alaska is the nation's largest state but it has the smallest prison population. >> alaska is a state that people have immigrated from all over the country and criminals don't change their ways when they move. they're still criminals. they just go to another state and do time in that prison system. >> outside society is big on giving people a second chance. my philosophy is when they reach spring creek they've had their chances and now they will toe the line. >> craig turnbull has been superintendent of spring creek for five years. >> they think they can come to alaska and hide out in the wilderness and never be seen again. they find that's very hard to do. we are surrounded by ice fields. we're surrounded by the gulf of alaska, one road in and out. and although beautiful, very challenging terrain. >> at spring creek correctional center there's only been one successful escape. it was hard to see because they had sheets over them when they went through the fences. they blended in with the snow that was out there. we apprehended them and brought them back really quickly. it probably was

the senator from alaska. mr.senate will confirm two more highly experienced federal judges this morning. i'd like to take a moment to speak in support of the nomination of one of alaska's finest state judges to the federal bench. today the senate will vote to confirm the nomination of sharon gleason to be the judge for the u.s. district court for the district of alaska. i know sharon quite well, and i recommended her to the president for this opening. i can say without hesitation that she is one of alaska's finest. she is smart, she's compassionate, well-rounded and possesses an ample supply of common sense. alaska's judicial candidates are rated by their peers and judge gleason consistently receives among the highest marks possible. for these reasons and many others, i hope all my senate colleagues will join me in supporting her nomination. her confirmation will make judge gleason the first female judge appointed to the federal bench in alaska history. that is truly a momentous point for our state and long overd

i don't know how anyone does it in interior alaska. minus 38 is the current temperature in fairbanks. record low temperatures throughout interior alaska. if everyone is wondering where the cold air is around the globe, that's where it is located and winter is in full force. temperatures are cool in the northwest, but nothing compared to alaska. a chance of showers in the lower elevations. the higher elevations are getting the snow. by the way, some of the cold air will make a run at the west coast over the next week or two. if you are watching us on anchorage, alaska, see the skull that is over 19,000 years old. that's thera the ice age cat at the alaska museum of natural history. that's your pacific event of the day. >> we get it, it is cold in alaska. i'm sure they enjoy it, that's why they live there. >> minus 38, i'm sure they are out partying. >> thank you. >>> well, now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. what seemed impossible months ago has once again come to be. ricky gervais will be back as gold

ever visit alaska? >> he never visited alaska. his opportunity to come with the herriman expedition in 1899, but he got back from the spanish-american war and then ran for be governor of new york. but what he did was receive these volumes of the herriman report which was john burrows and john muir and others that had went up to alaska and wrote these reports on what were our heirlooms, what needed to be saved, two areas that are just under pressure to develop, bristol bay. now the pebble mine company out of anglo american corporation up in if canada is trying to destroy the great fishery areas that roosevelt fought to save, and the same with the arctic refuge. dwight eisenhower created it in 1960, and now you're hearing drill, baby, drill up there. oil was found in '68. that would be like mining the grand canyon or chopping own redwood trees in the national park. it's a bad idea because the public doesn't get up there to see the arctic. they think of it in terms of energy instead of a gift that we're going to passen to future gene

, senator lisa murkowski from alaska, senator mark begich from alaska, congressman don young from alaska. mr. fenton rexnord account kaktovik, alaska appeared local 942 and alaska fairbanks. mr. carey hall, nice road trucker. mr. david jenkins at republicans for environmental protection and mr. gene karpinski from the league of conservation voters. for those of you who have not had the privilege opportunity, whichever way you want to see it to testify, your false statement will appear in the record. i would ask you to summarize your oral remarks and the lights in front of you and gives you five minutes. when the yellow light comes on your dante nannette when the red light comes on, it means you're in trouble. but i would ask you to keep your remarks as close as you possibly can to that. once again, your false statement will appear in the record. so mr. brinkley, we'll start with you when you're recognized recognized for five minutes. [inaudible] >> microphone, please. >> turner mike on. press the button there. >> thank you for having me, sir. it's wonderful to be here. i'm writing right

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, senator lisa murkowski from alaska, senator mark begich from alaska, congressman don young from alaska. mr. fenton rexnord account kaktovik, alaska appeared local 942 and alaska fairbanks. mr. carey hall, nice road trucker. mr. david jenkins at republicans for environmental protection and mr. gene karpinski from the league of conservation voters. for those of you who have not had the privilege opportunity, whichever way you want to see it to testify, your false statement will appear in the record. i would ask you to summarize your oral remarks and the lights in front of you and gives you five minutes. when the yellow light comes on your dante nannette when the red light comes on, it means you're in trouble. but i would ask you to keep your remarks as close as you possibly can to that. once again, your false statement will appear in the record. so mr. brinkley, we'll start with you when you're recognized recognized for five minutes. [inaudible] >> microphone, please. >> turner mike on. press the button there. >> thank you for having me, sir. it's wonderful to be here. i'm writing right

the most populated city in alaska. but western alaska, one of the biggest storm they've ever seen.aves up to 40 feet and expecting a storm surge of eight feet in downtown nome. we're fine here in lower 48, not too much dramatic weather, record highs are possible in the east. enjoy it, today is it, the last day of the beautiful warmth. the storm system in the middle of the country, bringing rain and a little bit of snow to the great lakes today, that's the travel trouble spot. otherwise, nothing too bad out there. the storm in alaska is just historic. >> when you think of the land mass that alaska represents, the size of the storm that you showed on the radar is staggering. >> i believe you could fit two alaskas in the united states in the lower 48, but that's it. >> just amazing. we turn to sports, we told you earlier, hundreds of penn state students turned out to show support last nye for coach joe paterno. this was a scene outside his home. the board of trustees at the school saying it will launch a full investigation into the allegations found in the grand jury report. nbc's ron

i hope the people in alaska -- incidentally i go to alaska all the time. there. what an incredible place. you go to the aleutian or mt. mckinney, glacier bay. i encourage people to go to alaska. most people up there are warm hearted and great conservationists. young is just an odd duck. >> i tell you, dr. brinkley, i totally agree with you. i have fished lake clark up there and also the al lag in that case river, some of the most fantastic salmon fishing on the face of the earth. i feel privileged having an opportunity to go up there. when you see the pristine wilderness of alaska and you hear a congressman like that go off the rails, it's just amazing to me. thanks for sticking to your guns. i appreciate it so much, dr. doug brinkley with us here on "the ed show." >>> next fox news viewers are dumber than most. no kidding. chances are you'll have to deal with one of them at your thanksgiving gathering. we've got a plan. jesse lagreca joins me next on how to communicate with conservatives over turkey. that's next. see if we can "stitch" together a better d

of two stories about access to dental care, betty ann bowser reports on a modern clinic in rural alaska. >> it's a renote native american village on the edge of the bering sea but there's something going on in the dental world here that has people very excited. >> brown: spencer michels updates the occupy movement, as oakland protesters join forces with students at the university of california berkeley. >> suarez: and we talk with a millionare who is lobbying congress for higher taxes on the rich. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> intelligent computing technology is making its way into everything from cars to retail signs to hospitals; creating new enriching experiences. through intel's philosophy of investing for the future, we're helping to bring these new capabilities to market. we're investing billions of dollars in r&d around the globe to help create the technologies that we hope will be the heart of tomorrow's innovations. i believe that by investing today in technological advances here at intel, we can

good morning, everyone, we're starting in alaska. there's a huge storm moving onshore overnight up in alaska. and this storm is pretty much almost like a huge, huge nor'easter type storm. it's bringing blizzard conditions, winds to hurricane force. there's expecting a storm surge in nome, alaska. evacuations taking place there. much of western alaska is very rural but all the fishing ports out there. huge waves, the storm, the size of it is enormous. you know how big the state of alaska is. you look how wide the storm is. it's now moving onshore with gustiest winds occurring right now and a lot of heavy rain is moving into the interior sections. let's bring you down now to the lower 48. more severe weather yesterday. our storm system is now located over the top of missouri. there's just enough cold air on the backside for snow in iowa and wisconsin. for the most part it's a rainy, cold day in areas of michigan, iowa and all the way down to the south. we've still got showers rolling through mississippi and eventually they'll head for

how did you discover alaska? those who know you here in washington, bough you do live here with your husband. you are in alaska a lot of time. why? >> because to me it is a magic kingdom in so many ways. >> how did you discover it? >> i spent my whole life wishing i were there without having ever been there to know why i cared so much. >> just from the pictures? >> from pictures and reading anything everybody ever browrot and it was the people who made it come alive for me, and i am one of the very lucky tourists who met the indinlg nus people, and seville inlg life in remote places, particularly in northern and western alaska, and before i ever saw the normal places that tourists go. >> i heard you went there to first see the race, that is one thing that we do report on in alaska. >> absolutely. interesting now, ten years later, i own an airplane and i am a pilot of my airplane. the plane can land on floats and on 6skis. >> you trained for that? >> yes, 300 training hours later. and tony and amanda, who are my c

where is alaska? catherine, yes, from alaska. where is she? where is catherine? oh, there she is drinking. yeah, all the way from juneau, alaska. we have a special assistant to the ceo and beneficial a city council, a woman of juneau, alaska. who else? where? georgia. who is from georgia? oh, georgia, yes. there is april from georgia. she was our tech person, helping with all the presentations. new york, ok. whoo-hoo-hoo. who else iso elseh, new york, ok, i see you. we have somebody from pittsburg. who else? texas. yay, ok. who else? what other states are represented? oregon. where is maria? maria is from oregon, right? oh, washington state, sorry. who else? ok, good old california. san francisco, daly city, concord, danville, oakland, vallejo, san diego. oh, we have the honorable arlee from san diego. come on, thank you. who else? hercules, california, yay. you know, this evening is really the mayor's reception, the san francisco bay area mayor's reception. did you know that there are three women members of fwn and honorees of the 100 most influential filipino w

. >> yeah, this was for a show on alaska called expedition alaska. it's about climate in alaska. but we met this guy, and i spent a lot of te with him. his name is arch. and archie is a legendary whale hunter. you know, they go out in kayaks and hand-throw whales... harpoons into big whales. he's 70-plus years old, and he's of the highest status rank in this nupiak eskimo village. very, very high status kind of guy. and one day he was with me in one of his cabins, and he said, "i want to show you something." this never made it on the show, actually. you know, i followed him and he took me into an ice cellar. and an ice cellar is something that the eskimos cut out of the permafrost, which is frozen earth, in order to store their meat. and it's very, very hard to build. you've goto chip it out of solid ground, right? solid frozen ground. and inside, it's stacked with all the meat for his family, and his extended family. so whale, and walrus, and goose, and caribou and so on and so forth. and he said, "this has been in my family all my life." and this g

he was a fiscal conservative but push for alaska statehood very briefly because back then alaska thatu think of as a red state, the first two senators for alaska were democrats. i quite forwarded any rate with the state state and madison that arctic refuge got creative with the fairbanks daily minor for the arctic refuge being created. it has become eisenhower's great reserve. we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the day. it is like yellowstone or the grand canyon to the great smoky mountains are big band is one of the most important treasured landscapes in the united states. and i'm here -- the reason i flew in today, that's my family and three kids back in austin, texas. i came here to propose that these kind of meetings probably need to stop. i think we are at the point now that president obama needs to use the antiquities act of 1966, to save the grand canyon from congressional people who wanted to mine it for zinc copper asbestos and put the coastal plain, what is called 1002, the biological heart of the arctic refuge, the polar bear dining area, key corner store and from americ

not such a great morning in alaska. they had that epic storm. >> there's pretty snow like that, that's nice. there's snow like i have to stay indoors and i hope it's spring soon. here is what it looks like in nome. some wind gusts 70 to 80 miles an hour. all of western alaska had wind gusts 80 to 90 miles an hour. we haven't had a lot of extreme damage reports. there's not a lot of infrastructure in alaska. a huge storm if it occurred on the west coast of the united states. we'd be talking about thousands if not millions of people without power. it happened in the rural area. it was the size of the storm is why it got media attention. half the country wide, west coast to oklahoma city. it's cold, windy, on and off onsnow and blowing snow in the area. the storm system the heart of it is over. interesting west coast. storm system off the coast. yesterday looking like it would move on shore more than today. now we're going to be watching a glancing blow. computers forecasting rainfall on the coast tomorrow. santa barbara i

the storm in alaska is very amazing. we just don't see storms this big that often. >>> berlusconi bows to pressure. internet giants join forces. and santa is saved. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, it could be another sign ashton kutcher has lost his luster on "two and a half men." >>> coming up, the nba players are on the clock and the biggest wave ever written. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. the bbc reports rupert murdoch's "news of the world," now defunct tabloid at the center of england's phone-hacking scandal, paid a private i.d. to spy on prince william and other high profile targets. on monday, news international admitted its staff ordered surveillance of two lawyers of victims suing the company over phone hacking. >>> senior administration officials say the u.s. is preparing additional sanctions against iran after the release of a new u.n. report that says the count

did i mention the storm in alaska supposed to be the strongest ever? pretty interesting scenario. >> coming up, italy scares investors, a judge says no to cigarette packs and economic conditions have gotten so bad that santa doesn't even have job security. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the biebs is fighting mad and has a plan to fight back. >>> coming up, the bears clip the eagles and the sport of boxing loses a legend. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> white house chief of staff bill daley reportedly plans to hand off some day-to-day responsibilities to a senior aide. daley has come under fire for his management style and for his cool relations with some congressional leaders. >>> as voters head to the polls this election day, a controversial measure in mississippi is asking whether to give designation of personhood to a fertilized human egg. initiative 26 is intended to make abortion illegal in m

but alaska is only the latest in a series of freak weather events.neration, they are now coming every month. a freak october snowstorm crippled the northeast, even n canceling halloween in some parts. raging texas fires in september, in august, hurricane irene flooded new england. it was the country's second hottest summer on record. the driest ever in texas, even worse than the dust bowl years. and in april, a super outbreak of tornadoes in the southeast left 300 dead. there was not only the deadliest day for tornadoes in recent history, but also the costliest, with more than $10 billion in damages. >> what's with all of this severe, devastating, punishing, early weather that we're seeing this winter, what we saw last summer? all right? some scientists attribute it to global warming or climate change. >> reporter: in alaska tonight, they are bracing for a potential storm surge of up to nine feet. made even more dangerous because the sea ice that has usually formed along the coast by november isn't there yet this year. >> last winter really gave us a

alaskas coaches -- alaskas coast is taking a beating. >> good afternoon. am rod daniels per coming up at 6:00, find out what problems currie could face in annapolis. joe paterno's career is ending in a way many could have never imagined. got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. >> a six story hotel and other buildings have collapsed after a 5.6 earthquake hit and turkey. the first video showed that people trying to pull victims from the rubble in their bare hands. at least two collapsed buildings and rescue workers searching for people. at least 34 people are supposed to be trapped. less than three weeks ago, a 7.2 magnitude quake hit northeast of the same area. hurricane force winds are slamming the coast of alaska. wind gusts of over 85

and the last time alaska was blasted by a storm this size, it was back in november of 1974. >>> we do have some sad news from the world of entertainment. hip-hop pioneer heavy d has died. ♪ >> born dwight myers in jamaica and raised in new york, the self-proclaimed overweight lover burst on the rap scene in 1987 with his debut album "living large." the l.a. coroner's office said the rapper collapsed at his home tuesday, just hours before he sent his last tweet, which read, quote, be inspired. heavy d was 44 years old. >>> on the cbs "moneywatch," another huge recall for toyota. ashley morrison is in new york with more on that. good morning. >> good morning to you, betty. most asian markets were up today. investigators are encouraged by efforts in greece and italy to clear their debt. tokyo's nikkei up more than 1% and hong kong's hang henning up more than 2%. on tuesday, the stocks finished higher. the dow was up 101 points while the nasdaq gained 32. >>> more than a year after the gulf oil spill, the coast guard has approved a plan to end the cleanup. that means bp will start working

this was western alaska. can't even name a town in western alaska, nome is one of the biggest, that's only a couple of thousands people. and that's where the pictures are coming from. it was literally like a hurricane. winds up to 90 to 100 miles per hour, with blizzard conditions and temperatures about 8 degrees, no the a petty picture there was some damage, but this is a weather-hardy area, a lot of fishing communities, just restoring power will be the biggest thing for some of these people. as far as what we're dealing with today, we have a little rain heading to new england. we went a week and a half with no wet weather at all. this is mostly heading for areas of eastern new england, from hartford to providence, boston definitely up through new hampshire and maine you're going to get the worst of this with maybe an inch or two only a chance of showers, new york and philly. a cold morning in the middle of the country, wind chills are brutal this morning, but at least it will be sunny. and maybe flurries fo

it wasn't so bad around juneau and anchorage, but northwest alaska. in the lower 48, pretty good storm system yesterday cranked through oklahoma, more severe weather in texas, arkansas and louisiana. today we don't have severe weather, just rainy conditions in new orleans, all the way through mississippi, heading for alabama. if you're in the memphis area, you've got rain showers, you're from nashville you have to lexington to louisville, you'll have to deal with rain. and areas of illinois are soggy. davenport, quad city areas, it's rain for you. but the back side, cold enough for snow around the des moines area. up to ames, up from there to waterloo, you'll change to snow. and up to areas of central wisconsin, you're expecting maybe one to three inches, not a big deal, but for some, the first snow of the season. the wisconsin area, the white is the snow. madison, milwaukee and green bay, this looks like a rain event for you. the travel troubles around chicago, great lakes, that's where it's going to be wet and windy. dallas you'll be fine. and the e

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i grew up in alaska where my father worked on the north slope. i was raised to appreciate the outdoors, hiking, hunting, and fishing in the last frontier. i was saddened by the exxon-valdez spill. i know about the critical role of energy development plays in the economy as well as the imperative this activity be conducted safely and with the appropriate protections for the environment. this same balance is the core mission and responsibility of the agency and it is fundamental to the 2017 leasing program we published last week. under this five year plan, we have scheduled 12 lease sales in the gulf of mexico where the oil and gas resources are abundant and well understood and the infrastructure to support responsible development is mature. the first of the sales ump the new program is scheduled for next fall. we also have scheduled three potential lease sales in the alaskan ocs including one each in the boford sea and other areas. we designed the programs so that these sales will be dlitly tailored to the unique arctic environment where there's s

north western alaska. we also have a tropical storm off the southeast coast moving north eastward to the west of bermuda. we also have another storm. this was a pretty power packed storm earlier in the day. brought pretty good snows to the midwest now the snows are up into the great lakes. i've got to tell you by the time the cold front goes through it doesn't have a lot of moisture with it. its signature will be much colder air on veterans day and pretty good wins by veterans day. 56 in arlington. 54 in bethesda. and also great falls. 52 reston. 54 in springfield. here is the deal. cold front tomorrow. just cool tonight. a few showers tomorrow. morning commute could be wet especially east and south of town. just downright blustery for veterans day. temps probably falling in the afternoon on veterans day on friday. by 6 p.m. in the morning some showers south of town. notice everything is green. not heavy. we see a skinny line of showers developing right around lunchtime. frederick, gaithersburg. take your