betty? >> whit johnson live in washington, thank you. >>> the deficit reduction commission appointed by the president votes today on the controversial proposal from the commission leaders. the plan calls for raising the social security retirement age and scaling back popular tax breaks like the one on mortgage interest. the plan has the support of a majority of the 18-member commission but unlikely to get the 14 votes needed to send it to congress. >>> it was a humiliating walk to the well of the house for new york congressman charles rangel. thursday evening speaker pelosi read the formal resolution censuring the veteran lawmaker for financial misconduct, just the 23rd time a house member was censured, the most severe punishment short of expulsion. he admitted to mistakes but says he wasn't corrupt. >> i know in my heart that i'm not going to be judged by this congress, but i'm going to be judged by my life, my activities, my contributions to society. >> an effort to reduce the punishment w

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betty? >> all right, whit johnson live in washington, thank you, whit. >>> it appears republican lawmakers are following the advice of former first lady nancy reagan, just say no. officials say senate republicans have a strategy to block just about every piece of legislation democrats try to pass in the current lame duck session of congress. the gop leadership has collected signatures on a letter pledging to carry out the plan, applying to legislation unrelated to tax cuts and spending. two issues that dominated the meeting between the president and gop leaders tuesday. joel brown reports. >> reporter: it was a search for common ground in a divided washington. republicans and the president said it was a good start. >> the president, i think, put his best foot forward and says we realize we've got to produce results. >> i thought that people came to it with a spirit of trying to work together. >> reporter: it was the first face-to-face meeting since the gop's big gains on election day. they w

thanks for joining us, i'm betty nguyen. president obama has reached a tentative deal with congressional republican leaders to extend all bush-era tax cuts. the deal will also extend a long-term unemployment benefits. preeti arla is in washington with details on this. it appears the white house has some convincing to do today on capitol hill. >> reporter: they sure do, betty. the president for a long time has insisted that they shouldn't give tax breaks to the wealthy americans but that's exactly what this plan does. some democrats aren't happy about it. vice president biden heads to capitol hill today to pitch a new tax cut deal to democrats. the plan, which president obama and republicans agreed to monday, would offer a two-year extension of bush-era tax cuts, not just for the middle class, but for higher-income earners, as well. >> it's not perfect. but this compromise is an essential step on the road to recovery. >> reporter: the white house wanted 13-month extension of unemployment benefits as part of the deal. there wo

thank you betty he nguyen. >> thank you. >> russ. >> thanks. fascinating story, betty. aisle, broke up and hooked up, sentenced to rehab and awarded little gold statues, talking about the celebrities of 2010 and here with their best and worst moments is brian ballot that czar. good to see you. >> good morning. >> you've got everything covered don't you. >> we do, as we should. >> best hook-ups. >> lots of love connects one people are talking about taylor swift and jake skril len hall. squeaky clean, freshly exfoliated, you could say. first seen at an snl show the next morning having coffee in brooklyn and spent holiday together. i think they are one people are watching another katy perry and russell brand got married. i kind of fish chamois hit on her as host of an award show and now they are married and i think ones to watch, i think. i think he's kind of cleaned up -- she has cleaned up his act. he is not freshly expoleiated, as you can see. of ashania twain, an interesting soar, went through a divorce recently. her husband reportedly or allegedly had an affair with o

. >> good morning, everyone, i'm betty nguyen. when i got to work this morning, it was snowing outside.>> littl the city. it's much colder in many other parts of the country. and that really is our top story this morning. the latest on this killer storm that has gripped much of the nation since the weekend. this storm is blamed for at least 16 deaths, at least 140,000 people are without power this morning. windchills are below zero in much of the midwest, and those icy temperatures are dipping down as far south as florida. we have two reports this morning, starting with cbs news national correspondent dean reynolds, who is in snowy saint joe, michigan. good morning, dean. >> good morning, harry. well it's not just the snow, and we got three new inches here, and it's not just the wind, but it's the combination of the two that create a cold that's really gets to you. arctic windchills prevailed overnight in much of the eastern half of the country, and it may be just the start. >> i'm freezing my butt off right now. >> reporter: wind

betty? >> elizabeth palmer in london, thank you. >>> a monthly report on home foreclosures out this morning shows was analysts call a short-term lull in the crisis. in november, mortgage lenders took back almost 67,500 homes that, is the fewest since may of 2009 and down 28% from october. but, they're likely to rise earlily next year after banks finish dealing with paperwork errors that forced a temporary freeze. >>> baseball fans are mourning hole of fame pitcher bob feller. feller played 18 seasons for cleveland leading the indians to a world championship in 1948. a hard-throwing right-hander, he won 266 games, despite a career interrupted by world war ii service. bob feller died of leukemia last night in cleveland. he was 92. >>> dave price joins us with a look at the weather this morning. good morning, dave. >> morning to you betty. 7:15 right now. a lot going on so let's get right to the maps and see what is happening. we heard earlier about this mess this morning, you are waking up to

betty? >> extraordinary story there. >>> to the latest on this winter blast crippling half the nation and just won't go away. once again this morning we're seeing below-freezing temperatures as far south as florida and the worst of it is in the midwest. cbs news correspondents cynthia bowers is in chilly chicago, i should say downright cold, freezing chicago this morning. good morning, cynthia. >> reporter: good morning, betty. negative one in the suburbs. you know in northern climbs like this one cold can be relative but this cold is that unwelcome relative especially since winter hasn't even started yet. four of the five coldest starts in december in chicago history have happened in the last five years. the pre-winter assault continued across the midwest yesterday dumping two feet of snow outside cleveland with nine more inches expected this morning. and as the slow-moving storm continues to move east, there is more snow for pennsylvania and new york. on a snow-bound highway in ontario, mi

and the betty ford clinic has fired the worker.n all that, coming up this morning. good morning, america. i'm george stephanopoulos. >> and i'm elizabeth vargas. robin roberts is off this morning. >>> and if you're planning to get away this christmas holiday, wait until you see what thieves are planning to get away with. we'll tell you how to keep your home safe while you may be out of town this holiday season. >> that's security expert bill stanton. >>> also, a family is going to get help of their own. it's a "good morning america" savings makeover. this family saved almost $60,000. >> amazing. >> we'll show you how to save big-time, too. >> we're going to see a lot of them. and see how they save. >>> first, we begin with that story. more legal trouble for lindsay lohan. the troubled actress is accused of assaulting a staff member at the betty ford clinic in california, where she is close to completing her court-ordered rehab. david wright has more on the actress's latest brush with the law. >> reporter: lindsay lohan's latest alt

good morning, bill. >> reporter: good morning, betty. the repeal of the law fulfills a campaign promise the president made in 2008 and he told an enthusiastic audience made up of many gay rights act viivists th he was proud to bring an end to don't ask, don't tell. >> no longer will our country be denied the service of thousands of patriotic americans who were forced to leave the military, regardless of their skills, no matter the bravery or zeal. no matter their years of exemplary performance because they happen to be gay. no longer will tens of thousands of americans in uniform be asked to live a lie. or look over their shoulder in order to serve the country that they love. >> reporter: mr. obama used 15 pens to sign the law and gave them to people as is traditional that helped get it passed and the policy doesn't change until the pentagon draws up a plan and the president signs off on it but he told the arms forces that are gay that they will be the first generation to serve openly and set an example. also, another major victory expec

betty? >> that's mark phillips in london, thank you very much. earlier, i spoke with loraine brewer, a passenger on board "the brilliance of the seas" and she told me just how rough it got. >> between 2:15 and 2:30, i woke up because it was very rough and then we had got a little bit rougher and my glasses fell and i reached down to pick them up and a huge lifting of the ship flew across the cabin to the stateroom door and then when it lifted the other way, i flew across. my husband grabbed me and we slammed into the plate glass sliding door. this went back and forth for probably maybe five minutes or so. >> oh my gosh. >> we could see waves higher than our seventh floor balcony. >> you could see waves -- >> i talked to someone yesterday -- yeah. and then i could see it at the tenth floor balcony, as well. >> you could see waves from the seventh. somebody said they saw them up to the tenth. >> and higher. >> you literally -- the ship listing from one side to the other and you were just literally just being tossed from one side of your stateroom t

i'm harry smith along with betty nguyen.sn't sound like them. we'll ask his biographer who knew jackson and his music better than just about anybody what he thinks about this first album to come out after jackson's death. >>> also ahead, for women, ovarian cancer is a silent killer. nearly 14 million will die from it this year. mainly because it is hard to find until it is just too late. our dr. jennifer ashton, an ob/gyn, will tell us what women can do to reduce their risk. >>> first we go to the newsdesk. >> thanks so much. good morning once again, everybody. a deadly snow and wind storm that battered the upper midwest is headed east. the snow, high winds and limited visibility disrupted travel from illinois to pennsylvania. major highways were closed and some 2,000 airline flights cancelled. in some area, the windchills hit 30 below. at least four weather-related deaths are reported. >>> did you see this? the heavy, fast, accumulating snow was too much for the minneapolis metrodome. there you see, the snow tore through th

betty, good morning to you. >> good morning. a holiday terror scare in italy after an explosive device was found on an empty subway car. it was discovered stopped at a station on the outskirts of rome. it was reportedly left in a grocery bag under a seat and wires, pipes and explosive powder. but rome's mayor said the device could not have exploded. >>> and in england, officials say that the terror suspects arrested yesterday planning a large-scale attack against public spaces. the men arrested part of the largest counterterrorism raid in nearly two years. >>> intelligence officials tell cbs news the latest threat to this country comes from al qaeda using food as the target. the alleged plot calls for poisoning restaurant buffets and salad bars with ricin and arsenic. government officials have already alerted some hotel and restaurant security officials to be aware of this possible threat. >>> wikileaks founder julian assange complaining he's a victim of leaks. assange says he's the victim of leaks of prosecutors in sweden tryin

betty?t, cbs' chip reid traveling with the president in a warm hawaii. >>> baby boomers turning 65 next year say they are satisfied with their lives and many do not want to retire. a new survey done by aarp said seven out of ten said they achieved all or most of what they wanted in life and although many are worried about financial security, 82% say they are optimistic about the next five years. >>> let's see if we can be optimistic about the weather outside today. let's go back outside to the plaza. john marshal joins us. >> betty, we're just trying to stay warm. right now people from the south came up to the city, obvious reasons. where are you from? >> texas. >> texas. we've got a family from? >> jacksonville, florida. >> i love your earmuffs. what are they? >> he'lly kitty earmuffs. >> your dad is building a toy set inside, isn't he? >> yes. >> you're going to have to cope with the cold for a couple of more days. i don't know when you're leaving but it's going to be like this for a while

. >> one of those in line and in need is betty gibbs. >> i'm a single parent with four kids. and i'm here to help my kids out so they can have a good christmas for little things they can get, what i can't share with them. >> priscilla knows what all this means for their family. >> it means a good christmas because we weren't gonna have one without it. >> the guy with the santa hat jumping around. that looks like the police chief. ho ho ho! it is the chief. >> not chief right now? >> not right now, no. but this is great. so many great volunteers helping us out. really a nice day. a lot of had things come together here. >> outside waiting in this line for hours for a chance had the christmas is ariana chavez that knows all the ingredients needed for a perfect christmas are here today. >> some presents and a christmas tree. >> how does that make you feel? >> happy! >> all the food, all the toys out here donated by the community and some big players like chevron, b.p. oil and wal-mart. and, again, if you are not registered, don't come out here. if you are registered, lucky you. l

betty? >> no doubt.cbs' mark phillips in london, thank you. >>> virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend may cut a deal to avoid trial. we'll have the latest on the shocking case. >>> also, why cold weather is the peak time for carbon monoxide poisoning and what you can do to keep your family safe from the silent killer. that's all coming up on "the early show." [ male announcer ] humana and walmart are teaming up to bring you a low-price medicare prescription drug plan called the humana walmart-preferred prescription plan. it's a new plan that covers both brand and generic prescriptions and has the lowest-priced national premium in the country of only $14.80 per month and in-store copays as low as $2. when you could save over $450 a year, you can focus on the things that really matter. ♪ go to walmart.com for details. ♪ [ gasps ] this is for you. thanks. ♪ cool. ♪ [ chuckles ] whoa! ♪ [ chuckles ] i love this part. yeah. me, too. [ lucy gasps ] [ female announcer ] this year, hallma

betty?ler at laguardia airport, thank you. >>> on the west coast it is raining again this morning, and california residents are worried about more flooding and mudslides. the rain is moving from north to south, and into areas that are still soggy after last week's storms. they still haven't cleaned up the mud in hard-hit highland, california. forecasters say today's storm is a one-day event. once gone, the weather turns must colder. >>> investigators in maine are busy this morning trying to find out why a ski lift fell apart. about 150 skiers were on the double chair lift at sugarloaf when it derailed yesterday. dozens of people fell 30 feet into the snow. 8 taken to local hospitals. one of the skiers fell told harry this morning there was no warning. >> so it happened in slow motion, but then once i was -- once the impact occurred, i kind of thought to myself, i checked myself over and made sure that i was okay, and then i realized that there probably were people who needed my help associat

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. >> one of those in line and in need is betty gibbs. >> i'm a single parent with four kids.nd i here to help my kids out so they can have a good christmas for little things they can get, what i can't share with them. >> priscilla knows what all this means for their family. >> it means a good christmas because we weren't gonna have one without it. >> the guy with the santa hat jumpinaround. that looks like the police chief. ho ho ho! it is the chief. >> not chi right now? >> not right now, no. but this is great. so many great volunteers helping us out. really a nice day. a lot of had things come together here. >> outside waiting in this line for hours for a chance hadhe christmas is ariana chavez that knows all the ingredients needed for a perfect christmas ar here today. >> some presents and a christmas tree. >> how does that make you feel? >> happy! >> all the food, all the toys out here donated by the community an some big plays like chevron, b.p. oil and wal-mart. and, again, if you are not register, don't come out here. if you are registered, lucky you. live in richmond,

good morning, mark. >> reporter: good morning, betty. attack on prince charles and camilla's car on their way to a royal gala only lasted a couple of minutes and nobody was hurt. but, the effects of that attack are still dominating public discussion here. what does it mean for the way the royals are protected and, yes, what does it mean for the bill wedding party planned for next year? the police say they had checked and cleared the route moments before the royal rolls royce rolled up. but somehow, they missed the roving mob of protesters which had split from the main demonstration, creating havoc on london's main shopping streets. the threat to chop off royal heads may have been more street theater than real, but the security issues are real enough. prince charles and his wife camilla were clearly exposed. the results could have been a lot worse than a smashed window and some paint on an expensive, if inappropriate for the circumstances, car. >> the protection officer placed in a very difficult position. their job was to get them to saf

i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. this morning officials in california are watching the skies, hoping a fifth straight day of record rain won't be one too many, the latest wave of storms started last night, the worst expected this morning.

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i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. it was seconds before midnight when congress passed the tax cut plan reached by president obama and republican leaders. the bill avoids an increase in income taxes and renews jobless benefits. after contentious debate and compromise, it'll now head to the white house. whit johnson is in washington with more. whit, good morning to you. >> terrell, good morning. despite the kicking and screaming, most democrats eventually went along with the president. in the end it was a bipartisan

betty, kim on over here a quick second. all right.never explained which is which but 95% of people get it correctly. >> guess correctly. >> which is kiki, wit, which is kiki and which is bubba. >> i'll go kiki, the spiky one over here. >> that's correct. >> that's what i was going to say. >> you are in the 95% people. at the american museum of natural history. s for coming, buba nice to see you, kiki, nice toe see you. your hair you need the brazilian straig >>> you guys look very good in paper mache, i'll tell you that. that's a quick look at the weather picture. inside you to. >> mark wahlberg has been making us laugh a lot this year with hit comedies now getting serious. in his new film "the fighter" wall berg plays a boxer torn between loyalty to his family and the woman he loves. >> i think he's a junk bag he's a junk bag. >> i'm his blood. i'm his family. >> i'm the one fighting, okay. not you, not you and not you. i know what i need. >> you need dickie? >> i want dickie back. >> and i want you, charlene and o'keefe. i want my f

there was a guest and distinguished by on saturday night live for betty white. she hosted a mate and earned her sixth emmy for her appearance. >> lady got up. >> no betty and more. she except the wrong word in raw meat. she said it is time to stand up for what you believe in. >> and kron4 news at 5:00 p.m. is next. (music) live, this is kron4 news in use at 5:00 p.m.. >> travel troubles across the country. hundreds of flights were canceled for the second day and about leaving thousands of passengers scrambling to find any way to their destination. this is a reason for all of the problems. and nasty storm with lots of wind and snow. the storm eddy's is a problem for the entire country. anybody looking to head it that way has been set for they are including many through the bay area. we start with kron4 news christine connally was live recipe as set up with a look at things are going there. >> here is the listen to some of the statistics. 35 departing flights have been canceled so far.

betty? >> no doubt. thank you. >>> this morning police in mumbai, india are searching for four suspected terrorist. they belong to the same pakistani based military organization that carried out the 2008 attack that killed 166 people. police say they are planning "a violent attack during the highway day season." >>> it's homeland security department is warning airlines of a new security threat. the fear is that terrorists may try to smuggle explosives onboard airliners using insulated beverage containers like thermoses. they're particularly worried about a holiday attack, but there is nothing to suggest an attack is imminent. >>> a daring art heist right here in new york city. thieves tunnelled through an apartment wall and made off with about $750,000 worth of art and jewelry, including works by andy warhol. police say it happened around thanksgiving while the owners were away. >>> and in britain a royal scandal and it involve as coin and the unflattering image it bears of prince william and his fiancee

good morning, michelle. >> reporter: good morning, betty.n and out. actually going to the gates. that's because the runways are open, not only here at laguardia, also at newark and at kennedy. after those 7,000 flight cancellations, certainly it was the first step in getting all of these travelers back to their destinations, but been a rough 48 hours for 200 passengers forced to sleep here at laguardia. the airlines had already kansasinged 48 flights and more likely as the day goes on. this couple from charlotte, north carolina, told russ earlier, their first available flight they can secure is friday. >> kind of like in one of those stages of limbo. you don't want to leave, because if you leave, you take a chance of missing your flight, or if they do get an opening, you can't get in. so it's like, we're kind of stuck here. >> reporter: they are not alone. the departure system here is, quite frankly, a number of passengers, there aren't enough planes on the ground to get all of these travelers on, and what airport officials tell us is that t

betty? >> goodness. all right.re, cynthia, thank you so much, joining us live. >>> also a passenger plane skidded off a moscow runway this morning as it was making an emergency landing. the soviet-built tu 154 on a domestic flight with 155 people on board. it was forced to land in the russian capital when all three of its engines shut down. there are reports of fatalities. investigators have yet to determine why the engines suddenly quit. >>> the new jobs report is out. the unemployment rate rose to 9.8% last month and only 39,000 new jobs were created. far fewer than the 150,000 predicted. vice president joe biden expressed his unhappiness with the news. >> there's no denying that the report is disappointing, because we were, quite frankly, hoping for even stronger job growth. the bottom line is and what this tells us and makes absolutely clear is that, while we've made progress creating jobs, it's -- it's clearly not enough. >> in other news, facebook foundr and ceo mark zuckerberg said he would never see "the so

betty? >> cbs' don teague in raleigh.s of the latest white house review of the afghan war due out this morning. it finds the taliban have lost much of their power in afghanistan over the past 12 months. but that the gains against the taliban remain fragile and reversible. the al qaeda leadership in pakistan is at its weakest since the ne9/11 attacks and the u.s.s the principle target for the terrorist organization. they will begin to withdraw in july but some american forces will remain in afghanistan until 2014. >>> in london this morning a judge ordered wikileaks founder julian assange freed on bail, rejecting an appeal from swede accident. swedish police want to question assange about sex crime allegations against him. he has not been charged. meanwhile, the "new york times" reports the u.s. may try to charge assange with conspiracy involving a leak of hundreds of thousands of secret documents. >>> the dannon company agreed to a huge settlement over improper health claims or yogurt and dairy drinks. the settlement tota

betty rollins reports. >> reporter: it's called cyber abuse, and it looks like this. this is the sort of message that erin and her sorority sisters found herself confronted with her in junior year of college. she'now a senior at a small college in new york with a catholic heritage. >> one day i came from house. my house matie housemates were around a computer. they heard of and found this website. i went over and checked it out, and just saw terrible, terrible things written. initially it affect ad lot of girls i know. i think they were just devastated, embarrassed, upset. this is a very small school. one person hears something and it spreads like wildfire, even if it holds no truth. >> the website that was spreading the malicious gossip was called juicy campus. incredibly the students had no way to stop it since the messages were all anonymously written and the website was under no legal obligation to remove it. >> some of them were definitely probably written by men who maybe left off on the wrong foot with a girl. maybe somethg happened, and, you know, he didn't th

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so i found betty. >> and betty, you have served for almost 20 years in the military. >> she was 11 when. >> and when you heard that bobbie brown wanted to give you a makeover sparkle, what was your response? >> i was honored that i was selected to come on the show and i received the holiday makeover. >> but you were disappointed that i wasn't the singer, right? >> we thought about that first. >> you have served in wars, you have served in difficulty, in situations where a girl doesn't get a chance to put on a lot of makeup, so here's bobbie brown. >> she has never put a lip gloss on. i had her try and i said you have done this before? and she said i haven't. she looks so beautiful without makeup and in her army fatigues in her beautiful face, but she's going to a party. we added a little sparkle. we gave her a smoky eye. a beautiful blurb. the new smoky eye is not just dark colors, it's about adding a little bit of sparkle. the season is all about sparkle. this isn't glitter, it's sparkle. and the difference s i don't even know if the tv will pick it up. but the sparkle just lights up y

betty? >> cbs's mark phillips and heathrow airport.des are a serious threat. it was a rough weekend up and down the west coast. icy roads in spokane, washington, tripped up a lot of drivers there. in california, several inches of rain and some areas led to flooding and highway accidents. >>> at least 28 people including 13 children were killed by an oil pipeline explosion in mexico. the blast happened yesterday about 55 mimes east of mexico city. more than 30 homes were destroyed. officials say the explosion was caused by thieves trying to steal crude oil from the pipeline. >>> gas price, on the rise this holiday season. the lundberg survey says the price of leg lar gasoline averages $2.99. up almost 8 cents in the last two weeks, and it's 39 cents higher than the price last year at this time. >>> if you're headed to the post office today, get ready for some long lines. postal officials say it is the busiest day of the year for them. they expect to handle 800 million pieces of mail. if you do -- do you have until tomorrow to get your c

i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. this morning officials in california are watching the skies, hoping a fifth straight day of record rain won't be one too many, the latest wave of storms started last night, the worst expected this morning. forecasters predict it could bring several more inches of rain to the water-logged state. meanwhile, more than 200 homes were evacuated last night in two los angeles suburbs. emergency workers went door to door to get people to leave. officials say those homes are in danger of being wiped out by mudslides. the governor has declared a state of emergency in six california counties and the damage isn't just in california. four homes including this one washed away in littlefield, arizona, near the utah-nevada borders. fire officials say a dozen more homes are at risk. this is the worst flooding in that region in more than five years. ben tracy has more from hard-hit southern california. >> reporter: water, water everywhere. >> the water is up past my knees. >> reporter: her living room

>> based on a large part unlawful termination by the betty ford clinic.t is based -- the investigation is based, really, in the whistle-blower statute in california. this is really an attempt by betty ford to cover up the incident and prevent public disclosure of any sort of claim by either lindsay lohan or dawn holland. >> speaking of that, seau you state the clinic has made immoral and unethical requests of miss holland. what were those requests specifically? >> from the very outset of this incident, petty ford had really attacked my client, had ordered her not to speak to the police, had ordered her, once she did speak to the police, to change her story. this is all in an effort to protect their own image in this very competitive rehabilitation marketplace. given your client's statement of what happened that night. does she plan to sue lindsay lohan? >> absolutely not. she applauds miss lohan in her rehabilitation. it's not a perfect science and oftentimes it gets a bit ugh any. >> she doesn't hover any ill wills towards lindsay lohan given some of the

betty white has been named entertainer of the year by the associated press. the 88-year-old won the title over the tv series "glee" james cameron, conan o'brien, and the apple ipad. >>> it's one of the smokiest place to live in california. why one bay area county is bucking the trend when it comes to cigarettes. >> investigation into the city of oakland's sixth officer- involved shooting this year. the story coming up. >>> and showers are in our forecast today. san francisco 56 as a high. 57 degrees with a high temperature in half moon bay as well as pleasanton and 58 in santa clara with showers expected during the day. we'll take a look at the heavy rainfall that could be moving in tonight. that's coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. caption colorado, l.l.c. >>> good morning. it is tuesday, december 21. i'm sydnie kohara. >> i'm juliette goodrich. too many now 6:30. topping our news this half hour, one man is dead after police open fire after a high- speed chase. sharon chin is in oakland where another suspect is

as the betty ford worker hurt herself by doing an interview? >> absolutely. i think that's one of the best developments from lindsay's perspective. the fact that this woman has been fired suggests that she isn't a credible, you know, dignified employee. and maybe she is motivated by something like money or fame. she knew who she was dealing with. why did she kneelkneel -- feel compelled to talk to a tabloid like tmz. whether she pushed her first or second, they're both saying they were each shoved. that's something that works to lindsay's advantage. a shoving match in addiction center, that happens every day and it's not usually something that gets somebody surrendered from probation. >> i would like to follow up, this idea of conflict in a health care setting, there are all sorts of things that happen in terms of power struggles and battles of the will. it's typical. and especially in the sort of addict population, they don't want to be controlled, they want to break the rules, so this kind of thing does happen all the time. >> people think of celebrities li

betty jean owens' grandmother recognized the importance of this historic decision. she said, i've hived to see the -- lived to see the day where white men really could be brought to trial for what they did. the tallahassee case led to convictions elsewhere that summer, in montgomery, alabama, inial here, north carolina, and in south carolina where a white marine actually received the death penalty for raping a black woman. that's the first one that i found, and it was overturned on appeal. but in each case white supremacy faltered in the fate of the courageous black women who testified on their own behalf. john mcclay, the editor of a newspaper, wondered if these convictions pointed to a new day. this forced intimacy, he said, goes back to the days of slavery when our women were the cattle property of white men. are we now witnessing the arrival of all women, he says? are they at long last gaining the emancipation they've needed? mcclay recognized that freedom was meaningless without ownership and control of your own body. desegregation and equality meant little if

someone sang, how great thou art for betty, regular prisoner.red back a little and everyone sang louder. we quit around 11:00. does one of the most uplifting experiences i have ever had. day for. the jailer said when we asked, we couldn't make phonecalls and we couldn't call the lawyer because of our singing, way past midnight. however we can see the lawyer if he comes to cs. real nice. we are singing again tonight. when we started putting up the mast a lot of of the stuffing fell out so we dumped it in the hall in protest. dinner, three tough biscuits a tiny piece of bacon and molasses. we find out we are on the fourth floor. the jailers had a total of 17 more arrested. surprise, they turned out the lights at 9:00. we sang some more but they left -- on and we couldn't hear. bobby a trustee says they are trying to send us to the pen, parchment. some girl cried, please mr. kennedy. day seven. many girls state delegates toured. i've made a side. attention to her is, i am not a yankee. i am from georgia. the guards took it, upset. much selling and

betty ford says, look, you violated the agreement here. they fired the nurse because she broke the rules by giving a public interview about lindsay. it's a sad case here. this is what the woman said. >> i did not touch the woman. i am not willing to risk my job over any patient. >> now, had she been drinking when you saw her? >> yes, she had alcohol on her breath. >> there's more trouble here. she snuck out, she was getting drunk again, got in a physical altercation with the woman, the woman's been fired. this can land her back in jail. this can be a violation of her probation. so lindsay just -- another tough time for her. >> it just keeps getting worse for her. >> yeah, yeah. >> so "jersey shore." it's shocking to hear, considering people hated the show. they're doing a season three and they are out with the latest trailer, take a look. >> jersey shore! jersey shore! >> last summer was crazy on "the jersey shore." i actually missed the boardwalk, missed the clubs. but we are absolutely going to top that summer. >> party's here! >> i brou

--la tambien productora de famosas series como "ugly betty" conto a una revista espaÑola que esto ocurrio actuacion.--la protagonista de la cinta "frida", dijo que en aquel entonces su visa expiro y decidio quedarse por un breve periodo hasta que pudo renovarla.--en aquel entonces, "hayek" tenia 25 aÑos.--hoy a sus 44 aÑos de edad, ya con ciudadania estadounidense, la veracruzana asegura que esa etapa le ha permitido tener una perspectiva unica del tema migratorio.--de paso, reconocio que en aquel entonces fue victima de discriminacion y rechazo de productores de este pais.

>> hear how a recent incident involving actress lyndsey lohan may have caused an evacuation of the bettyord center. >>> >>> caltrans riders can expect major changes on january 1st. fares will be going up 25-cents per zone. raising the fair from san francisco to san jose by $7.75 to $8.50. caltrans will eliminate two trains, but will add baby bullet trains on the weekend with trains making seven stops instead of the 20 made by commuter trains. all of the changes are aimed to close a budget deficit. >>> new numbers today show traffic on the bay bridge may be easing. the transportation commission says in the past fiscal year from july 2009 to june 2010, 38.6 million cars crossed the bridge. that's a drop of 3.7%. car pooling on the bridge has slowed by an even bigger margin. 4.2billion car poolers used the bridge. that's down 7% from the year before. >>> the next time you are in traffic and you see a driver whizzing by the shoulder, control your road rage. there's a new program going on where cars will be allowed to drive on the shoulder and exit park boulevard. >>> the 72-year-old former t

among the notable, mark zuckerberg, betty white, and doctor sandstrom, too who said he wanted something kids they're not getting enough of. >> it's a shame transplants aren't on the list. >>> well, the warriors back home tonight, and a huge gathering to welcome the bay ea's newest sports star. raj mathai joins us next. this holiday season, chevy's giving you more. like a 100,000 mile/5-year powertrain warranty. that's 40,000 miles more than ford. and now we're giving you our best offer of the year. 0% apr financing... plus $1,500 holiday allowance... plus no monthly payments until spring. on most chevy models. but hurry, because your chance to get our best offer of the season ends soon. see your local chevy dealer now. >>> good evening, here we go. the warriors have won only two gach games in the past month, both against the minnesota timberwolves, so if they could just play the timberwolves every night, we wouldn't be in this position. murray missing his third straight game with a bum ankle. no worries, though. ellis went off tonight. 34 points in all. look at him slash with the hoop,

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with that he can -- betty anne, still is living on the earth today. if i did not justice, i would not be able to live with myself. it puts an extra into the process. tavis: it is another thing to be on the set. is that intimidating? >> it can be. see is the nicest person i have ever met. for not being in the business, she understood the making of the film extraordinarily whell. i do not want to meet her right away because they did not want to mimic her. i wanted to get herself from the heart. i wanted to transform that from being just doing the accent. after getting to know her, it is a blessing to have her on said. she is helping us answer questions and getting to the heart of the story. tavis: you mentioned that she is the most non and sentimental person you have met. i'd seen this film twice -- non- judgmental person you have met. i have seen this film twice. what struck me the second time that i did not focus in at first was the bond between the two of them. it stands out, but she never flinched. she never thought there is any possibility of the a

and betty white. it was the year of the whiteout. what happened here? >> she owned this year.ot see betty on tv whether it was "snl" or doing commercials, it really was her year. >> i think the snickers commercial really set her back on the map and she owes a lot of the revival of her career to facebook. >> there's a lot of people who would like to be as popular as betty white is now. >> she's actually like leave me alone. >> she turns 89, i think in january. >> that's proof that it ain't over until it's over. >> that's right. that's good news for all of us. >> she's still working. >> she's america's new sweetheart. i don't know what we say about new jersey, or maybe our wildest uncle. what is going on with new jersey in terms of all the shows that have come out of new jersey? it's the entertainment capital of something? >> it is. jersey shore took everybody by surprise. it is the highest rated show that mtv has ever had. not just this year, ever. the ratings are getting bigger and bigger on the show. >> and it sort of defines pop culture as we're looking at it, it's a bit of