future of movie industry and the specific taste of the viewers in russia with the head of the disney company for russia and the c.i.s. . my initial golf was kind of thank you very much for this interview thank you very much for the invitation now more and more russian films take part in the international film festival so sexually mean that movies are becoming a full fledged business in russia walt disney company came few years ago the russian like it and since then the whole movie industry in russia picked up and now russian box office is one of the leading in the world for a lot of. so i think with a lot of comfort i can say that movies is the really important and very fast growing market in russian but yet do you maybe have a feeling that could just a company came a little late to the russian market. in our view it was exactly the right time. disney in order to develop needs a lot of infrastructure just maybe a few words about our business in russia movies is definitely one of the very important businesses for us movies distribution production are very happy about our first very successful

here well disney company established. in two thousand and six and imagine at that time there was nobody in and we were able to build a very strong business and we're leaders in a lot of segments that are important for us we haven't seen now then more than two hundred people working in this office so i believe if you really have a strategy of well thought all if you have a strong team of people you can be very successful in this market you know the japanese animation has become really popular with the children especially on the cartoon market to using it maybe there's a chance to japanese and he may well actually squeeze out the traditional cartoon which has actually been bergen in chips for just made for years and. when t.v. . everybody said all the theater will die all of the scene will so i think that is very different types of entertainment that people would like and definitely japanese animation is a very very important part of kids love disney movies kid loves old soviet movies and they made movies so i don't think i

nbc-universal, news corp, and walt disney company are all owners of hulu, so you'll see a lot of their content. go to channels to see news and information. for instance, let's say you get up too late and you missed your favorite morning show and you didn't set your dvr. ahh! no worries. hulu has it in a matter of hours, and it's all hd. think of it as tv ending up on the internet. next up is youtube. they upload tons of information, as we have already talked about. go to channels to see some of the news organizations who upload content--associated press, russia today, and al jazeera english. many are now using youtube direct. this is a direct connection between you and the newsrooms. go to reporters' center, where you can see what kind of stories they're looking for. news organizations like abc news, huffington post, and npr. post your video, and they can use it on their news shows. last is current.com. this site has news made for the internet that may end up on tv, a site that combines citizen and professional journalism. current.com started in 2005 by co-founder al gore, and viewers

. >>> the walt disney company says it's in serious talks of the city of shanghai to build a new theme park there. they say there is no firm deal until it receives approval from the chinese government. >>> the head of 711 stores is offering to send a slurpy machine to the white house after being ask # this question. >> i want to ask if you will have john boehner over for a slurpy. >> i might. they are delicious drinks. >> the reference comes from earlier dependents by the president when he described the economy. he said democrats are pushing a car out of a ditch while the republicans stood by sipping a slurpy. the president said he might hold a slurpy summit which 711 has offered to cater any time the president wants. >>> how kind. it has attracted 1 million people. the giant victory parade also created an unexpected problem. . >> the solution the crime technicians say it will take to fix it. >>> we have reports that an amtrack train has been in a collision with a pedestrian and we're not sure exactly what the state of injuries are if the pedestrian was hit full on or sideswiped by a t

the way 7 news owned by disney but the non-profit disney museum is not affiliated with the walt disney companys of thousands of people line the streets of manhattan today to enjoy a thanksgiving tradition. ism as you look up you see "spider-man"and his other inflatable buddies including kermit the frog floating over the big happen el in the macy day parade. marching band from across the country perform. santa clause had the ride from traditional spot from last float in the parade as he head to flag ship store on broadway and 34th street. weather there probably felt like weather her here. let check in with spencer with the forecast. >> probably did. hate to be the bearer of cold news. here we go again. we have a freeze warning in effect for much of the bay area including most of the north bay, east bay valley and frost advisory in effect for the coastal north bay. the bayshore line santa clara valley monterey bay another very, veryq cold overnight and early morning. meanwhile over tahoe the weekend we lack at interesting days. friday sunny cold in the morning but mild in the afternoon. snowy on

but the nonprofit museum is not affiliated with the disney company. >> i'd like to see the movie. >>the word. brrr. we expect freezing cold weather. freeze warning in affect. a freeze warning coming from most of the north bay and there is a all for overnight tonight and morning. temperatures going plummet into upper 20s and low 30s looking for a lovely sunny day tomorrow chilly in the morning. there is sunday partly cloudy skies, temperatures grinding into upper tos and there is a winter storm watch in effect for that region from late tomorrow night friday night into saturday afternoon and evening. and there is snow levels dropped down 3,000 feet by saturday here is the accu-weather forecast. sunny skies tomorrow. rain on saturday. then sunday clearing out with sunny skies again. will be chilly on monday and tuesday mornings again with temperatures around 30 in coldest locations but warms up wednesday and thursday. temperatures climbing back up to and just above 60 degree autos that is a warming trend. >> yes. >> and let's take a look at sports now. >> there is a treat for you. we ha

welcome in chief executive officer of the disney company, bob iker. >> it's a brisk day in new york.keep that in mind, the kids that are affected by this. >> we do. this store is designed to give kids the best 30 minutes in their day. it has exciting things. imagination, interactivity, to do just that. we're excited about it. >> it is taking it to the next level, bob. i've been in there. it's so interactive. you have a talking, magical mirror, as part of it, too, in the castle. >> girls love disney princesses. they love to dress up like princesses. they stand in front of the mirror and wave the magic wand. and the mirror transforms them. and boys come in and build their own cars. "cars" popular with boys all over the world. and there's a great theater inside. they can choose their favorite clips from disney movies. there's a lot in there. >> your boys love the "cars" set. >> boys love cars. still do. my boys, as well. it's great to go in there and design your own car. >> this is 1 of 18 stores opening this year. this is the crown jewel. it's kind of fitting that it's here. >> this is

than just a few moments we interviewed had of the disney film production company in russia and the c.i.s. .

blu-ray and dvd, a holiday classic of christmas carol from our parent company walt disney.ez, abc 7 news. >> 6:21 now. coming up, barbie goes geek chic? >> an >> this is the latest viral video on youtube.com. it shows a fight that broke out in an east oakland denny's. it happened halloween night between two groups of women, some wearing costumes. they threw chairs and insults and then dishes. (screaming) >> oh, my! no one was hurt but oakland police cited five of the women. investigators are determining whether more serious charges should be filed. 300,000 youtube.com views. denny's release i a statement. >> the ken doll in the movie toy story 3 was all about his dream house and outfits. but barbie is a different story. mattel unveiled computer engineered barbie at microsoft campus. the icon tries to be geek chic with blue tube, trendy square glasses. it's trying to encourage girls to go into science. fewer than 10% of american engineers are women. don't know if you remembered about a decade ago there was a barbie doll that you pushed a button and said "math is hard." >> th

and good news for one local drug company and walt disney is subpoena we will -- somebody we,want to watch. >> disney shares in focus today. fourth quarter profit fell more than what was predicted. some espn profits were shifted into other. woody and the gang helped boost the film but not as much as expected and park attendance dropped. they are gearing up for the release of "cars 2" next summer. investors waiting for a report on consumer sentiment. yesterday on wall street stocks took a dip as cisco said profit will miss expectations and there is growing concern that european nations including ireland may need bailouts. losses for lockheed martin weighed on the maryland index and a company is trying to get approval for a company the first new lupus treatment in 50 years. it could create possible acquisition offers for the company. that is business at the new york stock exchange. i'm jane king, bloomberg news. >> listen up, folks. some loud but unsuspecting sounds could cause permanent hearing damage. from screaming babies to passing motorcycles to the special quizzes you on which are loud

we shoulddoint out obviously disney is the parent company of abc. > he has, not only in look but also in name. did you know originally the mouse was going to be called mortimer. walt disney's wife said, too formal, let's make it mickey mouse. >> mickey works better. let's look at all the incarnations. >> some crazier than others. >> we're all business here at "world news now." mick birthday, mickey. originally they planned on naming him -- but a rethink. with lunesta. lunesta is thought to interact with gaba receptors associated with sleep. lunesta helps you get the restful sleep you need. lunesta has some risk of dependency. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving or engaging in other activities while asleep without remembebeng it the next day have been reported. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations, or confusion. in depressed patients, worsening of depression, including risk of suicide, may occur. alcohol may increase these risks. allergic reactio

>> i would say that the company is in front of you are all very profitable including news corporation and disney who's not here, so the issue we are raising is not about the relative profitability of different companies. we are really raising an issue that in the context of this narrow thing called the transmission consent which was set up by the government do we have the right process for deciding the amount of that subsidy of the viewers. we are not questioning whether there should be a subsidy or whether there should be a payment, but the mechanism for determining the amount seems broken and there's a lot of transparency, so that's our focus. we have plenty of competition so what we end up charging consumers is pretty much determined by a competitive marketplace. >> i won't disagree the market has provided increased competition. a lot of people surprised but it is very broad with a digital download and so forth et cetera, it is a new world out there and there is no question about that. well, here's sort of what the congressional research service, which is non-partisan as you know, has conclud

two months ago a disney employee pleaded guilty trying to sell early access to a companies quarterly reports. >>> let's check in on wall street. the broader market got hurt early on with markets heading lower. you can have a live look at the new york stock exchange. technology getting helped by news that i reported a little while ago. intel breaking news reported best year ever. intel stock up .25%. they will test having preprinted postage on envelopes that come with greeting cards. that could make it easier to mail greetings. >> very interesting. >>> a popular cartoonist finds himself in hot water. the reason the creator of garfield has apologized. >>> and it was a brush for death with a young soccer player. the reason he's thanking his coach. >>> if you're drive into the valley this morning it seems to be a slightly better community. we'll tell you about the morning commute straight ahead. >>> time now 6:55. let's go to tori to find out what is coming up on mornings on 2. >>> coming up in minutes what is happening this morning to that antioch man that threatened to blow up the bay

you compared the company to disney a little bit. what do you see as the unifying factor of those properties within aol if there is one, and secondly, how are you organizing those individual brands? do they have ad sales teams and what's the strategy? >> sure. >> is it a magical kingdom? >> you know, magic is one of the words i use to describe it. i think our jobs are at aol whether it's in gadget or aol or something else. when we go to bed at night we need to think about the magical experience i'll have when i wake up and engage consumers. there is -- i would say that kind of the magic of what the experience is and then the curuation, the notion of did we take enough time thinking through what is useful and cureuate the heck of it to have a good experience. on the initial brand side on organizing the company this we continue to work through, although, we're getting to the p -- point where we look at the world in two ways. there's exits off the distributions, and the exits are community and technology, local, it's patch and mapquest

disney hit a 12 month high. >> the best single brand of entertainment media and assets in the world. the companyye on costs. >> basically the price action 0 this one and the stock is about as sleepy as one of snow whi's

disney's grandchildren. dick van dyke's son. the geddy's. i was in very good companyth kids of famous -- good and bad? >> good and bad. it's a strange -- i was raised differently. i think they, to a degree, they were just a little more spoiled, you know, than i was. my parents, you know, they raised us pretty strict and i think being a black family during that time, you just didn't have certain luxuries that you could just get wild and act like everybody else. >> larry: how old were you when dad died? >> i just turned 15. >> larry: where were you? >> i was in school. north field school in biology class. i'll never forget it. >> larry: they came to get you? >> yeah. yeah. i knew he was sick but again, i didn't -- you just -- that part of -- she going to leave here? no. that was just not -- as a matter of fact, several days after his lung surgery they said that the surgery was successful so i was quite stunned when they said he didn't make it. >> larry: he couldn't stop smoking, could he? >> he loved his cigarettes. he loved his cigarette lighter. >> larry: it was part

but yet do you maybe have a feeling that could just a company came a little late to the russian market. in our view it was exactly the right time. disney in order to develop new sort of infrastructure just maybe a few words about our business in russia movies is definitely one of the very important businesses for us movies distribution production are very happy about our first very successful experience with book of masters we do a lot of consumer products we do live entertainment shows we publish books games we do sell our programming on a lot of channels. disney channel in russia so for all of that to happen i mean the the economy needs to be prepared so what kind of products does to snare actually selling russia and the c.i.s. countries will sell multiple consumer products starting with food a lot of stationary obviously games toys etc one of the most important trends which i would really like to specify during the last few years the amount of products that will be produced in russia for the russian audience tripled if you look into the products that was in russia for the russian audience most of them in russia on the russian indust

disney announced today a deal to build a theme park in shanghai. its partnering with the shanghai shendi group on the project. but the companies are still waiting for approval from the chinese government. the one and a half square mile park is expected to cost nearly $4 billion. the company's other chinese project-- disneyland hong kong-- hasn't performed as well as expected, reporting a loss last year. here's what we're watching for next week: our friday market monitor guest is eugene peroni, portfolio manager at advisor's asset management. we'll also see the september reports on wholesale trade and international trade. monday, the business of sports. we kick off our series "beyond the scoreboard" with a look at falling raceway revenues as the nascar season races to an end. about two and a half million a.t.&t. u-verse customers have to cook meals and fix up their homes without the food network and hgtv. the latest cable fight involves scripps, the owner of those channels and a.t.&t. this fight is about money, and also about digital rights to the channels and how they'll be carried online. while a.t.&t. believes scripps wants

. >>> meanwhile, the new disney movie "tangled" comes out tomorrow. and it may be the company'sfor a while. the paper says disney's finished with fairy tales and princesses because girls by the time they're 5 think they're too cool for that these days. i don't know if i agree with how much disney princess memorabilia i have to buy. >> how old is your daughter? >> she's 4 1/2, but -- >> you've still got a good six months to go. >> on disney's official facebook, it says fairy tales are alive and well. >>> well, you don't like those enhanced body pat downs? well, one airline now considering refunds over the tsa security backlash. we'll tell you about that coming up. stay with us. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. from new car replacement and guaranteed repairs to accident forgiveness, we do all we can to help you move on. liberty mutual auto insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? this is norma. who's inundated with all the information coming at her concerning the medicare part d changes this year. so she went to her walgreens pharmacist for guidance and a free pers

>> i would say that the company is in front of you are all very profitable including news corporation and disney who's not here, so the issue we are raising is not about the relative profitability of different companies. we are really raising an issue that in the context of this narrow thing called the transmission consent which was set up by the government do we have the right process for deciding the amount of that subsidy of the viewers. we are not questioning whether there should be a subsidy or whether there should be a payment, but the mechanism for determining the amount seems broken and there's a lot of transparency, so that's our focus. we have plenty of competition so what we end up charging consumers is pretty much determined by a competitive marketplace. >> i won't disagree the market has provided increased competition. a lot of people surprised but it is very broad with a digital download and so forth et cetera, it is a new world out there and there is no question about that. well, here's sort of what the congressional research service, which is non-partisan as you know, has conclud

>> i would say that the company is in front of you are all very profitable including news corporation and disney who's not here, so the issue we are raising is not about the relative profitability of different companies. we are really raising an issue that in the context of this narrow thing called the transmission consent which was set up by the government do we have the right process for deciding the amount of that subsidy of the viewers. we are not questioning whether there should be a subsidy or whether there should be a payment, but the mechanism for determining the amount seems broken and there's a lot of ansparency, so that's our focus. we have plenty of competition so what we end up charging consumers is pretty much determined by a competitive marketplace. >> i won't disagree the market has provided increased competition. a lot of people surprised but it is very broad with a digital download and so forth et cetera, it is a new world out there and there is no question about that. well, here's sort of what the congressional research service, which is non-partisan as you know, has concluded

disney princess? >> it's sort of a dream come true. i grew up watching "the little mermaid" and "beauty and the beast" and "aladdin." now, to be included in that same company." i wanted to be her. >> your voice is so beautiful. >> thank you. >> it wasn't easy getting this role. you had to actually work for it. >> i had to audition several times, yes. i almost didn't audition because i didn't want to be disappointed if it didn't come to fruition. i auditioned twice for us. >> twice. it worked out so well. you play rapunzel. you're locked up in that tower until you're saved. let's look at what we've got here. >> who are you? and how did you find me? >> aha. >> who are you? and how did you find me? >> i know not who you are. nor how i came to find you. but may i just say, i -- how are you doing? the name's flynn reiner. >> one of the tough parts of doing that, when you do an animated film, is there's no interaction. >> there's no interaction. zach, who plays flynn reiner, zach levi, only met once, to record a duet that we sing in the movie. but we didn't get to do the dialogue together. >> how does it work? how do you get the motivation? >> i'm nerdy and anim

disney's wedding plannee on january 3rd, 2008. she stopped at a traffic signal and a tractor trailer driver who was text massaging his company, hit last couple of years. do you thinkkwe are at a point where people are getting the messaae??3 >> we hope so. we have pushed for laws across the country, heatter's law here in maryland, but it's more than just laws. it's creating a culture change in tte united states.3 we need to create hat change. that is what we're doing as part of the walk at harford community college. >> do you think that when people hear tories like this, there's no way i'm going to text if you end result. >> no, and that is part of the walk is an awareness.3 >> tell me about the walkk who can come out and who is walking? >> everybody and anybody. it's going to be hander the aroe harford communnty collegee3 it's a 5k, walk-run. it's a remembrance waak in remembrance of all of the people that are killed on our highways every year. >> then the money that is raised goes toward hat? >> scholarships. >> sorry. >> scholarships at harfood community college in memory of those all of those killed on our highways. %-to regis