pretty cl for bryce harper and the nationals' prospects.t him in. >> he said he wanted to make his debut, if he spends the entire 2011 season in the minor leagues, said he wanted to come up with stephen strasburg and he comes back from tommy johns. he said, if you think stephen strasburg's debut is a circus, what do you think th of our debuts would be like? >> see you back here tonight. "nightly news" is next. after the news at 11:00, "snl" hosted by anne hathaway. [ male announcer ] to thank you for making pizza hut your favorite pizza, we're offering two mediums with up to three toppings for just six bucks each!

harper was wearing a gray jacket, navy blue shirt, and khaki pants. he goes to school in wheatton but lives in prince george's county. if you have any information, call please. >>> a gruesome discovery was made inside a box along interstate 70 in frederick county, maryland. road crews found the body of an adult stuffed in a box near braddick mountain yesterday morning. investigators are trying to identify the victim and determine how the victim died and how long the victim was on the side of the road. maryland state police would like to hear from you if you have any information. >>> the salvation army is looking for donations. find out why some grocery stores are limiting their hours. >>> and the man known as the merchant of death goes before a judge today. >>> we'll be right back. >>> and a man called the merchant of death contributed to conflicts around the world for nearly 20 years. >> reporter: suspects arms dealer victor is set to face charges in a new york courtroom accused of supplying weapons to terrorists. the former soviet military officer,

harper, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from california, mrs. davis. mrs. davis: thank you. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on the measure now under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mrs. davis: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. davis: mr. speaker, this bill does two things -- first, over time congress has passed five laws creating three categories of senior management positions in the architect's office. the five laws specify the number of positions in each category. their functions and compensation. the creation of multiple categories with different pay caps can yield undesirable effects, including the possibility of employees bringing more than soup -- earning more than supervisors. this past work hinders the architect's flexibility to align sown yor positions equitablely across the agency

harper county sheriff's release surveillance video and picture black op now police say last saturdayhe pair broke in to the gym stop store in belaire. festival. you can see the ccerk with the hands up. anyone with any information whatsoever in the case is asked to call these numbers if or this number. sheriff's department if you have any information. or metro crime stoppers at this no. 1 8 6 6 7 lock up. >> amazon has pulled one e book from the on line sales because of heavy public pressure and threat of boycotts. kathleen joins uss6 now to explain. kathleen. >>reporter: the e book jennifer is called the pedophile's guide to love and pleasure. a child lover cody of conduct you can see why it is so controversial. amazon pulled the e book from the web site sale list but stilllhas everyone in hamden talking about the controversy. while the own of one alternative type book store says he would consider selling it. the owns of other nearby shops are outraged at sampson that they had it on the market. a baltimore sex therapist says the sale of this type of material is just wrong. >> basical

live doppler 9,000 hd with some showers towards they are month, harpers ferry.perryville, things moving east. that's all that's left today. day planner today. temperatures will be in the mid- 50s by 9:00 on the weather computer. high today, low to mid-60s. watch out for winds. >>> welcome back to 9 news. 4:57. army sergeant that insists he has done nothing heroic was presented with medal of honor yesterday at the white house. he is the first living service member that fought in iraq and afghanistan to receive the nation's highest military honor. in 2007, he was a rifle team leader in afghanistan when the taliban ambushed his squad. he rushed into enemy fire to pull one soldier back to cover, then rescued a second soldier. the white house awarded that medal of honor postures human usually to 7 others that fought in iraq and afghanistan. >>> prince william officially engaged. >> popped the question to long time girlfriend, kate middleton last month. >> they kept it a secret until tuesday. >> reporter: they had been talking marriage for years. when prince william f

jeff is an assistant professor of english at dartmouth, he's also a contributing editor for harper's and "rolling stone," and he writes as well for many magazines and newspapers, and you also may have heard him on npr or nbc nightly news talking about the issues of religion in politics. jeff has a few book, "c street," which is an eye-opening work of investigative reporting, and he uncovers a largely invisible world of fundamentalist politicians, sometimes called the family, or international christian leadership or the fellowship. and their headquarters is right here in washington. actually, their headquarters were almost in our own neighborhood. back in the '60s this fundamentalist group set their eyes on ma comb street in cleveland park. and jeff unearthed this from the papers of the family. this is a quote. if handled properly, it could on a low-profile basis provide the following for our worldwide family: an orientation center to recruit politicians for a leadership led by god, a communications center for the worldwide work and housing for members of the corps, the family. well,

is not just journalists like me writing for "harper's magazine." the other magazine cracking down on the script is the far right fundamentalist world magazinemagazine, believing fundamentalist magazine in america doing terrific investigative reporting because they know that hitler stalin and mao are not a good metaphor for jesus. go back to seminary. there are lots of possibilities but we take that metaphor and if we talk about what fundamental amounts-- fundamentalism means, taking metaphor and making a concrete and you follow that metaphor onto the world then you follow it into these relationships with leaders overseas and in the new book what i was able to do that i couldn't do in the last book was to follow the money out of c street, to follow men like senator coburn to lebanon where he is pursuing the development of messianic muslims, muslim followers of jesus like jewish followers of jesus. what i race with one member of the group, my concern about some of the anti-semitism i was encountering the answer was some of my best friends are jewish

until the 1950s he went to harper high.it was the only high school. i could list a number of people who have gone to harper which is quite illustrious. when my father went to harper all of the teachers, all of them, every single one of them had masters degrees because they couldn't work anywhere else, so they went into teaching. that is a bad thing that they couldn't work anywhere else but imagine the kind of education you would get in that kind of environment. there was this sort of underside to integration that we don't always talk about that i had to face in very painful ways in writing this book and something that really makes me quite sad. >> thank you. we have run out of time. [applause] >> i want to thank you for coming and sharing this hour with isabel and michelle and me. thank you. they will be signing books in about 15 minutes in the authors tent which is on the other side of this. thank you. >>> captain sullenberger is the author at the highest duty. what is the highest duty? >> it is to do the best we can to ta

and you could understand how harper collins and sarah palin were damaged here. opening to bring out the story and all of a sudden -- >> there is no built-up at all. >> there is an intellectual property right here and it has to be protected. that is the bottom line. >> statute of limitations. >> unwind, both of you have good, fair and legal arguments, but the fact of the matter is, gawker took it down, as of this afternoon. case closed. sarah palin's book -- >> you know what it is? it will serve as a precedents for the future. this will happen again and again and again. >> common law analysis. >> always good to have you guys. >> you guys are so shy! >> another legal case, setting off continues various as well, occurring overseas, two soldiers convicted of using a nine-year-old boy, as a human shield, the sentence they received sparking outrage. >> a global warning about these animals, look, why scientists say tigers could soon vanish off the face of the earth. these. a unique sea salt added these. to over 40 campbell's condensed soups. helps us reduce sodium, but

harper finished his questions. i will allow a brief interplay with the indulgence of the members on that point and then we will go to the last vote for the day, return, finish our questions, and then go into deliberation. >> as you look at the allegations, excluding the ones that dealt with violating the spirit of the letter of the house rules, of the others that were proven by clear and convincing evidence, is there any one or two that stood out as more and serious -- more serious in your consideration? >> i think there were three. the financial disclosure account -- count, the counts relating to the non-payment of taxes, and the solicitation and the circumstances in which the solicitations were made, particularly the miss use of official resources weighed heavily in my decision. >> were there any that stood out more heavily? >> as i said, the financial disclosure and the tax pieces together, given his position as the chairman of the ways and means committee, and the effect that would have -- did have, on the publ

franklin misses but harper to clean up the mess. the bears go on a 16-run run to put them away. the bears win 57-50 and improve to 3-0. johnny and the cardinals playing murray state in anaheim. powell scored 12 of the 18

franklin misses but harper to clean up the mess. the bears go on a 16-run run to put them away. improve to 3-0. johnny and the cardinals playing murray state in anaheim. powell scored 12 of the 18 points. dunk here. stanford drops. >>> good night everybody. charlie, zach and jb have a reputation at st. jude children's research hospital. we're 'the three musketeers'! three friends... each with a brain tumor. they came from across america to st. jude where we've helped raise their survival rates to as high as 85%. do you wanna be the fourth musketeer? oh, do i! one for all and all for fun! give thanks for the healthy kids in your life. and give to those who are not. go to stjude.org or shop wherever you see our magnifying glass.

. >>> harper town, where there's going to be big changes for families, the system looks for ways to decrease overcrowding in the elementary schools. district says some schools were in 130% capacity. they say temporary trainers like those in emmerton elementary is picking up the slack for now. some students are going into the system. and the district says it has to do something now. >> to get all of our schools at or below 100% capacity. we have two schools that are at 130%. we need to get them below that. we have a new school opening in the fall. we had to build an attendance area. the two schools we were talking about, we have to provide relief for them. we have many portables. >> they also said there's a series of public meetings starting next month. what they are proposing, the public input is closer. >> and what the shift's passenger si? >> plus, reconstruction after breast can cancer surgeries. new study tries to help women -- local leaders says it's a special celebration. , the most powerful half ton crew in america has a powertrain backed for 100,000 miles. that's forty thousand more

the regions of america series, 14 volumes, was published by harper and brothers and later, harper and row between 1959 and 1980. the series was promoted as a series of books that depict our natural regions, their history, development and character. one title in the series, florida: the long frontier, was written by marjorie douglas, best known for her classic work, "everglades: river of grass," a title in the rivers of america series. and finally, the american ports series. nine volumes planned and edited by stuart holbrook and published by paren dishall between 1965 and 1973. unfortunately, holbrook died in 1964 shortly before the first books were published in if early 1965. for each of the forgoing series, i present a publishing history and a biography of its editor -- and a biography of it editor if there was an editor, and for each title there is a bib lo graphical edition and sketches of the authors and illustrators, if it is illustrated. altogether the book coffers 163 -- covers 163 titles and contains 242 biographical sketches. as the book's jacket notes, taken together the ser

interestingly the new book is coming out, and gawker got excerpts and harper-collins, the publisher is suing gawker and getting an injunction against taking that post down but lots of people write books, bob woodward, the stuff leaks, it's part of what happens. >> harper-collins is my publisher, too, but this is a perfect example of how her whole world view is. i get to say exactly whey want to say when i want to say it and no one can question me because she even said at one point, isn't it illegal to run excerpts? no, my dear that's good reporting is what that is. >> quick exit question, tina fey became increasingly famous doing sarah palin at the mark twain awards, this was not aired when pbs put on the awards program. >> and you know, politics aside, the success of sarah palin and women like her is good for all women, except of course those who will end up, you know, paying for their own rape kit and stuff. but for everybody else, it's a win/win. unless you're a gay woman who wants to marry your partner 206 years, whatever. >> should the producers have cut that out because it's too

franklin and north harper meet in the north final in the high school game of the week and find out whatvens receiver may son knows about caroline and this week making the grade. coming up tonight on 10:50 on sports unlimited. back to you. >> all right thanks so much. i get that the christmas spirit just lacking at the leif shot. emily looks like she's in the middle of an andy williams christmas set. >> she's in the christmas colors and putting us right in the spirit. hi emily. >>reporter: hi guys. there's a huge amount of holiday spirit here. item hard to believe because it's not even thanksgiving yet. people very excited to see santa. are you excited to see santa. >> yes. no. you are not excited. are you excited to see santa? they are excited. i swear they are excited. they were at least 5 minute ago. all right. i'm excited about the forecast for the weekend. let's look at that 7 day and see what is happening. we have clear skies all weekend long. temperatures will be in the 50's. a little bit cooler on sunday and then we start to warm-up monday and tuesday and we have high in the low

annette avenue as alternate route and nou not far from this scene another person hit by a car right on harperroad at lake montebello terrace and if traveling the main line do expect a ton of congestion tonight on the belt way. looking at 17 miles per hour here at york road as we check in and live look you will notice it is just jam packed along the inner loop and outer loop lanes. as we make our way to the west situated here a look at liberty road you notice a congestion will continue moving a little bit faster but still very slow in this vicinity f.traveling on 83 it is a much different story. everything moving along just fine here at swan road. if you are traveling through the tunnel we look at pretty high speeds. 51 miles per hour through the fort mchenry tunnel. not bad through the harbor tunnel tonight. that's the traffic edge, now back to you. >> thanks lauren. >> baltimore county private school could very well benefit from the 15-year-old dying wish. >> she has asked a make a wish foundation to help create a science lab at the rose dale baptist church for his classmates. hunter tells u

harper, yes. we had witnesses here and available and were very prepared to proceed. >> it is my understanding that had mr. rangel not what out that those witnesses would have been called and we would have heard that testimony. am i correct in that? this motion for summary judgment would have been held in advance. >> that is correct. >> if it please the court, may i tell counsel what i was told? council voted on summary judgment. halite in the world when i have had the time -- hal in the world what i have had the time to cross-examine witnesses? >> we will let mr. harper finished his questions. i will give a brief interplay on that point. then we will recess to vote. o return and finish our questions and go into deliberations. >> as you look at the allegations, excluding the ones that dealt with violating the letter and spirit of the house rules and conduct reflecting his credibility on the house, but the others that were uprooted by clear and convincing evidence, are there any one or two that stoo

these are pictures of brian harper after the coast guard found him on a tiny island. the 54-year-old was floating to the golden gate bridge. they used cell phone location to pinpoint his location. he also told family he could see a naval vessel, and that helped the coast guard zero in as well. he survived by eating vitamins and flowers and that's why he was able to make it. >>> the city of fremont is closing up shop for the holidays. offices will be closed from december 20 through the 31st. the police and fire departments will be on duty during that furlough, and the animal shelter will be open. but city hall, development services, maintenance and most community centers will be closed. >>> an east bay neighborhood is on alert tonight after intruders sexually assaulted a young girl in her bedroom. police are looking for 27-year-old omar sosa who is suspected of going in an unlocked window and raping that girl. neighbors helped the girl identify sosa who live nearby. >> even identifying cases like this, it feels personal. so for someone to go through such a horrific, ho

speaking of school concerns last week we shared with you the proposed redistricting plan for harper county elementary schools. many parents aren't happy with the changes which would require some students to switch schools. one has taken her anger online. she formed a facebook group called stop fallston redistricting. it's got about 45 members right now. county school officials are planning a series of 7 public meetings where parents will be able to weigh in on the redistricting plan. they have also setup an email address where parents can send feedback and we have a link on our web site at abc2news.com. >>> well the maker of the controversial four loko drink is cutting caffeine from its product. according to msn bc the announcement comments after the alcoholic energy drink was to blame for a number of young adults passing out or ending up in the hospital. that led lawmakers to push for tougher regulations for these types of drinks. >>> well for the first time since the vietnam war a living american soldier has been awarded the medal of honor. while in afghanistan salvatore gun take watched

this is 16-year-old rashat harper. we're told he is mentally challenged.was last seen this afternoon in silver springs. he was wearing a gray jacket, navy blue pants. if you have any information about where he might be, please call police. >>> tonight new details surrounding the corruption scandal in prince george's county. right now a man and his wife are sitting behind bars. they hold tick tock liquors and are accused of hiring police officers to help move and sell untaxed liquor and tobacco. they have recorded conversations in which this couple talks about paying off county officials. and a search of their home allegedly uncovered $400,000 cash in a closet. >> their arrests and seven others is just a tip of the iceberg in this scandal. that according to the u.s. attorney. now, so far we know they are connected to the arrest of prince george's county jack johnson and his wife but they will not tell us how. last night we tried to ask the incoming executive about what he plans to do about corruption in the county. he wouldn't answer our questions directly.

nation whether it's president obama or prime minister cameron or from my own country prime minister harper they say that they make these statements about that but when they leave tomorrow they will go back and focus on domestic issues the tough part is whether or not they will stick to their commitment to also consider the international the global implications of whatever economic policies they bring well russia's finance minister and how spoken about the dangers caused by countries trying to gain competitive advantages by artificially keeping their currencies low you can watch the full interview with him at one thirty pm g.m.t. but here's a preview for you. some technical difficult difficulties there but more information on that certainly on our website at r.t. top cop now terrorism and inciting unrest that's what human rights activists are working with palestinians in israel not being accused of the country's interior ministry says many international n.g.o.s present a threat and have withdrawn their permits forcing them underground critics say the organizations are suffering for simply d

harper finish his questions. i will be -- give a brief interplay with the indulgence of the members on that point, then we will recess to vote. these are the last votes for the day. we will return, finish our questions, and then go into deliberations. mr. harper, finish if you could. >> mr. chism, as you look at the allegations in the s.a.v., excluding the ones at the end that dealt with violating the house rules and conduct on the improvide of the house, is there any one or two that stood out as more serious in your consideration of recommending censure? >> i think there were three. the financial disclosure count. the count relating to the nonpayment of taxes, and the solicitation count. and the circumstances with which those solicitations were made, particularly the official misuses of official resources weighed heavily in my decision. >> and of those three that you just mentioned, was there any one that stood out more than the other two? >> i think if i said the financial disclosure and the tax pieces sort of

nation whether it's president obama or prime minister cameron or from my own country prime minister harper they they make these statements about commitment but when they leave tomorrow they will go back and focus on domestic issues the tough part is whether or not they will stick to their commitment to also consider the international the global implications of whatever economic policies they bring one of them the so-called currency with the stuff on the that we've seen between the u.s. and china we haven't really had any news when told that they sell my says not a surprise to you. well it's not a surprise this is not the place for china to announce its economic policy this is this is a forum where the united states will continue to badger or hector the chinese about their exchange rates but no i never expected any major progress on that front and i'm not surprised that there was none as as has. come forth but on these global imbalances it's as if the global leaders are beginning to understand international economics better than they had ever done before it's because they are discussing it

now buying influence of broad doesn't come cheap as harper barrack and taxpayers are finding out to their cost the u.s. is spending billions of dollars to finance all position politicians and parties over things that fit in with washington's foreign policy plans in the second special report r.t. the half it explains how it's being done. great party but who's picking up the tab apparently the american taxpayer nine billion dollars spent by the united states agency for international development and promoting washington's democracy initiatives. a new model for influencing a target country's internal politics and favor of u.s. interests to financing training support and guidance to pro u.s. forces in foreign countries another democracy promoter the national endowment for democracy received one hundred thirty two million dollars during two thousand and nine nearly all of it from u.s. government agencies but these are just the tip of the iceberg there is an entire network of organizations involved in the democracy promotion business although all organizations insist there is no political affili

harper finished his questions. i will allow a brief interplay with the indulgence of the members on that point and then we will go to the last vote for the day, return, finish our questions, and then go into deliberation. >> as you look at the allegations, excluding the ones that dealt with violating the spirit of the letter of the house rules, of the others that were proven by clear and convincing evidence, is there any one or two that stood out as more and serious -- more serious in your consideration? >> i think there were three. the financial disclosure account -- count, the counts relating to the non-payment of taxes, and the solicitation and the circumstances in which the solicitations were made, particularly the miss use of official resources weighed heavily in my decision. >> were there any that stood out more heavily? >> as i said, the financial disclosure and the tax pieces together, given his position as the chairman of the ways d means committee, and the effect that would have -- did have, on the public

harper camp there with some soft work inside.e had 13, late going before a sparse crowd down there. it's jorge gutierrez for three to put him up for good. 57-0. the final noter dame next. >>> it was the 76th classic they were participanting in. dwight powell looking pretty good. murray state outruns the cardinals in the end. and 55-52 the final at stanford's new loss. >>> and morning, noon and night the nfl kind of dominating the air waves earlier this evening, jets coax rex ryan flashing his credit signal, run, run. and that they did. on the special teams like brad smith taking his coaches advice on the kick off. breaking it lose. in fact, no one will catch him. beautiful moves, 89 yards worth 26-10 over the ben gals. bengals. >>> super bowl champs literally taking one away from the so called resurgent cowboys. malcolm jenkins just strips the ball as you see the replay. the saints will recover the fumble and enbark on a 98-yard mission of their own. that took only nine second. drew brees led it. saints by the skin of their teeth

harper camp there with some soft work inside.e had 13, late going before a sparse crowd down there. it's jorge gutierrez for three to put him up for good. 57-0. the final noter dame next. >>> it was the 76th classic they were participanting in. dwight powell looking pretty good. murray state outruns the cardinals in the end. and 55-52 the final at stanford's new loss. >>> and morning, noon and night the nfl kind of dominating the air waves earlier this evening, jets coax rex ryan flashing his credit signal, run, run. and that they did. on the special teams like brad smith taking his coaches advice on the kick off. breaking it lose. in fact, no one will catch him. beautiful moves, 89 yards worth 26-10 over the ben gals. bengals. >>> super bowl champs literally taking one away from the so called resurgent cowboys. malcolm jenkins just strips the ball as you see the replay. the saints will recover the fumble and enbark on a 98-yard mission of their own. that took only nine second. drew brees led it. saints by the skin of their teeth

roman harper, the safe safety. >> troy: they're just trying to get something out quick. knowing they don't need to pick up all that much more yardage to be well within buehler's range, they're trying to throw some quick passes, some easy high-percentage stuff so there's not much risk involved. kitna throws. pass incomplete. that's bryant. they're outside field goal range at this point and it is fourth down soar that kind of caught in between where you keep the offense out there and you need ten yards to stay alive. >> troy: i'm a little surprised they're on second down and third down there they didn't try some type of draw in order to see if they could get some yardage with the time-out that they had. that play there, a good idea, again the back shoulder throw but you just haven't seen dallas have much success with that throw here this afternoon. >> joe: instead of go for it on fourth down, they're going to try from 59. payton tried to call a time-out. didn't get it. buehler misses. watch peyton right before the snap. that's him celebrating the miss. but just before the

william and kate a royal love story published by harper columns is due out today. there are several other books in the works ahead of their planned april 29th wedding. >>> 6:51. it's become a holiday tradition. one bay area store has found two good reasons for the needy. >>> bay area folks will be checking out the 2011 models this weekend. >>> it's a different kind of holiday season this year when it comes to water in the south bay. a year ago the santa clara water district said reservoirs were below 50% capacity. now they say they are much fuller. the water district has dropped the mandatory conniver vision. >>> people that run a family owned business in oakland say they discovered that are two big advantages to a holiday event. they served a big thanks giving day meal to the needy. the owners say the thanksgiving feast also helps improve the relationship between the community and muslim owners. >>> some communities made sure san francisco did not go hungry. notre dame students cooked a n never holiday park. >>> if you have used cooking oil and have it left over y

but we have ideas bus weigh will talk about this with our executive fashion and beauty editor for harper's bazaar and has ideas. and anna, a senior editor with "the knot".com. before we get to anything, we should talk about your having had a wonderful experience being in london when diana was married. >> yes. i was in the crowd. my first job after university. i was in london. the whole run up to the glamor and fabulousness of it all and luckily in my career, i was able to meet princess diana and now we're celebrating a daughter in law, kind of lovely. >> i was talking to my girlfriends, does feel like a fairytale nature of it. people are really excited and seem to really like kate middleton. >> yes. and we all are dying to know what wedding dress she will choose, what it will look like. she will be 29 when she gets older -- gets married. she has her own sense of style. she is a fashionable girl. i don't think she will be covered in tool or beads like princess diana was. she has a structure to her. she loves wearing v-neck lines that plunge like that and has styles that look great on her an

fey said she might be better qualified for the harper lee prize for small bodies of work.ntire show will be broadcast on sunday. >> the last time that i was in washington was in 2004 to take this it life magazine cover photo with john mccain. and senator mccain gave my husband and me a tour of the senate. we all spent a lovely, busy afternoon together. i have it on good authority that this picture of senator mccain and myself has been hanging by his desk since september of 2004. he's been looking at it every day since 2004 getting ideas. so i guess what i'm saying is this whole thing might be my fault. >> wow. does that give an entirely different context to this sketch co-starring fey and mccain from november 1st, 2008. >> why not do your holiday shopping with us? okay, listen up, everybody, i'm going rogue right now. keep your voices down. available now, we've got a bunch of these palin 2012 t-shirts. just try and wait until after tuesday to wear them, okay? because i am not going anywhere. and i'm certainly not going back to alaska. if i'm not going to the white house, i

harper collins is suing the gawker website. the lawsuit asks that gawker be banned from posting anymore window displays to the delight of children. all of the dogs and cats are up for adoption. i thought santa was at the north pole. he's in san francisco. >>> now, for a quick look at the weather. fog shrouds cities from indianapolis, to memphis, to new orleans and louisiana. gusty winds in the northeast, but milder temperatures. warm temperatures in much of the south. and the stormi forecaster david zahren here. this weekend before thanksgiving starting out chilly. 43 in annapolis. 39 in laurel with very light winds out there. the big picture high pressure on the storm scan over the washington area. that bodes well. plenty of sunshine today and tomorrow. our forecast for today temperatures around 60 degrees, tonight down into the 40's and tomorrow temperatures a bit cooler in the low to mid 50's. then look for much colder air mr. john berman? >> thanks, ron. late last night. now, the fbi wants to know who sent it? the scare for

[applause] lionel shriver, so much for that published by harper and harper collins publishers.karen, i hotel published by coffee house press. [applause] and this year's national book award for fiction goes to lord of mr. rove. [applause] we might need some smelling salts over in the corner there. [applause] [applause] >> the this is really heavy. i am totally unprepared, and i'm totally surprised. a lot of friends of mine called me up and said, if you could get this finalist thing, that gives us hope. and i feel as though this is as much for them as it is for me and for everybody who was involved in this book in any way. thank you very much. [applause] >> okay one more time your applause for the winners in all of our nominees. , on. [applause] ladies and gentlemen thank you so much. i had a blast and i want you to join "the daily beast" after party up on the balcony sponsored by st. john. check it out. in this has been the 2010 national book awards. good night. [applause] >> you for more information about the national book awards, visit national book.org.is >> this is richard r

weight or get fit or increase your heart read and because it's licensed it has julian michaels and bob harper and there's challenges involved, there's also a weigh in, you can manually type in your weight or if you're using the wii version step on the wii balance board. there's recipes in the game. all part of a healthier lifestyle. >> then the ea sports active 2.0. what is that about? >> that's a sequel to last year's hit fitness game. it's for all three consoldiers. x-box 360, nintendo and wii. you don't need the leg strap. the other two version come with a heart monday, to a wireless heart monitor that you wear during the game. it's a three-point system. your heart rate you're seeing it on screen, set your goals, you got virtual trainers, making sure that you're doing your exercises. if you fall out of sync you're told in real-time. it's like having a personal trainer beside you through the tv. the wii version also works with that wii balance board. mini games such as cycling up the hill. you jog on the spot. online component where you can set challenges and, you know, keep -- set your own

. >>> finally to harper's studios in chicago, it is time for oprah's favorite things. with prizes such as a sweater and scented candles, who wouldn't be excited. wow, one car. that's pretty awesome. i think one audience member got a little too dramatic. >>> you get a salmon and you get a salmon and you get. time marches on. wendell potter's apology to michael moore and both of them live next on "countdown." hello. hehe sorry. we're doing a tea party. we have cookies and raspberries. awesome. what's the first thing to do at a tea party? do the tea. okay. i can do that. put it in your cup. ladies first. thank you. men with skirts second. introducing cisco umi, together we are the human network. cisco. love you guys. >>> in his book "deadly spin" former health insurance editor describes his efforts to deal with the documentary "sicko." he said the industry had a plan to push more off the cliff. my guests, wendell potter and michael moore will discuss cliffs and pushes. the premise was to highlight the fundamental flaws in this country's health care system and universal ca

. >>> harper collins sued the gawker after publishing images last week from palins book before it's released al qaeda in yemen is making new threats. it says attacks it has in the works will be small scale and cheap but they're still going to be disruptive and terrifying. the group is bragging it omt spent 4 rkds $200 on the failed cargo plane bomb last month. they posted this statement online, quote, it is such a good bargain for us to spread fear amongst the enemy and keep him on his toes in exchange for a few months of work and a few thousand bucks. dan gray's a military strategist and vice president of the conservative think tank at the lexington institute. dan, good morning. >> good morning. >> it's really annoying hearing what they say about that. actually they've been successful thus far. if it's really 4, $200 they put into it they have continue neblts of people thinking about it and the president of the united states reacting to it. >> then you have the christmas bomber who has caused all kinds of problems for the tsa and travelers worldwide. so they've gotten sophisticated. it used

>> harper college. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. [ light laughter ] good man. how are you doing, buddy?at are you guys doing? let's go buddy. stand up. here you go. hold that. very good. hold the mic. is your name mike? >> no, not quite. >> jimmy: what is your name? >> ryan. >> jimmy: ryan. okay ryan. ryan, ryan, what's the most important piece of clothing you need to keep you warm when you go out in the cold. >> my gloves. >> jimmy: gloves. yeah, you're a glove guy. not mittens. gloves. >> yeah, that's right. >> jimmy: ever try mittens? >> yeah. not very comfortable. >> jimmy: no? nothing but comfort. wear small gloves. [ light laughter ] bigger glove. finally, what is your favorite cold-weather activity? >> skiing. >> jimmy: yeah, you like to ski? >> i do. >> jimmy: good man. i tried last year. awful. not good at that. how long have you been skiing? >> like twice. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: that's your favorite activity and you've done it twice. >> yeah. >> jimmy: all right, good. okay. that's the same amount of time i've watched "bridget jones diary." so i mean, we have that

republican david harper has 49 percent with 20 percent of the precinct reporting but again this somewhatne with what is happening nationally in a elevate house race across the country this was to be a very close one. earlier prediction were that would it go to the republican in this race for the 11th district. now in the race for lieutenant governor the let take a look at those boards if we can. the democrat is ahead 46 percent to able who is current lieutenant governor with 44 percent. again just 17 percent of the precinct reporting. >> with the latest on this race carolyn is in san francisco with the newsom campaign tonight. carolyn. >> getting really tired. if supporters are starting to pour in. this is near at&t park. the mayor hoping some of the giants victory dust will settle on him. this is battle for who is going to be no. 2. at the advertise challenging if the current lieutenant governor republican able mulled in addition for a spot that most people think is largely ceremony even though it is just a heart from the governor. let show you mayor newsom voting today. he took his wif

harper collins filed a lawsuit against the gawker website for leaking pages from palin's book before its release, next tuesday. the lawsuit asks that gawker be banned from posting anymore portions of that book. >>> finally, adopt a pet for the holidays. at macy's in san francisco, california, santa claus unveiled the new window displays, to the delight of children. all of the dogs and cats are up for adoption. i thought santa was at the north pole. he's in san francisco. there you go. how about that? >>> now, for a quick look at the weather. fog shrouds cities from indianapolis, to memphis, to new orleans, louisiana. meanwhile, gusty winds in the northeast, but milder temperatures. warm temperatures in much of the south. and the stormiest weather is in the west, as we were talking about, with a large area of heavy snow and rain. mr. john berman? >> thanks, ron. >>> "dancing with the stars" has already seen its fair share of on-screen drama this season. but the drama became very real when a threatening letter containing white powder showed up at the show's production office. mike maru

the publishers harper, the predecessor of my publisher, harpercollins. trotsky find this very distasteful. he drags his feet about taking it on, but ultimately decides that he has to do it. because he needs to protect himself from trotsky's assassins so we had a situation where trotsky is writing a biography of the man who is trying to have him killed. very interesting. trotsky gets off to a fast start with the biography in 1938. but the work becomes bogged down, not surprisingly, when trotsky reaches the part of the story where stalin and trotsky face-off in soviet russia after 1917. he just can't write those chapters. he gets serious writers block, and also his health begins to fail. the return of a mysterious illness that plead chemical co moments in the struggle for power in the 1920's, lethargy, high blood pressure, extremely high blood pressure, loss of a double appetite, not the fever. the fever that characterized the illness in the 1920's does not return. this entire situation, the pressure for funds, the health concerns, publisher and literary a

. >>> finally to harper's studios in chicago, it is time for oprah's favorite things.prizes such as a sweater and scented candles, who wouldn't be excited. wow, one car. that's pretty awesome. i think one audience member got a little too dramatic. >>> you get a salmon and you get a salmon and you get. time marchs on. wendell potter's apology to michael moore and both of them live next on countdown. games with my grandchildren. great news! for people with copd, including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both, advair helps significantly improve lung function. while nothing can reverse copd, advair is different from most other copd medications because it contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator, working together to help you breathe better. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase your risk of osteoporosis and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pr