she got got engaged to former football player eric johnson. her new cd comes out today. she's here exclusively with us this morning. she's going to talk about her upcoming wedding. she's got a couple christmas songs she's going to sing. it's very exciting. that's coming up in our next half hour. >> she sounded so great in rehearsal. also ahead, can you pig out on thanksgiving without looking like did yyou did. you can cut calories without depriving yo deprive yourself too much. we'll have a contest to tell which is better. >>> also coming up, used to be in the old days we would turn our tires over especially in the northeast and midwest. we always go out and buy snow tires. now they sell all-season tires. there's confusion with that. is it really helpful to change? susan koeppen along with all of the information you need. >> let's go back inside to jeff

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she's engaged to former nfl player eric johnson. and tmz reports that former president bill clinton shot a cameo appearance in thailand this weekend for the upcoming film "hangover i which i just find fantastically hysterical. >> yeah, not for everyone. a little risque. but it had its funny moments. >> i would love to see that. >> nick lachey just got engaged, too. >> did they get engaged or were there just rumors they were going to get engaged? >> well -- >> they did, i guess. i -- i -- i don't know. >> i know what i'm talking about. >> all right, all right. well this comes to us from koaa news first 5 in colorado springs, colorado. where, for the father of one bride, even though t night didn't go as planned, he couldn't have beenprouder. his daughter was supposed to be married by now, enjoying a reception surrounded by family. t when the wedng fell through, the bride h an idea. instead of all the reception food going to waste, she donated the hot meal to homeless families in the area through the salvation army. a selfless act of g

and a pre record interview was serious acts them the reality tv star in singer said her fiancee eric johnsonept her ruby engagement ring and issue before giving a tour. she said he is watching tv when he * did cause and propose. simpson said johnson talked repeat ball parents and sister weeks before the proposal came as a complete surprise to her. here's a look at some top movies they're making a lot of money harry potter quoted 11 and a half million dollars. business can go right to an 8.1 million and unstoppable that came in third making two and half million dollars. the bomb of family christmas tree has arrived at the white house is huge and 18 in half foot douglas fir brought in by horse- drawn carriage. at the first lady and first daughters were there to walk in the delivery the bombs are planning to put this in the blue room of the white house which has very high ceiling. it is expected to take about a week to get a decorated and ready to show off. closer to home the tree in san francisco's union square thises and 80 ft effort it's going to be covered with 1500 red and gold ornaments.

she's engaged to former nfl player eric johnson. and tmz reports that former president bill clinton shot a cameo appearance in thailand this weekend for the upcoming film "hangover ii." bill, you may remember, the cameo appearance with mel gibson was canceled when the cast and crew -- >> it's going to be hard to top those, mike tyson's cameo in the first one was just off the charts. >> i don't know if he wants to compete with that. i think he probably played it a little bit more straight. >> come on, necessary ka simpson. one week after nick lachey was engaged, really? >> a girl's got to get a ring back on her finger. you know. that's the way it works. and this comes to us from koaa news first 5 in colorado springs, colorado. where, for the father of one bride, even though the night didn't go as planned, he couldn't have been prouder. his daughter was supposed to be married by now, enjoying a reception surrounded by family. but when the wedding fell through, the bride had an idea. instead of all the reception food going to waste, sh

she's engaged to former nfl player eric johnson. and tmz reports that former president bill clinton shot a cameo appearance in thailand this weekend for the upcoming film "hangover ii." >> what? >> that's going to be funny. >> you heard me correctly, bill. >> i have an idea. the nbc execs listening, nick and vanessa, a reality show planning their wedding and jessica planning hers with her fiance. >> and then bill clinton shows up and officiates the wedding. bill, we're in the wrong business. we should be doing programming. we'll get that figured out for you in must-see tv. >>> this comes to us from koaa, news first 5 in colorado spring, colorado where for the father of one bride, even though the night didn't go as planned he couldn't have been prouder. his daughter was supposed to be married by now, enjoying a reception surrounded by family, but when the wedding fell through, the bride had an idea. instead of all the reception food going to waste, she donated the hot meal to homeless families in the area through the salvation army.

she's engaged to former nfl player eric johnson.tmz reports that former president bill clinton shot a cameo appearance in thailand this weekend for the upcoming movie, bill, any guess what it is? >> i think it's a really funny movie with -- it's going to be hard to top the first one. something to do with the hangover. >> hang over2. what an odd couple. >> i wish we could keep showing the clip of mike tyson's cameo. >> they will be the four best friends anyone could happen. i'm lin berry. stay tuned, "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> a new report this morning says president obama is ready with a plan to end the american mission in afghanistan by 2014. the question is, should we even be surprised that afghan president hamid karzai suggested we should not let the door hit us on the way out. the lame duck session of congress begins today. can you feel the excitement. tax cuts and nancy pelosi's fight to keep power on the agenda for the next couple months. which democrat is telling pelosi to step

jessica simpson is looking ahead down the aisle once again a rep confirms simpson and nfl star eric johnson are engage. the two began dating in may while johnson was estranged from his wife. their divorce is finalized and just days ago, simpson's ex singer announced he is planning to mary-- weren't they separate and got back together right? >> yes. >> right? >> yes. hollywood way. >> okay. thanks. >>> all right. in other news in entertainment, world fare tale meets reality at international quidditch association. that is fictional game from the harry potter novels but the teams play a version at over 150 college and 100 high schools. the game chaseers try to throw a volleyball through a hoop on defense. and look at that. they hit the opposing players with a dodge ball seekers. aid fast run wear tennis ball in a sock and they have to grab that. so players must hold brooms between their legs during the game to imitate as if they were flying. >> okay. hey, first it was mike tyson and now bill clinton. the former president will share the big screen with the fun-loving guys in hangover 2. bill cl

simpson is getting married again, the reality started as announced engagement to her boy friend eric johnsonomes just weeks after her x nicholas j. got engaged to longtime girlfriend and a seminal. simpson, was spotted in kansas today wearing a ruby red the engagement ring. while the video game six days in call of duty has broken record was bought off, but is receiving criticism of its content. >> >> a new american video game it literally takes aim at fidel castro. what of the first missions the blacktops is to rub out the young leader of the cuban them revolution. and on like in real life, players seem to do that. in this certainly going details. no official reaction from the government here and how about that, but this statement denounced the game burglar find assassination. at inciting americans used to be a blight by lynn sociopath. tubing government also ridicules the cia. what the united states could not accomplish in more than 50 years they are not trying to do virtually it says. in real life castro survives course of assassination attempts and outlasted 10 administrations. illness fo

a whirlwind week for jessica simpson who just got engaged to a former football player, eric johnson.g. she's going to talk about her upcoming wedding. she's got a couple of christmas songs she's going to sing. it's all very exciting. that's coming up in our next half hour. >> she sounded great in the h s e rehearsals. >>> can you pig out on thanksgiving without looking -- without depriving yourself, another installment of the best versus the worse. a contest to see if we can tell which is better coming up in a moment. >>> also coming up, used to be in the old days we used to turn our tires over. especially in the northeast and midwest. now all-season tires. tlooz confusion. is it helpful to change? susan koeppen with all the information you need. >> back inside to jeff glor, in for erica hill at the newsdesk. good morning, jeff. >> maggie, good morning, and good morning, everyone. >>> it does not appear major changes are being made to the controversial airport screening rules including body scans and pat-downs for passengers who refuse. in a statement released yesterday tsa head john

the 30-year-old singer announced her plans to marry former nfl player, eric johnson. been dating since may. the announcement came just a week after simpson's simpson's ex-boyfriend -- ex-husband, excuse me, announced his engagement to vanessa manilo. >>> intense scrutiny. the possible link between a dropoff in stent operations across maryland and the investigations into one baltimore hospital. and... >>> good morning, everyone. first time is a charm. a maryland teen gets a national title. and she isn't your typical beauty queen. i'll spruce you to her next. -- introduce you to her next. >>> check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news at 6:00. back to you, mary and kai. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news. >>> the ravens rest. and the steelers stumble. >> all right. mark has good news for baltimore fans coming up next. , the chevy malibu was designed to catch the eye... but great design is also what you don't see. like dependability, a one-hundred thousand-mile, five-year powertrain warranty and being named a consumers digest best buy three years running.

reports simpson is engaged to eric johnson. he plays f the 49ers and the new orleans saints. it will be a second marriage for both simpson and hnson. earlier this month sison's ex-husband announced he is marrying his long time girlfriend, vanessa. >>> rmer president bill clinton was spotted in a movie original a movie set in bangkok over the weekend. >> check out these pictures from tmz. that's bill clinton on the left. he is playing himself in the cody, the hangover ii. there was an extra security presence on the set as mr. clinton shot this cameo sunday. he isn the replacement for mel gibson. he also isn't the only cameo. it look like liam neeson has also signed on. >>> it is being referred to as the g-mail killer in some circle. facebook's founder says it is thnew platform and it will be much more than that. >> our reporter has the late on the major messaging announcement from facebook today. >> reporter: they've already got half a billion users in the fold and now facebook is trying to give those users more reason to stay the. today the company introduced a new messaging

magazine is reporting jessica simpson is going to marry her nfl free agent boyfriend and now fiance, eric johnsonis 30. they've been together since may. strikes me as a quick engagement. some people questioning the timing saying, a few days ago her ex-husband, nick lachey and his new girlfriend of several years, they announced they were getting engaged. two days later, bam, jessica and her man come out saying they're going to tie the knot as well. seems like a good guy. 6'3". went to yale. been an athlete since he was young. played for the saints, the 49ers. now he and jessica will be husband and wife. >> the other interesting detail to me on this one is that in addition to only being together five months, jessica and him, he's also very recently divorced. >> oh. you're thinking rebound? >> i don't know. have a necessary sa did just get engaged to her ex-husband so that has to sting. i hope the best for jessica but it does seem a bit early. >> i hope the best for her. she's a sweetheart. i hope. from your home state. >> we said this before we went to break, a former president is going to be on "t

she was indeed engaged to former nfler eric johnson. why is this breaking news?x-husband nick lachey just got engaged. a lot of people are saying this is very reactionary. she's only been dating him for six months. it must be a knee jerk reaction to nick and vanessa getting engaged. people say this was a special day of some sort. you can collect special days in six months. no wedding date set as of yet. >> no getting date. >> it's the end. >> moving right along. bill clinton. okay. over the weekend he was spotted on the set of "hangover 2" filmifilm ing bangkok. let me remind you mel gibson, the cameo he was supposed to do, he was supposed to be a bangkok tattoo artist. so was bill clinton there because of a coincidence and swung by the set to say hi? was he really filming a cameo? people will not confirm or deny it. >> which means he is. >> which often is a code for yes. however, if i'm part of the hangover team, ooi'm not going reveal these things. >> it's incredibly racy and funny. >> it would be a huge image shift. it remains s ts to be seen. >>> finally the

she started dating eric johnson over the summer. johnson popped the question thursday.t days after the news broke about jessica's ex-husband nick lachey's engagement to vanessa minnil minnillo. coincidence? >>> and the "today" show goes viral. one of my favorite stories of the day. ♪ i told you one and now i told you twice ♪ it's dynamite ♪ oh, oh. >> i think i could do this, too, but they didn't invite me along. we'll be right back. [ advisor 1 ] what do you see yourself doing one week, one month, five years after you do retire? ♪ client comes in and they have a box. and inside that box is their financial life. people wake up and realize i better start doing something. we open up that box. we organize it. and we make decisions. we really are here to help you. they look back and think, "wow. i never thought i could do this." but we've actually done it. [ male announcer ] visit ameriprise.com and put a confident retirement more within reach. a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis

married again the singer and reality star has announced the engagement your board of five months eric johnsonhe news comes just after weeks of duron the estate got engaged to longtime girlfriend and asset manila. simpson was spotted in cameras wearing a ruby red ink a shrink. engagement ring. e second week in a row may get mind takes first plaegamind take and $30 million continuing its box office success. second place, unstoppable with denzel washington its stars as railroad workers trying to stop a train based on an accident in ohio. 2 road trip, to date is that new movidue date brought in 15 d half million dollars we have got to take a break, here's a live look along the creek getting up to 80 this afternoon more headlines getting up to 80 this afternoon more headlines straight ahead. ♪ ♪ came in last night at half past 10:00 ♪ ♪ that baby of mine wouldn't let me in ♪ ♪ so move it on over ♪ move it on over ♪ move it on over ♪ move it on over ♪ move over, little dog, 'cause the big dog's movin' in ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] a dog & a chevy, what else do you need? ♪ 6:00 a.m. on the kron 4 mornin

simpson is now engaged to former nfl player eric johnson after six months after dating. engagement. coincidence or not? >> i'm not sure, juju. good morning, everybody. how are you guys? you know, it's just interesting all that stuff happens at the same time. wait, did you guys see yourselves? is that it? oh! all of a sudden, there's all this other section, oh, my gosh, here we are. where are we? no, i can't. you're way too young for that. it's illegal in all states. how old are you? >> 17. >> i thought you were like 15. you look young. let's get to the boards. there are things going on this morning we want to talk about. we're going to start with a live shot out of new orleans. while there may be a sprinkle here in new york and it's just a passing sprinkle, you're getting heavy, soaking rain in new orleans. our friends from gnl, they know everything about that. middleton to northern alabama, that's the heaviest rain. brand-new system moving into the northwest. it will >>> 48 degrees in the district and becoming partly cloudy. we have fog to deal with and rain is moving i

. >> eric johnson, your boyfriend of five month, fantastic.sgiving in new york? >> it is. the spirit is amazing. you watch it on tv and you don't really have the -- you know, complete grasp what all goes behind this. >> the snoopy dog, can you believe how big he is? that's one big dog. i am very impressed, you're making -- even though you're in a hotel, you're cooking thanksgiving dinner. your hotel is letting you use their oven? >> we have some stuff in the ovens right now. i'm going to get on the fleet and i have eric's family to cook for and my family. we prepared last night. >> i am very impressed, jessica simpson, happy thanksgiving. have a good holiday. enjoy the parade. >> i will. how can you not? >> that's what i say. >> i'm a little bit afraid of clowns and they're everywhere. >> here's the good news, there are only 800 of >>> here's a clear view of san francisco, gorgeous start to your thanksgiving morning. cold outside. highs a little bit warmer than yesterday, a run into the mid-50s for the afternoon, but another chilly night ahead

eric johnson, from our affiliate, komo, has the story. >> reporter: she thinks of herself as just oneent at black hills gymnastics. lola walters is kind of a screwball. she's famous for her fashion walk. she's co-creator of a cool hand shake, too. but when you hear things like this -- >> she's a hero. >> reporter: and this. >> she's a hero to me. >> reporter: you take a closer look. and then, you realize, there is something different about this girl. you can see it in her eyes. >> if you don't know about it, you can't really tell how hard it is. for me. >> reporter: the judges don't know it. other teams don't know it. some newer teammates don't even know it. but lola competes in the most visual of sports. and she is legally blind. when she looks at the bar, she doesn't niecely see blackness, she sees a mushy blur, with no depth perception, what is over. >> she can't tell if the bar is 5 feet away or 25 feet away. >> reporter: hers is a leap of faith. >> i'm pretty used to it. i know how far it is. and i know how far i have to jump to get there. >> reporter: so, every day, she takes th

eric johnson, from our affiliate komo, has more. >> reporter: she thinks of hers as just one of the kidsills gymnastics. lola walters is kind of a screwball. she's famous for her fashion walk. she's co-creator of a cool handshake, too. when you hear things like this -- >> she's just amazing. >> reporter: and this -- >> she is like a hero to me. >> reporter: you take a closer look. then you realize there is something different about this girl. you can see it in her eyes. >> if you don't know about it, you can't really tell how hard it is for me. >> reporter: the judges don't know it. other teams don't know it. some newer teammates don't even know it. but lola competes in this most visual of sports and she is legally blind. she has something called achiasma. when she looks at the bar she doesn't necessarily see blackness, she sees a mushy blur with no depth perception whatsoever. >> she can't tell if the bar's five feet away or if the bar is 25 feet away. >> reporter: hers is a leap of faith. >> i'm pretty used to it. like i know where it is and i know how far i have to jump to get there.

. >> also and football news we have the old file 09 eric johnson is engaged to texas and sen. >> thinkne thing, marriages and other. is another >> do you think it's coincidence that iraq's debts and gauged and then two days later she does? >> that little girl the knicks with, she was with a teacher for zero weeks.jitter f. they would bring him and, he was usually a back up, a real nice. good for them. >> he was gonna get the nba maybe he does need to be with jessica. >> i will tell you every single time he was here i don't care if we just jumped up a building you wish to start to get in. i was right. >> good for them. >> in this world everyone is out for each other, nobody cares, seriously nobody cares, can you find somebody for a couple years just to make you feel good go for it. >> since you mention being naked, >> see how you start to use church the story and not make it. >> see thank you to be naked at the airport, about the scanning machines and we talked or how, look, there you are, you feel exposed from a humiliated or you get the new grouping putdown does it bother you? >> airp

johnson jr. >> good morning, steve. it's sickening. >> it is sickening. so we heard from erice're going to have the trials in new york city in a civil court. criminal court and then it hit the fan. >> apparently there's a political calculus at this point that you can't have them in new york city and no state wants them in terms of security and great philosophical issue it should be a military trial rather than a civil trial. i think the president believes that military trials are inherently flawed even though it's been passed by an act of congress twice and signed by the president and upheld earlier by the united states supreme court so they're saying in the past, we need to uphold the constitution and the american values that we hold so dear and be an exemplar and show that justice is quick and not denied and justice equally applied easily to islamic terrorists but now we seem to be saying based on a "washington post" report that we would rather hold khali shaikh mohammed in detention as a prisoner of war indefinitely even though we were aspiring to the high principles to sho

>> eric johnson, he's a former footballer.best, we're just worried about it because it only has been seven months and you know you want a guy, oh, here's the other thing, apparently she doesn't want a prenup. that's what we're hearing. what's interesting about that is his ex-wife warneder in advance saying he had no money, so watch out for him. >> that was an ex-wife's statement. >> th is not her first footballlayer either, right? >> he dumped her. it is not the first time, she didn't have a prenup with nick and so she had to payut a fair bit of money and she complained about tha >> she did? he's wealthy himself. >> well, apparently she handed him about $10 million to save bye-bye. >> i want to marry her. >> howoes she feel about nick's engagement? do we know anything about that? >> she was broken hearted about that. she wished them well but those who knew her said she was just -- it was her first love, she was devastated. >> remember, he left her. >> it got -- because that got out, s had to go on the radio and then i think sh

. >> eric, here's the latest from johnson, public information officer from bart.unning about 30 to 45 minutes late. this was all due to a train stuck in the trans bay tube for about half an hour. the train has been cleared. they expect everything to be back on time shortly so they're recovering soon. eric, mike? >> frances, thanks vex. we have great weather once again if you like sunshine and slightly warmer than normal temperatures. mid to upper 60s around the bay. 70s sprinkled throughout the east bay valleys and south bay. about 60 at the coast. temperatures cool into the 50s and rain starts saturday, ends on monday. >> mike, thank you very much. the news continues with "good morning america." switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. ♪ hey, baby >>> oh, boy. good morning, everyone. we're just -- they make a stunning couple. >> boy, they sure are. >> absolutely do. >> there is some polish. but kate will become more polished to be queen catherine. >