elmo knows. >> are you sure? >> elmo knows. >> tell me. [licking] >> that's disgusting. that's right. >> bring her out, bring her out! >> this year's award for the literanian award is miss joan ganz cooney. come on up here, joan. [applause] [applause] >> don't pay attention to what mr. borowitz has to say. we love you. >> elmo wants a kiss too. [kiss] >> come on, time is money. [laughter] [elmo laughing] >> thank you, john for that wonderful introduction. i am still laughing. because it wasn't in the script. that what you all said wasn't in the script that i read. [laughter] >> so thank you so much for that wonderful introduction and for being here. and thanks also to what's his name? that little red monster who has become the rock star of all rock stars for 3-year-olds throughout the nation. i know your name elmo, so don't be hurt. >> okay, mommy. >> elmo. >> thank you all so much. it's a special thrill to be applauded by those who are engaged in trying to save civilization. i mean, of course, the writers, editors, publishers, and agents who keep book in our hands wheth

then elmo is here and elmo, he's here, that's him live.and you brought along fun new toys for the kids, including video games. right? >> yeah, baby. >> steve: called me baby. elmo live on "fox & friends" in a couple of minutes. >> steve: quick headlines. a go-cart race turns in a bumper cars when a crash causes a major pileup. the entire race was stopped because of the traffic. from the basketball court to divorce court, actress eva longoria has officially filed for divorce from her husband, san antonio spurs point guard tony parker. the couple has been married for three years. not no more. gretchen, brian, over to you. >> gretchen: for the first time, republicans elected two congressional freshmen for leadership positions in the house. south carolina representative-elect tim scott and south dakota congresswoman-elect kristi noem will serve as freshmen class liaisons. is this the new face of the gop? south dakota congresswoman-elect kristi noem joins me now from washington. good morning to you. >> good morning. thank you for having me, bri

right, elmo? >> yeah.ied a kiwi for the first time. >> actually we have a clip of you and a kiwi. so let's show that clip right now. >> roll it. >> who are you? >> we're the super foods. >> we're healthy foods. >> we're wholesome heroes. >> and help those in need. >> oh, good, because elmo needs help figuring out what this is. >> that's a kiwi. >> a kiwi? >> yes. >> wow. that's cool. >> all right, so what's your verdict? how did you feel about the kiwi? >> well, it was really good. it was really, really good and elmo heard you can make juice out of kiwi too. >> have you tried that juice yet? >> yeah, baby. >> elmo, it was great to have you on the show. thank you very much. and, dr. chilton, thank you, as well. >> thank you very much, it's a pleasure. >> we should say the merck foundation and united health care helped by sponsoring that project. it's tough to play off a puppet. >> well you have a sweet tooth. i do know that so eat your kiwis, too. >> that's true. i don't know if this counts as eating health

most successful children of veterans. >> elmo knows, elmo knows. >> tell me. >> that's disgusting and that's exactly right, elmo. >> this year's award for the awkwardly titled literary award for outstanding the literary community is joan ganz cooney. >> come on up here, john. [applause] >> don't pay attention to the country and what that man mr. borowitz has to say, we love you. >> come on, time is money. [laughter] >> thank you for that wonderful introduction. that wasn't in the script -- what you all said wasn't in the script that i read. [laughter] so, thank you so much for that wonderful introduction and for being here. and thanks also to what's his name, that little red monster who has become the rock star of all rock stars for 3-year-olds across the nation. i know your name, elmo. >> thank you also much. it's a special thrill for those who are should try and save civilization. and of course the writers, editors, publishers and agents who keep books in their hands, whether on paper, candle or typepad and other forms yet to be invented. in many, many thanks to the national book fo

elmo, elmo, elmo in my household, i am promise you. >>> the results from last week's election aren'tt goes on in 2012 as the next presidential election cycle takes shape. decision twen 2010 tells us how president obama might fair in 2012. let's make sense want midterms and look at where the president stood on election day. it was a fairly republican-leaning electorate. we did have exit polls in a lot of key states, including many of the swing states. as you see on our map, the states in yellow are the first ones that we think are going to be the closest, most competitive races overall. the light blue and light pink on our map, by the way, is the larger battle ground. here's president obama's approval in colorado. a surprisingly high 48%. it explains why any time on the intertubes on twitter. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] imagine the possibilities with stelara® for adults. stelara® helps control moderate or severe plaque psoriasis with 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. in a medical study, 7 out of 10 stelara® patients saw at least 75% clearer skin at 12 weeks. and 6 o

now, on the surface the picture might seem innocent, but those who received it, say that elmo , the elmo that's draped in ms-13 gang colors is actually a threat to their life. so needless to say that interview was cut very short. but it just goes to show you that the fear here is indeed very real and it will be interesting to see exactly how many parents decide not to send their kids to school here today. back to you, mike and andrea. >> before you go, i know in the past few years, fairfax county has been very aggressive in targeting schools to keep gangs out of school. does this means there is a resurgence in northern virginia? >> reporter: well, police say they are seeing a little of a resurgence. they believe that these two stabbings are likely related to two rival hispanic gangs in the northern virginia area. now, over the past few months they've seen gang activity increase, but it really started to spill into the manassas area over the summer where we saw a few stabbings, actually a few machete attacks over the summer, but what happened on friday, that stabbing was turned into a hom

not sesame street -- >> she wore more last night than with elmo. >> that's must-see tv.his is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned, "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> it's a strange day and both the president of the united states and the secretary of state are talking about the groping issue. the question is, in light of a traveler revolt, will the tsa drop its new policy of manhandling airline passengers? the pope stuns catholics around the world by declaring in an interview that condoms may be okay upper certain circumstances. the question is, what's next? spring break in cozumel for cler clergy? sunday night football

. >> on the surface the pictures seamed innocent but the elmo draped in ms13 gang colors is a threat. >> reporter: a stabbing at the shopping center saturday night is in retaliation for the ninth grader's death. >> the concern returns to osbourn high school, there will be heightened security inside and outside of the school. despite that, some parents off camera say they will not be bringing their children to school tomorrow. >> what do you tell parents and some of the kids that we talk to who are highly afraid of coming to school tomorrow? >> i would say they shouldn't be afraid to come to school. >> i'm worried about it, because that guy supposedly was in school, right. i'm worried about it and i'm a little bit scared. >> this was not a school event. this was an event in the community. >> i'm not sure we can avoid rehabilitation, but we can be prepared. >> do you want this retaliation to stop, you don't want more violence, do you? >> no, this needs to be stopped. >> now, tonight members of the manassas city council are expected to address the stabbings at the regularly scheduled mee

for the week as investors her increasingly confident that arlen will receive her best to challenge elmo just made a big splash on its return to markets less than a year and a half bankrupt. rising optimists wept across european markets today as i went aged closer to bailout and as earnings from as a bill miller and british airways joined minus in supporting bush stocks. and markets finished up but moscow tracking those global trends old blue chips were high on the benchmark myself for bungles again took a not two point six percent in the black as feature beat is not far behind up the one cent. rogers your human chris net profit by forty six percent of the third quarter to more than one hundred fifty six million dollars hearing him sees continued strength for the next six months that's on the back of rising prices for fertilizer is driven by growing demand understatements like. russia is currently last fashionable for investors then brazil according to the deputies see. where the market from the triple i've seen disagrees he believes there are compelling reasons why some investors up pic

those who received it said that the elmo draped in ms-13 gang color is a threat to their life. a stabbing on saturday night at the shopping center, witnesses say, is in retaliation to the ninth grader's death. the concern returns to osbourn high school where there will be heightened security both inside and outside of the school. despite that, some parents off camera say that they will not be bringing their children to school tomorrow. >> reporter: what do you tell parents and some of the kids that we have talked to that are highly afraid to come to school tomorrow? >> they should not be afraid to come to school. >> i'm worried about it because that guy was not supposedly in the school, right? i'm worried about it, i'm a little scared. >> this is not a school event, this is an event in the community. we're prepared for anything that might happen at the school. >> do you want the retaliation to stop? i mean you don't want more violence, do you? >> no. this needs to stop. >> reporter: in manassas, surae chinn, 9news now. >> they don't believe that miguel hernandez had any link to

i kissed elmo and i became a muppet. >> brian: elmo, if you're watching and you have a friend there, is. >> steve: i'm sure the doctor is working on this right now. >> brian: elmo, no tongue. most of the muppets had a tongue. >> steve: thank you. i did not notice that. [ laughter ] >> gretchen: how do you read headlines after that? you just go straightforward because we have a fox news alert. german officials now confirming they have shut down part of the parliament building because of an imminent terror threat. according to a statement posted on the german parliament web site, police a bracing for a possible attack that could be linked to the pakinstani branch of al-qaeda. no further details were given, but a german magazine reported al-qaeda may be planning an attack on that building or that they have been planning it for early next year. brian. >> brian: rescue in in zealand. they likely didn't survive the explosion. but they are still finishing up a small shaft to test the gasses and not ruling out a miracle. >> we still remain optimistic, but we are planning for all outcomes and

no delays here southbound traffic looks good now back up yet for the ride into almost purtoward the elmohot of the golden gate bridge a look at marin county. building but still moving. a note to you if you're looking to take part and the parade the ferry system will have extra fare is in place. keep that in mind. 7 theday around the bay. sticking with mid '80s for tomorrow by the bay also gorgeous than a slight chance of rain friday night and a cool down over the weekend. >> check on the big board stocks mostly higher at this hour after an improving jobs picture. investors anxiously waiting for the outcome of the federal reserve meeting and what policy they will have in place. the del up 13 points right now, nasdaq is negative by a point. we will be right back. my mercury moment happened at the beginning of the 3rd quarter. joey came over to watch the game when the storm rolled in. in through the ceiling. i switched to mercury to save on car insurance, boy am i glad they cover my home too. they fixed the ceiling, replaced the couch, they even cleaned the carpets. wish they would have cle

yesterday elmo was here and he talked about geraldo.ogram, do you know geraldo rivera? >> yes, i love his mustache. >> brian: he was on sesame street. >> gretchen: his mustache is legendary. >> it's a muppet. >> steve: he says your mustache is a muppet. >> it has its own personality. >> steve: you've been on sesame street, haven't you? >> i have. it was delightful. i was with big bird and he's so tall and you want to look at his place where the eyeballs are. that's another story. don't get me going. it was delightful and having children and all the different decades, i've been a sesame street fan for 50 years now. >> gretchen: that's a great way to sum up your appearance. have a fantastic weekend. >> thank you. nice to see the three of you back together. >> brian: back to the ice palace. >> i'll use your jacket again. >> brian: straight ahead. >> gretchen: a dance team late to a tv appearance ditches their car in a traffic tunnel and makes a run for it, but they didn't get very far of the wait until you hear what happened next. >> brian

surface you can see it's a picture that seems innocent, but those who received that text message say the elmo that you see that's draped in ms-13 gang colors is actually a very severe threat to their lives. needless to say the interview was cut short. those people that our fellow 9news nine reporter quickly left. and it goes to show you, the threat is very real and there is certainly a heightened sense of fear as people head back to school today, back to you. >> thank you, kristin, live in manassas this morning. >>> investigators believe speed was a factor in a deadly crash along mattney road in germantown. police say 33-year-old larry tally lost control of his motorcycle and died at the scene. residents have complained about speeders for a while there. they want the county to install more traffic lights to hopefully slow down traffic. >>> the transportation security administration is easing up on its security screening just a bit. the head of the tsa says he wants to make the process as least invasive as possible. many airports now have scanners which can see through clothing looking for wea

her cleavag made headlines a couple months ago when it was deemed too much for elmo to deal with on sesame> a bisp in the church of england is apologizing tonight for predicting the marriage of prince william and kate middletowould last only seven years. bishop pete broadbent made the comments about the couple recently on twitter and facebook. he said, quote, as wi most shl over celebries in our ciety, they will be set up to fail by the gutter press who don't care about them unless they sell nepapers. that means hounding them to death. he continue, quote, i give the marriage seven years. the bishop apologized today and said he wishes the coue a long, happy marriage. >> you just have to ignore people like that. >>> we won't igre the weather. it was beautiful today. >> it was beautiful today. rgeous over the weekend. i took a trip to calvert cliff. have you ever been there? >> no. >> mygosh. this is such a cool place. right on the shoreline of the chesapeake bay. look at that. you can take your dog. i know you have a dog, jim. they've got miles and miles o trails. >> and cliffs? >> that's wh

tickle me elmo is the best man. this is not -- can you imagine this?oy's father said he vowed to make sure his son was already engaged by the time he turned 6. but they're going to wait to hold the marriage until the boy turns 15, which, that's good. let him get through the lego phase first. and then -- [ laughter ] they're very serious in syria, well, maybe that explains the name. this morning here in california, the great california shakeout, our annual state-wide earthquake drill. you learn a lot from these things. did you know that if you get girder, you're supposed to scream, ahh, i'm trapped underneath a steel girder! about 8 million people were expected to participate. we participated here at the show in the drill. not in a practical way. what we did was this. this is adelina. she's one of our crack security guards here at the program. she guards the second floor. and to help prepare her, in case of an emergency, what we did is, we had everyone around her suddenly pretend there was an earthquake going on. to see what she would do. keep in mind,

elmo loves his mustache. >> steve: he was on sesame street. >> gretchen: his mustache is legendary. >> very. it's a muppet. >> gretchen: geraldo the muppet will be here. log on for our after the show show 'cause we'll have more fun with elmo. >> after the show show. >> brian: maybe we'll touch him. >> after the show show. >> gretchen: bye. bill: breaking news on the economy, a spike in the number of americans taking first-time unemployment benefits, 439,000 americans on the unemployment line, that's an increase of 2000 over the previous week. the good news in all this, it's the lowest level we've seen in more than two years. however, analysts say these need to be a lot lower to show growth in job creation. so stu than and the stock market, 30 minutes from now. >>> in the meantime a stunning decision in the case of the first gitmo detainee tried in a civilian court, not guilty in all but one of more than 280 charges. that's a massive setback for the obama administration's strategy to bring suspected terrorists to justice. a jury finding ahmed ghailani not guilty of more than 200 murder

look, a couple of voters in alaska voted for elmo, but most of them voted for lisa murkowski.al is the federal judge we think is likely to say voter intent does count. murkowski wins, miller loses, justice prevails. >> awesome. always great to see you all. you always make us so much smarter. >> i don't know about that, but it's sure fun. >> avery, richard, thanks so much. have a great rest of the weekend. see you next weekend. we'll be right back with more of the newsroom after this. r i got, things started changing immediately. then i wrote a letter to the food stamp office. "thank you very much, i don't need your help any more." you know now, i can actually say i bought my home. i knew that the more i dedicated... the harder i worked, the more it was going to benefit my family. this my son, mario and he now works at walmart. i believe mario is following in my footsteps. my name is noemi, and i work at walmart. ♪ [ male announcer ] in the event of a collision, the smartest thing you could do is cut the fuel supply... ♪ ...unlock the doors, and turn on the hazard lights. ♪ or

ballots for donald duck, elmo have been cast.ite-in votes have gone for murkowski. >>> sarah palin just tweeted her advice to incoming members of congress. she called for them to defund the new health care law and cut the deficit. her reality show debuts on sunday. she may be gearing up for a president ap run in 2012. on top of that, a college student accused of hacking into her e-mail was just sentenced to one year and one day in jail. david crennel apologized for what he called a prank. he hacked into the former vice presidential candidate's e-mail in 2008 while she was out on the campaign trail. >>> you can own your own piece of the infamous bernie madoff. you can check out what's on the auction block. everything from diamond watches and rings to the swindler's underwear. who would want bernie madoff's shorts? >> the u.s. marshal says it's really quite the collector's market. there's a morbid fascination with madoff and how he lived. if you are able to have his toasterer oven, i guess that's a good conversation piece. >> is th

. >>> despite votes for donald duck, elmo and revolt, lisa murkowski is getting 90% of the write-in votesn the alaska race for senate. joe miller is suing to make sure all the ballots are filled out correctly. nbc's kristin welker has the latest. >> good morning, alex. it appears that lisa murkowski is faring well this weekend, but all eyes will be on those contested ballots. those are ballots that the miller camp has contested, mostly for spelling errors in murkowski's last name. if at the end of this counting process there aren't enough contested ballots to make up the difference between miller and murkowski's lead, the miller camp is going to have a tough time building an argument that this should actually go to court. now, we got a bit of a surprise this week when representatives from the miller camp stepped forward and announced that they had been getting calls about possible voter fraud and possible voter intim date addition. when we pressed him for specifics, he couldn't really give any names or actual examples. the miller camp says they want to get to the bottom of these allegatio

. >> are these gonna be like the tickle me elmo or will these be available? if you see them, grab them? >> reporter: yes. if you see them grab them. shipments are coming in daily. we're very excited to be o ffering a great's sortment of deals. we're really seeing -- we're seeing 18-inch dolls as a tread. this doll's name is meredith and she's part of the journey line. only $29.99. this is an incredible price point. it comes with all different fashion sets. they have different outfits can you pick. this one, she has her little snow -- >> she's ready if you could give us -- if you could give us your best advice. if you are not out for black friday and you know you have time left, the best tip you do give this holiday season to parents. >> reporter: do your research. go to toys 'r' us.com. different characters that they might like, spongebob or dora and hone in on what that item is so you can head to the store. >> look at that. they have the low of people with a lot of choices already. thank you for joining us from new york city and times square -- square. we ap

saying costume clad characters like elmo should be able to perform for tips without being harassed.les affiliate reporter has more. >> people come from all over the world and they say, tom cruise maybe. to this woman visiting from russia and members of the concordia college women's basketball team, this guy is -- >> hot. >> hollywood characters are what tourists expect to see along hollywood boulevard. all the characters, most of whom make money from taking tips for having their pictures taken with fan, felt targeted by police. after months of laying low, they're back at it. >> they gave me a one hour warning. >> what did you do? >> i stayed for an hour and left. >> did you have trouble with the police? >> i did a couple times. >> what happened? >> i was charged with loitering on a public sidewalk. >> tough at the point of having no money? >> today move in with a friend. that changed when a federal judge slapped a preliminary infunction on the lapd, preventing selective enforcement. costume or number, if someone is loitering, panhandling or blocking the sidewalk, they say they'll ge

. >> what i love about this is elmo is the co-pilot. so he talks to the kids. season. we're actually ride ago long with him. >> wings go up for easy piloting. we have storage space, great toy. >> 1 and up on that one? >> 1 and up on this 1. >> $39.99 on that one. >> yes. >> let's go to this one, which we both really love. it's a puppet theater, but it's really cool. >> it's really cool. for one thing about it's imaginative play. this is the take along puppet theater. you have all your characters. but the kids are actually changing the scenes. this simply. we have a few of these. we have a sound box for applause and laughter. >> very cool. >> and when you make your puppet show, you show your friends, your parents. but when you're done, you close all the stage doors up, you pack it up and it's ready to go. >> and i love the people there. and it really breeds imagination. >> it does. >> that's so cool for kids. 4 and up on this one and $49.99. >> 49.99. >> let's jump ahead to this one. >> there's a whole world online. it's belle sara, north by north, filled with m

out of walnut creek no longer the case as you can see we've cleared out the back out leading into elmoouth from 242 is much better now as well. the bay bridge there has been installed reported westbound i don't think it will have much of an impact. it will probably get cleared quickly. you can see the back up is only at the east parking lot. i don't think you have to slow things down much to clear that stall. >> new details coming out within the hour out of haiti health officials say the cholera outbreak has killed 1000 people the ministry says 16,000 have been hospitalized nationwide. dossers doctors without borders say they have treated 12,000 people. >> dutch forensic experts are testing the piece of bone to see if it comes from missing american teenager natalee holloway. holloway, then 18, a high school graduation trip to aruba. dutchman joran van der sloot is the last person seen with holloway and is considered the prime suspect in her disappearance. van der sloot is in jail in lima, peru charged with killing stephany flores, a woman murdered five years to the day after holloway's

elmo roach from wisconsin said, do not waiver on beginning to bring our troops out of afghanistan saving more wasteful spending. redirect all savings to veterans to support their families. sorry to say but we may be ready to retreat the comfort of our retired if the president blinks or compromises. he promised we'd deliver, now we expect him to act like truman or roosevelt, closed quote. in northwest wisconsin we believe that people are more important than corporate profits. we still believe that one single family on main street is more valuable than all the corporations on wall street. we believe our freedoms will be ours for as long as we can hang on to them. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. pence: jobs should be job one in this congress and the next. full employment must be the objective of policymakers in washington,

he is bullying elmo and shrek.now, when you put together, when you aggregate the responses of all the kids in the classroom or in a school, you'll know who is bullying whom. now, in our work, we can't tell the teachers, the principles who is bullying film, because of confidentiality reasons. but there's no reason why schools can't do this where measure similar to this on their own. if bullying is a relationship and if bullying is supported, by some of the kids in the school, then you need to talk to the kids. not just in formally, but any systematic way. ask the children whose bullying whom in this school. and you add it up together, and, you know. with every tragedy in bullying, there's always an issue of, well, why they seem so obvious. how come the teachers didn't see this? how come the principal didn't see this? and answer is usually because they didn't ask. they didn't want to know. it's not so hard to figure out. 50, 60 years ago, as part of education curricula, teachers and instructors were asked to do so sy