so joy ann reid, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate your perspective. >> thank you. >>> much more news coming up in our top story, first, a quick look at our national and regional weather forecast. most of the nation will be sunny and dry today, but a big rain storm in the deep south as it travels a trouble spot today. heavy rain and thunderstorms through louisiana, mississippi, alabama and eventually there in georgia. and the forecast for the rest of the nation keeps the great lakes and northeast sunny and cool while much of the west and desert southwest will experience some above average temperatures, and e a w fefew record high there's in california. los angeles er96e, fe degrees. and also keeping a close eye on tropical depression tomas which while weakening is expected to restrengthen. it's forecast to make a direct hit on the earthquake ravaged haiti friday. possibly as a hurricane. heavy rain producing flash flooding and mudslides is the biggest threat there. s as well. lake tahoe, mostly sun and creeping into the

joining the discussion today bob barr and joy-ann reid and the "dy lay beast" randall lane. we begin with a story that's getting national attention because of the heinous nature of the crime. a deadly, unprovoked attack on a young man who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. four atlanta teens have been arrested in the brutal murder of 18-year-old bobby tillman. police say he was just walking by when the suspects jumped him and repeatedly stomped and kicked him until he was unconscious. nbc tom traung is following the story from atlanta, what prompted this? >> at this point what authorities are saying is that he was leaving a party, a massive house party on saturday night, 80 teenagers. outside a fight between two girls and authorities say as the girls were fighting, they hit one of the teenage boy that was walking by. that teenager said he wasn't and he couldn't hit a girl, so he said he was going to hit the next boy that he saw. apparently, tillman was the next boy that he saw and he was walking across the street and as he did so, he was hit by that te

some great company joining us at the top of the hour, including former congressman bob barr and joy-ann reidandall lane and terror analyst evan kohlmann. >>> americans have been collecting and packing away more and more stuff for decades. that trend may be changing. in these tough economic times the growth industry is self-storage. 65% growth in 15 years to what is now a $22 billion a year industry. the question is, will the stuff stay there forever or a first step towards downsizing? >> 20 jobs yesterday. >> reporter: the early morning meeting of the new jersey northeast franchise of 1-800-got hp junk. the world's largest junk removal service. more and more, these men in blue are rolling out for another day of helping people down size. >> there is definitely a growing business and jobs that we've done for people that just simply want less stuff in their lives. >> reporter: after decades of bigger, better, more, now experts say the epidemic of accumulation is waning. for financial, but also psychological reasons. >> part of the whole problem of an affluent society is that we are stressed. th

patti ann: senate majority leader harry reid is putting the dream act at the top of his to-do list. it allows illegal immigrants to aisle in this country under certain circumstances. will it become a dream for the lame-duck session of congress or a nightmare for the next leader? >>> she has not said she is running but a new buk tour is saking sarah palin to iowa and a new reality show premiers this weekend. chris star waltz on what it all means patti ann: this is a "fox news alert". the man who hacked former alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate sarah palin's e-mail account has been sentenced. harris faulkner has the story at our breaking news desk. hi, harris. >> 20-year-old david kernell a 20-year-old former university of tennessee student. the nation is pouring out of the courtroom in tennessee. he is facing now a year restitution for that. could be a halfway house. the judge said that the prosecutors wanted 18 months in prison. he will not give that but give a year. it is up to the bureau of prisons to decide if he will do that year and one day behind bars or if he in

from a national book award winners, victor novosti, annette gordon reid, philip levine, mark dougherty, mary ann hobart man, john dowler, of course tom wolfe, justin kaplan, alan brinkley, tim, those are all winners of the national book award. thank you for being here with us. [applause] i'd also like to acknowledge the presence tonight a pulitzer prize winner, rachel, national book critics circle winners. francine, plus the great, staff lawyer, robert pulido, penfold or winners, joanna scott and sabina murray. hugo award winners, sina r. delany and paolo bochco lupi. two-time winner peter carey, orange prize winner, arnold shriver. finally, minor prizewinners i'd like to welcome grammy award winner, rosanne cash. thank you all for being here with us. [applause] and now i have to thank the financial supporters here at of course we wouldn't be able to do anything without them. so let me thank each of them. we premier sponsor, theodore h. birth foundation, google, lyndon meyer book publishing papers division essential national guardsmen, coral graphics, david drummond, the ford foundation, penguin

ann browne. the senate majority leader says he is willing to consider a temporary tax cut extension for all income levels. harry reidnalling a multi-year extension is possible. britain's newly engaged prince and his fiancee gave their first tv interview together. he proposed to kate middleton with his mom princess diana's ring. and genta became the first living service member since the vietnam war to receive the nation's highest military honor. he gaved two of his comrades on the afghan battlefield in 2007. you can watch the entire award ceremony on foxnews.com. glenn beck returns in a moment but first bret previews "special report". >> bret: coming up, charles rangel has been found guilty of 11 house ethics violations. the detail, fall-out and what is next. the 12 in 2012 series continues with a look at former alaska governor sarah palin. join me at the top of the hour with "special report." now back to glenn. ♪ ♪ >> glenn: i have been telling you in the last few years that higher food prices are coming. i told you earlier today i saw report out of shanghai. out of china. a big distributor for clothing in america,

reid interception that everyone is talking about. >>> good morning. it's, monday november 22nd. i'm patrice he harris. we start this morning with school delays to tell you about. dorchester and queen annnty schools are opening two har hours late. >>> let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig and see what the forecast looks like heading into a holiday week. it's going to cool down toward the end of the week. >>> right now shower chances and dealing with some fog and temperatures at 50 degrees in baltimore.ú 49 in d.c. mild throughout the area. 45 has climbed a lot through salisbury and 43 in hagerstown. low level clouds moving through as you can see and fog around the area. and as you see, most of the rainshowers out toward the north and west of us, up in the great lakes, steers toward new england and we're headed toward 63 degrees with the high with morning fog that will give way to some sunshine in afternoon. we will be looking a whole lot better later in the day. the rest of the travel forecast as well as the thanksgiving forecast coming up in just a bit. right now candace dold has the forcast. >> reporter: we are talking about the busy travel weekend, we're checking in at 70 a