just like everybody else. >> reporter: reporting live, john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. >>> she sure has a lot of energy. >>> house republicans voted today to suspect the white house for documents concern solyndra. solyndra defaulted on a loan after it filed for bankruptcy. today's vote comes as the group americans for prosperity law launches an ad campaign against the president. >>> a new filing shows that the average pg & e meter sends thousands of messages a day. the typical meeting sends 10,000 brief signals every day. those signals add up to 45 seconds a day of transmissions. some critics claim the meters pose a health hazard but pg & & e says that the meter is within policy. >>> rain had workers at this livermore winery rushing to get the fruit harvested. weather from rain to very cold temperatures weigh heavily on the minds of grape growers and wine makers. >> california wine makers say picking the fruit is not only crucial to making a good wine it's also very important to business. >> you can lose whole crops, if you're a small winery like hours we rely on the crop. >> report

ktvu's john fowler is live in san francisco with the reaction on land tonight, john? >> reporter: right now we are on peer 45 and crab boats have been coming in and out for the last two hours. right now they are recharging. they will make 3-4 trips tonight. this is the end of a very long crab season delay. >> reporter: some 50 crab boat crews loaded up and steamed out of san francisco today. after negotiating $2.25 a pound. >> we settled on a price, and we are going to work. good day. >> reporter: and a good day for crab fanatics who say it's about time. >> it's crab season and we want crab. >> i love crab. i brought my family from texas. i am excited. >> reporter: sellers are excited too. the traditional thanksgiving table isn't right without this. >> thanksgiving hurt a little bit because there was no crab. that's one of our biggest times of the year. >> reporter: fuel prices doubled. gear doubled. but $2.25 is the same as 25 years ago. >> i know how important part of thanksgiving, i feel bad but we can't work for free. >> reporter: depending on the weather and how

john fowler here now with some remarkable new technology that can sort real from fake.ohn. >> movie stars such as kim katrell love digital enhancement and george clooney can seem years younger. call it photo shopping. now there's a move to restrict what some say can be a dangerous practice. at san francisco union square, victoria secrets is famous for thoáez stunning shots. but look at this before picture and the after. do you notice anything? >> how about fergie before and after? researchers announced a new computer program that spots the enhancements. calling out those digital body shapers. >> i wish i could do that in real life. >> reporter: so what's the harm? psychiatrists say these images create unrealistic expectations and encourage dangerous behavior. >> women think that oh if i just lose a little bit more weight i can get there but in fact, that doesn't exist in buy logical reality. people can die. they get heart attack, they ruin their digestive systems. and this month's glamour show thin hips. >> it makes me feel that i'm so fat and i'm only 95 pounds. >> rep

reporting live in emeryville, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the cold weather here in the bayarea also means more snow and more headaches in the sierra. >> the highway patrol is blaming the slow down to wintry weather. they warn drivers that black ice may pose danger on the roads tonight. our chief meteorologist bill martin joins us with the wintry conditions expected tonight. >> reporter: two days ago it was 80 degrees. today temperatures 15, 20 degrees cooler than that. frost this morning, valley fog and snow in the mountains. just 54 degrees outside, two days ago san jose was 74 degrees. it's a 20-degree drop off. so we're definitely in that time of year where get the umbrellas and jackets and the things that you need as you start to go about your business the next few day, the next few weeks. the next five or six months because we are really into it now. we're getting into winter and the long range models indicate that we're going to see a little bit of winter every week as we go into the next few weeks. so we'll watch it for you. the story up on the mountains, it's a wint

john fowler. >> it was an emotional homecoming for a soldier. the 46-year-old is home in time for the holidays. arrived this afternoon at san jose international airport after spending the past year in iraq. his family and the patriot guard riders greeted him at the airport and then escorted him to a party. >> it's great. i'm really relieved, traveling from iraq is one of the more stressful parts, it takes a long time to get home. >> reporter: he said he is proud to have served his country and his family said they have a lot of plans now including helping him find a job. >> welcome back. live storm tracker 2 picking out showers in the bay area. made slow gown for parts of the afternoon drive. right now the heaviest rain just north and east of fremont. south of hayward. you can see it up in the hills, rainfall accumulations have been light today. this area out by dublin and pleasant on looks nora guessive. we are seeing more and more light showers, throughout the peninsula as well. very light on this side. are seeing on the bridge light showers, t

fowler was turning the tools of surveillance back against the state.w months ago to document unprovoked pepper spray attacks at occupy wall street and while i don't buy most of the analogies linking the arab spring to the current economic protest, it's worthy to note that the very first group organizing the january 25th note was built around sousveillance over the course of a man named saieef. those images in that society were especially powerful. images of misconduct are going to cut more ice than accusations. that true in our history when american tv stations broadcast video of police attacking protesters in the civil rights era, and in a different way it's true today when citizens are even even less didn'tant on big media to get the word out. people can make their own vitsz and distribute them through the networks. no turning this backwards but that doesn't mean the technology is inevitable. i'm not saying the u.s. congress will ban your cell phone but it may restrict how you use it, and while the government restrict its use of surveillance on its c

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> american eagle got slapped with a fine for tarmac delays. they violated the new rules on 15 chicago arrivals in one day. officials are now imposing a $900,000 fine on the airlines. the department of transportation is investigating other airlines like jet blue. >>> you see that snow there, here we have a beautiful day out. over to our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> fog showing up tonight. dense fog advisory this morning. but not as gold as it was last week. die time highs on -- day time highs on the mild side. santa rosa right now. the valley, downtown. you see right here, 62 degrees. tomorrow morning in santa rosa, outskirts of town, valley fog. dense valley fog. you may see it in your neighborhood as the kids head off to school or you head off to work, or traveling across the valley, flack the fog. it will be there. overnight lows in the upper 30s and low 40s for most of us. high pressure stays us with. i am tracking a weather system out of your range that will be into the bay area thursday night, friday. in the mean time, high pressur

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a new policy on cell phone towers.y plan to meet next month with an expert. the goal is to regulate where the towers can be placed, when what they will look like. >>> let's talk about the other. rain maybe in the next couple of snowshowers. >> next 5, 6 hours showing mup scattered showers in the north bay. the real rain doesn't get here till 11:00. both the live dopplers working right now. looking for rain. if you see green returns in our area, those returns represent just light drizzle at best. thanksgiving die, morning showers. sun tomorrow afternoon. the system comes through. tonight heavy rain in the north bay. that's where the most rain is. spreads south tonight between midnight, 3:00, 4:00. gusty winds as the front passes through. there is your thanksgiving day. cool air. valley fog in the morning, wet ground and morning showers and maybe a sixty -- maybe a scattered shower. 11:00 at night, all it is. rain moving through the north bay, oakland, 3:00 a.m. and passes through by 8:00 tomorrow morning. quick mover to

john fowler, ktvu news? in san francisco occupy protesters are expected to meet with mayor ed lee on wednesday. this as the camp at herman plaza continues to grow. it's estimated 20 more tents went up over the weekend. it could grow larger since the oakland encampment broke down. >>> concerns over the parvo virus led the spca to hold a veterinary clinic at the occupy plant. they did confirm a case there of the virus over the weekend. parvo is highly contagious. it can be treated effectively if it's caught early. >>> a state appeals court ruled today you can use a ticket for using your cell phone if you're stopped at a red light. today's hearing clarifying the law that bans the use of wireless phones while driving. this comes after a 2009 case where a man dialed and held the phone to his ear while stopped then closed it when the light turned green. excluding red light stops from the law would create a public safety hazard said the judge. >>> the dow industrials dropped 71 points, nasdaq was off 21. this comes

reporting live, john fowler. >>> an area college student is paying close attention to a court case. case is pending waiting on the u.s. .v jones. he discovered a gps device under his own car. the decision is expected by spring. >>> president obama's law won in the courts today. the law is constitutional. the lower court found congress did not over step its authority. >>> republican candidate herman cain strongly denied axises against him. >> some people don't want to see herman cain get the republican nomination and some people don't want herman cain to become president. >> today he released a document with history of one of the women who was accusing herman cain. >>> the few her of joe passerine is no count doubt. hundreds of fans were in front of his house tonight. some say he should have been more in 2002 when he said he says he say achillea being sexually abused. >>> tonight thousands of gamers are busy fighting battles. call of duty modern warfare three was released at immediate night. last night these fans lined up. the game is expected to bring in $300 million in sales alone.

john fowler.deral judge in san francisco ruled supporters of proposition eight don't have a right to stay anonymous. he said they aren't entitled to the same protection that the supreme court has give tone small persecute cuted groups. they didn't want the names of donors made public because of fear of harassment. >>> staff members at two university voted to go on strike next week. it'll take place a week from thursday at cal state east bay. more than 90% of the staff union members voted for the walk out. they say they want to protest the administration's decision to with hold pay races because of budget cuts. >> a popular basketball player, in gilroy was badly hurt in a car accident and now his teammate is under arrest. the 19-year-old suffered major head trauma and may not survive. a former coach said he was a good basketball player and a better person. his teammate was behind the wheel and they crashed on highway 101 early yesterday morning. he was arrested on suspicious of driving under influe

john fowler. >> trouble continues to pile up for penn state coach joe paterno. today his family said the 84- year-old was a treatable form of lung cancer. he found he had it last week during a follow up visit. the family said he is under going treatment and the doctors are optimistic he will make a full recovery. he was fired in the middle of a child sex abuse scandal. >> why mcdonalds looking for new eggs. >>> and after 12 years this sign is coming down. how much it'll cost to put your message here. >> and why some say there is more to the story behind of the firing of two south bay hotel workers and how the employees are fighting back. [ female announcer ] what's so great about jcpcash? no exclusions! with jcp cash get 10, 15 or $20 off...storewide. unlike other stores, we don't make you come back to save. get up to $20 off with...no exclusions! we make christmas affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney. [people chatting] everyone, it's $37 a piece. paying with your smart phone instead of cash. that's a step forward. with chase person-to-person quickpay, you ca

john fowler shows you how fishermen are getting ready and what kind of cautioner are expecting. >> reporterlast minute preparations, rock fish and crab. >> sorting the crabs out and measuring and things like that so yeah you can kind of feel like a commercial crabber. >> reporter: at the fisherman's wharf a tease of what's to come. >> and a -- this is good. >> reporter: linda from houston got her first ever taste of crab. these caught five months ago kept on ice but when fresh they are even better,. >> on the next dock, thousands of crab pots wait. in ten days commercial crabber also start dropping the pots and after a great year last year hopes are high. >> i hope we get a good price, the weather is calm, nobody gets hurt and we bring a lot of crab into town. >> reporter: deck hands preparing the crab pots and going in to the wire cot on w's, crab escape hatch itself something goes wrong. . you loose the pot they can still get out. more crabs the next season. >> reporter: commercial crab fishermen are awaiting the first sport fishing crabs as predicters. >> what it looks like and gives you

. >> captain bill diehl and chief charley fowler are featured in "coast guard alaska."bit about the show. we're seeing what your guys are going through in extreme conditions, the harshest conditions but yet your coast guard is the largest one for the most part and it's the most important. >> yeah, it's, it is one of the most demanding units out there. we have to train for anything. >> you train for anything and tell me about some of the intensity of the work, because in these helicopter rescue missions this could be a matter of life and death. >> absolutely. the weather up there, the conditions, sometimes the stakes are really high. >> and i know teamwork obviously very crucial, discipline as well and chief fowler you're in charge with making sure that these guys are adequately trained and you are sort of their boot camp instructor in the swimming pool. what does it take to get them ready? >> i'm the first in a series of training evolutions but you know, it takes a lot of work but it takes a lot of input from these guys, these young men put their heart and soul into thi

john fowler shows you how fishermen are getting ready and what kind of cautioner are expecting. >> reporterst minute preparations, rock fish and crab. >> sorting the crabs out and measuring and things like that so yeah you can kind of feel like a commercial crabber. >> reporter: at the fisherman's wharf a tease of what's to come. >> and a -- this is good. >> reporter: linda from houston got her first ever taste of crab. these caught five months ago kept on ice but when fresh they are even better,. >> on the next dock, thousands of crab pots wait. in ten days commercial crabber also start dropping the pots and after a great year last year hopes are high. >> i hope we get a good price, the weather is calm, nobody gets hurt and we bring a lot of crab into town. >> reporter: deck hands preparing the crab pots and going in to the wire cot on w's, crab escape hatch itself something goes wrong. . you loose the pot they can still get out. more crabs the next season. >> reporter: commercial crab fishermen are awaiting the first sport fishing crabs as predicters. >> what it looks like and gives you t

ktvu's health and science editor john fowler joins us live with robots of the deep. >> reporter: right four robot discoverers are off the golden gate, swimming on their own across the pacific. the first few miles out past the crab pots was on the back of a boat. you see them here four surfboard shaped robots. going where none has gone before on a science mission across the pacific. >> this is important because it's going to tell us the state of our oceans. >> floating realtime sensors collect data every moment around the clock. four will cross to hawaii, two will head for australia and two for japan. >> we want the scientists out there, the students and the scientists to go figure out, hey what can we do with this. >> reporter: it looks like just a high tech surfboard but think about it as an ocean going boat. >> it's unmanned, we're monitoring and we keep them on a set path. >> reporter: changes routes or avoiding ships. each is the cost of a new car. >> from weather to water quality, to marine acoustics. >> reporter: centered 20 feet below this especially designed hydrofoil and rutte

john fowler, ktvu news? protesters are expected to meet with mayor ed lee on wednesday. this as the camp at herman plaza continues to grow. it's estimated 20 more tents went up over the weekend. it could grow larger since the oakland encampment broke down. >>> concerns over the parvo virus led the spca to hold a veterinary clinic at the occupy plant. they did confirm a case there of the virus over the weekend. parvo is highly contagious. it can be treated effectively if it's caught early. >>> a state appeals court ruled today you can use a ticket for using your cell phone if you're stopped at a red light. today's hearing clarifying the law that bans the use of wireless phones while driving. this comes after a 2009 case where a man dialed and held the phone to his ear while stopped then closed it when the light turned green. excluding red light stops from the law would create a public safety hazard said the judge. >>> the dow industrials dropped 71 points, nasdaq was off 21. this comes after last week's refor

john fowler.ncisco ruled supporters of proposition eight don't have a right to stay anonymous. he said they aren't entitled to the same protection that the supreme court has give tone small persecute cuted groups. they didn't want the names of donors made public because of fear of harassment. >>> staff members at two university voted to go on strike next week. it'll take place a week from thursday at cal state east bay. more than 90% of the staff union members voted for the walk out. they say they want to protest the administration's decision to with hold pay races because of budget cuts. >> a popular basketball player, in gilroy was badly hurt in a car accident and now his teammate is under arrest. the 19-year-old suffered major head trauma and may not survive. a former coach said he was a good basketball player and a better person. his teammate was behind the wheel and they crashed on highway 101 early yesterday morning. he was arrested on suspicious of driving under influence. >> the president

when shepherd died in 1988, ktvu's john fowler brought us this report. >> reporter: atop a rocket proneexploding on law launch sat chlostophobic he pert. he became an instant national hero. >> and this decoration which is guarded from the ground up, here. >> reporter: 35 years later shepherd was still drawing applause from youngsters at nasa's space camp. >> people have asked weren't you proud to be the first man and i said yes, i was. but it wasn't because of the international recognition it was because i had been chosen to do a job and i did it without making any mistake. it was a pet flight. >> reporter: eclipsed in the public eye by john glen and later by the first astronauts who went to the moon, allen shepherd did not get back into space for nine years grounded with an ear problem. then nasa picked him to command apollo16. he became the sixth man to step on the moon. a golfer, shepherd wanted to do something special. >> i went to the boss and said, i want to hit a golf bag on the moon. he said, shepherd you've been giving me trouble for 16 years, the answer is hell no. >> reporter

the child fell from a pier and was swept out by the current. 54-year-old andy fowler jump npped to save the boy but began going underwater and another man jumped in and and he was sucked into the current a third man a young med student jumped in and pulled all three to safety. >>> news time 5:35. and tuesday it was oklahoma. today, texas. new video of a tornado touching down near houston. and another one bites the dust. latest elimination from the "dancing with the stars" now a check on this morning's tech bites from new york. >> reporter: in today's tech bites, cruelty online a pew study finds 88% of american teens who use social media sites have seen other people be mean or cruel on those sites. one in eight say they witnessed it frequently. today, the fcc and internet service providers will announce a major push to get broadband into low income homes to pay 10 bucks a month. a new website for people who want to share favorite things with users. user create pen boards featuring decor and recipes and clothing for all to see. the wall street journey gives the site high marks for the uni

john fowler says a happy holiday may determine our well protocols work. >> reporter: last week nobody could visit any of the residents including pat. >> she is 91 and is probably wondering why nobody is coming. it's the holidays. you want to include them and you can't. >> reporter: can't because an outbreak of the virus has sickened about 60. >> -- the last 24 to 48 hours, most people feel miserable during that period that -- they recover. >> reporter: the virus is very contagious and can cause vomiting, sometimes dehydration and even death in the very young and very old. >> we are just really taking precaution, to protect our residents. >> reporter: staff says nobody has in the hospital. another unidentified nursing home has an outbreak. >> it's -- the most common illness in the world. >> reporter: its spread by touch, mostly by traveler, common on cruise ships. thehe last infection was 10:30 last nightf. no new cases happen family will be allow thanksgiving day. >> update on a story we brought you last week. a health patient has filed a class action lawsuit over a major security bre

. >> reporter: thomas fowler shot the video when he thought the show of force was going too far. >> i was surprised. i didn't know davis police had riot gear to use. >> i should not feel unsafe on my own campus. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: this afternoon demonstrators were back on campus. many demanding the resignation of the school chancellor. >> i'm here to apologize. i really feel horrible for what happened on friday. >> reporter: maki haverfeld trains police on the use of force. >> i thought it was excessive because from what i was seeing there was still room to do other things. >> i see pepper spray as a tool for officers to use. you hope and pray it's used correctly and within policy and that the after effects are not terrible. >> reporter: chief spicuzza and two officers identified in the video have been placed on administrative leave. but today even some professors say it's not just the police, but the university that failed its young students. >> we need to ask ourselves why it is that at the university of california police are armed with assault rifles in the first

john fowler explains why the bay area is experiencing a birth quake of sorts. >> reporter: seven pound so 10 onces baby is one of the first babies with this birthdate. count hall we were with danielle kelly. >> this was my -- first baby and babies are a miracle. >> it's kind of special to me. >> reporter: you may expect the baby boom today. >> nine months ago was valentine's day >> yes. >> very special day. >> reporter: so from -- if you were born on the 11th you are a very idealistic sensitive person. three of the same numbers supposedly have mystical power. >> it's all one's. >> reporter: among tarot cards it's the hermit. >> trailblazer. >> reporter: the ace in blackjack, a winner. >> you don't want three in a row sometimes on certain games and others you do. >> reporter: like in craps. another winner. or on christopher's guest -- in --. >> 11, 11 -- there is one louder. >> reporter: for some its meaningful. >> i always look at the clock and there it is. >> reporter: at the hospital san jose, a baby was born at 1:11 this morning. >> coming up, new developments at the occupy camp inc

. >> one of those suppliers is start-up baker lisa fowler, owner of little blue stem. >> english muffins. three cinnamon raisin. >> we work with companies like little blue stem, small, artisan producers, and the role we play is a flexible, consistent demand that allows them to ramp up production using commerce, rather than going out and trying to obtain a bunch of debt. >> there are so many businesses that are percolating and ready to explode, they are ready to take off. but what's missing is being there. >> farming, come on. if it doesn't rain, you don't have a crop. so if you're a banker and you get to like loan to someone who is making software 365 days a year, you know, or chips or something, versus a farmer who if it doesn't rain he doesn't have a crop, which one are you going to lend to. >> that's woody cash, a former venture capitalist. he understands why investors shun local small businesses like green gate, greenling, and little blue stem. >> if you're using financial speak, most of the things that we actually want to preserve in our communities don't make the grade. >> that's w

john fowler, ktvu news. >>> and firefighters across the bay area were busy last night after strong winds pushed over trees and snapped power lines. this video was shot outside near 23rd street in oakland. fire officials say the wind may have knocked two lines into each other, causing them to arc. bill martin is monitoring more changes in the forecast. >> yeah, the winds were gusting up to 80 or near 80 miles per hour on mt. diablo. take a look, the highs from today. they cool off, don't they. 10-15 degrees cooler for your thursday. you will notice tomorrow, you will notice more clouds and notice a pretty good shot for sprinkles. light sprinkles in the bay area forecast tomorrow. most of them mid-morning to mid- afternoon hours, heavy gully washer? no, but unsettled cooler. and the umbrellas will be needed for a time. here comes the weather system. cold air, the colder the system the less water it can hold. this is a cold one, not a lot of rain, 10-15 degrees cooler, showers spread south, that is not it. snow in the mountains, it hanging around, through to a bay area, looking at the cloud

at 10:00, john fowler investigates the surprises parents need to know about. >>> the creator of one ofhe most beloved comic strips died. bill keen. the stories entertained folks for a half a century. his sons says his father died yesterday from congestive heart failure. >>> an incredible price paid for a famous painting. a 1961 painting sold for a record $43 million yesterday. the canvass was the first of his cartoon style images and one of his most famous paintings. >> one of the most famous paintings. when a painting like that comes to market, it make as higher price. >> 16 sold at record prices. they brought in a total of $250 million. >>> a deal to move the a's to the south bay is still alive. what it will take to make them the san jose a's. >>> and umbrella weather, we will go directly to that. y, the tv's over there! yep, we got you the new at&t u-verse wireless receiver so you can put your tv pretty much anywhere you want. and that stand... anywhere? like, we can put it over there? and that coffee... or we could t it on the patio for watching the game with the guys. or in the ki

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the launch of a rover on a mission to mars is delayed by one day. the rover was supposed to blast off friday morning but they need more time to replace a battery. it is crucial because it's part of a system that would allow them to destroy the rocket if it veered off course. the launch is set for saturday morning at 7:00 a.m. >>> rainy weekend and bill, maybe more rain this week? >> yeah. more rain in the forecast. feels like winter. it's not winter but we have a winter pattern going. snow in the mountain, and rain, more on the ray. san francisco, bay bridge, beautiful scene. looking back towards the oakland area. you can see the green showing up north, that's rainfall. not going to hit us tonight. in the inland valleys, you can see the low lying area here, towards black point, santa rosa, these areas will be prone for the valley fog. you know where it will be if you live in this area or travel the same route in the winter months. cool overnight lowes. high humidity at the surface, fog. as the rain stays north, we get a nice day tomorrow. clouds mo

ktvu's john fowler tell us about the meaning behind the numbers and why it may mean good luck for babiesce asuia is one of the new babies with this serendipitous birthday. we were with first time mom 20- year-old kelly as her baby was coming. >> this is once in a lifetime thing, and babies are miracles. >> it's very special to me. >> reporter: you might expect the baby boom today. >> nine months ago was valentine's day. >> yes. a very special day. >> reporter: so from numerology for beginners, that's me. if you were born on the 11th you are a very idealistic sensitive person. numerologist also says three of the same numbers have mystical power. >> the other thing that is very, very mystical about it is that it's all ones. >> among tarot cards, 11 is the hermit. >> he's a trail blazer. >> reporter: 11 is a jack, a winner. >> sometimes you don't want three 11s on a row. in others you do. >> like craps. >> reporter: for some people 11s are meaningful. >> i always look at the clock and there it is. 1:11 or 11:11. >> reporter: at kaiser, this baby girl was born at 11:11. >>> a new ucl study s

ktvu's john fowler tell us about the meaning behind the numbers and why it may mean good luck for babies>> reporter: 7-pound 10-ounce asuia is one of the new babies with this serendipitous birthday. we were with first time mom 20- year-old kelly as her baby was coming. >> this is once in a lifetime thing, and babies are miracles. >> it's very special to me. >> reporter: you might expect the baby boom today. >> nine months ago was valentine's day. >> yes. a very special day. >> reporter: so from numerology for beginners, that's me. if you were born on the 11th you are a very idealistic sensitive person. numerologist also says three of the same numbers have mystical power. >> the other thing that is very, very mystical about it is that it's all ones. >> among tarot cards, 11 is the hermit. >> he's a trail blazer. >> reporter: 11 is a jack, a winner. >> sometimes you don't want three 11s on a row. in others you do. >> like craps. >> reporter: for some people 11s are meaningful. >> i always look at the clock and there it is. 1:11 or 11:11. >> reporter: at kaiser, this baby girl was born at 1

fowler says that policy has been changed and that all future reports of sexual abuse will be formallyted. >>> newt gingrich calls himself a washington outsider. >> what you see now in a bipartisan basis in this city is a desertion of lincoln. government of the insiders, by the insiders, for the insiders. >> but hasn't gingrich been in politics for decades? can he convince the gop he's not one of the insiders? that is fair game, and it's next. but first our political junkie question of the day. if an alleged affair drives herman cain from the race for president, he won't be the first. who was the last candidate for president at the time the front-runner driven from the race by allegations of infidelity. bonus points if you know who won the nomination for his party in that race. tweet me the rate answer to @randikayecnn. i'll give a shout-out on the other side of the break. >>> we asked if you could name the last presidential candidate forced out of the race by allegations of infidelity, and who won the nomination. well, here's the answer. in 1987 gary hart, popular senator from colorad

john fowler tells us what they finally settled for and how long until fresh crab is available. >> reporter0 crab boat crews loaded up, and steamed out of san francisco today after negotiating $2.25 a pound for dungenous. >> we settled on a price and untied the fleet and we're going to work so yeah it's a good day. >> reporter: and a good day for crab fanatics who say it's about time. >> it's crab season and we would like to crab please. >> i love good dungenous crab. i brought my family up from texas. >> i'll be ready to go to the store and get some. i'm excited. >> reporter: seafood sellers are excited too. the traditional thanksgiving table just isn't right without this. >> thanksgiving hurt a little bit because there was no crab and everybody really wanted it. >> reporter: $2.25 a pound for crab is the same as 25 years ago. and they had to hold out for that. >> i know how big important a part of thanksgiving. i feel bad but we can't work for free. >> reporter: fishermen say depending on the weather and how rapidly these pots fill up, there could be fresh dungenous for sale as early as t

john fowler tells us what they finally settled for and how long until fresh crab is available. >> reportersome 50 crab boat crews loaded up, and steamed out of san francisco today after negotiating $2.25 a pound for dungenous. >> we settled on a price and untied the fleet and we're going to work so yeah it's a good day. >> reporter: and a good day for crab fanatics who say it's about time. >> it's crab season and we would like to crab please. >> i love good dungenous crab. i brought my family up from texas. >> i'll be ready to go to the store and get some. i'm excited. >> reporter: seafood sellers are excited too. the traditional thanksgiving table just isn't right without this. >> thanksgiving hurt a little bit because there was no crab and everybody really wanted it. >> reporter: $2.25 a pound for crab is the same as 25 years ago. and they had to hold out for that. >> i know how big important a part of thanksgiving. i feel bad but we can't work for free. >> reporter: fishermen say depending on the weather and how rapidly these pots fill up, there could be fresh dungenous for sale as earl

john fowler is going to show it to us live. >> herman cain came out swinging. what he said about the serious allegations and the second accuser who came forward today. >> and how these two world leaders were dissing one of their colleagues and it was caught on a microphone. . >>> herman cain came out swinging fighting back against accusations of harassment from four women. >> i have never acted inappropriately with anyone. >> reporter: he appeared defiant but calm calling the women's accusations baseless. he said he considers harassment a very serious matter but he said the accusations against him are political. he blamed what he called the machine for trying to sabotage his campaign. >> and as far as these accusations causing me to back off and may be withdraw from this presidential primary race, ain't going to happen. >> reporter: four women have accused him of making unwanted advances, even groping them. today a spokeswoman was identified as one of the accusers. yesterday another woman made her accusations public. spool showed 40% of voters view him less fav

syracuse police chief frank fowler admitted today that in 2002 police failed to follow up on tips.yracuse university assistant basketball coach bernie fine had been accused of sexual abuse by a former team ball boy. fine was fired on sunday after the recording of a call between his wife laurie fine and a third victim. appeared to show that she was aware of the abuse. in an espn radio interview today, the syracuse university coach jim boeheim was asked about how he and the team have been weathering the scandal. >> the players have no distractions. the players are not a part of anything. they don't know anything about it. it's stuff that happened a long time ago. and they are focused on being a good basketball team and being good players. that's what their focus should be. >> also, just in, new york knicks player and syracuse alum carmelo anthony appeared at a brooklyn boys and girls club a short time ago and broke his silence about the scandal. >> my heart goes out to the families. that's it. i have no comment about the situation. that's a sensitive situation, a sensitive topic righ

syracuse police chief frank fowler admitted today that in 2002 police failed to follow up on tips.ll coach bernie fine had been accused of sexual abuse by a former team ball boy. fine was fired on sunday after the recording of a call between his wife laurie fine and a third victim. appeared to show that she was aware of the abuse. in an espn radio interview today, the syracuse university coach jim boeheim was asked about how he and the team have been weathering the scandal. >> the players have no distractions. the players are not a part of anything. they don't know anything about it. it's stuff that happened a long time ago. and they are focused on being a good basketball team and being good players. that's what their focus should be. >> also, just in, new york knicks player and syracuse alum carmelo anthony appeared at a brooklyn boys and girls club a short time ago and broke his silence about the scandal. >> my heart goes out to the families. that's it. i have no comment about the situation. that's a sensitive situation, a sensitive topic right now that i don't even want to go ne

charter members ralph carr, gene fowler, herndon davis and fred missoula. there you go, the packer club. [applause] >> coming over here tonight, there was an announcement on the radio about the birth certificate of davy crockett that the court had said that the women who had it had to give it back to the county where he lived. >> i hadn't heard that, but there was no birth certificate. i'm sure they are talking about that wedding license. and that's true. he received a wedding license in dandridge, tennessee at the county seat in the old courthouse. and unfortunately, so many years ago they pitched it out with a bunch of papers and this woman who lives in florida got a hold of it. so while they've had for all those years is a facsimile of it. and of course i talk about the whole marriage license business in the book. but this doesn't surprise me because i know they've been trying to get it back. i am not sure what kind of legal maneuvering went on to get that because, you know, it is their own fault they threw the thing out, right? but i would imagine they

respond to this blog posting from ruth fowler, an occupy protester.violent, none destroyed property. none were evener tomenting the police. violence i witnessed was pretty intense. the cops were pissed and wanted to hurt people. they were running and beating people who were simply running away, trying to escape. did that happen? >> it didn't happen. she was watching some other image and some other city and in the city of los angeles there were no injuries, to my knowledge, certainly no serious injuries. there was no violence. she's right that the protesters did an incredible job of being peaceful, as they have really throughout the 68 days. but let me be absolutely clear, i couldn't have been prouder of the los angeles police department last night. it was their finest moment. there have been ups and downs in our department, as you well know. but yesterday was a sight to be seen. it was a magnificent display of constitutional policing. we believe that you can exercise your first amendment in the city of los angeles, we believe that you can speak out ag

fowler. this inquiry is here to consider press culture, which looks back in time, at the future. is also here to make some recommendations. this is your chance. is there anything that you would like to suggest to lord justice leveson for him to think about at this stage? >> i think when we went to see the three party leaders and the prime minister, we were asked that question at that time, and the problem that sally and i have, where ordinary people so we have no experience in such a public life situation, and certainly no experience from a media control, media involvement situation. so it's always been on our own best judgment -- judgment as to how we dealt with these matters. >> i think was more we wanted the extent of it exposed in an inquiry could make the decisions. >> i mean, it appears to the inquiry that your judgment has been, if i may say so, extremely well exercised her out in very difficult circumstances and we understand and appreciate that. if you have anything more general, which you would invite the inquiry to think about. but if not, there's no problem. we will b

judgment against the news group newspapers in your action, and we have heard from, for a sample, bob fowler earlier this week about the fact that you having brought this action and other people having brought this action is what led to them being told themselves. was it an easy decision to take to bring the action against them? >> no, not at all. i rest -- taking on the empire that was rich and more in packed full than i would ever be the demise of the evidence that came from the police and felt i couldn't not do something about it but it was a very daunting. >> can i ask given that you have had your can you explain why you were giving evidence to this inquiry? >> because you made me. [laughter] >> what do you hope to achieve by giving evidence? >> i hope some form of change comes. they are very respectful and fantastic in this country and of the same name as the press and given the grand differences between publications so i hope some change can come and that is where i'm actually happy. >> it explains very eloquently being an accomplished actress were back in 2005 and 2006 in the concerns