dee dee moore, for trying to send some sort of secret code to the jury. he called it her final warning. abc's linsey davis has more on that. >> reporter: dee dee moore is on the verge of getting kicked out of her own murder trial. >> ms. moore, i have cautioned you throughout these proceedings. >> reporter: in court thursday, it seemed that the judge had had enough. issuing the 40-year-old a final warning. accusing moore of using face expression to communicate with jurors. >> think i'm going to warn you for the last time. >> reporter: for a third day, jurors also saw moore crying again in court. this time, as prosecutors played this audiotape of her, allegedly asking a friend to lie to the police. moore is on trial for killing this man, abraham shakespeare, and then, covering it up. prosecutors say she befriended him after he won millions in a state lottery. they say after he burned through most of the cash, moore agreed to manage what he had left. instead, they say, she stole his money and then killed him. on thursday, shakespeare's

dee dee myers, who was the press secretary for president clinton, is now a contributor to "vanity fair," and our own political director john dickerson. david, i want to go back to you. someone was just saying your twitter feed-- >> dee dee made that point. i want to make clear-- i'm not condoning what david petraeus did, nor what the woman did. you know, but i do think that people are human. we have worked for human leaders ourselves, dee dee. and we understand that people ought to be sort of-- take it in context and understand when people are human they make mistakes. some of our greatest moral leaders have done that. there's just a new book out about thomas jefferson and his weaknesses he experienced in life. and yet he was a great leader of this country. what i do believe is that we should see it in the larger context and that is general petrace has given this country distinguished service for over 40 years. he has put his life on the line on a continuous basis. he was nearly killed in service earlier on. and he has been a wonderful, wonderful role model for a lot of people, and we ought to understand his humanness and appreciate that. >> i think the american people are willing to forgive leaders for their impert

dee dee myers, former press secretary and the author of the e book "47%." the president stressed he's willing to compromise to avoid the consequence of going over that so-called fiscal cliff at the end of the year. however, he's sticking to his guns that the wealthiest need to be asked to pay a bit more. let's watch. >> i want to be clear. i'm not wedded to every detail of my plan. i'm open to compromise. i'm open to new ideas. i'm committed to solving our fiscal challenges. but i refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. i'm not going to ask students and seniors and middle-class families to pay down the entire deficit, while people like me, making over $250,000 aren't asked to pay a dime more in taxes. this was a central question during the election. it was debated over and over again. and on tuesday night, we found out that the majority of americans agree with my approach. >> couldn't be more direct in that. i like the clarity of it today. he said, i'll negotiate it, but not on this. >> two years ago, when he cut that deal to extend the tax cuts in return basically for a second stimulus, i thought he was going deal with at the time. he said exactly this. last time, i'm going to do this. i'm taking hostages, i'm getting more return. >> he also said this is what the election is about. >> and it was. if you look at the exit polls, you look at the numbers. mandate is a big word you used at the top of the show, but he won. at some point, he has shown he's been willing to compromise in democratic policies much more than the republicans. he will give entitlements but he has to give something in return. >> deeee, tell me what you think. what you heard today. i thought it was dramatic. he said, this election meant something. it meant fairness. >> right. that was probably single most repeated phrase of the campaign. the message was protecting the middle class and they beat romney very badly on that. >> romney in all the polls, including the one last night, didn't buy his act. >> right. >> and called for lower tax rates which didn't win the day for him. >> and the other part which is important, he said i'm not wedded to any detail of my plan. i'm open to compromise. that is really important because both sides have to give up things they care about. >> i heard an entirely different speech than we all did had romney won, and he could have won, a couple weeks ago, looked like he was headed that direction. he said he wanted the tax money from the rich because he wanted to do things. not to screw them, but to do something. he actually came out and said i want to do things. rebuild the highways. we'

that's unresolved. >> schieffer: let me ask you something, dee dee.re are going to have to be some changees, i would think, in the administration and in the democratic party. after all, the president has had four years to try to break this deadlock and he hasn't been able to do it yet. i'm not saying it's all his fault. isn't he going to have to give a little here? >> no question. and he said i'm willing to compromise, i'm willing to listen, and i'm willing to entertain new ideas. the truth, though, is the president has the upper hand right now. not only was he re-elected by a pretty convincing electorate. he also picked up-- we picked up seats in the house and senate. and with the fiscal-- and 60% of americans, by the way, agree with him on taxes. they think taxes need to go up for the wealthiest so everybody pays their fair share. they agree with him we need a balanced approach. how is that going to play out? that's $64 million question as we approach the end of this year, the lame duck session. how does the president-- he doesn't want to drive the

dee dee myers of "vanity fair." richard lowry of the "national review." harvard university's david gergen. and our own john dickerson. then we'll talk to stu rothenberg of the stu rothenbe rothenberg political reports. allen stanford of the university of virginia center for politics, democratic pollster anna greenberg, and republican analyst leslie sanchez of the impacto group. and our own cbs news elections director anthony salvanto. we're coming to the end of the campaign 2012, and we've got it all on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning, again. most of the country is looking forward to election day, or at the least, looking forward to the campaign being over. but in large parts of the northeast, it is still the aftermath of the storm that is in the forefront of many people's thoughts. at least 110 are dead, more than 2 million are still without power. close to 1 million in new york city alone. 80% of new york city subway service has been restored, but it may be days before gas shortages are rer stored and the national guard has been called in to keep order at gas stations. the storm has caused an estimated $20 billion in damages, plus an estimated $50 billion in economic losses to the region. the state of new jersey was hit hardest, and for more on that, we're going to ben tracy in tuckerton beach, good morning, ben. >> reporter: good morning, bob. this is what so many neighborhoods all along the new jersey shore look like. they're almost frozeep in time. there is really no recovery going on here yet because these areas have just been too dangerous to get into until now. this weekend was really the first time that so many people who live around here are coming back to see how damaged their houses are. many are finding they have no home at all. across new jersey, you're still talking about nearly a million people without power, and that's becoming a real issue, because temperature here's at night are falling into the low 30s, so it's very cold for the people who decided not to go to shelters or who don't have anywhere else to go, trying to ride this situation out. of course, as the days progress here, you will start to see more debris removal, but so many of these areas are simply too hard to get into. then you have the issue of gas rationing. people are waiting in line for gas. they're trying to get fuel for their gen authors so it's a very tough situation here in new jersey. bob. >> schieffer: thank you very much. we'll turn to the other big story of the week, of course, this final week in the election. and here to give us their thoughts, their predictions, their homes, their dreams, peggy noonan is the columnist for the "wall street journal," speech writer for president reagan. richard lowry wrote this week's cover of "new york times magazine"" magazine and writes for "national review." john dickerson is our cbs news political director. on the other side, dee dee myers, press secretary for president clinton, contributor to "vanity fair," and david gergen, who is at harvard. pecky, let me just start with you. what do you think the impact of this storm is going to be? did it hurt romney? did it help the president? >> well the impact in the northeast itself has just been very bad. a lot of people suffering up there. some people calling it their katrina in a very unhappy way, of course, in part because it's cold. it's a cold katrina. and people are without heat and electricity. seats very tough. how does it play politically? we'll know in retrospect, i think like everything else, in this race. it is not known at this point how it will play. you can argue that the president looked commanding and like a leader when he came up to new jersey. you could also argue that things are starting to look a little tough in some of the neighborhood neighborhoods in new york and jersey, and so that might work against him. it's hard to say, but one thing i thi

he's willing to compromise. >> thank you, david corn and thank you, dee dee myers. >>> coming up, buyomney lost from the former reagan speechwriter, i think it was reagan said mitt romney's problem wasn't just shifting demographics or a fumbling campaign, it was his message. a mess avenue cutting benefits for the elderly and the poor. unless that message changes the republicans will not abe majority party. he said, also mitt romney want this week's biggest leader. how about carl cove, carl cove, not only did he save money, his tv performance tuesday night played him the poster card for the refusal for reality people. plus, how the obama campaign reacted to that disastrous first debate and why as late as tuesday night the romney people thought they had this thing won. we've got reporters from both sides. a lot of ticktock. the cia chief, david petraeus resigns he said because of an extramarital affair. we'll try to get to the bottom of that watercooler story tonight. this is "hardball," the place for politics. crisp. it's kind of like drinking a food that's a drink, or a drink that's a

dee moore as far as i can throw her. >> reporter: harsh words. from the sheriff who threw dee deere in jail after police found the body of lottery winner abraham shakespeare buried in moore's back yard and covered in concrete. >> the person that convinced him that she was there for his best interest is dee dee. >> reporter: in november 2006 abe shakespeare went from washing dishes and working garbage trucks to the good life. when he walked into this minimart and bought the quick pick ticket that won him $17 million. >> will walk the street like a normal person. i have people coming up, asking for money. >> reporter: by 2009, he had burnt through much of the money, paying off the mortgages of families and friends. that's when he met dee dee moore. >> are you a murderer? >> no. moore had a different look in court monday but she's always maintained it was a business relationship, where she promised to manage his money and make it last. here she is two years ago, saying she did nothing wrong. >> every bit of the money was done properl lyproperly, profes there's no jury that's going to

dee dee myers, former press secretary for president clinton. also with us, the nonpartisan chief national correspondent john king and political analyst gloria borger and somewhere momentarily will be david gergen. so what are you looking for? let's talk to the partisans t. >> well, it will all come down to president obama getting his base out, black votes, voters between the ages of 18 and 29 and republicans get their base out, senior citizens and white voters. that's what it is going to come down to. we all know the key states. and now it is up to the campaigns. did they deliver. >> paul, we see an enthusiasm dropoff among young people for president obama. how much does that concern you? >> it is an enormous concern, the single biggest concern i have as an obama supporter. he won by 34 points and they were 18% of the total electorate in the last election. both of those numbers frankly if you look at the polling look like they may be going down. the question is, can the president motivate the young people, get them out to vote. as a democrat, i hope he can. they're doing bet we are ter wi latinos and with senior citizens, believe it or not. the last poll i looked at yesterday, tied among seniors. and he lost seniors by eight points last time. a bit of an insurance policy, trend downs with young people, he's trending up a little bit with seniors. >> does it make you nervous president obama is not out there? he's doing tv tours in local markets. but mitt romney is out there aggressively, paul ryan out there, joe biden out there. should the president be out there? >> i would like to see him out there. i think it is one last opportunity for the voters to see you, listen to you and know how badly you want to be the president again. i think it is helpful the vice president went to ohio, but i would have preferred to see the president out there. >> i'll go over here, the polls close early in the east. and we know that the president has more room if you will, more wiggle room in his path to 270. he can afford to lose a few states. the obama campaign says we think we can win florida. but he doesn't have to. they say we can win colorado, he doesn't have to. the map, you see this is today's map, it is gray. we haven't filled anything in yet. let's go back to 2008 to see why this matters. here is what happened last time. president obama winning a convincing electoral victory. i don't think we'll have a map with this much of a blowout. we'll have a much more competitive election. we're going to know pretty early on. virginia closes early. virginia is among the states in the east coast. president would like to win this state, his campaign thinks they can win this state. governor romney has to win this state. early on watch the results come in and watch closely here up in the suburbs, just outside of washington, d.c., we're right here at the moment, if you look at the suburbs here, governor romney in fairfax county yesterday. 14% of the state population. it was a blowout for president obama. i don't think governor romney can win fairfax county, doesn't have to win fairfax county. he has to be closer than that. where you want to see if this is blue or red tonight, this is prince william county. starting to move out from the suburbs to the exurbs, this is republican territory. look what happened. 58-42 four years ago. mitt romney has to be competitive here. does he have to win it to carry virginia? maybe not. but he has to be a lot closer than that. let me show you why i say that. go back to 2004, george w. bush carries virginia, 53-46 over john kerry. he does much better in the close-in suburbs. this is where the population growth is. paul talks about young people, a lot live here, college students. paul talks right here. the suburbs used to be republican territory. not just virginia. mitt romney needs virginia to win. if he's performing well in the suburbs here, it is a reasonable stretch to think that he's going to perform well in the suburbs outside of cleveland and columbus and cincinnati. and in the suburbs outside of denver out in colorado. the virginia suburbs will give us the first hint of one of the battlegrounds within the battlegrounds if you will. >> stay there by the map. i want you to join the next conversation, you're looking at the right of the screen, pittsburgh, governor romney, just touching down, we're just at the romney event there, we'll bring that to you and vice president biden out on the trail today. president obama will watch the returns at home tonight in chicago. earlier today made a brief unscheduled stop at a local campaign office where he pitched in calling potential voters, including this call to a woman named hattie in neighboring wisconsin. >> is this hattie? hi, this is barack obama. how are you? i'm doing -- you know -- i don't think she knows it's me. my name was barack obama. you know, the president of the united states? yeah, how are you? >> imagine getting that call. he later congratulated governor romney for running a spirited race, thanking staffers for their hard work. joining me now, a man who is well acquainted with presidential local politics, rahm emanuel. mr. mayor, appreciate you being with us. john king will join in shortly too. last night stephanie cutter admitted en this program that pennsylvania has tightened, her word. you said you thought the state was secure, but the campaign shouldn't take anything for granted. do you believe there is any chance at all the president might not win there today? >> no. that simple. i mean, i'll extrapolate, but you asked me in the simple answer is no. do i think it tightened? that's what happens in elections but i think the president will win pennsylvania. >> they said election day events in general smack of desperation. we have the vice president in cleveland as well. are his campaign day stops out of desperation as well? >> i think that is basically an insurance policy, the right thing to do from that perspective. but the president is doing what i think is appropriate, which is he's making phone calls to wisconsin as you had on your show. and i do think at a certain point, you know this is up to the voters. you made your argument, which is, i think in the president's case, why he's been a defender of the middle class and the decisions going forward, how he'll strengthen a economy by strengthening the middle class. at a certain point, $6 billion later, this is their day, they'll make the decision, he has to be confident he's made the best argument about the clear choices between the type of policies the president obama wants himself and the type of policies that mitt romney advocated and has shown whether on the auto industry, clear differences, whether in getting bin laden, clear differences and those choices have been clear, well versed for the public. and now it is up to the public to -- as they are in all the lines you're seeing across america, voting. >> we're talking to paul begala and dee dee myers, they would like to see their candidate out there up until the last minute, you know, you've been there in the trenches, would you prefer your candidate out there? >> look, i think, first of all, i think paul and dee dee are friends, the reason governor romney is doing what he's doing is because he's looking for any opening because of giving the effort the president has put both in ohio, wisconsin, iowa and the other places and nonetheless he's making phone calls. there is a difference between a need to do it and the insurance policy to do it. both motivations are in the the same. i'm very comfortable from the campaign's perspective of the vice president is out there and the president is making phone calls from here in chicago. i think mitt romney has to go to pennsylvania because ohio is not working the way it has. you have to go back and why is he doing that? and the reason is just for one more effort, it is because the avenues for an electoral map to victory are not where

but dee dee's lawyers today say a drug dealer killed. shakee people who owed him money tried to frame deedebts. phil keating is in south florida tonight. so much for absolutely. before he was killed this truly rags to riches lowered winner got to the point where he publicly said where he wish he said he would have never bought that pick quick ticket. the barely literate abraham shakespeare actually didn't barely enjoy any of the 17-million-dollar lump sum payment that he took from the state lottery commission. giving almost all of it away to the endless family and friends who came asking. prosecutors today showed the jury crime scene photos of how he ended up. absolutely pennyless, dumped in dirt with two bullets in his chest. all that is left dekeg body in a grave under a concrete slab behind a house that she bought on highway 60. >> and prosecutors say that moore bought that house with shakespeare's lottery winnings. shep? >> but the evidence against dee dee moore all circumstantial, right? >> that is true. it is all circumstantial. however it, it is abundant. for example. police and pr

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strategist dee dee ben can i and from nashville, tennessee, republic chip saultzman who was the manager of governor mike huckabee's 2008 presidential bid. okay. it's great to see you. we will start with you dee dee because i know you were a special assistant in the bush years. and i can see from your p.o.v. on my sheet here, you think that it was kind of the todd akin type of republic that sank this race for conservatives. is that right? >> yes, laura. i do agree with you on the point that mitt romney if he had been a little bit more passionate. it was a struggle for him to be that way and the first debate went very well but then the democrats were able to fill in and akin and mourdock and some of the other language that is very detrimental to the republic party. we do have too many rich, old guys. i mean, we just do. >> you sound like -- you sound like you are speaking at the other cable network. rich, white, republic guys. >> it's the truth. more women and young people. we just do. >> laura: we had a woman run in new york one of the smartest women i know wendy long she made inroads and lost. nikki haley and other great women by susanna martinez. i think we are during all of those things. t

thank you, david corn and dee dee myers. >>> coming up, why romney lost. this is a good one. david frum, former reagan speechwriter, says mitt romney's problem wasn't just shifting demographics or a fumbling campaign, it was his message. the message of cut benefits for the poor, the elderly, and the middle class to pay for tax cuts for the rich. until that message changes, the republicans will not be a majority party, he says. >>> also mitt romney wasn't this week's biggest loser. how about karl rove? i'll say it again, karl rove. not only did he spend millions of other people's money with little gain, his tv performance tuesday night made him the poster child for the republican party's refusal to be part of reality people. >>> plus, inside the two campaigns, how the obama campaign reacted to that disastrous first debate and why as late as tuesday night the romney people thought they had this thing won. we've got reporters from both sides, a lot of tick tock and narrative tonight. >>> and the shocker of the day, cia chief david petraeus resigns he says because of an extramari

thank you, david corn and dee dee myers. >>> coming up, why romney lost. this is a good one. david frum, former reagan speechwriter, says mitt romney's problem wasn't just shifting demographics or a fumbling campaign, it was his message. the message of cut benefits for the poor, the elderly, and the middle class to pay for tax cuts for the rich. until that message changes, the republicans will not be a majority party, he says. >>> also mitt romney wasn't this week's biggest loser. how about karl rove? i'll say it again, karl rove. not only did he spend millions of other people's money with little gain, his tv performance tuesday night made him the poster child for the republican party's refusal to be part of reality people. >>> plus, inside the two campaigns, how the obama campaign reacted to that disastrous first debate and why as late as tuesday night the romney people thought they had this thing won. we've got reporters from both sides, a lot of tick tock and narrative tonight. >>> and the shocker of the day, cia chief david petraeus resigns he says because of an extramari

dee dee with us. to i think it will be more of the same. hope springs eternal andor example, erskine bowles has been thrown into the ring. now, he announced that he's leaving in january. lowering tax rates and increasing -- other words, he has to pay with a disqualification. neil: deed thenove on. that is the average time for a white house staffer. so it would be good for them to have change. that is a hethy thing. neil: you just switch the pace settings. they just want to make their own mark. >> president obama is consumed with wantingo make a difference and he has done so. changing the economy through obamacare,. [talng over each other] alking over each other] >> as he told his russia friend, you haven't seen anything yet. neil: bipartisanship reaching t, you don't thinthat's a real? >> again, i don't want to rule out the possibility. i think we will see lot by who plac tim geithner. if he does, he will rely on the business and so forth. but look at what happens. >>e has his friends in there. [talking over each other] >> forgive me, but does anyone believe that a an organization like moveon.org -- [talking over each other] neil: we have the education union president on here and i asked him to make one concession. [talking over each othe neil: they thought it was

dee dee's ex-husband, about a hole he needed to dig with a backhoe. who said she needed to bury debris for construction. prosecutors say there was no body in that -- there was actually a body in that hole, not debris. for the second time in as many days, dee couldn't contain her tears, as she sat in this florida courtroom. moore's on trial for fatally shooting worker-turned-millionaire, abraham shakespeare. >> she took extreme, calculated steps to avoid detection. >> reporter: for more than an hour wednesday, prosecutors detailed what they call moored diabolical scheme to rob and then kill the 22-year-old, who she had a business relationship with. >> do you get tired of people asking you for money all the time? >> they don't take no for an answer. >> reporter: abraham shakespeare went from rags to riches in 2006, when he bought a quick pick ticket, winning millions. three years later, he had gone through most of it. prosecutors say, that's when he met dee dee moore. and she says he agreed to let her manager his money. >> six feet down, they find abraham shakespeare's remains. >> reporter: police say they found shakespeare's body in moore's back yard, covered in concrete in 2009. moore denies she had anything to do with his death. >> are y

dee dee, you must be amazed by this change in reality here. all those times you had to deal with the press and argue with them over facts and particular things. then here comes the romney people around him, the handlers saying we don't have to deal with the quibbling of what's true or not. what's true isn't relevant. if we can spend millions of dollars saying jeep is going to china. if we can say this guy is getting rid of the work requirement for welfare, it doesn't matter what you pencil necks in washington have to say. >> and what they found out and what the theory that underlines their case here is there's no penalty to pay for playing fast and loose with the facts. you put a point of view on television, you line up information that's not true and there's no penalty to pay for that. it's the end result of a 20 year campaign by the right wing in this country to discredit the mainstream media, the liberal press. so now there is no neutral arbiter in the country who can say this isn't true and that everybody will pay attention to and say this isn't true. there are still people out there who believe the false claims the romney campaign has made. that's why they keep making them. >> yeah. nia, we have a mixture of mainstream press. "new york times" is liberal or the opinion pages. the "washington post" is close to center these days. what do they think? they're just going on the idea that sheer bucks and the amount of times you can make impressions on the news or on the airwaves whether it's "entertainment tonight" or a sports show, you don't have to worry about the news. >> it's like george costanza politics. they've run into a problem. people in ohio know the truth about the auto industry. they know that there have been more jobs there. they know one in eight jobs is related to the auto industry. they know their neighbors have been employed and kept employed by these auto bailouts. and then they went and really flew in the face of what jeep and chrysler is actually doing so they came out and of course knocked down those statements. here at the post, we have a fact checker who gives out pinocchios. over the last couple weeks, the romney campaign definitely edged out the democrats and obama in terms of telling falsehoods. they got about 2.5 pinocchios versus obama's 2.1. i think it was in these last weeks he was edging out obama primarily because he wanted to close the gap in these polls. and we'll see in the end whether or not it pays off. >> let's take a look at this. this morning by the way you mentioned the fact the jeep producers chrysler have said it's dishonest. they're not moving jobs to china. here you have the republican governor of ohio john kasich conceding that despite the romney ads claimed the contrary, chrysler was adding u.s. jobs not taking them away in ohio. let's listen. >> and is jeep creating more jobs in ohio or are they sending them to china? >> no. chrysler has -- chrysler is the one automaker that has increased employment. >> well, there you have it, dee dee. when you get the auto makers you get the governor along with the lame stream press, that's a coalition against the romney makers. >> i think they found the line. right? they found the line that they've gone too far. and in fact, this may not only cost them but could cost them ohio if it ends up to be an incredibly close race. but that doesn't mean they're not still out there with a whole bucket full of other half truths and shifting positions. whether it's mitt romney has said things like his health care plan would cover pre-existing conditions. he says he wants to make birth control accessible to all women while he's endorsed things like the personhood amendment and things that would make birth control less accessible. and the list goes on. his tax policies, you know. it's just one after another he's put out there these falsehoods and dared the country to call him on his inconsistencies. >> he knows whoever raises their hands in victory election night, it's why'd you say that tw

dee dee myers, former clinton white house press secretary and david corn, the author of the ebook, 47 percent. today the president stressed he's willing to compromise to avoid the consequence of going over that so-called fiscal cliff at the end of the year. however, he said he's stigeing to his guns, that the wealthiest need to be asked to pay a bit more. let's watch. >> i want to be clear, i'm not wedded to every detail of my plan. i'm open to compromise. i'm hope to new ideas. i'm committed to solving our fiscal challenges, but i refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. i am not going to ask students and seniors and middle class families to pay down the entire deficit while people like me making over $250,000 aren't asked to pay a dime more in taxes. this was a central question during the election. it was debated over and over again and on tuesday night we found out that the majority of americans agree with my approach. >> couldn't be more direct than that. i like the clarity today. he said i'll negotiate but not on this. david corn? >> two years ago when he cut that deal with the congressional republicans to extend the bush tax cuts in the return for basically a second stimulus, i thought it was a good deal at the time, he said exactly this. last time i'm going to do this. you took hostages, i'm paying ransom now because i'm getting more return actually, but down the road it's not going to be -- >> he also said this is what the election was about. >> and it was if you look at the exit polls, you look at the numbers. mandate is a big word you used at the top of the show, but he won, and at some point he has shown he's been willing to compromise on democratic policies much more than the republicans. he will give on entitlements but he has to get something in return. >> di di, tell me what you heard today. he said he said that election meant something, it meant fairness. >> that was probably single most repeated phrases of the election campaign talking about the middle class. they truly believe they won because the message was protecting the middle clats and they beat romney. >> and he called for lower tax rates which didn't win the day. >> but i think the other part of that that was really important was he said i'm not wedded to any detail, i'm open to new ideas and compromise. that's really important because both sides are going to have to give up things they really care about. >> i heard a totally different speech from the president as we all did from what romney would have said if he won. and he could have won. a couple weeks ago it looked like he was heading that direction. he said he wanted the tax run from the rich because he wanted to do things, not just to screw them, but to do stuff. he actually came out today and said i want to build stuff in this country, rebuild the highways. look at new york, the places that need rebuilding. look at the education needs. we have to catch up to the chinese in education, catch up to the rest of the world. >> i think the election we just had was one of the most ideological elections in modern times. >> explain it in simple terms. >> the president put forward a investigation i look at government as a way to come together communally through taxes to invest in infrastructure and innovation and education to move the country forward. the romney/ryan view, which is very simply stated, people believe this is that government is the enemy. you got to get government out of the way and let the markets work and that's how you move ahead. it was very clear cut, and one guy won and one lost. >> we're in this together. i'm beginning to like his speech. i was really tired there. i'm beginning to like it because i'm beginning to hear in it a lot of thought, a lot of thought. >> there's no question that he has -- i think david is right, this was a very ideological election, but the problem -- the challenge is still that half the country didn't vote for him, right? half -- and they sent a republican congress -- or republican house back to congress, and so that's just the reality. now, everybody agrees we have to do something about the fiscal cliff. the question becomes now that you agree you have to do something, who gets saved. the president made clear investments in creating jobs and infrastructure and education and technology are not negotiable. >> the house all revenue measures have to originate in the house. john boehner talked about the looming fiscal cliff and like the president he also hinted at room for compromise. you have to listen carefully to see the compromise that could be coming. >> it's clear that there are a lot of special interest loopholes in the tax code, both corporate and personal. it's also clear that there are all kinds of deductions, some of which make cents. others don't. everything, everything on the revenue side and on the spending side has to be looked at. >> senator chuck schumer in new york this morning on msnbc suggested that the right wing might be more willing to accept compromise now. he's being hopeful. let's watch. >> boehner wants to compromise. that's why he gave that speech. you know, boehner is not a hard right guy. he's a incompetent mainstream conservative and i think it's going to work because the hard right a chastened in a lot of ways. >> here is a republican who may not be quite in on what happens happening after the election, jeff duncan. when i look at the results of the election congressman duncan says, it becomes clear the house is the last line of defense for preserves freedom in this country. the people of south carolina rejected president obama's policies and i intend to fight on their behalf. in other words, it's the civil war. i'm standing up for south carolina and obama may be interested in this thing called the union. i'm for south carolina. what an amazing -- loyalty to your state as opposed to your country. didn't we get past that? >> i don't think so. and this is the issue -- >> i'm standing up for south carolina. what does that mean? >> we went through this last summer, two summers ago with the showdown over the debt ceiling. >> yeah. >> and at that point in time the president tried to reach a grand bargain. schumer is right, john boehner would have cut a deal, but he couldn't because at the end of the day had he done so, his own house republicans would have risen up in mutiny and he would have lost the speakership. the question now is whether he has some points of leverage against the tea party wing and whether mitch mcconnell and some of the more adult members of the republicans in the senate can put pressure on the house. if they can't change that's fundamental dynamics, we're heading in the same direction. >> i think mitch mccandle is a problem because he's up for re-election and he's worried about getting a challenge from the tea party right. mr. boehner said this is your moment, mr. president, now lead. that's an acknowledgment of reality and a bit of a trying to pass the buck but it's the truth. it is going to be up to the president to go into those negotiations and to lead and to continue to listen and find areas where compromise can be built. >> but he has to lead -- >> let me help you out. >> he has to lead publicly as well because the election -- >> sell. >> he has to sell it. there aren't a lot of republicans i think at play from -- in regards to public pressure, but there are a few and the president is going to have to work hard to find points of pressure on those people -- >> let's try -- >> they have to be willing to absorb some blows. >> remember how he ran against hillary clinton and beat her. hillary clinton had a great idea, the individual mandate for health care, self reliance -- >> actually a republican idea. >> so the president bought into an idea he had ran against. now this time everybody on the democrat side, the progressive side, said you can't go this romney direction, keep the lower rights but get rid of this some big fat deductions. now the president is being given an opening by boehner saying there is a way we can compromise. keep that 35% for the top rate but take away all the fat cat deductions. there may not be enough money there. people in that institute -- >> the tax policy center. >> is thereto enough opportunity for that kind of direction, take away a lot of deductions for state and local for example taxation which you have to pay anyway. you can have your formal 35% but you're going to pay a lot more taxes. >> i think at the end of the day, right now the white house is going to stand by, we want the top rate to go back to 39.6%. that's their opening position. we want it to start with people at 250 and above. they're going to stand by that now. going to negotiations the principle they need to protect is the wealthiest pay more. americans don't care exactly you who you get there whether it's through the tax -- >> so there is an opening here. >> there's no question there's an opening here. >> but it's the president pushing thisened a the other guy, boehner, saying i have to root for you here. >> yeah. >> the president is willing to deal, he's willing to compromise. maybe even more so than some democrats would like. but he's also able to get the votes and bring the votes to the table. all those things are open questions on the republican side. can john boehner match him in any of those departments? >> -- he said i'm open to new revenue. he didn't say whatever -- eliminating deductions -- it's not. you have to give boehner credit. he said new revenue. >> the president goes to sleep tonight he's thinking, i won. must be tremendous relief on his part. then he's thinking down the road, because he is thinking of the future, he's going wait a minute, i got two big risks. one i can't defend my philosophy which my base will hate and i will hate myself for it. michelle will hate me for it. and we need more money to do more things. the other fear is i'm going off the fiscal cliff, meaning i tried so hard to get my way that we screwed it up with the republicans like we did last august and nothing gets done and the economy tanks again for a second recession and i'm going down in history as a double failure. >> he can't let that happen. >> at some point he has to pull back from the paul krugmans of the world and the people on the far left, not far left but left, and say i'm president, you're a columnist. >> right. he has -- he's going to get a lot of flack from both his own left flank and the right. he has to accept that. he cannot as a responsible adult let the economy go -- let us go over the fiscal cliff. that would be terrible for the xhi and for the people he's trying to protect in this. it would be terrible for the middle class. >> at the same time though the way he negotiates and the way he tries to reach that compromise is going to be essential. i think people on the democratic party will be willing to yield on some issues. they'll fight and scream and make good cases for their own position but at the end of the day if the compromise is reasonable and is good and he's gotten major concessions from the right, then i think -- >> i got the solution. if it comes down to the republican party led by john boehner brings this country to economic hell to protect the very rich, they're gone. so that's what he has to do is put them in the box. the only thing separating this country from economic deliverance to a better time is a bunch of republican toadies and hacks. >> he has to set the narrative -- >> let's figure tour jack lew and the rest of them figure how to carve this so the republicans only escape is to say we're here for -- >> if he gets this right, that sets him up for suck sets in a second term. >> i'm not here to reduce the debt, i'm here to get more jobs and growth. thank you dave and deeee. coming up, why romney lost. this is a good one. david frum, former reagan speechwrit speechwriter, says mitt romney's problem wasn't just shifting demographics or a fumbling campaign, it was his message. the message of cut benefits for the poor, the elderly, and the middle class to pay for tax cuts for the rich. until that misage changes, the republicans will not be a majority party, he says. >>> also mitt romney wasn't this week's biggest loser. how about karl rove? i'll say it again karl rove. not only did he spend millions of other people's money with little gain, his tv performance tuesday night made him the poster child for the republican party's refusal to be part of reality people. >>> plus, inside the two campaigns, how the obama campaign reacted to that disastrous first debate and why as late as tuesday night the romney people thought they had this thing won. we've got reporters from both sides, a lot of tick tock and narrative tonight. >>> and the shocker of the day, cia

>> well, i think first of all, if i saw your map -- i was looking over dee dee's shoulder towards the. you've added pennsylvania as a swing state. that is a big change. i think it's an accurate change. i think the democrats may well lose a senate seat there to a coal executive from western pennsylvania where the war on coal is a big issue. remember that in eastern ohio, the war on coal is also a big issue in the river valley, so by going to pittsburgh today, romney gets both states' media attention. by going to cleveland, he appeals basically to a large european community. cleveland was the second largest hungarian city in the world after budapest. it is a very large polish-american city, a very large italian-american city. i suspect what he's trying to do is appeal to the collar precincts of the suburbs, which are now essentially second and third generation europeans who are very, very conservative in their religious values and very conservative in their attitude towards patriotism and towards the work ethics. so my guess is he's trying to offset the city of cleveland with the rest o

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dee dee myers, president clinton's white house press secretary. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> mr. speaker, before the hurricane, you were predicting that governor romney would win in a landslide with over 300 electoral votes. do you think that's still true? >> well i like your opening. i do think it comes down to turnout. i do think that the guy who gets more votes today is probably going to win. that was very impressive of you guys to package it like that. i do believe -- interestingly, michael barone also agree, rrm is going to win. presidents get the last poll number. the battleground poll is at 47, 48. that suggests to me somewhere between 51-49, which i think is where rove is, to a53-47 which is where i am. at 53-47 romney will carry over 300 electoral votes. >> you quote different sources in your analysis. >> i don't spend a lot of time quoting dick morris and krl rove when i'm doing my analysis. i agree it's all going to come down to turnout. i think that the obama campaign from the very beginning of this race, has made an argument they were going to focus on a -- winning in the battleground states. keep in mind almost half of voters have already gone to the polls and voted in those states or sent in their absentee ballots and the president is leading by a substantial margin. romney will have to make up a lot of ground if he's going to win in the key battleground states where he needs to win in order to become president. i think there's been a slight edge to the president's numbers in the last few days. i think when you add the turnout operation on top of that he has a slight edge. it's been a long time since we've been sitting here on lenlg election morning when we all agree that anything is possible. >> democrats are banking on this early vote. if that early vote is down from 2008 and you know that republican enthusiasm is up from 2008 for john mccain. does that factor in how many people are going to turn out on the republican side? >> well i mean i think more people will vote in this election than voted in 2008. i think it will be record turnout. but the numbers have been good. the numbers have been strong in the key states among the obama voters. they've registered a lot more people than republicans, particularly in recent months and have turned out people who didn't turn in 2010 were first time voters in 2008 and today they can focus on the regular voters, the democrats that always turn out and make sure they get to the polls and tlut lines and all that. there is a turnout advantage for the president, both because of organization, because of what's already happened. >> so is the big unknown in this election the intensity of the voters for the president, the urban intensity as some have called it? >> and speaker will have a different view of this but i think there's a lot more intensity among democrats and obama supporters than is being reported. my first campaign was 1984 way back in the day and vice president mondale was running before president reagan. and mondale did a rally in new york, 100,000 people turned out. you've got to look at other metrics like who is actually turning out that. favors the president right now. >> we can tell a lot from where the candidates go in these final days. mitt romney is going to campaign today in pennsylvania and ohio try not to leave any votes on the table. specifically in ohio he is going to the cleveland area a democratic stronghold. why there? >> well first of all, if i saw your map correctly -- i was looking over dede's shoulder toward the monitor down here. you added pennsylvania as a swing state. that is a big change. i think it's an accurate change. the democrats may very well lose the senate seat there to a coal executive from western pennsylvania where the war on coal is a big issue. remember that in eastern ohio the war on coal is a big issue in the river valley. going to pittsburgh today, romney gets both state's media attention. by going to cleveland he appeals basically to a large european communities, very large polish-american city very large italian-american city. i suspect what he's trying to do is appeal to the collar precincts, the suburbs which now are essentially second and third generation europeans who are very very conservative in their religious values and very conservative in their attitude toward patriotism and the work ethic. my guess is that he's trying to offset the city of cleveland with the rest of cuyahoga county and the surrounding counties. >> exciting day. newt gingrich dee it. >>> eight of nine battleground states are expected to decide this race. we'll swing through nevada >>> in dallas texas, voters are just starting to show up at the poll s polls. the presidential candidates didn't spend any time in the final days of the campaign because this state is considered a red state. there are some tight congressional races. blue skies this morning. the weather will not be a factor today. we are expecting clear skies and a high of 75. in dallas stephanie lucera for "cbs this morning." >> finally election day. we get to vote. we talk about the swing states in this election we're not just talking about ohio. we want to focus on three states that could really go either way, starting with nevada. anna werner is in las vegas. hello. good morning to you, anna. >> reporter: good morning to you. nevada helped the republicans in 2000 and 2004 voting for george w. bush but in 2008 barack obama hit the jackpot here beating john mccain by a whopping 12 percentage points.

dee dee moore. she is on trial for murdering abraham shakespeare. he won $17 million on a lottery ticket. his decomposing body was found in moore's backyard. her attorneys told the court there is absolutely no evidence that proves she shot shakespeare. but prosecutors say she shifted what little money he had left to her personal bank accounts. >>> and a tragic story that you probably heard about here in new york where a new york nanny accused in the shocking double murder of two young children in her care has pleaded not guilty in a rare hospital arraignment. investigators say that the woman repeatedly stabbed 6-year-old lucia and her 2-year-old brother leo in the manhattan apartment last month. she entered her plea from her bedside where she is treated for self-inflicted stab wounds. >> the story broke the nation's heart. apparently, the nanny suffering from mental issues but some financial issues as well and resented the family because apparently they asked her to work an extra five hours a week. so that, in addition to her other difficulties led her to then murder these kids. so, it's -- >> and the fire hours a week were to allow her to earn extra money but they wanted her to do house work which is i mean, come on. but, yeah, she is on suicide watch right now. >> yeah, exactly. and will have to go to psychiatric evaluations to get to the bottom of what her illness is. an awful case no matter how you look at it. see what the court system does. >>> a legal rangel is under way in texas that could result in the state seizing the ranch of imprisoned polygamist leader warren jeffs. jeffs serving a life sentence after being convicted of sexually assaulting two young girls at the ranch. the state has filed papers seeking control of the remote 1,600 acre property. those still living there can legally contest the state's move. >>> also, three former bp employees have entered not guilty pleas in connection with the deadly deep water horizon rig explosion in april 2010. two of the men were rig supervisors, the third was an executive. they entered their pleas and were released on bond, in new orleans, charged with manslaughter in the deaths of the 11 rig workers who died. in that disaster. trials are now set for early next year. >>> high-level negotiations resume today on capitol hill over the looming fiscal cliff. there are fresh signs that republicans may be in disagreement over the best way to avoid tax increases and spending cuts. oklahoma congressman tom cole says instead of risking a tax increase on everybody it would be better to let tax increases for the top 2% of earners go up. >> if congress does nothing, every family in america will see their taxes automatically go up at the beginning of next year. >> there has been no serious discussion by the white house on entitlements, medicare and medicaid. >> the president says he is still confident that a deal can be reached before christmas. and of course, the cliff is december 31st. >> exactly. i mean pressure is on here. the closer we get to the holidays, you know, the harder this thing becomes. i think one of the houses of congress goes on break december 14th. so i think the house. if you really look at the calendar here. deadline is tight and the president is trying to drum up public support here. now he is encouraging in the age of social media, twitter, folks get on twitter, use hash tag #my2k, the average family would spend $2,200 more in taxes. public campaign. plus negotiations today as well. so bated breath, everybody, we will see. >>> well, the west coast is under assault for the second straight day. getting swamped by back to back storms. by sunday, up to a foot of rain could fall from northern california into portland and seattle. and the mountains are getting buried under heavy snow on top of that. the power has gone out in some areas. property owners are doing what they can to prepare for some widespread flooding, as well as possible mudslides. rough times out there. >>> also, the rest of your thursday forecast now. the stormy weather system bringing showers to boise and l.a. mostly dry for the rest of the country with the exception of some scattered showers and central and southern florida. >> just shy of 80 in miami. 40s in the northeast. and midwest. mostly 50s in the northern rockies and pacific northwest. >>> well, thanksgiving was only a week ago. i'm still craving pumpkin pie. may as well be ancient history by now. it's clearly the christmas holiday season now and that's why this is our "favorite story of the day." ooh, wow -- we were almost -- >> we are all right. it features the unique sand christmas tree that is being constructed there in west palm beach, florida. the 35-foot sculpture is made, get this, from 400 tons of sand. >> yes. >> it included some lights. they say it is the tallest sand tree ever built. they expect that it will be in place for a month. it cost $48,000. but the city says that is about the same cost as an 18-minute 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right for you. >>> most of us have already checked our powerball numbers know we are not winners, not losers per se, definitely not winners. but that $2 bought a lot of dreams at least for a little while. >> well, i think we're both losers, actually. some folks don't have to dream. they're already winners. here is abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: they're part of an uber elite club. only 95 members strong. starting out with 22 all extremely lucky individuals with the help of a giant rotating tub of ping-pong balls have beaten incredible odds and hit the jackpot for $100 million or nor. >> gabrielle mohar, this one has got your name on it, girl! >> reporter: membership has its privileges. the next inductee will get a half a billion dollar payout. the net worth of will smith, britney spears and jennifer aniston combined. with $500 million you can knock on the door of oprah's $85 million california home. tell her you want to buy five of them and still have $75 million to spare. but the luckiest people of all are those who years later haven't managed to go broke. >> been married 41 years. i know what to do with the check. [ applause ] >> reporter: people like jim and carolyn mcculler, who bought a winning mega millions lottery ticket back in january 2011 worth $190 million. >> my kids, grand kids, great grandkids and their children also will never have to worry. because we are not going to blow this. >> reporter: and now almost two years later, they have managed to do just what they said, they have set up trust funds for their four kids and 23 grandchildren. been very generous with donations, and most importantly haven't blown their millions. and cynthia stafford who won $112 million hasn't either. >> it's a blessing. people who receive it that way, they tend to keep it. i am involved with a number of organizations and it just warms my heart to be able to do these things. >> reporter: she is using her payday to pay it forward big time. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> those folks in arizona and missouri, be smart, do some good. keep it simple. >> coming up next, vito schnabel dating one of hollywood's best known cougars. >> schnabel. who? schnabel. >> saying i'm sorry, steven tyler style, next in the schnabel "skinny." skinny ♪ ♪ so skinny >>> alreadiy. >>> with one of the most interesting last names on the planet -- >> true that. >> demi moore happens to be dating a 26-year-old. granted she is 50. he is 26. >> here we go again. >> his name is vito schnabel. >> schnabel. >> schnabel. if the name sounds familiar -- >> how possibly could it? [ laughter ] >> his dad is julian schnabel, oscar nominated director for the diving bell and the butterfly. >> oh, the schnabels. >> such a schnabely, schnabel family. but apparently they met, according to "page six," they met back in november in india at a birthday party for naomi campbell's billionaire boyfriend. they were all over each other. they have been secretly dating. according to "page six" for a couple months. an art dealer. he loves cougars. linked to liv tyler, 35, and elle macpherson, 23 years older than him. >> the dude has good taste. he likes -- likes them older but fine. can't blame him for that. hopefully, a nice rebound. that's what it is. >> schnabel doesn't discriminate. >> no, inneed. you go, you know, schnabel. you do what you do, baby. also, more "american idol" drama. first mariah carey, nicki minaj feud. then a feud nicki minaj & steven tyler. from aerosmith. apparently, he tweeted, these young kids they don't know what they're doing on the show. years ago would have kicked bob dylan off the show. nicki minaj tweets back, called tyler a racist. and felt offended by what he said. and steven defended himself and apologized. let's take a listen. >> i apologize if it was taken wrong, nicki, but i am the farthest from what did she say i was? a racist. i am the last thing on this planet that is a racist. i said if bob dylan came on the show he would have been thrown off. you know, i think i spoke out of turn, but a racist, i'm not, nicki. >> big word eluded him. what's that again? >> looks good. looks healthy. >>> also, kim kardashian back in the news, apparently not divorced yet. the divorce attorney went before the judge and said basically she is handcuffed to her soon to be ex-husband kris humphries. basically the trial date will start in the few months here. humphries wants an annulment, because he said the marriage was a fraud and he seeks to collect documents from the companies that handle kim's reality shows. kim is seeking traditional divorce. says i want this thing to be done and over with as quickly as possible. so it's still wrapped up in court. they're still together. apparently, kim's mom, kris and current boyfriend, kanye west have been deposed in the case, already legally messy still not divorced for my ex-girl k.k. >> until she is -- still legally with, her old husband you will have to wait. >> i'll stand in line. >> okay, kanye. >>> i have to know what weight watchers thinks. jessica simpson signed the lucrative million-dollar deal to take the weight sauf, shed 65 pounds. she revealed, yesterday she is pregnant again with number two. her little baby, maxwell, 7 months old. she confirmed to "us weekly" she is pregnant. it wasn't planned. she is really overjoyed. you can find out all about it on the next cover of "us weekly" or in the morning on "good morning america." >> very nice. last pregnancy, the baby is due, what, 2017. >> it is going to feel like it. >> good luck, jessica. 2017. >> it is going to feel like it. >> good luck, jessica. lysol believes no toilet is complete, until it's completely clean. lysol toilet bowl cleaner kills 99.9% of germs and removes stains better than clorox toilet bowl cleaner with bleach. so if you want to do the whole job, lysol's got you covered. ♪ i'm sorry so sorry >>> when you are 19 years old. a lot of things seem like a good idea that probably aren't. >> for instance, publicly criticizing the acting job that pays you more than $300,000 an sopd episode, that might not be right, biting the hand that feeds you. >> kind of, yeah, really. >> such is the plight of angus jones who, spent a second day trying to take back some pretty harsh word. abc's brandi hitt is in l.a. with the latest. good morning, brandi. >> reporter: good morning, rob and paula. even after his apology, the controversy surrounding actor angus jones is not going away and now other actors are weighing in. >> i am on "two and a half men" i don't want to be on it. please stop watching it. >> reporter: actor angus t. jones is apologizing for his controversial comments about "two and a half men" the television show he starred in for nearly a decade. >> please stop filling your head with filth. >> reporter: jones joined the seventh day adventist church. hours after his religious rant went viral, he released the statement. "i apologize if my remarks reflect me showing indifference to and disrespect of my colleagues. i never intended that." next to jones in the video is pastor christopher hudson the a man described as the actor's spiritual mentor and host of the online ministry forerunner chronicles. >> the spirit would never tell him to stay on the show. the show is not teaching all truth. it's teaching lies. >> reporter: a former star of "two and a half men" is weighing in. >> thought you said he got dumped. >> reporter: charlie sheen who played jones' uncle on the comedy was fired after an ugly fight with the producers. now a star on "anger management," sheen tells abc news that my former nephew is welcome at the good son anger management home anytime. actor stephen baldwin is a born again christian and also defending jones. baldwin told "good morning america" he's been denied roles because of his religion. >> is it possible to be successful in hollywood and be an outspoken christian? >> sure doesn't seem like it now does it? >> reporter: jones isn't expected back on the "two and a half men" set until next year. because his character has joined the military. rob, paula. e! online reporting he will exit the show after season ten. the thing, cbs has not ordered the show for an 11th season. you don't know what his future is or for that matter what the future of the show. unless they do this spin off. >> "two and a half weirdos" that's what it should say. that's all i got. >> schnabel. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades >>> this morning on "world news now" -- soaking storms. northern california and the pacific northwest brace for flooding downpours, gusty winds and anxiety from mother nature. >> the coast is getting hit by one storm after another after another from a so-called pineapple express. it is thursday, november 29th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm paula faris. we'll check in with accuweather in a moment for the latest on the menacing storms. and there were two winning powerball tickets sold in last night's jumping jackpot drawing. the payout, the frenzy, and the incredible tickets and rate in which they were sold. but $580 million. i feel bad they actually have to split the money. what are they going to do? >> how will they eat. lump sum $320 million. >> $380 million. >> it was $320 million yesterday. >> that's incredible. tell you the two states. two states where the tickets have been sold. stay tuned. >> how many states? >> two! two! >> two. >>> and now, going to turn over to capitol hill where the president's number one choice for secretary of state presumably faces even more political road blocks. the moderate lawmaker speaking now out against susan rice. and exactly why. interesting -- sunny brought up some -- another incident where embassy was attacked several years ago, and saying look there is a track record here perhaps of your involvement in the state department not protecting the embassies the way you should. made an interesting point yesterday. >> they're also floating another name. they said the senate would in no way block that name. >> getting interesting. >>> later the old trend making a comeback in lady's undergarments. who is driving women to tighten up wearing corsets for a shapelier figure. >> you have a corset on? >> can you tell? no. hello. >> are you comfortable? >> extremely comfortable. >> for halloween or whatever. i didn't know privately. i didn't know. >> just when i dance around to, you know, some madonna songs. vogue. >> well, we begin with the waterlogged west coast. second dose of wet and wild weather bearing down from san francisco to seattle. >> part of a parade of storms taking aim at the area like a giant fire hose. add to that winds gusting at 75 miles an hour. some homeowners are spending the night without power. business owners who have been flooded before, crossing their fingers they will be spared. >> we had water up to here. seven years ago i think it was, you know? and we don't really want to go through that again. i mean it really hurts the stores. >> it depends on how it comes. this is a pineapple express. this is just the beginning. so who knows. >> the storms are not expected to let up until next week. some towns are expecting more rain over the next couple days. than they usually get for the entire month of january. which is typically their wettest month of the year. so these insanely strange weather patterns not just affecting one part of the country everywhere. >> sandy a few weeks ago here. now the west coast starting to get slammed. wish them a lot of luck the next few days. this large storm system, it is big, could deliver a powerful punch. >> meteorologist jim dickey has the storm track and accuweather. good morning, jim. >>> good morning, rob and paula. we have a wet pattern here across the west. an upper level low-pressure system. large storm over the open waters. storm after storm inland, dumping in plenty of tropical moisture. rain and plenty of it ahead. lasting through the weekend here. and as far as rainfall totals go, in some spots, substantial rain. coastal california, sierra, nevada. uplift from those mountains. 8 to 12 inches of rain. bring in warmth. freezing levels will be high. in many cases above pass level. around 7,500 feet. those freezing levels. the impact going forward. widespread flooding. damaging wind gusts. mud slides. again high elevation snow. and avalanche danger. rob, paula. become to you. >> thanks a lot, jim. >>> for now for our other major story this morning, the two jackpot winning powerball lottery tickets. here we go. they were sold in two states -- missouri and arizona! >> lottery officials in the state promise to reveal more later today. our abc's ryan owens reports on the frenzy before last night's drawing. >> reporter: this is it, a record breaking jackpot night. america's favorite jackpot game coming to you right now. >> reporter: after all of the hype, the days of breathless anticipation, it comes done to this. >> $580 million jackpot. >> reporter: in the television studio in tallahassee, florida, machines spit out six numbers. numbers that are oh, so close, but not quite the ones printed on your ticket. while the reality that almost all of us have lost yet again sets in. first up, rosenberg, texas. rudy's stop and shop may look like nothing more than a shack plastered with lottery signs you are looking at the luckiest spot in the lone star state. rudy's owner says last year alone this one store printed up $22 million in winning tickets. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> all right. have a good day. good luck. >> reporter: to methuen, massachusetts, sure, ted's state line mobile is a gas station. but 70% of its business is lottery tickets. $15 million worth last year. this place north of boston is more like a lottery lounge. 15 kiosks, plenty of seating and some inspiration. >> this is our latest million dollar winner. >> reporter: this year alone, americans spent $61 billion on lottery are tickets. up 8.7% from 2011. where does all the money go? every state is different, but on average, 58 cents of every dollar goes to prizes. 33 cents are funneled back to state coffers. while most think lotteries fund education, 12 of 44 states use the money solely for that. back in tallahassee, the machines that hold our fate were locked up in a vault. as the sun set on the luckiest place in texas they kept coming. right up until sales stopped just an hour before the big drawing. >> take a look at tonight's numbers. >> reporter: when so many dreams were put to bed. i'm ryan owens in texas. >>> well, for the first time we are hearing from general david petraeus himself about his affair with paula broadwell. petraeus says his wife holly has not kicked him out despite the enormous difficulty he created for her by having the affair. he says resignation of head of the cia was the right thing to do. >> nice save. >>> another key republican lawmaker is challenging the possible nomination of susan rice as the next secretary of state. senator susan collins of maine emerged from a 90-minute closed door meeting with the ambassador voicing some new criticism of her initial account about libya. secretary of state clinton and president obama meanwhile are continuing to stand by rice. >> i still have many questions that remain unanswered. >> susan rice is extraordinary. couldn't be prouder of the job she has done in u.s. congress. >> reporter: massachusetts senator and former presidential candidate john kerry is now emerging as a new favorite for the job. senator collins said she would not have -- that kerry would not have any trouble winning confirmation. >> interesting there. >> yeah, it is. >> signal. >> also, what you are seeing in politics is fascinating. now speculation out there the reason the republicans are trying to derail susan price is that john kerry will get it next which frees up the senate seat and allows scott brown who lost to elizabeth warren to get back to capitol hill. >> chess match. >> who knows. susan rice was working for the state department when there was the bombing of the embassy in africa in '98. susan collins rightfully said, now, wait a minute, you've been in two situations where greater protection was required. so the bombings took place. what is going on here. there is interesting history here. looks less likely she may get the nomination. >> three nomination, treasury secretary, secretary of defense, secretary of state as well. >> big job. >>> all most too late for discounts booking a flight for the holidays. fares cost about 80% more this christmas travel season compared to last year. fares could jump as much as 27% more. if you book a flight during the week leading up to christmas. there are some deals if you fly late, with santa on christmas eve or christmas day, when demand drops. or you can just try to ask santa if you can hop on to his sleigh. >> that's the fastest way. get on that thing. >> uh-huh. >>> well, we know that no place does hype quite like las vegas. and, now we have another example of it. promoters rolled out slotzila, a double-decker zip line attraction there in downtown sin city. >> oh, yeah. in true sin city style, riders will start their zip on a structure designed to look like a slot machine. >> the lower levels we're talking about 70 feet. and you fly as you typically do in a zip line, where you're manninging. but on the top, you go off like 100-plus feet. you fly like a super hero in a prone position and rather than just let you out of the door, we shoot you out of the door. it's the first time it's ever been done. >> that would be cool. >> awesome. >> $20 to ride lower level. $30 to be on top. $40 if you want it both ways. construction of the slides will begin after new years and is expected to open in june. if i, would prognosticate, i would say you would be willing to pay $40 to have it -- >> in vegas, hey, anything goes. are you a zip line person? >> i love zip lining. been twice. >> night time. lights on the strip. >> concrete beneath you. >> count me in. don't worry, a stripper will break your fall. >>> all right. coming up, sharing is good, right? especially when it comes to a multimillion jackpot. if you are part of an office pool, we have things to know to make sure you get your fair share. >>> but first, is it the next best thing or a fashion fail? corsets are making a comeback. we will have a fitting when we return. that's coming up on "world news now." news now". lysol toilet bowl cleaner gives you maximum coverage from the rim down to the water line to kill 99.9% of germs. and removes stains better than clorox toilet bowl cleaner with bleach. so if you want to do the whole job, lysol's got you covered. lysol. mission for health. and for an incredibly clean and fresh bowl with every flush, try the no mess automatic toilet bowl cleaner. hd 3. 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i'm lama hasan in london. >> she looks great. but she may have a punctured lung. it can squish your lungs by 30% to 60%. puts a kink in your organs and can cause severe constipation. >> oh, really? >> yes. >> oh, man. at least you look hot. the price of beauty. >> uh-huh. >> read the tease, i'm going to give lama a call. >> hey, girl. >> hey, girl. >>> still ahead, even if you didn't win last night's powerball there is still a lot of lottery look. >> don't go far, everybody. we'll be right back. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our úñ ♪ it's always more fun to share with everyone ♪ >>> to share or not to share that is the question that face millions of lottery players these past few days. >> with last night's powerball jackpot, people pooled their own money to get more bang for their buck. if lady luck strikes, how do you make sure you get your fair share. abc's linsey davis has the answer. >> reporter: carmen ortiz is convinced her waitressing days are over. is this your last day? >> i think so. >> the executor of the high stakes office pool almost 30 people all pooling their money and promising to split the spoils evenly. >> i have the money. i have the names. >> oh, wow. >> reporter: with stakes this high you would think there would be some kind of contract. but this handwritten list is it. names and a check mark. seems sufficient until they actually win. just ask this group of construction workers in new jersey. they had to sue their co-worker, america lopez after he bought the pool tickets, secretly won a $38 million jackpot and simply stopped showing up at work. this group of 16 school workers got even luckier because there was no fallout when they split their winnings, leaving them with about $500,000 each. one problem i already foresee, fernando put in $20. everyone else just $2. >> split it all equal. >> i think we can trust our colleagues. but you know what, people do funny things when millions of dollars become at stake. >> reporter: how to ensure your office pool runs smoothly. always write down terms. list the names of every member of your office pool. make photo copies of the tickets purchased and distribute them to all members of the pool. don't run multiple pools at once. and make a list of people who chose to opt out this time. while i'm one of the people who typically opts out, i couldn't help but take the plunge in this pool. just going to walk away from your restaurant? >> i am going to fly away from the restaurant. >> reporter: good luck, linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> just like offices out there. >> we had an office pool here on the overnight shift. these people right here, got the powerball of 6. tell them about your big winnings this morning. how much are you each taking home? >> well, 60 cents. cashed mine in right there. >> 60 cents. lump sum for you guys? >> that's all there is. >> you won $12. among 20 people. each of you taking home 60 cents before taxes. and that helps. what was the plan if you hit it big, how many would come back to work? how many of you would we have seen tomorrow night if you had won? >> i would not have been here. no way. >> no one stays on? >> i would be sleeping at this time. >> like normal people. exactly. very nice. what was the craziest thing you would have done with the money, the fun thing? your craziest thing? >> would have paid $40 to get it both ways. out in vegas. >> oh, no. >> oh, no. >>> welcome to "the mix," everybody. you know, it is the holiday season. everybody is worried what can you get me. it is nice to see stories of -- of true philanthropy, and people thinking outside of themselves. want to show you the photo kind of gone viral. it's of a new york police officer putting some boots on a homeless man right outside of times square. this officer, lawrence diprimo, had no idea a tourist from arizona was taking this photo. she posted it on the new york police department's official facebook page, late on tuesday. by wednesday it had been viewed 1.6 million times. nearly 275,000 likes. this officer came upon this homeless man, disappeared for a second. and came back with a pair of boots. he went into an area, a shoe store, and the officer said that he has kept the receipt for $75 in his vest since then to remind him that sometimes people have it worse. >> i love that story too. every day i walk home. you see, especially this time of year, cold, snow coming all that. so, well done, sir. new york's finest to say the least. >>> and on a completely different and far less classier topic. take a look at this, $6,400 toilet. >> toilet? >> toilet. integrated biet bidet, automated seat, lid raiser, seat warmer, foot warmer. built in player and f.m. radio. >> you drop off the kids in the pool with class, and alternate comfort there. for mere $6,400. that's like throwing money down the crapper. >> my husband saw that in a magazine and said this is cool. >> it is cool. i like it. >> yeah, honey, we're not going to spend $6,400 on it. get air freshener. >> matches, matches shocking low effective. >> if you know somebody who loves bacon, a story for you. we actually, one of our -- fine folks here on the wnn staff found this magazine. and we are going to show you a couple of pictures, about bacon-themed items you can get for the bacon lover in your life. get a bacon rug. yes, a bacon rug. >> i love it. >> a bacon ornament for the tree. you can deck the halls with lots of baeken. and you can also buy bacon flavored toothpaste. >> yes. >> you can get a bacon coosie, bacon earrings, bacon shaving cream, bacon shirt, bacon, bacon, bacon. >> not bad. i love it. real quick, got to get this in. new magazine out with the best looking and worst lookin >>> this morning on "world news now" -- multimillionaire dreams. last night's powerball jackpot worth $580 million bucks. >> the cross-country frenzy to buy tickets and who may have won this ginormous prize. it is thursday, november 29th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> i think today ginormous is a word. >> not sure if it is in webster's dictionary. >> good morning, i'm rob nelson. >> i'm paula faris. we will get to the post-lottery drawing excitement in our top story. then to the west coast where mother nature could be delivering a triple whammy. one storm after another. it is already causing flooding, power outages, and plenty of anxiety and nerves. >> three kind of systems combined out there, too. it's a rough few days ahead for our friends out west. >>> also from bangladesh, the unrest following saturday's fatal fire at a clothing factory. some very well known american companies that sold products made at that plant. they're now telling their side of the story. >>> later this half hour, the public school that puts students inside a padded isolation room. the outrage after pictures of it were posted on social media. and how school administrators are explaining this. >> yes, indeed. >>> but, first, we should get to some breaking news this morning on that ginormous news on that powerball lottery drawing. the big numbers, last night's jackpot was worth $580 million. it did go up, $500 million. so the selling frenzy. >> as we predicted. >> so the payout lump sum would be $380 million. and there is word this morning of the winning tickets. get this, hold your breath. we're going to shatter dreams and make some right here. winning tickets sold in two states confirmed, missouri and arizona. >> not new york? >> not new york. >> as for the small numbers, check your tickets. winners were -- 5, 16, 22, 23, 29, and powerball was 6. abc's t.j. winick braving the chill here in new york to gauge powerball fever. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and paula. this jackpot has already defied its own odds, 16 drawings in a row without a winner. that made last night's jackpot the second largest in u.s. lottery history. at 10:59 eastern time the numbers were drawn. the powerball jackpot just kept growing and growing. it grew to over a half a billion dollars. and would-be winners had more than half a billion ideas on how to spend it. [ indiscernible ] and make a five-story mansion. >> a happy life with no money woes. >> pay off bills. >> reporter: from convenience stores to supermarkets, the lotto machines were burning up as millions of americans in 42 states and district of columbia were lining up and dreaming big. >> that's the one right there. i'll see you tomorrow. >> reporter: in the final hours, tickets were selling at more than 100,000 per minute. in one gas station in indiana they were literally giving away powerball tickets. they had 425 of them. they were all gone in an hour. >> free powerball tickets for the drawing. >> reporter: with free tickets your odds of winning, only 1 in 175 million. in yuma, arizona, californians and nevadans were trying to get in on the action powerball not offered in those states. t.j. winick, abc news. new york. >>> so let us reiterate the breaking news this morning. hate to shatter dreams in the 48 states. arizona and missouri. >> so far. >> so far what we know. those are the winners in the two states. you managed the person who won already knows. >> her sons. hopefully they're all on the phone with some very good financial advisers and lawyers. >> just again, 5, 16, 22, 23, 29, powerball was 6. amazed to hear statistics about how much money is left on the table. people that have won mega millions or powerball or just a lotto ticket and have never come forward to claim the prize in hundreds of millions of dollars. >> $800 million, never been claimed. all the prizes you don't add up for big ones. people threw it away. $800 million. to show you the frenzy that struck the country yesterday. listen to the stat from florida that didn't win. the largest powerball state in terms of sales and winners. between 6:00 and 7:00 last night sold $4.6 million worth of tickets. that is 36,000 tickets per minute that they sold. shattering records. >> just imagine if the other eight states not included were allowed to. california. >> couple dozen people who live out there. >>> speaking of californians, northern california is sopping wet this morning and bracing for another wave of wild weather. the soaking storms will keep coming for days from the bay area. all the way to see seattle. it's the so-called atmospheric river known as the pineapple express because it extends from hawaii. powerful winds have started knocking out power in some areas. the downpours are expected to trigger flooding and mud slides. let's get the very latest on this powerful storm system and where it's headed. >> meteorologist jim dickey is tracking it all for us at accuweather. good morning, jim. >> good morning, rob, paula. soaking rainfall on tap for today. in across california. an upper level pressure system spinning offshore. drawing in tropical moisture here. soaking rain expected. san francisco on northward through portland. in the seattle area. along with strong, gusty winds. we're talking gusts especially along the coast. in some cases, 60-80 miles an hour, 40 to 60 miles an hour here. bringing down trees and power lines. rob and paula, back to you. >> all right. thanks a lot, jim. >>> overseas, a town in southern italy just got slammed by a rare and powerful tornado. it plowed through europe's largest steel plant, tearing down their chimney stack and damaging buildings as well. one person was missing, dozens injured. workers had stormed the fact tore just the day before following an announcement by management it would be shut down for good. >>> and now to the latest on that deadly garment factory fire in bangladesh. three supervisors are being questioned after survivors say they were locked inside the factory by these gentlemen when the fire broke out. apparently, management assumed the fire alarm was false and did not want employees leaving their sewing machines. [ indiscernible ] when you hear the fire alarm. >> the fire department said they had to come in with bolt cutters to cut the locks. some ran to the roof. tried to jump off. windows were locked. smashed through the windows. >> that's heartbreaking. like walmart and sears, disney says the factory was not supposed to be making its clothes. a statement from our parent company says none of our licensees have been approved to manufacture disney brand of products for this facility in at least the last 12 months. >>> for the first time, we are hearing from general david petraeus himself about his affair with paula broadwell. in a letter to a fellow general, petraeus says his wife, holly is standing by him despite the affair. he's not being kicked out of the house. his resignation, to the cia was simply the right thing to do. james shelton is the general who got the letter blames paula broadwell for the affair. shelton said broadwell was a savvy woman who knew a lot more about matters of the heart. >> doesn't it take two to tango? >> that's what i thought. >>> another key republican law maker is challenging possible nomination of susan rice as next secretary of state. senator susan collins of maine says that she could not back rice's nomination until more questions are answered about the benghazi attack. and massachusetts senator john kerry emerging as an alternative. in a clear message to the white house, collins said kerry would have no problem winning senate confirmation. >>> well, mitt romney is going to the white house after all. the former presidential candidate is meeting president obama for lunch today in a private white house dining room. now, the president had promised, of course, in his victory speech that he would reach out to his rival. romney has been spending most post election time at his family's home in southern california. wouldn't you like to be a fly on the wall of that one? ♪ awkward >> slightly. or maybe they will actually be more, more warm and hospitable than we think. >> you think with such a partisan, divisive election. you wonder how they kind of break that ice, and the president with his political role model, lincoln. team rival. there was at some point, romney would be treasury secretary. a little unlikely. at least give romney a role in some economic council or advisory position. >> the president has gone on record and says he respects romney for his work with the olympics, restoring the olympics, you know, his skillset lends to ideas that could get the economy growing going. but his spokesman said he does not have a specific assignment for his arrival but it was going to be a useful discussion. >> love to hear that. good luck. >>> the lunch comes early in the holiday season in at the white house. decorations include 54 live christmas trees. unveiled yesterday by first lady, michelle obama. thought i was looking in your living room, now, rob. >> does that look like a plastic tree? the centerpiece of the decorations is outsized 300-pound gingerbread model of the white house that sits in the state dining room. after the big unveiling, mrs. obama helped the children of military families make holiday decorations and bo, the for the portuguese water dog got in on the act wearing a special jingle bell collar. >>> and they threw the switch last night here in new york, lighting the big old christmas tree in rockefeller center. the 84-foot norway spruce is decked out in more than 30,000 beautiful lights. >> after it was found, workers, braced the tree with cables when superstorm blew through. lost power. and this one as you can clearly see turned out great, all ten tons, 20,000 pounds of it. actually the 80th annual lighting of the tree. only a few blocks from here. this is your first christmas in new york. >> yeah, going ice skating. a little loop. a little triple salchow. not really. i don't know if those are legitimate terms. >> you rock it out, michelle kwan. >>> coming up next, controversy in the classroom, involving a special isolation room for students. >>> and you see just about anything here in new york, but a run-away pony and zebra? and a zebra? what is going on? there is so more to this story. just stick around to find out. ♪ my little runaway run, run, run, runaway ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by colonial penn life insurance. to you by colonial penn live insurance. >>> welcome back, everyone. a school in washington state is coming under fire for using so-called isolation booths to calm kids down. >> the room is used for special ed children when they're in danger of hurting themselves or others but some parents say this is nothing more than abuse. patrick preston has the story. >> reporter: in a matter of hours, photos of the isolation booth were shared on facebook about 100 times. from the outside you can see the booth is located in a storage area and has two peepholes at different heights. inside students can sit on the floor of the small padded room. the ceiling features air holes for ventilation. the original facebook poster, a longview mom criticized its use as abusive arguing kids are locked in for crying or tapping on their desk. comments echoed by facebook posters, who ask seriously have the police been notified this has been used. marcy wrote, that is terrible and should never be used regardless if the child is out of control or not. and suggested if a parent did that at home they would be put in jail. do you feel it is abusive? >> people have their own opinion about having information about it. i would not classify it as abusive. >> reporter: the spokesperson sandy catt told me by phone the isolation booth is designed as therapy for children needing to calm down. of the 6,500 students in the longview district, eight or nine are allowed to go inside that's because the school has permission from their parents. >> it is concerning to us that there may not be a complete understanding of the situation. >> reporter: catt said some of the eight or nine kids voluntarily go inside the booth for a break from simulation and added when the door is locked a school staff member is outside monitoring what happens. >> that is fascinating but that state law on disciplining stupids really varies widely and that the federal law restricts, if there is no federal laws, to restrict policies and practices like this. looked like a jail cell. >> that seems a little harsh for kids, you know, that age. sure teachers will find a way to rationalize it. that seems a little overly punitive and strange. but obviously think, if it gets strong enough parental reaction they will change some of those policies. >> you think. seems archaic. >>> this is music to my ears, this next story. still to come on the show, tony soprano, yes. the man, he is back. >> this is music to my ears -- brad pitt. the action packed movie starring brad pitt and james gandolfini, is next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.pi@$@ t@ ♪ ♪ ♪ until brad pitt comes along >>> if you like that song, well, brad pitt, of course, is among the heavyweights in a new movie that looks like an action packed crime drama that also raises pretty interesting political questions as well. >> and "soprano's" fans can rejoice because james gandolfini is once again a made man. cynthia mcfadden had the tough job of sitting down with the two guys. >> reporter: it was more than 20 years a young actor played a sexy hitchhiker in "thelma and louise" and forever stole the hearts of millions of women. >> my goodness. >> reporter: but brad pitt wasn't just a romantic lead. his tough guy bona fides were cemented in "fight club." >> first rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club. >> reporter: this week, he's opening in a new film in "killing them softly" a mob movie. starring alongside of him. the man who made tony soprano a household name. james gandolfini. it is hard enough to get one to sit down for an interview. but to get two together. >> protection. >> reporter: is that what it is, for each other? >> yes. >> reporter: yeah. actually everyone else need protection from them. both actors play hitmen hired to seek justice for the mob. when the director told him he was excited about a new story, pitt readily signed on as both star and producer. >> no [ bleep ], no more booze, no nothing. >> i don't take orders from [ bleep ] like you. >> reporter: in the movie they play old friends, hired to chase down a group of wannabe tough guys. stupid enough to knock over a mob-protected card game. the film is set in 2008 in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the great depression. actual news reports are woven into the story line to suggest the people running the mob and people running the country have a lot in common. >> you are a cynical -- you know that? >> reporter: politics aside those hoping for good old-fashioned mob movie violence will not be disappointed. >> action! >> reporter: and the whole dustup over the ad begs the question can anyone as famous as pitt really be just another actor on the set? despite the cynicism of the character he plays on screen, ultimately finds hope in the movie's message. i'm cynthia mcfadden in new york. >> it opens this weekend and was filmed all in where -- >> new orleans. >> all you need to know. we'll be back. need to know. we'll be back. really meets yous and your budget? as you probably know, medicare only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. and could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. call today to request a free decision guide to help you better understand medicare and which aarp medicare supplement plan works best for you. with this type of plan, you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients... plus, there are no networks, and you'll never need a referral to see a specialist. there's a range of plans to choose from, too. and they all travel with you. anywhere in the country. join the millions who have already enrolled in the only medicare supplement plans endorsed by aarp, an organization serving the needs of people 50 and over for generations... and provided by unitedhealthcare insurance company, which has over 30 years of experience behind it. call today. remember, all medicare supplement plans help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay -- expenses that could really add up. these kinds of plans could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. you'll be able to choose any doctor who accepts medicare patients. and you never need referrals. if you're thinking about your options, call today. when you call, request your free decision guide. and find the aarp medicare supplement plan that may be right for you. until they see this. the oral-b pro-health clinical brush. its pro-flex sides adjust to teeth and gums for a better clean. the pro-health clinical brush from oral-b. ♪ oh i need some one to read me stories ♪ ♪ oh someone to turn the page ♪ oh >> oh. i hear glass shattering everywhere. >> rough. >> and staten island new york, by a duo no doubt in search of greener pastures. >> before the pair was corralled they had quite an adventure. wabc's reporter was there. >> reporter: no, this is not the beginning of a joke. >> a zebra and pony. a zebra running down the street. >> reporter: no, zachary's eyes were not deceiving him wednesday morning as a zebra and pony trotted down the street right past his window shade store. >> it was like the craziest thing i ever saw. i tried to stop them so they wouldn't run into the street. i was going [ clucking ] they didn't stop. almost getting hit by a car coming on. and, nothing i could do to stop them. they were running so fast. like a herd, like galloping through the sahara or something like that. i turned around and saw two guys wearing like blue jumpsuits carrying lassos. just the craziest thing i ever saw. running on foot after them. >> i was chasing them down victory boulevard. >> reporter: one of the guys 31-year-old giovanni who owns the zebra and the shetland pony who made a break for them right after breakfast. >> went to go feed them. forgot the gate open. >> reporter: managed to catch them before they hurt themselves or any one else. they're back home safe and sound. while zachary osher has quite a story to tell. >> rush hour. the herd was on the move. >> reporter: here they are safe and sound at home. this is casper, a 14-year-old pony by the way. back there say a little shy, razzy. a few months old, 4, 5 millions old. they're now back home. but their owner says in the next day or so he will take them to a farm in new jersey where they went be able to rome the streets. josh einiger, abc news, staten island, new york. >> interesting. yeah, as he said, going to move to new jersey. only zoos or petting zoos are allowed to keep zebras in new york city according to the health department and inspectors are investigating as they should. >> more shocked to learn that the guy who has the animals actually lives at home with his parents. i was shocked to learn that he didn't have a more active dating life. but i guess he stays busy with [ horse naying ] i'm coming in a minute, ma! >>> this morning on "world news now" -- the $580 million question. there are lots of losers, but what about winners of that giant powerball jackpot? >> that is the question being asked all across the country right now. on this thursday, november 29th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good thursday morning, everyone. i'm paula faris. we are almost off to the weekend. yea! >> did you win? >> no. >> i didn't win either. >> huh-uh. i'm going to win some sleep over the weekend. >> that is some times even better. i'm rob nelson. good morning, everybody. we will have the powerball numbers and the latest from lottery officials and we know where the winning tickets were sold, two states. we'll tell you what they are coming up in just a moment. there has been news breaking overnight. hang on, we'll tell you where. >>> also, this half hour -- not new york. the people who have beaten the odds before winning some of the biggest jackpots in history. what is life really like after striking it very, very rich. >> some of the people just blow right through it and they're worse off than before, hard to believe that would happen. >> scares me. yeah. >>> then that looming fiscal cliff that could take money out of almost everybody's pockets, in the form of higher taxes, there is more wrangling ahead today in washington. but are the two sides any closer to agreeing on something? >> that's right. more high level meetings today. treasury secretary tim geithner, kind of obama's negotiator man at the table. see if they can make any headway. >>> art, later this half hour, she's 50, he's 26. demi moore has a new younger man in her life. who she is dating now coming up "the skinny." interesting choice. seeing how the last relationship turned out. >> all you need to know his last name is schnabel. >> not making that up. we are not making that up. >> no. >>> but first, we begin with breaking news, powerball officials are making it official this morning. two jackpot tickets sold for last night's lottery, one in missouri and one in arizona. >> missouri and arizona. congratulations. get this. by the time of the drawing the jackpot was worth $580 million. so we should mention the winning numbers right now, here they are, 5, 16, 22, 23, 29, and the powerball, my personal favorite number, 6. abc's steve osunsami got an inside look at where the winners were picked. >> reporter: buying lottery tickets like never before, more than 189 million powerball tickets sold in this final rush. >> thanks. >> this is amazing. incredible. never before happened. >> reporter: families who crowded minimarts and waited in endless lines telling us they weren't just buying tickets they were buying hope and dreams. >> it would be the best thing in the world. nobody in my family would ever have to worry about anything ever again. >> reporter: we followed les sherman as he joined the multitudes outside this lottery retailer in arizona just across the border from california and nevada where powerball tickets aren't sold. >> i've been in line for 30 minutes. >> another 45, left. 1 hour. >> reporter: more than an hour later, les finally buys his ticket. >> definitely going to win. already spent the money. i better win. >> reporter: at powerball's tallahassee studio, security is tight, there are seven surveillance cameras and two in the locked vault where the lottery machines are squirreled away. they're determined to avoid any suggestion of a fix like the 1980 scandal in pennsylvania where workers substituted weighted balls to rig the game. >> the integrity of the game is what is utmost important to us. the door to get in here is double locked, sealed and alarmed. >> reporter: employees who touch any lottery balls are required to wear gloves. >> these balls are not touched by human hands. that's to make sure no oils or dirt or anything adhere to the balls. >> reporter: steve osunsami, abc news, tallahassee. >>> and moving on this morning, attorneys for a tampa woman insist she did not kill a man who won the lottery. testimony resumes later today in the case of durice dee7 million on a lottery ticket. his decomposing body was found in moore's backyard. her attorneys told the court there is absolutely no evidence that proves she shot shakespeare. but prosecutors say she shifted what little money he had left to her personal bank accounts. >>> and a tragic story that you probably heard about here in new york where a new york nanny accused in the shocking double murder of two young children in her care has pleaded not guilty in a rare hospital arraignment. investigators say that the woman repeatedly stabbed 6-year-old lucia and her 2-year-old brother leo in the manhattan apartment last month. she entered her plea from her bedside where she is treated for self-inflicted stab wounds. >> the story broke the nation's heart. apparently, the nanny suffering from mental issues but some financial issues as well and resented the family because apparently they asked her to work an extra five hours a week. so that, in addition to her other difficulties led her to the

paula broadwell hired dee dee myers.l kelley is being represented by abbe lowell, who represented john edwards. and gloria allred. lots of lawyers and no one's been charged with anything. >>> the 113th congress, meantime, will have the fewest number of veterans since world war ii. just 19% will have served in active duty, down from 80% in 1977. iowa governor terry branstead wants to end the iowa straw poll. michele bachmann won this year. he thinks the move strengthen the iowa caucuses. and it looked like hillary clinton was getting a little sleepy during her trim to asia. her eyes were closed for just a little while in myanmar. >>> finally, the late show did some amazing things with photo shop and this next clip is about chris christie. >> did you see him yesterday? he was testifying before a senate subcommittee. did you see this? we have exclusive footage. here's governor chris christie. >> be the republican governors. one of the reasons why you have 30 republican governors in america and why we're the only organizatio

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and when he had [sings] dee-da- dee-da-da-da-da, [talking] i finally came to the thing, the way our logic lies in it, "i want to be somewhere on the other side of the rainbow." and i began trying to fit it: "on the other side of the rainbow." when he had a front phrase like daa-da-da-da-da now, if you say "eee," you couldn't sing "eee-ee." you had to sing "ooooh." that's the only thing that would get aand i had to get something with "oh" in it, see: "over the rain" now, that sings beautifully, see. so the sound forced me into the word "over," which was much better than "on the other side"" judy garland: [singing] somewhere over the rainbow way up high, there's a land that i heard of once in a lullaby. ernie harburg: anyhow, yiparlen worked on it. he came up with this incredible music, which, if anybody wants to try it, just play the chords alone, not the melody, and you will hear pachelbel, and you will hear religious hymns, and you will hear fairy tales and lullabies, just in the chords. no one ever listens to that, but try it, if you play the piano. piano. and at any rate, on top of the

biographer and mistress paula broadwell has now hired the pr firm for former white house press secretary dee deeill kelley, who made the complaint that uncovered the whole affair has teamed up with abbe lowell and judy smith, and not to leave anybody out, kelley's twin sister has now been represented and retained the attorney gloria allred. that's a lot. chip reid is here with a look at petraeus's next step. chip, good morning. a lot of people are asking what does someone like general petraeus do now? >> well that's a really good question. he was not long ago one of the most admired men in america. the question now is whether he can regain that elevated status and if so how? by any measure, david petraeus's record of accomplishment is extraordinary. a four-star general, he led the surges in iraq and afghanistan. he was director of the cia, and while he denied any interest in politics, some top strategists had them on their short list for president. >> this personal failing will be a blip on the historical record. >> reporter: peter mansoor was a top petraeus aide in iraq. >> if we made adultery

dee dee myers at the end of this panel, whether it is stephanie, whether it is debbie wasserman schultz who leads our party, whether it's donna brazile who was running a presidential campaign in this country almost a decade ago. the reason our party gets it, because we respect women and we need women in decision-making positions. and women see that. i will never forget looking at the convention floor, at our democratic convention, and looking at the convention floor at the republican convention and saying, this is why i do what i do. because i am so proud to be part of a party that wants to be america. and as long as we keep focusing on those issues, and as long as we fight every day to make sure women in this country have an equal seat at the table, not just because there is one or two of them but because they're the ones making the decisions. they're the ones that are actually moving the levers of power, and that's what emily's list has done. you have put w o country iseevers better for it. i am so grateful. i said all during the campaign, to emily's list, i wouldn't be in the senate in the first place without you. i sure as hell wouldn't be back without you. thank you all from the bottom of my heart and keep working as hard as we know how. >> great. thank you so much. senator mccaskill, thank you so much and we are so proud, our entire membership is so proud. our membership raised more money for claire mccaskill this election than we have ever raised for anyone. it's incredible. we are so proud of her. so thank you. and with that i want to make one more introduction of someone who i just, she has become a friend. she's always been a role model and she is just an incredible, incredible leader. debbie wasserman schultz has taken on many jobs in her life. all the a about the same time. she is a great congresswoman from southern florida. not an easy job. she is a mother. never an easy job. he has done at the helm of our great party. i mean not tonely did she insure the re-election of president barack obama, but she did it by a making sure at that there was a constant conversation about what women were facing, both economically and with their health care and with their lives every day, pulling us together, making sure every woman in this country knew what was at stake. and, i don't know if anybody gives her credit for this but i will. i think she delivered florida, which is also pretty impressive. [applause] but she has just been an incredible leader, and for our membership, someone to look at, and we really do see her as a role model for some of us. we certainly hope that i know she has three major jobs and i know the folks at emily's list are very much hoping that she keeps all three jobs because we can't imagine sighing the next two years where we have to fight to get the house back. we have one more thing we need to do and having debbie wasserman schultz as chair of the dnc will help us get there. come on up. thank you so much for being here. [applause] >> okay. so i brought cards up because there are some statistics we have to just run through and celebrate but first we need to celebrate stephanie sc h.r. iock. let me, i know these things if women don't celebrate us we see nobody celebrates us or not very often. any organization like emily's list that goes through generational change faces risks. you know when emily's list was founded by ellen malcolm, this was an organization that essentially became iconic almost interchangeably identified with her. i can tell you that i spent, you know, my whole formative, all of my formative years admiring and really just loving ellen malcolm. my very first check in my very first statehouse race was from emily's list, 20 years ago, when i was 25 years old. so this, the risks that an organization like emily's list face, faces when the next generation, the generation that began the organization moves on it was so tied to that personality and that person that it could never be the same. well, not only is it a credit to ellen malcolm that emily's list was very, very smart and wise about who they chose to succeed her and to carry the organization to the next level and through the next generations, the person that emily's list chose, stephanie schriock is just incredible. the right ahead leader for the right time for this organization. this election's results couldn't be more of a clear example of that. so congratulations. [applause] in the world of undersung and unsung herro ins for election results we can't say enough about stephanie slir yok's success in this election. i think it is important. women came out for president obama with 55% of the vote. 184 women ran for con greggal office, 40% of the u.s. population has at least one woman senator. no longer a all male state legislature in the country, nowhere. new hampshire which is my home away from home, has all woman congressional delegation and a woman governor as well as a female statehouse and state senate leader. they're not both democrats but that is okay. they're still woman. we're moving in the right direction. this is my favorite, when the 11th con aggression gavels in this january, all-time high of 21 women senators and 81 women in the house of representatives. which is awesome. that is particularly gratifying we came off, i remember being in a similar discussion just two years ago just lamenting and agonizing we dropped the number of women in congress for the first time since 1982 after the 2010 elections. you know, some of us thought, oh, my gosh, how did we lose momentum? how did we get it back? it is so critical. there was a lot of soul-searching. you know what? rather than spend two years hand-wringing, women got to work and we got to work recruiting and then thankfully, well not thankfully, we were clearly helped by the republicans because out of the gate they had a decision to make. when they took over the house majority they could have taken a more moderate path. unlikely given the tea party extremists that they elected in 2010. but h.r. 3, the third bill out of the gate if recall was the bill that would have redefined rape. that sent the clearest signal to women what was in store for us across the country. you know, they could have just left it at that. then the assault on planned parenthood. the assault on title 10. the, idea that we should refight the battle over whether we have access to affordable birth control, you know, and the list goes on. and then we know how the rest of the election played out. but i can tell you, and i will conclude with this because you guys are going to hear it. you have an amazing panel led by dee dee myers who has stayed in the fight and been an incredible and remarkable leader and also a mom. the whole ginger rogers, women do all the same thing that men do but do it in high heels backyards, that is what it is really all about. i would love to have a man spend the day in the life of the women in this room and try to get done what we balance together in order to make sure that we can make everything work and help the people that we care about thrive. but the important thing here is that we continue to move forward. we have to double down. we have to double down in 2014. i mean we've got to make sure we recruit more women to run for office because this, it is not just a slogan that when women run, women win. they do. they do. and when women run, democrats win because we have, it is, you take a look at the, take a good look when the house convenience after this, after this next congress is sworn in at what our side of the aisle looks like versus the republican side of the aisle.