went to the bahamas?ahamas. >> jimmy: really? >> basically i wanted to wrestle an octopus. so to get there, i had to make this. >> jimmy: did you wrestle the octopus? >> okay, here's what happened. we got this octopus down there, which was difficult with customs and everything. it was this huge six foot foam octopus. we did a test, a dry run if you will, the day before. but in the water. and it was totally buoyant. it would not sink. so they took it -- the props designer, j.c., took it back to his hotel room with my assistant derek, and it was this red octopus. and it just started falling apart so they wrapped it in a sheet and it started -- the paint started coming off and seeping through so it was two guys carrying this big giant thing wrapped in a sheet and they put it on the balcony to dry because it was starting to stink. and i guess people in the hotel, a couple of guests reported that they saw two guys carrying a dead body. and leaving it on the balcony. so, like, poor j.c. is -- it's like 110 degr

prosecutors say they stole cars, boats and planes before he was finally caught in the bahamas. >> peters in los angeles with the details of mr. harris moore's story. >> it was an extraordinary crime spree. it lasted for two years. he was known as the barefoot bandit because on occasion he didn't wear shoes. he was quite cheeky. he even left footprints and put a little outline on the footprint on the ground for the authorities to find and he stole boats and cars and planes while he crisscrossed the united states, five single engine aircrafts and it was the final one which he crash landed off the bahamas before he was finally caught. and that was a dramatic scene in the middle of the night of he was about to escape again on a fast boat. and the police that caught up with him and actually shot into the engine of that boat to finally stop him. and that's when he surrendered. did the judge give any indication that while he was passing the sentence that he was taking into account harris moore's age because he was just a teenager? >> he was. all the more remarkable in this story that he was in

plus, a miracle rescue at sea after a private plane crashes off the bahamas. first, a preview of cbs evening news. >>> as campaign 2012's primary season kicks off, we're live in new hampshire with all the gop candidates. and we'll also sit down with the most important voters in the campaign. the independents. that's tonight on the "cbs evening news." went all out for the decorations, huh? yeah, but i'm so slow taking them down after all the fatty holiday food. but that's normal, right? it doesn't have to be. activia helps with occasional irregularity when eaten 3 times a day. you'll love your new normal. it just wouldn't go away. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia -- thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and for some people, it can work in as early as the first week of treatment. so now i can plan my days and accomplish more. lyrica is not for everyone. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or s

of massachusetts, mitt romney, is one step closer to his party's nomination to take on president bahama- president barack obama. he has been the first candidate to win the iowa caucuses and iowa caucuses back-to-back. he won the iowa caucus a week ago and won new hampshire much more handily. let's look at the numbers as they stand with 27% of the votes counted here in new hampshire, mitt romney has 35% of the vote, ron paul the libertarian candidate has 24% of the vote and jon huntsman has 17%. we'll hear from mitt romney a second more. let's hear from ron paul who has come in second. he's speaking now. [applause] >> i think the intellectual revolution is going on now to restore liberty in this country is well on its way and there's no way they're going to stop the momentum that we have started. and that is the victory that you have brought about because you have been the ones that have done the work. there's a lot of people here, but the ones across the countries, the donors and the excitement on the campuses, it's just unbelievable. we don't always get the coverage or interest shown o

the bahamas has registered nearly twice as many ships as any other nation. about 60 ships are registered there. about half that number are registered in panama. in a little more than 20 are registered in bermuda. only one major cruise ship is registered here in the united states. it's the aptly named pride of america, but it's not owned by any strong american brand like disney. it's actually owned by norwegian cruise lines. john? >> and so, chris, let's go through some of the reasons here. i assume one of them is a simple cost from the carrier standpoint. is it a lot cheaper to incorporate and fly the bahamian flag or some other flag than the american flag? >> all comes down to economics, john. if you want to register a ship in the united states it's got to be built in an american shipyard, staffed by an american crew, and it's got to follow american labor laws, american minimum wage laws, things like that. i spoke with a maritime legal analyst who says this all comes down to the money. >> if you fly a u.s. flag, you have to comply with u.s. laws as far as s

. >> heather: police in the bahamas investigating a death on the carnival cruise ship.ear-old man from south carolina jumped from one deck to another on the carnival fantasy on friday. >> gregg: and afghanistan's president karzai is in great britain for talks with the prime minister, david cameron. the meeting coming one day after france announced it would withdraw troops a year earlier from the 2014 date agreed to by nato. >> heather: the son of a top u.s. official detaped in egypt is speaking out. sam lahood, the son of transportation secretary ray lahood, is banned from leaving the country and now he says he could face up to five years in prison. peter doocy has the story for us from washington. >> sam lahood says it's kind of scary to be facing charges in egypt working for an unregistered nongovernmental organization and the transportation secretary's son now says that he might be stuck in egypt for a long time. >> if it does go to trial and the trial could last up to one year in a case that's as wide ranged as this one is, but the penalty for that is six months to

just two weeks and a day away from our big trip to the bahamas. just thinking about going to the bahamas, ocean breeze. >> come on the thursday. it's the 9th. >> pack your thongs and come see us. >> here's the reason you should come. january is not generally a great month according to one of these surveys. this is the deal. most couples, when they split up, split up in the month of january. >> because? >> it's a let down -- ♪ don't take your love away from me ♪ >> you have a ton of christmas bills. overwhelmed with debt. there's nothing to look forward to. it's cold. >> you've already ruined your resolutions. >> i just had a piece of cheese. >> oh, yeah that was yours. >> i wasn't supposed to have cheese. i had the cheese. thank you. >> the average couple in britain argue eight minutes out of the day. they spend eight minutes out of their 24-hour day arguing. in the month of january. >> about what? if they know it's eight minutes wouldn't you think they would know what it's about. i want to get my teeth fixed. no your teeth looks good. is that wha

. >> the master of the msc posia turned this ves sal towards the beach, grand bahama and ran it aground. >> it's a 965-foot cruise ship. >> the street just above the water is usually below the water. you can see the stabilizer partially out of the water. the water is about 15 feet deep here. the ship needs 26. >> this gives you a very clear idea of how high up and out of the water it is. look at the size of this. look at that. >> so how did they not see it? >> according to reports, a harbor pilot joined the ship and taken control because the ship was so close to the island. so since it was under the harbor pilot's direction, it's hard to blame the ship and the captain for colliding with the reef. >> the ship's bottom dragged here, scraping the paint off. it prooents the growth and fouling of the ship below the water line. on the reef floor it will kill most forms of marine life. storms will move it around creating multiple dead zones for years into the future. >> this coral reef is damaged because of thiser ror. >> i have a hard time justifying human error. it's going to have such long,

carrying a father and daughter from florida suddenly loses power and crashes into the water of the bahamas. they were in the middle of the atlantic ocean before they were rescued. the doctor was on his way to haiti to help with a cholera epidemic. >> the most frightening thing for me was seeing the propellers frozen, motionless. >> they survived the crash only to face drowning. the plane filled up with water. they managed to get out onto a life raft. amazingly, the very next day the father-daughter team headed on to haiti to complete their mission. >>> it's raining cats and dogs in texas. they had more than six inches of rain this week. fire crews were called tout rescue the stranded drivers. several homes were also damaged after some strong winds kicked up at least two suspected tornadoes. >>> well, if you think someone is focused on their smart phones, they may have one of the most popular apps. why one of the most popular apps had nothing to do with getting anything down. >>> it's voting day in new hampshire. i'm in manchester where there's no lack of passion. [ male announcer ] when yo

. >> we're getting ready also to go to the bahamas. so pack your bags.ing -- when are we going? >> two weeks from tomorrow. >> we want to see you guys down there. >> after the super bowl, straight to the bahamas. up next, all the juicy details about some of your favorite celebrities on "today's buzz." lot of people breaking up. >> but frank and i and trudie are doing just fine. >>> time to kick off your week with "today's buzz and" all the celebrity buzz you may have missed with all the football over the weekend. >> between the breakups and the babies, danny cohen has all the scoop. he's the host of a show on all the time now, "watch what happens." >> how are you holding up? >> doing great. only live show in late night, ladies. >> burning it up, baby. >> 11:00 on bravo. >> ruining your love life, but what the heck. >> your cards here. >> we don't need anything. >> are there words on here? >> heidi and seal. >> they confirmed it. you know, and one of the reasons why i think no one saw it coming is because this is a couple who renewed their vows every year

miami coast guard rescue crew scrambled to save an alabama couple after their plane crashed near the bahamas. the aerial unit discovered them less than an hour after their plane went down. the man and woman were pulled from the ocean without any injuries. >>> more than 1,200 explosive devices were used to demolish a houston skyscraper. a series of explosions reduced the 20-story building to a pile of rubble in less than 20 seconds. the implosion was planned after asbestos and an aging foundation made that building too costly to maintain. >>> and finally, new york's subway was the sight of another bizarre big apple phenomenon. uh-huh, for the 11th year commuters stripped down their skivvies to take part in the no-pants subway ride. it was one rally at one station to celebrate the practical annual joke. the underwear prank was pulled, no pun intended, in washington, london, washington, d.c., and mexico. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. you know what? hey, it could have been worse weather to pull you

did you know there are also assets in aruba and the bahamas? do we need them all? we're bringing in two big military guns to weigh in. good to have both of you with us. that number is truly stunning. 202,000 plus military sites around the world. admiral, can we afford to slash some of them? >> absolutely. a number of them are still legacy from the cold war. particularly in the european theater. what's important today is do you have bases forward that might be ad hoc bases? behave relationship, let's say with kazakhstan. we worked with them. they know us. what we need an airfield suddenly, we can fly in there and do what we need to do. it's why wur seeing a growing independence on aircraft carriers. army troops, you actually have divisions of equipment floating at sea today. i think you're going to see that more ad hoc type of pay structure than fix and forward. >> general marks, when you look at that headline over the independent though, it makes you realize that rest of the world, there will be many that see this as america the weaker, america that cannot fight ba

. >>> a father and daughter are safe after their plane crashed off of the coast of the bahamas during the weekend. they were flying to haiti saturday. their plane lost pressure and crashed in to the water. coast guards arrived and pulled the duo from the life raft. the two boarded a commercial plane monday, headed to haiti to continue with their mission. >>> arkansas woman says a burglar strapped a an explosive device to her ankle and forced her to rob a bank. betty davis told the worker her husband was held hostage at her home while she collected the cash. the pom squad was called in to remove the devisband was found tied up but unhurt and the vehicle was stolen. >>> parents of an 8-year-old boy who died of cancer could face 8 years in prison. they never took the boy to a doctor because they couldn't afford it. their son collapsed in 2008. doctor says he had a treatable form of hodgkins lymphoma. he was taken to the hospital but died an hour later. >> it's been a traumatic experience. >> they are scheduled to be sentenced february 16th. >>> too hot for publication. these photos submi

they responded off the coast of the bahamas to rescue team of people whose plane crashed because of enginele. there were found in an inflatable raft and placed it into the airplane and returned to shore on harmed. a search and rescue dog that disappeared on thursday is back home safe and sound tonight. vito, the german shepherd, ran off after a fox. a video camera victim of this morning. they found him. he returns to training with the suffolk county on monday. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast. >> skies will begin to cloud up to some degree here as this next weather disturbance drifts our direction. we have a fair skies this evening in the temperatures have been dropping for let's take a look at what happened during the day to day care if above the average for the season but not as warm as it was yesterday and the day before. 51 and 52, the respective highs at the airport and downtown. still 10 degrees above the average high. the los today, 37 and 40 at the airport and downtown. some of the other regions, annapolis down to 41, down the freezing in cambridge. 27 in ocean city. wes

did you know there are also assets in aruba and the bahamas? do we need them all?e're bringing in two big military guns to weigh in. good to have both of you with us. that number is truly stunning. 202,000 plus military sites around the world. admiral, can we afford to slash some of them? >> absolutely. a number of them are still legacy from the cold war. particularly in the european theater. what's important today is do you have bases forward that might be ad hoc bases? behave relationship, let's say with kazakhstan. we worked with them. they know us. what we need an airfield suddenly, we can fly in there and do what we need to do. it's why wur seeing a growing independence on aircraft carriers. army troops, you actually have divisions of equipment floating at sea today. i think you're going to see that more ad hoc type of pay structure than fix and forward. >> general marks, when you look at that headline over the independent though, it makes you realize that rest of the world, there will be many that see this as america the weaker, america that cannot fight batt

prosecutors say that he stole cars, boats, and planes, before he was caught in the bahamas. we have more details from los angeles. >> it was an extraordinary crime spree, lasting two years. he was known as the barefoot bandit because on occasion, he did not wear shoes when he carried out his crimes. he even left footprints and an outline around the footprints on the ground for the authorities to find. and he stole boats and cars and airplanes. what he crisscrossed the united states, five single engine aircraft. it was the final one that he crash landed before he was finally caught, and that was a dramatic scene in the middle of the night. he was about to escape again on a fast boat, and the police caught up with him and actually shot into the engine of the boat to stop him. that is when he surrendered. >> did the judge give any indication that he was taking into account his age? he is just a teenager. >> he was, and that is all the more remarkable, he was in his late teens when all of this happened. he took five aircraft and he did not have any formal training as a pilot. he

miami coast guard rescue crew scrambled to save an alabama couple after their plane crashed near the bahamas. the aerial unit discovered the pilot and passenger on an inflatable raft less than an hour after their plane went down. the man and woman were pulled from the ocean without any injuries. >>> more than 1,200 explosionive devices were used to demolish a houston skyscraper. a series of explosions reduced the 20-story building to a pile of rubble in less than 20 seconds. the implosion was planned after asbestos and aging foundation made the building too costly to maintain. >>> finally, work subway was the site of another bizarre big apple phenomenon. for the 11th year, commuters stripped do unto their skivvies to take part in the no pants subway. i thought that looked like you, bill. they held a rally at one station to serve an annual practical joke. the prank was pulled in other cities including london, washington, d.c. and mexico city. >>> now for a look at your national weather we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. who was moonlighting there? >> i

. >>> a couple is rescued at sea after their plane crashes in the bahamas.for help after his engine died and u.s. coast guard crews from miami are sent out, they located the couple, clinging onto this inflatable raft, hoisted to safety and flown to a hospital to get checked out. >> >> u.s. gasoline prices kick off 2012 can the highest number ever to start a new year. priss of regular unleaded rose eight cents in the last week. as tim williams explains, the climb may continue through the end of summer. >> >> fireworks marked a new year by going up, so did gas prices across the country. >> consistent with what we saw at the end of 2011, gas prices as well as crude oil prices

promises that the trillion dollar bahama care health care bill would bring down the deficit and reduce premiums and allow people to keep insurance they have have given way to the reality it's adding to debt and premiums are going up and every day people lose the insurance they had and enjoyed. just as the health care bill is driving up the cost of health care, the energy policies drive up the cost of energy. their regulations on banks made it harder for businesses to get cal tap. many hiss kank panics are small business owners and feel that credit crunch. i spoke a couple of weeks ago with a small bank owner in tennessee who told me at this time he employs more compliance officers than loan officers. all of that reflects a view from washington and from this administration that we're better off p if experts there in the nation's capital, economists in the market and policy may havens and staffers on the house ways and means and senate finance committees could just have even more power to -- i'm going to use the president's own words es of boom and bust in our economic, and to spread the

. >>> a doctor and his daughter are safe on solid ground after their small plane crashed off the bahamas. richard and elaine mclaughlin were on their way to haiti on saturday to help with a cholera outbreak. shortly after takeoff the plane lost oil pressure and the engine stalled. richard piloting the plane, guided it for several miles before deploying a parachute to soften the crash landing. >> things were a little shaky for a while. not entirely certain about what to do next. >> they waited in a life raft until a u.s. coast guard rescue helicopter arrived to help them out. they're from birmingham, alabama. >> you're homies. >> that's right. >>> there is a heated argument. you got to see this. in israel's parliament. it turned into a water fight. >> it happened during a debate in the education committee of the knesset. and two members lived on live television. a woman told a male colleague to shut up and he responded key say whatever he wanted and she threw a glass of water on him before marching oust the committee. >> that had to be kind of freeing. [ laughter ] >> something you always

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nineteenth century masterpiece depicting a life size north american species of birds just went on the bahamas for almost eight million dollars. just now in twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow in a country with an ever expanding waistline millions in the u.s. are still going hungry with tons of edible food going to waste each day the solution to the country's problem could just be sitting on the sidewalk. explains the number of people on food stamps has reached an all time high for more and more people are going hungry for one in three americans live in or near poverty and suffering hungry in this land of plenty. in this land of plenty roughly two point seven million tons of food is reportedly raised and grown each year they seem country that loves so much to consume calories. also loves to waste that. doesn't look like geo and although is a dumpster diver instead of paying for food he wrote midgets through garbage bags on the streets of new york city here's another truth we're tons. edible food is thrown out each night i'm never found that's not the size of the pizza here this is a bi

the man fell on friday when the ship was docked in the bahamas. >> rough seas have delayed salvage andoperations on the coastia -- costa concord ia. the 17th victim's body has been recovered on friday. a dutch recovery system is working on this. >> good morning congressman sarbanes. nice to see you. big week in washington. what stood out to you? >> first of all, i thought the president's speech was a very forceful speech. he laid out a blueprint for moving forward. he put a lot of emphasis for investing in the american worker. bringing jobs back from overseas. we're starting to see that because of the labor costs in places like china and india are going up companies are starting to look at bringing those jobs back. >> a message in economic fair ness, do you think that was well received? >> i think people recognize that this increasing economic disparity in the country is threatening the bedrock of our society, which is a strong middle class, right? so you have to invest in education and health care and technology and innovation, manufacturing so you can get the middle class thriving ag

we have him spotted in the bahamas. it is a little chilly right now. 43 degrees at the airport. we will make it up to 60 later today with mostly sunny skies. this is about as nice as it gets at the end of january. first we say the morning to sarah. >> good morning. we are tracking in new accident on southbound 95 just past 895. you may start to see some delays. eastbound joppa road is closed at old harford road because of some downed wires. annapolis road at patapsco avenue, we have some closures because of police activity. looking better at the construction zone at the curtis creek drawbridge. 795 at franklin boulevard. this is southbound traffic and building in volume. 95 at the beltway northeast seeing a bit of a delay towards the 895 split because of the accident. we will keep you posted. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we begin with breaking news. police are on the scene of a shooting in southwest baltimore. >> this began when the shooting suspect stole a police cruiser. jennifer franciotti is live at the scene to explain how this unfolded. >> this began at 2:00

. >> he owns the bahamas hotel right on the coast a few hundred yards from the wreck. i went outside then the lights went out. they said it was an electrical problem but i knew it was more grave than that. >> soon so did everyone in gilio. they realized faster than them on the ship just how much trouble it was in. >> they did what they could do for the onslaught of survivors. >> what struck me is how those with life vests would not relinquish them even once they were on safe land. >> first survivors were dry they had been in boats. the next ones were wet in their desperation they had swam. in the dark it was hard to know who was who and who needed what. the only thing that was clear is nobody was in charge. it was chaos. >> the ship as you can sees really quite close to shore. >> that is why it is difficult for people to understand why it is so hard to locate those last unaccounted for passengers. >>> fox news went out to see the ship with some of the first rescue crews on the scene. ricardo tells us about rescuing an elderly french woman swimming toward land hypotherm

. >> i went to the bahamas. i've never been there been and i was working on a book so i holed up in a hotel room and wrote. >> by yourself. >> yes, by myself. >> and you bumped into a bartender friend of mine. >> i did. >> and a bar end iter friend of hers. >> yes and yours. >> and i met a nice family, the millers, who invited me over for dessert because i was eating alone. >> did they know you in. >> yes. >> did you have to perform? >> i did. >> did you run across fans? >> many fans at the airport and resort and asked questions about everybody and i lied. i lied. >> what question did they ask about bob? >> they asked is he sexy in real life as on tv and i said of course he said. he exudes and you sex all thety. >> i was a shut in. i'm not -- i'm going to do a proof later in the month got a nice tweet from someone saying a new five feature suggesting every monday we say one final relaxes thing they did over the weekend, from jw -- >> that could get new trouble. >> no, that could get you in trouble. >> and also c

less than two weeks away from our big trip to the bahamas. >> can't can not wait to giddy-up and getn the sunshine. >> you love your sunshine. >> i do. >> is that the 9th, you guys? >> somewhere around there. >> somewhere. >> we are chewing gum not because we're rude but because we hear that it has benefits. these are mental benefits to chewing gum. they say let's pretend you're taking a test. if you chew gum prior to the test and not while you're taking it -- >> right before. >> take the gum out and take the test apparently it increases the blood flow to your brain. >> mm-hmm. >> and makes you smarter. >> especially the older you get. let's see. >> okay. when i chew gum, i really chew it. >> you get in. >> i get in! >> she gets involved. ten seconds to look at these. hoda, you show me that one and i show you this one. right? okay. >> wait. >> oh, separately. all right. i'm going to go. >> one, two, three. >> wait! first of all, don't count out loud while i'm trying to see -- i take this stuff seriously. >> here's some names on a card. >> julie, celine, bella, patrice, and salina. ju