with most wins, six points or fewer, in the sec. 1:40 to go. >> verne: ridley. >> gary: houston has to take a time out here, doesn't he? >> verne: he's got one left. >> gary: he does burn it. >> verne: now, he has none. 1:29 to go. a year ago we were in oxford and it wound up 25-23. anybody forget that one? final drive of the game, l.s.u. down by two with under a minute remaining, sideline confusion, they ran off 17 seconds, terrence toliver then made this grab with nine seconds to go. it went to the ole miss six yard line. one second to go. the tigers erroneously grounded the ball as time expired. les miles, in the midst of the confusion, and ole miss won that one 25-23. >> gary: l.s.u. and their fans should be used to these close games. this is their seventh. north carolina, west virginia, tennessee,a at florida, at auburn, at alabama, one of them they lost but what will this one be? doesn't look like it's going to be much different than six or seven a game. unbelievable. >> verne: ridley. first down, plus. >> gary: if l.s.u. runs another play, i think ole miss should let them score.

if you are flying today expect airport delays in seattle, houston, houston, new orleans and miami. >>resident obama begged voters to give democrats more time. big losses to republicans in both the house and senate. and that means a whole new set of problems on capitol hill next year. karen travers has the story. >> i thank the gentle lady for yielding. >> reporter: while they may not be eye to eye on policy, republicans and democrats do agree on one thing. gridlock in washington is inevitable. >> and i think it's going to be very contentious. >> this is going to be a tough couple of years for everyone in washington and tough to get everything done. >> reporter: with republicans poised to regain control in the house and pick up the senate, political strategists say president obama could reach across the aisle and focus on small steps. agenda items such as education and energy reform and a balanced budget could add up to compromise. republicans have made it clear what their top priority will be. >> the government is out of control in washington, and we need to rein it in and begin a new

and i think in 11, their equivalent, in houston. the debate there was to make sure you're not demolishing historic resources. but they have a provision that possibly will result in rolling back some of their historic districts. they're going to have to revalidate all of their existing historic districts. and no new historic districts unless you have 2/3 of all the homeowners and property owners saying we want to live under these rules. they also had to address issues around paint, making sure people aren't saying they're paint is not historic or as ms. jackson said that chain linked fence not historic. i've seen instances where people get liens on their homes and get their neighbors calling trying to drive them out of the community because they're not living under the rules of the new historic districts. the lenses by which the historic creation are being viewed through, don't have a lot of equity consideration in terms of community. what is the community historic nature of a district? that would need to be worked with. i think we'r

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houston snapped a four game losing streak. joe and peter surprised everybody by outdueling ellisson to buy the warriors. the price tag was $450 million. gary radnich sat down with the new owners. >> reporter: you almost bought the lakers. would you like to get that show time atmosphere? is that your treme? >> our dream is to have a great entertainment vehicle a great floor product, the team, players, culture, buy all the fans and make a great fan experience. you got to recognize you want to engage people emotionally. that's what a team does. and we have to keep our eyes open, wallet open and be clear about what our objective is. >> reporter: you guyserant afraid to lose money if you have to? [ laughter ] i didn't say that. [ talking at the same time ] >> you know where every penny is. does he have more than you? >> more than me? he is the bank. >> reporter: then you make all >> reporter: okay. how do you find each other? how did this happen? >> we have been looking for a decade together. we liked each other. we failed together

>> no, it's not. >> larry: we'll be back with the bushes in houston. don't go away. >> larry, i couldn't read that letter. >> larry: i'll read parts of it. this is a letter to his mother after wanting to have another daughter, their daughter robin had died of leukemia 1953 at age 3. the letter was found among his mother's things. we need a legitimate christmas angel, one who doesn't have cuffs beneath her dress. you have to be a father to know this. we need someone who is afraid of frogs. we need someone to cry when i get mad, not argue. we need a little one who can kiss without leaving egg or jam or gum. we need a girl. we had one once. she'd fight and cry and play and make her way just like the rest but there was about her a certain softness. but she is still with us. we need her and yet we have her. we can't touch her and yet we can feel her. we hope she'll stay in our house for a long, long time. love pop. ♪ when it's planes in the sky ♪ ♪ for a chain of supply, that's logistics ♪ ♪ when the parts for the line ♪ ♪ come precisely on time ♪ that's lo

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wet on i-10 from houston to mobile. on i-55 from new orleans to chicago. and i-35 from des moines to kansas city. snow and ice across the dakotas and i-70 and i-80. in the >>> if you're flying, expect airport delays in seattle, minneapolis, kansas city, houston, new orleans and atlanta. >>> president obama is now sporting a busted lip after he was elbowed during a recent basketball game. >> mr. obama may be in for another rough day when he meets with the new republican leadership tomorrow at the white house. john hendren has a preview from washington. >> reporter: president obama with his face visibly battered might have more sharp elbows coming. tuesday's white house summit has all the makings of a post-election shellacking. in one corner, john boehner and the next speaker of the house. once famously combative. >> hell no, you can't! >> reporter: both sides sizing each other up. president obama now weakened wants cooperation. an alliance of opposites. >> i hope we can work together, democrats and republicans and independents alike. >> reporter: but will r

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also around dallas and houston.illings. 50s in the pacific northwest. 60s in chicago, detroit, and indianapolis. 59 here in new york. 65 in baltimore. and 70 in atlanta. miami hits 81. and new orleans 78. >>> well, in this tough economy job hunters know all too well just how important it is to stand out from the competition. >> a recent graduate in dallas is making sure his resume will not get lost in the shuffle. it's because of this. goodwin eshelman decided to market himself on a billboard along a bez freeway. he said he tried traditional hunting for months after earning his mba but got no results. >> the billboard has been up a few weeks and it's already led to 20 solid job leads. >> how many car crashes? you've got to be careful of that, right? >> more after this. you go next if you had a hehehere woud hoveround power chair? the statue of liberty? the grand canyon? it's all possible ith a hoveround., tom: hi i'm tom kruse, inventor rand founder of hoveround., when we say you're free to see the world, we mean it

--que tal le saluda ramon diaz y esto es telemundo deportivo...jugando en el toyota center de houstons con 24... los warriors no pudieron sobreponerse de un lento inicio ... y terminaron perdiendo por 111 a 101... kevin martin con 25 puntos y luis scola con 24 encaminaron a los rockets al triunfo para romper una seguidilla de cuatro derrotas al hilo... con tres partidos maqana.... la nfl celebrara el dia de accion de gracias....a primera hora a las nueve y 30 de la maqana por cbs mientras se cocina el pavo ... los patriotas de nueva inglaterra con record de 8-2 visitan a los leones de detroit que suman dos victorias y ocho derrotas... a las 1:15 de la tarde antes de sentarse a la mesa por la cadena fox ... los santos de nueva orleans campeones defensores y con record de siete y tres visitan a los vaqueros de dallas que han ganado sus dos ultimos encuentros... y para el postre... a las 5:20 de la noche por el nfl network.. los bengals con marca de 2 y ocho.. se meteran a la boca del loba al visitar mark sanchez y los jets de nueva york que acumulan ocho victoria y solo dos derrotas.. p

i'm karen grey houston in the fox 5 newsroom. [ music ] >> well, another day where temperatures were above seasonal. a little cooler tonight, however. 48 degrees right now. 50 at national airport. 47 at dulles. we have seen some clouds rolling in over the course of the day. a little bit of patchy fog starting to develop in some areas. that will continue right through into the early morning hours. be aware it could affect your morning commute. we will see some clouds into the course of tomorrow as well across our area. after that there is a frontal system to watch. because tuesday we are being set up for a little bit of wet weather along the line of that frontal system that will continue right through into wednesday as well. behind it we will see a shot of cooler air that will settle in as you get ready to celebrate thanksgiving. cooler air on the back side of the frontal system by wednesday. rain and showers, a chance of a storm. we could see a rumble of thunder or so. can't quite rule that out just yet. behind all of this, however, we will see that cooler air settle in. but that won

harry defeated former houston mayor bill white. during his campaign perry linked white to president obama. and appealed to voters' anger about the economy. >> and in california, jerry brown is going back to the governor's mansion. the 72-year-old democrat defeated republican meg whitman, who spent $160 million on the race. most of it her own money. brown also served as california's governor from 1975 through 1983. >>> president obama and the democrats focused on younger voters before the election. but our exit polls show the majority of midterm voters were 45 years or older. just an estimated 11% of tuesday's ballots were from voters age 29 or younger. exit polls also show 28% of the voters consider themselves independent. republicans and democrats showed up in what appear right now to be equal numbers. >>> another interesting finding from our exit polls. 41% of voters said their financial situation is worse now than it was two years ago. and they favored republicans by nearly 30%. ron claiborne took a look at final efforts to reac

. >> al son del mariachi con la historia de millones de inmigrantes, la ópera de houston dio vida a cruzaron sin saber dónde quedó su hogar. >> (♪). >> es para todo el auditorio mundial. >> hablo de extranjeros, de francia, de italia, de méxico, de sudamérica, de muchísimas partes. >> la unión del mariachi y la ópera en esta historia logró conectar a los asistentes con el origen de sus países y el reto que ahora viven. >> te dan ganas de llorar?. >> le queda a usted claro dónde está su hogar?. >> mmm... mmm.... >> dónde está su hogar?. >> en méxico, siempre. >> además es interesante que entre los cantantes hay colombianos, salvadoreños es emocionante ha sido una experiencia muy bonita. >> (♪). >> la apuesta en escena hizo vibrar al público durante más de 2 horas, en houston texas, lucialucía navarro. >> la verdad que es algo muy

kyle seals the deal for houston. steals it, lays it in. the rockets never trail as warriors drop below .500. >>> it seems to be headline news every time he -- >>> goalie taking on the team. he won the cup last season. power play, joe makes it 3-1. sharks win 5-2. they get out a little bit of revenge. you know, look for him. he won a stanley cup. he's taken an awful lot of heat because he hasn't perform very well. >> good night. ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,

. >> kenneth houston is not using cold weather as an excuse.e's delivering back to the people who are less hurting. >> i. this is 398. people like houston are doing what they must as temperatures drop down for the very first time this fall. walnut creek hardware garden manager jerry newman shows us the plants that don't do so well in the cold. there is no excuse to let them wilt. sprays and tubings and selling fast. >> it's really cold. >> the remedy? . if you need to make an expense to whether the cold while outside in loss ang he is clerk. i like it cold. i like it, though. >> it took a while, but cold weather drinking sntd here. >>> the young man you met at the top of the story, ken hughesman. he earned most of them are did you go by 100 tomorrow, he's not letting the cool area support. for bay areas the airwill have detailed snoep poikt $7. all heavier think that are making it one for the bay area. >>> a bell mmont man wants you back a stated law, one as quick as arizona. an in send yaer idea just as a lynningest. george? >> the tea party d

. >>> and weather around the country on the gulf coast drenching houston, mobile. and lighter in nashville and the carolinas. rain and mountain snow in consider consider, montana, snow in the cascades. showers meanwhile in spokane and sacramento. >> fargo and minneapolis hover around 50 degrees. 60s from kansas city. high of 60 here in new york. 55 in boston and 80 in miami. >>> and when we come back, a big change being announced today by facebook. >>> and back to that family mystery out in ohio. the mother and son missing for days. the daughter found over the weekend bound in a basement. what we could learn later today. >>> and tv's newest reality show gives us a day-to-day look inside the home of sarah palin. >>> wall street goes to work today looking to rebound from a down week. investors will be looking to some key reports on manufacturing and retail sales, beginning with today's numbers on shopping in october. they'll also get earnings from major retailers this week, including home depot, walmart and target. >>> the dow tumbled 251 points last week with the bi

ugly scene in houston. the texans andre johnson and the titans cortland finnegan started to push and shove at the line of scrimmage. no harm, no foul, but on the next play, they took it a step further. off came the helmets, johnson got in a few punches before they were separated. both ejected. texans punched out the titans 20-0. and finally they say good teams always find a way to win and losing teams, well, they just lose. bills with a chance to beat the steelers in overtime. steve johnson in the end zone dropped the would-be game winner. moments later the steelers ended it with a 41-yard field goal. the bills let one slip away, steelers won it 19-16. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> from a romantic comedy to an action flick to a musical, there was something for everyone at the theaters this weekend. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus how many sets of multiples does it take to set a world record? one texas school has the answer. >>

thunderstorms from houston to the carolinas. showers into d.c., philly, new york and new england. >> 60s in boston, new york and baltimore. a drastic drop in the midwest. 6 degrees in billings. 27 in boise. and 20 degrees in seattle. >>> rescue workers are searching for anyone who might have survived a deadly stampede. more than 370 people died when a panicked crowd tried to flee over a small bridge. some of the victims were trampled. others fell into the river. thousands gathered to mark the end of the rainy season. tomorrow will be a national day of mourning. >>> it's like something out of a spy novel. there are reports that a taliban leader who was involved in high-level talks with afghan leaders is an imposter. it was supposed to be mullah ak tar muhammad mansour. the u.s. paid him lots of money. this morning, the afghan president is denying he met with mansour. >>> americans appear evenly divided on those new airport security measures. our new abc news poll finds 50% say they go too far. meanwhile, 48% say they are justifie

slick also on i-10 near houston. i-70, from kansas city to omaha.om madison to the twin cities. i-15, from western montana into idaho. >> if you're flying today, expect airport delays in minneapolis, kansas city and dallas. >>> well, more than 4,000 people are finally back on dry land after making a mass exodus from that crippled carnival cruise ship. as they returned to california, they had plenty of stories to tell from their three nights adrift. we get the latest, now, from emily schmidt. >> reporter: the tiny tugboats pulled "the carnival into san diego, into san diego, thousands of people welcomed the ending of a journey that never really began. >> we had five days. we had no lights. no electricity. we had no flashlight. we couldn't find the toilet. >> reporter: a litany of troubles unimaginable, when the luxury, one-week mexican riviera cruise began. and vacation videos looked like this. >> it's our first night on the cruise. we've just gotten our meals. >> reporter: but monday's engine room fire changed everything. >> all of a sudden, everyth

fox 5's karen gray houston explains. >> we want to keep that place closed. >> reporter: emotional and angry, supporters of ali mohammed refused to be ignored. they turned out in full force, demanding justice. >> the message sending to folks out there is that we don't count. >> reporter: the demonstrators packed the abc hearing room to overflowing. club owners and representatives argued their people were simply making a citizen's arrest but the chairman says it takes people seriously when people leave an establishment and quote put their hands on folks. >> for us to open it under a cloud or without full knowledge of what was going on would be unwise. >> it's going to be my recommendation to the board that we deny the motion, that we continue the summary suspension. >> reporter: the vote was unanimous, to take a closer look at a new club security plan. >> mr. brooks -- >> i agree. >> reporter: we tried to get reaction from club owners. are you one of the club owners? >> she doesn't look like anybody. >> reporter: outside on u street, mohammed backers are not satisfied yet. >> we want an

as i left for houston, one of them hatched out. we have birds sitting and waiting. it looks like we will have a good population of plumbing goes. we have not had flamingo's born at the zoo in almost seven years. this was long in the making. i am pleased to support, perhaps prematurely, that it looks like we will conclude fy10 with a slight surplus. we are meeting the obligation to manage these do so it stays in the black from year to year, or at the very least breaks even. you know we have been dealing with a difficult weather situation which has affected attendance at the zoo. i want to point out that the good weather returned at the start of september and for the first half of the month. we are now 8% ahead of projections, and revenues are ahead as well. attendance at the zoo is definitely weather related. at the conference in houston i had the opportunity to talk about this phenomenon with many directors of other zoos. about 50% to 70% of zoos across the country experienced extreme weather conditions. attendance is down. it seems to be weather-related, whether yo

. >>> houston will turn off cameras used to catch drivers who run red lights. the shutdown comes following a vote earlier this month by houston residents to stop using them. >>> and premiering in new york, "harry potter and the deathly hallows." a film based on the first half of j.k. rowling's seventh and final book of the "harry potter" series. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. watch what happened when the "today" show team recreates one of the most watched internet videos of all time. >>> and actor daniel radcliffe talks with meredith about his latest "harry potter" adventure. >>> and finally tonight at 10:00 eastern, an msnbc special event "beyond borderlines." a live forum at t university of san diego discussing the latino population, illegal immigration and politics. >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local

and on i-10, from pensacola to houston. snow-covered on i-5, in the pacific northwest.from seattle to bismarck. and on i-15, 80 and 84, in the rockies. >> if you are flying today, expect airport delays in san francisco, los angeles, salt lake city, denver. and from boston to atlanta. >>> in other news, now, an attempt to rescue those 29 miners trapped underground in new zealand is not making much progress. meanwhile, though, we are getting a first look at the moments right after last friday's massive explosion. these closed-circuit images were taken just after the blast. those miners, have not been heard from since. a robot that was testing toxic gas levels inside a tunnel has now broken down. >>> new jersey may have the toughest anti-bullying law in the country. state lawmakers approved legislation that would allow public schools to anti-bullying programs. the bill was already in the works before the suicide of tyler clementi, the rutgers freshman who killed himself, after his roommate streamed his liaison with another man live over the internet. >>> sarah palin hits t

a monthly fee of $90 gives drivers a charger at home and access to 50 charging stations around houston by the middle of next year. n.r.g. c.e.o. david crane doesn't see demand taking off right away, but he thinks the investment is worth it. >> $10 million is a lot of money, but in the world of power plant investing, where a nuclear power plant cane costs $10 billion, it's not a huge amount of money. in a sense, we don't expect an immediate recovery on that investment. we can see the market grow. it's probably going to take several thousand subscribers to this ev-go product. >> tom: to attract more consumers, n.r.g. has a deal with nissan, offering its services to buyers of the new all-electric leaf. >> suzanne: we continue our partnership with planet forward tonight. that's the george washington university social media project focused on your ideas for powering our future. tonight, we look at solar power. it accounts for less than 1% of our energy. so here's planet forward's fnk sesno with a solar innovation coming your way. >> reporter: let's face it-- solar panels are expensive and s

here's fox 5's karen gray houston. >> reporter: there are no clues on ibiza's website that you might expect problems, but it does claim the club reserves the right to deny entrance on any night for any reason. >> am i being charged with anything? >> listen up! listen up! >> everybody in here is going to jail. >> reporter: we watched the video with the man who took it. he said he and a group of friends were hauled off from a reserved table in the vip area when club security claimed they owed $690 for liquor. >> at that point we were pretty much held hostage. it had been three hours that we were had and it was getting to the point that we feared for our safety. >> reporter: he says he was handcuffed and he and several friends were detained by club security and some off-duty police officers. >> am i being charged with anything? >> reporter: we talked to three of the young men in their lawyers office. they say ibiza's security officer forced one group of their table that night to go to an atm and get $600 in cash before letting them go. >> you cannot lock up people in a room in a nightcl

final is jacksonville 31; houston 24. and college basketball. three games in seven days for the terps. 89-59 winner over maine. double-double. and 11 rebounds. adding another 16. all in the second half. and 3-0 terps traveling pittsburgh for a thursday night affair. and on this given sunday here in virginia military and receiver. the reverse layup. it was not enough. they are playing three games in seven days. starting with cross town trip to loyola on wednesday night. and our final vmi. and now nascar sprint cup points leader jimmy convince, kevin harvick and denny ham bin racing outside of phoenix. next to the last race of the post season chase. look here. harvick forcing into the pit. and someone left a lug nut off his car. he dropped from 19th to 5th. maybe that the other way around 5th to 19th. the winner is carl edwards. he won the sweep and the back flip contest. hamlin is the leader over johnson. harvick 46 points behind. the closest race for the chase in nascar history. it is tight. >> that's it. >> thank you. >>> still to come, this is

houston's move is just five. going back in transition, how about that?t point have been pulled away. they win 111-101. that means the warriors have dropped their fourth in a row. >>> the win streak is over, but the raiders are just one game away and that makes they're game with the dolphins a pretty big deal. they might be ready to go for sunday. one guy, though, who definitely won't be there, trevor scott. he was placed on injured reserve after suffering a knee injury just before the half last sunday in pittsburgh. but the reinforce mts have arrived. the raiders signed jarvis moss just days after he was released from the broncos, and his new teammates are glad to have him. >> injuries are a part of the game, and you never like to see a guy go down, especially a really good guy like trevor. he's a great locker room guy, so he'll be sorely missed and hopefully he'll have a speedy recovery. >>> how about some boxing action for you in andre ward is ready to dominate. he's going to have his chance right in his hometown saturday night at oracle. the super mil

he defeated former houston mayor bill white. >>> so, now that most of the votes have been counted, what's next? >> president obama will hold a news conference today at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. he is expected to talk about issues he wants to work on with the republicans. coabc news will provide live coverage of that news conference. >> looking a bit further ahead, the new congress will be sworn in officially january 3rd, 2011. >>> now, for this morning's weather from around the country. another wet day along the gulf coast, with some heavy rain and flooding from houston to the florida panhandle. showers in florida, from tallahassee to miami, moving into georgia, the carolinas, and southern virginia by this afternoon. cool and breezy, with showers from duluth to detroit. >> mostly 50s from fargo to indianapolis. 40 in boston. 54 here in new york. and a wet 78 in new orleans. 90 degrees in phoenix. 76 in sacramento. and 60s from seattle to albuquerque. >>> and when we come back on nie this morning after the midterms, revealing, new details about the bush white house. did the president at one

thunderstorms from houston to the carolinas. showers into d.c., philly, new york and new england. >> 60s in boston, new york and baltimore. a drastic drop in the midwest, with 35 in chicago and 23 in the twin cities. a frosty 6 degrees in billings, 27 in boise and 23 degrees in seattle. >>> rescue workers in cambodia are searching for anyone who might have survived a deadly stampede. more than 370 people died when a panicked crowd tried to flee over a small bridge. some of the victims were trampled. others fell into the river. thousands had gathered for a festival marking the end of the rainy season. tomorrow will be a national day of mourning. >>> it's like something out of a spy novel. there are reports that a taliban leader who was involved in high-level peace talks with afghan leaders wass an imposter. it was supposed to be mullah akhtar muhammad mansour. one of the most senior leaders in the taliban movement. the fake leader was not only a security threat. the u.s. paid him lots of money. this morning, the afghan president

i-10, will be dranched, with spots of flooding from houston to new orleans. on i-20, from dallas and shreveport. wet on i-35, around duluth. and i-94 in fargo. >> if you're flying today, you can expect some airport delays in l.a., dallas, houston, new orleans and miami. >>> as voters head to the polls this election day, there's a whole, new crop of candidates out there. many people who have never run for office before have decided to give it a try this time. ron claiborne reports on the unusually diverse selection. >> reporter: in michigan, it's a hay farmer running for the house. >> when you work on a hay farm your whole life, people aren't voters. they're your neighbors. >> i think it's a revision of america. >> reporter: in southern california, a police officer is running for the first time. in northern california, a candymaker. and then, there's the owner of a pizza parlor. he's the republican nominee for a seat in mow lean, illinois. they're a handful of the dazzlingly diverse group of more than 200 candidates seeking public office for the very first tim

karen gray houston takes us on a tour. >> reporter: interior secretary ken salazar got a look at a popular piece of real estate and detailed explanations about what has gone into giving it a face-lift. the seawall here as sunk more than eight inches over recent years. crews have invested heavy duty work in trying to fix it. the interior secretary said some personal thank yous including to a crane operator with 35 years of experience. >> is this about jobs in america. >> reporter: construction on shoring up the seawall started about a year ago. the park service is hoping it will be wrapped up in time for the cherry blossom festival next year. it is easy to seat jefferson and treasures on the mall need restoration. even the walkways leading up to it are chipping way. >> the last time i was here was in 2004. it looks about the same. you thought it was beautiful then. >> we went to the mall and it was not that bad. it was pretty nice. >> reporter: but the neglect has not escaped the attention of the interior department, the national park service and the trust for the national mall. they have i

. >>> in sports, houston beat tennessee in more ways than one.texans scored easily against them. in the fourth quarter andre johnson got into a shoving match with foe finnegan. that escalated to helmets being thrown off. both players were ejected and houston defeated tennessee 20-0. >>> in overtime, wide receiver steve vee johnson of buffalo dropped pass in the end zone against pittsburgh giving the steelers a chance and field goal to win it. pittsburgh 19-16 over the bills. >>> jay cutler of chicago had four touchdown passes against philadelphia and the bears beat the eagles 31-26. that gives chicago a one-game lead in the nfc east. >>> and in the sunday night game, san diego intercepted peyton manning of indiana four times returning two for touchdowns. the chargers won their fourth straight game 36-14 over the colts. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories and debit cards are more popular than ever. but be ware, the hidden, sky-high fees. ware, the hidden, sky-high fees. and the life you want to live. fortunately there's

care gray houston is live in the news room with the details. >> hi, maureen. it is a pilot program. there are 24 county owned liquor and wine stores in the county and as of today they are open on sunday from noon to 6:00 for the next six months. county is facing serious budget challenges and county officials are hoping that sunday alcohol sales will help close the gap. it's a new day at montgomery county liquor stores. traditionally they've been shut close on sundays but for a trial six-month period, they'll now be allowed to open. >> i think it's great. i think it's great. i wish we had that in virginia. >> sunday is said to be the second busiest retail shopping day after saturday. and so now montgomery county liquor stores are open. after county executive isaiah leggett signed an executive order to be for consumer convenience, making alcohol shopping customer friendly. is it? >> yes. because i've got people coming over to my house on sunday and i may have run out of something. >> i think it's a good thing. i come from a place where you could -- in arkansas where you would never dr