and elizabeth taylor being elizabeth taylor, she could wear one piece at one time or all of it at onceutiful fashions. we're about to see another wedding dress. anybody can come. you just pay a ticket price and you can come look at this stuff. >> yeah. it is open to the public and there is an online sale with another thousand lots sold only online. >> let's talk about this dress. >> this is the wedding dress from elizabeth taylor's second marriage to richard burton, and richard burton would say about elizabeth taylor that she blossomed when it was warm. and for their marriage in botswana, they had this extraordinary, colorful, hippie-like dress made with all of the colors of the african sunset. >> she obviously loved color. let's move over to this pink evening gown, kind of an overcoat to this cream dress. it is gorgeous. >> a cornerstone of elizabeth taylor's wardrobe was christian dior. the most formal, most elegant, most perfectly made clothing of several decades. and that dress in particular is very important because she wore that dress when she went to the theater with robert kenn

in london correspondent elizabeth palmer. elizabeth, i'm going start with you because one of the most dramatic moments on face the nation this year was when egypt suddenly erupted, everything was this turmoil there. when we switched to you here's what happened. >> there's reason to believe that the looters are police who have turned into thugs. (plane flying close by overhead). you were not dive bombed as it turned out, elizabeth. they were just flying over for show. but how is it these days in egypt? we know what happened that day. where are we today in that part of the world? >> well, shortly after that incident, mubarak was forced to step down. and since then, egypt has been lurching very uncertainly toward electing a government. but the problem is the military doesn't really want to let go of power so we've

elizabeth and hazel brian. the intersections of their lives is the focus of a new book, elizabeth and hazel, two women of little rock by david margolick, a contributing editor at "vanity fair". i recently talked with him at alexandria, virginia,'s black history museum. >> david par golic, welcome to the program. >> thank you very much. >> suarez: the striking thing about the story itself is the fact that it's made up t is a mountain of accidents. starting with the day september 1957. >> elizabeth was supposed to gha w g thonethith oeer eight black children who were desegregating the school or supposed to desegregate the school that bay but hadn't gotten the message. so she showed up by herself. and there was already a mob of people waiting for the black kids to show up. and she, unfortunately, happened to be the first. and she was especially conspicuous dressed all in white, the black girl walking into a crowd. and t odcrow formed and her. and hazel became part of the crowd. hazel was not a particularly politic

elizabeth taylor's dazzling legacy is now for sale. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> that's our broadcast for this thursday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we want to leave you tonight with two better than average sized christmas trees. first of all, the national tree just across the way from the white house, which was lit up tonight.

the sales of elizabeth taylor's art, clothing and memorabilia will be held later this week. an online only sale of some items runs until saturday and part of the proceeds will go to the elizabeth taylor a.i.d.s. foundation. >>> coming up next, howard and the forecast. >> j.c., it is kind of chilly after the winds are light. with cloud cover, look at the temps as we go to break. we're looking at mid-40s from hagerstown down toward winchester. we're only in the upper 40s with a few spots now playing with the 50 degree mark. we'll look at live doppler 9000 hd and the seven-day forecast going through the weekend when 9news now at noon returns. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. >>> hi, my name

elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> pelley: u.s. defense secretary leon panetta was in tripoli last week to see whether the u.s. can help the new government form a professional army. britain's prince phillip was hospitalized this evening after suffering chest pains. buckingham palace says the queen's 90-year-old husband underwent minor surgery to open a blocked coronary artery. he is expected to remain in the hospital far few days. world leaders gathered in prague today for the funeral of vaclav havel, the anti-communist dissident who became the czech president. secretary of state hillary clinton led the american delegation, which included her husband, former secretary of state madeleine albright spoke in her native czech calling havel a citizen of the world who brought light to the darkest places. winter is here, but where's all the snow? a dazzling light snow from a newly discovered comet. and huge crowds storm the stores just to buy basketball shoes when the "cbs evening news" just to buy basketball shoes when the "cbs evening ne

how scared is wall street of elizabeth warren?e pretty scared and they have reason to be. the republicans and wall street see warren as the best chance for democrats and progressives to take a stand against this out of control capitalism that's been a problem for a long time. before she even announced that republicans told harvard to stop paying her. once she announced her candidacy, they started calling her an economist. they see in her a vision of government of the sort that democrats and republicans and parties haven't really made in a long time. >> now, adam, when we look at when wall street has given brown a -- let's look at this chart. from fid dealt, goldman sachs, barclays, paulson and company, it's clear that they have lined up previously in the line behind brown and now they have even more of an incentive. how has miss warren countered this? >> the best way to fight corporate power is with people power. there is a hunger out there for some leader to step up and say that wall street should be held accountable and i'm prou

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elizabeth warren's poll numbers shot up.he latest poll showing her seven points ahead of scott brown. the new karl rove ad against elizabeth warren does a 180. instead of painting her as a wild-eyed anti-wall street protester like they did last time, now karl rove's newest ad says she's wall street's best friend. whatever sticks, i guess. >> congress at war and overseeing how your tax dollars were spent. bailing out the same banks that helped cause the financial meltdown. bailouts that helped pay big bonuses to bank executives while middle-class americans lost out. later, warren went on a charm offensive with some of the same banks who got bailed out. >> seriously? stock footage of a private jet? really? that's how karl rove is trying to run the man described by "forbes" as one of wall street's favorite congressmen, that's how they're trying to run him against elizabeth warren, who invented a whole new agency to regulate wall street, which wall street hates because it is supposed to help the middle class against them. i get

once again elizabeth follows him. he goes first.t three small children born in each place she has lived. she sets up the family's first home in peacetime all under the same roof together in eden borough and a charming cottage that she is very happy about. but for all that she likes living together as a family for the first time, having this new life, there are sadness is too. sadnesses of being a foreigner for one thing. they don't know anyone there. they are very disconnected. the difficulties of being poured. these were people who are middle were middle class who had lost everything or a lot of what they had in the war and they had to set up from scratch. and then also they suffer other calamitous 18th century was. her fourth child who was born in scotland, dies of thrush not long after and she had a child in every place she had lived. she now plans her first gravestone in scotland soil. and the question of the future remains hauntingly unresolved. the families compensation for their losses from the britishlw government but it's n

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the jewelry of elizabeth taylor going on the auction block. and if they could talk every carat would tell a story. and if they could talk every carat would tell a story. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. it is one of the most unusual things nature does on this planet and it's going on right now across a vast area out west. the weather in this country, with few exceptions, travels from west to east. that's why it takes longer to fly new york to l.a. than l.a. to new york. but what's happening tonight is one of those exceptions and one of those rare weather events. the winds are blowing over land from east to west, and in some cases, they have reached 140 miles per hour over land. these are the santa ana winds and then some. a strong, intense, severe system we haven't seen the likes of since the 1990s. it's causing big problems, risking lives and it's on the move. we begin tonight with miguel almaguer in pasadena. good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. these are some of the most p

and the jewels of elizabeth taylor on sale for the holidays. michelle miller reports $50 million will buy hollywood's gilded age. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, it's a you have to proposal-- no phones for drivers period. even hands free. a national ban on calls and texting while driving. the ban was recommended today by the n.t.s.b.-- the national transportation safety board which called phones a deadly distraction. we wondered how deadly and our research department found this: government records show that distracted driving caused 900,000 crashes on america's roads alone, injuring 417,000 people and killing 3,092. but elaine quijano tells us it was just one deadly crash that really got the attention of the safety board. >> reporter: the n.t.s.b. has been investigating distracted driving for ten years, but it was this deadly crash last year in missouri that finally pushed the board to make today's recommendation investigators say a 19-year-old driving a pickup truck exchang

warren a long time. >> i love elizabeth warren. want, forthright, passionate, and i don't know if you saw the youtube video that she had out, when she talked about how, if you're rich, take your money, take a large bit, but don't forget you didn't get rich by yourself. that's the inspiration for donating. i didn't get here by myself and you didn't get here by yourself. so she's been a huge inspiration. >> they got 800,000 youtube hits on that. >> how about that? >>> newt gingrich said this xw -- well, let's -- it's the opposite of ms. warren. let's show it. really poor children in really poor neighborhoods have no habits of working, and have nobody around them who works. so they literally have no habit of showing up on monday. they have no habit of, i do this and you give me cash. unless it's illegal. >> now, i met your mom, i know your story, you talk in more of these households in the afternoon than about anybody. how do you respond? >> let me tell you how i feel. your colleague, crist matthews is great on this. he says it's a cl

low elizabeth? >>> thank you, sharon. >>> millions of dollars being spent to promote the high-speed rail system that is years away from rolling through california. the chronicle reports the state's high-speed rail spent millions on dollars in public relations in the last two years. much went to former politicians or staff members. officials say it is reasonable to spend for public out reach for a large and complex project. it is large and cool. >> great if it were here. expensive. >> with it went on the car in my dashboard. the little snowflake that comes up means it's cold. >>> i believe you. i do believe you. >> numbers sitting in the 30s still in some spots, 40s and 50s elsewhere. livermore at 51. fremont sitting in the 30s right now. fairfield at 51, seeing gusting conditions there. breezy around the bay area stepping outside this morning. this afternoon close to where we should be this time of year. redwood city and oakland, 60. livermore a few degrees cooler at 58, and the coastline may get to

elizabeth? josh?thanks, sam. >>> there's a big boost for the young texas fashion editor who was severely injured after walking into a plane propeller three weeks ago. as lauren scruggs continues to make remarkable progress, friends gathered for a fund-raiser to celebrate her courage. and dan harris is back with more on this story. a good one. >> she is an impressive young, woman. no question about it. this morning, you see a community stepping up for lauren scruggs. and you're going to hear a surprisingly upbeat update from lauren's mom. >> this family has given so much to us. we need to give back. >> reporter: a big show of support overnight for lauren scruggs, the 23-year-old part-time model and fashion editor. a fund-raiser at a restaurant in plano, texas, to help pay her medical bills. >> i'm really here for them. lauren has a long road ahead in recovery. >> anything we can do to help. >> reporter: on december 3rd, lauren took a plane ride with a family friend to get an aerial view of the christma

elizabeth taylor was groomed to be a star from childhood. she was the product of a now- defunct hollywood studio system. it her lavish tools were part of her contract with the moviegoing public. it now for a spectacular collection of jewelry and could sure clothing are for sale, if you have a few million dollars to spare. we could try your luck bidding for this emerald and diamond necklace. richard burton used to say, i introduced elisabeth to beer, bulgari.oduced me to akkar they would go shopping for jewelry during their down time. jewels or not just the premiers. this ring was every day, and other gifts from husband no. 5 and 6. >> he bought it for over $300,000, which at that time was a huge sum of money. she wore this every single day. it is the piece that she was photographed most in, and she loved to where it and share it and that people admired it. >> is a glimpse into the luxurious lifestyle of a hollywood idol of yesteryear. the collection is valued at $30 million, the auction house christie's is hoping the elizabeth taylor factor

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elizabeth? >>> let's welcome "gma weekend" anchor, dan harris, with the morning headlines. >> good morning, everybody. we're going to start in indiana where the search for a missing 9-year-old has ended in the worst possible way. aliahna lemmon was found three days after she vanished from the mobile home park in ft. wayne, indiana, where she lived. the family friend, mike plumadore was baby sitting while their mom had the flu. police releasing few details, only to saying the body was found less than a mile away. >>> in florida this morning, investigators trying to figure out what caused a medical helicopter to crash, killing a cardiac surgeon, a medical technician and a pilot. they were flying to pick up a heart for a transplant patient. crashes involving medical helicopters are on the rise, with more pilots flying in dangerous conditions. >>> we have word out of london, that queen elizabeth's husband, prince philip, has been released from the hospital. let's get right to kelly cobiella on the s

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elizabeth?all right. you know, they're getting a lot of people on facebook who are messaging in messages of support. they are getting support. not just from the close family, but from the community at large. >> here in the tristate area. sometimes there are no words. >>> time to turn to our sam champion who is here with the latest weather. good morning, sam. >> what a night of storms we had. elizabeth, josh. good morning, everyone. we're going to start with pictures out of pennsylvania really. this is a kind of admitted atlantic-wide, slapping rain up against the windows. if you were already in bed, it woke you up. and then, came in a gusty wind. one to two inches of rain in a short amount of time. if you're one of those people that can't get the holiday spirit until the cold air arrives, we were in the 60s yesterday in new york and boston. tonight, the cold air drops the temperatures down. we're talking about tonight lows. tomorrow morning, 28 in new york. 24 in boston. this is real cold air th

>> elizabeth vargas. >> good answer.ns think tim tebow as the guy next door, literally. the denver broncos star is the top pick for the celebrity americans would most like as their neighbor. 11% would like to share a fence with tebow, beating out angelina and brad pitt, who got 10% of the vote. >> i'd rather live next to tim tebow, too. >> as for the celebrities no one wanted in the neighborhood. this one is a shocker. "the jersey shore" cast, tops for the second year in a row. >>> who had the hottest hair in 2011? you may be wondering. >> josh? >> your name's up there, josh. justin bieber beat you out. and emma watson's pixie. i love that cut. it's adorable. the most buzzed-about manes. >> it's adorable. it's easy to wear. >> can't argue. that's my analysis, exactly. adorable. >> according to "the wall street journal," they had the fastest rising searches for celebrity hair cuts on google. we'll see if this sparks a trend towards short and sweet locks in the new year. >> two "ls," and two "ts." >> you know how many time

part of the proceeds will go to the elizabeth taylor a.i.d.s. foundation.decided this isn't the 1% who is buying this. this is the -- >> .1%. >> those are spectacular jewels. good morning. thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> we're glad you're here. i'm mike hydeck. here's the lovely monika samtani. she'll have traffic momentarily. good morning, mr. beirne. >> we may see an isolated shower north and west of town later this morning into early afternoon but it looks like our rain chances really will become better tomorrow. tomorrow will be the wettest day of the week. we're not talking about like a soaking rain either but

right now let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> thanks. we continue to follow this traffic alert in san jose. northbound 87 the guadalupe parkway, right around 101, there's an accident there an overturn accident two of three lanes still blocked. this accident has been out there for about an hour now maybe a little less but again they are still waiting to clear it and waiting for tow crews to arrive. it's an overturn accident so likely injuries that will take a while longer. but this is right by the airport. you got a flight to catch, prepare accordingly because there are delays. all right. elsewhere outside here's live look at the bay bridge. they should have picked up that upper deck roadwork. for a while lanes were blocked but no problems because it's early and traffic is light through the "s" curve towards treasure island and checking in with bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries, everything is in the green this morning no delay. that's traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> you have heard it before. hang up and drive. now a fe

but for these well-healed jewelers the legend of elizabeth taylor makes her jewels priceless.s christoforous, cbs news, new york. >> those jewels were just stunning! >>> this morning, on "the early show," the season's best games for computers and smart phones. i'm betty nguyen. and this is the "cbs morning news." w. i couldn't sleep right. next day it took forever to get going. night after night, i sat up. sprayed up. took a shower... or took a pill. then i tried drug-free breathe right advanced. and instantly, i breathed better! i slept better. it felt...better. thank you, breathe right! [ male announcer ] breathe better, sleep better, feel better. try breathe right advanced for free... at breatheright.com. [ woman ] it's my right to breathe right. isn't it your right, too? >>> look at this. a new zealand family came home to quite a surprise. a baby seal resting on their sofa. they named it lucky and still a mystery how lucky managed to walk up from the harbor, cross a busy road, go through a pet door and make its way up the satairs to the sofa. the seal was eventually return

thanks, elizabeth. 4:41 now. some bay area mcdonald's are going to start charging for toys today. >> they are. and now there's another fast food giant jumping on the toy bandwagon, as well. >> we realize that ultimately we have no privacy. >> secret software on millions of smart phones. how one developer claims it is tracking every move you make. >>> and the outrage over faculty salaries reaching a fever pitch. how fears of violence have a cal state school taking action now, coming up. ,,,,,,,,,, at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call the bay area home. from funding that helped a local entrepreneur start a business... to providing grants to a nonprofit which offers job training and placement... and supporting an organization working to help the environment. because the more we do in the bay area, the more we help make opportunity possible. >>> good morning. we are just following some breaking news now in san francisco's mission district. word of a two-alarm apartmen

[laughter] >>> even in her death, elizabeth taylor is making headlines. heard jules went on the auction block and made records. >> there is still a chance to buy a piece of hollywood history. >> four decades, the only thing that stood a chance about shining elizabeth taylor was virgil's. >> $10,500,000. >> stunning because she wore them. >> we don't even know where to begin. >> christie's is auctioning the gems. >> we wanted to let the market decide what premium it would pay over the value of the stone or the value of the jewels. >> where we begin this? $40,000. >> bidding on the the bracelet rose at $20,000 of the time it takes to say "elizabeth taylor." this rain -- these hearings, $1.7 million. this pearl necklace from richard burton was once part of the crown jewels of spain, valued at $3 million. >> $4 million. $5 million. the highest bidder paid nearly four times that. the diamond he bought in 1968 sold for $8.8 million. >> if anyone asks whether diamonds are a good investment, the answer is yes. >> for one more night, elizabeth taylor's star power

elizabeth taylor's jewels on the auction block. you won't believe how much they fetched. >>> welcome home. president obama and the first lady, greeting soldiers from iraq. what he says he will do for them now that they're back in the u.s. >>> mike schuh, in towson. vi lent crime, -- violent crime, suicide. linked to holiday stress. linked to holiday stress. what baltimore ,,,,,, >>> it is just before 6:30. cloudy. 48 degrees. good evening. thanks for staying with wjz. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. welcome home and thank you. that message from the president and the first lady to u.s. forces in fort bragg. tara mergener reports for wjz, the visit comes as the iraq war enters its final stretch. >>> folders -- soldiers at fort bragg cheered president obama and the first lady as they paid tribute to troops returning from iraq. >> as your commander in chief, and on behalf of a grateful nation, welcome home. [ applause ] welcome home! >> reporter: the last 6,000 u.s. forces are packing up. they'll be out o

back to you. >> thanks, elizabeth. it is 5:21 now. some accusers are set to testify tomorrow at a preliminary hearing, for jerry sandusky. the former assistant football coach for penn state university, of course charged with sexually assaulting 10 boys. the local newspaper reports some conflicting stories from this man, assistant coach mike mccreery who claimed he witnessed jerry sandusky assault a boy in a shower stall in 2002. a family friend telling the harrisburg patriot news mccreery told them back then he didn't see the assault and saw the boy peer out of the store and jerry sandusky leave the stall shortly afterward. >>> you got to see this. a heated cross town rivalry that turns violent on the basketball court. >> it got a little ugly. it happened during the weekend game between cincinnati and xavier. watch. the game. but the fists >> that's how it all started. but there was a lot of trash talking throughout the game. very chippy. but the fists started flying with just nine seconds to go. the refs actually called the game. and