explain. >> that's the idea, chuck. bottom line. this polling group, media research group, looked at all the shows on television. it turns out the most popular shows on tv, of the top ten of those, nine of them are favored more by republicans than democrats. let's look at the list here. number one is glenn beck. amazing race, "modern family," ""american idol"," "dancing with the stars," your favorite, chuck "the bachelor." >> that's a grit oneat one. of the big shows they're getting most of the support from republicans. republicans and conservatives like reality tv a bit better. one on the list interesting, "modern family," not exactly "leave it to beaver" but very popular among republicans. now, on the other side if you look at what democrats like best, research -- >> it's more like mitch cable shows, kind of -- >> mitch cable, yeah. >> "mad men" interestingly, number two. number one is "countdown with keith olbermann." number two is "mad men." interesting because this is wildly unpopular with republicans but huge with democrats an

. >> reporter: hi, chuck. the president has had his first full day in seoul and he was asked to weigh in on a potent issue at home, which is that debt commission report. the president kind of dodged the issue whether schae ports the various recommendations by this presidential commission in its early report, but he took a shot across the ballot with those who are already criticizing some of its recommendations. >> before anybody starts shooting down proposals, i think we need to listen. we need gather up all the facts. i set up this commission because precisely i'm prepared to make tough decisions. i can't make them alone. i'm going to need congress to work with me. >> reporter: already a setback. hope there would be some kind of a dale on the korean free trade agreement. it didn't happen. the two parties decided to just wait a few weeks and have the negotiators go back to the drawing board. the same issues are the sticking points. the issues of whether or not u.s. automobiles will be let into the korean marke

." >> now stay tuned for chuck and savannah. >> for chuck and savannah with "the daily rundown." watch the broadcast. >>> test case, the embassy bomber acquitted of all but one charge. is this the first and last civilian trial for gitmo detainees? >>> murkowski proves she's got the right stuff, winning the long shot write-in race for senate. but will her opponent give up the fight? >>> that other alaska paw, the leaked excerpts from sarah palin's new book. who is she citing her sights on? good morning, it's thursday, november 18, 2010, i'm savannah guthrie. i feel like i haven't sat here in weeks. >> this is savannah guthrie, my partner at the white house. you haven't seen her in a while. >> in washington, d.c., it is a fine town. a lot has happened -- >> since we went on the long overseas trip. >> long trip we'll say. i'm chuck todd. also this morning, will taxpayers get their money back? the gm stock offering today will give us a good preview? plus "the daily run down" interview with a potential 2012 candidate, texas governor rick perry. let's get to the rundown. at the top is

three men burst into a chuck e.staurant and held 40 employees and customers at gunpoint while they robbed the store. cameras caug the men on tape. fortunately, no one was injured. apparently at one point a gunman pointed a gun at a ild. police are still looking for the robbers. >>> a new online video series is trying to put a face on the tragedy of distracted driving. department of transportation launch this campaign yesterday to raise awareness of talking and texting while behindhe wheel. called faces of distracted driving. these video feature family and friends of those killed in accidents where distracted driving was the cause. last ye 5,500 died and half a million injured with distracte drivers. >>> coming up, live team coverageof the wild weather which blew through overnight. lights knocked over. debris everywhere. reports of a tornado. >>> prince william and kate >>> it was a wild weather night. while mst of you slept, severe storms tore through the region. take a look at scenes around town. strong winds rippe

i'm chuck todd, and yes, savannah guthrie. we thought she was going to be back today, but she's getting one more day. trust me, i'll take advantage of that down the road. also this morning, general motors boosts its stock size in advance of a landmark ipo. could be the biggest u.s. offering ever. how about that government bailout? plus, the daily rundown interview with senator orrin hatch. and where are the republican presidential candidates that should be throwing their hat into the ring by now? the slow start to 2012, ahead. >>> let's get to the rundown, and we're going to start with nancy pelosi in the house, where it looks like she and her top lieutenants will hold on to all of their top jobs despite midterm elections that spent dozens of their colleagues packing. kelly o'donnell is capitol hill correspondent. huge change election, everyone wants change, and the players are exactly the same on both sides of the aisle. >> reporter: the people who don't want change are the people who have devoenjoyed their leadership positio

chuck bell thinks some of you will start traveling f thanksgiving. you might want to avoid the outer loop of the beltway inned alexandria. the far right lane is clod between eisenhower and evident of telegraph road. that cuts off access to the north king highway. huntington avenue and telegraph road exits. 6:10 right now. up next the exclusive it's been called the headquarters for a cat rescue group. w see why animal control officers are calling this house anything but safe for cats or humans. >>> some real life drama on the set of one of tv's hottest reality shows. what brought [ speaking foreign language ] >>> live pictures from vatican city this morning where a special ceremony is going on right now that so le elevating several dozen new cardinals or archbishops to cardinals. >> archbishop wuerl is being elevated to cardinal. >>> west potomac high scho made headlines by getting rid of fs. the principal got an f on the policy. students would get an i for incomplete rather than an f. students would beencouraged to complete work rather than get a fai

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chuck todd is the nbc news political director. chuck, good morning. >> good morning. >> and we just heard there savannah detail, the president headed out to asia with high hopes, hoping to boost the economy here at home, and a lot of people have used the word disappointing. to sum up the president's trip. is that a fair characterization? >> well, look, the most tangible thing that the white house believes they thought they were going to get out of this trip, republicans in congress, and democrats in congress, they thought he would get from this trip is a trade deal with south korea. going to be a big deal. this is a deal that has been, the first time it was negotiated, president bush was sitting in the oval office. not president obama. he wanted to renegotiate this thing. they thought they would have it done, be able to bring it home, and get it approved by this congress. that's not going to happen. that's delayed. and that would have been the best deliverable that he could have brought home. and right before he left, he had said,

jim vance talks to iconic musician chuck brown. >>> possible solutions to a widespread dish washing dilemma. viewers share their answers on how to prevent cloudy glasses from coming out of clean dish washs. and we'll take to you a breath taking winter exhibit that has a dr. seuss twist this year. >>> butfirst, are we giving up our privacy rights just to fly? one virginia man believes so. and he is going for a nationwide boycott of those full body scanners at airports on the busiest travel day of the year. julie carey has details on what is being call natial opt-out day. >> reporter: he flies about eight to ten times a year and he has not yet been through a full body scanner. but he already knows, they violate his sense of privacy. >> i think it an unreasonable search. i don't think the gernment has the right to be able to see under anyo's clothes that they want. i think it is very unreasonable measure. >> reporter: that's why he created a webb called opt-out day.com. he hopes it will prompt what he calls a national act of civil obedience on november 24th. the bu day befe thanksgiving. he is

nbc's chuck todd is in lisbon. chuck, good morning. >> good morng, thomas.has been almost exclusively afghanistan. there has been meetings with president obama, president karzai of afghanistan and the discussion is all about the withdrawal strategy. yesterday president obama laid it out, begin the transition to ghan security forces in afghanistan in 2011. and it would end in 200014. no hamid karzai would like to see that process sped up. of course a lot of the american public would also like to see that sped up. we'll see if some sort of agreement can come out of here at this point, though it does look like nato is pretty unified on this new u.s. strategy, thomas. >> chuck, thank you. as one of the busiest travel weeks of theear approaches, the tsa isreparing for the onslaught of complaints over its new body scans and pat-downs. but uniformed airline pilots will be spared from the aggressive screenings. instead they will have to pass through metal detectors at airport checkpoints and show photo i.d.s. >>> alaska's senate candidate joe miller says he will tak

alan wang is live at the chuck-e-cheese in newark. and they released disturbing video of masked gunmen robbing and terrorizing these families. >> carolyn, they are trying to get people with information to come forward. tonight chuck-e-cheese's was back up on again after a crime that may be considered appalling by other criminals. it was just before 10:00 on saturday night when three gunmen took over the chuck-e-cheese's restaurant in newark. in this surveillance video released today, one points a gun to the head of a young employee who stayed curled up on the floor. >> just let them run around at chuck-e-cheese and you let your kids play. wow, very shocked. >> they wounded up the rest of the employees and several families with chirp,-- children, about 40 people in all. then they put them in a store room as they emptied the cash register. not knowing if they were still in the restaurant the victims decided to call 9-1-1. by the time the police arrived, the suspects were gone. >> what ind could of person would do that? >> somebody who i

chuck, good morning. >> well, good morning, savannah. look, the president got here a couple hours ago. he's doing sort of the -- doing some of the celebratory things that you do when you land in a foreign country. meeting with the head of the portuguese government, both the president and the prime minister. but then it's on to the business at hand, and as you previewed, two things out of this that matter most to the white house and to the president politically in the short term. number one is this issue of afghanistan, and what is the withdrawal timeline. and what the united states is going to outline and what the president hopes nato nations embrace is this idea, as afghan army -- the afghan army stands up, nato and u.s. troops can begin to stand down as they move in sort of a geographical nature around afghan's provinces, so that would mean the beginning of some form of a withdrawal in 2011, but not ending until 2014. and, of course, selling that politically to the american public is going to be a lot trickier frankly than it is even w

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first a quick check on our forecast with meteorologist chuck bell.ain live as always. >> a good day. >> yesterday was gorgeous. >> i'll report back on our next weather segment how many nice weekends in a row this really has been because i think it's been the better part of five or six weekends in a row almost completely rain free let alone warmer than average. another good looking picture outsidfrom our city camera view. the jefferson memorial on the right. the washingtononument in the middle. abraham lincoln out of view to the left. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s now right in the city of washington but low 40s now across most of the suburbs from arlington on out to leesburg and manassas up into the low 40s now. plenty of sunshine. i do think we're going to have decent amounts of sun today. clouds will begin to increase a bit by later on this afternoon as a very weak cool front sort of hangs around the area but still temperatures mild by november standards, upper 50s to near 60 degrees again this afternoon and we'll be back into the 60s tomorro

she does a lot of great work. >>> let's turn to chuck bell now. the weather is your baby. >> that's right. and i've carried this baby all weeklong and now -- >> i don't know how to get out of that either. >> nice weather for today. a little bit of a concern for the "monday night football" game tomorrow. deil those conces up next. [ female announcer ] keurig has over 200 varieties gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. it's the way to individually brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew, hon. [ fele announcer ] choose. br. enjoy. keurig. (voice 2) how bad is it? (voice 1) traffic's off the chart... (voice 2) they're pinging more targets... (voice 3) isolate... prevent damage... (voice 2) got 'em. (voice 3) great exercise guys. let's run it again. can you tell me what f-stop you had the aperture set to? uhprettyig. and the shutter speed? really...[snaps]...quick. how did you compensate for the diminished light? very well, thank you. with features like compa long zoom, leica lenses, and intelligent auto, lumix cameras make amazing

meteorologist chuck bell joins us in the studio now. chuck, it's hard to believe today could be as great as yesterday was. >> i would agree. it's probably not going to b that nice. yesterday, that was bonus material. >> pretty exceptional. >> even warmer than i thought it s going to be. admission there. thought it woulstay around 60 degrees. 66 yesterday afternoon. >> we'll forgive you. >> bonus credit. today a lot closer to the mid and upper 50s so still very pleasant by mid to late november standards. outside right now just a few fair wther clouds drting overhead. the cold front is slowly drifting its way down through the area. temperatures aren't all that much different than yesterday morning. 32 in manassas but 44 in downtown washington. 32 martinsburg. 47 annapolis. 36 degrees in springfield and waldorf. temperatures later on this afternoon with a mix of clouds and sunshine out there. i think gradual ly clouds will e on the increasas we pick more of an east and northeasterly breeze. so limiting amounts of sunshine will keep tempera

chuck, thanks. >>> you heard what chuck just reported about, afghanistan. at the same time the u.s.s escalating its on the ground war tactics in afghanistan by bringing in some big ticket hardware associated with more conventional ground war. tonight, lester holt is in afghanistan for this weekend's broadcast. he's at bagram airfield tonight. lester, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. the marines are bringing in 16 m1a1 battle tanks. into helmand province. they should be here in about three months. the marines say this gives the commanders on the ground more flexibility to strike hard and fast and not wait for attack aircraft. meantime, i just returned from helmand province earlier today where i had a chance to visit with the general in charge of operations there, major general richard mills. he took me by helicopter to the town of marjah. marjah earlier this year was the scene of a major marine offensive. they took the town back from the taliban. we were able to walk around the central parts of marjah safely. the edges of the town still having problems, still ied attac

they forced their way into a chuck e. cheese friday night. they forced 40 people into a storeroom. >> cheryl, what was supposed to be a fun night has turned into a horrifying nightmare while parents and children were eating pizza and playing games. three masked gunmen robbed the place. police have no suspects and very few leads. this whole thing unfolded saturday night just before 10 p.m. at this chuck e. cheese about one hour before closing time. three masked gunmen put everyone into a storeroom. from inside, parents and employees called 9-1-1 to report the robbery in progress and stayed on the phone with dispatchers while police officers surrounded the place. they had no idea if the gunmen were still inside the restaurant since they were placed inside that storeroom. when police finally went into chuck e. cheese they realized the suspect had already taken off. they can't believe a robbery happened to such a friendly family place. >> i have two boys. we used to go over there once in a while. but now, kind of -- i mean, when people just get i

thank you, chuck. >> tough crowd. >>> 9:49.to know what donovan mcnabb and chris cooley are like off the football field? lindsay czarniak found out when she sat down for lunch with their better half. >> the game hasn't started but we can tell you dye's illinois northwestern football game will be one sided. we'll ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] we know you've got a lot on your plate at thanksgiving. ich is why safeway has everything you need to get it all done. right now get a safeway frozen turkey for just 47 cents a pound. that's our promise. that's ingredients for life. safeway. >>> wrigley field in chicago has some pretty unique dimension and it's causing some uniq rules in today's game between illinois and northwestern. they will play with just one end zone. the back of one of the end zones sits a foot away from the brick wall. two teams will go the same way en they are on offense. both athletic directors say it's not ideal but the safety of players is most important. >> interceptions will be very interesting. >>> they say behind

i'm news4 meteorologist chuck be.sunshine out therend a bright blue sky, temperatures will be well above average by later on this afternoon. 34 degrees in fairfax. 33 in winchester and front royal. 27 in martinsburg. temperatures into the mid 60s this afternoon for a high temperature. another mild day coming up for tomorrow. clouds will return on monday with a chance for showers monday afternoon. rain looks more likely into the day on tuesday. if you wuld like to get your college football forecast on your morning show, send me an e-mail and we will get as many college forecasts on as we can. >> a full hour of news and weather and live reports and sports coming up in half an hour. fonow, back to new york and the "today" show. >>> and we're back on this saturday morning, november 13th, 2010. it is shaping up to be a beautiful fail day in the northeast. want to thank everyone for coming out on our plaza and joining us this morning. i'm amy robach along with lester holt. and still to come in this half hour, sarah palin, s

>> schieffer: today on "face the nation," the tea party's rand paul, and democrat chuck schumer. is the partisan divide wider than ever? polls show americans want compromise, but can washington find a way? with a lame duck congress reconvening to deal with extending the bush tax cuts and other crucial budget issues, the outlook isn't promising, from what the two sides are saying. but what do we know? so we'll try to get answers from the tea party's new hero, kentucky senator-elect rand paul; and democratic stalwart chuck schumer, the new york senator. then, i'll have some thoughts on even stormier political forecasts for next year. but first, the search for common ground on "face nation." captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning again. we welcome to the "face the nation" studios for the first time the newly elected senator from kentucky, rand paul. mr. paul, thank you very much for coming. congratulations. polls show overwhelmingly that voters want t

mask gunmen took over a chuck e cheese in newark. happened on saturday night. we have that story for you agent later. tonight police release surveillance video of the crime. you can see robbers pushing people to the ground. again we are going to have more on the story for you coming up in just a few moments. but for the moment let's move on. the governor plan to help california bottom line by selling state owned buildings is facing even more criticism tonight. he has cut a deal to sell as you have heard 2 dozen buildings. opponent say item a bad move financialally and some say it's down right illegal. mark has the story. >>reporter: in san francisco the buildings included in the sale are the home of the state supreme court and public utility commission building on van ness. in oakland the state office building is also part of the deal along with state buildings if sacramento and los angeles. the sale would raise as much as 1.3 billion this year but taxpayers would have to pay 1.4 bill i don't know to rent the buildings back over the next 35 years. today south b

"chuck," he's a good guy.o, mma legend, frank shamrock, is here to tell us about a big fight night coming up on showtime. then we have some great, great music from the frames, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] glen hansard fans, we've got a new band, good rock and roll. that's a lot of show. all right, guys. it's thursday, which means it's time to remix the clips. here we go. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: this is where we take stuff we found on the internet and tv, stuff that's funny, weird or interesting, and we have our very own questlove remix it right there. yeah. [ cheers and applause ] a talented man. this first clip made headlines this week. barbara walters was interviewing sarah palin for an upcoming news special. at one point she asked the former alaska governor about her presidential ambitions. >>> i'm looking at the lay of the land now, and trying to figure that out. if it's a good thing for the country, for the discourse, for my family, if it's a good thing. >> if you ran for president, coul

chu chuck? >> all right. some news in the next 30 or 40 minutes to see if the ethics committee will somehow grant a delay. thanks very much. >>> well, let's move on to iraq. with 50,000 u.s. troops now left in that country, the obama administration is looking at how the u.s. withdrawal from iraq might be a model for afghanistan. this weekend at a nato summit in po portugal, the u.s. will reportedly present a plan for ending the u.s. combat mission in afghanistan by 2014. so, are there lessons to be learned from iraq? with us now to discuss this and the formation of a new iraqi government, the former u.s. ambassador to iraq. i have to start with the news of the weekend and that is this on again off again agreement to form a new government. it seems as if this is a lot shakier than the administration presented. i want to play for you a sound bite from senator lindsey graham from over the weekend on his concerns about what happened. >> i think i'm in the wing that wants to look outward and have effective engagem

chuck e.heese restaurant last weekend. theresa garcia is live outside the east bay restaurant. theresa. >> well, first off the hope is that by releasing this video it will help capture the suspects. this is a crime that is even more riveting because of how bold these suspects were rounding up families with their children at a usually family-friendly place. this takeover happened at the chuck e. cheese restaurants in newark just before 10:00 saturday night. you can see one of three masked gunmen pointed the gun to the head of a young employee who stayed curled up on the floor. they gathered together the 40 or so people in the restaurant including employees and several families with children, forced them into a storeroom and emptied the cash register. the victims decided to call 9-1-1. by the time police arrived, the suspects were gone. although no one was physically injured, it's unknown if it will psychologically impact the adults or children involved. >> we tried to ignore that it happened. b

chuck, thanks as always. >>> one more note. one man in the news, david axelrod will be among david gregory's guests sunday morning on "meet the press." >>> we go to the west coast in san diego where there are 4,500 people tonight very happy to be on dry land. that carnival cruise liner that became a dead in the water nightmare voyage is now safely tied up at the dock and the passengers are talking. you can say that again. hey, miguel, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. after a fire in the generator room, the "splendor" was afloat without power for three days. 3,3 persons, 1,1 huh crew members with no access to hot food or hot water, and even without restrooms for some time. now they're all back on shore and they're relieved to share their stories. pulled by tug boats, escorted by coast guard cutters, it made san diego harbor at sunrise after three days adrift in the pacific. passengers raised their arms in victory as family and spectators welcomed them home. on land, they shared stories and home video of a dream vacation

they forced their way into a chuck e. cheese friday night. they forced 40 people into a storeroom. >> cheryl, wt was supposed to be a fun night has turned into a horrifying nightmare while parents and children were eating pizza and playing games. three masked gunmen robbed the place. police have no suspects and very few leads. this whole thing unfolded saturday night just befo 10 p.m. at this chuck e. cheese about one hour before closing time. thre masked gunmen put everyone into a storeroom. from inside, parents and employees called 9-1-1 to report the robbery in progress and stayed on the phone with dispatchers while police officers surrounded the place. they had no idea if the gunmen were still inside the restaurant since they were placed inside that storeroom. when police finally went into chuck e. chse they realized the suspect had already taken off. they can't believe a robbery happened to such a friendly family place. >> i have two boys. we used to go over there once in a while. but now, kind of -- i mean, when people just get in and h

but just as rely, so does the name chuck brown.r almost half a century, the godfather of go-go has been not just making music but creating a genre. but it is decidedly not funk. that's on chuck brown's mind when he started this orny other. >> the thing on my smind to thank god for allowing me to wake up again. and to see another beautiful day, whether it is rainy, cloudy, snowy, whatev. and the next thing on my mind is my grand children. my children are grown now and they're doing well. i'm so proud of them. they had the opportunity to -- they had the opportunities i nevehad. there's no comparison. the kind of love they give me. there is no comparison. and i just thank god for them every day. then after that, i think about what we do for the next show. >> now you are what? 70 what? >> 74. 74 years old. >> and every day, are you still thinking about your music? >> absolutel absolutely. and i thank god that he gave never energy to make a little noise, move around a ttle bit. and you know,ike in, when i hit that stage, if i'm -- i for

>> chuck todd, with all things political tonight in our washington newsroom. chuck, thanks. now more on what we mentioned, the election night result. we mentioned at the top of the broadcast here tonight, the stunning comeback of alaska republican senator lisa murkowski. our own kristen welker has been covering this race since election night and she's still there, with us again tonight from anchorage. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. incumbent senator lisa murkowski is on the brink of making history. he's about to become only the second person since 1954 to win a senate seat through a write-in candidacy. election officials spent seven days counting more than 100,000 write-in ballots, and lisa murkowski has built up a 10,000 vote lead over her rival, joe miller. miller argued a lot of those votes shouldn't count due to things like spelling errors. even if you toss out all of those contested ballots, she still has a very strong lead over miller. now, miller did beat murkowski during the gop primary, bolstered by the support of the tea party and sarah palin. joe

chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian.he president faces two big foreign policy challenges on this short trip to europe. one, work with nato to come up with some sort of exit straity out of afghanistan. and two, reassure he has political capital at home to get a nuclear arms treaty with russia ratified. after a ceremonial welcome in lisbon, president obama set out his chief goal for this summit. nato agreement on an eventual exit strategy from afghanistan. >> i look forward to working with our nato partners as we move toward a new phase, a transition to afghan responsibility that begins in 2011. >> reporter: experts say there's no guaranty afghan force also be ready by then. >> make no doubt about it, this has nothing to do with the reality with the on the ground military situation in afghanistan. >> reporter: transition, not withdrawal is the key word now. both the president and vice president are using it repeatedly. >> so this summit is a perfect opportunity to align an approach to transition in afghanistan. >> we are g

>> chuck todd with the president in lisbon for us tonight. chuck, thanks. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel isere with me at bagram airfield. richard, you watched the drawdown in iraq. you've covered this war. what does this mean for u.s. troops? >>our more years of combat operations, lester. that means for many troops, at least one, possibly two more combat deployments, and after that a relatively open-ended training operation. it means four more years in afghanistan, just to get where we are in iraq today. >> a right. nbc's richard engel. richard, thanks very much. we'll note you'll be back later in the broadcast with another story for us. >>> we want to continue here tonight, earlier i took a chopper ride with a top marine inelmand province. majo gener richard mills. we went to the townf marjah where coalition forces and the taliban engage in one of the fiercest battles of this w. months after the massive offensive began, mills and his troops continue to fight the enemy, while also trying to win over the people. >>> wit was one of the r's big

chuck todd will go inside the numbers a little bit, chuck. let's talk about the house right now. go inside the fight for the senate. magic number is ten for the republicans. >> let's look at the path to ten here. four democratic seats that look like democratics have. the question is, where do they get six more? let's move along. they believe the republican -- these ones in yellow, you talked about all three races, that the republican wins will get them these three seats, pennsylvania, illinois and colorado. that gets them to seven. how do they find three more? these are the four toughest hills to climb for the republicans, these four in red. west virginia, nevada, california, and washington. republicans think they'll get nevada, but it's a real coin flip as far as turnout is concerned. washington is the next best shot. the problem they have is they have to win one of west virginia in california and california and this week both republican candidates have faded. >> let's talk about the house here. inside the numbers, the key number is 39. that's what republicans need. you're looki

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i am chuck todd. also this morning, the unusual presidential candidate, who is he and who are the folks behind his candidacy, and we'll reveal it in a few minutes. let's get to the rundown, and we will start in jakarta, and we will begin with the president returning to his home when he was 5 years old. the white house says he will have to cut the trip short because of the volcanic ash. he is wrapping up a dinner now, and i understand that. will he have to leave before he gives his big speech? >> i don't think so. that is the priority for aides here. the speech will go forward. it's really some of the other items on the agenda up in the air. he has the visit to the mosque, the largest mosque in southeast asia. he was supposed to visit that and pay his respect at an official cemetery here that is like arlington national cemetery. still very much up in the air as is the volcanic ash. the volcano. turns out the white house is looking at just a window in which they feel his plane can take off safely. i thi

chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. look, things haven't been easy for president obama on this current trip. the longesof his presidency, by the way. as he prepares to rern to washington, the political problems he has to resolve, like how to deal with the so-called bush tax cuts, particularly for the wealthy, getting more complicated by the hour. president obama left f asia three days after the midterm elections, looking overseas for a political victory or two. but after crisscrossing as, the president doesn't have a lot to show for his efforts. no trade deawith south korea. no resolution with china over their currency valuation. no coolingf tensions between india and pakistan. in south korea today, the president tried to put the best face he could on this trip. >> instead of hitting homeuns, sometimes we're going to hit singles. but they're really important singles. >> reporter: and the president faces a tough reality when he returns home. an emboldened republican house majority. his most pressing issue, what to do wit

chuck todd at the white house tonight. chuck, thanks. >>> it was apparent on wall street today, investors were giddy over the federal reserve's new $600 billion bond buying program, which ben bernanke said was meant in part to raise stock prices. and rise they did. the dow up nearly 220 points, its highest level before the collapse of lehman brothers going back to '08. >>> now to a big story we've been watching, tropical storm tomas approaching haiti over the next 24 hours. as we've been reporting, this could have a devastating impact, even if the center of the storm as predicted passes to the side of haiti. they're in for 24 to 26 hours of torrential rainfall in a place where millions are still without shelter. our coverage begins with meteorologist jim cantore from the weather channel on the track and strength of this storm. jim, did we get those numbers about right? >> yeah, i think so, brian. this is a beautiful tropical island that's been stripped of its trees on the hills. so once you put one, two inches on these hil

chuck bell live in the studio. doesn't feel li november out there or at least later this afternoon. >> feels much more like early october with temperatures this mild. now a lot of the suburbs are down into the 20s and 30s this moing so a little colder there. beautiful oking, early start on the sun rise out there from our city camera view. look at at. nice looking sky out there. just a few mid lev clouds drifting through. they're not going to bring us any chance for rain today so it will be a dry afternoon. try to get outside and do whatever you need to do. temperatures are in the upper 30s and low 40s right around town but the further west you go away from the bay, things have gotten cold once again. culpepper, manassas, warren ton and up into the panhandle of west virginia. temperatures in the 20s. so a little bit colder there. an increase in clouds by later on ts afternoon and tonight. the next real chance for rain, though, i think probably holds off until after the sun goes down tomorrow. any chance for rain dur

three took over the chuck e. cheese restaurant as a result night.tives have few leads and hope someone will come forward with information leading to the suspects. >> police have brought barricades to u.c.'s mission bay campus in san francisco where the board of regents will meet again today. hundreds of u.c. students and workers are expected to protest where regents are proposing another round of fee hikes and cuts to work he recalls benefits. >> the nation's top airport security official will get another grilling before congress. he has to explain to a senate panel the rational behind those controversial patdown searches that some passengers must undergo. those passengers complain the technique is invasive and are demanding change. the latest on these stories at 6:00. house democrats vote today whether to name nancy pelosi to the chamber's minority leader post. pelosi is expected to win the post with broad support from liberals but there is opposition from blue dog democrats. house democrats met with pelosi yesterday, the first time since the midte

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what was supposed to be a fun night at chuck e.rned into a nightmare when three gunmen stormed in to rob the place. a story in a live report. >> and a live look ferry building once again and also the flags unfurled because it's breezy. that's keeping temperatures warmer than our average high this time of year. records on the way. i'll tell you where. >> so far all you need to look out for are the windy conditions at the bay bridge. no other accidents right now. >> 5:30 this monday. hope you had a great weekend. let's keep that feeling going. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. the marin county of tiburon, police are combing that normally quiet community looking for a driver who led police on a chase that ended in a crash involving the suspect vehicle and a police car. terry mcsweeney is live in tiburon with the latest. terry? >> police going yard to yard in the area near tiburon bui build -- boulevard and looking for the man who led them on that chase, a man they think did the exact same thing one week ago. take a look at pictures