announcer ernie johnson has the call. >> this is going to do it. prince fielder wants it. tigers are going to the world series for the 11th time in franchise history. >> they're excited. some of us in new york not so much. >>> finally, she's known as the flying squirrel, gabby douglas, the first african-american to bring home the gold medal in the gymnastics all-around competition was honor as sports woman of the year by the women's sports foundation. well deserved. congratulations. >>> for a look at the weather, here is bill karins with your weather channel forecast. no delays. you were saying if you're traveling today, cancel. >> there will be. there will be delays. i wouldn't go cancelling. the airports are just now getting up to speed, usually the delays don't start coming in until at least 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. it takes that long for the airports to get going and the flights to increase that much with the landings and takeoffs. we'll watch it. as far as the radar goes, everyone in new england needs the umbrella. a steady, soaking rain from the catskills to the adirondacks

announcer ernie johnson has that call. take a listen. >> this is going to do it. prince fielder wants it. the tigers are going to the world series for the 11th time in franchise history. >> get the brooms out. >>> all right. finally, she's known as the flying squirrel. gabby douglas, the first african-american to bring home the gold medal in gymnastics all around competition was honored as sports woman of the year by the women's sports foundation. well deserved there. congratulations, gabby. >>> well, just ahead, actress and obama supporter eva longoria is apologizing to mitt romney. we'll tell you why. >>> plus, have you ever seen a baby panda learn to walk? it's pretty cool and adorable. we'll show you. you're watching "early today." >>> good friday morning to you. let's start with today to get you out the door. we are watching showery type weather in the northwest. the front is going to try to push through during the day today. temperatures a little cool there. a little cool on the coastline of california. interior sections just fine. as we go through the weeke

. >> ernie johnson, serving 26 years for robbery, was sent to ad seg for assaulting another inmate. >> i got into a fight. i have a real problem with child molesters and i don't like them around me. i don't want them near me. i don't even want them in this prison. as far as i'm concerned, they can die. and when they get around me and they start talking and they think it's okay to reveal that they're child molesters, every time they say that, i'm going to smash them. >> seg gates. >> before an inmate is sent to ad seg, he must first serve time in the i-detention unit or idu. in this highly secure cellblock offenders have even fewer privileges and almost no contact with each other. >> kind of like the prisoner jail inside the prison. they're not allowed to have hot pots up here or anything they can cook with. they have limited property they're allowed to have up here. anytime they come out of their cell they have to be restrained behind their back with an escort. the offenders that are up here are the most violent offenders in the prison so at any time, i mean, they might try to reach o