i'm amy goodman. the first of the 33 trapped chilean miners have been rescued after over two months buried deep beneath the ground. one by one, the men are being pulled in a rescue capsule from over 2,000 feet beneath the collapsed copper mine. they have been expected to remain trapped until christmas, but the drilling of a rescue tunnel was completed last weekend. earlier today, the second miner to be rescued, mario some poll data, emerged from the rescue shaft and jokingly tried to give chilean president some rocks he had brought up from the mind as a souvenir in a news conference, supply that urged the media not to treat the men as celebrities. >> the professionals that to all of this publicity in television, the only personal thing i ask is for you to not treat this as artists or journalists. i want you to continue to continue like mario antonio supply data, a worker, a miner. >> the last of the man is expected to emerge late on thursday. a federal judge has ordered the u.s. military to stop enfor

i'm amy goodman. the obama administration has asked a federal judge to suspend her ruling ordering u.s. military to stop enforcing the 17-year-old don't ask, don't tell law barring openly gay men and women from the armed forces. judge virginia phillips of federal court for the central district of california issued an injunction against the ban thi week one month after ruling it is unconstitutional. on thursday, the justice department asked her to stay the injunction and said it would file an appeal to have it overturned. the administration claims it opposes the ban, but wanted to remain in effect until the military concludes a review. the move came just as the pentagon said it would obey the judge's order and immediately suspend any investigations or discharge proceedings against gay men and lesbian soldiers. a federal judge has red key elements of a multistate lawsuit against the federal health care law can go to trial. on trial, mr. judge roger vinson said 20 states and the national federation of in

i'm amy goodman. pakistani militants continue to strike convoys carrying fuel for nato troops in afghanistan. on wednesday, at least 55 trucks were set ablaze in northwest pakistan hours after an earlier attack that destroyed eight tankers near the southwest city of quetta. attacks on the tankers have soared since the pakistani government bcked a nato supply route after three of its troops were killed in a cross border u.s. attack last week. the u.s. has formally apologized saying the soldiers were mistaken for taliban fighters. a nato spokesperson said the convoy attacks will not impact the afghan war effort. >> we do have plenty of supplies in afghanistan. we have access to transport the logistics through other border crossing points, to pakistan and also neighboring countries to the north. there is no danger for the ongoing future of operations. >> a federal panel has disclosed the obama administration deliberately prevted government sentis om dclosg thfull extent of the bp oil spill. on wednesday,

i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all of our listeners and viewers around the country and around the world. in afghanistan, president karzai has unveiled a 70-member peace council that the afghan government and the obama administration hopes will broach talks with the taliban. human rights groups have criticized karzai for including former warlords, suspected drug traffickers and taliban fighters on the commission. rachel reid of human rights watch said "many of these men are unlikely peacemakers. there are too many names here that the afghans will associate with war crimes, warrd i and corruption." mcclatchy newspapers reports members of the so-called peace council include abdul rab rasoul sayyaf, who has been implicated in the deaths of thousands of civilians. another is a former taliban deputy minister who oversaw the closure of girls' schools and the flogging of women who failed to cover themselves in a perk that. >> human rights codes have also question one more -- one more afghan women have not bee

i'm amy goodman. the afghan government and the taliban have reportedly begun secret, high-level talks over ending the afghan war. according to the washington post, taliban representatives have receny met with officials from the government of afghan president karzai. there are differing accounts of talks, the sources sayaliban negotiators are for the first time speaking on behalf of the pakistan based taliban group qetta shura and its leader. another pakistani based faction is said to be excluded from the talks. the karzai government says it has begun closing down the operations of private military firms in afghanistan. karzai ordered the companies to disband by the end of the year in august. on tuesday, an interior ministry official said the afghan government is now enforcing the decree. >> based on the president's decree concerning the closing of private security companies, all measures were taken by the interior ministry and other respected sickened organizations and we physically start of the disar

i'm amy goodman. the white house has announced president obama will not sign a congressionally approved bill that could have made it easier for banks to foreclose on homeowners. consumer advocates have criticized the measure over a provision that would have limited homeowner's ability to challenge for closure documents prepared in other states. the white house move comes amidst growing calls for a nationwide moratorium on home foreclosures missed revelations come a major lenders met committed fraud while forcing thousands of people of their homes. we will have more after the headlines. president of them hit the campaign trail thursday with a warning over a flood of private right wing groups spending millions of dollars to influence the upcoming midterm elections. speaking at marylan state university, obama cited a recent report that the u.s. chamber of commerce has used donations from foreign corporations to target democratic candidates. >> we learned that one of the largest groups paying for these ad

i'm amy goodman. as many as 40 state attorneys general are preparing to announce a joint investigation into the recent revelations that major lenders may have committed fraud while forcing thousands of people out of their homes. three banks have suspended foreclosures after admitting to authorizing thousands of foreclosure affidavits and other documents without proper vetting. the wall street journal reports the attorneys general's joint foreclosure probe will be announced on wednesday. we'll have more after the headlines. a new study says wall street pay is set to break a record high for the second consecutive year. according to the wall street journal, the top 35 financial firms are on pace to hand out one of $44 billion in compensation and benefits this year -- a 4% increase from 200

i'm amy goodman. the white house is resisting calls for national moratorium on foreclosures despite revelations that major lenders may have committed fraud while forcing thousands of people out of their homes. on friday, bank of america became the first bank to halt foreclosures in all 50 states. jpmorgan chase and ally financial have suspended foreclosures i23. white house adviser david axelrod said a national moratorium is not needed. >> working with these institutions, i am not sure about a national moratorium because there are in fact valid foreclosures thatbably should go forward. >> federal housing ministers in commissioner david stevens also opposes a national moratorium, saying it is not "the previous step to take in this fragile housing market." washington post reports the attorneys general of up to 40 states plan to announce soon a joint investigation into banks' use of flawed foreclosure work. the nation's unemployment rate remained at 9.6% in september as 95,000 jobs were lost in the month

broadcasting from san francisco, i'm amy goodman. celebrations have erupted across chile following the rescue of all 33 miners trapped underground for over two months. on wednesday, the last and 33rd miner, luis urzua, was pulled out of the earth in a capsule from more than 2,000 feet below ground. >> we had the strength, the spirit, the courage to fight come to fight for our lives and our families. that was the most significant. >> each man was pulled up individually during the 22-hour operation. they had spent the previous 69 days trapped under the collapsed copper mine, the longest aone has survived underground of. they have all been hospitalized, but none are suffering from serious ailments. shortly after the completion of the rescue, chilean president pinera said the event had changed his country. >> the miners are not the same man who got trapped on august 5. they have come out strengthened and have given us a lesson. chile is not the same, either. i think today chile is more united and stronger than ever. i think chile today i

i'm amy goodman. a u.s. drone strike in pakistan has killed at least five german citizens -- 8 german citizens suspected of beg linked t pakiani militants. ah dnities of e german me have not been released. the attack came one day after the u.s. issued a travel alert about potential terrorist attacks in europe. the cia has sharply increased its use of drones to carry out strikes inside pakistan recently. monday's attack was the 26th drone strike in the past 37 days. aid workers are predicting as many as 2 million pakistan's will be infected with malaria in coming months due to the devastating floods. the world health organization estimates 25000 pakistan is are believed to have already been infected. the supreme court started its new term on monday and for the first time, the court has three female justices with elena kagan joining sun sotomayor and ruth bitter ginsburg on the bench. elena kagan has recused herself from nearly half the court's 51 scuttle cases because she played a role in litigation wh

goodman died in 1984 of leukemia. he was 36 years old.mong his songs were such classics as "city of new orleans." -- >> a musical tribute to gospel star albertina walker who died friday at the age of 81. the church choir performed her songs. born and raised here, walker began to sing as a child and headlined 50s and 60s act the caravan as well as a solo star. she cofounded a nonprofit that provided scholarships. >> mesh's number one movie for the second week in a row. >> if you want to go on the website, check out your friends, the entire experience of college and putting it on line. >> 2200 hits in -- >>> review of oscar buzz and word of mouth. "the social network" held on to the number one spot over the weekend. here are some of the other box office winner. [ crunching ] [ male announcer ] the closer the wheels are to the front and back of the vehicle, the bigger and steeper the obstacle it can go over. [ crunching ] guess where we put the wheels on the jeep grand cherokee. ♪ visit jeep at youtube.com. you do? your medicare card. [ laug

but he's correspondent following that story shown thomas that i spoke to ken goodman from trying day books he's a publisher that specializes in investigative writing he says that to boot is stuck in a high stakes game and he's unlikely to get a fair trial in the u.s. i think the thailand tiger government is kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place obviously they're being played in as just pieces in an international game between russia and america. but they don't want to seem as if they were pressured by america even though they have been so i think they're waiting for this whole thing to play out all the way through the courts and of course it was america's own fault for adding heaping extra charges on once the the original charges were deemed by the thai court to be political in nature and there wasn't even a minimal amount of evidence to convict boot on anything but america has promised thailand fighter jets and cheap oil if the decision goes their way of course so is russia so it's an international high stakes games of international chess then unfortunately victor boot is stu

i'm amy goodman. bank of america has joined j.p. morgan chase in suspending foreclosures in 23 states following relevant -- revelations that employees and lenders had approved thousands of foreclosure affidavits and other documents without proper vetting. in massachusetts, an employee admitted she signed as many as 8000 foreclosure documents and typically did not read any of them because of the high volume. attorneys general in california, colorado, connecticut, and illinois have launched investigations into what seemed to be widespread fraud. it is unknown how many hom owners lost their homes due to foreclosure fraud. banks are expected to seize a record 1.2 million homes this year, a 12-fold increase since 2005. in washington, d.c., reunions and scores of labor organizations gathered for the one nation rally. the focus was jobs, justice, education, and peace. speakers included the rev. allan sharpton. >> we need jobs. we bailed out the banks, the insurance companies. now it is time to bail out the american people. >> we will have

aaron goodman, dennis norgton -- >> my name is dennis norrington, i'm the longest tenant in parkmerced. i have addressed the planning commission before. i lived in parkmerced for 64 years, 53 at my current address. i want to speak today to two points that i think are important and should be included in the plan which are currently not part of it. first of all, is that the rights of the tenants who will be displaced by this plan, their right under rent control will not be protected unless a special written document is included in the plan. under the ellis act, this has to be done. i have discussed this with people down at the rent control and stabilization board and they are very adamant about this that without a special document protecting the rights of the tenants who will be displaced protecting the rights under rent control, they will lose those rights. and even if they are offered new units by parkmerced, it will be in a vastly higher rent which few of the displaced tenants would be able to afford. secondly, i want to speak to the issue of seismic problems. there is a whole section

listen to amy goodman of the democracy now program, a leading progressive saying we're fighting but the other guys seem to shall we say, mute their differences. >> it's interesting. you don't have the conservatives going after the tea party movement. you don't have them saying they're whining. people see all of this. and yet you have the white house attacking progressives all over this country calling them the professional left. calling them the whiners, saying buck up. i think it's progressives who are saying to the president, why don't you buck up? why don't you stand up for what you said you would represent? >> you went through what you say is a pretty impressive record, but when you go through it with people like amy goodman they say, no, i'm sorry, gitmo is still open, we're sending more troops to afghanistan, why didn't he fight for a public option in health care? they have a list, but they say they have a pretty good list, too. >> yeah. look, john, i was the first guy in the media to say obama wasn't living up to what we thought he was going to be. it's our job, especially in the

philip rivers, met goodman. he thought the play was over. but he was never touched.o his first career turnover. to the fourth. under 30 seconds to play. chris brown, for the tie, hilts the upright. and the patriots win 23-20. >>> josh freeman scrambled. the bucs rally to beat the rams, 18-17. that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> now, for another quick look at the weather. here's bill karins, with the weather channel forecast. >> there was the tornado in alabama that was on the ground. it's done some damage. it looks like the tornado is slowly beginning to weaken. the cell itself went across interstate 59. it's going through the northwest corner of georgia. that's where our new tornado warnings have been issued. we'll continue to keep an eye on that. there's been damage done by that tornado. forecast up and down the east coast, had a beautiful weekend. it's a mild morning. d.c., 60 degrees. and the warm air is going to head north. we're going to have a warm period over the next two to three days. it will get windy. we'll see showers and thunderstorms

goodman dropped the ball. he thought the play was over. but he was never touched. that's a fulle. his first career catch was also his first career turnover. to the fourth, under 30 seconds to play. chris brown for the tie, hits the upright. and the patriots held on to win 23-20. the buccaneers, down five with 17 seconds left. josh freeman scrambles, and found cadillacwilliams in the end zone. the bucs rallied toeat the rams 18-17. and that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> "early today" sports is brought to you by just for men hair color. live forward. >>> a scary record falls at the box office. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus, a first at the animal rescue center, they couldn't figure out why these two were inseparab. we're going to tell you what they figured out. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. hope you had a wderful weekend. a big, huge storm moves in to the west coast over the weekend with heavy rain and gusty winds. today it moves through te inner mountain west and tomorrow into the northern p

. >> a lot of the old industrial, the american can co., goodman lumber. all that good stuff. >> wow. >> and this building is one of the examples of remaining 1906 earthquake damage. it has been repaired above, and that is where they repaired the damage. what did they found these buildings on, back in the early days? >> those days, remember i mentioned early on, it would use of redwood grillage and they would extend the grillage up far enough so it would spread out the load. today, one would know when to evaluate a building like this, we say to ourselves, there is no way this building can be standing. the bearing pressures that are being posed on the soil far exceed the strength of the materials present, yet it works. it could be such a phenomenon as arching and other things to keep the building standing. typically, today, we would support this building on pilings. we would support this going down to more confident material. within this is phil, bay mud, shall mud, and then down sand. re tom hill, at one time second street ended at howard. at that point, t

. >> reporter: elmier goodman is happy to be tending his vegetables. he had to take a break from gardening to deal with his worsening heart disease. >> i felt kind of weak all the time. i couldn't do half of the stuff i wanted to do. >> bypass surgery putt him on his feet but he was at risk for failure where the heart muscle struggles to pump enough blood. >> once they develop heart failure they have a five fold increased risk of dying during the next five years. >> reporter: to prevent heart failure, doctors turned to a therapy only approved for already advanced cases. >> cardiac therapy was effective in the treatment of patients with advanced heart failure, and we wanted to see if we could prevent the development of heart failure in at-risk cardiac patients. >> reporter: it uses an implantable device that coordinates the heart's pumping and can shock it back in to normal rhythm if it needs to. >> this particular therapy is so effective immediately because the patient is immediately applying it to the heart. >> reporter: that is critical because the l

richard goodman, 25 yards. his first nfl catch. he's celebrating, goes to the ground.he problem is, nobody touched him when he was down. this is the nfl. you can get up and keep running. he puts the ball down. meanwhile, the patriots pick up the ball and head the other way. patriots recover. not good. this game would go to overtime. kris brown missing the field goal here off the right upright. wow. not a good finish for the chargers. terrible day for the bears' jay cutler of vanderbilt university. threw four interceptions to the redskins. all to the same guy. that man, deangelo hall. redskins beat the bears. hall has an nfl record, with four interceptions in one game. >>> last year's super bowl mvp, drew brees, had a bad day. four picks against the browns? here to cleveland's big man, david bowens in the second quarter. he's going to rumble. bowens returned two interceptions for touchdowns. a big defensive lineman. saints are crushed at home by the browns, 30-17. >>> college football, for the third weekend in a row, the number one ranked team in a row lost this weekend

despite the high score, len goodman told patridge she was getting on his nerves.y also failed to get enough vote from the viewers. >>> coming up next, the stories we'll be following today, including that damaging storm system that has already spawned two dozen tornadoes across the entire country. details on that and more when we come right back. [ commentator ] lindsey vonn! she stays tough! earlier, she had an all-over achy cold... what's her advantage? it's speedy alka-seltzer! [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus rushes relief for all-over achy colds. the official cold medicine of the u.s. ski team. alka-seltzer plus. to cover up flaws and make skin look pretty but there's one that's so clever, it makes your skin look better even after you take it off. neutrogena healthy skin liquid makeup. 98% of women saw improvement in their skin's natural texture, tone, or clarity. does your makeup do that? neutrogena® cosmetics recommended most by dermatologists. >>> now, a look ahead to the stories we'll be watching on this wednesday. rain and wind from a powerful system

on a long drawn out process in spain let's get some perspective on what's been happening now can goodman is from trying day books a publisher who specializes in investigative writing which tries to challenge the mainstream media versions of events he joining the us and i could see it on the launch time signal what are the chances you think the victim posts of his legal team to at the end of the day find a way of using this development to their advantage and maybe delay matters until the first exhibition ruling expires all is it just delaying the inevitable do you think. well i think they will try to use that to delay the inevitable i think that thailand tiger government is kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place obviously they're being played in as just pieces in an international game between russia and america. but they don't want to seem as if they were pressured by america even though they have been that's why they think they're waiting for this whole thing to play out all the way through the courts and of course it was america's own fault for adding keeping extra charges on onc

leaving behind these ebullient things that she had sung early on-- the teddy wilson stuff and the benny goodmanng to this darker, bleaker, more somber torch songy sorts of selections. and i think that's true. this song represents a fulcrum in her career. it's really a transitional moment when she starts to sing it. and gloomy sunday was supposedly also banned, but for very different reasons. i mean, gloomy sunday-- the so-called hungarian suicide song-- you know, i think that it was largely hype, but there were stories of people jumping out of windows after they heard it-- you know, distraught lovers whose despair was rekindled by hearing the song. i don't think those stories were true, necessarily. and certainly, it was a very different kind of song. the message was very different than strange fruit. you can imagine, though, the emotional toll of every night performing strange fruit and gloomy sunday. yeah, that's right, and then, you know, don't explain. there are a lot of other ones: you've changed. i mean, there's a limit to how many you can do, and she didn't always want to perform this so

the goodman sisters, nancy and her older sister susan were inseparable. >> we became really good friends>> susan g. coleman was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 33. she died three years later. breast cancer was rarely discussed in 1977. the word brest was not even allowed in newspapers. >> some people thought her disease was contagious. >> in the final days, she made a promise to her sister. >> she looked at me and said that when i get better, i want you to help me in the breast cancer. >> it was a foundation that started with $200 and a shoebox with contact names in that has now raised $1.5 billion. the color pink has been transformed to a worldwide symbol of the fight. and what she called a high point in her life, she was awarded the presidential medal -- medal of freedom. and other breast cancer survivor has a message for all women. >> if you know this, reach out as fast as you can. >> she has never gotten over her sister's death but knows that her sister would be proud the foundation named in her honor. alison starling, abc 7 news. >> up next, how and why the university of

. >> len goodman. >> eight. >> bruno tonioli. >> eight. they're booing an eight. >> that's good! >> jimmy: that's the closest ballroom dancing fans have ever come to a riot. i noticed something last night while sarah palin was chatting with tom bergeron, when she was not being booed. everything she says she says in threes. like this. >> how do you think it's going so far? >> it's amazing. it's so exciting, and it's great to see the courage and joy and exuberance. >> jimmy: she does this all the time. >> absolutely amazing, awesome, invigorating. the determination and resolve and the sheer guts. control and title and egos with hon necessity and sin tearty and dignity. grow and thrive and proser the. through education, through books through mediums. you who are motivated and engaged and concerned. to fight for our country, for democracy, for our freedoms. with our freedoms, our democracy, our tolerance. democratic values and tolerance and freedom. freedom, independence, tolerance. democracy and tolerance and freedom. it's a humbling, humbling experience already. it's very humbling.

. >> len goodman. >> five. >> bruno tonioli. >> five. >> that's a 15 out of 30.? >> 15 less than we hoped. >> all right. >> jimmy: brooke seems excited for the new season. the good news, if there is any good news is that david hasselhoff is going to be here tonight to discuss his loss. [ cheers and applause ] he is -- he's running over here in slow motion as i speak, so -- bristol palin is one of the dancers on the show. she got an 18. the judges were pretty nice to her. her mother, sarah palin, said she was going to be in the audience for the first show, but she wasn't. it's not like her to commit to something and then back out, it's -- but it's otter hunting season, i guess, and -- actually this is the reason sarah palin couldn't make it. this is home video here. you see, well, they're standing by the van, and -- she was abducted by a caribou, which -- i guess that's common in alaska. [ cheers and applause ] last night -- via twitter last night, mom palin sent this message. over the moon excited and happy for bristol, cheering her on at dwts party at the palin

i see john goodman. >> setting that aside, i am sick and tired of hearing the liberal kids who have never paid taxes in their lives whoaing about their whoaful lives. you want to know what whoa is? that is a 19-year-old kid sent to owe -- owe ma omaha beach or fallujah, that's whoa. don't give me this wining about obama care and i won't have clothes. i don't even know what they were trying to say. >> listen, that guy doesn't need healthcare. he needs a full body wax. and i don't know about you, but i'm so willing to pay for that. and also, not only that, but some of the people look so unhealthy, although i would join the army when i got out of college. you and i will pay for that. they need it. that's some of the most unhealthy people i have ever seen. >> that's a good point. you did something. you don't sit and wine, you join the army. >> yeah, i didn't think about getting healthcare. >> it has to be the opposite of healthcare. >> i was like, oh, if i get hurt you will pay for that? it was great. you know what, it is a slacker culture. it is not the healthcare. >> brooke, what would you

he called kirk west virginia senator clark goodman goodwin.ng name. referred to governor joe manchin governor soprano and couldn't rep the name previously isn't it to the supreme court. sonia sotomayor. that suggests his middle name is versatility. actually we don't know what his middle name is. he only goes by john r. raese. maybe it's rockmadinejad. >>> the name of the green party candidate for the governor of illinois is spelled correctly on the initial display listing all the candidates but after you vote his name coming up misspelled, and it can't be fixed before election day. so half of the wards where the typo pops up 'peers in african-american districts. it's rich whitney. the "n" is missing so his name is spelled rich whitey. in chicago's board elections today's worst persons in the world. >>> if there is one thing karl >>> if there is one thing karl rove understands it's the difference between voter fraud and election fraud. voter fraud is when someone votes twice or uses someone else's name to vote. it's fraud by a voter or defraudi