unless somebody tells them and i'm sure how burton is not going to be the company to tell . when i joined halliburton i knew i was going to work on some big things we put out a few fires that were. once ran into a small challenge of getting supplies tracked through the biggest bank in our troops got all americans to. feel just a little closer to home. every. hour for food. please. tell me about that line over there. several times. all it takes is one iraqi that's an insurgent and because they knew what time we were going to eat every day they knew when to expect. and that happens because k.b.r. won't go to a twenty four hour feeding schedule where they just always have food that they won't do it because it saves them money. because they get paid by how many soldiers they buy how many soldiers the. troops the pentagon has found some serious problems work on that contract as well pentagon auditors found no burton contract to provide food and housing for american troops at a staggering one point eight billion dollars in unsupported cost. how a burden was charging forty five dol

it's wrong. >> reporter: burton refused to pay. the city of baltimore turned to a controversial tactic to collect. receiving burton's debt to a private company, which then put a lien on his home. >> then you have no choice to pay or lose your home. that can't be right. >> reporter: now, the company is asking for additional interest and high legal fees, too. ballooning burton's tab to almost $5,000. >> could actually lose their home for the failure to pay a $200 water bill. >> reporter: the national consumer law center says thousands of homeowners all over the u.s. are threatened with foreclosure every year because of unpaid utility bills and taxes. in rhode island, a $474 sewer bill cost one woman her home. the company that took possession later sold it for $85,000. back in baltimore, vicky valentine lost her house over a partially paid water bill. you'd been in this home for 33 years? >> yes. >> reporter: and now all of a sudden, you're out on the street. >> yes, and that's not a fun place to be. >> reporter: lien logic makes $100

troops at a staggering one point eight billion dollars in unsupported cost it was all a scam how burton was charging forty five dollars for a can of like coke or pepsi. center military free and. now these sodas were made it right there in the desert it's not as if they were brought over from the united states so those were made with arabic wraps you know coca-cola pepsico whatever right there in the desert so it's not as if they had transportation they had the little mobile units that we had to put on clothes and a lot of. how to burn one hundred dollars for a ribeye of clothes i washed. well the. latest technology innovation on the list of melamine flew around russia we've got the future covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harvey welcome to the big picture. live. live. klyn. whenever we got our laundry back it felt worse than when we turned it in everything was still grimy and i

. >> reporter: on hbo the wire richard burton played shamrock mcgenty. >> they have their eye on marlow. >> reporter: but he lost his job when the wire went off the air. and today, the accomplished actor and musician is in the middle of a real life drama at lose risk of losing his home oaf a disspewed 1,000 dollar water bil. >> the bill is there but after adding the lawyer fuse and 18% and it's unjust and wrong. >> reporter: burton refused to pay. but the city of baltimore turned to a controversial tactic to collect selling his debt to a private company which then put a lien on his home. >> you have no choice but to pay or you lose your home. that can't be right. >> reporter: now the company is asking for additional interests and high legal fees, too. bringing the tab to almost $5,000. >> someone could lose their home for the failure to pay a 2 or 300 dollar water bill or sewer bill. >> reporter: the national consumer law center says thousands of homeowners all over the u.s. are threatened with foreclosure every year because of unpaid utility bills and taxes. in rhode island a.474 dolla

burton. . mr. burton: i'm very happy to yield to the very confident leader of the foreign affairs committee, ms. ros-lehtinen, for so much time as she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for such time she may consume. ms. ros-lehtinen: i thank the gentleman from indiana for the time. i plan to vote for this bill, h.r. 6156, even though i remain strongly opposed to granting russia permanent normal trade relations or pntr, at this time. i would like to explain the reasons why. those who argued for granting russia pntr, which has until now been prevented by what is known as the jackson-vanik amendment, focus on the supposedly bilateral trade benefits. the issue that concerns me and many members is not trade but human rights. advocates of repeal say that the jackson-vanik amendment is outdated and is purely symbolic and therefore should be disregarded. but in the ira of human rights, madam speaker, symbols can have a very great importance. over the years

superior court judge ruled today the case filed by hilton burton can move forward, although the judge threw out one of his claims. burton testified before the city council police escorts were common when the issue came up after actor charlie sheen was given a police escort. burton's statements contradicted testimony from police chief cathy lanier. >>> utility crews in the northeast are slowly turning the lights back on after that area was hit by back to back storm systems. still hundreds of thousands of customers in new york and new jersey remain in the dark and more importantly without heat. during a news conference today governor chris christie said he expects operations to start getting back to normal monday, but he says the recovery process is still far from over. >> i'll be asking the federal government to do whatever it takes to get this job done. this is our katrina. i expect the people of this state to be treated with the same level of compassion and generosity that the citizens of louisiana and mississippi and alabama were treated in the aftermath of hurricane katrina. >> to

. >> reporter: on hbo's "the wire," richard burton played a gangster, but burton lost his job when thent off the air. and today the accomplished actor and musician is in the middle of a real-life drama, at risk of losing his home to foreclosure all over a disputed $1,000 water bill. >> the small bill is there. but after you add the interest, after you add the 18% and the lawyer fees, it's unjust, it's wrong. >> reporter: burton refused to pay, but the city of baltimore turned to a controversial tactic to collect, selling burton's debt to a private company, which then put a lien on his home. >> and you have no choice but to pay or you lose your home. that can't be right. >> reporter: now the company lien logic is asking for additional interest and high legal fees, too, ballooning the tab to almost $5,000. >> someone could actually lose their home for fail your to pay a $200 or $300 water or sewer bill. >> reporter: the national consumer law center says thousands of homeowners all over the u.s. are threatened with foreclosure every year because of unpaid utility bills and taxes. in rhode

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. >> richard burton played tough as names -- nails shamrock mcbegin tee.is job when "the wire" wept off the air. -- wept off the air. and today the accomplished actor and musician is in the middle of a real life drama. at risk of losing his home to toker closure over a disputed $1,000 water bill. >> the smaller bill is there, but after you add the interest and the 18% and the lawyer fees, it is unjust. it is wrong. >> reporter: burton refused to pay, but the city turned to a controversial tactic, selling his debt to a private company that then put a lean on his home. >> have you no choice to pay or lose your home? that can't be right. >> now the company is asking for additional interest and high legal fees too. ballooning his tab to almost $5,000. >> somebody could lose their home for a failure to pay a $200 or $300 water bill or sewer bill. >> the national consumer law center says thousands of homeowners all over the u.s. are threatened with foreclosure every year because of unpaid utility bills and taxes. in rhode island a $474 sewer bill cost one woman

. >> richard burton played tough as names -- nails shamrock mcbegin tee.ut burton lost his job when "the wire" wept off the air. -- wept off the air. and today the accomplished actor and musician is in the middle of a real life drama. at risk of losing his home to toker closure over a disputed $1,000 water bill. >> the smaller bill is there, but after you add the interest and the 18% and the lawyer fees, it is unjust. it is wrong. >> reporter: burton refused to pay, but the city turned to a controversial tactic, selling his debt to a private company that then put a lean on his home. >> have you no choice to pay or lose your home? that can't be right. >> now the company is asking for additional interest and high legal fees too. ballooning his tab to almost $5,000. >> somebody could lose their home for a failure to pay a $200 or $300 water bill or sewer bill. >> the national consumer law center says thousands of homeowners all over the u.s. are threatened with foreclosure every year because of unpaid utility bills and taxes. in rhode island a $474 sewer bill

now with a victory feather in his cap, does bill burton still feel the same way?ll ask him, next. into their work, their name on the door, and their heart into their community. small business saturday is a day to show our support. a day to shop at stores owned by our friends and neighbors. and do our part for the businesses that do so much for us. on november 24th, let's get out and shop small. >>> americans spent much of the election season worrying about super pacs attacking over our electoral process. crossroads spent over $175 million with little to show for it. on the other side pro-obama super pac priorities usa action saw greater success. credit has been given to the obama team's expanding innovations but the romney campaign outfoxed thanks to a crafty new internet strategy on the super pac front. politico notes success of priorities usa laying dedication to the internet, web videos drew six times amount of eyeballs as crossroads ones. the super pac era is just beginning. according to rove, democratic attacks aren't weakening commitment of conservative supe

bill burton.to read a quote from you to you. >> it's a little strange. >> those ads in the summer a lot of folks thought were harsh, perhaps too harsh, perhaps playing low ball from a campaign, from a candidate that has sort of been above that kind of fisticuffs. and yet, you guys are reairing them. they've clearly worked for team obama, $30 million ad buy as i mentioned. the summer strategy seems to have been the right one. do you have any regrets about it? >> >> no. for starters. >> it's working. >> exactly. no asymmetrics a nonpartisan firm that graded all the ads on their effectiveness today said one of our ads was the most effective ad of the cycle based on focus groups they've done on the different ads over the course of this election. you know, what we were doing with these ads was, more than just telling the story of what mitt romney did at bain, it was a story about a guy who always stood up for his partners and himself making sure he made plenty of money but when it came to the promises

now burton may lose his home. he lost his job when the show the wire went off the air. he got a bill for over $1,000. turned over the private debt which put a lean on his home. between legal fees and interest burton now owes about $5,000 and if he doesn't pay up he could own it to foreclosure. say good-bye to the warmer weather we've been experienci >> it was unusually warm today. >> caught people off guard. temperatures have been in the 40's and 50s and then -- >> i had a parka out and has to get rid of it. we have a change in weather on the way and it's going to get a lot colder as we move through the next couple of days. we have tonight and tomorrow to enjoy. mainly clear skies to the east but clouds beginning to roll in from the west. 54 at reagan national airport. high today 71 degrees. the last time it was this warm on october 27, now we're looking at temperatures below average for the upcoming work and schoolweek and i say below average i'm talking only in the upper 40's to 50 degrees. look where we are right now. it's still 58 at dulles. if we widen the view out

bill burton with priorities usa action talking with us.treasury secretary, larry summers, is with us. former mccain campaign adviser mark mackinnon will join us as well. monday, november 5th. a special edition of "starting point" from washington, d.c., point" from washington, d.c., begins right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> welcome back, everybody. one final day of campaigning in this $3 billion, 17-month battle for the white house will finally be decided by the american people. here's how things stand right thousand. a brand-new cnn/orc poll of likely voters has mitt romney and president obama tied at 49% apiece. bruce springsteen will join the president today at rallies in madison, wisconsin, in columbus, ohio and des moines, iowa. governor romney has events in sanford, florida, and lynchburg and fairfax, virginia. columbus, ohio, and manchester, new hampshire. right on cue there's a legal snafu in the state of florida. the state's democratic party is suing to extend early voting hours with voters reporting lines of up t

burton, congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> you had a big year. >> it was a good election. one other presidential clip that you could have shown would have been from "the american president," when andrew shepard says, "i am andrew shepard and i am the president." >> and not born in kenya. i think the president is saying, you know what, the birth certificate thing is not going the paradigm for the kinds of fights we have here. we're to the going to fight about whether the new black panther party stole the election in pennsylvania. we're not going to fight about this stuff that so animated the right. we're going to focus on, we're going to put that stuff aside. he's essentially challenging the republican party to have an adult debate. i see that dynamic at work, at large, and specifically on this susan rice issue. do you think that's happening? >> absolutely. i think the president wants to have grown-up conversations about big issues that affect the country. and i think if you look at how he took this issue on, he said, let's talk about the facts and let's take a hard look at

it is wrong. >> reporter: burton refused to pay.rned to a controversial tactic to collect, selling burtons debt to a private company which then put a lien on his home. >> you have no choice but to pay or you lose your home. that can't be right. >> reporter: now the company lien logic is asking for additional interest and hi legal fees, ballooning the tab to $5,000,000. a -- $5,000. >> some one could lose their home. >> reporter: the national consumer law center says thousand of homeowners all over the u.s. are threatened with foreclosure every year because of unpaid utility bills and taxes. in rhode island, a $474 sewer bill cost one woman her home. the company that took possession later sold it for $85,000,000. back in baltimore, vicky valentine lost her house over a partially paid water bill. you had been in the home for 33 years? >> yes. >> reporter: now all of a sudden you are out on the street? >> yes, that's not a fun police to be. >> reporter: lien logic makes $100 million a year, profitting from its lien business the we trac

so many of us -- grew up with his stealth levar burton -- there is a new act that is available.re is a nude- mobile and uafte app. getting.. kedkids to read is fundamental. we've taken a television series and reinvented it for the wired generation. the digital generation. it used technology in the state to steer children back into the telos o you have-tell us hou have assigned this application? >> these mobile devices are so engaging. this is a great way to tell a story so in our ap this is all about books will launched thousands of titles. and videos! with videos levar burton so the there are islands in the sky, you are in the cockpit of a hot air balloon. >> that is so cool. chain if and austin. >> is it multi-lingual? >> it will be, assuming it is like a subscription model for a library card it is like searchable. they can down load that and they're back pack. you can keep five at a time. >> and like a landing. is a lending library a of the subscrn services at $10 per month we launched in the month of june and this was the end of the first quarter we're beginning to get the r

bill burton, jonathan collegio. we're going to try do autopsies on this election, today in "first read" we have a great nugget on the i-4 longer a swin? data says that may be case. >>> a market preview. and the change faces on the hill and an historic shift in the democratic party's diversity in the how was representatives. >>> but first, today's trivia question -- who was the most senior member of the house to lose re-election on tuesday? in either party. first correct answer gets a follow-up thursday promise. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold... i took dayquil, but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't work on runny noses. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have an antihistamine. really? [ male announcer ] really. alka-seltzer plus cold and cough fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a fast acting antihistamine to relieve your runny nose. [ sighs ] thank you! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! [ male announcer ]

here's some clips. >> the great actor richard burton. please, has anyone ever told you you're a very pretty girl? >> you know, i had the misfortune of meeting the rudest actress today, who walked away in the middle of my sentence. obviously, incapable of recognizing a shakespearean poise. >> is there anything else i can do for you? >> is that what you thought, another notch on the belt? >> please! >> all the leading ladies except julie andrews, well, if she can resist you, so can i. >> who do you love, me or eddie? >> you. >> a little louder, please, for the room. >> i love you. >> not that i'm counting, but if i'm not mistaken, you've just ended, what, your fourth marriage? >> who's counting? >> it might be a record for the 29 year old. >> what am i supposed to do, i love the man, end of story. >> i was hoping better for her. i was really hoping. this is a young woman i've known since she was 12. i don't know her well, obviously, but interviewing her, watching her career. such promise, darling little red-headed freckled girl when she di

we are here with susan burton here where the big show will take place monday.ountdown is definitely on. thank you so much for joining us. one of our alums of 2010. >> yes. thank you. it's my pleasure to join you here. being selected as a top ten cnn hero was one of the most fantastic parts of my career and moments in my life. since becoming a hero, my organization and life has just been just taken off. i remember when we were in the top ten voting stage of being selected as a hero and i received e-mails from all over the -- >> international correspondence. iraq. >> iraq. >> imagine that. >> australia, london. people within the states, you know, wanting to create something similar to what i did with the new way of life. >> you know, your life is definitely changed since being one of the top ten heroes. you attended last year and absolutely front and center again this year. >> yes, i will. >> why the need to create an organization? perhaps to give people a fresh start and -- >> hope. >> who have been incarcerated. >> yes. people need hope. and when they see that

. >> nicolette burton. >> when i heard my name called, i went into utter shock.rst two you're like, "okay." >> and elizabeth romero. >> the last one comes, and it's like, you know, you've got this smile on your face, but really it's like, "oh, my gosh, they didn't choose me, why?" >> congratulations! >> i'm not even going to lie. i think that was the fakest smile i've ever smiled in my life. >> all right, now this is your time where you have to dash backstage and get ready for your solo. >> really i was so, so devastated. it was too much to take at once. i just had to go put myself in a little corner. i was like, "man, if i had just gotten that shot, or if i had just done something a little different." >> if there was one piece of advice i would want these kids to walk away with, it's that they can't take not winning this award as a rejection. because that's a given. the industry that they have chosen to be in involves rejection every day. the minute you can forget that that's what's happening, and not allow that to affect you, you'll be able to get up the next m

and then they told me, you know, since we are building the next building with the hill burton grant fromthe federal government for an out-patient facility, and i said, yeah, very nice. we are building a clinic, but they are shutting down our main hospital. so three years up and down the state. they changed the legislation and grandfather clause, the hospital to be exempted from those requirements, changed the federal law, and moved this building from a clinic and put the hospital in. we are literally already have the building and just forced the hospital in and i keep on thinking, that is, you know, somebody willie brown's shoes that he had a nice pair of shoes he didn't wear, except for church every sunday. one day he couldn't fit the shoe, you know? that was the only pair of shoe he had. so, he said, rose, i just shoved my foot into the shoe, even though it did not quite fit. but it looked nice when i was sitting down. so that is exactly what we did with the clinic next door. it didn't fit, it was not built for a hospital. but we just jammed everything in to make it work. and behold, 3

, as you were just saying, was that the romney camp didn't respond to this because basically bill burtonwho was the co-founder of priorities usa, said they thought any minute the romney campaign would have the opposite ad, where they would show guys who got jobs because of bain. people at sports authority or, you know, places like that that were supposedly helped out by bain, but that ad was never made, and, you know, it's baffling to people like burton about why they didn't respond, but when i talked to romney people early on in the campaign they thought bain was going to be a big asset. they were describing romney as a job creator, and they just didn't see this counter narrative really, and one of the people who made the ad, saul shore, is a great old-time movie fan of frank capra movies, and i don't know if people know those movies, but they're all about like the little guy, the underdog who's facing some kind of authority figure who is corrupt and wealthy and unfair, and that tapped right into that american sentiment, that feeling of unfairness, and i think it really resonated. >> an

leaving aspen hill, wheaton, burton hill, everything looks fine will you college park. 270 no issues in from frederick. this is what it looks like at new hampshire avenue. back to you guys. >>> election day of course is tomorrow. one of the most contentious local issues is really heating up in montgomery county. >> andrea mccarron takes us to the middle of the battle brewing there. >> reporter: it is called question band it is pitting the county government and police chief against union members and their families. >> she is actually far stronger than i am. >> reporter: montgomery county police officer matt infrastructure ska is talking about his little girl, lucy. the three-year-old is braving a daunting array of medical conditions. >> i want to be able to protect her and take her to her appointment she needs to do, as a father, without having to worry about this nonsense. >> reporter: the county says it would force the police chief to check with the union before making any management decisions. the fraternal order of police says the county has spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer

in case you haven't guessed i'm -- >> richard burton?, but my nails -- >> oh, yes, likewise. has anyone ever told you you're a very pretty girl? >> i think that gives you some good flavor of what the reviews might be. these reviews are epicly unkind. i mean like epically bad. the chronicle saying they were hoping so bad it's good. but said it was just bad-bad. >> it was pretty bad. >> imagine that. >> isn't that terrible? so "early start" continues right now. >>> you are not the only one headed back to work this morning. congress also back in session. and just in time, folks, we are now 35 days away from the fiscal cliff. >> all right, gray thursday. black friday. and now today, cyber monday. but just how good are the deals today compared to what was put out this past holiday weekend? we're going to break it all down for you. >> and $425 million. start dreaming. the powerball lottery just hit a new high and you'll never believe how much the cash payout is. we'll break it down for you coming up this hour of cnn. >> a lot of holiday shoppi

here now, jon stewart, la bar burton and jimmy walker all in the no spin zone. we begin with mr. walker. jay leno, i have been on the program a dozen times. i don't really know jay. respectful to me. nice to me. >> great guy. >> bill: he does a fine program. but you feel that he has changed a bit? >> he has changed. he has let us down. weed all started literally in the last same five year period. 30 million people are not out of work. 30 million people are just in between jobs. [ laughter ] you are not drowning, you are just in between land. [ laughter ] >> bill: you came one leno? >> and then jay worked for me as a writer, along with david letterman and many others. louie anderson and a lot of other people. >> bill: where were you when he was writing for you. >> on our show in los angeles. >> bill: how did leno change. >> he changed in terms of bringing on new talent, which is that spot which is johnny carson, jack parr, steve allen. he has not broken in his 20 something years on the air, he has not broken one major act. >> bill: you know, it's a different time now andaj the rat

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here now, jon stewart, la bar burton and jimmy walker all in the no spin zone. we begin with mr.y leno, i have been on the program a dozen times. i don't really know jay. respectful to me. nice to me. >> great guy. >> bill: he does a fine program. but you feel that he has changed a bit? >> he has changed. he has let us down. weed all started literally in the last same five year period. 30 million people are not out of work. 30 million people are just in between jobs. [ laughter ] you are not drowning, you are just in between land. [ laughter ] >> bill: you came one leno? >> and then jay worked for me as a writer, along with david letterman and many others. louie anderson and a lot of other people. >> bill: where were you when he was writing for you. >> on our show in los angeles. >> bill: how did leno change. >> he changed in terms of bringing on new talent, which is that spot which is johnny carson, jack parr, steve allen. he has not broken in his 20 something years on the air, he has not broken one major act. >> bill: you know, it's a different time now andaj the ratings pressu