if you are watching in anchorage, alaska, find an teeg play things at wonderland of toys at the anchorage museum. >> todd, thanks so much. >>> let's get a check of your headlines in entertainment. her sister may have been the one to marry into royalty but pippa middleton is about to earn a royal size income. england telegraph reports that pippa became a celebrity has landed a book deal with a $600,000 advance. pippa's guide to party planning will come out for next year's holidays. >>> actress anne hathaway who's played a princess is now getting married. she is engaged to adam schuller, an actor and jeweler who she's been datie ining since her mess split with her ex. >>> christian bale in "the dark knight rises" told philippine paper this batman movie will be his last. >>> finally, katy perry as marilyn monroe? young hollywood reports harvey weinstein hints in his new movie "my week with marilyn" wants perry to star as monroe on broadway. monroe on broadway? she is getting so much good press for this movie. >> i could see her voted off. >> is it easy to go from pink to white? we'll see. >>

we are okay in anchorage though it will be on the chilly side. this is mostly staying off the coast. showers in seattle. clouds increasing, still okay in the southwest. spokane, cool. 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 hacki

air space. >> the sun's hitting on anchorage.he buildings have the reflections. probably the prettiest night we have ever seen when flying. >> suddenly, the plane's engine dies. >> we look over at mark, looks at me, that's not right. immediately, we start dropping and that elevator feeling, you know. >> the pilot scrambles to get the motor started. seconds later, the engine starts up. >> once he got the plane going again, it was happy times with me. >> but the happy times don't last. before the brothers can relax, the motor cuts out again. >> you just keep hoping get it started, come on, man, just get it started. he looked a little frantic up there. >> this time, the pilot can't restart the engine. >> i can see the color car, i could see people walking on the sidewalk down there. get it started. desperation set in at that point. come on, get it going, get it going. >> like on cue, i'm looking out the window, looking out here and we look toward each other, oh, it was just identical. we said we are -- that was our last parting word

he was stationed at a joint army and air force base in anchorage and is being held at the anchorage jail. the fbi won't say much about the case, except it does not involve passing secrets to the wikileaks website. >>> in london, wikileaks founder julian assange is back in court today. rita nissan is there with details. good morning, rita. what is expected to happened in court today? >> reporter: julian assange is expected to learn his fate this morning, whether he will be extradited to sweden to face charges of rape and sexual assault, or whether he will be a free man after 11 months under house arrest. he is accused of attacking two women in stockholm last summer. assange's attorneys say the charges are unfounded. he outraged u.s. officials last year after releasing thousands of classified documents. they said that put american soldiers at risk. assange's legal troubles here in europe are only part of his battle. a grand jury in the united states is decided whether to indict him on charges of espionage. betty? >> thank you, rita. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton and her family are

he was stationed at a joint army and air force base in anchorage and is being held at the anchorage jail. the fbi won't say much about tlr julian assange is back in court today. rita nissan is there with details. good morning, rita. what is expected to happened in court today? >> reporter: to face charges of rape and sexual assault or whether he will be a free man. two wikileaks accuse him of attacking them. they say the charges is unfounded. he outraged u.s. officials last year after releasing thousands of classified documents. they said that put american soldiers at risk. assange's legal troubles here in europe are only part of his battle. a grand jury in the united states is decided whether to indict him on charges of espionage. betty? >>irl to become, court, a warm, generous and loving wife and mother le to lead separate lives. this is the "cbs morning news." [ flamenco guitar music plays ] welcome mi amiga, an adventure awaits. ♪ a celebration of flavor and magnificent tastes ♪ [ cow bell, cow moo ] ♪ like chicken beef or seafood ole' ha haaa ♪ adios little one ♪ your time here is c

that was certainly my experience when i was mayor of anchorage. i became mayor in 2003 at a time of an economic slowdown. not quite as bad as our national economy that we face today, but we inherited huge budget deficits, a dramatic slowdown in our economy. our answer was to turn anchorage around was to invest in our basic systems of roads and water and sewer and power, basic infrastructure. one of the best examples of the public infrastructure investment was a small community in the northern part of anchorage called mountain view. we knew there was great potential for economic turnaround in this community. we knew because the community was interested, but the public infrastructure hadn't been invested in that community in decades. we did some simple things at first. upgraded the roads, basic systems that move people from one end of mountain view to the other. we invested in schools and then we invested in some public facilities. today mountain view is a home of one of our large credit unions, one of their branches which is now their top performer

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governor tony knowles, who was my bhos he served as mayor of anchorage.s -- child and criminal cases. judge gleason now serves as the presiding judge of the third judicial district of alaska. that position is responsible for overseeing 70% of the caseload of the entire state, trial courts, and includes 40 judges and 20 magistrates. her record ras a judge has been excellent. she is widely praised for her judicial temperament, for fairness on the bench, and especially her pioneering work on behalf of families and children. for that work she was awarded the prestigious light of hope award in alaska. sharon is an active member of her community, serving on numerous legal committees. she also is a heck of a clarinet player and has been playing in the anchorage symphony orchestra for more than 25 years. judge gleason received the unanimous bipartisan support of every member of the senate judiciary committee. the american bar association has rated her unanimously "well-qualified." their highest possible rating for a federal judge. if confirmed, judge gleason will

today we are okay in anchorage. if you are watching us in seattle, see an interactive exhibit with world war ii fighters. >>> here's an early look at headlines in entertainment. after picking up a few awards in europe, justin bieber will return with an aggressive plan of attack against paternity charges. he's going to take a dna test and he says confidently, once the test shows he's not the father, is he going to sue his accuser. >> what if he is? >> let's not go there yet. >>> johnny depp took a shot at america's heartland telling england's "guardian" his recent film "the rum diary" bombed because, quote, it's an intelligent film and a lot of times outside the big cities in the states, they don't want that. >>> sideline singer adele is expected to fully recover from throat surgery she just had in boston. >>> and finally, tmz reports lindsay lohan says her 4 1/2 hour jail stay was scary, cold, one of the worst places she's ever been and was another wake-up call. >>> and this comes to us from wis news 10 in columbia,

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 golden globe host. he posted jabs at several stars as well as foreign hollywood press association had the world convinced there would be no way he would be back. not only is he back, but gervais tweeted a clip from wednesday about last year's opening monologue. remember that? he's promising this times ten. >>> contrary to reports, the justin bieber paternity suit is not over, just on hold. a new attorney for a woman who claims justin beeber is the father of her baby boy says her lawsuit has been withdrawn as both camps wait for the singer to take a paternity test. t

the two head out to lake hood near anchorage, alaska.e you can get some of the best shots. we were about ten feet off the water, above the canal. there's a little fence that keeps you from going closer, and we were standing right on the fence line. >> on the third day testing out his brand new video camera, kohler spots a small aircraft on the other side of the lake taxiing across the water. >> so we were jogging up to catch up. we had to get around the trees so we could get a good shot of the plane taking off. >> the single engine prop plane ready for flight begins to build speed. >> everything was normal, started revving up the engine. it started taking off, it started into its turn. it did point at us for a while, but that's normal. >> suddenly, a gust of wind momentarily lifts the plane from the water, knocking it off course. >> the plane where the wind gust hit, it actually lifted out of the water, the wrong float came out of the water. then when the float crashed in the water, it caused it to pivot enough that it came straight at u

they beat the sharks, 3-2, and in anchorage, running out of gas in the second half against new mexicote. mckinnis throws it down. >> and we were just talking about luck. >> andrew luck? heisman, hopefully he gets it. we'll find out in weeks. >> all right, thank you, we'll be right back at 11:00, see you then, have a great evening scrambled eggs. [ male announcer ] actually, it's easier. citi financial tools. easier banking. standard at citibank.

anchorage 11°, white horse 0. juneau looking at 29°.his is the cold area where this is coming from. the air mass will get modified it is a works toward the bay area, but we will certainly get the chill. 5:00 tomorrow morning, patches of fog, low clouds, perhaps it is slowing you down for the morning commute. as you look around the 1:00 hour we will see light showers possibly developing around ukiah, santa rosa, and then by 5:00p.m. spotty showers at best, and this doesn't look like a lot. it won't amount to a lot, but by thursday night we will see more organized shower activity moving in, and really heading into the morning commute for friday. friday is look wet. scattered showers. look what is happening in ukiah. we could see snowfall as we head into friday night. it will certainly be snowing in the see yare gnaw nevada. with the scattered nature of the showers a trace of an inch to .15. and there is more coming over the weekend. winter weather advisory goes into affect for the see sierra nevada friday at 4:00 and continues until 7:00

anchorage 11°, white horse 0. juneau looking at 29°.area where this is coming from. the air mass will get modified it is a works toward the bay area, but we will certainly get the chill. 5:00 tomorrow morning, patches of fog, low clouds, perhaps it is slowing you down for the morning commute. as you look around the 1:00 hour we will see light showers possibly developing around ukiah, santa rosa, and then by 5:00p.m. spotty showers at best, and this doesn't look like a lot. it won't amount to a lot, but by thursday night we will see more organized shower activity moving in, and really heading into the morning commute for friday. friday is look wet. scattered showers. look what is happening in ukiah. we could see snowfall as we head into friday night. it will certainly be snowing in the see yare gnaw nevada. with the scattered nature of the showers a trace of an inch to .15. and there is more coming over the weekend. winter weather advisory goes into affect for the see sierra nevada friday at 4:00 and continues until 7:00 p.m. we are look

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

he was flying from anchorage to philadelphia on u.s. airways. that plane was full, so he had to stand for the entire flight including takeoff and landing. u.s. airways offered him $200. he wants his entire $800 ticket refunded. >> i bet phoenix jones in seattle could have got it for us. >> with the pepper spray. i will get that to you right now. and a happy thanksgiving to you. stanford was picked to finish 6th. they looked like the best team in the league right now. they head to the mecca of basketball. they shot the lights out. sports is next. state farm. this is jessssica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my tongue. [ male announcer ]

in anchorage, that's not too bad. the most populated city in alaska.ut western alaska, one of the biggest storm they've ever seen. waves 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 investigatio

he was flying from anchorage to philadelphia on u.s. airways. that plane was full, so he had to stand for the entire flight including takeoff and landing. u.s. airways offered him $200. he wants his entire $800 ticket refunded. >> i bet phoenix jones in seattle could have got it for us. >> with the pepper spray. i will get that to you right now. and a happy thanksgiving to you. stanford was picked to finish 6th. they looked like the best team in the league right now. they head to the mecca of basketball. they shot the lights out. [ female announcer ] at jcpenney...shop jcp.com ...thanksgiving day from home... ...or in store friday from 4am. find over 500 black friday deals... ...like sleepwear for the whole family... and the helicopter he'll love for $18.99. we make christmas affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney. ...thanksgiving day from home... ...or in store friday from 4am. find over 500 black friday deals... ...like 50% off liz claiborne... ...and 40 to 70% off fine jewelry. we make christmas affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney. the b

some of their free time and their own money on charity le bron james to anyway come a length in anchorage spall temporarily out of jobs distributed mails to brooklyn families in new york about eight hundred people receive boxes of food from the hands of their possible idols but people even more hungry for something else the game as soon as the place approve the deal training camps and free agency will open to more tennessee on the ninth of december the plan is for a sixty games. isn't to begin on christmas day. the flip side just like i say you see in a tweet i felt like you know my kids on christmas day. you know the excitement for the game you know when we all missed it you guys missed it but more importantly our fans missed it you know solve excited for them as well just to get the excitement going back you know watching t.v. and watch sports center see in order games if they start the x. hours automatic they saw the x. out in advance that was going to miss the some of the games that they love so. you know to see some of the scheduling. to see that we're going to have a season you know

some of the most complex ones we have had to build for the bridge because inside of them is the anchorage of the structure. the techniques topic are the cat -- the tphebnext topic is the c walks. we have seen this happened. you can see slightly different the process that they used to put them in place. this is vintage footage but the same type of structure. steel cable, steel or chicken wire mesh that the workers work on. we have wooden platforms on top of the mesh. you see this guy struggling a little bit to get in place. these guys had to do some different things than we had to do. but again you can see there the cat walk creates the geometry of the bridge. in the 1930's when those came out that is when bay area residents saw what the west bands looked like. that is what you are seeing right now. in the past few weeks away put our cat walk in place. you see a couple of film images of what you will see on site as they connect to the top of the tower. this is our back expand, the short expand that goes toward the island. also online we have a couple of quick methods of i think this is som

he was flying from anchorage to philadelphia on u.s. airways.hat plane was full, so he had to stand for the entire flight including takeoff and landing. u.s. airways offered him $200. he wants his entire $800 ticket refunded. >> i bet phoenix jones in seattle could have got it for us. >> with the pepper spray. i will get that to you right now. and a happy thanksgiving to you. stanford was picked to finish 6th. they looked like the best team in the league right now. they head to the mecca of basketball. >>> good evening. the bright lights and the big city did not intimidate josh owens tonight. the senior made his first nine shots in madison square garden. playing in the semifinals owens scored 11 straight points by himself in one stretch and finished with 2 up with points. the cowboys would tie it at 29. brian williams, not the newsman, but he can dunk. all cardinals from there. 14-5 run and he had 15. seconds remaining and anthony brown and here is what brown can do for you. he hit a 3 at the buzzer. they start the second half on a 12-0 run. and

i am a very active purchase of land in the occupying movement here in anchorage, alaska and i'm hoping to get your book today and i'm hoping it will shed some light on how she organized movements. i appreciate that. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> what about the movement, the occupied wall street movement? which would she be in the middle of that? >> yes, she would be in the ramparts. i don't know if she would be sleeping outside. she was a great on slipping outside. she liked a nice comfortable bed that she would be very day. her books actually were in the library and occupy wall street before the library was destroyed last week, i'm sorry to say, but i think the library will come back in her books will be there again. >> last call for leslie brody comes from derek in riverside, california. hi derek. >> caller: hi, hello. leslie cohen, congratulations on your book. like to ask a very important question. was jessica mitford's viewpoint about education and public assistance we are using in particular what was her thought about self education and learning how to learn whi

from the upper deck between anchorage and the island.t means stop and go conditions between the macarthur maze and on all the bay bridge approaches. drive times are over 25-35 minutes for the westbound bay bridge. the rich friend/san rafael, the san mateo bridge and the golden gate all looks good and the richmond/san rafael--alternate looking good. earlier, the emergency road repair was continued at 7:00 a.m. because the pavement was falling apart near 37. 10:30 is also going to start another closing and likely to be closed this afternoon. >> 680 southbound from applause until towards danville there have been a littering of accidents on the northbound, the south of with much slower the conditions than normal conditions. f >> erica: first thing you notice of there are colder temperatures in the northern counties. 53 degrees is common for oakland and even in redwood city. as we check out for these temperatures will go? this afternoon, we can expect 60s for redwood city. we can expect 57 degrees in half moon bay. we have also seen fifties e

the national weather service has more than 30 inches of snow fallen in anchorage this mofment it is already the third snowyest month in history, and there have more in the forecast. >> no snow here. i wanted to show you this sunrise in ocean city from the grand hotel and spa. cameras mounted there. a beautiful, beautiful morning. temperatures around 35 degrees. b.w.i. at 38. calm winds. if you are in ocean city this weekend, you could not have pick aid better weekend to head down to the shore as they are going to see temperatures there like us in the mid 60's today with a lot of sunshine. speaking of those good temperatures, we farely broke a record yesterday out at the inner harbor. missed it by 3 degrees. 70 degrees at the inner harbor. 70 at b.w.i. marshall. our low temperatures were right around where they should be. although they were a couple degrees above normal. just great weather we're having now. it is going to extend for the next couple days, and then it will all come crashing down when another system comes in and brings us rain. let's not talk about that yet. in westminster 48 d

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same time you have to have compassion for the other person who had to stand seven hours to get to anchorage. >> he's got a seven-hour problem and the other guy has a lifetime of issues. >> would love to know how you feel about it. this is not just an issue about an airplane. we have a pandemic of obesity. americans are now 20 pounds heavier than they were in 1990. i went to my doctor yesterday and it's true. gallup survey says the ideal weight is ten pounds heavier than it used to be. now we say ten pounds less. it used to be 20 pounds less. >> women used to say the ideal weight or the average white was around 135 pounds. >> for a woman -- >> they said average, we are talking about 5'4". now they surveyed a bunch of different women of different sizes and heights and stuff. they all were in the 160 pound range. >> that is too much weight around your heart if you're 5'3" or 5'4". >> if you're 5'4", the average woman should weigh 135 pounds. it's hard because it's after thanksgiving and we all feel crummy. everybody is in the gym now. >> everybody starts out with the best of intentions. you ar

arthur was flying from anchorage to philadelphia.ould not move because the plane was so full so he was forced to stand up. he says the obese man was very sorry. he was kind about it. but u.s. airways says we realize it is inconvenient but it is our obligation to be safe. u.s. airways has offered him 200 bucks. not good enough. he says he wants his $800 ticket refunded. let's go update the forecast one last time. rain is moving in. spencer christian is here. >>> a live doppler 7 hd showing rain in the north bay spreading from mendocino county. it will soon be in napa county. pockets of heavy rain as well. in the suze mountains expanding area of light -- in the santa cruz mountains expanding er ara of light rainfall. rainfall up north around eureka. rain in the morning, clearing in the afternoon and a string of dry days with mild afternoon and high temperatures in the upper 60s to about 70 by sunday. >> not bad. thanks very much. >> for anybody who fantastic sizes about playing big-time sports the minnesota wild has thrown the equivale

still back quite a distance coming together in the plains where the real cold weather is forecasters anchoragemes normal. within the cold air mass which has been about the only place on the continent northern canada and back into alaska that has been cold. pretty stunning. 11 degrees warmer than last night at this time. at that temperature starting to drop that will drop straw a north wind increases to the west. cool air on sunday still a good 24 hours away. wind is south- southwest at 15 mi. per hour and humidity 64% the two. creeping higher. chicago glenview crystal lake all over 30 mi. per hour. temperatures at this hour or 55 degrees at o'hare airport 12 degrees above the normal high temperature this time of year despite the late hour. the view from harvard high clouds shrouded filtering the sunlight as time went on today. whats up advisories for high wind nor the wind roaring into the area tomorrow colder air with that hettick and our direction not here right away. warm southerly wind gusting over 30 mi. per hour on the east side of the storm. look at this with the pocket on the backside

i was in alaska in anchorage and they just started chasing down the aisles of the store, get him, theree is. you know. >> do you -- >> i guess they don't see a lot of tv personalities there so you know it is rough. >> i trust you take it as a compliment. you developed quite the character. >> i do. it is the highest and finest compliment. >> you have also given some of use ammo here because -- >> -- killed by somebody named that, this is truthfully, damn you, that is the only problem, it ain't the postal worker who is going to take me out. it is the newman. >> all right, enough about the past. let's talk about the present. you got a new tv show -- >> -- thank you -- >> -- called exes. >> yes. and those are people staring with me and it is about three divorced guys who are living across the hall from their divorce lawyer, who happens to be their landlady, so i think she was just trying to put people in the apartment you know crappy lawyer. >> works for me. how in the world did they pitch that? >> what do you think these people and a premise. we will take it. >> you have found a new life o

. >>> to anchorage alaska where the snow is on the ground, roads are starting to get a little treacherous. >> inbound traffic, 6:00 a.m., taking things a little slow. roads aren't too bad. up ahead, whoops, a guy slips off the road in a pickup truck, hits a pole and -- look out! >> whoa! >> yup, that's officer dykstra's car. he was unable to slow down in time before he ran over that light pole that was brought down by the truck that hit it. the guy in the car that hit the pole flipped over and was unable to get out. office ever dykstra jumped out of the car, helped the driver get out of the car. he was uninjure d. >> you can see the light go out and the pole come down. >> if the road was slipperier, the light pole would have landed on his car. >> we saw the guy spin out that hit the pole. he kind of made a safe landing with his car just driving over the pole with controlled speed. >> and no damage to the police car, believe it or not. >>> have you ever pulled up to a stop light and seen somebody blind crossing the street and wondering, how are they doing that? well, the tommy edison exper

a little more than 100 miles south of anchorage is seward, one of alaska's oldest towns. it is surrounded by water and the majestic surroundings. but in the middle of the scenic beauty is a correctional facility that houses the state's most violent offenders. >> i'm a pimp on the street. you know what i'm saying? me and my girl, she didn't come back with the money on time so, you know, she got smashed. >> i was robbing a hotel in alaska and ended up getting in a fight with two people and hitting one of them with a hammer, a lot. >> they were like, what's going on, why are you killing me? i didn't say nothing to them or talk about it to them, i just did it, you know. and threw them into the bay. >> 500 inmates are housed on 328 acres of land which is surrounded by national park. 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.

. >> at a special ceremony in anchorage, he receives a stainless steel dog bowl with the state trooper badge as well as some treats. >> buddy saved us, i would say. buddy saved our home. it was just a miracle. >> he'll always be there for me and i'll always be there for him. >> and for trooper shanigan who is now buddy's pal, honoring him means a great deal. >> i think that our animal companions do deserve a lot of credit for many of the things they do every day. for the heinrich family for their own dog to step up and do something that people rarely get to experience but i think was fortunate enough to be caught on a camera. >> this example of heroism should open our eyes -- >> if buddy proves dogs can be heroes, winston proves dogs will be dogs. the 2-year-old pit bull mix is caught on camera chomping away on the bumper of a police car. >> this almost has his whole bumper ripped off. >> on march 14th, 2010, the naughty winston unlocks the gate from his home and ends up here where he discovers a new doggy treat. the police tried prying loose the 80-pound dog by moving the patrol car b

nome down south towards anchorage, waves, 30, 0-foote 40-footers.e had winds gusting 85 miles an hour, record low pressure. that is an angry sea. and this is the strongest storm to hit alaska since 1974. still getting reports in as far as what kind of damage there is. there's still a strong onshore flow. flooding is still an issue with this thing. take a look at the satellite picture. it stretches across not only alaska but russia, too. and through the aleutian islands. it will set up a series of storms that will roll into the west coast of the u.s. as well. amazing stuff there you say it's alaska. they get big storms. you know, nothing like this, at least not in the last 40 years. everyone is getting a piece of the wacky weather, carol. you're next. >> i guess so. thanks, rob, we appreciate it. >> you bet. >>> uncertainty in the european union rattles indices in the u.s. >>> and our quote of the day, contagion is alive and well, end quote. we'll tell you who said this when describing the market's reaction to europe's debt crisis. it's 12 minutes pa

specialist william colton mallay was take into custody at the base in anchorage, alaska, where he wasls are only saying that it's an ongoing investigation involving both the fbi and army counterintelligence. he'll be tried in the military court system. >>> america is losing its battle against suicide by veterans and service members. that's a direct quote from a new report that warns the military's growing suicide rate threatens recruitment and public confidence. the center for a new america security study says there were 309 military suicides in 2009. that's up from 160 in 2001. the increase is blamed on the lack of proper mental health care for service members and veterans. >>> it was a real white-knuckle moment on a flight from new jersey to poland. a plane with no landing gear making an emergency landing in warsaw. max foster has the details on this incredible story. >> reporter: a nightmare scenario many of us fear when boarding a plane. the boeing 767 was forced on land on its belly after technical failure with the landing gear. and miraculously, it did so safely. it must have fe

security clearance, it pertained primarily to the security around the base where he worked there in anchoragess or didn't possess any highly classified material. the fbi investigated. then backed out of the case and turned it back over to the military to potentially prosecute. in the end, u.s. military officials say this appears to be more of the case of a disgruntled and unhappy soldier who simply got in over his head. now he's in jail facing possible espionage charges. >> jim miklaszewski, thanks, mik, for the report. >>> also a new report in the "wall street journal" indicates president obama's election team is rolling out what's being called an unprecedented voter protection effort. the former white house counsel under president obama is reportedly leading the effort. bauer said this campaign will fight to overturn changes to election laws that were backed by republicans. more than 30 states have changed voter laws since 2008 including limits on early voting. many of the changes will suppress votes for their candidates. i'm joined now by jonathan. >> nice to be here. >> a lot of people ar

he was working as a military policeman in anchorage, alaska.came after a joint fbi and army counter intelligence investigation they tell us. an army spokesman says he expects formal charges by the end of this week. an fbi spokesman says this new arrest has nothing to do with the wikileaks case. you will recall private first class bradley manning or is awaiting court martial hearings after the feds arrested him last year. he leaked thousands of military documents online under wikileaks under user name brad ass 87 the founder could be closer to prison tonight. denied a request from julian assange to avoid extradition on sexual misconduct charges. two women accuse him of rape and sexual assault last year. he says he is the victim of a political smear. he could try to appeal to britain's highest court, but some legal analysts say it's more likely he will be in sweden by the end of this year. last week julian assange announced wikileaks is in serious need of cash after companies including master card and bank of america stopped processing online don

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