let me show what you it looks like now in alabama. here are the waves, still offshore by about 80 miles. moving up to the north 9 miles an hour. the center of circulation should be sometime later this morning into the early afternoon but no big deal because the rain is already there. the wave action is there. the heavy winds are there, too. >> the rain is the big deal for places that normally wouldn't have to worry about the oncoming hurricane. >> northern alabama, georgia, too. this is atlanta radar. put the wind up there, not that big of a deal. only 12 miles an hour. you see the rain shield through georgia and into alabama. look how heavy that is. that red shaded area, that's like 2, 2 1/2 inches of rain per hour. flood watches are up. we'll talk about those in just about a half hour. >>> thank you. >>> flying during the holidays is expensive enough but while

southern parts of alabama.ion is still way south of all the thunderstorms that are way ahead of it. it is going to continue to work its way to the north and then drive eastward and reform as another low off the carolina coast by tomorrow evening or tomorrow night. we're going to be watching this heavy rain for most of the day. tallahassee covered up with heavy rain. the spirals rain band dipping into the gulf of mexico. red shaded areas is where you're getting the heaviest rain. haven't seen signs of rotation out of individual thunderstorms. that's good news. you don't want to see tornadoes form out of this. certainly a possibility as you have one of these feeders move on through. the heavy rain is going all the way in towards atlanta, delays at the airport because of that one. heavy downpours across the western side of alabama. get down through the south, things are beginning to dry up for you. panhandle through alabama into mississippi, too. show you a little video we got from about an hour ago. we're watchin

you saw what auburn almost pulled off at home yesterday versus alabama. florida has to face that today at home versus florida state, but all of that kind of conversion looking forward to next saturday at the sec championship game. what are some of your early thoughts about that one. >> at one point in time, looked like this alabama offense was really starting to peak, obviously the main stay has been mark ingram throughout the season. that's going to be called into question now with that hip injury versus auburn last week. other guys will have to step up much like they did in that final game-winning drive. mcilroy is playing better, and he's going to need to without ingram in the line-up. >> this whole season has been interesting, preseason, everybody was high pressuring florida, this team is going to return the table, maybe the greatest team ever, and you kind of saw alabama methodically move up the standings. when the bcs standings came out, they started moving up, and you get the feeling with that tight game against auburn, you get back into this is fl

ida came ashore before dawn this morning at dauphin island, alabama and flooded roads in alabama.ered in streets and yards. some areas are experiencing scattered power outage it's as well. no reports of serious damage, thankfully. the storm will likely continue another day as it travels up the east coast. >>> one of our i-reporters who lives in destin, florida, captured ida's giant wave as they slammed the gulf coast. look at this. it's something to see. a beautiful sight on some levels, though, too. isn't it? jan took this video from her house near the beach. thank you, jan. she says some buildings lost their sea wall. when we talked to her earlier she said the waves were just getting bigger and bigger, and also told us the parking lots of some high-rise condos on the beach are under water. >> this is jetty east down at the point and can you tell their parking lot is flooded. trying desperately to pump it out. that's the guard shack. >> we want to thank you, jan, so much for sharing those picture, with us. if you have great pictures or video of ida as it came ashore go to ireport

a lot of rain out of the south, rotates into lower parts of louisiana and alabama. next 48 hours, key. a cold front is dropping down through memphis right now, taking effectively the bulk of the rain, throwing it across the northern part of the gulf and drag it is on through alabama, georgia, in towards the western carolinas the next two days. another low off the coast of the carolinas and races to the northeast for the end of the week. a couple of days to watch this thing. no doubt about it. flash flood watches, all the areas in dark green, stretching to the western part of the carolinas. flash flood warnings are out there already for northern parts of louisiana. cold front going through the great lakes stretches in toward ontario, montreal and quebec. you can see it there. you're clear from new york into boss tovenlt as that cold front approaches you, watch for a windy day to shape up for new england. you can see delays at the airport in boston. good to see you on a monday morning. hurricane, november. doesn't happen very often. >> hurricane ida. we'll be followin

it came ashore this morning in alabama. it flooded roads in alabama and florida panhandle and caused scattered power outages in some areas. >>> three florida teenagers accused of setting a 15-year-old by on fire will be charged as adults. they're being held without bond. 15-year-old matthew bent directed jarvis to pour water on brewer. mendez started him on fire. two other teens have not yet been charged. brewer has burns over 65% of his body and remains in critical condition. >> you can come in each day or get a phone call at any time that things are getting worse and we're getting better. people get sick fast and better slowly. right now with him we're a tiny bit better every day. >> the boys attacked brewer because he reported that one of his friends stole his father's bicycle. >>> the cbs news producer charged with blackmailing david letterman is in court today. joe halderman threatened to expose his affairs with the late-night staff if he didn't pay $2 million. a short while ago the defense attorney asked the judge to

the landfall takes it up there alabama in towards georgia. next 48 hours, look at all that rain that's going to fall. purple is about eight inches of rain. >>> of all the things that the internet viruses can do, this might be the worst. you could unknowingly be storing child porn on your computer? ♪ >>> christmas came early at the box office. the new animated version of "a christmas carol" featuring jim carey as scrooge. "this is it" fell to second place with $14 million. george clooney in "the men who stare at goats" finished third. >>> seven years after one of the most frightening kills sprees in u.s. history, d.c. sniper john allen muhammad will be put to death tomorrow. the shootings came as the country was still reeling from 9/11. and the anthrax letters. muhammad's accomplice is serving life in prison. >>> you know, the number of people who owe more on their house than it's actually worth, well, it's going down. our money expert jennifer westhoven is here. that sounds like good news. but you say not in all cases. >> this is one of those

most likely somewhere around mobile, alabama. bonny schneider has been watching this and i know we say, oh, it's not a hurricane anymore, but there is still a sense of danger with this. >> absolutely, christi. a strong tropical storm. winds, almost the highest intensity for the tropical storm. that's why we still have warnings in effect. the latest with tropical storm ida. you see the winds at 70, but gusts higher, up to 85 miles per hour as the storm gets closer and closer to the gulf coast. we're already seeing the bands of wind and rain affecting the region at this time, and the track is moving on forward in its advancement towards the alabama area. somewhere in the vicinity as we get closer to mobile, in the early hours of the morning, we're going to see this actual storm come onshore. when we talk about landfall, it means the center of the eye passing ober a barrier island or some part of land. that doesn't mean the strongest winds won't actually come onshore. tropical storm force winds in advance of it. the curvature affect

so far it's a nice, solid sheet into alabama, actually tennessee, kentucky. zoom on in to charleston, south carolina radar. a good slug of moisture north of charleston all the way in towards myrtle beach. getting some rain right now pulling on into the rest of the carolinas. more rain for you today. it's going to come ashore. you can see it's all spreading up to the north the next couple of days. a good shot of rain from western parts of virginia, west virginia to maryland. the yellow is about 2, 2 1/2 inches of rain as that impulse begins to move up to the north. more rain for you. we have that coming on in towards areas like kentucky and back on in towards right around ohio getting in towards columbus. some light showers there. here's that chicago radar, scattered showers. not heavy but it will be like this all day long. winds out of the east once again. delays out there and then the pacific northwest. here is our first storm coming in. that's from yesterday. here's our second storm coming in. you get the clouds. that's going to be a big time rainmaker, big

cargo ship "the maersk alabama" for a second time. ed guards on the ship fired back and turned them away this morning. remember, pirates took the ship's captain richard phillips hostage for five days in april. this, before navy sharpshooters freed him. >>> elizabeth smart's father says he's willing to forgive the woman who pleaded guilty to kidnapping the girl. wanda barzee apologized to elizabeth yesterday, ro she was not in court to hear it. a u.s. attorney says barzee also agreed to cooperate against her estranged husband who is also charged in the case. she will be sentenced in may. >>> a wildfire in southern california is expected to be surrounded this afternoon. it's about 95% contained right now. an orange county fire captain says its burned since monday. the fire injured three people but did not damage any homes. >>> that's a quick check of some of our headlines. honey, there's a lot more where that came from. just wanted to check in on you. it's 31 minutes past the hour. i'm robin meade. >>> more charges expected today in the

here the final play of the game, and alabama d does what it does best, earn a victory, so alabama victorious 2-21. a huge final drive for greg mcill roy and company. what imprettied you the most about the -- what impressed you the most about the tide on this drive? >> well, they lost mark ingram on that drive, and saw others step up. you see mcilroy, completed his final seven passes. that's what they're going to have to have, especially if ingram's injury turns out to be serious. >> big news coming out of this one, mark ingram. preliminary reports are a abused hip. just 16 carries, 30 yards for the all american, ingram. >> and you expected a big day out of this guy, especially when you're playing against auburn, the number 10 rush defense in the conference, but only 30 yards on the ground, and he's ultimately injured in this ball game, and as they push toward this sec championship game, he's been the mainstay of what they've done all season long. >> as a team, just 73 yards rushing for alabama. we'll get further updates on ingram as the week goes out. here is an earlier look at the teal of t

that's not a time to be comfortable if you are along the gulf coast, louisiana, alabama, into floridaer, the hurricane season ends at the end of november association if you have that hurricane preparedness kit, you need to get it ready. the season's not over. this storm may come calling. what we'll see around the nation is pretty nice, in the southeast high pressure the feature which is is going to give you pretty nice condition, plenty of blue skies, sunshine, nice mild conditions through much of texas. when you get to the western half of the great lakes, scattered showers possible for the upper midwest, and of course back to the pacific northwest may see heavy snow falling in parts of the cascades. that is a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. >>> what do you think, can you get in trouble for throwing paper during a ticker tape parade? some people did just that during the yankees parade here in new york, but they may have picked the wrong paper to throw. ♪ o christmas tree your branches green ♪ >> the capitol hill christmas tree has begun its joran tee washington. the

. >> out to joanne, alabama, hi, dear. >> caller: hey. >> what's your question?caller: i want to know how a 15-year-old can do this to a child? i watch you talking about your twins and i have grandchildren, myself, you know, that goes and plays with their playmates. how can she get away with this? >> i can tell you this, joanne in alabama, i would never, at this point, ever, and i know it sounds overprotective, let the twins walk home from a playmate's home. even in the neighborhood. absolutely not. to you, caryn stark, psychologist joining us from new york. i don't understand the psychopathy behind this act. a 15-year-old girl? aren't they usually plays basketball or soccer or cheer leading or something? 4-h? i don't know. murdering a 9-year-old little girl and allegedly the little girl leaves the home to go home and she's lured back into the home by the 15-year-old. >> this is not a normal 15-year-old girl, nancy -- >> caryn, no offense. you're the shrink, not me. i already know that. i already know she's no normal 15-year-old girl. okay? so let's shed differen

it's due to make landfall near the alabama-mississippi state line tomorrow morning. forecasters saying watch out for flooding, rough surf, and possible tornados if you're in that part of the country. louisiana has already declared a state of emergency. >>> okay. bob van dillen, you've been tracking this for us last week, over the weekend, and now today. now downgraded. that's good news. >> that's some great news. and we've been watching all morning because it's encountering shear, richard, and basically what that means is it's moving up to the north, it's getting some wind coming up strong out of the southwest. once you get the thunderstorms on the inside of the circulation to begin to develop that shear effectively takes the thunderstorms away and blows it up to the north. so that weakens the storm. great news there. also, it's running into colder sea surface temperatures. you need about 80 degrees at the surface of the water to really sustain its strength. i don't think it's going to see that. it's going up to upper 70s right now. path of it still up to the north a

but in alabama yesterday people on both sides of the debate showed up to their event. >> it just gives the government too much control over our health care system. it sets up a public option. it puts multiple different taxes on the people. >> we think it's a moral issue. health care is a hum right. it should not be based on -- only given to the people who can pay for it. >> the tour will stop in eight cities in texas over the next three days. >>> michael jordan's son cost his school a sponsorship by wearing his dad's shoes. here's rafer weigel to explain. what's going on with this? hey. >>> jordan's son plays for the university that has a deal with adidas. adidas will no longer sponsor them after he wore a pair of air jordans made by nikki. a spokesman confirmed it in an e-mail. some support jordan's family allegiance while others are saying he's not being a team player by going with the deal that's in place. so we want to know whose side are you on here? is jordan not being a team player or is adidas being too har snsh it's michael jordan's son. post a comment on our facebook page. we

then they go below the mason-dixon line alabama and mississimississi ppi where all hell breaks loose. one day joe louis is using the telephone to replace 10 alabama and a white guard tells him he should be at the phone booth for black soldiers. lewis gets upset to and young sugar ray known as walker smith in the army thinks officer is going to hit joe louis and sugar ray, like a panther jumped on the white army guard and there is a tussle. why anybody would want to tango with joe louis and sugar ray robinson. >> host: that says something about the times. >> guest: they're both taken to an officer to be disciplined but now the army has a pr nightmare on his throat with two black public-relations figures were engaged to tour the south but the army backed off and did not press charges but it cut to the bone of who each man was. joe louis was willing to accept the sugar ray robinson came from a different era and was not willing to accept it. joe louis could not keep emotional control of sugar ray robinson. he was more theory and more prone to react very quickly if his pride was insulted.

the "maersk alabama" was hijacked back in april. pirates took captain richard phillips hostage for five days before navy sharp shooters freed them. pirate attacks are increasing. there have been 29 successful hija hijackings so far this year. >>> hillary clinton is on a surprise visit to afghanistan. that's her first trip there as secretary of state. this is on the eve of president hamid karzai's inauguration. she'll attend the inauguration tomorrow. >>> the advance security team for vice president joe biden was involved in a car crash yesterday in new york. three people were injured in that collision. this is the third car crash involving biden's motorcade or security detail in less than a week. the vice president was in new york for an appearance on "the daily show." >>> we know young children are at the priority list for the h1n1 vaccine and now so are certain people or santa claus. y8 >>> north carolina prosecutors aren't filing any new charges against the mother of 5-year-old shaniya davis, not yet. the man caught on hotel surv

the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. sessions: i thank senator bond -- i think senator bond has certainly delineated some of the fiscal impossibilities in this bill, as has our former budget chairman and now ranking member of the budget committee, judd gregg, has delineated. he's studied this very, very hard. the information he provided to this congress and to the american people is accurate. i've tried to think what i should say about this bill this morning and be realistic and honest and boil it down to its essence, that 2,000 pages that sits on its desk there, how should we talk about it. well, let me just say, the claim is from our colleagues that they have a great plan to reform health care and it will fix the problems in health care. and we do have problems in health care that need to be fixed. they're going to provide methods and additional funding and -- and provide millions of people with insurance that didn't have it before, although 24 million will remain uninsured, and at the same time save $130 billion over

one day joe louis is using a telephone on army base in alabama. a white officer -- a white guard tells him that he should be at the phone booth for black soldiers and lewis gets upset, young sugar ray robinson, known as walker smith in the army, thinks that the officer is going to hit joe louis and sugar ray, like a panther, jumps on the white army guard and there is a tussle. why anybody would want to tangle with joe louis and sugar ray robinson on an army base is unimaginable. >> host: it says something about the times. >> guest: it does. and so they are both taken to an officer to be disciplined but now the army has a pr nightmare of its throat. what if the two black public relations figures who were being engaged to tour the south are arrested because they oppose segregation, segregationist policies, so the army backed off and didn't press any charges. but it really i think cut to the bone of who each man was. joe louis was willing to accept it. sugar ray robinson came from a different era and he wasn't willing to accept it. joe louis could no

out to joanne, alabama, hi, dear. >> caller: hey. >> what's your question?caller: i want to know how a 15-year-old can do this to a child? and i watch you talking about your twins and i have grandchildren, myself, you know, that goes and plays with their playmates. how can she get away with this? >> i can tell you this, joanne in alabama, i would never, at this point, ever, and i know it sounds overprotective, let the twins walk home from a playmate's home. even in the neighborhood. absolutely not. to you, caryn stark, psychologist joining us from new york. i don't understand the psychopathy behind this act. a 15-year-old girl? aren't they usually playing basketball or soccer or cheerleading or something? 4-h? i don't know. murdering a 9-year-old little girl and allegedly the little girl leaves the home to go home and she's lured back into the home by the 15-year-old. >> this is not a normal 15-year-old girl, nancy -- >> okay, caryn, no offense. no offense, caryn. you're the shrink, not me. i already know that. i already know she's no normal 15-year-old girl

i keep seeing this guy, what is his face from alabama, sessions. [laughter] you know how you can determine what is going on inside of this goal of a person just by the verbiage that spills of his or her mouth? i get that. sometimes i worry about my ability to discern that stuff because it causes me to have murderous thoughts. i am basically a peaceful person. i never want to hurt anybody. never have. in any case i am indie glad that we have this opportunity and i look forward to interacting with several look u.s. to come to have your book signed. thank you. [applause] >> does anybody have questions? anyone? yes, maam. [inaudible] >> i am a social worker and i see in your background the you too are trained as a social worker and of course i love social work and i think there's a reason that we come to social work. i would just be curious that he could say something about whether your background led you in that direction and then i wonder, why did you leave and go into psychology? [laughter] >> that is a good question. >> i think i have this notion t

i keep seeing this guy, which is faceup alabama? sessions.[laughter] >> you know how you can determine what's going on inside the school of the person just by the burbage that spills out of his or her mouth? i get that. sometimes i worry about my ability to discern that stuff because it causes me to murder his thoughts. [laughter] >> and i'm basically a peaceful person. i don't want to or anybody. never have. the rest of that is never will but i can't say that. but in any case, i am indeed glad that we had this opportunity and i look forward to interacting with several of you as you come to have your book signed. thank you. [applause] >> okay. does anybody have questions? yes, ma'am. [inaudible] >> i'm a social worker and i see and hear the background that you do, trained as a social worker, and of course i love social work. and i think there's a reason that we come to social worker so i would just be curious if you could say something about whether your background ledge in that direction. and then i wonder why did you even go into psychology

or simply run it down and then he reequipped it as a cruiser to go after the confederate commerce alabamand my chapter on the civil war there's this whole kind of long distance dual between captain simms of the alabama who wants to get revenge against vanderbilt for giving this expense and shipped to the union navy. there is a great little story that played out as a result of that. >> yeah. a hard man to live with it seems. a hard man on his family, constantly. the kind of hint that he took out a lot of his frustration, possibly to got a lot of his business anxieties and all at home. and was particularly hard on his sons, who wanted him to set up-- live up to standards he himself set up so the oldest william has a breakdown of their working for sure time on wall street and starts a farm on staten island. it is very successful and he eventually comes back and inherits most of the fortune in the business. but the other two, corneil is an epileptic and has a huge gambling problem, and is kind of a ne'er-do-well his whole life. and then george washington is the most mysterious, who signs up,

out to sharon in alabama. hi, sharon. >> hi, nancy.'ve had a problem bothering me from the first time i heard this case. i've heard of many a time on your show that it's so hard to move a dead body. and i'm just having a hard time picturing the 15-year-old girl getting little elizabeth out of the house and taking her that far without some help. >> that's a good question. rupa mikkilineni, exactly how far was the burial spot, or the hiding spot of the body from the home? >> it was only a few hundred feet, nancy. but still, for a 15-year-old girl to carry another girl, 9-year-old girl that far, is pretty difficult to imagine. one theory that we're hearing is that maybe she lured the girl into the woods. >> so maybe that is actually the murder scene as well. good point, rupa. we'll all be back live taking your calls. as we go to break, send us your favorite family photos for our upcoming ng family album. go to cnn.com/nancygrace. and everybody, at your request, here are the halloween photos of the twins. here's little lucy as a pirate and

out to christine in alabama. hi. >> how are you? >> i'm good, dear, what's your question? >> caller: have they made out a timeline as far as how long or if the mother knew or had known about shaniya. >> if the mother knew what? >>. >> caller: did she have an idea that her daughter was murdered by the man she handed her over to. >> it's my understanding by will time they called police they were checking into the hotel. the child was not dead. did she intend to hand the child over for prostitution and a death occurred, that is felony murder, christine in alabama. let's stop and remember spencer acres, 35 from michigan. from a family of military vets on a second tour, loved army, helping others and e-mailing parents every day and dreamed of being a state trooper. leaves behind his parents and sister. spencer akers, american hero. thanks to our guests and most of all to you for being with us. our prayers to heaven for little shaniya. see you tomorrow night 8:00 sharp eastern. until then, good night, friend. . >>> i'm brooke anderson and this is a "showbiz tonight" news brick a

. >> host: tone in montgomery, alabama. montgomery, alabama, you are on the air with judy shepard. please go ahead. we're going to go ahead and move on to rhonda and rogersville, tennessee. rhonda, are you with us? >> caller: yes. >> host: please go ahead and that i admire all the work you're doing for your son, and for every gay and lesbian. in the whole wide world. i have gay friends. it if my son were gay i would shout it from the rooftops. i would love him no different. i think that the work that you are doing is great. keep that up. i don't know what i would do if something like that were to happen to one of my children. and i can't tell you how much i do admire you. i know that, you know, you probably go through hell everyday. i hope that these boys that did such a heinous crime had to live with that everyday every day, and think about that every day. i'm not a hateful or revengeful person, but i see nothing wrong with it and i don't think it is a choice that you make and i think if you were gay, you're gay. >> guest: i agree. >> host: mrs. shepard, will you walk through a li

host: alabama, republican line. caller: i work for wal-mart in 1990, and it is true, and no secret, they are a poor wage giver. i tried to organize the people to go to the management to get better wage. they gave us a nickel increase or something like that. you know, there was something mentioned about 40 hours. it was impossible to get 40 hours. they probably give you a would say probably 30 or 29 hours. he was not going to get no 40 hours at wal-mart. guest: when you were working there, the people ever tried to organize the union? caller: no, we did not have the mine said to do that. we were really just trying to get a better wage at that time. host: mr. fishman? guest: you know, that is not a story that is surprising to me at all. that is the wal-mart style. i think that people who work at wal-mart struggle to get the kind of hours they want and they need to support their families. the prices on the shelf tell an important story, and we americans kind of shop with blinders on. we want the best deal and we also ou

. >>> first off, pirates attacked the "maersk alabama" for the second time. pirates fired automatic weapons at the ship this morning. private security guards on the ship fired back and turned them away. now, "maersk alabama" probably sounds familiar to you, because it was hijacked in april. in april, pirates took captain richard phillips hostage five days before the navy freed him. these hijackings are increasing. 29 successful hijackings this year and 114 attempted attacks. just 111 attacks last year at this moment we have now surpassed the number of attacks from 2008, and we're not even at the end of the year. >>> hearing from police about the death of 5-year-old shaniya davis live. new details and a new 911 call are shedding some light on what happened to her. her body found off a road in north carolina positively identified. her mother is accused of prostituting the girl and we now have antoinette davis' 911 call to police. take a listen -- >> all right. authorities now say since shaniya's body has been i.d.'d, more charges are on the way. another suspect

i keep seeing this guy from alabama, sessions. you can determine what is going on side the skull of a person by the verbiage in or out of his mouth. i get that. it causes me to have murderers thought. i am a peaceful person. i don't want to hurt anybody. never have. i am indeed glad we have this opportunity and i look forward to interacting with several of you. thank you. >> does anybody have questions? anyone? >> pay attention. >> i am a social worker. and you trained as a social worker. i love social work. there's a reason we come to social work. i would be curious if you would say something about whether your background let you in that direction and i wonder why did you leave and go into psychology? >> that is a good question. >> i had this notion that as a person, interested in resolving social problems, i could do it best from some financial standpoint. i was disappointed with my fellow search workers -- social workers because that particular crowd seemed to be more interested in doing psychotherapy. they wanted to learn grea

jennifer in alabama said people got it right. >> i think the magazine made an excellent choice. i always loved him and think he is one of the best actors and i'm looking forward to him getting an academy award. they made a good choice. >> now clarissa in texas called to say robert has to wait his turn. >> caller: i believe that robert patin son is sexy and hunky and in a couple of years he will be the johnny depp of our new generation and get people's sexiest man alive. >> let us know what's on your mind. >> our phone lines are always open. 888-sbt-buzz. leave a voice mail. we will play your calls right here on "showbiz tonight." tonight, the brand-new sarah versus levi war. just who is the bigger star? it's the "showbiz tonight" fired up debate and is just around the corner. will these two really have a turkey truce? sarah did invite levi over. the raging debate over the sexiest man of the year. they picked johnny depp and the phone lines went nuts. was twilight's robert pattinson robbed? we have the great debate. miley cyrus trashes twilight. >> i don't like any of the stuff.

host: birmingham, alabama on the independent line, ted. caller: this is ed, not ted.heila, well-articulated. thank you. i wish someone would address the issue of certificates in states. i think we need an industrial engineer to look at why we have and mri on every street corner in the u.s. what is happening in rural alabama is hospitals are losing the ability to have diagnostic centers. the denominator underneath that service for those machines is isolated in the offices of only five or six positions. so, you have a very inefficient system. host: i will interrupt. two reasons -- a bad connection, and you're talking about the policy of the healthcare debate which we have had a lot of segments on. we're focusing on the money here. next is a call from mary on the republican line. you are last. caller: i called in before. the public option, if anyone has ever tried to get on medicaid because they did not have money for health insurance, the public option is not the way to go. people who try to get medicaid -- it is a terrible system. you have a timeline to turn informatio

won on the road to alabama. won at auburn. they took georgia tech to overtime here on this this quickly up the floor. with a runner. do you think florida state will push it more this year without a toney douglas some. >> dan: i think florida state will take advantage of tuptss that presents itself. they've got good quick athletic guys and i think when the fast breaks present itself, they'll certainly take it. i'm not sure that they'll do it more than they did last year, but they certainly get up and down. >> rich: miss on the left hand by emerson. rising is singleton for his second three. is on quite a run right now. they have stretched their lead to 17-7. >> dan: it was 6-4 mercer at one point. >> rich: another block. what is that, six now? >> dan: seven. >> rich: demercy. emerson with the rebound. that's lost control and lost position. time-out on the floor. in a state on a run right now that has stretched their lead to ten. the seminoles trying to go 3-0 on the road at mercer. girl: my name is emily, and in 7 years... i'll

we have flash flood warnings for a good chunk of north carolina, virginia and for georgia through alabama from the rain from yesterday. we'll have full details in just a bit. a big weather system that's going to be there through the week. >> okay. through the weekend. thanks. >>> there is good news for the housing market. the number of foreclosures is dropping again. okay, there's still a risk things could get worse. we'll talk about that. check this out. a hockey coach loses it. rafer's going to tell you what got him so fired up. >>> time now to salute our troops. today's salute is for larry walker johnson from his fiancee. larry's in the navy and is now home. they have five kids between them and they're glad that he's home. >> hi, robin. i am larry walker johnson's fiancee sharisse and i wanted to send this salute out to my wonderful, loving fiance. i really am very, very grateful for all you have done for your country and for us. we are just so, so proud of you for all of the things you have done for serving your country. you're known as eo-2 johnson. thank you so much. i love you. >>

got alabama by 9. the head coach and today by 13. georgia tech over mercer.ichmond spiders and the club from the a-10 got him. right here and temple on top of virginia tech and the 10. and don't go away we'll look at the pictures and numbers in a moment. >> michael: two great participants in the acc. and hope you are enjoying the weekend, we are. extra drum stick. pie. virginia tech and temple. testimonyple 30 knock down on the defensive end. they allow the opposition to shoot 39% in the first four and no surprise from the club. >> joe: when you have a team leading by 10, the 3 for 10. you know and the other end and virginia tech is helping at times by taking bat shots in the off financessive possession. and the company and addressing that. and every time and they have taken a shot they have been smart enough to force and more production and allen and blocking so many shots for temple. .the leading scorer looking for some of the space as we talk a look at the subway half time highlights. and delaney with one bucket in the first half. , he struggled not so muc

he did not fully understand why his catholocism was a problem in places like texas, alabama or mississippi but employed the resources to understand it and try to address the issues as he talked to advisers ouc a dexterity of policy in action in kennedy's mind when he found the problem. he said were the best people we can bring to help us with the problem and then he took their advice and in the end it was that a device that allowed him to win the election to triumph over these more conservative protestant forces. the second thing i learned was this this prize, richard nixon had an anti-caplet strategy. in retrospect-- as you look at some of the standard accounts of the 1960 race nixon always said i'm not going to raise the religion of my opponent in this election. there was a certain nixonian fallin stew that. even this sunday night before the general election nixon half-hour prime-time television and he reminded his audience i not going to raise the religion of my opponents said me reminding you that if you had a problem, please be reminded when you go to the polls in two days. but, beyon

birmingham, alabama, 3.88. even gainesville, 3.82 inches of rain. the rain continues around the carolinas and virginia, now maryland, too, and philadelphia might get showers. that's about it. heaviest rain buford, i-95, this region here. savannah, you'll pick up rain and thunderstorms, too. not severe. heavy rainmakers. see that off and on. heavy shield out of charlotte going through piedmont into the raleigh area. durham getting decent rain. greensboro moving northward through virginia into washington, d.c. it's going to be steady for the entire morning. if you think we're not going to see delays in the airport, i think we are. we're going to see a lot of them. atlanta, d.c., as the clouds hang in low, they are going to hang in tough, too. what about warnings for flooding. we have them there. bright shaded green areas, atlanta, greenville, back towards charlotte. dark shaded green, those are the flash flood watches. the reason pretty easy. a lot of rain potentially there. talking maybe as much as five inches of rain near the beltway of washington,

he didn't fully understand why his catholicism was a problem in places like texas or tennessee or alabama or mississippi, but he employed the resources to understand and then try to address the issues that got identified as he had talked to these advisers. you see dexterity of policy and action in kennedy's mind. when he found the problem he said to her the best people we can bring to help us with that problem, and then he took their advice. emmy and i argued it was with that device that allowed him to win the election and try to win over the more conservative protestant forces. the second thing i learned was richard nixon had an anti-catholic strategy. in retrospect, perhaps not surprised by the revelation, and as you look at some of the standard in the 1960 race, nixon always said i am not going to raise the religion of my opponent in this election. there was sort of a nixonian bailiffs to that. even the sunday night before the general election, nixon bought a half-hour primetime television. he reminded his audience yet again i'm not going to raise the religion of my opponent in this el

florida, alabama, mississippi, will have the low down on that on monday.ore in a little bit. >> thank you. >> yeah. >>> all right. yesterday the dow surged. there was some upbeat economic news. today, i think a completely different story. i'm not going to say upbeat at all. i wonder how investors are reacting this morning to news we are in double digits when it comes to jobless numbers. >> not favorably, to say the least. the dow industrials down 50 but not a huge loss at this point. it was an unexpected jump in the unemployment rate but it's a scary headline and not entirely unexpected. economists saying for months that unemployment will top 10%. so, you know, they expected it to happen just maybe not this early. even though the job losses are high, the pace of layoffs is slowing. compare 190,000 job losses that we had in october to the 700,000 job losses we saw earlier this year. all right. jump to earnings from today. we heard from aig. they made money for the second quarter in a row. more than $450 million and this is the company that got the big e bai

. >> to cocoa in alabama. hi. >> caller: i want to tell you i love you so, so much. have been trying for so, so long to get ahold of you. thank you for being an advocate for the holloway case and caylee anthony and all the cases you do. after today, i worked at a telephone company for almost ten years. i'm going back to school and i started out in criminal justice and i want to be a prosecutor like you. the mom, how come they haven't filed murder charges on the mom? >> cocoa in virginia. number one, other than being called mommy, that's one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me, what you just said. but, why are they waiting? i think they are waiting to identify the body. i think they are going to come out with a formal announcement that this is her body and a formal announcement of cause of death. in that indictment, let's go to the lawyers. there may be other charges they are waiting on gloria allred such as a sex kit, rape kit c e comparing dna back to mcneill, if so, there's rape charged and the mother would be complicit in that, if those charges are han

heavy rain around central will indiana, illinois, down the line a little farther, the cold front in alabamaal georgia, stretching into western north carolina and eastern tennessee. but if you want real bona fide rain, the heavy stuff right now slamming toward seattle, portland, looks like you're getting blasted off the pacific turn you into snow. the rain will be heavy at times specifically around portland at least over the next couple of hours. winds down later this afternoon and gets smacked down on thursday with another storm coming in. let me show you shots coming out of northern oregon, heavy winds whipped up the surf and sand. you can see it right there. right on the northern coast reported an 89-mile-per-hour wind gust yesterday afternoon at 4:00. that is category 1 strength hurricane, almost category 2. that will wind down just a bit for you, but the wind and rain comes back thursday. more on that in a bit, rob. >> i am surprised by the worded that they've chosen to sum up 2009. it's a word that you use to boot someone off of your facebook page. "unfriend" is the 2009 word of the ye

sarah called in from alabama and said, it's a no-brainer. >> caller: what is the question. you rather have a porn star raise a 5-year-old child or an all-american, wholesome person? my vote goes to jesse and sandra hands down. hands down. >> thank you, sara. >> we also heard from chris calling into "showbiz on call" from louisiana. >> caller: i think the main thing is who's doing the best for her, like for education and church and that type of stuff. the mother, definitely, does not have what it takes. >> thank you, chris. remember, the "showbiz on call" phone lines are always open. >> call us at 1-888-sbt-buzz, that's 1-888-728-2899. leave a voice mail. we will play some of your calls right here on "showbiz tonight." >>> and tonight for the first time, rihanna speaks out about chris brown beating her. >> i fell in love with that person. that's embarrassing. that's embarrassing that that's the type of person that i fell in love with. so far in love. >> now, rihanna isn't the only one speaking out. in an emotional new interview, yeah, chris brown has a brand-new one too. is

out to sharon in alabama. hi, sharon. >> caller: hi, nancy.g me from the first time i heard this case. i've heard of many a time on your show that it's so hard to move a dead body. and i'm just having a hard time picturing the 15-year-old girl getting little elizabeth out of the house and taking her that far without some help. >> that's a good question. rupa mikkilineni, exactly how far was the burial spot or the hiding spot of the body from the home? >> it was only a few hundred feet, nancy. but still, for a 15-year-old girl to carry another girl, 9-year-old girl that far, is pretty difficult to imagine. one theory that we're hearing is that maybe she lured the girl into the woods. >> so maybe that is actually the murder scene as well. good point, rupa. we'll all be back live taking your calls. >>> as we go to break, send us your favorite family photos for our upcoming n.g. family album. go to cnn.com/nancygrace. >>> and, everybody, at your request, here are the halloween photos of the twins. here's little lucy as a pirate and john david as a

the former governor of alabama is facing trumped up charges and perhaps the rest of his life in prison paul minor perhaps one of the largest financial donors to the democratic party in prison on trumped up charges, not permitted to visit his wife when she dies, sitting there writing in prison. and the democrats are in power and will not lift a finger for him. does this encourage other people to give money to the democratic party? it wouldn't. it wouldn't be. so there's always this question of why one party fights any other party runs and hides. it's something you have to push back against. i. . to fight against the idea of corporate free speech. we think people should have free speech and corporations have human rights to begin with and speech being spending money to begin with, and if it works out that we can make impeaching the people responsible for that outrage part of the campaign, i certainly would be all for it. yes, right here. i'll try to get over here. >> i would like to know why you're so optimistic, because honestly, i'm cuban, i came when i was 7, i'm 56 years old. i lost

a special good night from alabama friends, lynn, karla, bill, aren't they beautiful? everyone, let's keep shaniya and her family in our prayers. i'll see you tomorrow night, 8:00 sharp, eastern, and until then, good night, friend. i'm brooke anderson and this is the "showbiz tonight" newsbreak. here's what's coming up on "showbiz tonight" at the top of the hour. sarah palin's brand-new bombshells today. if you thought you heard it all on oprah, wait until you hear what she told barbara walters. >>> and brooke shields' brand-new shocking suicide confession.

year before rosa parks did and then she had the guts to sue the city of montgomery and the state of alabamaclaiming that the bus segregation laws were unconstitutional and they won. it went all the way to the supreme court. and because of this woman, our lives have changed and it's so often that way. women and children, people who are unknown, or under known. their stories are not told and we got to tell one. thank you. thank you so much. [applause] thank you, thank you, thank you. [applause] >> to present the book award in poetry. which was a finalist in the national book award in poetry in 2004. she is also translated several volumes of contemporary french poetry including art poetic title livia cardillo, published in 1999, gives me great pleasure to introduce colt swinton. [applause] >> thank you and good evening. i'd like to thank herald and everyone at the national book foundation. on behalf of the entire poetry selection committee, which included a van jordan, cabin john, and myself. for the wonderful opportunity not just to read, but to wallow in the american poetry of an entire gear

coast over the next couple days before finally making landfall somewhere between mississippi and alabama. but forecasters expect its winds, which are peaking now at about 90 miles an hour, to weaken by that point. >>> families of those killed on flight 93 were on hand for yesterday's groundbreaking for a permanent national memorial. it'll honor the crew and the passengers who died in the september 11th crash in pennsylvania. one mom who lost her daughter said it was a joyful day. >> i was thinking of my daughter, deora, who was the passenger on flight 93, and, you know, what she would think of about today. and she would be very happy and proud that people will have a permanent memorial to come to and remember her and her fellow passengers. >> organizers say they will push to make sure the memorial is completed by september 11th, 2011. now, that's the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks. >>> tomorrow the supreme court will start hearing lawyers' arguments on whether underaged kids should get long prison sentences for certain crimes. the case stems from the sentences of two men, joe

first couple game, particular lit whips against and you particularly the wins against auburn and alabamausnver double-teamed. struggles. singleton out front. kitchen takes the lay-up. >> dan: singleton weren't get anything for anything on that play, but me a good play. the ball was loose and he headed to the basket. he saw that kitchen was going to pick about up the ball and rather than have two florida state accept thols running to the basketball, he took off to the basket. the defense went with him. kitchen was able to pick up the wall and tribbcontribut dribble down and lay it in. >> rich: if you look at his stats, average seven or eight rebounds a game, you won't be that impressive until you see him play because he makes plays. you talked about his basketball i.q. alabi tips to jordan. >> dan: how many times have we seen that to singleton, not gets credit for the blocked shot, but certainly bothering the shooter enough that it's difficult to make that long jumper. >> rich: single top screens for kitchen. a little pick and roll. back door cut and too strong for jordan. >> dan: that wa