and the father said, "it's dinnertime! it's dinnertime! it's dinnertime!" hendrick: our challenge is to try not to be afraid or intimidated by the variety and diversity of artistic expression in our classroom. come inside the house! ok, papa. come inside the house! hendrick: remember, creativity in the classroom is a child's way of expressing his or her own feelings and thoughts about the world, not yours. it breaks my heart to see classroom displays of so-called children's art that all look identical. when i see such cookie-cutter results, i can't help but wonder whose thoughts and ideas are being expressed-- ours or theirs? clone activities-- activities where everybody makes the same thing, the teachers cut out all the patterns, and everybody has to put the eyes here and put the eyes there-- that's dominating. you're telling them what to do. the best thing to do is to put the materials out and let them go for it. they will create their own play, their own structures, their own artwork. they will create themselves. even though we may intellectually underst

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dinnertime ac4:07 is game time. >> some fans of the nationals will turn things around with a win today. >> next time. >> i am still happy with what they've done so far this year. >> today's game is a little later than yesterday's. first pitch at today will be just after 4:00 p.m. today's game will be on television on tbs. >> a sobering report on food safety. >> we will look at that and an early look at trading with linda bell in new york. >> let's begin with a recall. kellogg's is recalling frosted and unfrosted miniwheats. it may contain pieces of metal. fda inspections of industry facilities are rare. food companies often hire their own inspectors a. it's more problematic for imported fruioods. there were unsanitary conditions for some foreign food plants. netflix plans to start offosed captions on all television and movie content within a year, part of a settlement from a death massachusetts viewer -- deaf massachusetts viewer. linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. we want to get to politics. tonight the focus can be on the vice-presidential candidates. joe

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by dinnertime tonight but the track is the same, just the timing is different. 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, one of the models shows a center of landfall here in central new jersey. the next one grows and makes landfall also in central jersey. north of that will be significant because of the way the land goes, new york city, long island and north new jersey and the water doesn't have any way to get out, the way the land is shaped. there are a significant storm surge in long island sound exiting through the east river and it won't be able to get out. so we predict a significant storm surge and waves up to 20 feet on top of the storm surge. so very big problems from that. that's the coastal impacts. inland, major impact. it's such a huge storm, wind warnings from maine down into south carolina -- or north carolina. i want to point out one thing that's important. this is going to be transitioning from a hurricane, meteorologically, to a nor'easter. when that happens, the national hurricane center doesn't monitor it. it goes into the local meteorological offices so hurricane warnings h

afternoon and then all the thunderstorm activity slips to the south and east of us as we head toward dinnertime on monday. overnight tonight an increase in cloud over. mild and breezy. 53 to 49 degrees for your overnight lows. as you're waking up tomorrow morning, just a shower, not a big deal. temperatures in the 50s and 60s with the south/southwest breeze at 20 miles per hour persisting. monday afternoon that's when we're looking for the potential for a thunderstorm. still mild with high between 65 and 73. temperatures will be pretty much exactly where they were today, except we'll have that rain. it's also going to be more humid tomorrow with that wind becoming more westerly as we head into the afternoon. so checking out the zones on monday, 65 degrees in cumberland. it will get up to 68 inwinchester. 72 in culpeper. same temperature in manassas tomorrow. closer to the beltway, 73 in d.c. and andrews air force base. 72 in eston and 73 in cambridge for your monday with the greatest potential for thunderstorms being from about the district south and east. we are going code yellow tomorrow. it'

. >> reporter: so it's not just an annoying phone call at dinnertime. >> these are illegal telemarketingnd our goal is to stop them. >> reporter: two crime s in one, the growing roco-call itself and the fraudulent pitch that follows. and the only defense isn't technical at all. hang up. jim avila, abc news, new york. >>> and coming up, our instant index. what had us talking today starting with this. by getting a scowl from your boss might not be a bad thing. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that's the cold truth! hi, i just switched jobs, and i want to roll over my old 401(k) into a fidelity i

. >> jennifer franciotti has been at mema singh as did a time last since dinnertime las t night. >> all of the agency's work together and to respond where needed. 45 different agencies represented here. fema has a representative here. one representative said she came in from chicago to check on the situation. we got an update a little while ago. the hospitals on generators are no longer on the backup generators and are working on full power. the hospitals have not been overcrowded. ems workers answering typical calls like they would during any kind of a rain event. marylanders have heeded the warnings to stay off the roadways. if people do not continue to listen, the roadways would be packed and there could be more accidents, making work harder for emergency responders. the key bridge is open. the bay bridge continues to stay close td. we go to sarah caldwell. i hope you have some water with you. >> let's bring you up to date. there are some restrictions in terms of driving. you are not supposed to be out there until noon today. the cleanup will take some time. if traffic lights are out

. >> and it's dinnertime if only these toddlers could stay away. how sleep and spaghetti go hand in hand for these boys. are on the scene of a two-am house fire... in an area of cambrian park. >>> in san jose, firefighters are on the scene of a two alarm house fire. live pictures from the cambrian park area. the fire department says some explosions could be heard from inside the house which contains apparently live ammunition. the fire on carlson avenue was reported just before 4:00 this morning. no reports of any injuries. but you can see the damage from the fires. flames shooting out of the roof and crews are trying to put that fire out. we'll have an update in a bit. right now, a connecticut family says -- actually no. we're going to weather. >> we are. we wanted to talk about the half moon bay pumpkin festival that's taking place this weekend if you want to check it out there. go early. it's very crowded to get there. partly cloudy skies. should be about 64 degrees. >> how fun. all right. i know gianna my producer and friend is going to check i

we are go to sea island, georgia, where turtles and gators get along until dinnertime. 20 of the money list, but wants to shake the bad memories of the ryder. is he playing the mcgladrey classic. davis love won back in 2008. check out furyk on the 10t hole. furyk shot a third rounder 4 under 66 and tied for the lead with guess who? yes, davis love. love completes his own 66. the two buddy goes into the sunday's round with a 2-lot- shot lead at 13 there are par. >>> when team usa hosted germany in a friendly soccer match in ilnose. team usa scored in the 2nd. usa settles for a 1-1 tie with germany. the two teams meet again tuesday with another friendly in con. that is sport as we see this saturday night. >>> thank you, fred. >>> this just into the ktvu newsroom we're getting word of a structure fire in berkeley on 9th and delaware streets. the fire department hasn't released any details, but that they are responding. we'll have

by dinnertime, this rain moves up to d.c., after dinnertime into tomorrow morning, it's into the northeastit's locally about an inch of rain with gusty winds. here's where the gorgeous warm weather stays in place. sacramento at 75, l.a. at 77 palm springs at 92 degrees. phoenix, you're sitting at 95. >> that's the weather on this columbus day. all of america's weather coming up in the next half hour. everybody. >> all right, sam, thank you. >>> coming up on "gma," brand-new clues in the desperate search for a 10-year-old girl who vanished on her way to school. >>> caught on tape. a stunning brawl breaks out between two wedding parties at a high-end hotel. police from all over philadelphia called in to stop it. high-end hotel. authorities dmauld to stop it. a one-minute demo e of our new lg optimus zip. for every demo we'll donate one dollar to make-a-wish with the goal of raising up to a million dollars for children with life-threatening medical conditions. demo the phone at walmart and we'll donate a million. find out more at one-minute-one-million-dot-com. straight talk wireless. availab

by dinnertime, this rain moves up to d.c., after dinnertime into tomorrow morning, it's into the northeast. it's locally about an inch of rain with gusty winds. here's where the gorgeous warm weather stays in place. sacramento at 75, l.a. at 77 degrees. phoenix, 95. we have some sunshine coming across the bay at chesapeake beach. upper 30's from frederick to gaithersburg. some peaks of sunshine early and the clouds will continue to come from the west and a couple of laters could develop today but they will be obliged. high pressure will give way to cool >> that's the weather on this columbus day. all of america's weather coming up in the next half hour. everybody. >> all right, sam, thank you. >>> coming up on "gma," brand-new clues for the desperate search for a 10-year-old girl who disappeared on her way to school. >>> and the wedding brawl, police called in from all over to stop it. feel even richer. day you can just stop by walmart and take a one-minute demo of our new lg optimus zip. for every demo we'll donate one dollar to make-a-wish with the goal of raising up to a million dollars

it's just about 5:00 p.m., dinnertime. these three gentlemen are designated as unit workers.y help to serve the food and mop the floors and the like. the tallest gentleman in the frame is ja-norris hayes. he's about to be attacked by a detainee with a weapon, a sock loaded with batteries. i allows him to strike the victim while providing distance so the victim cannot strike back. fortunately for mr. hayes he was able to deflect the initial attack. and what happens is mr. hayes gains the upper hand in this fight. though this started as he was the victim of an assault, he quickly becomes a participant in an altercation. the officer continues to observe the scene and wait the arrival of our response teams. you see mr. hayes now has gained the upper hand in this altercation. and as the response team comes in, you see them secure the participants fairly quickly. efficiently. and they'll be headed off to segregation. >> having received treatment for minor injuries, hayes is secured back in his cell. >> you were on top of him, how -- >> there was a point you had to stop. you didn't.

. >> reporter: dinnertime means family time at the skillman household.opping to who's stirring. to who is sitting around the table and who soon won't. how hard is this for your family? >> not real sure. i don't really think about it. >> reporter: a grandfather to three girls, his other title is master sergeant dan skillman, u.s. army reserves. he deploys to afghanistan in just weeks with his wife, master sergeant lola skillman and their oldest son, james, a sergeant. husband, wife and son will be gone nine months as reserve support at kandahar. despite the 29 years that lola has served, this will be her first time deployed to a war zone. are you scared at all? >> yes. some people say no, they're not scared, they're ready to go do this, but i think in the back of everybody's mind, it's a little bi terrifying. >> reporter: at the skillman home, where the unpaved road meets the montana big sky, they know about sacrifice for country. lola's father was awarded the purple heart during world war ii. dan's father joined the national guard. dan deployed for a yea

you got to deal with it until 6:30, dinnertime. >> out of control here, you're not allowed to even talkdining room. this is an exception. it's amazing we're not getting thrown out. it's because of you guys. but you're not allowed to say a word in here. >> because the dining facility can only accommodate a small percentage of inmates at a time, each table has approximately 15 minutes to eat. >> that's it. >> it's time to go now. we're up and running. >> i'll just take a little water. >> no talking. >> women's detention center is the nicest of all the facilities, if you can call any of them is nice. but jail is hell. >> vitamins. i have low blood. i need 500 milligrams -- prescribed by my private doctor. >> it's head count time. >> this is the third floor of the women's detention center, which houses inmates who need to be separated from the general population. many of these women suffer from psychological problems and supervising them can be particularly challenging for staff. >> i've been attacked once. i guess it was during head count and one inmate hadn't been taking her medication, j

by dinnertime 60-mile per hour gusts and torrential downpours.give you a live look at atlantic city, new jersey. the epicenter, is expected to go through southern new jersey, through atlantic city later today. for that reason, the wind gusts are going to hit new jersey, maryland, and virginia and dc. the u.s. government closed, congress shut down, the white house, as the president gears for response. here's what he said last evening. >> at this stage, everybody is confident that the staging process, the prepositioning of resources, commodities, equipment that will be needed to respond to the storm are in place. >> reporter: power crews from across the country called in to respond to what is expected to be millions of power outages across the mid-atlantic and the northeast. here in dc, mass transportation, subways, trains shut down. the roads will likely be impassable by afternoon. it's a day to stay indoors in the nation's capital. scott mcfarland, ktvu channel two news. >> the stock market closed. that hasn't happened since 1985. a huge storm, w

. >> reporter: a ringing phone, often at dinnertime, and on the other end one of the last people you want to hear from. rachel is part of an infamous prerecorded targeting call with often deceptive information. without a caller's permission, these robocalls are illegal. but the perpetrators have largely eluded the ftc, often ignoring the national do-not-call list. >> it doesn't matter how often you ask them to stop calling you. >> reporter: she can't seem to silence her phone. nearly 4 million people filed complaints with the ftc, nearly twice as many as two years ago. >> technology over the past few years has made it extremely cheap and easy for people who don't want to follow the law at all. >> reporter: ftc attorney katy said they're asking for help. >> it's going to take bringing kind of unlikely suspects to the table. >> reporter: the ftc is launching a contest with a $15,000 reward for the person who develops the best robocall blocking technology. to get started, go to ro robo.challenge.com. >> it's our telephone. it seems to me we should have a right to control how it's used.

we were talking about is a little bit at dinnertime, the fact that a woman needs credentials that are the highest caliber, where as as i mentioned earlier, a man you just comes onto the national scene who is perhaps just elected senator can run for president, or be seen as presidential. were as the woman needs foreign affairs experience. you know, she needs to preferably be a governor, and that some of the work barbara lee has done with keys to the governors mentioned, the idea that it wouldn't be acceptable for a woman to just get elected president from a senate position. she would need more than that. the highest level of credential where as we will accept a than a resume from a male candidate because he looks the part. >> we were talking about this at dinner that, you know, a male candidate they will say well, he can appoint a vice president running mate who can fill in the gap. so if they aren't that experience in foreign policy than you get somebody running with you to take care of that, or vice versa. but women seem to have have all of those things. and we interviewed most of th

and by dinnertime tonight, that rain moves into san francisco. >> and we are live this morning at the scene of more flooding in lower manhattan. all that weather was brought to you by jimmy dean. now, let's get back to josh, amy, george, and lara. >> sam, thank you so much. >>> coming up next on "gma," into the path of sandy's devastation. look at this. our cameras rolling in a community transformed. fires racing through the night, turning this town into what looks like a war zone. >>> and new details on the dramatic hospital evacuations during sandy. the heroic nurses and paramedics who saved so many babies. we hear from the moms about their moments of crisis. more live coverage ahead. one more look at those fires, as well. ad. one more look at those fires, as well. [ female announcer ] ready for a taste of what's hot? check out the latest collection of snacks from lean cuisine. creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they're this season's must-have accessory. lean cuisine. be culinary chic. but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn

. >>> it happens to so many of us, the phone rings at dinnertime, we answer it, and it is another recordedw, the government wants you to help figure out how to stop those robocalls, and it will pay you 50,000 bucks. [ female announcer ] introducing yoplait greek 100. 100% new. 100% mmm... wow, that is mmm... it's so mmm you might not believe it's a hundred calories. new yoplait greek 100. it is so good. >>> the stakes are high and, of course, the clock is ticking. we're just a little more than ten hours from the third and final presidential debate. the race is deadlocked according to this morning's new cnn poll of polls. the merging of five national polls show governor romney and president obama tied at an ironic 47% among likely voters. cnn's farid zakaria joins us with a closer look. he's editor-at-large and columnist for "time" magazine. welcome. >> thanks. >> you know, a part of me hopes that people are really intrigued by tonight's debate and its subject matter, foreign policy, but i do wonder how many americans really care deeply about that issue. >> well, the substance of the issue

it moves to the north and west but you're already beginning to feel those gusts by dinnertime tonight make that landfall. you still have the back edge. by tomorrow morning still a large area central pennsylvania, west virginia, virginia, maryland, all experiencing the potential for those hurricane force gusts. look at the area with tropical storm force gusts from new england down to the mid-atlantic, north carolina, virginia included. back over to you. >> thank you. analysts like our next guest are busy crunching numbers on potential damage. joining us is chuck watson, director of research and development at kinetic analysis coranalysis. >> we can get damage estimates down to 10% or so. even though this is an unusual storm, we probably have a good handle on potential damages and impact. >> that's amazing. where are we? >> well, it's not good. you may recall during irene i was talking down the potential armageddon scenarios. in this case, this storm may actually live up to the hype. we're currently looking at our models showing 12 to 15 billion in damages. i could see 20 billion becaus