. >>> is was not just customers clerking out fresh produce at an alaska grocery store.e'll tell you how a bear cub got inside. ♪ [ ukulele strumming ] ♪ [ folksy whistling ] [ man ] quitting is a fight you can't let yourself lose. it can take many tries. but keep trying, you will beat smoking. honey, you okay? yeah, i'm fine. ♪ [ ukulele ] >>> banks and home builders, bank of america rose 8% after it beat earnings expectations for the third quarter. the survey of u.s. home builders show they are let pessimistic, i should say, about the struggle, market. that's helping buyers. right now, the dow is up 189. the nasdaq is up 43. s&p is up 25. >>> two bay area tech companies will report third-quarter earnings today after the closing bell. that includes apple and it will be the first report since tim cook replaced steve jobs as ceo. iphone 4s sales will not be included in this report since the third quarter ended in september and the new phone did not go on sale until last week. >>> engineers may be able to complete the shutdown -- or rather, shoppers at -- rather i should s

that's a bear cub inside an alaska grocery store and this cow knew what she was doing. she was on her way to the slaughter house so she escaped. more on that straight ahead. >>> and shawn turns 10 today. happy birthday from your mom, dad, sister and brother. shawn plays baseball for the cyclones and if you've got a picture you want to share with us, great shots just out and about, morning show at wmar.com. we're back in a bit.

[narrator] even today, many people regard alaska as the last frontier-- an unsettled wilderness covered by snow, inaccessible and remote. a harsh, empty land where only the hardiest of pioneers would venture. hope, a small town on the kenai peninsula, symbolizes the frontier spirit of alaska. it was the location of the first significant gold discovery in alaska in 1896. gold provided the foundation of the alaskan economy. the gold rush drew other prospectors far into the vast open spaces of the interior and spurred the building of railways to bring out minerals. more recently, extraction of oil has become the mainstay of the alaskan economy. alaska is not an unsettled wilderness. in fact, it's the longest-occupied part of the americas. the continent was settled as people moved across the bering land bridge from siberia to alaska at least 15,000 years ago. today's inuit and yupik eskimos and inland athabaskan cultures are the successors of native peoples who coexisted with the environment over very long periods. alaska has also been part of the international economy since european ships

. >> shoppers get more than they bargained for when a bear strolls into an alaska supermarket. we'll take a look at this video of that little cub who is strolling through the produce. >> he's cute. >>> we are always on at wusa9.com. we'll be right back. >>> don't see this every day and it's caught on tape in alaska. a little brown bear taking a walk through the produce section of the grocery store. a store employee got his cell phone, shot the video. a customer reached up, picked up the cub, i guess it wasn't so big. took it outside. the store owner says after all that, she had to throw away thousands of dollars worth of fruits and vegetables. >> another unusual animal encounter a. cow in the middle of the street. the trailer broke down. that vehicle on the way to the slaughter house. they had to stop the traffic to get the cow back inside. how is that cow doing now? he was delicious. >> oh derek. australia, a woman had bumps and bruises after a violent encounter with a kangaroo. the animal pounced on her. >> it sort of hopped right to me and started scratching with its claws.

. >> reporter: the complex scam began four years ago and centers around an alaska native corporation called eyak in this complex in dulles. according to a federal indictment, alexander and kerry khan of alexandria, both employees of the u.s. army corps of engineers helped follow more than 45 million to an unidentified company to a no-bid contract. using false invoices, the feds alleged that they helped steal $20 million for themselves along with two others. lee kahn who helped his father run the fraudulent company out of his home in alexandria and harold babb whose neighbors watched the raid go down. >> approximately 15 at were rushing down the driveway with guns out approaching our neighbor's house. >> surreal. you don't expect this. you live in great neighborhood. >> a 26-year employee, michael alexander was arrested at his office on northwest g street. more than 100 agents raided seven other locations and arresting the remaining three at their holmes. while seizing luxury vehicles, flat screen tvs and discovering millions in bank accounts. according to the indictment kerry kahn an

. >> reporter: the complex scam began four years ago and centers around an alaska native corporation called eyak in this complex in dulles. according to a federal indictment, alexander and kerry khan of alexandria, both employees of the u.s. army corps of engineers helped follow more than 45 million to an unidentified company to a no-bid contract. using false invoices, the feds alleged that they helped themselves to $20 million along with two others. harold babb wholeyed with his family in the sterling home and lee kahn who helped his father run the fraudulent company out of his home in alexandria. >> willingness to engage in this behavior and greed they displayed can only be described as appalling and have apparently been willing to deprive the department of defense of badly needed funds and violate the integrity of the contracting process and public's trust in them and it appears they were fully prepared to line their pockets even further. >> a 26 year employee of the u.s. army corps of engineers, michael alexander was arrested at his office northwest g street. more than 100 agents

caliber handgun in a passenger's bag and the gun fell out of a checked bag while being loaded on an alaskairlines plane. passengers may travel with firearms in checked bags, but the guns must be unloaded and declared. the gun owner was questioned by police and allowed to board a later flight. the gun was turned over to the police. >> well, still ahead here, a day at work that they will never forget. >> i mean, there's no time to think about oh, my gosh, this is really going on. this is not part of a tv show, you know. we're right in the middle of the midst of chaos. >> it's a story you'll see only on "nbc bay area." reliving the day that a shooter went on a massacre in the south bay. tonight though you hear firsthand from the people who tried desperately to save workers at a cupertino kwaury. >> and shore to shore, a wave of debris from the japanese earthquake and tsunami is now heading west, and it's coming sooner than expected. >> under water and out of hope. the president's new plan to help homeowners stay in their houses. who willback. when we ce bat?ckk [people chatting] everyone, it'

we're an incredible place. alaska is unparalleled in its beauty and its potential, and there's really always been something that's very classically american about alaska. it is truly our nation's last frontier, a place where it is still possible for adventurous men and women to live the greatest version of the american dream, and i think that's what draws so many people to our state. they -- they still believe that there is a place where you can live on the edge of a lot of possibility. and that continues to make us a remarkable place to be. statehood itself was a dream for many, many years among our pioneers and our native people. it didn't come quickly, and it certainly did not come easily. prior to statehood, we only had territorial status in the united states. and that left us without any vote here in the congress. we weren't entitled to receive funding from many programs, we wereg for highways. at the mercy of the generosity of the federal government. we were at the mercy of those out-of-state interests which had

this was an alaska airlines flight 563 leaving lax at 8:15 yesterday morning. this may not have been the first lapse. the traveler told authorities that he had flown out of portland with the same bag, with the gun inside three days earlier. jon. jon: patti ann browne quite a story there. jenna: another big story for us, a search for missing baby lis a. we are entering our third week. we have new surveillance video that may offer new clues. ka sraf der dogs picked up a scent inside the parents home. following the latest developments of this story with an interview coming up next hour. jon: here is a question the country is asking, whose side is afghanistan on? a shocking state from afghan presiden president hamid karzai. jenna: this mansion on wheels may be the newest way to row tire in style. i could see jon scott behind the wheel of that baby. that's for sure. we'll give you a tour of this new rv coming up next. [ female announcer ] so you think your kids are getting enough vegetables? yeah, maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables

you see, the gun tumbled out of bag sunday morning as it was being loaded on an alaska airlines flightcause it wasn't reported, the kwun's owner was questioned, released, then allowed to board a later flight. the tsa told the "l.a. times" it is "the airline and passenger's responsibility to ensure that firearms are transported correctly." let me say this. the tsa hasn't always turned in a stellar performance. but in this day an age, shouldn't we, the traveling public, be just a little more savvy, too, and do our part? first, who packs a loaded gun so poorly that it would slip out of a bag in bag in transport? secondly, in the post-9/11 world, if you're going to travel with a gun, don't you think it would be wise to first unload it and second report it, maybe, ahead of time? come on! save us all the angst. so for not being the most responsible citizen, it's time for you, the unidentified pis l pistol-packing flier providing the sunday scare to "face the music" ♪ there's something wrong with the world today ♪ ♪ the light bulb's getting dim we need to protect the environment. what about t

alaska. methane hydrate is a type of natural gas formed from methane and water. japan national corporation made an agreement with conoco phillips to carry out testing in northern alaska for next january. the two entities plan to dig a well 1,000 meters deep to study how much gas can be extracted. a considerable amount of methane hydrate reserves have been identified in seabeds off japan's coast. japan is hoping that the experiment with the u.s. firm will help it to find ways to efficiently extract these gas molecules and put the fuel to practical use. >>> japan's prime minister is visiting south korea and will meet his counterpart myung-bak on wednesday. >> translator: i want to have thorough discussions on future oriented japan/south korea ties including an economic partnership agreement. >> noda will likely urge south korea to resume negotiations for an agreement. it has been suspended for seven years. he will also discuss how the two countries and the united states can resolve north korea's nuclear program and its abduction issues. noda is expected to hand over a set of ancient korean books. th

i understand there is an empty building in alaska. >> shou that for a fright. happy halloween to you, mr. cain. if that didn't get the crowds fired up at breakfast, by lunchtime, talk of o bolishing all together with help from the declaration of independence. >> when any form of government becomes destructive of those ideals, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish. we have altering and abolishing to do. >> it begs the question, what exactly does herman cain want to be the president of? the got father of pizza does things a little differently. as evidenced in his campaign ads. if you thought his cigarette-puffing manager was bizarre, take a look at this. . >> get real. >> i stand with herman cain because herman cain stands with us. >> absolutely. that ad courtesy of weird and weirder. to help us sort out the mysteries of herman cain at the end of a busy week, goldie taylor is with us and from washington karen finney. karen, if i can start with you. before we come to mr. cain himself, his chief of staff who smokes also has an interesting personal histo

developing the alaska arctic offshore resources alone, we can create over 50,000 jobs nationwide over the coming decades, jobs being created right here in our country. with 400 jobs as an example just in washington to update the drilling unit which will be utilized in alaska or the thousand jobs in louisiana to build new arctic supply ships right now. so when you look at what the potential is, when you look at the opportunities of the arctic for oil and gas development, american jobs, american jobs not only on the arctic in alaska but also throughout the country where many of the facilities that will be needed to construct or the material utilized will be built. as i mentioned in washington state, louisiana. also the federal revenue that would be generated. the chamber of commerce has estimated that developing and increasing production on federal lands could produce well over $200 billion in new revenues to our country. an alaska analysis puts the federal revenues just for the bow for the and chukchi seas at at $116 billion. those are just before the north slope in the arctic. these have a potential of well over 24 billion barrels of oil development in the known techni

. >>> police have an unusual site in alaska. this bear cub went along for a stroll in the grocery store. the animal paced back and forth until a customer decided to take the matter into his own hands. he grabbed the cub and put it back out on the street. >>> james toub, rhode island, traffic wasn't moving. well, a cow escaped from a truck headed to a slaughter house and wandered around the bridge and the cow was injured. officials think the trailer may have malfunctioned. >>> well, you want to get away, now might be the time to start thinking about it. we'll explain how inexpepsive they may be. >>> plus, if you had money all in the world, what would you buy your loved one for the holidays? money is not an object. what are you g buy them? a ridiculous list of over the top gifts. straight ahead. bge's instant discounts got our homeowner to switch to energy star® cfl bulbs. these covered cfls look great and last longer- perfect for 'them hard-to-reach places. 3-way cfls really click with my style. go to participating retailers for

october 8th was the first day of whale-hunting season in barrow, alaska. ant eskimo would do as part of their tradition, they would whale and use the meat through the winter and use part of the whale to make housing, drums. >> the good lord gave us these animals that have sustained us for thousands of years. >> they're talking about this ancient practice. but they're using a motorized boat rather than a canoe. they're not dragging the whale in by hand. they're using loaders, and forklifts. so is it ancient? or is it modern? >> how can it not be modernized? that's where the world is right now. and if it's going to make it he's wrer for them to practice this, i don't see an issue. >> so the whale is an endangered species, there are about 11,000 of them left. >> at the end of the day, no matter how they do it, modernized or not, they're hunting an endangered species. >> commercial whaling years and years ago made this an endangered species. certain indigenous tribes are allowed to hunt these whales and they are given a limit. >> maybe putting a hold on this for

but property the size of alaska and really an wash in oil. you were saying you would be very surprised if it didn't rebound, recover and get going faster than all of them. >> they also have a thousand miles of coastline on the mediterranean and don't really have great religious divisions within the country. now that the fighting phase is over, they need to stop being rebels. it's time to put the berets away and to take these big guns out of their vehicles and to start forming a political dialogue within the country. much better off than egypt. egypt is an enormous country, 90 million people living on the banks of the nile with large sections living in poverty. that's much more of a difficult circumstance than libya. 6 million people. that's the entire population of libya. >> soap you think the glass is half full for them? >> i think they have a lot of opportunities as the president was saying in that speech. they have been given a tremendous opportunity, a tremendous chance. >> we heard the president of the united states from the rose garden.

after that we will do an interview with well-known historian doug brinkley about his latest book, on the alaska wilderness. in about an hour or so a panel on mexican drug cartels with ioan grillo whose book is "el narco: inside mexico's criminal insurgency," and sylvia longmire, "cartel: the coming invasion of mexico's drug wars." and we want to get your reaction to the panel during an open phone segment. then there's a panel on the arts of nonfiction. three authors will be on that panel. then we will talk with david sobel. in about four hours and off a panel on the air of spring. three well-known authors will be on that panel. again, you have a chance to weigh in. we want to get your reaction to that panel as well. in the last panel of the day, at about five hours from now, adam winkler has written a book called gunfight, the battle over the right over the right to bear arms in america. so that's our line up today from the texas book festival in austin. as you can see, they c-span bus is here as well. we are handing out bookbags with our partner

only in alaska -- grocery shoppers got treated to an unusual visitor. it is up her -- a bearcub thing on the produce in the store. it made quite a mess. the store owner said she had to get rid of thousands of dollars of produce, but nobody was hurt. pretty amazing. >> only in alaska do you pick it up and toss it out the door. take a look of the forecast. approaching the weekend, looking pretty good. still, on track for a lot of sunshine friday as the weekend. still precede tomorrow. >> what do you think of this e? really what's this? this is a rose i made from a turnip. let's try together. perfect. two worlds that fit in one kitchen. come in today and save up to 20% on a kitchen from ikea.

it is crazy for us to have an area off of alaska that has as much oil and gas as the gulf of mexico. our current litigation policies allow all sorts of environmental groups to give that up. i have a very simple model. heat the $500 billion in energy that goes overseas at home. it is better for the economy, it is better for american jobs, it makes it much easier for us to deal with dictators overseas the way we should deal with them, without any concern about economic reprisal. [applause] >> i am trying to be consistent. >> you are doing good. i was not trying to attack you. you are not some news guy. >> if you could reverse one energy policy decision from the last three years, what would it be? >> the biggest one is personnel. if you are going to have a secretary of the department of energy, you should have one that is interested in american energy. the current secretary favors something that makes sense in a classroom at berkeley and makes no sense in the real world. i would have a secretary that favored american solutions as opposed to a current secretary that has done all that he

in a message to supporters, the former alaska governor said, you don't need an office or a title to make a difference. and she and her husband will continue to be devoted to god, family and country. last night on fox news, palin said she reached the decision through prayer and talking to family. >> i know that it's the right decision. and i know that i can join others and be effective in helping change what's going on in our country and helping wake up americans to what is going on in our country. >> palin said she would not run as a third party candidate because that would ensure president obama's re-election. >>> congresswoman gabby giffords is in attending a retirement party for her husband. kelly commanded the final flight of the space shuttle "endeavour." the couple's joint memoir is actually due out next month. what a story they can share. >> so inspiring. >>> now, for this morning's weather from around the nation. more than a foot of snow in the mountains of colorado and wyoming. scattered thunderstorms for much of the rockies and dakotas. showers from san francisco to santa barba

alaska. powerful jet stream 180 miles an hour. it is driving the storm through here. so the next couple of hours is when you will see the most intense rainfall and the gustest -- gustiest winds. the stormy weather starts to shift south and east. by 5:00 a.m., the morning commute is just really looking at a few showers behind the cold front. but don't let your guard down. later in the afternoon as the sun starts to breakthrough, the cold air comes in here, and we may see some thunderstorms developing in the north bay first at 2:00 and heading into the east bay by 4:00 or 5:00. it could be a very active afternoon, and when all is said and done the showers continue into thursday morning. look at these rainfall totals. for early october this is impressive. up to 2 inches in the north bay mountains. up to an inch and a half in the santa cruz mountains. the north bay picking up three quarters to an inch and a half of rain. in the sierra nevada winter storm warning is gone. it has already gone up. it continues until 11:00 on wednesday night. a foot or more above the 7,000 fo

alaska. powerful jet stream 180 miles an hour. it is driving the storm through here.e next couple of hours is when you will see the most intense rainfall and the gustest -- gustiest winds. the stormy weather starts to shift south and east. by 5:00 a.m., the morning commute is just really looking at a few showers behind the cold front. but don't let your guard down. later in the afternoon as the sun starts to breakthrough, the cold air comes in here, and we may see some thunderstorms developing in the north bay first at 2:00 and heading into the east bay by 4:00 or 5:00. it could be a very active afternoon, and when all is said and done the showers continue into thursday morning. look at these rainfall totals. for early october this is impressive. up to 2 inches in the north bay mountains. up to an inch and a half in the santa cruz mountains. the north bay picking up three quarters to an inch and a half of rain. in the sierra nevada winter storm warning is gone. it has already gone up. it continues until 11:00 on wednesday night. a foot or more above the 7,000 foot ele

today we have an alaska marry time national wildlife area, the aleutian change -- chain. he stopped the timbering and created on the gas national forest, these incredible resources and places like the yukon delta bird reserve. and t.r. created it with federal, um, federal orders, executive orders. roosevelt saw that democracy had topsy anonymous with wilderness. make no mistake about it, alaska is our incredible wilderness, and it's a wonderland. america without the alaskan wilderness would be -- [inaudible] extraction industries, oil, gold, silver, they're always looking to despoil the state. >> now, did t.r. 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, brist

here's an android for alaska! show 'em that motown magic. spartan-style for down south. yes! that's nice right there. ♪ helping folks in all 50 states! ♪ ♪ give me what you got, now magic, you getting tired yet? i'm just getting warmed up! [ male announcer ] it's like magic! call today for a free home loan review. we'll offer a free android smartphone to you! ♪ hit it [ laughs ] here's one for the east coast. now that's some detroit magc right there. [ male announcer ] one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze. martha: i wanted to go back to breaking news unfolding in cupertino, california. it's still dark but they are in the midst of a manhunt. it has been a workplace shooting. two are confirmed dead and four injured. it is a quarry where all of this played out. scene overnight workplace looks to be the scene. they were rushed to a local hospital. critical condition in the early hours of today after an employee meeting taking place. it's a rock quarry and cement company. apparently the employee became upset during the meeting and pu

craig mitchell, who is a lawyer and writes about alaska says "so what if during the 1980s air and todd pail snorted a line or two of cocaine off the top of anardly ending with me, who was there will tell you in alaska during the 1980s almost everyone say and todd palin's ages who had the money to do so did coke, including quite a few members of the alaska legislature. >>> the book reviews, and one took office off joe mcginnes skin. he said the book was dated, petty and available to anyone with internet access. the big criticism they have is that he uses unnamed sources. a friend said, a person who knew her said, that kind of thing, a resident of wasilla said. since they think this is just unsubstantiated bad journalism. but it's amazing how they pick and choose. these are exactly the same kind of techniques that woodward and bernstein, the inevitable duo, the terrors of journalism used many years ago and are still using. so i don't find much of this criticism that legitimate, quite frankly. >> he did, the controversy, he rented a house 15 feet next door to the palins and some people thought that was pretty creepy. >> that's true. >> and the

here's an android for alaska! show 'em that motown magic.end it to me spartan-style for down south. yes! that's nice right there. ♪ helping folks in all 50 states! ♪ jenna: welcome back. developing stories we're keeping an eye on in the newsroom and from our control room as well. out to italy now where a judge ordered three aides to silvio berlusconi to court because they hired three women for prostitution. a worker is hanging off that building. they suspended work over the weekend due to high winds. back to work this monday morning. u.s. construction is up more than a percent in august after a big decline in july. gains are far below what analysts consider a healthy number. jon: hairy ants with sharp teeth invading america by the millions. sounds like a horror movie but it is unfolding in real life right now along the gulf coast. these flea-sized critters are extremely fast. look at them. that is not fast-motioned photography. regular pesticides are not working and some people are even being forced to flee their homes. joining us on the pho

. >> and this is an amendment that relates to the alaska native educational equity program that has been in place for well over a decade now. i had intended to work with you and the ranking member including on some clarification the language within the manager's amendment, and i appreciate the effort that took two of them made although there were some changes that were made that caused me to offer up this particular amendment. what it does is eight strikes and replaces the language within the manager's amendment and doing so this is a more efficient way to handle what we felt were the necessary corrections for the program. there's too changes here. one specific change the was made to my language within the manager's amendment with the revision of a requirement for an annual report on the guarantees out comes certainly we all need to have accountability with federal dollars, no problem that we've got specifically is within this need is educational equity the guarantees are already required to in newly report on the outcome through the government performance and results act. we have a good

including one for assaulting an officer. >>> sarah palin says she will not run in 2012, ending months of speculation by both fans and fauxes, but she's not going away. the former alaskaan have much more of an impact on the 2012 race as an unshackled outsider. >>> more now on the death now of steve jobs. coming on the day after his company unveiled the latest iphone, there's a live look at apple headquarters right now from cupertino and then to apple stores across the country, people are paying tribute to the man with the vision. jobs' former business partner, rival and, once again, friend, bill gates released a statement. in it he said, "steve and i first met nearly 30 years ago and been colleagues, competitors and friends over the course of more than half our lives. the world rarely sees someone who has the the profound impact steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. for those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honor. i will miss steve immensely." "thanks for showing what you can build can change the world. i will miss you." >> his health problems began eight year uz go when doctors discovere

alaska. one of those arrested over the weekend in an occupy washington rally was dr. cornell west. he said his arrest was to honor the spirit of dr. martin luther king. >>> that spirit was one of the many things honored at the dedication of the new king memorial in washington. ♪ on sunday musical groups, civil rights icons and the president and first lady were on hand. the memorial site with its 30-foot statue of dr. king lies between the lincoln memorial and jefferson memorial on the national mall. leave rented king's daughter bernice spoke about the new memorial honoring her late father. >> today represents another milestone in the life of america. this is a day that all americans can be proud of. and may i remind you that this is not just a celebration for african-americans, but for americans and citizens around this world. >> the dedication was originally planned for august, but was postponed, you remember, because of hurricane irene. now let's go to meteorologist rob marciano live with me here in new york this morning. it was a nice fall weekend the northeast this weekend. >>

according to that site, an attorney with close ties to former alaska governor sarah palin has reportedly been investigating what the drop dead deadlines are for entering the race. so governor christie officially out, could governor palin be preparing to join the field? here with analysis, the one and only, of varney and am can, right after the i man on the "fox business" network, stuart varney, and the co-host who deals with beckel five days a week, dana perino. how are you? >> great. >> i don't know what's harder, dealing with imus or beckel every day. >> that is a toss-up. >> different people in different ways. >> that's right. >> imus wants to poke you and bob just wants to get under your skin. >> and he knows exactly how to push my buttons for getting -- he just says something bad about president bush and i'm on top of it. i nearly lose my temper. >> i watched the governor -- first of all, i thought it was a classy speechn his part. i think it's probably good, i think people were getting a little tired of, are you in? are you out? i kind of thought at the reagan library it was defini

. >>> former alaska governor sarah palin has made an announcement on the 2012 race for the presidency. fox's molly henneberg has that story. >> reporter: former republican vice presidential nome nay and former alaskan governor sarah palin says she will not seek the nominee for -- will not seek the nomination for president in 2012. she says, "you will continue driving the discussion for freedom and free marks, including in the race for president." >> tea party americans won an electoral victory of historic proportions in november. >> a labor day weekend appearance in iowa drew boosters from across the country, most of whom said they were certain she would run, but not everyone was convinced. >> if you look back at would she had done, she had not laid the groundwork for a presidential campaign. she hadn't been outsetting up committees in iowa. >> reporter: this news comes after months of speculation and a cat-and-mouse game with the press who followed her across the country this summer. >> i think she wants to be king maker, she wants to be troublemaker, but i never thought she was runn

an earmark. >> i stand against those earmarks. >> the bridge to nowhere like in alaska. think without all of the budget cutting, there wouldn't be anything left. we found a project out on the tip of alaska. you've been paying for it since the bush administration. the obama administration kept it going. both lawmakers voted to fund it. grar ree tuck man went there. >> reporter: calling this place remote is an understatement. but you, the american taxpayer, are kicking in almost $60 million to build an airport here. that's right. the money for an airport on a deserted island. >> the airport is slated to be done in august of 2012. >> reporter: the mayor on another island six miles away, the airport is being built for his town. you might wonder why the 100 citizens needed an airport pricing out at $77 million, most of it paid by you? >> we have over 1,000 people that we need to serve. >> reporter: indeed, in addition to his 100 residents, there are about 1100 other people who either come by boat or occasion occasional seaplane. everyone agrees that tried dent would be the bi

especially not everyone can go get an arts degree and then an upset but there is no like fine arts jobs after the restoration there when i quit alaska. this may not. the news for someone on our panel tonight the facts news and form is that liberals have officially started a war out of hollowing. it's an all out assault on how we in schools across the country are doing everything from banning costumes to removing the holiday because it may all feigned emigrants all right have we replaced commonsense political correctness joining us is daily caller senior editor janie feinstein good morning t.j. me thanks for having me all right now i must the two of us here i'm i think that kids should be allowed to wear their costumes on halloween to school. anyhow luckily we have our resident holiday were worker expert during jimmy wednesday to help us figure out what the next holiday fox news declares is under attack will be aside from the annual war on christmas which we cannot predict will it be a valentine's day liberals are trying to co-opt a holiday for same sex couples or be our day liberals are going overboard in their obsession with playin

woman across a street to an abandoned building one was sexually assaulted the other broke free and got away. >> she was the republican vice presidential nominee in 2008. former alaskaovernor sarah palin has an announcement about the 2012 race for president. >> that signature autumn change and leaf color may be drifting further down the calendar scientists are on the hunt to find out why. details next. >>> a live lookout side as we head to break. there are traffic issues out there julie will help you get through it and great forecast coming up 7:12 a.m. on thursday morning t  >>> making headlines this morning, day 7 of conrad murray involuntary manslaughter trial prosecutors plan to call a coroner's toxicologist to the stand to give jurors a better understanding about the drug found in michael jackson and his bedroom area. they contend that dr. murray administered a lethal dose of propofol but murray contains jackson gave himself the fatal dose. >>> hundreds of afghans took to the streets of the capitol demanding a withdrawal of american troops. tomorrow mark it is 10 year anniversary. it followed the 9/11 terror attacks in the united s

alaska zoo. needed a root canal to fix his broken tooth. a canine, a big, long one. anyway, the procedure took an hour and a half. we are told it went smoothly. the tiger is said to be in recovery at the alaska zoo. how does a tiger say i need a tylenol? >> i'm sure it would find a way to let you know if it needed more pain medication. >> i bet he gets whatever he wants. >> i bet he does. >> you asleep? you asleep? >> please be asleep. >> that's right. >> it's cold out there. >> it is chilly. i think some areas will get down to 30 tonight. maybe frost. however the wind should procollude that. i'm not worried about wind. early for frost. >> yes. >> we are behind schedule. >> really? >> i'll show you that. wait until you see where we have frost advisories and freeze warnings. outside, looking at the lincoln memorial. a nice evening if you like it cold. as we have been talking about, a lot of you saying you love this kind of weather. you are going to see a chilly night. we hit a high temperature of 62 degrees. a little bit below average. we saw sunshine during the day today. if you are out and about