united methodist claremont school founded in 1885. it partnered with southern california's academy of jewish religion and the islamic center of southern california to form this new school. students attending the school can get master's degrees in studies and muslim counseling. >> i would like you to stand or turn in the direction that you normally pray. >> all are required to take classes like this that emphasize inner religious education and understanding. many of the students feel they cooperate get this kind of multifaith education anywhere else. >> most of the reason i am here is i look to other colleges and other programs and it appeared that they were preparing students to be leaders in the church of yesterday. claremont is training people to be in the church of tomorrow. >> the ambition to train muslim clerics is important to a muslim american student of iranian decent. >> we need to have a voice that's an american voice as muslims. having somebody in saudi arabia tell us how it should be in america is in my opinion not the way

>> reporter: but skepticism remains high. >> it's fine for claremont. it would not be good for us. >> reporter: dennis durings is the dean of the talbott school of theology in california, a christian multidenominational evangelical institution. he says religious clarity not a mixing of faiths is essential to religious school arguing the multifaith approach could weaken the curriculum and anger alumni and other campus supporters. >> we're frequently asked do you admit non-christians here? they want to know. they want to hold us accountable for that. so that's something we want to look at. >> reporter: and they want to make sure non-christians are not here? >> well, yes, not as enrolled students because they're afraid of... they're fearful of diffusion of the curriculum. >> reporter: but do you think it's easy for faiths to co-habitate like that in theological instruction... >> no, i think it's very difficult. i think there are great challenges. >> reporter: however, at claremont they think the future is on their side in an increasingly multifaith america

the flames a slowdown before reaching the claremont hotel.rom the air, the scope of the damage is almost unbelievable. homeowners returned to find little of their former lives. some families are doubly lucky. this young girl was forced to abandon her head cat. >> what was going through your mind? >> that we would not see her anymore, that she was dead. >>pam: is 672 hours for firefighters to get the blaze under control. 25 people were killed in the firestorm, thousands of homes, apartments and condominiums were destroyed. the cost was more than 1.5 billion in damage. >>marty: republican president candid it herman cain has shot to the top of the pulls with his 999 tax plan. it is taking a beating by components. the white house hopeful says he is dropping a no. 9 for some americans. >>marty: 909. if you are at or below the poverty level, you do not pay that 9 percent tax on your income. >>marty: his plan involves a 9% raise on taxes. the time is 8:48 a.m., let's check in with henry. >>henry: i am so sorry. we were just talking about maharajas.

went down to a small school in los angeles, claremont mckenna, and came back here for law school and graduated. went to work here in city hall immediately upon passing the bar on the first drive. and work here in city hall for a few years. then lightning struck and i was appointed as a member of the board of supervisors in august of 2004 and have been here ever since. most people would call me a moderate. i have a knack and a love for the law. i saw a way to combine that love with service to the political process. i think having watched campaigns not as a candidate, i do not appreciate the kind of thick skin you need is a candidate. being a candidate, it is not the easiest thing in the world. i have come since then to really appreciate my opponent, in the sense that while i may disagree with them, we have policy disagreements, they are putting their foot on the line. they're stepping into the arena. this is a lot about them. being a candidate is not an easy endeavor, and you have to respect anybody who does that. >> you are all about to get an introduction to the fairly daunting numb

that roadway at claremont and glenview drive has been repaired.he barricades as you just saw have been taken down. eight people were killed, 38 homes destroyed in that disaster. >>> the trial against the accused underwear bomber ended today with a surprise guilty plea. he admitted he concealed a bomb in his pants and tried to blow up a northwest airlines flight near detroit on christmas day in 2009. heeled to the court that he did it to -- heeled to the court he did -- he told the court to save innocent muslim lives. >>> there is a problem and it's spreading closer to home. >> coming up, the issues facing millions of blackberry users and what's causing it. >>> we thought this would be fun but it was a into the mayor. >> what prompted this 911 call from a family trying too -- trying to get into the halloween spirit. >>> temperatures are warm in the bay area and it's goingget even warmer. we'll talk about that coming up. ,, ,,,,,, state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just

exits through tunnels in the east bay hills, to where the hayward fault glimpse the back side of the claremontotel, to where it makes the unkindest cut of all, splitting memorial stadium, we have now had three magnitude 3-plus quakes in a week in this general area. this part of the fault has sprung 15 small quakes since december 2006. what we know it means is that this is an active part of the 35-mile-long fault. now, does it mean that it's getting closer to springing a big one? like the magnitude 7 quake in october 1868? i'll tell thursday, we're not getting farther away from the next big quake. and 60 minutes from now, we are going to be talking with usgs geologist david schwartz who will tell us whether or not these series of quakes have anything to say about the next big quake on the hayward fault. so we'll chat with you then, allen. >> all right. a lot of people hoping these little ones just release some pressure and put off the big one but it's going to happen sometime. >> reporter: well, a quake like last night is 1/30,000th the energy of a 6.5 so there is no way that it has anything to

for 43 years they lived in the home at the corner of claremont and fair fontmont. just several hundred feet from where the natural gas pipeline exploded last year. they barely made it out. >> is tried to opt front door so-to-see if we can walk. >> their dog made it out in the car, everything else, gone. they want to rebuild but insurance company is creating more problems than its solving. >> when we turned in the information that was we got from the insurance company to our architect he said they don't know what costs are here in the bay area. >> and united policy holders is a nonprofit group that just did a survey of the household that's found 45% have yet to reach a settlement on the part of the claim dealing with the home. 50% are under insured by average $200,000. and 50% said they received low ball repair rebuilding estimates from their insurance companies. >> and this is between 50% and 75% of the people that lose everything in the disaster come up short on their coverage. >> the executive direct jerz in some ways, san bruno is unusual but challenge with insu

the city's mayor and other officials will take part in a ceremony at claremont and glenview. >>> 5:21. a little prehalloween fun turns into anything but. >> we thought this was fun, instead it's a nightmare. [ crying ] >> the dramatic 911 call, this after a family gets lost in a corn maze. ♪ [ cellphone rings ] cut! [ monica ] i have a small part in a big movie. i thought we'd be on location for 3 days, it's been 3 weeks. so, i used my citi simplicity card to pick up a few things. and i don't have to worry about a late fee. which is good... no! bigger! bigger! [ monica ] ...because i don't think we're going anywhere for a while. [ male announcer ] write your story with the new citi simplicity card. no late fees. no penalty rate. no worries. get started at citisimplicity.com. [ joycelin ] it was a typical morning. i was getting ready for work, and then i got this horrible headache, and then i blacked out. [ female announcer ] ...who thought she had reached the end of her story. [ joycelin ] the doctor told me i had two brain aneurysms and that one of them had ruptured. [ female announc

the kind of stuff that's being celebrated from claremont, new hampshire, to waller county, texas, now they can get their hands on federal money. the stuff is popular, overwhelmingly americans say the government should spend more to keep teachers and cops and firefighters on the job. to pay for it, taxes on corporations and rich folks, please. that's what the polling says at least. republicans hate this idea in the abstract. we've seen this movie before, says republican senator john mccain. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says, quote, it's disappointing senate democrats are still focused on the same temporary stimulus spending. republicans hate this idea in the abstract, but in the specific, it's garden city, idaho, it's muscatine, iowa, urbandale, iowa, it is oakland, california, it is cold spring, minnesota, where the most emphatic i hate stimulus republican presidential candidate michele bachmann recently requested some of that nice cops program funding because it was her district. and cold spring could use that funding. it would be a good use of money there and really help c

at claremont and glenview drive. >>> 6:13. a foiled terror plot has prompted a new security alert for americans. coming up next, we are going to have a loo report from washington on the alleged murder -- a live report from washington on the alleged murder plot. >> plus what prompted a ground beef recall in southern california. >>> high pressure in the bay area, we are in for a spectacular day. a little cool in spots to start you out. we'll talk about the warmer temperatures coming up. >>> 6:16. a warning for americans to be on alert for possible terrorist activity this morning. >> yeah. susan mcginnis joins us live from washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, grace and frank. >> what's the latest on the plot now? >> reporter: well, the latest on the travel warning is that americans traveling abroad or anywhere worldwide are supposed to be on alert for terrorism and also anyone in the u.s., as well. this is after this incredible sting operation that nabbed this arbabsiar in a plot that is like an episode of "24." t

the flames slowed before reaching the claremont hotel.rom the air, the scope of the damage is almost unbelievable. homeowners returned to find little of their former lives. some families are doubly lucky. this young girl was forced to abandon her cat. >> we were not having a house anymore and i thought that sam was dead. >>pam: it was 72 hours before that fire was declared under control. hundreds of homes and condominiums destroyed. the total dollar loss was more than $1.5 billion. >>pam: stocks finished mixed today. >>catherine: stocks were your first winner. >> apple pulled down nasdaq. there were gains after the associated press said it will be a sunday meeting in europe and a wednesday meeting. the market freaked out a little bit. some of the data that came out, strong manufacturing and weeklieweekly jobless claims are down. things are going well. >>catherine: maummar gaddafi is dead you are saying that oil prices will not go down? >>rob: they will not. if you take a look at what happened in egypt, their military was running over peop