this blue in northern new england is snow. we're expecting a significant snowstorm over all of the areas of northern new england especially the mountainous areas. be prepared for like typical heavy snow event there. skiers will love it. but for a pus i travel day of the year, not what you want for maine, vermont and new hampshire. the heaviest rain in the ohio valley, will also the southeast. the heavy rain this afternoon and evening will work to the big cities of the east. as i mentioned, by the time we get to wednesday afternoon, much of it will be gone. lynn, it's wednesday morning that will be the worst of it for areas in new england. more updates later. >> especially for a travel day. i know you'll be watching that. >>> a thumbs down for the super committee. one investment that's still safe. and a temporary holiday intimacy on craigslist. your first look at the business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, sidney crosby returns to the ice. does the pitcher deserve an mvp award in the voters say yes. you're watching

new england over the jets 37-16. kind of a typical brady game.er the course of his career, 26 of 39, 329 and three touchdowns and ron ninkovich had a interception for a td, and they are both down on the field with michele. >> michele: tom, in the second half, you sped it up, and how did you see that affecting the jets' defense? >> well, they are a good defense and they gave us all that we could handle tonight, and they took advantage of some plays, but i wish we had executed better in the first half, but it is good to get a win. >> michele: gronkowski your tight end of two touchdowns tonight and what is it like to have a player and offense who is such a tough matchup. >> he is. he is big and great hands and blocks and he does it all for the offense. dependable and reliable player and we needed a big game from him and you got it. >> michele: you needed a big game from the defense and they gave it to you, and how big for them to overcome the deficiencies tonight. >> yes, ron's interception at the end was greatb, and we haven't seen that in a long t

the future of the church of england. the next 20 years decides if it dies out. >> peter wooding shows us some are not giving up without a fight. >> reporter: anglican churches in england are struggling with the challenges of dwindling attendance. near nottinghamshire, services have dropped to 20 people, most retired. reverend tony walker says the biggest challenges that people no longer feel a commitment to be a regular part of the church community. >> plenty of people who see this as their children. it is their church they don't come to very often. they want it there for weddings and funerals and baptisms. church members are unhappy seeing it reduce to such low numbers. >> there is only a handful. that obviously makes you a little bit sad. >> a lot has to do with families not being as they were. so many other things. when i was grow up, we all went to the family to church. now people seem to go shopping. >> anglican leaders have warned the church of england will cease to exist in 20 years. current generations dies. aver

new england over the jets 37-16. kind of a typical brady game. way, but over the course of his career, 26 of 39, 329 and three touchdowns and ron ninkovich had a interception for a td, and they are both down on the field with michele. >> michele: tom, in the second half, you sped it up, and how did you see that affecting the jets' defense? >> well, they are a good defense and they gave us all that we could handle tonight, and they took advantage of some plays, but i wish we had executed better in the first half, but it is good to get a win. >> michele: gronkowski your tight end of two touchdowns tonight and what is it like to have a player and offense who is such a tough matchup. >> he is. he is big and great hands and blocks and he does it all for the offense. dependable and reliable player and we needed a big game from him and you got it. >> michele: you needed a big game from the defense and they gave it to you, and how big for them to overcome the deficiencies tonight. >> yes, ron's interception at the end was greatb, and we haven't seen that

watch out, northern new england, winter storm watches are posted. by the time we get to thanksgiving, we clear it out in most areas. a few showers in south florida and also in southern portions of new mexico. >>> if you're watching us on wnbc 24 toledo, ohio, discover an ancient civilization's understanding of the life and the afterlife at egyptian experience secrets of the tomb. >> thank, bill. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. justin beeber is looking to make it official and he has been dna tested. tmz reports bieber took a very controlled dna test with a solid chain of custody that will be hard for any lawyer to challenge. the website reports teen bieber will not settle and vows to sue his accuser and her lawyers when he proves is he not the daddy. >>> england's inquiry into phone-hacking heard testimony from hugh grant monday who said it's time to stand up to the bullying of the tabloids. he accused newspapers of learning information about his personal life only someone listening in on his phone could kno

new england gets going after a slow first quarter. brady hits his man.ook at him tiptoeing along the sidelines. stays inbounds. 52-yard td reaccepting. the longest of his career. in the third quarter, it's brady to gron could you ski again. slips a tackle. look at this guy. flips into the end zone. little slow getting up. he hit his head. but he's all right. back to spike it. >> he has 20 touchdowns in 26 career games. the patriots again. the punt. a couple of nice moves. slips out of traffic. he is gone. 72 yards for the touchdown. patriots up 21 at that point. they win easily, 34-3. new england getting breathing room in the afc east. patriots 7-3. jets and bills 5-5. the dolphins at 3-7. in baseball, droits justin verlander is the first starting pitcher since roger clemons in 1986 to be voted most valuable player. he adds the honor to the cy young award he won last week. 24-5 and this season. 250 strikeouts, 2.40 e.r.a. and was rookie of the year in 2006. the second player in baseball history to win all three major awards. cy young, mvp, rookie of the

she was not sure where england would lead.would they continue to, you know, what they resist or would they make peace at any cost? both becca and edmund were not ready to live in a country that couldn't make those decisions. of course they made the right decision in the end, but they decided let's go to the united states and you know, maybe we can get the u.s. interested in joining the war. they have are very much opposed to fascism on every level and they have this amazing experience traveling around the united states. in fact they came to miami and they ran a bar here for a wild. and you know this was kind of grades. it was a moment in time when they were outside the mitford churchville romilly world where they could just create -- they were a little bit like movie characters. the guy in the and a gal making their way around with a road movie. and they just had a lot of fun being themselves. >> did they have independent wealth that they could do this are not? >> back i have this running away fund which was 50 pounds, which i

[applause] >> what about the east of england? who have we got from the east of england?what about the young person here with the ginger hair? >> thank you, mr. speaker. i totally agree that child poverty is a big issue in the u.k. however, is it realistic for u.k. youth parliament to achieve, to end child poverty in the next 12 months? i think we need to instead help people break the circle within the poverty. we need to help them. so let's not cut this youth services because they help people in poverty. they help them got out of crime which many people turn to when they're in poverty. we need to think of other issues other than ending child poverty that will help end child poverty in the long run, that think to have realistic things. thank you very much. [applause] >> what about yorkshire and -- [inaudible] who have we got from there? what about the young man at the back in the middle of the threesome -- [laughter] go for it, man. [laughter] >> [inaudible] from the east side of yorkshire. i don't support the motion, but i support a statement being put in our manifesto a

northern new england has a chance for rain showers. all of that rain shifts east for your day tomorrow. that wet weather system will effect the southeast and atlantic. >>> if you're watching nis dayton, ohio, uncover the complexities of how the bodies of different animals work. see the mechanics of it all at the robot zoo. >> a little different. >> very cool. okay. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. the gods in greece extended their role at the box office this weekend. 60% of its audience was made up of males just like you, bill, and it should continue to draw well in weeks ahead dominated by family films and chick flicks. >>> adam sandler's comedy "jack and jill" finished in second edging out the two-time champ "puss in boots" but we heard the reviews were horrible. >>> jay edgar hoover finished fifth with $12 million. >>> and both chrkris humphries kim kardashian are apparently lawyering after after accusations that their wedding was fabricated for tv. and the whole kardashian thing, what do you think

what about the young woman. >> northeast england. he said as an organization they can make a difference. welcome to me just because the scale doesn't mean we shouldn't try? is that the truth and it proves to me how much is invested in our society that we do not believe in ourselves. thank you. [applause] >> what about east mcminn? i would like to look at a specific issue. >> your name is? >> [inaudible] >> i would like to talk about a specific issue on lesbian and gay and transsexual bullying. it is disgusting someone should be picked on for their orientation. we heard earlier the 65% the society it is one of the only campaign between the campaign and we need a national young people to be supporting in the campaign young people provide further time fourth because of these matters and it cannot continue. thank you. [applause] anybody from northern ireland? >> this year the number of children along and in the depression or suicidal thoughts increase by 300 per cent since last year and among these many one on a scale of bullying 87% of

up in new england, it will take a little bit longer. in to many of the mountainous areas. boston to hartford to albany, all rain for you thankfully. so the roads just wet. 6 to 12 inches though for the big cities up there in new england. as far as the forecast today, rain exits the east coast, anyone traveling in the pacific northwest, heavy rain continues. one storm after another. that will continue the next couple days. thanksgiving day, parade looks just fine in new york city. a little breezy, but pot so bad that the balloons won't go. should be just fine. and as we go towards the shopping day on friday, just showers in the middle of the country. >>> coming up, she calls herself jenny from the block, but j. lo is still far from her roots. plus the holiday mistake that could cost kim car dakardashian pretty penny. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. a bluetooth connection. a stolen vehicle locator. roadside assistance. and something that could help save your life - automatic help in a crash. it's the technology of five devices in o

and for that match three lines manager fabio capello has confirmed franco lamport will be the england captain for the second time lamport last let england in their two one win over denmark in copenhagen last february. regular skipper john terry is being rested for the spain match amid a police investigation into claims of racism but will return to leave england against sweden on cheers day while wayne rooney and rio ferdinand's also miss out england's haven't beaten spain since two thousand and one however despite a flawless european qualifying campaign the champions did lose two one it's in italy this august. will be my proudest moment in an england shirt and i've had to climb into moments for you country at wembley but i'm grounded very special mom from absolutely massive. to boxing now where many pocky how and who won many well marquez both weighed in under the limits ahead of their w b o welterweight title ballots at the m.g.m. grand in las vegas this saturday a huge crowd of fans turns up for the traditional pre-fight sway in the men that have mets in the ring why is before with

on cheers they are very unruly and rio ferdinand also misnomers england haven't beaten spain since two thousand and one however despite a flawless european qualifying campaign the champions did lose to italy this august . every my proudest moment in an england shirt and i've had a few moments for actually leading a country where belief in our ground is a very special time for me i'm actually writing. golf now and overnight leader tiger woods has dropped stude joint eight splay so after a disappointing three over par round of seventy five local man john senden a course record equalling nine under sixty three to take a one shot lead after the third day at the australian open well woods tops the leaderboard after two rounds and it seemed like the former world number one has found his swing the thirty five year old american made a poor start with three straight bogeys eventually ending his round seventy five to i tied for eighth while the highest ranked australian jason day celebrated his twenty fourth birthday with a round of sixty eight playing and number of impressive iron shot stickers

there are reports news corps's "news of the w" spied on england's future king. >>> riding high. could this 90-foot wave be the largest ever surfed. >> announcer: this is "early today" for wednesday, november 9, 2011. >>> hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with a defiant denial. at a news conference yesterday republican presidential hopeful herman cain insisted he has never sexually harassed anyone. meanwhile as cain's camp worked to discredit his first accuser to go public we learned the identity of the first women to file a complaint. steve handelsman reports. >> i don't even know who this woman is. >> reporter: herman cain went after his first accuser to go public. the day after sharon bialek said cain groped her and pushed her in 1997. >> they simply did not happen. >> reporter: cain's campaign listed lawsuits against bialek and two bankruptcies. >> the democrat machine in america has brought forth a troubled woman to make false you you sagss. >> reporter: but in a media blitz, bialek denied her motivation is political or financial. >> i expected this. thi

also it can be even sunny in england. so if you wanted to get into a sheltered place, you had to pay another penny to get into one of the out of the standing area and on to a -- into a covered gallery. if you wanted a cushion, that would cost you another penny. so -- that was in the public theaters. >> can you relate that form of entertainment then to something we do now? would it relate to broadway or relate to a concert or how would you -- >> probably -- well, i don't know a comparable system in -- although, we have changed the rules in a way. now our rule is the more you pay the closer you get to the stage. in those days, the more you paid the further back in effect you were under one of the canapes. i think the experience would probably be closer to a concert -- rock concert or maybe a football game. than it would have been to decorous entertainment that we of as theater. there's lots of evidence that prostitutes who work the theaters and people were selling oranges and other things to munch on, drinks at the theater.

it's entirely correct that england was not one of those countries. and england has got to recognize that fact, and increasingly, i think the relatively new leadership of the f.a., again, relatively new leadership of the f.a., does recognize that and is building new bridges within europe anyway. but the fact of the matter is that racism, the campaigns i'm proud having played a part in using football to fight racism starting that joint campaign, but also some other groups in the mid 1990's. we've made progress, but has racism been eradicated from football on or off the pitch in england, let alone other countries? no, it has not. >> still a long way to go. david, thank you very much. new zealand may well be celebrating their recent victory in the rugby world cup, but for residents of christchurch, nine months after the earthquake which claimed 181 lives, that mood of sporting celebration is matched by one of uncertainty about the future. we have a report from new zealand's second city. >> it was the moment when christchurch changed forever. february's e

plus, the new england patriots' sleepy offense suddenly roars back to life. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> in weather, forecast is about the busy travel days ahead. that's coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, hockey's greatest player made his long-awaited return to the ice monday night and what a return it was. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. after suffering a pair of concussions last january, sidney crosby made his much anticipated return last night and the penguins captain looked like he was in midseason form. crosby missed 67 games with post-concussion symptoms, but last night he made the islanders dizzy. just minutes into the game he blew by the defense and roofed a backhand past the goalie, crosby's first goal in nearly a year gave penguins 1-0 lead and then an assist to orpik. who unloaded from the blue line. crosby with two points in the first period. added another assist in the secon

bill, what's going on. >> the ship's going down in new england today.t was a beautiful, beautiful stretch of weather, we had ever since the snowstorm, we haven't had any rain at all and today we'll have to bring back the umbrellas, especially in maine, new hampshire, massachusetts. temperatures are mild this morning, but the cold air is on the way. we're down to 42 in pittsburgh and the cold air will be sweeping in behind the rain. so first comes the rain moving up from the south. you can see it the green on the map here, quickly approaching areas of long island and southern new england. that's where it will move first, through rhode island and boston and up through new hampshire. there's a sharp cut-off line from new york city to new jersey, philadelphia area, pennsylvania, not expecting a lot of rain for you today. most of it is going to be to the north, the computers are predicting as much as an inch of rain in areas of maine. only a couple tenths of an inch from hartford to boston to manchester. so the general rule is have the umbrella from new york

nfc east team in action today, the eagles trying to break out of their home funk against the new england patriots. it would not be easy.  >>> welcome back to the washington area nissan dealers sports xtra. >> for a squad dubbed the dream team it's been more like a nightmare for the philadelphia eagles especially at home entering 1-4 today with a date with the new england patriots, not an easy opponent home or away. vince young getting a second straight start for the injured michael vick, 1st quarter no score. young backed a pass, deep downfield to riley cooper. he's taken down at the patriots 4-yard line. 58-yard gain set up a touchdown. young passed foray career high 400 yards. 2nd -- for a career high 400 yards. 2nd quarter, brady to west welker, 41 yards for the touchdown, new -- to wes welker, 41 yards for the touchdown, new england in control. the patriots beat the eagle says 38-20 dropping philly to 4- 7 and 1-5 at home. >>> the redskins next opponent, jets and mark sanchez posting the bills. 2nd quarter ryan fitzpatrick 5 yards to stevie johnson, bills up 14-7. check out

and for that match three lines manager fabio capello has confirmed frank lampard will be the england captain for the second time lampard last lead england's in their two one win over denmark in copenhagen last february regular skipper john terry is being rested for the spain match and made a police investigation into claims of racism but he will return to lead england against sweden on tuesday while away in rooney and rio ferdinand's also miss alex england haven't beaten spain since two thousand and one however despite a flawless european qualifying campaign the champions league two one in a city this august. will be my proudest moment. to climb into the moment for you country around at wembley and i'm grounded with words but. i'm speaking off the. formula one now and the mclaren do all flues hamilton and jenson button set the pace as rivals sebastian vettel and fernandez crashed out in practice for the album dhabi grand prix mclaren were the only team to have a problem for the second practice with hamilton a lap in the flood the track with the best time had a team made button while

northern new england, central new england, you'll move in as we go throughout the morning hours. d.c. forecast, looks okay, chance of showers and maybe a thunderstorm tomorrow. then it looks like we'll clear it out, but much cooler as we go toward the end of the week. that's the general forecast for much of the east coast. next weekend looks clear as can be again. looks like wet weather in the middle of the week and we clear it out for another nice weekend. as far as today's forecast goes, we have rain out there in the ohio valley. the southeast is also looking pretty good. no problems on the west coast either. >>> you think you can keep the weather in the 60s, bill, throughout winter for me? >> no. >> oh, well, worth trying. >>> kris and kim sue over fake wedding claims. justin keeps his word. >>> sand and sandals, adam sandler at the box office. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. ♪ our machines help identify early stages of cancer, and it's something that we're extremely proud of. you see someone who is saved because of this technology, you know that the things that you do

and phil jones is optimistic about england's chances. i think it's always nice just to touch the selves against against the first. you know we know the good team but we know we're about as well we think we've got a good good mix of experienced players and youth players now as well and hopefully that will be enough to. go on saturday and hopefully when we go. forward on that as the mclaren go of lewis hamilton and jenson button set the pace as rival sebastian vettel and philander along crashed out in practice the abu dhabi grand prix but lauren were the only top team to have a problem for a second practice into roughing the flag track the best time head of teammate button model for all of a long as i am in pain massa and third and fourth respectively newly crowned champion vettel who needs to win the two remaining races to match michael schumacher his record of thirty victories in a season he crashed out still posed as six fastest while his red bull team mate mark webber was in a battle with alonzo for third place overall he finished fift

but also six friendly things taking place on saturday when england host world and european champions spain and manager fabio capello has confirmed from time god will be the england captaincy and i lost let england in february's two one win over denmark in copenhagen regular skipper john terry is being rested and made a police investigation into crimes of racism but will return to meeting them against sweden on cheese day while wayne rooney and rio ferdinand also besides england haven't beaten spain since two thousand and one however despite a forest european qualifying campaign charge instead lose two one in italy this august and phil jones is optimistic about england's chances. i think it's always nonsense to attach themselves to guns and against the first. you know we know the good team but we know we're bars where we think we've got a good good mix of experienced players and youth players now as well and hopefully that will be enough to. go on saturday and hopefully when we go to formula one now as the mclaren jiro of lewis hamilton and jenson button set the pace as rival sebastia

that's kind of ended a little bit for areas of new england and the mid-atlantic.ratures back into the 50s kind of a little where they should be. we had some light rain overnight move through the areas of green. it's heading off the coast. you're probably going to wake up to wet roads and a little damp weather in new jersey and the chesapeake. but that's drying out. more rain later in the day for areas like d.c., virginia and the carolinas. but new england should be dry, so philly southwards, still a chance of showers late today, but really i think most areas will be dry. much cool anywhere new england today, highs in the 40s. where over the weekend you were in the 60s. then on tuesday, more rain will move in. this will be the second half of the day. so tuesday morning is dry. and then we get a good soaking tuesday night and that will last into wednesday. so airport travel, tuesday, late in the day and then as we go all day wednesday, the east coast airports could be problems. today the airports, dallas late today, with thunderstorms, san antonio, possibly houston.

heavy rain through central new england. right down i-95 this is the one last little batch of heavy rain now moving through d.c., philly and approaching areas like new york city. again, it's the first half of today. this afternoon it's going to clear out with just showers. that snowfall forecast very heavy. we expect 6 to 12 inches in a swath from burlington to bar bangor through new hampshire. down to the south we continue with showers and storms. notice they're progressing. atlanta, they're done. macon to savannah to charleston, two, three hours that wet weather will be gone from your area. this is just this morning with the travel trouble and hopefully the airports can catch up and everyone can get to their destination. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. cleveland, ohio, that's just a chance of showers for you. the heaviest rain is over with in the ohio valley. chicago is just fine today. philadelphia, same forecast for you, heaviest rain over the next three to four hours and then it will clear out duri

whaps what happened for that couple of decades in liz bethan and early jacobian england was a society comeing into consciousness of itself, mixing together the different classes, trying to forge a unity out of the different classes and deman that a writer write their story, reflect themselves back to them and by doing that took a man who was always a great poet, one heck of a sonnet writer and that pressure turned him into a write thaer that carried the hopes and dreams and aspirations of england on his back. you see shakespeare is defining what it is to be english. he's helping the english create their own identity. he's wedding together the different nationalities, the welshman, the scotsman the irish man and giving them a sense of being british, more than just a colltion of tribes. he's defining an english attitude towards royalty because ofourse, what all of english is struggling with is we can no longer believe in a divine right of kings. our own history proves that. so if we don't believe in the divine right of kings, what gives a king legitimacy? and that's the question th shak

cold front going through new england. it's dry. no wet weather there. a chilly day throughout the middle of the country. no big weather concerns. this is the quietest weather pattern we have seen in new england this year. that's pretty unbelievable. ever since our big storm last saturday, we haven't had a drop of precip. as far as the rainy weather goes, let's look at it. virginia beach up to richmond. back to roanoke. showers through the smokeys and knoxville area. we're clearing out. if you're in myrtle beach up to new burn and outer banks, you're going to have a little wet weather this morning. we'll clear it out this afternoon and this weekend will be dry for that region. it is a cold morning. the middle of the country is by far the coldest. it's 39 in san antonio. it's 50 in boston. there's a warm air surging up the east coast, but cold air coming in behind the storm system. by the weekend, the cold air will move to everywhere on the eastern sea board. we can't complain. today's forecast is 52 in chicago. a peek at your weekend forecast keeps the s

. >> a motor crash in southwest england involving 27 vehicles.ew attacks are reported in the city of homs. welcome to bbc news. coming up a little later, in libya, hundreds of protesters are being released by the new government. what everyone in britain will make some noise when the games began. -- begin. the greek prime minister papandreou has survived a confidence vote. he asked parliament to back him so we could begin plans on forming a new coalition government. he ruled out the possibility of early elections. he said there would be catastrophic and would jeopardize the country's bailout deal. >> [applause] >> it was close, but he did it. 153 voted in his favor. 145 voted against. 2 did not vote at all. papandreou's political career was firmly on the line, and he knew it. his proposed referendum had done little to bolster support -- bolster support. on friday, the euro zone offer might be the only way that greece and its economy could survive, he told them. >> perhaps it is the last opportunity to build our country on a more solid basis. this

in england, where i'm from, if you want the best design, hold a public competition. the board listened to vox, tabled the existing design, and announced there would be a public competition for a new design. at this point, vox sought out olmstead to see if he wanted to be partners. for these purposes, vox could not have cared a wit about the high profile, not the fact he was part of the literary republic, but an abolitionist, rubs shoulders with luminaries. that meant nothing to vox. the reason he wanted to partner with olmstead because olmstead was out on the this scruff my -- scruffy piece of land clearing swamps, and they said if they partnered up, they'd have a leg up in the competition because olmstead knew the lay of the land. they partnered up for the competition, and the only way to describe it is parallel to the earlier southern reporting. in this case, nothing could have prepared vox, nothing could have prepared anyone for what incredible ideas olmstead brought to this design. when they turned it into the design, it was the clear winner. there were 3 # diffe

in new england they were just closed for a day a lot of them because they had literally 60 feet of snow so they would shovel off the roof and be open the next day. in the midwest they were open for a -- they were closed for a week or two weeks. but why were they closed? this would give us the information. if they were closed because roads for blocked maybe we should prioritize opening those roads. if it was because they were without power, we should prioritize them getting power after the hospitals and safety people because guess what, the wal-marts of the world, the stop and shop or supermarkets of the world, they feed people every day. they do it much better than we will ever. we should not be, as we have for years opening up points of distributions in parking lots of buildings, of supermarkets. we should be working with them hand in hand to know are they open or closed? and if they are closed, what do we do to open them? so they become part of a team and not everybody opening and operating in their own silos. by doing that we'll be able to take care of the public in general and more

. >> al: 37-16, new england wins. i laugh when tony said houston. i mean, at varying points this the season, new england is the best team in the conference, pittsburgh is the best team in the conference, baltimore, houston, new england, who knows. i mean it is wild and crazy in the afc. >> cris: check back with me after thanksgiving because that is when it starts to settle out a little bit, but he is right, houston, and not many people knew coming into the day, but after the day, had the number one ranked defense. >> al: and pittsburgh is also up there at 7-3. and you had desean jackson with the remarkable return and philadelphia wins the game, but today, because jackson missed a meeting today he was deactivated for the game, and they lose to arizona. philly comes in 3-6 and the only break is that the giants lost as well and they come in 3-6. >> cris: well, an ugly day at philadelphia, because you don't lose at arizona with a backup quarterback in the game, and have the city of brotherly love to have a few suggestions for you. >> al: we leave the ju