so the center banks of the far east have much more gold. our supply in the west has diminished.right. it could be dangerous. but the danger of congress taking over, i recognize that. i don't want that. i don't want, because some of my allies to don't like the feds, we call them the green backers. congress should print the money. that is not the solution. there's no authority. matter of fact. there's an explicit prohibition. >> we have ten minutes left in your conversation >> congressman. you made auditing the fed a center plank of your platform. in this case. the fed reserve books are audited by a private accounting firm. your talking more of a policy decision. the fed fears this will lead to meddles and problems with the economy. what do you think about this auditing and creating a problem for the federal reserve? >> yes. that is my point. they do look at interest rates. that's where our real problem is. so, unless we get a handle on that. i don't see how we can solve our problems at all. >> do you think the movement to audit the fed is actually going to lead to something that

the central banks in the far east has a more large accumulation of gold. it could be dangerous. the danger of the congress taking over, i recognize that. i do not want that. some of my allies who do not like the that, we call them the green bachus. they say congress should print the money -- the greenbackers. there is an explicit prohibition against printing money whether it is the fed or the congress. >> we have about 10 minutes left. >> you have made on getting the fed a central plank of your movement. a lot of people hear the word on it and they do not know what it means. the fed books are audited by a private accounting firm. you are talking about a policy ought to have congressional -- congressional auditors go in and look at policy decisions. there are some who say this will lead to congressional and political meddling in their decisions. what you think about this auditing creating a problem for the federal reserve? interest rates are watched closely by the market. >> they do look at interest rates and the fed is responsible for interest rates. that is where our real probl

that later earlier so but in moscow sarah ferguson such an earlier on we had sure as well in the far east it's already twenty eleven thank you. for europe twenty ten was the year when some of its countries came to realize that you can't spend what you don't have bailouts and austerity began to be closely associated with the euro and hundreds of thousands of angry people all across the continent lashed out in response. breaks up the timeline for. the summer of discontent that became a winter whoa for europe in crisis across the continent tens of thousands repeatedly turned out to protest against their government often resulting in violence and destruction. and it's not over yet after a brief holiday hiatus most assured the unrest will return in the new year and we haven't seen the worst of it yet. every the first bomb on the door mats the credit card bills people will be beginning to lose their jobs people have been living the proof for this on their credit cards to pay their mortgages they're going to start defaulting that's when the real protests are going to stop in the u.k. was a huge

abalone is considered a delicacy in the far east. 2,000 tons are being smuggled out for every 1,000 ton found like this. local gangs and chinese crime syndicates are tapping into this trade to buy weapons and drugs. foot soldiers are not hard to find. these fishermen. >> these boats have 40 guys. >> typically how much can you catch in a night? >> sometimes we come in with 1.5 tons, that is out of the shell. about one with 5 tons. 900 kilos. so, quite a lot. >> you can turn of fortune from just one night's work. a hard habit for hungry men to give up. karen allen, bbc news, in the western cape, south africa. >> you are watching "bbc world news." still to come -- it was the big movie trend of 2010, but how much staying power will 3d have. -- will 3d have? now, what comes to history and the internet age? information at our fingertips, but with hundreds of millions of website, how to preserve it all? we look at web archiving. >> it is hard to believe the world wide web is only 20 years old. trillions of megabytes of information have appeared on line. libraries like a guardian help preserve

they expect an increase in exports to the far east. >> it is clear that five or six years ago, china was an emerging market. now this is one of the most important automobile markets and the world and we're pleased that the german car industry accounts for 1/5 of the vehicles sold there. >> some analysts contend that german car makers are focusing too much on china and neglecting the european market. >> german automobiles remain extremely popular in the u.s.. november was a boom month for german car makers there. volkswagen posted a 24% jump of sales in november compared with a year earlier. bmw reported a similar surge. mercedes sold 13% more viewers in november. -- vehicles in november. u.s. manufacturers have also announced an increase in sales. toyota has seen a decline due to a manufacturing recall. the automobile market is not the only sector in the u.s. is recovering. let's go over to our correspondent on wall street. it looks as though consumers are starting to go on a buying spree this holiday season. how was the market digesting that? >> well, we got sales figures from the r

part of the viewing area, right around san francisco from across the bay over to richmond and out far east and northward to vallejo, we can see some rain there and on to the peninsula. then you go toward the santa cruz mountains and we have some widespread areas of rainfall here. this is mainly moderate rainfall at the moment, but it is expected to get heavier during the overnight hours. one thing that is increasing is wind speeds. gusts up to 36 miles an hour at sfo and 35 miles an hour and 29 miles an hour gust at mountain view. this is the warmer air rushing in now. we will see the winds picking up tonight, and of course the intensity of the rain as well. winter advisory in affect until 6:00 a.m. near the ocean and elevations above a thousand feet, we could see gusts up to 50 miles an hour. more on the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> thank you, spencer. >>> now to the santa cruz mountains where lisa amin gulezian. driving is tricky there, lisa. >> definitely. as you know right now, the problem in my opinion is the wind. it is so strong. we are sitting in our live van who was pushing

he's been in the far east. that is obviously where we should send him. what about sending him to germany? because if he goes to germany it'll be a learning experience. he'll know another part of the world and it will prepare him for his future. >> and he became ambassador to germany, yet another extraordinary chapter in his life. >> his resume is clear, not that his resume even speaks to his mass of intellect, ambassador to united nations, germany, assistant secretary in two regions of the world but the ambassador to the entire world because of the depth of his knowledge and it was just remarkable. he understood that this was not just u.s./russia or u.s./china. there were so many other conflicts that could through mediation, use of force, trade, good resolutions could be brought to the forum. that's what he did over and over again. >> yes. and i think even while out of government through the international rescue committee which he worked very, very hard at, through any number of written articles or tv appearances, richard was someone who really believed

developing and will be developing football in say beer and thereby coloration and in the russian far east. for certain for the sheriff and ship will hold it in thirteen. according to or over quite a few fights ten to twelve thirteen towns and cities i think it's across west and it's not bad i think it's good. and i can tell you because you will probably ask such questions you will be asked which according to preliminary calculations for a construction of. the neighboring infrastructure is. a hundred billion rubles a. ten billion dollars compared to was preparing and holding the championship in south africa but much of the stadiums in moscow the luzhniki stadium is in moscow the second stadium in moscow is called sport. it will be built. another stadium and. the stadium will be built with. fielded the preparations for the university games. then because of the gracious for the olympics and in st peter's gorog from his building and. all we have to do is to find money to build several stadiums to join to. have a whole complete picture holding the world cup what i'm trying to say is that we ho

gas projects say foreign investors can take part in its expansion the governor of the country's far east said shell could participate in the construction of three plants as well as expand the hole into shell sold a majority share in the project to gas several years ago but retains a blocking stake. let's take a look at the markets but my sex ed flat after closing marginally in the red on friday down just under half a percent and a fourteen straight week of gains the r.t.s. fared better finishing in the black point twenty three percent wrapping up a successful trading week trading volumes were light as investors prepare for the holidays. and russian markets hardly moved this week as investors were buying just for christmas and new year rather than stocks maxime orlowski from wraps up the week filmy due to bordeaux. this week was relatively calm and that's mostly because the majority of the market players example large ones from europe and the us on christmas holiday season really changed and we've treated volumes very little but also lowball tools and one of the interesting events of this

in the country's far east said shell could participate in the construction of the second three plants as well as expansion of second into a majority share in the project to gazprom several years ago it retains a blocking state. has increased its order for sukhoi superjet it now wants to buy forty of the planes ten more than previously. can make the decision with. which announced last week it was dropping an order with in favor of a brazilian rival plan to start delivery of the super two years ago but the date has been repeatedly pushed back. remember you can always find more stories on our website. down the official. from. video. on. the palm of your. central. to the beach. with us. already approved. south korea's history exercises included tons of heavy military hardware and took place just. with the north. and this christmas eve is also seeing another far less threatening neighborly dispute. introduced the world's first decorated christmas tree five hundred years ago. in about thirty minutes we're expecting to hear from president. television executives from around the country also w

>>> japan has become the top importer of east siberian crude oil shipped from a port in russia's far east. the operator said it shipped 15 million tons of crude oil and to% went to japan. trade should be kept separate from politics the firm chief said. the official suggested russia wants to promote cooperation with japan in the energy sector despite the territorial issue over four islands in the northern pacific. crude oil from russia accounts for up to 10% of japan's monthly imports. russia is becoming a major oil supplier for japan as it tries to reduce its heavy dependence on the middle east. japan relies on the middle east for nearly 90% of its oil impor imports. >>> the japanese government has decided to postpone the introduction of a greenhouse gas cap and trade system. on tuesday, ministers including prime minister naoto kan and environment minister ryu matsumoto discussed policies to night global warming, such as a cap and trade system. a planned trading system would set caps on emissions from businesses and allow them to trade excess emissions with one another in japan. the minis

the tupolev airliner with eighty one people on board was on its way from russia's far east to moscow cruising at thirty thousand feet its electrical system failed the politic to do some quick thinking and find somewhere to land in the vastness of the russian wilderness as it descended there was no way to slow we down using brakes and the well look tricity to the flight controls added to that no radio to call for how near recklessly they saw an abandoned air felled with a concrete runway that had been used by how to cope just too short for a big airliner it was their only chance and they too could land in this town to the plane the end of the runway into the poorest cutting down trees as it slowed it finally came to stop when the wind india book down in more. none of the seventy two passengers and nine crew members were hurt. what was the response of the pilot cabin staff when the flight engineer reported that the equipment failed you said that it started failing gradually or didn't fail immediately because. this was before the flight engineer made his first report. you know that airc

. ♪ [ music ] >> coming up the east coast show with the far east theme that is playing here just for short time. also chief meteorologist bill martin will tell us how soon the big storm will move out of the bay area and how long we can expect to stay dry. if there is no tv nearby, just watch bay area news at 7 on your computer. we're streaming live on the web for you at k tv u.com. . >>> the census is sponsored by the golden gate audubon society which says a number of some birds plunged in recent years and for example the white wing scooter duck population fallen from an average of 206 birds in the 80s to only 15 birds in the past five years. you saw what it looked like hours ago today and we're in a completely different place right now, bill. >> we sure are. of course the shore birds love the rain like this. they love the rain. they're getting it out there. the wind they may not like so much. it is windy, wind advisory in urban and small stream flood advisory in the north bay and urban and small stream flood watch basically for the rest of the bay area. that means wectd see pooling

the storms have caused flooding and damage as far east as utah, hundreds of miles from the pacific coast> the senate today expected to ratify the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty cutting u.s. and russian nuclear weapon stockpiles. the treaty passed a key test vote tuesday. >>> it was destiny fulfilled for the university of connecticut women's basketball team. tuesday night, the team bounced into the record books with their 89th consecutive win breaking a record that had stood for three decades. michael hertzenberg reports. >> reporter: from opening tip-off the connecticut team dominated their florida state opponents racking up their 89th win in a row, the most of any ncaa division 1 team ever. >> i'm constantly amazed by these kids and what they're able to do. >> reporter: in the middle of the post-game news conference the coach got a call from president obama. >> we have not lost since you've been inaugurated. how about we keep that streak going for a couple years, huh? >> to work as hard as we do, to focus as much as we do and be aware and pay attention and put that much emotional energy and effo

next to go as far east as europe gets as we go around russia city of perth artie's peter oliver takes in nature's beauty beneath the ural mountains and doubles with the devil but only of course in the name of allah. the perm region is full of myths and legends and there are plenty of places for visitors to the area to get up close and personal with them the congo the ice caves are a few hours drive away from the city of perm and provide visitors with some or inspiring views. normally cave ices grow at certain heights but this particular case has them right near its mouth you can't come across this phenomenon anywhere else in the world. it's the uniqueness that has led to a string of stories becoming attached to the five kilometer long cave system of. the most ancient tale is about the legendary the man you're mark who conquered siberia he lost his way and had to spend the winter in this cave each period gives rise to its own myth one modern me that's played out for visitors to the cave concerns the white spelling ologist someone who studies character it said that he found breaking his

already celebrating new year and parts of russia are among the parties invade in full swing in the far east and then it's set to sweep through all nine time zones of russia to the country's western most borders our correspondents give us a snapshot next of what's going on all around russia with alex had been in the capital sara furthur in the south and a lympics city of sochi and sean thomas in the eastern city of your quote. we've brought the party outside i don't know why because this is the coldest region on earth in fact it's about thirty four degrees below zero out here centigrade but that's ok it's not stopping any of the fun in fact i'm joined by actually khan who is the version of good models which of course is the russian version of father frost celebrations couldn't be better out here in fact one of the main features about this area because it is so cold a lot of the decorations for new year are involve ice involve the cold in fact we're standing in the midst of a beautiful frozen ice sculpture a village which is all that a beautiful with lights it's just an amazing amazing time e

now royal dutch shell is gearing up to expand liquefied natural gas supplies from russia's far east asian markets the region's governor said royal dutch shell may participate in the construction of the second three liquefied natural gas plant as well as expand second into government also said it will repay extend expenditures within two years and bring in a profit from twenty thirteen twenty six billion dollars have been invested in the project since its launch fourteen years ago. russia's flag carrier air flights has increased its alders four sukhoi superjet it's in no one's to buy forty of the short haul planes ten more than previously announced connect the decision with italian carrier al italia which announced last week it was dropping an order was simply in favor of a brazilian rival su i had planned to start delivery of the super jets two years ago but the date has been repeatedly pushed back. welsh markets are expected to open little changed next hour join us in fifteen minutes for that. it is easy to it's. easy to. say. it's the secret incursion into the country. it's the invasion

they're talking about the great lakes when they say that, but today, that snow stretched as far east as the new york city area, where they're really getting it good tonight is erie, p.a., and that means mike seidel must be there. and he is. mike, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. it's been doing this all day, snowing and blowing, whiteouts, swirling snow. and as a result, we've seen a lot of snow here in northwest p.a. as much as 20 inches on the ground already. temperatures in the mid 20s, so it's a very fly dry, fluffy snow. it's being picked up and blown around and drifted. many are slowing down on the highways. but interstate 90, which was shut down last week near buffalo is open tonight. it is the perfect setup, a big storm over eastern canada, swirling down cold air over the warmer lakes. lake temperatures are 20, 30 degrees warmer, and you end up with lake-effect snow. you can add 10 to 15 inches more on the pile in syracuse and erie. if this is a typical season, brian, the snow in these parking lots will be here well into march. back to you. >> mike, i see that'

shell and gas palm plan to expand their partnership and explore oil in western siberia and russia's far east along with distribution project in europe. the companies have not revealed their specific plans they still work together on russia in island after moscow for shell to cede control of the project in two thousand and seven on unfavorable terms shell has a twenty seven point five percent stake in the south island project while gas problem has fifty percent plus one share. and the government hikes oil export duty this month by four point five percent to over three hundred three dollars for ton the duty on oil produced in each side will reach one hundred eight dollars per tonne from the current ninety eight point eight dollars per tonne. russia may postpone its first sale of ruble bonds to international investors the euro crisis has led ruble boss to tumble as investors avoid assets they consider risky russia is also suffering slow economic growth and higher inflation in russia than in other bric countries like brazil and china russian officials say the sale of three billion dollars of rub

>> and i know the storm is headed far east, and you were telling me earlier when we were talking in the news room that the timing of this is what most concerns you. >> that's exactly right. you know, over the last three hours, we watched as the snow has been pushing to the south and east, but it is likely to merge with an area of low pressure by sunday and into monday which could potentially form a major nor'easter and that could mean more travel trouble. >> chikage, thank you, we appreciate it. >>> we turn out west where we continue the follow the aftermath of that rain there, mudslides that followed. you saw the homes and cars buried in the mud. and mike von fremd on this christmas eve, the homecomings that have left many in tears. >> reporter: families lined up for a chance to see what remains of their homes. one look in the window is more than monica morton could bear. >> it's all right. >> what are we going to do? we have no place to go. >> reporter: claudine rushed to get all of her prescriptions. her house may be full of mud, but she's grateful she survived. >> i'm so lucky. i'm

gas promptly to expand their partnership and jointly explore oil in western siberia and russia's far east as well as on distribution projects in europe the companies have signed an agreement on global cooperation but haven't revealed specific plans the companies are already partners in major gas projects on russia's so holy an island after moscow for shell to cede control of the project in two thousand and seven. times shot retains a twenty seven point five percent stake in the south island project while gas probably has fifty percent plus one share. and russia's crude oil export duty will increase four point five percent to three hundred three point eight per tonne from december the export duty on all produced in east siberia will amount to one hundred eight dollars per ton from the current ninety eight point eight dollars per ton the same export duty will be levied on north caspian oil export duties on light and heavy oil products will increase to two hundred seventeen dollars and one hundred sixteen point nine dollars per tonne respectively. and russia is considering postponing its fir

already celebrating new year in parts of russia are among the parties indeed well underway in the far east to sweep through all nine time zones of russia countries to the very out west most border later let's get a snapshot of what's going on all around russia. and to do that we're joined by r t sean thomas in the eastern city of you have sara firth is in the southern city of sochi. is here in the capital moscow good evening she also sean first to you when we caught up with you an hour ago your new year had already just begun i guess celebrations are still going strong then i. certainly kevin in fact we've brought the party outside i don't know why because this is the coldest region on earth in fact it's about thirty four degrees below zero out here centigrade but that's ok it's not stopping any of the fun in fact i am joined by actually khan who is the version of good models which of course is the russian version of father frost celebrations couldn't be better out here in fact one of the main features about this area because it is so cold a lot of the decorations for new year are involve

most likely it will stay far east of our region. however there is some -- guidance suggesting maybe a little more of a westerly patch that could threaten more snow showers. wouldn't be much. doesn't look like much now. something to keep an eye on. mid 30's today. slight chance of a few snow showers on sunday. then mid 30's all the way through next week. it's cold. let's go back to jim. >> really got to be careful out there this morning. at the very least you're going to find wet roads. we have a truck descend. the tractor-trailer slid off the road. prince william county, virginia, an accident with police investigation closing route one near jefferson plaza. traffic along 95, watch the ramps in the express lanes and main lanes. they are snow-covered and icy. somebody found that out the hard way on northbound 95 in newington. a vehicle slammed into the jersey wall. stay to the right to get to the express in newington. traffic is in pretty good shape so far. this is beltway. you can see here at the very least, it is going to be wet. pa

and counts from plan to expand their partnership and explore well in western siberia and russia's far east along with distribution for ships in europe the companies have not revealed their specific plans they still work together on russia subtly an island off to moscow it forced shell to cede control of the project in two thousand and seven on a favorable terms shell has a twenty seven and a half percent stake in the south island project while gazprom has fifty percent plus one share of russia's hydro power holding hydro has expanded its ambitions along with its investment plans it will spend at least three billion dollars on new plants while what denies an old was boasting output by about a thousand megawatts profits up ten percent so far this year at over seven hundred million dollars in the first half of twenty ten. the investment program for the next three years was confirmed this summer next year we plan to invest over three billion dollars around twenty percent will finance the technical upgrade of the existing plants the rest will fund construction of new hydro power facilities are

hard freeze warnings are in effect as far east as florida. here are pictures of what happened. this is the digout in wisconsin that is well under way. you can see blanketed with snow. not too uncommon for that region. here this is atlanta. this may prove to be a bigger deal for residents there. they are not used to it. this storm certainly does have quite a bit of a reach and travel delays of course play a role in all of that. the nations airports in some areas canceling flights. delaying flights. and the faa actually today not reporting any delays necessarily but i don't think that is good to go by. with all the flights canceled. certainly they will have to be rescheduled. you do want to check with your airline if you do have air travel. let's go to the metrodome story. everybody is talking about it. it's amazing to see this come crumbling down. absolutely amazing to see that. yeah, the next video i i have to show you is the new york giants stranded in kansas city's airport because they were diverted because of weather. now i believe we have a live picture of the metrodome. th

. >>> european markets follow the lead of investigators in the far east heading mostly lower. china, shanghai composite fell nearly 2% as beijing rose to raise interest rates. japan nikkei bucked the trend and gained .7. >>> it looks like wall street will be following the trend from china to europe. the markets will closed friday. the dow will start the morning at 11, 473. >>> the wall street journal named apple ipad as the best digital product of the year. the paper says the ipad large selection of apps keeps it ahead of similar projects but they warn about privacy links. those includes the personal details of the owner such as gender and location. >>> concert ticket prices may be quiet this year. a lot of -- attendance dropped 12%. concert owners plan to make the jar more shorter. the band zz top announces they will -- the average price last year was $55. >>> it's 5:23 impersonating someone else on facebook and twitter it's a bad idea and it's about to be against the law. >>> also the fcc approves for the first time ever rules to regulate interest laws. >>> off to a nice sta

northern european and scandinaviancountries, but you're seeing a lot of interest now in asia and the far east, so the china asian open is the first one that is bringing players from all over the world. >>aho: in germany it is very popular, they estimate 20 million rounds are played per year by just normal people who go playing minigolf. they have some 5000 active tournament players. finland it's a little bit smaller we have about 200 players. >>reporter: the huge physical challenges not withstanding, it is a sport that is open to all. the czech republic's olivia prokobova has just returned as runner-up from the us masters: >>prokobova: i travel all over the world, usa, china, sweden, many, many country. >>reporter: great. all for minigolf? >>prokobova: yes. >>reporter: what's more, crazy golf is getting a much racier image these days, partly on account ofa huge upswing in business. >>hartley: over the five years it's been a steady increase in numbers that started with the construction of the new adventure golf. the site has always been popular but since we've built the adventure golf it's tak

but stays far enough east it will bring all the moisture out@ to the atlantic. and just clouds for us. now by late tomorrow night, early tooorrow morning. few folks on he eastern shore, -ave a slight chance of snow @%owers. said, will stay off the coast. and track back out to sea over the next coupleeof days. for tonight, we will drop down to 20. icy roadways, with wiids out of the est at 5 miles per hour. and then for tomorrow, another day. chilly, like today. 36 degrees for that afternoon high oo the eastern shore. and we will see mostly cloudy skies there. now the furthhr east you move. sunshine. western mmryland will be the greatest chance of sunshine. but central maryland. 35 degrees. and then a littleebit cooler than that back west with partly cloudy skies. 33 in western maryland. with calm winds. for tomorrow, 35 degrees. mostly cloudy. 36 sunday.3 ii ill be cool for the game. but winds calm. cooler than that on mmnday. next chance of snow comes in tuesday with a hhgh of 35. that's a slight chance of snow showers before ww clear out again on wednesday. i

it doesn't matter whether they are living in china or in the far east or in america, they would likeo know that the migration is still continuing. >> pelley: as the wildebeest moved out of the masai mara, we could see the beginnings of next year's spectacle. the elephants were raising their calves, and that cheetah was feeding her cubs on a gazelle she'd killed. cheetah cubs chirp like birds. and if they survive, they will still be with their mother when the wildebeest come around again. this perpetual cycle is a robust force of nature. but with the mara river running low and man crowding the route, no one can be certain how many turns are left for this, the last spectacle of its kind. we'll be back in a moment with "the secret language of elephants." >> cbs money watch update sponsored by: >> mitchell: good evening. one analyst is predicting the east coast blizzard could cut post-christmas shopping by 50%. also airlines cancelled more than 2,000 flights. gas hit an average of $3.04 a gallon, up six cents in a week and 18 cents in a month. the movie "little fockers" won at the box of

they expect an increase in exports to the far east. >> it is clear that five or six years ago, china was an emerging market. now this is one of the most important automobile markets and the world and we're pleased that the german car industry accounts for 1/5 of the vehicles sold there. >> some analysts contend that german car makers are focusing too much on china and neglecting the european market. >> german automobiles remain extremely popular in the u.s.. november was a boom month for german car makers there. volkswagen posted a 24% jump of sales in november compared with a year earlier. bmw reported a similar surge. mercedes sold 13% more viewers in november. -- vehicles in november. u.s. manufacturers have also announced an increase in sales. toyota has seen a decline due to a manufacturing recall. the automobile market is not the only sector in the u.s. is recovering. let's go over to our correspondent on wall street. it looks as though consumers are starting to go on a buying spree this holiday season. how was the market digesting that? >> well, we got sales figures from the r

the clear view and the drive with the build up in the far east bay like aspect ok and the pass, but 880, let me show you the travel times. no problem as we come up on the times. mostly over 60 miles per hour. 24 in interstate 80. >> thank you so much, mike. 5:00. people ordered to turn around during last month's standard of being labeled as toll cheats. on treasure island with a look at how drivers are being ticketed for following police orders. >> reporter: even though they are not toll cheats. we are looking at the bay bridge behind me from the point of view of treasure island. over three weeks ago rush hour traffic came to a halt on the upper deck as a man in an suv stopped, pull over and threatened to blow up the bridge. it was arrest and turns out he never had a bomb. this went on for over an hour and hundreds of driver his to turn around and go down the incline and through the toll plaza where fast track is located. they couldn't determine between the people turning around and toll cheats so they were all sent a $36 ticket accusing them of violating the toll laws there. as you see

the southeast breeze 10 to 20 miles per hour into the 50s although we'll see a few mid- 60s in the far east bay. here is the extended forecast. we do call for ending the rain on thursday, a chance of rain showers on friday. but high pressure begins to nudge in on saturday with partial clearing late day setting the stage for partly sunny skies on sunday and clearing of the skies on monday and tuesday, as well. we'll talk more about the incoming system that's coming up later on in this newscast. >> thank you. >>> the capital is shining brighter tonight. it's holiday centerpiece, a 55- foot-tall white fir tree was lit with thousands of lights. beautiful. 9,000 ultra low wattage l.e.d.s attending tonight's festivities, governor schwarzenegger and his wife maria shriver. and "american idol" star david ar cha let that who will be performing. >>> yes, you want healthy but not bratty. what new moms should steer clear of if they want well behaved babies. >>> and ever wonder what happens to your personal information when the store scans your driver's license in order to make a return? i have that ans