curiosity has to be with living in an environment where you get exposed and your curiosity grows and you can channel that sort of curiosity. the kids that succeed are curious because that curiosity is encouraged. >> i take your point, but i think it goes beyond simple economics, kids can be curious about a couple of blocks. you don't need complicated toys to be curious. to me, it is much more about the environment. there are lots of parents that are encouraging their kids ask questions. that is what built curiosity more than anything else. tavis: no matter how carias i might be, if my situation means i never get outside of these blocks, how does curiosity get for the rest? >> i think there is no question that there are different opportunities when they come from different economic backgrounds. curiosity transcends that more. i will absolutely take the point. there are different kinds of opportunities. tavis: since when is the power of character hit in? -- hidden? when you say the hidden power of character, where is it hidden? >> the importance of it is headed in the school system. ce

could curiosity have discovered life itself?ife it could detect is something that walked in front of the camera. >> reporter: that would indeed would be amazing. but curiosity doesn't have the equipment to confirm the presence of life. but we could expect details at a san francisco conference two weeks from now. health and science editor john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> a massive 100 car pile up in texas kills two people. hear what investigators are learning about the conditions at the time of this horrific crash. how do you do that? well, inside the brewer, there's this train that's powerful enough to carry more coffee and fresh water to make coffee that's stronger and bigger... and even hotter! actually, i just press this button. brew the coffee you love -- stronger, bigger, or hotter -- with the keurig vue. some people put everything intotheir 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 neighbor

. >>> after spacecraft's nail biting landing curiosity scientist will make the history discovery. >> it was a great teaser, the worth earth shaking was used. >> space analyst buddy nelson is not involved with the mission but points out that nasa designed curiosity to find organic molecules with a scooper and anna lieser. >> it will rewrite the book if we find what we think. >> curiosity discovered that water flowed in the crater where it landed and others suggest that liquid water may exist and on earth where there's water and organic molecules there is life, could curiosity have discovered life. >> the only life that could have detected something that walked in front of the camera. >> the rover didn't confirm the presence of life. scientists reveal the details in would weeks is planned. john faller, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> on thanksgiving it is customary to take stock of what we are thankful for and we asked people in the bay area what they are grateful for. >> i am grateful for my studies. >> the beautiful city and the ocean, pretty, pretty darn lucky. >> my daughter was diagnose

. >>> after spacecraft's nail biting landing curiosity scientist will make the history discovery. >> it was a great teaser, the worth earth shaking was used. >> space analyst buddy nelson is not involved with the mission but points out that nasa designed curiosity to find organic molecules with a scooper and anna lieser. >> it will rewrite the book if we find what we think. >> curiosity discovered that water flowed in the crater where it landed and others suggest that liquid water may exist and on earth where there's water and organic molecules there is life, could curiosity have discovered life. >> the only life that could have detected something that walked in front of the camera. >> the rover didn't confirm the presence of life. scientists reveal the details in would weeks is planned. john faller, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> on thanksgiving it is customary to take stock of what we are thankful for and we asked people in the bay area what they are grateful for. >> i am grateful for my studies. >> the beautiful city and the ocean, pretty, pretty darn lucky. >> my daughter was diagnose

this is part curiosity, park peace of mind.i disney this to a type of work they're doing. >> and on top of that this is just a band-aid. will you be making sure they do it right? >> i talked to a council person who was here the day allowance. she told me the story from her standpoint and where the pipe broke. based on the information and for much what i've been watching them do it's just curiosity in part concerned. >> there you have it is a curiosity and concern. there's an excavator there down the road just to make sure that if something happens they call the worker to get out there have been the excavator and get to work. if they had to bring it out on a flatbed truck it would take a little more time. this judgment is happened to walk up to my live shot so i grabbed him. serious and concerned it is going to be a long week for them. >> one of the big visuals we saw the day the mud came down was all the cars that were parallel park that were swamped and inundated with mud. for people skittish about parking out there this weeke

curiosity has made a discovery above ground which is one for the record books.n francisco in two weeks. >> rolling stones celebrated their 50th anniversary with a special show in london. they play their classics. mary jay blige gave joined them. jeff beck joined on guitar. they featured the new song doom and gloom. stones will play one more show in london and three more in the new york area. new jimmy hen directional -- jimi hendrix contains 12 fraction. you will be able to hear them on keyboards, drums and, of course, guitar. forecast is rapidly changing. >> especially by mid-week. low clouds out there right now. you may have noticed a little bit of dense fog in your neighborhood this morning. especially north and east bay locations. we will have that again overnight tonight and early tomorrow morning but probably not as widespread this morning. let's get to live doppler 7hd. we are clear in the north bay right now. current temperatures already in the 40s about napa 46. 54 in san francisco. oakland 53 degrees. 50 in mountain view and los gatos, 49 degrees. this

curiosity's chief scientist says the data is " looking really good. double check the results before announcing what curiosity found at the american geophysical union home sometime next month. a double live look outside the golden gate bridges on the left and there is no problem if you're headed to san francisco. on the right side is the san mateo bridge which is pretty much a consistent shot all morning. traffic is still light, not too bad. those cars are not driving they are parked at the malls. >> some spots are sitting in the upper 30's. it is a cold brisk start to the morning. even see the camera shaking around from our mt. tam cam. sunny and warm conditions will prevail and to the afternoon. similar conditions for tomorrow as well. high pressure will continue to build and we will have some changes to talk about as we head into next week. full details of what to expect in your seven there on the bay forecast. now about is 39 degrees same for vallejo. upper '30's and pleasanton and it could be pretty cold over a stone bridge mall. 46 out the door i

is on mars right now and we are looking forward to the results that will be coming from curiosity. >> history is nothing new, but this next story is about an unusual treasure. you have heard of the spitfire, the plane was best known for its role in defending britain during world war ii. but i bet you did not know that it was buried in burma. it was shipped to the country in 1945. when the war against the japanese came in -- came to an abrupt end, there were buried so they would not fall into the wrong hands. >> they are the plane that helped win the battle of britain. the cease-fire that once -- the spitfire that once fought in the skies over europe. they were shipped to burma, but when the war with japan and its, some say they were buried. some have spent the last 60 years trying to track them down. he believes he has now located more than 30 spitfires, carefully boxed in wooden crates, waiting to be found. >> i knew the airplanes were there. i tracked down eight eyewitnesses. they all told me the same story. i have had professional survey is done by the university of leeds. i have

nasa says mars rover curiosity has made a discovery. they will not say what it is.e on the mars rover is a chemistry lab. nasa wants to double check its results before announcing it. the announcement will become next month at the american geophysical conference. a live look at our roof cam and san francisco. beautiful day around the bay with temperatures a starting to warm up. it's time to change the way we clean. it's time to free ourselves from the smell and harshness of bleach. and free ourselves from worrying about the ones we love. new lysol power & free has more cleaning power than bleach. how? the secret is the hydrogen peroxide formula. it attacks tough stains and kills 99.9% of germs. new lysol power & free. powerful cleaning that's family friendly. another step forward in our mission for health. >> a quick update on the weather forecasts, some really nice weather on tap for the bay area as we head into the weekend. warming up a few degrees from today and tomorrow and the highest highs will be 60s. take a look here, tomorrow 70 degrees and some of the warm

and to engender more curiosity. first on the research then formulating to bring together a scenario of what the book will include. as i go through that process to go down and a path. that is the "dont know much about history that i did hidden history the two books outside the serious or the outgrowth mr. rezaiyeh wanted to tell where bigger and wanted to open and a brief. it is pretty linear. i have a lot of books piled up on my floor. i can work on something and have five 4/6 from books opened i do most of my research and reference from secondary sources also because of the internet to primary sources are so much more available. you can access every presidential archive in the way that few researchers could as a researcher. and as i said earlier it is the unexpected discoveries. what i wasn't looking for that intrigue to me. >> host: karen, you are on booktv with kenneth davis. >> caller: good afternoon. i have been away from booktv the from far too long. we could talk for hours. similar to the lady that wrote to s

nasa says that its mars rover curiosity has made a historic discovery.will have to wait to find out what is. npr's says the discovery came from soil analyzed on or rovers' sample analysts at mars. the rovers on board chemistry lab. the scientists want to double check the results before announcing what curiosity from. >> coming up at 8:00 a.m. black friday shoppers are going in. we will have live reports in san francisco. it is a big day for retail stores and the dallas some of 66 points. a lot you have to get off and we will check your weekend forecast coming up. thrget 3 yearsgiving weekend, interest-free financing and save up to $600 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get 3 years interest-free financing on serta icomfort and tempur-pedic. mattress price wars ends sunday at sleep train. [ female announcer ] nature exists on the grandest scale... ♪ ...and in the tiniest details. ♪

nasa says it's a discovery made by the rover curiosity. coming up for you in nine minutes, we'll have a space expert saying what he thinks that announcement may be. >>> the 49ers say you can forget about all those published reports about the team's quarterback controversy. the team says there is still no final decision on whether quarterback will start against the new orlean saints on sunday. the niners are still waiting for word on whether alex smith is going to get medical clearance following his concussion two weeks ago. some news organizations are reporting collin has already been picked as a starter after his great game against the chicago bears on monday night. >>> all right time now 5:16. we may just suit up tara but she is busy right now. >> my dad said i always had a candy arm. >> at least you know about this mornings traffic right? >> i do. and that is good news. there is basically no traffic outside right now. expect if you are at a strip mall or a mall you know we've got a lot of folks out there for the black friday sales. defi

curiosity should keep generating engine during more curiosity, i think. so i spend a good amount of time generally first on the research and in formulating and bringing together a big picture scenario of what the book will include. and as i go through that process and then start to actually write it to my often go down little side paths. and it is those side paths that came out of don't know much about history that let me finally to do america's hidden history which, as you mentioned, is outside this series, the two books outside of this series or really an outgrowth of my feeling that the stories, some of them were bigger in needed to be expanded on an open up and breathe a little bit more. it's pretty linear, straightforward. i have a lot of books piled up on my floor as an doing this to my chagrin. this can -- i can be working on something and have five or six different books open to pages. i'm going back and forth. i do most of my research and reference from secondary sources, to be very clear. although because of the internet , primary sources are so

torn between wonder at the dysfunction of our national security leaders and of course reluctant curiosity. dan, why does this same thing keep happening? it just happens, these powerful men, even as disciplined as petraeus. you know petraeus. >> i do know him and like him and think he's been a great patriot and public servant. but in answer to your question, i simply don't know. what we do know is it occurs, has occurred not just in our time and our country but all through difficult times. part of it is i think people who reach the pinnacle begin to think they can do things that other people can't do. they think i'm so high, nobody will ever find out about this. best i can do, unless you want to accept what my great grandmother used to say, there's simply no damn good. chris: we'll stop short with that but maybe you want to talk. >> i agree with dan but people in high positions, they're surrounded by yes men and are rarely contradicted and begin to think normal roles of behavior don't apply to them and they're above the law. opportunities arise because you're in that kind of position becau

my curiosity got the best of me and i went through your agenda today. there it was. number one. daryl honda. he is a neighbor of mine. i have known him for at least eight or nine years. i think daryl honda brings a unique skill set that would allow him to be very helpful as a member of the board of appeals. as i said, we are neighbors. we share an alley between 15th and 16th avenue. we have been meeting this alley for a number of years. in the beginning our conversations were about children, schools, the city parks, pools and lake merced. my experience of having served on the planning commission, and i recognize -- having served in those days, our conversations switch to life issues, and dr, discretionary review. it is apparent to me that darryl has a passion for san francisco; is well-trained to sort out conflicting facts. his personality and commitment to teamwork will be a big plus for our city. please approve darryl's nomination to the board of appeals. thank you. >> supervisor kim: thank you. >> my nam

a warning about fraudulent charities that may be targeting you. >>> and remember curiosity? the rover has been bringing us amazing pictures of the mission to mars. the woman who led the mission joins me live. ♪ i wish my patients could see what i see. ♪ that over time, having high cholesterol and any of these risk factors can put them at increased risk for plaque buildup in their arteries. so it's even more important to lower their cholesterol, and that's why, when diet and exercise alone aren't enough, i prescribe crestor. in a clinical trial versus lipitor, crestor got more high-risk patients' bad cholesterol to a goal of under 100. [ female announcer ] crestor is not right for everyone. like people with liver disease or women who are nursing, pregnant or may become pregnant. tell your doctor about other medicines you're taking. call your doctor right away if you have muscle pain or weakness, feel unusually tired, have loss of appetite, upper belly pain, dark urine or yellowing of skin or eyes. these could be signs of rare but serious side effects. ♪ is your cholesterol at

. >>> nasa scientists say the choosiory rover has detected no -- the curiosity rover has detected nonet, curiosity used a laser they found carbon monoxide, nitrogen, oxygen and scientists say it is still possible future tests could find methane. >>> two prominent meteor showers will start tonight, weather permitting, you may be able to see flashes of light and shooting stars. the best viewing is well after midnight in areas free from city lights the meteor showers will be active all month. >> mike will we will have -- will we have clear skies tonight? >> definitely want to go tonight, wednesday to friday the wet weather comes won't be as good then. tonight will be one of the more comfortable nights it won't be very cool. it is almost 5:19 look at how still the bay is from vollmer peak peak in emeryville across the bay bridge to san francisco. radar and satellite, we are picking up nothing but dry air over the area, except for up around santa rosa, still where there's enough lingering moisture for a quarter mile visibility there. something we are going to keep an eye on, watching the

expected to learn more what the curiosity over has found during its study of the martian atmosphere. nasa is expected to give a briefing later today. about three months into a two-year mission to investigate whether conditions on the red e once beenhav favorable for life. today the space shuttle atlantis moved 10 miles to the space center's main tourist spot. it will go on display at the visitor center at cape florida, starting in july. is the last shuttle to orbit the earth. retired shuttles will go on display at other museums. 4:51, 42 degrees. >> redskins quarterback robert not really go the traditional route this halloween. the captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good morning. >> let's check in with jacqui .eras a little chilly outside. i am freezing. it is cold out there. temperatures in the 30's. out a little.ar e moved intoions hav the region. have clear skies, that heat that was during the day to escape back into the atmosphere. that's what we have today. upper level disturbance is to creep through. that could bring clouds and snowflakeower or

out of that curiosity, a friend had told me that she saw him on facebook.i looked, and it showed that he was a cook in sacramento, the va medical center. i look on my work directory and found him and called him in the kitchen. he answered the phone, we exchanged some information. i wanted to make sure that that was who he was. we just hit it off. >> i want to thank you for being with us. jamie fox, now back at the department of veterans affairs. your latest piece is called "accurn't priority as va battles disability claims backlog." this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. back in a minute. >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. at the difficulties faced by veterans returning from wars in iraq and afghanistan on this veterans day. our next guest has raised concerns about the treatment given to u.s. soldiers who suffer blast-related concussions in iraq and afghanistan. stephen xenakis is a psychologist retired brigadier general who has advised the joint chiefs of staff on mental heal

there was remarkable intellectual curiosity inculcated and cultivated at william & mary in williamsburgch he loved. it was a transformative experience for him. >> jon: he and i are just so similar in nature. (laughter) >> i know, i know. (laughter). >> jon: i'm curious how much time he spent there high. because i know for me -- can you stick around? >> sure. >> jon: i want to talk a little bit more. jefferson is truly such a seminal figure in the founding of our country. >> and his views do speak to what we are talking about now. >> jon: no question about it. "thomas jefferson: the art of power." it's on the bookshelves now. fascinating. jon meacham. we'll be right back with more. (cheers and applala >> jon: that's our show. here silt your moment of zen. >> your colleagues privately say that your decision to stay on prohibits the party from having a younger leerership and hurts the party in the long term. what's your response? >> discrimination! ♪ uno ♪ dos ♪ tres ♪ quatro ♪ ah ♪ ah ♪ ah-hoo

to raise a kid ♪ ♪ is there life on mars >> stephen: which explains why nasa named the mars rover curiosity think it's something president obama should be proud of and reveal to the american people. >> stephen: i confronted obama's exoa exeertor with the evidence of his space gayness. >> you know what? we're done with this interview you've all the ridiculous questions you are going to ask of me. i'm done. i'm not answering anymore. thank you. >> stephen: yeah, he's space gay. [ laughter ] and now that that is in the open, who knows what other hidden secret of amazing long distance travel will be revealed next. >> priceline.com. gives you the great deals. [ laughter ] that is another fact but that's not hidden. that is promoted. that is -- we desire the audience to know. priceline d.t. -- priceline.com is a deal. >> stephen: will the fact that barack obama is a gay-stranaut effect the election? it's too soon to tell. one thing we do know is this changes everything. >> i think it's going to be a long begun long time. the touchdown brings me round to find. ♪ ♪ i'm not the man they think i am a

should keep generating and engendering more curiosity suspended good amount of time generally first on a research, then formulating and bringing together a big picture scenario of what the book will include and as i go through that process and then start to actually write it i often go down little side paths. it is those side paths that came out of "don't know much about history: everything you need to know about american history but never learned" that "america's hidden history: untold tales of the first pilgrims, fighting women, and forgotten founders who shaped a nation" which is outside of the series, really an outgrowth of my feeling that the stories i wanted to tell where bigger and needed to be expanded on and open up and read a little more. that is a process that is pretty linear, straightforward. i have a lot of books piled up on my floor as i am doing this to my wife's chagrin. i could be working on something and have five or six books open to pages and going back and forth. i do most of my research and reference from secondary sources, to be very clear. although because o

. >> curiosity got me. i told the college and told the director i was moving company and made up all that crap. we got a warehouse over here and i would like to find somebody who can be office manager, and she wanted to know how many i wanted to look at. i said one, right now. i parked behind the theater at that time. she showed up and got out of her car and got in the van and we talked for a while. i told her i forgot my paper work and all that stuff. can i see you tomorrow? that's when i should have stopped. right there. i kept going. >> for park deets this is a key moment to understand. why did kibby keep going? what was his thinking that allowed him to follow through? to get answers dr. deets must ask the right questions in the right order. >> now when you met her the first time thrks girl what were you thinking you might do? >> i might have been thinking that i get away with this. >> get away with what? >> get away with her. >> what were you going to do? were you going to rape her? >> have sex with her

. >> and curiosity confused the cat when it comes to video games. >> the dogs in the game are makingoise. the cat is like, what is going a feeding frenzy to say the least. a turkey from safeway will have everyone raving. there's fresh, natural, frozen, whatever you're craving. spend 25 and get a frozen safeway turkey for 59 cents a pound. or get another of the best deals around. a frozen butterball, 99 cents a pound. so raise your glass, pull up a chair...grab a plate. this tastier thanksgiving is well worth the wait. safeway. ingredients for life. this tastier thanksgiving is well worth the wait. best of rtm where we let you know about a bonus video on our website. beth, what have you got? >> from jenna marbles, things she doesn't understand about girls, her own gender. >> this could be helpful for guys, too. >> one of the specific things she doesn't understand is goo hoarding, meaning most women have tons and tons of unused beauty products in their bathroom. to hear more about goo hoarding and things she doesn't understand you have to go to the website. >> click on the best of rtm.

. >> jon: you go and you explore with great intellectual curiosity, you find a way to make it funny.ok is filled with these stories. you spent time-- it's not in this one, it's going to be in the paper back, superhero. >> well, yeah, i put myself in extremely tkaeupbg white house situations which is ridiculous because i suffer from anxiety so i was with a superhero called phoenix jones, a real life superhero, dresses up in a superhero and fights crime. >> jon: he's a crime thwarter? >> he's a crime thwarter. but the weekend i was with him there was no crime to thwart, he was getting more and more frustrated. at one point he heard a woman being attacked and he went idea i can't tellsy!" and he ran running towards her. >> jon: sorry, back that up? >> yahtze, that's his superhero cry. and he screeches to a halt and then the woman just vanished so that was no good. but then he was so annoyed that there was no crime to fight he took me to break up a gang of 30 armed crack dealers. (audience reacts) i had no idea. and he had a bulletproof superhero suit, i had a cardigan. so he walked -- >

high levels of moisture and soil ♪ >> the whole animation is dedicated to the mars rover curiosi curiosity things. ♪ so many cool, so many cool things to find ♪ >> i've got a wing suit video. this one is pretty cool. this is alexander. one of the premiere duties in wing suit flying. he wants to see how far he can push the limits of this sport. how much control can he actually have falling with a wing suit? he decides to do something he claims has never been done before. he puts up a pylon. yellow, red and black. he's going to attempt to cut that pylon with his left arm as he's making a left-hand turn. >> that's dangerous. >> 155 miles an hour he'll be flying at. >> so close to the ground. >> let's find out how this all goes. >> oh! >> he did it. >> dead on. that just shows you how much control these guys have. >> after he does that, he goes face first toward tall pine trees and is able to maneuver around those two. i feel like he has a steering wheel hidden under that suit. >> it is changes in his body position. he's going to tell us what it takes to fly like a bird. alexander, how confide

. >>> the mars rover that found curiosity also discovered solid evidence that water once flowed in the galliano a crater, and those findings may lead to another discovery of life as well. and we're told that nasa will release all of the details two week from now in san francisco. >>> the sierra resorts opened for business this thanksgiving. plus, warm weather is expected for tomorrow. our mark tamayas will tell us that we can hit up to 70 degrees. and if you're away, you can still watch ktvu newscast on the web, or on your smartphone. >> i'm certainly thankful for my family, my son. >> the beautiful city, the ocean, pretty, pretty darn lucky all of us. >> i just graduated from nursing school so i'm officially a registered nurse. [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke... and some of them can't do anything about it. ♪ [ continues ] [ gasping ] >> another resort opens for the season thanks to the fresh powder. sierr

but the relentless curiosity and the intelligent mind allowed them to go on and write a series of books. they ask the question, how does the universe create themselves from nothing? he is the author of the god problem here with us. the first question, is there a god problem? >> yes, there is a big god problem. if you are an atheist like me, then how in the world do you go from nothing at all to an explosion in time and space? what is time and space? they never existed before. then we're sitting at the cafe table at the beginning of the universe. you're a brilliant version nair and i'm an old stick in the mud and you say do you see that giant sheet of space and time unfurling like a giant handkerchief and you say any second now there are things that are going to appear and i will say derek, things? there will never be any things and this is imaginative. add time and space and what do you get? time and space, period. >> and how did that all form? >> yes. >> is there a short answer to that question? >> the short answer of the question is if you're a scientist like me, your obligation is to

curiosity about a bonfire drew her into a painful nightmare. >> [ unintelligible ] >> reporter: erikall could barely sit for our interview the pain was too intense. >> unbelievable amount of pain many >> reporter: she has second degree burns on her arms, even her lower back. it happened the night the giants won the world series. she had been celebrating with friends. the streets were packed with fans. >> we were walking headed home, big bonfire, you can miss it, exciting to see. >> reporter: when she got closer to the bonfire, someone ran through the crowd, causing her to fall into the flames. >> at that time, i heard the crowd afternoon the bonfire go whow! >> reporter: someone called 911 she would the next week in the burn unit. more than a week after, her mother wonders where were the police? >> i'm angry, hurt for her. because in could have been prevented. there was like -- that's why we have law. >> there should have been something happening, there's a fire put it out. if you can't control a crowd, athlete have people standing around to just watch -- at least have people standing

. >> and curiosity confused the cat when it comes to video games. >> the dogs in the game are makingoise. the cat is like, what is going alright let's break it down. mom, pop it. ♪ two inches apart, becky. two inches. t-minus nine minutes. [ ding ] [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls. let the making begin. ♪ that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. best of rtm where we let you know about a bonus video on our website. beth, what have you got? >> from jenna marbles, things she doesn't understand about girls, her own gender. >> this could be helpful for guys, too. >> one of the specific things she doesn't understand is goo hoarding, meaning most women have tons and tons of unused beauty products in their bathroom. to hear more about goo hoarding and things she doesn't understand you have to go to the website. >> click on the best of rtm. >> talk about a race car -- ken block is a rally racer and drifter. he's at one of the glob

. >> reporter: a year after its launch, the latest photos from the mars rover curiosity are stunning, vast landscapes, individualized rocks, analyzed by a laser beam >> the state is going to be one for the history books, it is looking really good. >> reporter: not surprisingly, the blog went wild, had they found evidence of life on the planet most like earth? perhaps, some guessed, carbon based molecules known as organics. >> this is one indicator, doesn't verify it. >> reporter: but after the initial burst of excitement, over the one for the history books tease, there was a bit of a walkback today at the lab in pasadena. >> we are getting closer to understand what it takes, how to explore the organic compounds. >> reporter: but not yet proof of life? >> definitely not proof of life. >> reporter: still, they are interested in the very possibility, one explored by science in films ranging from "war of the worlds," to modern fiction like mars attacks, and by entrepreneurs who see the human colonies on mars within 20 years. >> we're on the way to establishing a self-sustaining group. >>

a nasa scientist with the mars curiosity program told a reporter a while back curiosity was going toat's no doubt true. but historic is, you know, for nasa scientists can be pretty big but for the rest of us kind of obscure. so that word "historic" gained more and more power as it bounced around the echo chamber of the internet. nasa this morning trying to downplay expectations. we'll know monday, but you can probably put away your welcome sign for martians. >>> turning to the markets, fran drescher there in the middle opening the nasdaq. the u.s. economy grew 2.7% in the latest quarter, better than expected. markets feeling pretty good about the fiscal cliff. however, we got the latest numbers from stores. macy's, target, kohl's, all reporting lower than expected sales. kohl's is down 10% this morning in very active trading. >> giving away too much kohl's cash. >> apparenty. >> thanks so much. >>> a fran drescher appearance on the show. >> yeah. all right. >>> time to check the forecast right now with meteorologist christina loren. a break in the storm. >> a break in the storm. get

. >> curiosity, or did you think that something was going wrong, right? you don't have to tie it. >> the sunshine ordinance quite clearly states that the record request do not have to specify why they are asking for records, you are right. >> and i understand that, as well. i guess, i thought that your argument is that c3.699-13 does not apply because this is not a conflict of interest situation. >> it is not a conflict. i have not alleged a conflict of interest issue or an ethics issue in my initial 30-page sunshine complaint. believe me that 30 pages was because i developed a table and went through the four pages of citations that i was first given by the city controller's office and then, as i started objecting to those particular citations they started out... they started rolling out new citation and changing the old citations. but i did not start out on an ethics complaint on this. it was strictly about access to public records and if the city controllers audit is finished and assuming that the ethics commissions investigation of the patient gift fun