what can we expect? >> reporter: well, it hasn't been an easy task, kelly, to sort through all of these names. but here's what we know so far. jinping is a shoo-in. but the rest, there are eight remaining names up on this wall and probably just five spots left. lots of closed door negotiations and power broking has likely already determined the fate of these. qishan is also popular among citizens in china. gaoli might take over the portfolio instead of this man. gaoli is more conservative and has funded the economic rise of the city that he governs with massive amounts of debt. these two men, they straddle the youth league faction, but li is considered more of a reformist, while yu is considered more conservative. zhang was passed over at last congress. he's a princeling, talking sometimes brutal style. on the end of this wall right here, we have the underdogs, liu would be the first woman. and wang is the first of a new generation of reformers. thoughts are he might be a little bit too reformist. kelly?

look at how much rain wear expecting. over seven inches expected.in san mateo. here in the south bay, we have 4 to 5 inches of rainfall. because it's coming down so quickly, the potential for flooding heightens. late saturday into sunday, that is going to bring our totals up. it's going to double the totals between the first two systems. the sun will come back out on tuesday. but not before we have major storm reports to bring to you. stick with us all morning, we will show you the storm what it does to the bay area as we move on shore. that's when we're expecting the worst of it. 6:49. mike has been all over your drive. he's two steps ahead of the storm system. >> tracking something two steps behind us. trying to keep it real. we are looking at the effects of that rain. things are drying out just in time. here we're looking at northbound. 87 coming into downtown. that's a tough drive now. northbound 101. that's pretty mild, 280 starts to build. more traffic flowing here, san mateo. we have an issue, a breakdown for a big rig. now west of 92. proble

expect more st storm with it, away.hey said are happy with what they have. >> i can come here and play around the back to work tomorrow living the dream. >> i started doing jumps and stuff like that. >> not bad. sierra is not expect to get much snow out of this weekend's storm is to appear in the snow is good snow for skiers and sell orders. >> let's find out what we are expecting out of this thing i know we will get rain out of the bay area the morning erica. >> good morning we certainly will get rain in the bay area a couple of light showers passing through san francisco of the bay bridge and impacting the east shore freeway. that is continuing to push its way north. wet weather still sitting offshore. this is one of the rare systems that approaches from the south. this is a system of the pacific. it is relatively weak the was a light rain later this afternoon. let us walking to the timing of future passed for set up for 7:00 a.m. a lot of cloud cover but not much in the way of precipitation. we put the clock into mot

also our other revenue is coming in about as expected. the expenses are coming in a little lower than 25 percent of the year. we are spending our money, employee salaries and fringes are slightly lower. that is because we have so many vacancies right now. as we've talked about in the past, we have several exams going and hopefully will be filling our vacancies relatively soon. so we do expect our salary and fringe amounts to come up. our non-personnel, other types of program expenses, we are starting to plan for those expenditures. we did just do the cabo training last week which was a large training expense. we do have large trainings coming in for ada, stuff like that, so we are on track to spend our funds, our budget for this year as we had projected in the budget. we aren't quite at 25 percent but we are getting there and i expect we will spend the amount that we had budgeted. are there any questions? >> yes, i have one. if it looks like the number of permits are relatively the same but the dollar value amounts are higher, which is da

but production fell more than expected. the company explained part of the drop was due to moving drilling rigs from going after low price natural gas to higher margin oil. shares were up a fraction, rising a half a percent. volume was stronger than usual. the stock is up 20% in the past year. the biggest retailer was the biggest drag on the dow with the market trying to gauge sandy's impact on business at walmart. the stock fell 2.1%. 294 wal-mart facilities were closed at one point during hurricane sandy, thanks to mandatory evacuations, safety concerns, and power outages. after the close, the focus was on starbucks. consumers continue buying their coffee and lattes. earnings were 46 cents per share. that's a penny more than estimates. revenues and profit margins were up by double digits each. shares were up 1.6% during the regular session. they've been trending lower since an all-time high in april. but after releasing its earnings, shares jumped more than 7% from this closing price, rallying to $50 in extended hours trad

at fso, they're expecting a record passenger load. expecting 3% more passengers this year. i spoke with one man who arrived way too early for his flight but he decided to just go for it. why are you here so early? >> i set my alarm too early and didn't realize till i got here. i'm going to las vegas. i'm from las vegas. i've just been up here for work. >> how do you expect this day to be? >> hopefully uneventful. been crossing my fingers. who knows though. >> so the security lines are pretty steady this morning. the gates didn't open till 4:30 but travelers were ready. yesterday, delays were anywhere from 60 minutes to 90 minutes. not seeing that this morning yet. i did check the arrival and departure board. saw two delays coming in to fso from the east coast. one from florida and one from boston. certainly something to keep in mind. and that could change -- delays could get longer as the day goes on. reporting live at fso, christy smith, "today in the bay." >>> an overnight explosion on a bus in downtown tel aviv sending several people to the hospital. right now, threateni

for a total expected available revenue of $31 million. i'll also point out for the parcels that are not in contract yet, we might be a little low on the numbers and we'll have to revisit the appraised values of these parcels which has probably increased a little bit. on this slide in the first box is shown costs for all of the ancillary projects out of the total budget of about $11 million for the ancillary projects, 8.5 million remains to be spent. in the second box is the estimate for van ness avenue improvements to satisfy the city's obligation to caltrans to bring van ness avenue up to a state of good repair under the cooperative agreement. and again, this number for van ness avenue is still being looked at. this represents kind much a maximum that we think it would cost. so, between van ness and the ancillary projects, we need to spend a total of about another 21 million on capital projects. this slide shows our expected ongoing revenue from leases. we have a few leases that will go on for quite a few years whereas the rest of the pa

and it's expected to grow from here. >> by 2050, 29% of the nation's population is expected to be hispanic. today, that number is about 17%. >> reporter: unemployment among hispanics is still very high at 10%, but that's down from 12.7% at the end of the great recession. the poverty rate for hispanics is also high, but dropped last year. >> when you just ask hispanics about their own views of their own personal finances, over the last year, there's been an improvement, and they expect the next year to be better. in fact, latinos, more so than the general public, expect their finances to improve in the coming year. >> reporter: that means that to sway these voters, and voters in other key groups, the republican party needs to do a better job of relating its economic message during future campaigns. >> the challenge to republicans, and given their potential opportunity here, is "how do you articulate your... the economic policies of the republican party in such a way that people believe it will lead to economic growth, and then that economic growth will lead to a better situation for them an

also, its fourth quarter outlook tonight wastronger than expected. beleaguered smart phone makert esearch in motion saw some optimism today. more than 50 wireless carriers are testing its newest blackberry device. it's expected to be released in the first quarter of next year. shareesjumped almost 10%. the testing is taken as a signa of confidence the blackberry is on pace to hit the market next year after several delays. four of the five most active traded exchange traded notes were higher by 1% or more each. with the market rallying, the volatility note fell 8%. it usually moves in opposite direction of the broad market. and that's tonight's "marked focus." >> susie: most of the search and rescue mission after hurricane sandy is finished. fema said today it is now working on restoring power and helping people who lost their homes find places to stay. then, it will be time to assess the damage and start working through insurance claims. but as sylvia hall reports, it could be difficult for consumers to get paid. >> reporter: if you have flood insura

we'll be stuck with it through the weekend what to expect? we're wet tomorrow.row will be a mess. plan on taking about twice as long to get from point a to point b. mother nature reloading on saturday. heavy rain saturday night. finally will be out of here by sunday evening. highs tomorrow low 60s. redwood city 63. san rafael 62. it will be messy. it will be sunny finally by the top of next week and next week looks so much drier. but now through sunday, the concern level is elevated thank think rivers aren't going to flood but there's going to be a lot of water in a short amount of time. it's going to be messy. >>> a bay area car lot looked more like a demolition derby this morning. a trucker trashed 10 vehicles as he barreled through the business in san leandro overnight. but you know what? it night not be his fault. cbs 5 reporter da lin explains the driver was under a "spell" of sorts. >> reporter: this is how the accident scene looked from chopper 5. the driver of a big truck claims he had a sneezing attack and slammed into ten trucks in a used car lot in sa

and a spokesman says he expects it will be approved. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> hours ago a san francisco jury handed down a guilty verdict in the case of several violent sexual assaults. 32-year-old frederick dozier was convicted for attacks on 15 women. the jury did not convict him of ain't tempted murder but they found him guilty on the other charges. no word yet on sentencing. >>> the executive director of the port of oakland is stepping down immediately. this is the latest development involving our news investigation into questionable expenses at the port. in his resignation later -- letter, he said he's stepping down because of the reimbursement which he says are obstacles too difficult to overcome. our investigation found that benjamin omar and james kwon were part of the group whose $4500 tab at a texas strip club was expensed to the port of oakland. kwan had also expensed haircuts, wine, massage par loss and golf outings. >>> janine is live from san jose to explain what happened in the shooting of a ma

also today, the company posted third quarter earnings that matched expectations on better than expected sales of $6.5 billion. t.j.x. shares were a top performer, up almost 3%. >> tom: another session of small moves for the major stock indices as the pace of earnings season slows and the focus remains on washington. the s&p 500 had a very narrow trading range of only 17 points. by the closing bell, it had lost just less than 0.5%. trading volume remained light, just 676 million shares traded on the big board. 1.8 billion moved on the nasdaq. the info technology sector was the hardest hit, down 0.8%, followed by financial and energy groups. now, after the closing bell, the focus was on cicso systems. the internet gear maker reported its quarterly results late today. and those results were two cents better than estimates. net sales were up from last year, too, and higher than expected. c-s-c-o has been undergoing a restructuring for the past year, managing uncertain demand for its telecommunications equipment's pinched profit margins. the stock was flat before tonight's earnings report. s

i think if you look at what we expect and what the broader market expects, we expect not to go over want fiscal cliff. i agree with the c.b.o. if we do, we go into a recession. we think that's a risk. we're pretty sure it will be an ugly debate but we won't go over the cliff. >> tom: you are playing a little defensive with new picks, including a giant multinational health care company pharmaceuticals, pfizer, ppe, the stock here in the mid-$20 range it has been trending nicely in the last 12 hodges. what do you expect out of pfizer? >> we expect them to continue to move forward. all things being equal, obamacare is probably good for pharmaceuticals. the more insured people, probably good for pharmaceuticals. we us think of the kind of defensive sects on, health care is the most attractively priced. >> tom: all right, you're also looking at consumer stocks in media. time warner, interesting choice here. it's rallynicely from the summertime lows. but, listen, you know, you know where consumers' at tues are. job growth is meager. wage growth is nonnis nonexistent, and the cable bills contin

we're not expecting hail. the biggest components we are concerned with are the potential for some lightning and these thunderstorms alone will generate gusting winds. we already have sustained wins out there in excess of 20 miles per hour. so travel cautiously. right now, your real-time doppler radar shows you, we've got the bulk of the moisture headed toward s montaro. if you can leave right now or anytime between now and the next hour, you're going to be better off than later on this morning. 18 miles per hour sustained right now in san jose. we had a sustained wind speed just moments ago of about 20 miles per hour. your future cast tells the story. this is your future cast for winds. that's all across the bay area as we head throughout the day, especially at 11:00 a.m. you want to keep that in mind. we could see trees go down. so power outages are possible. as we head throughout 3:00 is when they'll relax just a touch. from the first system alone, the bulk of the moisture comes through between now and 2:00

do we expect it? yes, we expect people to come up and breathe. but do we expect them to do what happened here? and at that point, i get into the question: what happened here? and i'd be interested in your view on that. >> and -- and just to clear up the factual, i don't believe that -- that what happened here in terms of the use of the drug detection dog took 5 to 15 minutes. it didn't take 5 to 15 minutes. it certainly took, i would say, at least 1 or 2 minutes, because what happened -- and again, this is on 96, 97 and 98 -- the officer goes from the street over the curb, up to the front door of the house, with the dog basically dragging him up to the front door of the house. they go up this walkway -- and a picture of the home is -- is in the appendix to the brief -- and then the dog crosses the -- into the alcove, the area right in front of the house. and once he gets in that area, the dog starts violently bracketing back and forth, pulling on the leash. the dog handler testified that the other officer had to stay back, because it was so viole

lots of sunshine expected. and a dry and cool spell can be expected ahead.til the first half of the weekend. our temperatures this morning 36 degrees. win is out of the north northwest at 8 miles per hour. expecting a sunny skies and temperatures in the '40's. we should top out around 50 in the district. let us check on traffic. >> thank you. we will start with 270 volume buil 109. nothing is blocked. we are ok. we will head over to look at the beltway near branch ave. traffic is moving pretty smoothly near -- we have a report of a vehicle fire at woodyard road, branch ave. and southbound eastbound prince william parkway. you are being directed away from it. northbound westbound everything open. >> thank you. is 5:32. your following breaking news from prince george's county. >> jummy olabanji has the details. >> good morning. we are following news of a fatal shooting is just happening in maryland and prince george's county, not far from the d.c. line. you can see were this is happening now in the 3800 block of 37th street. we heard the reports just before 5:

more than 4 million people are expected to travel by car.e for the holiday traveling, gas prices are down quite a bit. in san francisco, prices are down 72 cents from last month. in san jose down 79 cents and in oakland down 75 cents. airports are also expected to be busier this year. >>> we are five days from black friday. the day after thanksgiving and what is usually the busiest shopping day of the year. and some people are already camping out for those deals. it's the super bowl of retail with is 47 million shoppers expected, some already waiting on line, best buy and other stores are rehearsing for black friday. >> we have to make sure we are ready to go. >> because this year holiday sales are expected to rise just over 4%. well below last year's 5.6% gain. >> revenue is coming in short of forecast. >> reporter: with the world's largest retailer wal-mart reporting weaker than expected sales, stores are offering bigger promotions and ever earlier openening hours to get customers in the door. >> we want them to know we have hot deals on t

now that the wind is expected to pick up, we are expecting more downed trees, more downed branches and that could create more power outages. also expecting flight delays out of sfo this morning, oakland and likely to see those flight delays out of san jose as well. this is one of those storm systems you don't want to mess with. at 7:00 a.m. the storm looks like it will be at its worst. the north bay was hammered just about all night long. it's starting to lighten up a little bit there. from oakland all the way south to san jose, a pocket of heavy rainfall on the way and then we'll start to clear out a little bit. as we meet back here at 11:00 a.m. for our midday broadcast, we're still going to be talking about heavy downpours at that point down to the south bay and we'll have your storm reports. aftermath certainly will be a big deal on this one. so i'll time the next system out for you and let you know when you can get outdoors because you will have opportunities to do so but it's going to be a soggy bay area as we head through the next few days. let's take a look at your drive with m

what are you expecting come january 2013? >> we've had 11 consecutive quarters of consistent growth of sales and earnings at macy's inc. we've found the formula. a lot of retailers depend on january to be a clearance month. whatever we didn't sell in december, we'll sell at a discount in january and in our case we're trying to buy the right amount for december and then have new merchandise coming in january that they haven't seen in december. and i think that's hopefully going to start 2013 off on the right foot. >> reporter: are you making contingency plans in case lawmakers and washington aren't able to avert the fiscal cliff? >> we need to respond to this fiscal cliff. i can't tell them how they should do it. that's their expertise but they have to figure out the details and we need to resolve this subject and give america confidence that our political leaders can work together and i honestly believe that that will happen. >> reporter: when you reported third quarter results earlier this month you said you didn't have enou

this is what we're expecting. your first window for heavy rain opens up in the north bay through about 5:00 p.m. it gets dark around that time. by friday, the front moves to the south bay. our next round of heavy rain between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on saturday. round four arrives, 3:00 p.a.m.o 11:00 a.m. for you on sunday. let's track it for you. this front stays put up in the north bay all the way through 5:00 a.m. from 5:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. is where the heaviest moisture will be here. tomorrow morning's rush hour, san jose between 8:00 and 11:00, just getting slammed with moderate to heavy rainfall. we'll get a little bit of a break for the second half of your friday into saturday. then we get a moderate to light round of rain, that will come through saturday 9:00 to 5:00. look at what is on the way for sunday. and the biggest point that i want to make is we're also going to have gusty winds in addition to the heavy rainfall and not a lot of drying out time. let's talk about your totals, what we're expecting i

today i would have expected around 14, 15,000. i got 7,000 in. art says he expects a crush of people flooding in tomorrow and the city will likely see a typical 71% turnout rate for presidential election. >>> governor brown and other state leaders are on a final push to pass prop 30. ahead in 11 minutes the late surprise twist that may innuance some voters deciding the pif toll state measure. >>> a south bay principal today was sentence today probation, not jail time, after being convicted for failing to report suspected child abuse by a teacher. lynn vijayendran sat quietly this afternoon after the jury's guilty verdict was read. vijayendran was the principal at san jose's elementary school. she testified she blooefd teacher craig chandler when he said he blindfolded a young student and touched her as part of a lesson on helen keller. members of the jury said today vijayendran didn't do what she should have. >> when you have the responsibility of huns of children in your care, you can't afford to drop the ball at an important moment like that. i

a rain/snow mix expected for sunday. your extended forecast, the first in a series of system moved in yesterday. another one out there tomorrow, and even more rain saturday and sunday. a little break tomorrow evening. the rain on saturday is expected to be lighter. and then a blast of rain comes through sunday. and monday is expected to be dry. >>> a water main break caused a landslides here. area residents are keeping a close eye on the rainfall hoping what's left of this hill will hold. right now they seem optimistic. >> i think it's going to be okay. >> contractors hired have had to stop reconstruction of the hillside to gear up for the most recent downpour. once the rains stop, they will go back into construction. >>> last year the hillsides you see here simply gave away and pushed a number of homes off their foundations. residents were forced to october and abandon their homes. the homeowners' association has put a system in place. >> it's not going to stop the slides. we're aware of it. however, it might #2i7 us of

i will show you what to expect and when i do expect it to burn off, coming up in a little bit.pecifically for parts of the north bay and now, into the bay and this is going to last until 9:00 or so. you want to take it slow if you have an early morning drive. >> calm conditions helping to aid in the conditions and many of us just as cold as yesterday morning. that means slipping back in the 30s. napa, fairfield, you are checking in. 40 degrees above breezing. >> 52 in mountain view and the clouds for some of us are helping to insulate us a little bit. we are a few degrees warmer where we started yesterday morning. we don't have the sunshine in many spots. we have a weak system. and that is pulling over northern californiaful that is what you are seeing. outside of that, mostly sunny skies and expected for the afternoon. breaking down the ridge a little bit for today. temperatures won't be as warm as yesterday. still above average in many cases. we are going to remain with mild conditions and weigh get into, i don't want to show you that one. we get into the middle part of the w

we expect missouri to go red, iowa is a toss up. it's a -- that's where the president got his campaign going the first time he was running for president. right now he has a good lead. we expect minnesota is normally democratic state and right now the president has the lead there as well. wisconsin a battleground state right now romney has the lead in wisconsin but that still has not been decided yet. there are still more votes to be counted. these will shade in. the west will shade in and then we are back to where we started. ohio, virginia, florida, north carolina has been a battleground but it's looking like romney will probably win north carolina though the president won it four years ago but the polls had been indicating that romney would do better this time around in north carolina. we go back to florida, virginia, ohio. florida, virginia ohio. it's a same old record and we still don't have results, final results from them. that's what is holding us up to find who will be the president. >> university students are watching the r

construction is also expected to begin next year. >> mr. rich, that's to the south of market street, that's where the mccoppin hub is? >> that's right, south to mccoppin south where market hits valencia street. that's a short report on the 22 parcels we received from caltrans. you should have a map in front of you to help you refer to these if you're not clear on the presentation. so, in 2002, soon after the parcels had been transferred from caltrans to the city, the city entered into a transfer agreement with the redevelopment agency and this agreement the agency purchased two parcels, parcels a and c. a key tenant of this transfer agreement was a so-called true-up division which said that any funds left over after the city fulfilled its obligation under the agreement with caltrans would be given back to the redevelopment agency to adjustor true up their purchase price. this was a foundational premise on which the transfer agreement was based. the redevelopment agency came forward with funds from the low mod housing fund which were instrum

it expects farmers to plant a lot of corn next year, and need the fertilizer for it. real estate website zillow also was out with its results late today. while earnings per share were stronger than expected but its forecast came up short. after closing down 5.3%, at $34.37 per share, the stock fell more than 21% in after hours trading, falling to $27 per share. the selling comes despite record usage by zillow's mobile and web platforms and record quarterly revenues. the weekend launch of apple's newest ipads may not have the hype of other apple product launches, but the company sold three million of the devices in the first three days they were on sale. that was stronger than the average estimate from analysts. shares gained 1.4%, recovering a little of what they have lost in the last six weeks. the three million sales includes the ipad mini and its newest full size ipad. a monday buyout in the banking business. stifel financial will buy k.b.w. the new company would concentrate on financial services for mid-sized companies and individual investors. stifel is the buyer

nearly 24 million people are expected to fly between november 16th and november 27th.is up from last year. and planes are expected to be close to 90% full. i'm surprised it is not 100% full. >> i know. too much going on. >>> metro is already making plans for the presidential inauguration. commemorative inaugural smartrip cards are now on sale. metro rider can buy the new cards at metro sales offices, metro cent are and pentagon stations and also at metro's headquarters in northwest. >>> the national park service and metro are trying to make fort totten park safer. they've installed two lights on a shortcut path between the metro station and the ward 5 neighborhood. the lights are thought to be a deterrent after seven muggings there so far this year. >>> history is made in maryland as voters approve same-sex marriage. >> coming up next, we'll meet a maryland couple finally able to fulfill a decades-long dream. stay with us. ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes togeth

analysts expected a slight profit. shares after hours are down 15% and now about 80% off a $20 per- share ipo price last november. >>> twitters says it accidentally reset passwords for a number of users after some accounts were hacked. think of this go micro blog over to a number of users about a suspected phishing scam and reset their passwords. other users have their passwords reset even though they were not compromised and twitter apologized. >>> traffic was gridlock in one part of the state as shoppers went to a new outlet mall. rob will tell us how that spending is expected to pay off big for the city of livermore. [ cheering ] >> champagne, confetti. the celebration began this morning here on land where cows is to gray's analysis 132 high- end outlets. but for thousands of shoppers, getting here was an ordeal. this is interstate 580 at about noon today. cars backed up for miles especially lanes leading to the ultralight said to the mall. police blocked off side streets and it took us 45 minutes from the freeway e

fso does expect flights and jfk will be canceled today so call ahead if you are flying or expecting someone. 31 flights were canceled including connecticut and washington d.c. >>> president barack obama is back at the white house, no time to celebrate his victory. he has pressing issues, his family and president barack obama came back to the white house last night he urged them all to work together to cut through the gridlock and right now everybody is promising they will cooperate. >> let's challenge ourselves to rise above the dysfunction and do the right thing together for our court tri. >> it is better -- country. >> it is better to dance than to fight. it is better to work together. everything does not have to be a fight. that is the way it has been the last couple of years. >> coming up, major challenge facing the president and the congress before the end of this year. how to stop the nation from going off a fiscal cliff. >>> we are just hours away from the highly anticipated outlets and several shoppers will be turning out in big numbers. we will have more about the warning about som

more unrest is expected in crisis tony but the new draft constitution on the way and phase it will reflect the vision of the nation's future. about not grading the palestinian state as it is expected to go in favor of the autonomy despite staunch resistance from israel and the u.s. . and germany's put its goal business in lashes out at the country's leaders for a long about the true cost of the greek rescue was the german parliament is set to vote on the like just a teacher for the struggling you remember. and i welcome you watching live from moscow. in a further escalation of the crisis in egypt opposition activists are planning more mass rallies against president morsi to create you that greatly large his power morsi has moved set off a nationwide wave of anger with tens of thousands of egyptians calling for the islamist leader to stand down joining me now is journalist bell true in cairo. thank you for joining us so we are expecting a draft of egypt's new constitution to be completed today is this likely to ease the tension. unfortunately i don't think it will the opposition forces them

the obama people expected when virginia, the romney people expect when virginia. somebody wins a big, they're probably right on the other side. neil: exit polls can be a lot of things, air, but the economy not surprisingly a dominant issue on a lot of folks-. but it depends how they play it. >> i don't give exit polls the slightest bit of -- neil: nodded >> i was losing by six points in the one buy three. neil: would you buy the fact that the economy would be a dominant force? >> in 04i was in this building. john kerry was winning by 86%. neil: he was putting together his cabinet. >> and 9%. we will find out if the exit polls are right when a couple of states come back and either validate -- neil: some are saying the economy is dominating. not all taking out their wrath of the economy on the president. many still say it is george bush's fault. >> i think we will see. virginia will be a much better test than any of the exit polls. if mitt romney can win virginia by 3 percent for better then republican model is working. if he loses it, well, we are going to need

wall street expects it. main street expects it.st about the bush tax cuts which by the way i think we should start calling the obama tax cuts. he extended them twice. he owns them. he has to figure out what to do with them. he put out a plan on that and so we know what he wants to do. the question is what does congress want to do? the republican-led house, the democratic-led senate. do they get it done between now and december 31st? i don't think so. because that's a hell of a lot to get done in a short period of time with holidays and all that coming about so i think they may pond it down the road, get a six-month extension and wrap it up into tax reform. >> here's the thing, you know, you have old puzzles lying around the house. i have them. you have these old puzzles trying to jam the same puzzle pieces together. they don't work so now we have all the same players that are returning, nancy pelosi is going to stay in place, harry reid and mitch mcconnell, john boehner, the president, this puzzle just ain't working. these pieces a

that's where we're expecting it to be the thickest and we are expecting low ceilings to force flight delays out of sfo. a series of storms headed toward the bay area. the jetstream has taken a significant dip and the jetstream is like a conveyor belt that carries the storm systems from west to east across the united states. as long as it stays to the south of us, that's just going to keep that window open and storm after storm coming to the bay area as we head throughout the week. so we're talking about the potential for three-quarters of an inch to 3 inches just between tomorrow and sunday. we'll see gusty winds sustained at 15 to 30 miles an hour gusting higher to 50, 60 miles per hour from time to time so downed trees are a concern the next couple of days. let's talk about your futurecast. we'll get a little moisture this morning, especially on the peninsula right at the immediate coast. san francisco all the way down to palo alto, fair game for showers between 9:00 and 10:00 today. that's prefrontal precipitation. we're going to stay mostly dry, mostly cloudy for today. look at w

states that mitt romney won he was expected to win, states that barack obama won he was expected to win, states that will be too close to call, and are, that will decide the course of this race, so-called swing states, the pennsylvanias, the and ohios, and floridas, and virginias, too close to call, we will not know. for some time. in virginia, people are so jazzed to vote that crowds did, hundreds of thousands in some polling place, waiting outside to vote, they said let them vote. which might push voting deadline back in virginia from what was 7:00 p.m. eastern time, it could go as late as 10:00 p.m. eastern term, that is no guarantee. i want to tell you with a little drama, in new jersey. because of sandy governor chris christie enacted evoting, allowing people affected by storm, tens of thoughts of voters to go ahead file a vote electronically, a cumbersome process. it is not easy, but governor said, well, extend it to friday for the e-voters, can he do that? a lot of federal and constitution experts say that is not the governor a call. that is a federal issue. but governor said it

we can expect anything from israelis. mourners for another hamas militant targeted today, witnesses showed up with the shell that killed the young militants. they say it was fired from an israeli ship. and warships fired more rounds. but that volley didn't stop the funeral. more about expressing defiance here than sadness. they're taking this man's 9-year-old niece to be buriey b. israel wants to eliminate hamas's leadership, but that's coming increasingly as a cost to civilians. >> reporter: this is martin fletcher in tel aviv. more than a hundred strikes from gaza today. half of israel's 3.5 million people are now within range of hamas long range rockets. tel aviv, israel's largest city was attacked for the fourth straight day. saved by the anti- missile defense system which shot down p rockets. less than three miles from the city center, debris fell right on this car. israel says it's intense air attacks on gaza are meant to gel hamas in gaza and not civilians. >> they're using their homes and their mosques to hide the

that's due to an expected surge in production of shale gas. a type of natural gas trapped in under ground rock. america relies on it for 20% of import needs. now let's get a check on the markets. the yen is losing ground slightly against the dollar and the euro. dollar/yen is changing hands at 79.57 and the euro/yen is quoted at 100.99 to 104. debt stricken greece could get bail out funds. share prices are rising slightly in tokyo. this morning the index stands at 8,695. that's up about two-tenths of a percent. the index fell six days in a row. investors are now buying back mainly export related issues. >>> other markets in special regions. the kospi is down about.14%. the people who will made japanese money, the operators of the national mint are pitching their services to overseas government. the first customer looks like being bangladesh. officials are expecting to receive the order soon for 500 million bangladesh's coins. they are made of stainless steel and worth about three cents. other bidders included britain and germany. japan's mint

right now not expecting that. overnight, the cool front will be swinging on through and nice big change back to the low 50s tomorrow. again, with the breeze and the sunshine most of this week looks settled. overnight 49 degrees. winds out of the northwest. and tomorrow expect that breeze to stick with us. only about 53. 20 degrees colder than it was today. morning showers, drier afternoon and definitely a real chill in the air. 50 degrees. by noon, 52 and chilly breeze even if it is drier by 4:00 looking for temperatures around 51 with a breeze continuing. some places that only get into the mid and lower 40s. the breeze also still showing up here through the afternoon hours. 53 what we're going to tap out. 48 for leonard town. 49 for dulles. quite a big change. fox 5 accu weather 7 day forecast. we have your 50s on there. wednesday about 50. we're going to say there's a possibility of showers as we look farther down this period. maybe sunday into monday. another one of these coastal systems trying to run on up. se