the denver city and county building was the location of a colorado rally for recovery. citizens gathered at the building to celebrate recovery with a variety of activities and entertainment, including a walk, speakers, celebrity guests, live music, food, and fun. recovery advocates in florida came together to enjoy a full day of activities by attending a ride for recovery and rally at daytona beach. the ride began at destination daytona, with stops along the way for raffles, prizes, and lunch before ending at the bandshell in daytona beach. after the ride, event attendees enjoyed further entertainment, including displays, line dancing, and live music. both washington and oregon kicked off recovery month with ceremonies on each side of the interstate bridge. the events featured stories from people in recovery, elected officials, and a reading of the proclamation from the governor's office. native american drumming groups played as members from the two states joined hands across the bridge and recited the serenity prayer. the festivities continued afterward with tons of f

denver. and on i-90, from the dakotas to minnesota. >> and if you're flying today, you can expect some airport delays in seattle, salt lake city, denverinneapolis. >>> well, during this week, when many americans are flying, an airline pilot has taken to youtube to highlight a double-standard in airport security. that flight crews are forced to go through security but those loading and servicing the planes are not. >> he found out that even the government was watching his videos. here, now, is george warren from our sacramento affiliate, kxtv. >> anybody recognizes this terminal, this is obviously san francisco. >> reporter: a veteran airline pilot offered a video tour of san francisco international airport, using his cell phone camera to point out what he believes are serious flaws in airport security. >> it's only smoke and mirrors. >> reporter: the pilot, who asked that we not identify him or his airline, was authorized by the tsa to carry a handgun in the cockpit. the pilot is asking the question, why are you and i and even he and other members of his flight crew, forced to go through a security checkpoint? while the people who ser

he poured in 21 of his season- high 44 in the third quarter and oklahoma city over denver. gimme some of of those yellow sneakers. >> the raiders still have a shot at the postseason. to the most wins they have had in seven years. they have to get past peyton manning past payton manning and the colts tomorrow. manning has not been his normal self. they have had a lot of injuries in offense all season long. they know they are going to have to be themselves. >> the raiders have always had a problem with penalties. just minimize them. go to the game and get 12 penalties, we will kill our own self. if we have five, i think we will be okay. >> you go. the raiders are blacked out, locally, tomorrow and will be showing the chargers-dangles. stay tuned after the game with complete highlights with the raiders-colts game with postseason interviews. more sports coming up. did not christmas without nfl action. the cardinals and cowboys, not the best of game but went down to the wire. hang tight. we are coming right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, this holiday season, chevy's giving you more. lik

. >> kansas city beat denver, 10- 6. the raiders are two games behind the chiefs in the afc west. raiders will play the afc east leading jaguars next sunday. >>> the nfc west is so bad, today's game in green bay was not a must win for the 4-7 49ersers who have three division games remaining. 1st quarter, the 9ers are up 3- 0. smith is sacked on back-to- back plays. they have to settle for one of jeffrey's three field goals. in 2nd, the explosive packer offense is on the board. aaron rogers out to jennings for the 57-yard touchdown. the two would hook up again, and this one gave green bay the 7-6 lead. the packers up 14-6. troy smith to vernon davis, 66-yard touchdown. that's the longest play for a scrimmage this season. he said give me the football, give me the football. read his lips. the wide open driver here making the 9er defense look like the keystone cop on the way to the end zone for the 61- yard touchdown. wait until mike singletary sees the film on that one. the packers win 34-16, dropping san francisco to 4-8. >> it's just a matter of looking at the film to figure out wh

. >>> kansas city beat denver 10- 6, so the raiders remain 2 games behind the chiefs in the afc west.ders play the jaguars next sunday in jacksonville. >>> today's game in green bay really wasn't a must-win for the 4-7 49ers. the fox announcing team had to be colder than the 49ers. smith gets sacked on back-to- back plays, settling for one of jeff reed's three field goals. 6-0 niners in the second when the explosive packer offense finally gets on the board. aaron rodgers airs it out to jennings for the 57-yard touchdown. the two would hook up again. this one gave green bay the 7-6 lead. end of the half, now packers up 14-6 when the niners connect on a big play of their own. tory smith hits davis for a 66- yard touchdown. it's the niners' longest play from scrimmage this season and he's telling anybody who would listen. just give me the football! green bay led 14-13 at the half. third quarter, rodgers finds a wide open driver, who makes the niner defense look -- wait till mike singletary looks at that one on film. rodgers throws for 298 yards and 3 touchdowns. packers win 34-16, droppi

travelers as a blizzard, a snowstorm that massed through here is expected to cause delays in denver and salt lake city. reporting live at sfo, leslie brinkly, abc news. >> thanks very much. >>> the heavy rain has caused another portion of the cliff side apartments in pacifica to fall away. look at this picture. on the left is what it looked like a year ago when the bluff began to crumble. on the right is what it looked like today. video taken from sky 7hd. amy hollyfield is live tonight an esplanade avenue. here we go again. >> the city says something needs to be done about this building, but officials don't have the power. check it out. the building is red taged and city officials want an order it be demolished, but the city needs to condemn it. they are not there yet, but they would like too talk to the owner. when we first shot this video a year ago, you could see there was a glassy line behind the apartments here. now you can just see a rocky cliff. apparently this isn't the most dramatic vantage point. >> i didn't know the extent until i walked down on the beach. >> kathy collins lives in the apa

. >> and if you're flying today, you can expect some airport delays in denver, minneapolis, detroit, chicago, kansas city, memphis, houston and new orleans. >>> and final preparations are now underway around the world to welcome in 2011. you are looking at new york's times square, where thousands of revelers will gather to watch the ball drop later on tonight. >> and there will be a heavy police presence there, as well, as you can imagine. aaron katersky reports on this big, annual tradition. >> three, two, one. happy new year. >> reporter: since 1907, its has been emblematic of new year's eve. the ball, dropped from extension, in times square. the first few new year's eve ball was iron and wood. today, it's waterford crystal. and it's bigger and brighter. >> it has 2,680 waterford crystal triangles. and they create over 60 million colors and billions of patterns, like a kaleidoscope in the sky. >> reporter: revelers have welcomed the new year in times square since 1904, when it marked the opening of the times square headquarters. today, it's a made-for-tv event. new kids on the block are among the perfo

the lake his in los angeles a season high forty four by kevin durant propelled oklahoma city seaway home win denver and golden state won back to back games for the first time since november the ten b. team portland. i would say the n.f.l. and i were weak sixteen continued in arizona where the cardinals hosted the dallas cowboys both teams have had disappointing seasons and i took the pie off but the gang turned into quite a contest that junket had been doing a decent job of placing the quarterback tony romo for the cowboys but this was a game you'd rather forget the veteran pick no one but twice and yet you call to both interceptions return to touchdowns by the cardinals in this case greg throw the move away to make it fourteen nothing and it would not on a good get worse for kitna he took plenty of hits and eventually went down with a hip injury. so he called a bank statement gates and guess what he let the boys back into it thirty seven yard touchdown delivery to miles austin gives dallas their sleep with under two minutes left however they. managed to miss the extra point to make it a three. unb

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denver hit 70. 46 at rapid city. yet the cold air is in progress all the way south into florida.ut warming a bit out to the west. so the temperatures will come back a little bit after this cold, cold night we've got ahead tonight. winds are north-northwest at 6. humidity is 80%. the dew point is 4 and the temperature can go down to that dew point. we had readings as low as 3. 2 at naperville. and went up to the mid-20s in some areas. naperville only to 16 today. here's the big picture here. you see this jet stream. see this speed max here? right on the nose of that you get lift. and this will come in tomorrow night and lift the air. there are already winter storm watches out down state where they expect the heaviest snows. but a whole range of advisories out to the west of us as this system marchs eastward. we'll show you that system in a bit and show you what some of the models are saying how much will fall. and we'll have a lay of a first guess. tonight clear, cold. the michigan lake snows are finally winding down. 8 in the loop as well as minus 8 in mchenry county and the cold

there's quite a line between our cold air and the warm air that sent oklahoma city to 64 and denver tothat boundary emanating from this very cold air up to the north. it will be bringing these systems in from time to time. we're 10 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago with a southwest wind coming off the lake a little bit at about 6 miles per hour. this is the 10th coldest december on record around here. and the coldest since 2005. continues in that vain. we have not had a 40-degree temperature and december has not done that since 2005. december continues its cold ways. clouds thicken tonight and some light snow in the predawn hours. low of 18. some of the lows this morning that led to the icicles. tomorrow cloudy and periods of light snow. a dusting in most parts of the city. if you go farther west toward peoria, you may end up with 3-5 inches of snow. tapers to flurries tomorrow night low 19. partly sunny and breezy and colder during the day friday with a high temperature on friday going into the mid-20s we think. about 24 degrees. so it's not bad. there's friday. and we will have the we

denver had the lowest average priced among cities surveyed at $2.61 a gallon.ong island, new york, was highest at $3.21. i bet we could beat that here in california. the average price was $3.14 a gallon. >> you may be able to get flavor-infused alcoholic drinks in your favorite bar and restaurant. clearing up a post-prohibition legal code. they say they cannot infuse alcohol with different flavors. leno's bill would allow bars and restaurants to flavor small amounts of liquor with fruits, vegetables and spices. >> in australia major roads are closed as residents and emergency officials deal with major flooding in new south wales. half the state is affected by the floods and warnings remain in effect for 13 of its rivers. crews responded to 13 calls for assistance and that was just sunday. hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes. farmers in the area believe nearly a million dollars could be wiped off the value of the state's crops because of that flooding. >> i was there in that flooding and it rained every day while we were there except one. the

denver has the lowest average price among big cities surveyed at 2:61.ong island new york was the highest at $3.21. in california the average price for a gallon of regular was $3:14. they didn't break out san francisco obviously where it's more expensive than that. >> you may get flavor-infused alcoholic drinks in your favorite bar or restaurant. mark leno is taking action to clear up a legal code. it says bars cannot infuse alcohol with different flavors, something like what you might put in sangria or vodka with a fruity flair. it would allow bars and restaurants to flavor small amounts of liquor with fruit, vegetables and even spices. >> the i-pad has been one of the best selling and most hyped projects of all time and it's predicted to be on top of a lot of wish lists. but becky says hold on. there may be some compelling reasons not to buy an i-pad right now. >> the i-pad was released in april and it's ripe for an update from apple. the two most requested changes? a price drop and a built-in camera for video chat like the i-phone 4 already has. it's

big jump here. 7 degrees in new york city and then over towards the west very frigid conditions. minus 11 in denver. 1 degree up in vancouver. now as for europe the cold certainly continues to dominate much of the eastern regions, again looking at widespread snow across scandinavia, northern germany, into northwestern russia. most of that is light for your friday. it is going to be easing but come saturday a new system will be forming over scandinavia bringing another round of heavy snow to places like the baltic states and northwestern russia. dealing with more torrential rains in turkey as well as heavy amounts of snow up in the mountains here, so flooding is going to be a major concern out here for the central mediterranean through france and all the way into northwestern europe generally dry, although rather cloudy for much of the uk and ireland. now, portugal and western spain will be continuing with more rain and thunderstorms. temperatures not bad, though. 90 degrees in lisbon. pretty mild out here. and berlin is going to be 1 degree. it's been a while since we saw that figure rise above the

cities are doing just fine. a look at your forecast into tomorrow, not many problems. light snow for denver. in the east, finally warming it up on the eastern seaboard >>> if you're watching us on wbgh news channel 34 big hamton, new york, learn about our invisible past as roberson museum and science nter. that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> thanks so much. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. more proof it's hardor hollywood couples stayogether as one of the biggest separates. after more than two years, scarlet joe hansen and ryan reynolds have decided to e their marriage. johanssen was unhappy with how much time they've been forced to spendpart due to work. on the brighter hollywood side, jennifer conley and ul button confirmed they're expecting their second child together. >>> onactor received 2 1/2 years suspended sentence and three years probase. >>> hugh jackman kicked off the oprah winfrey show in australia and he agreed to zip line on to the outdoor set from the top of the sydney opera hous but he failed to brake on time and he injured

. >> reporter: the richman family was on the last leg of their move from denver to kansas city, on this camera view. >> we turned around, took a couple of steps away from the car toward the moving truck. and all that time the carjacker was belining towards the car. >> reporter: as the assailant backs out of view of the camera, melanie manages to break the passenger window with her elbow while aaron jumps in. >> the best i can describe it is a spring loaded swan dive into the passenger seat floor. >> reporter: meanwhile melanie won't let go. >> reporter: as the car speeds off with aaron and the baby inside, melanie losing her grip, hitting her head on the pavement. that's melanie's brother running after the car. >> i just start kicking him on the right side and saying, my baby's in this car, get out of my car, you're stealing my car. >> reporter: seconds later the carjacker slammeded into an embankment, got out and fled. although the suspect is still on the loose, baby samantha and her parents have learned the true meaning of what it means to hold on for dear life. kevin tibbles, nbc new

denver down to 39. but you see the contrast between dallas and kansas city? that's where we're seeing some precipitation breaking out. and that's what we'll see in our region tomorrow. light snow tomorrow afternoon and into tomorrow evening. vic? >> thank you, bob. >>> a possible serial killer could be stalking women on new york's long island. the bodies were found decomposing. police say they were systematically dumped. along a desolate area, about 15 miles from jones beach. they believe the women were killed elsewhere and dumped at the site. and a serial killer is likely responsible. >>> police are looking for answers after shots were fired in an ann rrundle county -- anne arundel county neighborhood. after several gunshots were reported. officers conducted an extenseich search but did not turn up any suspects. and nobody was hurt. >>> a military jury finds an army doctor guilty of disobeying orders intentionally. lieutenant colonel terrence larkin did not deploy to afghanistan, because he says he believes president obama was not born in the united states a

denver. towards the east it is going to be cold. minus 9 in chicago, and dropping to minus 2 in new york city. finally heading into europe, the extreme cold weather will continue to dominate central and eastern areas. a little of this precipitation you'll find is going to be snow for germany, poland, all the way into western russia. some areas in the northern balkans picking up snow flurries, too. around the black sea we'll find lots of heavy showers especially for turkey. lots of thunderstorms and stormy conditions. then out towards the west it will stay mild and calm for places like spain and portugal. central mediterranean picking up a bit of rain for italy but nothing on the severe side. the british isles looking good today, dry and settled. some light showers touching the eastern side here. london coming in at 5 degrees. paris still struggling to rise. 10 for the daytime high. minus 1 in berlin and lots of subzero figures as we head into central and eastern europe. all right, here is your extended forecast now. >>> taking a look at our top story once again, japanese prime minister naoto k

meanwhile kansas city heads out to san diego. >> denver visits arizona and the big one of the week, thestruction of the jets, they go to chicago to face the bears. >> now the picks. jack going with jacksonville, the chargers, as well as arizona and new england. >> co-leader willis, he is also picking jacksonville. he has got the chiefs along with arizona and new england. >> and i along with everybody else going with jacksonville for the first time this season maybe i agree with willis on something. the chiefs, i've got the cardinals and the pats. >> since i am too busy to pick teams i always go with the home teams. it has not worked for me the past week but it worked before. jacksonville, san diego, arizona, chicago. >> diane has something in common with willis and me, her first three picks. jacksonville, kansas city and the cardinals. she's going with the bears over those red hot new england pats. >> we have one nfl result to tell you about last night. peyton manning and the colts kept whatever playoff hopes they have alive, beating tennessee 30-28. >> good luck to you fantasy players

denver. >> couric: and that's the "cbs evening news." i'm katie couric. happy holidays, everyone. good night. latest focus in a crackdown on prostitution. the bay area citywas going to make big money on big pot: suddenly getting a little paranoid. and gavin newsom's tenure as san francisco mayor: probably going to last a little longer than originally thought. good evening, i'm allen martin. i'm grace lee, in for dana king. turning a blind eye, to crime. the city of oakland singles out three hotels, it says ignore prostitution, and sexual exploitation of minors, on their premises. two of the three hotels are on.. or near.. international boulevard. the other is on macarthur boulevard. don knapp talked to one hotel manager, who says he's being singled out for a much bigger problem. hi don. (girls on the street) investigators call this stretch of internation

denver next sunday. oakland must run the table against the broncos and the colts. and finally kansas city. for any clans to reach the playoffs for the first time since the 2002 season. the two afc teams that oakland is hissing the chargers and chiefs met in san diego today. phillip rivers threw a pair of td passes to malcom lloyd. chiefs held to a total of 67 yards on offense. san diego shuts out the chiefs 31-0. with three games left the raiders trail san diego by two games. encouraging note oakland is 4-0 against the three other afc west opponents. >> st. louis rams sam bradford didn't have much fun in new orleans. threw two pitches to malcom jenkins who takes it back 96 yards for the td. saints are alive. win their sixth straight 31-13. the rams fall to 6-7. so how crazy is this, all four nfc west teams under 500. 5-849ers just one game back in the first place. rams and seahawks somebody has to win this division. what's even more nuts is that team will host the wild card playoffs game. nfc philly and dallas met in texas tonight. golden bear jackson was hobbling. but even at three quarte

city. the league's top scorer kevin durant with another monster night. with a season high 44 points. as the thunder takes down denver 114-106. the 49ers and raiders with big games today, both with playoff implications. niners are up first facing the rams in st. louis and then the raiders host the colts at the coliseum. one game on the schedule last night, cowboys and cardinals in arizona. dallas down 21-3, but rallied for a go ahead score with under two minutes left. steven mcghee in for jon kitna hitting miles austin. the cowboys missed the extra point opening the door for this. the jay feeley game winner. the cardinals show some nfc west pride beating dallas 27-26. that is a look at sports. have yourself a great day. >>> there are a few people in the nba who are not happy about all the games on christmas. now last year the league fined orlando magic coach stan van gundy for complaining about the holiday games. now this year, van gundy got a little sarcastic when asked if he's changed his mind. >> i think the nba is so important to christmas, that what we really need to do is increase five games to ten. and we need

he applauds what the city's road home plan has done, but is worried that it might not be able to neat growing need. he says there are still 10,000 people who are homeless in denver. >> in this economy we're seeing a 20% increase of families and individuals who have become homeless. families who never thought that they would need our services or that would become homeless. but this economy has just been a killer for a lot of those people. unless we build more supportive housing units like this, we're going to see more and more people falling behind. we're seeing people who are being locked out of the economy, they're too old to get a job back, they've gone through their savings, they really don't have the resources to provide housing on their own. >> i don't think anyone expected the number of unit that we would have created in this short of time, the amount of money we've raised, the amount of energy we've raised. but there is a community who really needs our support and our work is not finished yet. >> reporter: the director understands that increasing the funding left is critical to meet the demand. it's one of the reasons she took potential donors on a bus to

>> well, my team, the kansas city chiefs, are in the afc west lead and have a huge game -- revenge game, if you will, at home against denver a huge game against the chargers next week, which could decide the afc west. so personally i'm doing okay. >> well, if i've learned anything, at home's pretty good for these teams. >> so we should do all right this week. right. i like your strategy. >>> coming up, one of the stars of the new film "black swan." >> mila kunis talks about her role and why it was a lot more challenging than she thought it would be. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back. well, a really extraordinary group of women are starring in the new movie "black swan," a movie set in the fierce world of ballet. natalie portman, barbara hershey, and winona ryder are joined by mila kunis, who plays portman's rival in the film. >> kunis sat down with peter travers, "rolling stone" movie critic and of course host of abc "world news now's" popcorn. >> mila kunis, great to have you here. >> great to be here. >> can you get up now and do some ballet? >> can you imagine? >> i could. i could almost imagine. we should say, thou

new york city mayor bloomberg along with the mayors of boston, cleveland, denver, minneapolis, san diego, philadelphia, and mesa, arizona, all wrote to the senate yesterday asking us not to enact this poorly thought out bill and it isn't just the chief executives objecting. major newspapers across the country such as "the denver post," the richmond times dispatch and "the washington post" have editorialized against this proposal, and i'd ask unanimous consent that these materials be placed in the record at the end of my statement. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. enzi: i formerly served as the mayor of gillette, i would wyoming, city of 20,000 people. there are too few here who have had experience trying to balance a budget for a city or town, which may explain why this unfunded mandate proposal is being brought up with so little attention given to how it will increase the dire financial situation of states and miewments. a recent report found that municipalities will face a shortfall between $56 billion and $83 billion from 2010 to 2012. headlines across the country confirm

city, things ease up a little bit. lockport, a light dusting. nothing in comparison of four feet of snow in buffalo. very quickly, delays. minneapolis especially into the afternoon. newark and denverarts of the midwest, back out to the west coast. pretty much a nice day from, say, san francisco southward. san francisco north mainly rain along the coast and higher elevations snow. high in salt lake city, 42. 43 in new york. the weekend looks interesting as the snow moves down in parts of the appalachians, perhaps charlotte. late night tomorrow you might see a light dusting of snowflakes in dallas. 44 the high in denver on saturday. los angeles with 68. guys have a wonderful weekend. back the you in new york. >> thanks so much. >> you, too. >>> widely used arthritis pill may help prevent certain types of skin cancer. details just ahead. i'm off to the post office... ok. uh, a little help... oh! you know shipping is a lot easier with priority mail flat rate boxes. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. plus, you can print and pay for postage online. and i can pick them up for free with package pickup. perfect! cause i'm gonna need a lot of those. wow! i kne