the bay area and a foggy blur this morning as you head across the span

one of the most significant aquifers in the united states lies just south of los angeles in orange county, where it supplies water for two million people. the total potential capacity of this aquifer is estimated at between 10 and 30 million acre-feet. this equals the total volume of water that lies beneath the entire state of california. this is all the more surprising because before its settlement, low rainfall made most of this region a virtual desert. the coastal plain of southern california, of which orange county is a part, is particularly well suited for, uh, groundwater storage. it has several things going for it. a--it's very deep, some 4,000 feet deep, uh, to, uh... all containing fresh water, of which we only use about the upper 1,500 feet. it has a, uh... surface water supply. it's the only perennial stream in southern california. the--this stream is fed by-- by snow melt in a very large mountain range behind us. again, in a desert area, we have snow that feeds a perennial river system which provides continuous water supply. another factor that helps out a great deal in mainta

high temperatures state wide tomorrow mild from top to bottom down south. 79 in los angeles. 61 sachblgteather here in the bay area. low 70s around the bay and inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. a cooler sunday but still mild ples wrant day.uaahy highs into upper 60s inland and around the bay. and cooler with clouds thickening and rains beginning to pour. going to be a wet second half of the week. >> sounds good. thank you. >> spencer has video of an event. >> is tree lighting right? right? >> yes. >> it's gorgeous. 25,000 people packed union square to see the lighting. that is more than double the number showing up last year. they lit the tree just minutes ago. >> it's got p p,000 lights and more than 11 hurn ornaments. >> that is mesmerizing it is. >> christmas in the park celebrating it's 33 year nice.+ >> coming up 49ers coach jim harbaugh not >>> hope you'll join me tonight at 9:00. how one couple created what might be the ultimate road block. >> money's best friend and language. a big difference between how dogs and humans learn, what it means for communicating with your

the people that make these machines and exercise social responsibility and have the people in south los angeles or south chicago trained to make these machines. they desperately need work and also they would be paid a decent wage, relative to china and we wouldn't have anymore of this, at least we would be able to cut down majorly on our street crime if these persons had something constructive to do. >> guest: yeah, very interesting point. so there are two things i would say. it is true that we have seen in the success of these technology companies, apple and google and amazon, we've seen a great success in american innovation. that is the part of our society where we all agree that the companies have been tremendously successful and where we really lead the world in terms of technology but a lot of the jobs that are being created to build those gadgets are actually overseas. many of them are in china. and so there is a question how these companies can help us deal with unemployment problem we have or lack of good manufacture manufacturing jobs in this country. let me make a point which is in "

average metropolitan area. [ bagpipes play ] poussaint: south pasadena, california, is a city of 23,000 people nestled in the vastness of los angelesedness in that, a base, that this is your home. we have a main street here. you walk your dog, you know your neighbors. it's so good for you to be known and loved and cared about. poussaint: but south pasadena is also renowned for another reason. for 40 years, it's been fighting for its life. in 1964, the california highway commission, now called caltrans, decided to build a freeway down the center of south pasadena, along what's called the meridian route. man: caltrans would never take no for an answer, and they had thinkers there that were ingrained in the idea that southern california will have crisscross freeways every three miles, and that was the ultimate plan. essentially what caltrans engineers did is they took out their rulers and they said, "here's the stub and here's the stub," and they drew a straight line. poussaint: south pasadena already had one freeway running through it, the 1940 arroyo seco parkway, the first freeway in the west. a second freeway on the meridian route

but meeting their match in the south bay tonight against los angeles and the david beckhams. l.a.o a quick start. already up 1-0 here in the 1st half. 34th minute. landon donovan, remember him? to robbie keen. his second goal. nice gymnastics right into the camera. he is an athlete. l.a. up 3-0 at this point. gordon would finally find a way to score for the quakes. but the score has it 3-2. that is the way it ends for the quakes this season. >>> a couple of former oakland a's, taking on a new challenger too. one of them beats out a former giant for a job. walt weis is now the choice to manage the colorado rockies. quite an interesting select for the rockies. he has no former managerial experience except at his son's high school outside denver. it will be a first for him. but anyone in baseball will tell you, he's a character guy. quite capable of making that jump. we'll see. the other former a taking on a challenge. mark mcgwire after three years as the batting coach of the cards, is now going to head back to his native southern california and take the same position with the dodge

but meeting their match in the south bay tonight against los angeles and the david beckhams. l.a.ot off to a quick start. already up 1-0 here in the 1st half. 34th minute. landon donovan, remember him? to robbie keen. his second goal. nice gymnastics right into the camera. he is an athlete. l.a. up 3-0 at this point. gordon would finally find a way to score for the quakes. but the score has it 3-2. that is the way it ends for the quakes this season. >>> a couple of former oakland a's, taking on a new challenger too. one of them beats out a former giant for a job. walt weis is now the choice to manage the colorado rockies. quite an interesting select for the rockies. he has no former managerial experience except at his son's high school outside denver. it will be a first for him. but anyone in baseball will tell you, he's a character guy. quite capable of making that jump. we'll see. the other former a taking on a challenge. mark mcgwire after three years as the batting coach of the cards, is now going to head back to his native southern california and take the same position with t

we have sub tropical moisture in the south, that's going to stay mainly for los angeles. it's going to continue to move in over the next 24 hours, and not only the storm system for friday. but quickly on the heels of it, another storm system right out there as we head into sunday's forecast. so moving in quick succession right behind each other. there will be concern for flooding in the mountains of santa cruz and the north bay. for friday, rain returns and as we head throughout saturday, a chance of isolated thunderstorms that could produce a little bit of hail. just because that air's so cold. tonight a little bit of spotty shower activity to the north bay. we're going to see more of that consistent rainfall for the morning hours friday. most of it looks to be in the north bay. throughout the day, be those scattered hit and miss showers. it's not going to be until the evening hours right now. that we'll see the widespread rainfall coming back from the north bay to the south bay. nonetheless, keep that umbrella handy all day friday morning. heavier pockets of rain possib

his name now >>> welcome back. 5:48 on this thursday many storm to the south starting to bring showers often coast of los angelesan diego everywhere else dry now stray shower possible south of the monterey bay as we head into the afternoon and down south of san diego otherwise increasing clouds everywhere with temperatures in the 50s around tahoe, 60s for eureka, chico, big sur to san diego, 70s through the central valley, los angeles, 80 in palm springs. >>> 5:49. image of a cross found in a tree trunk at a lafayette cemetery is creating a buzz. people have been stopping by the queen of heff excellent cemetery to see it. -- the queen of heaven cemetery to see it. a ground keeper whose brother died a few weeks ago in a car accident says he has been looking for signs and thinks this is it. they are warting for a response from the tie sis to find out what to do about it. >>> -- >>> a woman is alive thanks to quick thinking of her daughter who saved her mother's life by performing cpr. 53-year-old laurie's husband found his wife passed out with her eyes rolled back sunday afternoon while watching the 49ers game. he

. >> san diego followed by san juan, puerto rico, charleston, south carolina. los angelescome on. >> sorry. >> and there you g. >>> still ahead on "starting point" the half -- the kid who plays the half in "two and a half men" now kind of, sort of apologizing over the show that he calls filth. he says he's sorry, kind of. we'll share his apology, straight ahead. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. buy now. save later. anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yeah. one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. approved! [ female announ

. >> number two sun drenched san diego followed by san juan, puerto rico, charleston, south carolina and los angelesrk on the list? >> what is the rate of plastic surgeons per capita in all those places? just saying. >> you know what was on the list, though, i think was it minneapolis? i think it was. i think it was minneapolis was on that list, as well. that kind of surprised me. all right coming up good news really good news for the housing industry this morning. we dig actually christine is digging in very deep and you're going to want to listen to this n be frustrating. so at university of phoenix we're working with a growing list of almost two thousand corporate partners - companies like microsoft, american red cross and adobe - to create options for you. not only that, we're using what we learn from these partners to shape our curriculum, so that when you find the job you want you'll be a perfect fit. let's get to work. part of a whole new line of tablets from dell. it's changing the conversation. ♪ i'm going to dream about that steak. i'm going to dream about that tiramisu. what a night, huh?

number three we head down south to the pacific highway to los angeles. 13 million commuters can you intoity every day. 80% drive and 56 hours spent in idle cars. and of course, new york city, the big apple. they spent 57 hours or two and a half day sitting in traffic, especially if you're trying to get out of town on a friday afternoon. the number one worst city for traffic -- or not to believe this -- honolulu, waii. unbelievable. for many, nexium helps relieve heartburn symptoms caused by acid reflux disease. osteoporosis-related bone fractures and low magnesium levels have been seen with nexium. possible side efcts include headache, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. other serious stomach conditions may still exist. talk to your doctor about nexium. ♪ gerri: just how teep as the price of confidence? according to a new wells fargo's survey 250,000. americans with thakind of cash in their retirement acount said it will be just fine in their golden years. retail retirement director. thank you for coming in tonight. the tipping point is 250,000. is that have more to do with reality orjust conf

the hottest residents, san diego, and rounding out the top five, san juan, charleston, south carolina, and los angelesed the nicest city in america. and new york, the most stylish. >> i like that. that sounds good. >>> another list out this morning, the annual list of the most popular baby names. and this year welcomes a lot of little sophias, emmas and olivias. and for boys, the most popular names are sam, josh and george. it's aidan, jackson and ethan. and what do you know? "fifty shades of grey," has influenced baby names. the book reportedly sparked a baby boom last year. now, parents are paying tribute on the list of the fastest-rising names. ana, anastasia, and grey. i'm just saying, when those kids put it all together, the parents will have a lot of explaining to do. >>> also in "pop news," update on the supermodel last week that was taking china by storm. since this 72-year-old grandfather started modeling his granddaughter's light, visits to her website has quadrupled. the good-looking grandad is now china's most recognized model. he has turned down multiple offers to strut his stuff for othe

number three we head down south to the pacific highway to los angeles. 13 million commuters can you into the city every day. 80% drive and 56 hours spent in idle cars. and of course, new york city, the big apple. they spent 57 hours or two and a half day sitting in traffic, especially if you're trying to get out of town on a friday afternoon. the number one worst city for traffic -- or not to believe this -- honolulu, hawaii. unbelievable. hawaiians would spend an average 50 hours a year. tuesday afternoons are the worst grades and stay on the beach. still to to come, my "two cents more". coming up next, forget u.s. treasuries. some are saying there is a new safe haven for investors looking to stash their cash. we will tell you where it is coming up next gerri: the new place many investors are stashing their cash. some are calling it the new safe haven. we will get the facts and two minutes gerri: in focus tonight, talk of a new safe haven for investors looking way to stash cash. somewhere other than uncle sam's pocket. a recent article pointed out that money is pouring in to highly rate

people in los angeles took action today. plus, a special souththe weekend wrapped up with increasing clouds. and, right now, the radar picking up just a few sprinkles outside. but you'll notice here as we show you the rest of the west coast, a very stormy pattern is taking shape. what it means for your workweek forecast and our next chance of seeing rain when we come right back. ♪ just put a little bit of yourself ♪ ♪ in everything you do [ female announcer ] add your own ingredients to hamburger helper for a fresh take on a quick, delicious meal. it's one box with hundreds of possibilities. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> as tensions escalate in the middle east, many u.s. leaders are voicing their support for israel. the possibility appears to be growing and president obama defended israel's right to defend itself. nbc's brian moore has the latest.

citizen from afghanistan is accused of recruiting 3 younger men living in los angeles, san bernardino and riverside counties down south. fbi files indicate the 4 were planning to unite at al qaeda training camp with the intent of returning to the u.s. to commit terrorist acts. >> san jose police are appealing for help to get a wanted killer off the street. 20,000 dollar reward now offered for the capture of second man who took part in a string of weekend crimes. police have already arrested this man jonathan will banks who committed the crimes with this man. the 2 are caused of killing 22-year-old the man during attempted carjacking at 7-11. victims friends are asking the suspect to turn himself in. >> justice should be done and i hope the guy gets caught and serves life in prison. because that's not the way people should leave this earth. >>reporter: 2 gunmen also accused of robbing 4 businesses and wound ago police officer during a shoot out. that officer suffered just minor injuries. >> artist arrested at the oakland airport as we reported last week for carrying what looked like bomb materill not face charges. jeff

citizen from afghanistan is accused of recruiting 3 younger men living in los angeles, san bernardino and riverside counties down southte the 4 were planning to unite at al qaeda training camp with the intent of returning to the u.s. to commit terrorist acts. >> san jose police are appealing for help to get a wanted killer off the street. 20,000 dollar reward now offered for the capture of second man who took part in a string of weekend crimes. police have already arrested this man jonathan will banks who committed the crimes with this man. the 2 are caused of killing 22-year-old the man during attempted carjacking at 7-11. victims friends are asking the suspect to turn himself in. >> justice should be done and i hope the guy gets caught and serves life in prison. because that's not the way people should leave this earth. >>reporter: 2 gunmen also accused of robbing 4 businesses and wound ago police officer during a shoot out. that officer suffered just minor injuries. >> artist arrested at the oakland airport as we reported last week for carrying what looked like bomb materials will not face charges. jeffrey was stop

citizen from afghanistan is accused of recruiting 3 younger men living in los angeles, san bernardino and riverside counties down south. fbi files indicate the 4 were planning to unite at al qaeda training camp with the intent of returning to the u.s. to commit terrorist acts. >> san jose police are appealing for help to get a wanted killer off the street. 20,000 dollar reward now offered for the capture of second man who took part in a string of weekend crimes. police have already arrested this man jonathan will banks who committed the crimes with this man. the 2 are caused of killing 22-year-old the man during attempted carjacking at 7-11. victims friends are asking the suspect to turn himself in. >> justice should be done and i hope the guy gets caught and serves life in prison. because that's not the way people should leave this earth. >>reporter: 2 gunmen also accused of robbing 4 businesses and wound ago police officer during a shoot out. that officer suffered just minor injuries. >> artist arrested at the oakland airport as we reported last week for carrying what looked like bomb materials will not face charges

to the south dry conditions and temperatures on the mild side, 24 degrees expected in los angeles, 23 in denver, and on the other hand very chilly, only 6 degrees in new york city, 7 in washington, d.c., and millions of households are without electricity so this is definitely critical situation. moving into japan then, dry conditions have returned to much of the southern half of japan including tokyo but stormy weather will continue in northern japan. definitely record amounts of rain and additional 250 millimeters likely in eastern parts of hakaido in the next 24 hours. flooding and landslides a big concern and unstable weather continues into friday. waves could hit as high as 5 meters today. back behind snow showers continuing northeastern china as well as southeastern russia and an additional 10 centimeters likely. towards the south rain spreading over southern china and funan seeing the heaviest rain today. temperatures quite chilly. only 1 degree and actually a couple of degrees higher than seasonal. tokyo getting up to 20 degrees. we'll see the same figure into the next three da

they're predominately in areas like south florida major cities like new york, francisco and los angelesl traditionally democratic enclaves. those who are won't pay the taxes oppose them, and those who will support it. here with me, robert reich at u uc berkeley's goldman school of policies. is this politics that goes back to what is the matter with kansas book a few years back. they would really not be affected by the tax increase that they want us to go through. >> it is one of the great ironies. it has to do with the big lie. if you tell the big lie over and over again people start believing it. and one of the lies that republicans have been telling for year is the lie of trickle down economics. the wealthy are job creators. if you tax them you'll have fewer jobs, fewer--less income over all. it's obviously a lie. it has proven to be a lie. if you tell it again over and over again at least enough people begin believing it in red states. people who are not at all wealthy that it has some heft. the other thing that republicans have been spreading the word about or trying to convince peo

los angeles, ventura county. so from los angeles through san diego they are talking 80s there. we have our 80s to the souththe 70s tomorrow locally at our beaches. and take a look atta hoe. they will be climbing into the 70s, but you know by the end of the week it will be back into the 30s. so a 40-degree temperature jump in the sierra nevada. now for us locally you notice we stay dry. wednesday the front is still up to the north. but by thursday it looks like 10:00 you could see some rain downtown san francisco and that continues to sweep all throughout the bay area and linger into friday. so we'll recover, but it is going to take a few days. 80 in concord today with 74 in the city. average highs in the mid60s for san francisco. oakland today 77. go raiders. the temperatures there in the upper 70s. 83 in gilroy. here is how it looks on election day starting out mild, sunrise 6:41. we will see more 80s and the sea brees in the afternoon -- sea breeze in the afternoon at our coast. the warmth is gone by wednesday. looking for a chance of showers on thursday, friday. a weak system in terms of the pre sip. ma

down right warm down south high of 85 in palm springs and almost 80 in los angeles.a we have mailed weather again with high from mid upper 60's on the coast to low 70's around the bay inland hears accu-weather 7 day forecast. mild weather and dray weather through monday. tuesday clouds thicken cool did you know a bit and rain arrives on wednesday and we have a rainy pattern for wednesday right on into the weekend. >> all right thank you spencer. >> time for sports and jim harbaugh you never know what he is going to say even when he says nothing lick today. it's always enter taping. t to talk about after the game tomorrow night. >> absolutely. >> about harbaugh and crazy things that come out of his mouth. >> gobble gobble. >> that's one of them. we'll get some more in a few minutes. we learned this about harbaugh last few years. he won't be bullied by the immediate why to give certain'ss. warriors. give certain'ss. warriors. hard to >> coming up tonight at 11. tired of the black friday shopping frenzy? why so many local stores are vague for your dollars this weekend a

south san jose. and newcomers immediately notice this doesn't have the feel of the nation's tenth largest city. >> i'm from los angeles, i love the city. san francisco. san jose doesn't have that feel. and maybe that would. maybe a larger skyline would. >> the skyline would look much different p it wasn't for the airport. >> the good news for many of the companies that are located in the downtown, they're very close to the airport. the bad news for the downtown is that it's very close to the airport. >> council woman says the airport height restrictions on the skyline are limiting investment opportunities. developers aren't eager to build here. >> construction -- often it doesn't make any sense financially for them to start construction unless they can build 30 or 40 stories or more. being able to have a few additional stories really determines whether the project is likely to move forward or not. >> the faa recently completed a pilot study at other airports looking at emergency takeoff patterns. depending on the results of that study, the faa may allow taller buildings downtown. >> i think it looks nice the way it is

have to deal with usc next week in los angeles and now, stanford, which wrote a remarkable story here tonight, they take dead aim at the championship of the pac-12 south. >> kirk: i don't know where to begin. first, as far as chip kelly and oregon, tough loss for them at home, in autzen stadium, the story about david shaw and stanford. we talked, it's first time since 1926-'30, first straight years of winning eight games or more, remarkable way to build on that momentum. >> heather: joined by kevin hogan, this was your first-ever road start, just a freshman, how on earth did you come in here and pull out a win? >> we tried to play our style of football. tough environment. their fans go crazy for the team. oregon is a great team, their defense played well. we found a way to survive or mistakes in the end and pull it out. >> heather: how much was experience a factor? this is the third time you have gone into overtime this season. >> yeah, we knew what we had to do. we won overtime, lost the other close one. but we just knew get the ball in overtime our defense will make plays and offense, try and get a touchdown always but we trust jordan in the end. >>

south of the monterey bay and around san diego, temperatures in the 60s around san diego, big sur, chico to eureka at 60. 54 tahoe increasing clouds, low to mid 70s through the central valley to los angeles, 80 in palm springs. >>> on capitol hill lawmakers continue their meeting today with top fbi and cia officials over what led to the resignation of former cia director david petraeus. he resigned last week after admitting to an extramarital affair. that affair was discovered during an fbi investigation of harassing e-mails allegedly sent by broadwell to jill kelley. law enforcement official says broadwell sent e-mails to senior military officials in an attempt to undermine kelley who she saw as a romantic viral. -- romantic rival. >>> president obama heads to new york today to tour superstorm sandy damage. the president will meet with local officials, first responders, fema staff and families recovering from the storm that hit two weeks ago. he was in new jersey before the election last week parts of and new jersey are still without power. >>> registered sex offender caught volunteering at a south bay catholic school. it is illegal for a sex offender to be on school grounds he claims h

state, radar returns off the coast around los angeles and san diego where most of the moisture from our storm system is going now. it will shift north to the southof the monterey bay around big sur during the afternoon while the rest of us see increasing clouds 50s tahoe, mid 60s chico, yosemite, big sur, 68 san diego, 71, l.a. all of us will get rain tomorrow and snow over the weekend. >>> 6:44. let's check in with josh for a preview what is coming up on gma. >>> good thursday morning. coming up the software mogul on the run speaking out to abc news about the murder of his neighbor in belize and why he fears the police there. exclusive reporting on the case this morning. also our legal panel of dan abrams and nancy grace join us with their takes right here on "good morning america." >>> today ucff will release a new study highlighting danger of energy drinks as more deaths are being looked at in connection to 5 hour energy. katie marzullo is first lady new developments. >> reporter: -- is following new developments. >> reporter: look what i found. on the front hours of energy now, no crash later there's an asterisk, you flip it over this statem

los angeles 70 degrees. >> let's check your national forecast. stormy weather continues in the northwest. some areas could get another inch of rain in the mountain regions, eight inches of snow. in the southtorm sends up rough surf, rip currents and coastal flooding. mainly dry and mild in the northeast, midwest and southwest. >>> cbs moneywatch. no agreement on aids to greece and hostess fails to reach a sweet deal. >> reporter: more uncertainty over the unstable greek economy. european be officials failed to reach a deal on giving greece more aid. financial leaders had differences over how long greece should be given to reduce its debt. they need to agree on the issue before greece to receive its next bailout loan. >> asian markets shook off the news and headed higher as the yen hit a seven month low. nikkei add 1% to finish at a two month low while the hang seng gained 1%. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke is pushing for a compromise on the fiscal cliff. in a speech tuesday he said if president obama and congress can resolve the crisis unemployment would go down and the economy would grow. falling oil prices and an announcement that hewlett packard is taking a $9 billion write down

south. it's looking really good. as far as temperatures go tonight, if you're in the car traveling down to palm springs, los angeles or fresno, it's going to be a cold night for a lot of folks across california. let's get you into the bay area. 53 in santa rosa. 56 in sunnyvale and some of the coldest weather again continues to be los ga it tos at 53 degrees. live out to the sky camera network on this thanksgiving eve and the shot looks like christmas to me all year long. with the bay bridge lit up and visibility really excellent. a little bit of cloud cover for the morning hours but we're not expecting a major fog event at least over the next three to six hours. you can see in san jose dry roads. from this vantage point traffic moving along pretty good. back into our numbers and what we can expect. we'll get some cloud cover in the morning hours, fog near the coastline and off the peninsula at 7:00 a.m. but then increased sunshine as we head throughout thursday afternoon. some of the sunniest expected on your thanksgiving. some good news as you sit on the couch and take in some leftovers and this one is for all the b

south bay and east bay lighter rain. snow up in the mountains, you do not need chains. temperatures this afternoon low to mid 70s, sacramento, fresno upper 60s los angelesgo, palm springs 87, scattered showers tahoe and yosemite mid to upper 50s. >>> governor brown will be in san francisco today making a last minute push for prop 30 his second visit in one week. prop 30 asks voters to approve temporary tax hike on incomes over quarter million dollars a year and sales tax hike for four years the governor says the revenue will prevent six billion dollars to schools. -- >>> president obama dives back into campaigning today visiting wisconsin, nevadan and colorado after several days of leading the federal response to superstorm sandy the president's advisers insist the break from campaigning gave him a chance to offer comfort and command in a crisis only a president can deliver. he even got praise from republican governor christy of new jersey. >> he has worked incredibly closely with me, i cannot thank the president must have for his -- his personal concern and compassion for our state and the people of our stay >> we can't change course in america if we -

los angeles, san francisco, n.y. washington d.c. look at those markets, they are doing well. i just left south florida yesterday and in south florida alone there are 82 new construction projects on the board, a third of which are under construction out. that to me look the lot like the mid 1990s when we were coming out of a similar economic recession. >> the housing market will be stronger. no doubt about that. the american action forum held housing events across the country, in las vegas and phoenix and orlando next tuesday and columbus, ohio. different market. the takeaway from those events, there's not a single housing market but a lot of housing markets. the story is not uniformly good and in places where we thought was pretty strong like phoenix, ariz. there's a lot of concern about the fact these are mostly cash, investor class going in and trying to make a little money quickly. that is good news. doesn't look like the sustained growth that we want. i personally am worried about the credit availability so the combination of dodd-frank and the new international court battle are going to c

south and into the santa cruz area. so we will end unwith a cool, partly cloudy afternoon with temperatures well below average. look at that, 64 in los angelesn the teens and 20s in the sierra nevada with some more snow there. about 30 in tahoe, 39 yosemite, upper 50s big sur and 58 calm springs. back home around the bay, look at these highs. just 59 degrees in oakland. fremont, san jose upper 50s. from palo alto to berkeley, numbers will be chilly. bundle up if you are headed out to the game there. 56 downtown, 55, remember those gusty winds at times, especially along the short line out of the northwest. 58 watsonville, 59 in va linas. here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. we will do all again tomorrow morning with the very chilly condition. veteran's day features temperatures in the low 60s. childer come monday and tuesday but another system heads our way bringing a chance of showers north bay and then perhaps the entire bay they are thursday and friday. definitely a huge about face from what we had last week. >> it took a while for real autumn to get here but seems no doubt it is here. >> yeah, well below average, the tempe

los angeles, san francisco, the suburbs were democratic. the suburbs were swing. suburbs of dallas, houston, san netanya, atlanta, charlotte, and south carolina ever -- were republican. analyzing by saying suburbs does not work. you have to look at each individual suburb or the region of the country. and we have to rethink the way we spend money in politics. if this was a $6 billion election-year with status quo results, the biggest success would -- when it comes to money and politics and i'm not talking about message macro, it may be an effective way to pay voters directly. there is more returns for your investment. i would conclude by saying that the supreme court is the second most important institution in the united states in aiding the economic recovery because next to the feds, they have done more to pump more money, more stimulus into the economy in hard-hit states like nevada, florida, ohio, colorado, any institution. they may be more important than the fed. we have to look at money and politics. >> this is interesting. the comments from all four speakers. i want to ask about a demographic group that none of you touched on. o

los angeles, san francisco, the suburbs were democratic. the suburbs were swing. suburbs of dallas, houston, san netanya, atlanta, charlotte, and south carolina ever -- were republican. analyzing by saying suburbs does not work. you have to look at each individual suburb or the region of the country. and we have to rethink the way we spend money in politics. if this was a $6 billion election-year with status quo results, the biggest success would -- when it comes to money and politics and i'm not talking about message should dismiss des -- macro, it may be an effective way to pay voters directly. should dismiss demographics -- independence because they leaned democratic. the suburbs cannot be analyzed as a whole. you look nationally, romney won the suburbs by two points. look at northern virginia. it delivered -- the blue state suburbs, philadelphia whiteout romney. the suburbs also wiped out romney. new york, philadelphia, d.c., los angeles, san francisco, the suburbs were democratic. the suburbs were swing. suburbs of dallas, houston, san netanya, atlanta, charlotte, and south carolina ever -- were republican. analyzing by saying s

los angeles, san francisco. suburbs of atlanta, charlotte and south carolina were very republican. colin analyze pricing the birds doesn't work. you have to look at each individual suburb of the region of this country. finally, number six we have to reach inc. the way we spend money in politics. but this is a $6 billion election-year status quo result, the biggest success when it comes to money and politics in politics than an taken up methods, the macro is that karl rove separated billionaires for billions of dollars to what effect. maybe more effectively to way to pay voters directly. and i would conclude by saying that the supreme court of the united states is the second most important institution in the united states and the economic recovery. they have done more to pump more money into the economy and hard-hit states like nevada, florida, ohio, pennsylvania and california than any institutions. they may be more important from the fact. again, we have to look at money in politics as blaise said effective, as i say what was in effect. >> this is very interesting comments from al

south, to follow suit and probably change the laws when it comes to marijuana. >> yeah. the colorado governor saying don't bust out the cheetos too fast. go ahead, richard. >> yeah. in los angelesare more medical marijuana dispensaries than starbucks in los angeles. >> what do you think of that? this could be the future. >> it could be. >> it tells you something though. >> speaking of drugs, we're staying on this point. >> a lot of injured people. >> we want to talk about drug sniffing dogs and the reliability of that evidence. avery, do you think it should hold up in a court of law or do you think it should be like a lie detector test where, yes, it is used, but it may not be enough to prosecute? >> you know, the supreme court heard arguments on that very issue a short time ago. i love this case. the question is the supreme court of florida said in validating dog sniffing evidence that came out of there that we have this mythic belief and kind of superstition to believe the reliability. the florida supreme court said no. and the arguments before the u.s. supreme court, even the justices started growling about it. i mean the truth is in places where there's no reachable expecta

los angeles area. rain and snow showers around northern michigan, green bay, and milwaukee, and western new york. also gets a wintry mix. >> 40s from chicago to new york. mostly 70s across the south from salt lake city to albuquerque. >>> and warning, this next video may be difficult to watch. a strong man from the nation of georgia, yes, set out for a new world record by pulling a truck with his ear. the truck weighed more than 8 tons. >> good lord. somehow the team managed to attach a rope to his left ear without it falling off somehow, and he pulled that truck more than 70 feet. the guy said he trained two months, which topped his ear achievement in 2011, pulling a seven-on the military helicopter at the time. >> i'm just so disturbed by this. >> we all have dreams and hobbies. >> i can't. i just -- >> yes, it will be submitted to the guinness world record. not to mention the local chapter of mensa. >>> all right. coming up next, michael jordan's outrage at the country club, and it was not about his golf score. >> hmm. >>> and a new york police officer's act of kindness getting attention worldwide. what an inspiration for us all. you're watching "world news now." ♪ everything'