>> okay, dylan. thank you for that. in just a few minutes, weather channel meteorologist julie martin will bring us a live report from the north carolina coast where they're certainly gearing up for the storm there. also al roker will be joining us at 7:30 a.m. from delaware. >>> front page politics now. new this morning, president obama in his weekly address emphasizing the progress made four years after the wall street crisis. >> businesses have added more than 5 million new jobs, the unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest level since i took office. home values are rising again. and our assembly lines are humming once more. >> meantime, president obama says he wants to work with congressional republicans to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff that would trigger tax hikes and spending cuts. two short months from now. >>> so, also new this morning, we have president obama picking

now to the rest of your nation's weather with dylan dreyer. dylan?>> we also have some rain in the pacific northwest. heavy rain and mountain snow likely up that way with a huge pacific storm making its way onshore. now we do have also this cold front that's moving to the east. that's the one that's going to draw in sandy, but for right now it is bringing some rain and showers all across the eastern great lakes and we will continue to see that slowly spread eastward. so it is going to get messy with all eyes, of course, on sandy as we head into early this week. >>> good morning. i'm anthony slaughter in the nbc bay area weather center this morning. you're looking atop from san bruno at sfo. no fog this morning. no airport delays. high pressure to be in control all weekend long for the next 24 hours. in fact, as we head through halloween, high pressure will move out and we're talking about rain by halloween night. 84 today in santa rosa. san francisco at 74 degrees. that rain arrives late on halloween. you'll get in for your trick-or-treat. have a gre

now back to jenna and dylan. we wish her the very best. good news for her. >> courtney, thank you very much. >>> dylan dreyer is here with a check on the weather. hi, dylan. >> it's pretty nice out. >> anyway, so thanks for your time. we're going to take a short break. oh, so there's other things to talk about. go right ahead. unlike you, i have more to talk about today. >> oh! she's been here like three weeks, and she is digging me. go right in there. welcome. >>> we are going to see pretty nice weather across the country. a few scattered showers across portions of northern dakotas but we are keeping an eye out for a big storm to move into the west coast tomorrow from central california up into oregon. we could end up with some of the mountain regions are over a foot of snow especially above 5,500 feet. the rest of the country today does look nice and quiet. that's a look at the weather across the country. >>> our temperatures around the bay area this morning, chilly. we lost low clouds so we have low 40s around the north bay. mid 40s san

now to the rest of your nation's weather with dylan dreyer. dylan? we also have some rain in the pacific northwest. heavy rain and mountain snow likely up that way with a huge pacific storm making its way onshore. now we do have also this cold front that's moving to the east. that's the one that's going to draw in sandy, but for right now it is bringing some rain and showers all across the eastern great lakes and we will continue to see that slowly spread eastward. so it is going to get messy with all eyes, of course, on sandy as we head into early this week. >> good morning, it's going to be a breezy and relatively mild day with temperatures in the 60's. off-and-on rain showers, winds between 10 and 20 miles per hour out of the east-northeast. >>> so on the east coast we're talking about sandy but in denver it's a whole different story. the new orleans saints are heading out that way to denver to take on the broncos at sports authority field at mile high. pa partly cloudy and mild. 54 to 58 degrees. it should be a great day for football night in ame

thank you so much, dylan dryer. >>> dylan was mentioning in north carolina today tropical storm force winds are sending waves crashing into the shoreline. the residents say they're ready. >> today i'm just sort of protecting my home, and battening down the hatches. >> got a little generator. making sure the oil is clean, got water and flashlights and stuff. >> we came down to do some fishing. i guess the fish knows it's going to storm so they're hiding, too. so we're going to hide, too. >> weather channel meteorologist julie martin is in nags head north carolina. julie, what's the latest? >> reporter: alex, we are seeing rain here in eastern north carolina and the winds are picking up as they will continue to do throughout the day even though this storm is still making its way toward the area. it won't be really until tonight into tomorrow morning before we see its full effects. nonetheless, the seas are also rough. if you take a look you can see those waves are anywhere from probably four to six feet. that old fishing pier still holding up. but by the way part of that blown away duri

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dylan, good morning. >>> good morning. yeah, been dillon dwyer. good morning. >> the west coast talking about a lot of rain themselves. we're looking at snow, too, several inches out that way. lighter snow showers through the dakotas also. here's a peek out your window. >> good morning, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. the snow bands on the eastern shore, slowly advancing to the west. we've had a 2350u sprinkles with low clouds. four-day forecast, highs today hovering around 60. increasing possibilities of showers this afternoon and this evening with the winds picking up maybe gusting to 30, 35 miles an hour. strongest winds move in monday perhaps after sunset until around dawn tuesday. gusts over 60 miles an hou >>> and that's your latest forecast. jenna? >> dylan, thank you very much. >>> we're watching sandy as we continue ahead here on a sunday morning. sandy it continues to threaten to become a storm of historic proportions taking dead aim at the east coast. ♪ [ male announcer ] when you're sick, seems everyone and their brother ha

>> the judge had sympathy for dylan and his family. that's the main thing we can take away from this. >> i couldn't hear you. i've got new york talking in my ear. the judge what? >> the judge had sympathy for dylan and his family. that's the main thing we're taking away. he had sympathy through the testimony and because of this, the judge did not want him to spend time in jail because he said that he would more than likely become a repeat offender. >> wait, wait, wait. the judge didn't want him to send him to jail on murder because he didn't want him to be a repeat offender? how could he kill another baby behind bars, jennifer morgan? >> the judge claims that more than likely, when you go to jail, you become a repeat offender. and because of his age and his record, he didn't want him to go to jail. and become another offender once he leaves in about four years. >> once he leaves in four years. whoa, wait, wait. once he leaves in four years. ellie, a 6-month-old baby girl is completely defenseless. where was mommy during all this, ellie

bob dylan? it be nice. you know people, charlie. you can make that happen. >> you think? >> i do. i actually do. you can make it happen. tomorrow on cbs "this morning saturday" a kindergarten teacher has lesson plans so good teachers all over the country are buying them. guess what? she's a millionaire. love when that happens. shell be here in studio 57 on cbs "this morning saturday." >> the hunters are about to become the hunted. nelson demille bringing back super agent john corey. >>> now a familiar name on the "new york times" best seller list his novels have sold 35 million copies. >> in his new book "the panther" john corey goes on a mission to yemen. nelson demille joins us at the table. i was a nelson demille virgin until yesterday. this is my first nelson demille book and i was up late because of you reading your book and watching the debate and i have to tell you i'm hooked. >> thank you. so set the scene for people who haven't gotten into all the pages of the book. it starts with a bru

of the nation's weather forecast from dylan dreyer in just a few minutes. but now we want to go back to lester in richmond, virginia. >>> all right, jenna, thanks. now to the presidential race and the election just nine days away. have virginia is one of the few states that just might hold the keys to the white house. it has 13 electoral votes and as of now it seems to be anybody's race. the new "washington post" poll shows president obama in the lead by four points but a fox news poll conducted last week has mitt romney ahead by two. keep in mind both leads are within the margins of error. in the past three elections voters here in virginia have picked the winning candidate so it's clear the road to 1600 pennsylvania avenue may run straight through the state of virginia. it wasn't all that long ago that virginia was better known for its civil war battlegrounds than its political ones. for ten straight presidential elections the republican candidate came out on top, but then in 2008, virginia voters went for barack obama.

>> thank you, dylan. >>> a bizarre story.ed a distasteful video congratulating him and his new wife jessica biel on their wedding. michelle franzen has the details. >> reporter: newlyweds justin timberlake and jessica biel didn't get much time to bask in the afterglow of their picture perfect nuptials before making headlines. in a way the couple didn't anticipate. a home video made by one of timberlake's friends as a joke featuring homeless people in los angeles turned up on the internet before being taken down. >> justin, i haven't seen you in a long time. the gift is in the mail. >> jessica, it's me. >> reporter: and has turned out to be anything but funny for the pop star thanks to his friend. >> what he did was interview homeless people, drunk people, seemingly mentally ill people in the streets of los angeles and the joke was here your hollywood friends who miss you. >> reporter: talk of the video went viral on the internet, along with the backlash. timberlake quickly offered an apology to fans in a letter on his website

now let's bring in nbc's meteorologist dylan drier. dylan, where is the eye of the storm right now? >> well, the eye of the storm is actually moving on shore in the atlantic city, northern delaware city and we still have this storm as a strong storm with a very low central pressure. we have been talking about this storm as far as as it being historic event. and with the millibar levels now at 940, that is the lowest central pressure for a hurricane we have ever seen in this region especially. so we are looking at a very intense storm. it means it is a very strong, intense storm, and we're obviously seeing the effects of that. the problem is, in a normal situation you would track the eye of the storm, it would make its way onshore and you would look right where the eye is because that's where you're going to see the strongest winds. we are in a different situation because the hurricane force winds extend 100 miles at least out from the center of this storm and the tropical storm force winds extend hundreds of miles out from the center of the storm. it's turning into this hybrid now.

>> all right, dylan, thanks. >>> now to the race for the white house.es are backing away from the spotlight this weekend. they're preparing for monday's third and final debate. peter alexander is traveling with the romney campaign. peter, good morning. >> reporter: lester, good morning. both of them are retreating from the campaign trail the next couple days. the president will spend his weekend hunkering down at camp david. mitt romney will head to boca raton. they squeezed in one more sharp exchange. with more onstage fireworks expected next week, the romney campaign lit up the sky after laying into his rivals. >> they have been reduced to petty attacks and silly word games. just watch it. the obama campaign has become the incredible shrinking campaign. >> reporter: mr. romney was taking aim at these comments in virginia on friday, accusing the republican nominee of forgetting his own past promises. >> we've got to name this condition that he's going through. i think it's called romnesia. >> reporter: the goal for both candidates, to make their messag

we're going to check back in with dylan dreyer at the bottom of the hour for the very latest on the path of the storm. al roker will also be coming our way from delaware. >>> back to politics now. today republican presidential nominee mitt romney heads for

now back to lester, jenna and dylan. my teenage heart is broking a little. >> a lot of weddings been going on lately. >> speaking of italy, someone just got back from italy. dylan dryer just got back from your honeymoon. >> why do you think we planned italy? >> the place to go. >> congratulations to you. >> i was too nervous to say hi. thank you very much. it is nice to be back here, you know, kind of settle back in. i was here for a couple weeks and disappeared for awhile. so now i'm back. we are talking about some pretty nice weather. we do have a couple of rain showers through the northeast. we do have this upper level low that is spinning in some cooler temperatures, showers through the great lakes. where there's a dip in the jet stream, there's a ridge in the jet stream, too. look at the heat building in through areas of the dakotas. north dakota about 15 degrees above normal. really warm stuff. that is going to spread eastward into the great lakes into tomorrow. heavy rain across cape cod this morning that's going

as dylan talked about, a massive system, slow moving. what is a peak high tied. those waves will increase dramatically and push in. the flooding will be a serious issue. then you've got the massive size which means the rain is going to continue in some areas for 36 hours. that's too much water for many of these coastal communities to bear. so they're doing what they can to prepare. there's a mandatory evacuation right here now and in several towns along the coastline. many people very concerned, taking the warnings, taking the advice very seriously and waiting to see exactly what sandy does. let's take a look at some of the preparations that are continuing and right now nine states have declared states of emergency as does the district of columbia, washington. there is a lot of last minute work going on. again, emergency officials telling us and stressing, asking that we get the word out. if you don't have things in place, if you don't have a plan in place to go somewhere by the end of this evening, you've got to hunker down and ride thi

he does great pieces. >> love bob dylan. >> charlie, have you interviewed bob dylan? >> i do. i actually do. i think you could make it happen. >>> tomorrow on "cbs this morning" saturday a kindergarten teacher has lesson plans that are to good teachers all over the country are buying them. guess what? she's a millionaire. she'll be here in studio 57 tomorrow on "cbs this morning," that's on saturday. >> i wish it would happen to me too, you're right. >> there's always hope with lotto. >> the hunters are about to become the hunted. best-selling author nelson demille is bringing back super >>> now >>> on "the new yoim >>> nelson demille is a familiar name on "the new york times" bestseller list. >> in his new book "the panther," the character john corey goes to yemen. nelson demille joins us at the table. can i say i was a nelson demille virgin. i was up late because of you reading your book and watching the debate. i have to tell you i'm hooked. i'm hooked. >> thank you. so set the scene for people who have not gotten into all gazillion pages of the book. it starts wit

>> dylan, thank you so much. of course we'll be checking in with you periodically over the next couple of hours, thank you so much for the latest there on hurricane sandy. the president in washington today. as the northeast braces for hurricane sandy. he spent part of the afternoon at fema headquarters. monitoring the preparations for the arrival of sandy. >> this is a serious and big storm. and my first message is to all people across the eastern seaboard, mid-atlantic, going north, that you need to take this very seriously. >> nbc's mike viquiera, live at the white house, we just heard from the president and fema, what else did he have to say? >> well it was interesting, the president decided to did to fema headquarters, a mile south of here from the white house, he said he wanted to give encouragement to the fema workers and get details. and he did, we listened in here, the white house, not only did he make the statement where the prosecute he is was present. but he had a 21-minute briefing. a lot of questions

joining us now is nbc news meteorologist, dylan drier. as this going down as the largest storm, explain why they shouldn't be fools when it's a cat 1 storm. >> that's the problem. a category 1 hurricane you don't worry about. the problem is the sheer size of this storm. this is not just a category 1 hurricane. it's almost a hybrid as it transforms from a hurricane into a nor'easter with the strong easty winds that storm surge moves on shore. it's the sheer size of the storm. we are not tracking the eye of the storm. no matter where it makes land fall from new jersey to delaware to maryland, we are looking at the potential for the tropical force storm winds to extend out several hundred miles. it will be windy and a long duration event because the storm is so big. it doesn't just move through and move on. it is going to sit across the northeast for several days. we are going to see plenty of rainfall also. 75-mile-per-hour winds with the storm. it is still 360 miles to the southeast of virginia beach. we are already dealing with coastal fl

and you know, to this day, i've never met the guy. >> jimmy: you never met bob dylan?th him all the time. [ laughter ] >> yeah, right! >> jimmy: we play nintendo wii together. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> maybe i shouldn't meet him. he might be an ass [ bleep ]. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. you never want to meet people that aren't good. but i heard -- yeah, you never know. but i met you -- and i was afraid -- >> how am i doing, dear? >> jimmy: you're phenomenal. [ cheers and applause ] you've lived up above and beyond, you're the coolest. you know i love you. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: but then you, you wrote in here that you hung out in the music scene in london and there was a man with a cardigan, singing and you go, oh, that's -- that's -- >> oh, yeah. >> jimmy: big effect on you. >> this was 1961-62. and i used to go to this place called eel pie island and see this band. and my girlfriend's girlfriend went out with this singer who was mick jagger. and the band was obviously the rolling stones. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah, yeah. >> but imagi

once he gets older. >> next, we have dylan. what's dylan wearing? accessories he's not feeling so much this morning. p be uh he does love the hot. and he has the cool aviator glasses. >> i have two boys myself. if you put it on, does it mean it will stay on him? >> it depends on the day. it depends on the day and how he's feeling. it's up to him. right, buddy? >> and next, 2-year-old alex. what's alex wearing? >> he's wearing -- well, his little surfer jacket. >> i like that. >> yeah. i grew up in southern california. and little pseudovans shoes. >> yeah. >> that's fine. >> and then, we have the glasses, too, which he was wearing earlier today. and the little hat, which he'll sometimes put on. and then, you know, right now, not so much. >> what do your husbands think of this? do they think it's too much or like it? >> they like it. i mean, he's kind of amused by it. >> and yours? >> we don't do too much over the top. we keep it conservative. >> like the cowboy boots. >> yeah. >> all right, gentlemen. handsome boys here. you look very nice. lara, let

up and grow up into their own way of looking at life, and the songs of donovan and the beatles, and dylanreflect that. i think that's what it is. >> i want to ask you about something that is near and dear to your heart, transcendental medication, finding that peace within, and also peace on the outside. >> i come from a generation who came up with folk music and rock music and the songs of peace and brotherhood. a utopiaen idea. you can sing about it, march in the streets, protest. but surely it's something inside that has to begin. me and the beatles went to india, mike love of the beach boys was there, we were searching what is it these books of meditation speak about? that there is a place to be found inside. we brought back the tm from india and now it's being presented in schools. it's stress that produces suffering and so the kids in school today really are in trouble. so this tm works and the stress can be reduced. it's not a religion or cult, but a technique to reduce stress. that's what it is all about and still the same. >> i want to mention donovan will be performing tomorrow n

let's check in with nbc meteorologist dylan drier who is tracking the storm's whereabouts right now.n you tell us? >> this is still a category 1 hurricane. it has winds right now up to about 75 miles per hour. it's all about the direction. right now it's moving to the northeast, but it is still going to take that turn to the northwest. he look how huge this storm is. clouds extend from florida up to new jersey already. we have wind gusts up to 28 miles per hour now in virginia beach. north carolina 36 mile-an-hour gusts. the lighter rain starting to move onshore. it's moderate at times. the heaviest of the rain is still offshore. this storm is do for example to take that northwest turn because of that area of high pressure it is blocking this storm from going anywhere but to the north and west. somewhere between delaware or new jersey we will see this storm make landfall. that doesn't make a difference because the storm is so huge and has such strong winds with it, that no matter where it makes landfall, we will end up with about four to eight inches of rainfall, higher amounts from

we have it all wrapped up into this very unusual storm. >> thank you, dylan. back to that breaking news in midtown han hat tan where tears a partial crane collapse at a building under construction not far from here. it's a 90-story building near carnegie hall. we'll keep an eye on that story as ait develops. we'll follow it all this mour with live updates and streaming video. up next, politics and weather collide earlier kornacki predicted romney would continue to campaign. pe learned romney will not exam pain for the next two days. steve is always right on "the cycle." just like ann peoples he can't state out of the rain. ♪ against my window ♪ because he's not here with me ♪ who wondered why her soup wasn't quite the same. the recipe's not the recipe... ohhh. [ female announcer ] ...without swanson. the broth cooks trust most when making soup. mmmm! [ female announcer ] the secret is swanson. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 after that, it's on to germany. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 then tonight, i'm trading 9500 miles away in japan. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 with the new global ac

joining me now in an exclusive is david dylan, the chairman and ceo of the kroger company.e to have you on the program. >> thank you, maria. glad to be here. >> coming off your analyst day, talk to us about what you told the investor class yesterday. where does growth come from? >> we came to talk about even additional growth. we've been growthing the last three years in our earnings. we're going to spend additional capital to invest in our business, grow the earnings even more. our long-term forecast was moved up from 8 to 11%, which is really good news for the market. >> so 8 to 11% in revenue growth? >> in earnings growth. >> that's for the next year or several years? >> long term. >> longer term. okay. where does that growth come from? >> from a variety of places. one is our core business, which has been strong the last couple years. we have 35 quarters of identical sales growth without gasoline, without fuel. that means that we've connected with customers, even through the recession. while a lot of retailers were reporting negative numbers, ours were positive. on the b

the impact being felt into the midwest and nbc's dylan dryer has more. >> it's huge. we talked about flooding upnorth in new hampshire and 30 inches of snow back through portions of west virginia and this storm is massive and producing several inches of snowfall through southern ohio and west virginia. davis, west virginia, right now has about 26 inches of snow on the ground. it's a town full of elderly residents and they are mostly without power. there are major concerns as the roads are filling up with inches of snow because the snow is coming down at rates of about one to two inches per hour. rainfall has been an issue back through baltimore and will continue to be an inland problem. new york city hasn't picked up that much rainfall, about half an inch of rain and it's still coming out of a southerly direction that's still pushing water offshore and we have a high tide coming up at 12:30 this afternoon. that's going to be an issue for the south coast of connecticut and even into portions of long island where we will still have to deal with some of those flooding co

thank you, dylan dreyer.ow i'm joined by nbc news political director chuck todd and editorial director for "the huffington post" howard fineman. he's also an msnbc analyst. chuck, i want you to start here, tell me -- let's look at the president. the president visited red cross headquarters this afternoon and promised to help the hard-hit communities cut through the bureaucratic red tape to get assistance. let's watch him here today. >> my instructions to the federal agency has been do not figure out why we can't do something. i want you to figure out how we do something. i want you to cut through red tape. i want you to cut through bureaucracy. there's no excuse for inaction at this point. i want every agency to lean forward and to make sure that we are getting the resources where they need -- where they're needed as quickly as possible. >> well, meanwhile, this afternoon vice president biden was asked about the president's response to the disaster. here is what he had to say. let's take a look. >> look, i've

next we go live to the scene dylan was just describing where a storm chaser friend is trapped in west virginia. he sent us this picture. plus, what all this means for the economy and presidential race. we have all the angles of this developing story right here on "the cycle." throughout the show we share some of the stunning images from this storm. these were taken by a producer as she walked into work this morning. the front of a building ripped off by the wind in lower manhattan. [ male announcer ] whe emergency workers everywhere trust duracell...?? duralock power preserve. locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. now...guaranteed. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 after that, it's on to germany. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 then tonight, i'm tr