behind the headlines, comedienne margaret cho. hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary", a discussion of news and session trend from diverse perspectives. up first, immigrant rights. >> federal law banned gender discrimination in the workplace in the 1970s and most federal laws that discriminate in oer areas have been overturned. but this week the supreme court heard a case involving againer discrimination in immigration law. the resolution could have widespread impact. current federal law grants citizenship to any child born to an unmarried foreign-born mother as long as the mother has been in the u.s. for one year. but the child's foreign born unmarried father must have been in the u.s. for 5 years for the child to gain so-called-- citizenship. the supreme court heard a case challenging the difference in time between an unmarried foreign father versus mother this week. birth right citizenship is, of course, in and of itself a highly controversial topic that dominates some political debates. chief justice john roberts suggested during argume

. >> i have an upon cho and i'll -- poncho and i'll wear that. >> some welcome the first storme season. >> we need rain, right? we're california. we can always use rain. >> the chp is urging drivers toe caution. slick roads, high winds and white out conditions can make travel dangerous. ktvu channel 2 news. >> winter storm warning has beel sunday night and warning that driving might be dangerous. within the last hour, we learned that caltran is saying that chains are required on interstate 80. still the timing of the storm is it good for ski resorts. snow tonight and more in the weekend forecast for a profitable thanks giving weekend. the real deal is on the way. >> we're expecting a massive snl over the weekend. >> sugar bowl ski resort says tn open as early as wednesday. >>> a vip party is underway in san francisco at this hour just ahead of tomorrow's opening of the international auto show. it's expected to attract more than a quarter million visitors. jana katsuyama is live in the city with this story. >> the doors just opened and noe guests are making their way downstairs for thei

best-dressed woman in television, alina cho.nd boy. >>> a stern warning for president obama today in the midst of his many meetings at the g-20 summit in south korea. stand by. >>> also, we have an update on the write-in ballot count that will decide the alaska senate race. new information coming in. we are going there. >>> and it is high-tech armor like you might see in the movie ironman, you about this had is very, very real are. and someday, american lives could depend on it. >>> the last big cliffhangerof the 2010 election may drag on longer than some people thought. the tally of write-in votes in the u.s. senate race is moving slowly forward in alaska and the final outcome could hinge, in part, on whether people know how to spell the incumbent, lisa murkows murkowski's name. shannon travis is covering this from alaska. give us the latest count. what do we know? >> look at this actual count here, wolf. the numbers not changed from our last count but let's break this down. out of 30,000 write-in ballots that they have counted

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. >> our reporter in seoul, joohee cho, says this is a major surprise. >> the president has convened a national meeting at the underground bunker. this is a pretty big deal here. aiming at the military is one thing. but firing at civilian residents is a different story. and this does take a toll on south korean's people's sense of security here. >> this comes just days after north korea claims it has a new enrichment facility. kim jong un was chosen as his father's successor. >>> on this tuesday morning, some peculiar weather that is wreaking havoc on pre-thanksgiving travel. >> the main culprits are wintry storms that are packing massive amounts of snow in the midwest. >> emily schmidt has all the details. >> reporter: on the busiest travel week of the year, bad weather is making for extremely slow-going. >> i knew it was kind of snowing yesterday. but i had no idea that it was going to be everywhere. >> reporter: in seattle, rare pre-thanksgiving snow and strong winds brought accidents that brought monday's rush hour to a standstill. major highways tied up in all directions. in cal

. >> reporter: cho lost all his merchandise. >> they are not really protesting. they're stealing from people. >> they just run on emotion. you know? it's just emotion. they are not thinking. >> reporter: aaron nicholson thinks some protest is justified, but not the kind that hurts local businesses. >> it's going to be crazy. it's going to be crazy... either way. either way. >> reporter: but the hope for a peaceful protest is still alive. >> i think people are trying to do the right thing. people's hearts are in the right places, i think, and if everybody stays focused on doing the right thing and being positive, i think the outcome of the city and everything will be positive. >> reporter: and that is the hope. police say they have talked to churches as well as people who describe themselves as anarchists to try to get everybody on the same page that rioting and looting don't hurt anybody but innocent people here in the community. there is going to be one peaceful demonstration planned right now for oakland city hall. that starts at 2 p.m. >> thank you, anne makov

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exact role at hermitage capital became a massive scandal after he died of a heart attack or to katrina cho is here to give us the details on the story. tell us exactly what investigators say they have found. all the new the latest twist in the middle east a case has been that the investigative me to now says that he wasn't actually a lawyer he's been what he referred to and described as a lawyer working for him to top it so well in fact russia's investigative committee says he was employed as an accountant and one of his main two just was to help work out checks of beijing schemes and as a result of that he wasn't able to enough embezzling almost five and a half begin. now another important thing is that investigators say that it's just a geisha into the damaged capital case is officially over while the investigation into making its case death in a hospital at a jail still continues. now the announcement was made at a press conference tomorrow. will be a year scenes so game a nice kid died. in a hospital in custody up to eleven months after he was arrested and as his lawyers claim they say

one cho today the president called a national security imperative. in a room full of national security officials from his own secretary of state, hillary clinton, to president nickxon's henry kissinger, the president urged congress to act. >> as ronald reagan said, we have to trust, but we also have to verify, in order for us to verify, we've got to have a treaty. >> reporter: 67 senate votes are needed for treaty ratification. and as of now, the president can only count on 60, only one republic is committed to vote for it. republicans say language in the treaty ties the hands of the u.s. when it comes to missile defense, though defense secretary gates and other military leaders say that concern is not based in fact. incoming republican senator roy blount says the process should be slowed down. >> this is a critically important issue for the country. it should have gotten done. they should have gotten it done. >> reporter: republicans are confronting the president over his efforts to try detainees in civilian courts instead of military commissions. p

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. >> bret: if you had cho choose a policy issue that's pressing, what would it be? >> war on the islamic terrorism. standing up for freedom. make no apologies. we shouldn't think we caused the terrorists to attack us. >> bret: that's another sharp jab at president obama who is seen as someone who could burnish america's image around the world. the parallel between the politician is why they chose jindal to deliver the republican response to obama's first state of the union address. >> who among us would ask our children for a loan to spend money we don't have on things we don't need. >> bret: unfortunately, it suffered in comparison. >> i think i proved to the country i can't read a teleprompter. >> bret: do you look at that and say i should have done bullet points? >> i should have. it enjoy talking to people. >> he regained the lost stature when the louisiana coast was hit by the b.p. oil spill. >> the oil coming in unimpeded. >> i spent months along the coast meeting with the fishermen and living and working off the coast. they came up with solutions, like pipes

ju hee cho is joining us live from seoul with the latest. good morning to you.appened here. >> reporter: north korea fired artillery shells near the yeonpyeong island this afternoon. some landing on the island. this is a fishing village and reports say residents are flee income chaos. reports say 60 to 70 houses are on fire after that shelling and residents and military soldiers there are also trying to deal with mountain fires at the moment. the authorities are checking casualties but so far, 14 soldiers and two civilians have been reported injured. rob and vinita? >> ju hee, of course this is a long-disputed border between the north and the south. the timing is interesting in the sense it's been a month since kim jong-il unveiled the heir apparent, his youngest son. in addition to that we're now seeing a new uranium-enrichment facility. any of this connected to what's going on now between the north and the south? >> reporter: yes, well north korea as we all know is infamous for their brinksmanship and this is a carefully drawn out plan to up the stakes in futu

russian republic have condemned the practice and then singles and finds many women still live in fear of cho reports. the moment of families torn apart. here remains a ritual rather than an outrage the man simply chooses the woman he wants and forcibly takes her but the kidnapping of one young girl called him on one terribly wrong. i knew she went shopping bag. loans we had it and good outside and saw her being kidnapped yes she was shouting we saw. the kidnapper and his accomplice grabbed him on jumped into a car and sped away but a short way down the road they question to the truck. a young girl. when they were driving here they crashed in the old. school so there was an awful tragedy the car was just a piece of metal you couldn't tell what car it was. some say kidnap and bride's runs and occasional blood religious leaders and churches strongly disapprove and no laws have been brought in to curb the practice is as i'm able to go on chechens never had such as this is forbidden in islam every friday i say during the. this is great to see. and those who will be punished as during this life ju

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navy corvette this south korean navy crew about the cho not in march which killed forty six people and also to discourage north korea from future attacks on on south korea and on the land or on islands in the yellow sea so you know. president how you want to interpret it but but i wouldn't i wouldn't say it increases tensions and one might say that it simply might discourage or dissuade north korea from future operations when you say it may it may not increase tensions but suddenly the north korean leadership has already voiced a sudden amount of dismay at america making such a big military presence that let's dive into the regional politics that the korean leader young backs policies and attitudes toward north healthy lead to the current state of relations between the two do you think. well president lee is quite a conservative president and one of the first things he did after his inauguration in two thousand and eight was to stop south korean aid to north korea south korea had been for the previous ten years had been sending about five hundred thousand tons of rice and fertilizer to

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rick fox, margaret cho, the situation, david hasselhoff, michael bolton.sed at any of them, jennifer? >> i have been surprised. every week, i have been surprised by who is sent home. every week, we never know. i'm always a little shocked. >> larry: what about you brandy? >> i was very shocked at rick fox. they were doing great and they did some of their best dances and they were voted off. i didn't understand that. i was disturbed by that. they were so good. >> larry: bristol were you surprised? >> i think we are all surprised every week. you can have such high scores and be voted off. >> larry: how competitive are you? >> i'm extremely competitive. for me, i have been lowest score since the beginning of the show. for me, it's going against myself and working my hardest and improving for myself. >> larry: do you think the public likes you more than the judges? obviously? >> yeah, obviously. >> larry: kyle. >> yes, sir. >> larry: anyone you are surprised about getting voted off? >> being on the show for eight weeks now, each week, we grow a bond closer to e

. >> alina cho joins us now. at one point they asked or were teasing about whether she had posters of him up when she was younger, which probably would be not that out of the realm given that everyone dreams of marrying a prince. >> she said no, it was actually the levies guy. prince william says, no, of course, there were pictures of me up there. everyone is excited about this. it's all anyone is talking about. the public habit been this excited about a royal wedding since charles and diana. that was dubbed the wedding of the century. this could be too. so we wanted to know who is this woman in line to be queen? who is kate middleton? >> reporter: she's a media darling, a household name, but until now, the rest of the world has not seen much of her. all of that is changing now that prince william has asked kate middleton to marry him. >> it was a total shock when it came and very excited. >> reporter: a rare chance to hear her speak. >> i went bright red and scuttle off. >> reporter: that's how she described the

months just bought was a payoff to deepak cho pro -- chopra who owns this company. they do not detect plastic. notice on the examples of what you see on the naked body is a gun or a knife. all it is, is like a metal detector except these expose to you radiation. >> it is three minutes in a air is the radiation exposure. >> not according to the reports that the is touting. >> they testified in front of kong tess today. no more than three minutes' exposure. i agree pilots should have to be subject to this, children shouldn't have to be subject. if we don't want to attend a lot of funerals, a tended eight in 2001 in new york city. then the price of our freedom, the price of our security, the price of our safety going through this mode of detection. >> patting down hannity, patting down me is not making this this country any safer. >> what works better? what will make us safer? what can we do today? >> okay i have an answer. but you have to stop talking. >> go ahead, tell me. >> it doesn't make us one iota safer, no one thinks it does. >> what is the alternative? >> hey

we cho that the president 17 months ago caught a lot of criticism over bailing out the automotive industryat do you suspect he'll say today? >> he'll say that was good investment for the american taxpayers because not only were a lot of jobs kept, tens of thousands of gm jobs were kept in the united states, but now the company is doing so much better and they just had the stock offering today, did really, really well and american taxpayers are going to be repaid for that loan they gave to gm. so, he's going take some credit and say look at all the good things that resulted from this bailout of gm, sometimes a bailout works and in this particular case it looks like it did. take a look at some of these other countries like china. they want to buy some of that gm stock. they want to have a big piece of the action, some of the rich countries in the persian gulf, united arab emirates, gm is a hot property right now and the president will say that what he and the government did helped create the situation a year and a half almost two years later. >> we'll be waiting and watching for that. we'll

mish cho kaku here to explain. ♪ one-way ticket, one-way ticket, one-way ticket ♪ jenna: a quick lookw is below 11,000, first time in a month it's been there, and the markets are down about 200 points. a couple things coming into play here, you have some concerns that a country like ireland might be turning to the e.u. for a bailout. many thought ireland was going on to be okay, but there's also concern about inflation overseas, specifically in china. and the real concern there is that if china has to raise rates to slow down their economy, that could effect the rest of the world because china's really been leading everybody out of this financial crisis. so a lot of things spooking the market, at 13,000 right now -- 11,000 right now, more as we get it. jon: when president obama pulled the plug on a manned mission to the moon, he called for a plan to visit mars sometime in the distant future, but some folks say let's not wait, they are calling for a one-way mission that would leave the astronauts on mar sort of to fend for themselves. what is this all about? mish show kaku is host of t

our alina cho joins us now.s a very hot guy. good morning. good morning, everyone. you know, justin bieber did clean house at the american music awards last night. it really makes sense. it's a popularity contest after all. the winners are determined in part by fan votes. so it's no wonder that the teen idol who continues to rule the pop music scene walked away with some serious hardware. teen sensation justin bieber wasn't kidding when he named his album "my world 2.0." the 16-year-old dominated the american music awards last night. >> i like to stay calm and collected. >> reporter: bieber picked up four awards, including breakthrough artist and artist of the year. >> wow. >> reporter: the youngest person ever to win that award. and he shared the moment with the man who helped launch his career. usher. >> and it would be only right if i invited him up here to share it with me. not only my mentor, but my best friend and my big brother, i love you, man. >> speaking of usher -- ♪ >> reporter: he picked up two awar

it is equal pay, equal pay is common justice and if you two weren't such a pair of egotistical cho egotistichat. >> that was oscar-nominated actress miranda richardson in the new film based on the true story of women in england striking for equal pay back in the 1960s. and with us now, miranda richardson. very good to have you on the -- >> good to be here. >> roger, you grew up with this story. >> i did -- >> a remarkable character. >> watching that clip was like watching my childhood, boiled down to about three or four seconds. you could describe barbara castle to the american viewing public. >> she was what she said in the clip there, she was a fiery redhead. she was known for this -- her image. the beacon traveling down the corridors of power. but what she was was so much more than an image. she was a genuine, humane, wonderful collaborative, politician. go getting. and she was at the top of her tree at the time we her. >> barbara is a iconic figure in england, because it was the press giving her a hard time. how did it feel to mutate into barbara castle on a regular basis? >> thank god i

confrontation and provocation, one that includes the pursuit of nuclear weapons and the attack on the chon t wake of this aggression, you should not be mistaken, the united states will not waver and our commitment to the security of the republic of korea. we will not waver. [applause] of the alliance between our two nations has never been stronger and along with the rest of the world, we made it clear that the north koreans pursuit of nuclear weapons will only lead to more isolation and less security for them. there is another patch available to north korea. if they choose to fulfill their international obligations and commitments to the international community, they will have the chance to offer their people lives of growing opportunity instead of crushing poverty. it is the future of greater respect and includes the prosperity available to citizens on this end of the korean peninsula. until that day comes, the world can take comfort in knowing that the men and women of the united states armed forces are standing watch on freedoms frontier. in doing so, you carry on the legacy of service