james cameron is being sued over his film "avatar". the man says he pitched a film to cameron in 1999 but was turned down. rogers says his movie was a science fiction story that was a environmentally themed three-debris -- 3-d epic. >> lowe's pulled advertising from tlc's american muslim after the florida family association complained the program was a danger to, quote, american liberties and traditional values. the senator calls the decision naked religious bigotry and issued a statement for having managed to make some people very unhappy. >> the story has created quite the conversation on our facebook page. katherine says i'm a christian and embarrassed a christian group would protest over an ad for a muslim reality show. >> jr says if the home depot pulled ads from a hispanic show? >> some changes ahead for drivers as the california department of insuressan tries to get the word out about low-cost insure jaynes. starting tomorrow the program will be more efficient and accessible and get more drivers insured. >> something on the orde

another a way of creating your own shot through the film the same way james cameron did with this ipadthe last one a wall where you move and then wood sprites, the glowing jellyfish-like creatures if you're slow and don't scare them they will come and settle on you just like in the movie. you can imagine an experience that was like a huge room or even a huge building where you move from floor to floor and in each room there was another narrative experience, part of a story told partially through your relationships to other people and through your relationships to interactive worlds to explore. if the people you're working with decide to move forward with the biggest possible vision, you know, it's completely possible right now to have a fully immersive kind of interactive movie experience. just keep your eyes on our website, i guess, and you'll see what comes out in 2012. so that's why a lot of what i do is social. it's not just you in the experience, but you and many other people having a nice time together, not regretting the past, not anticipating the future, but just in the present

director james cameron is working on thachl we'll get the story live with bloomberg west. >> and why won't you want to come hang out with us?. >> newt gingrich courts the man many see as republicans king maker. >> taking a look on skyway in san francisco. it's very slow going as you make you make that approach to the bay bridge. stay with us. the news at 4:00 continues right after this. >>> there is developing news in the san francisco bay view district. the bomb squad is on the scene investigating a suspicious package. authorities are releasing very little information at this moment but officers have blocked off sections of evans avenue and keith street. the bomb squad is putting off gear and getting ready to go check out this item. unconfirmed reports indicate someone delivered a package to a bar that seemed suspicious. we'll continue to follow this story and bring you updates as soon as we get new information. >> and this afternoon a study suggests a person's genes may make it tougher to quit smoking. researchers looked at smoking patterns of 600 sets of twins. and 55% of fraterna

director james cameron is being sued over his blockbuster 3-d film avatar. eric rider claims he pitched a film to cameron in 1999, but was turned down. he says his movie was a sci-fi story that was a 3-d epic about a corporation plundering a distance moon's lush natural setting. no comment from cameron. >>> busiest week of the season for online shopping stars today with green monday. the second monday -- starts today with green monday. the second monday in december. that will mean a lot of work for delivery companies. here's t.j. winick with the story. >> reporter: the greatest race this time of year isn't just about bargain shopping, getting all those presents, hundreds of millions, where they need to go for the holidays. >> only two weeks left until christmas. >> reporter: if you think santa and his elves have it tough. welcome to federal express. nonstop 24/7 push to get those presents down the chimney at least through the front door. >> santa only comes once a year i'm here everyday. >> does he ever check in on you guys? >> definitely. he makes sure we de

the man who claims james cameron stole his idea for the film.ta couldn't make it but his friends came out in the south bay today. >> catholic charities of santa clara county began handing out guests in san jose to families impacted by incarceration or the criminal justice system. >> they have a warehouse of toys for kids and food for hungry families. they helped 800 people and the charity will assist thousands more throughout the month of december. >> that does it for us here at 5:00. >> thank you for joining us.

. >>> why acclaimed moviemaker james cameron could be out $2.5 billion. >> mm-hmm. >> chaz bono, hiso, his broken engagement and broken heart. next in "the skinny." and broken heart. next in "the skinny." >> tell me more. tell me more. oh, really? ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >>> i've got to go back on the air. >> and now it's time for "the skinny." are you finished? >> i'm good. everything's all good. >> well, this first story, chaz bono, he's calling off his engagement. >> oh. >> to jennifer elia. they called their engaged off. they're no longer a couple. a rep for bono tells tmz. apparently, they've left this relationship with love and respect and affection toward one another. remember, bono's proposal to her was last seen on the show "being chaz." and the couple had been dating since 2005, which is remarkable because that means she stuck with him throughout his transition from woman to man. i think many people are wondering what caused the split. if you can stay together through that, through those sort of life-changing, life-altering moments, what broke them up? i guess we'll find out.

director james cameron is being you sued over his blockbuster 3-d film "avatar."yder claimed he pitched a film to cameron in 1999, but he was turned down. ryder says his movie was a science fiction story that was interestingly n an environmentally-themed 3-d movie about a moon with a plush natural setting. >> and this weekend at the movies -- >> it is the biggest night of my career. >> all of these people came from all over to be here. >> don't just dump them. >> the movies were anything but magical. "new year's eve" top topped the box office on the worst weekend in more than three years. and fewer people went to the movies in the last two weekends than the box office hush that followed the september 11th attacks 10 years ago. domestic revenues tumbled to a 2011 low of 77 million. but things should get better next weekend with hollywood's end of the year blockbuster frenzy that includes the new sherlock holmes film and mission impossible. >>> leigh is here to tell you about the weather now. >> live doppler 7hd, still picking up the showers and starting to increase

long past one side of it and i wish i wish mr cameron a lot of luck let him read the financial times this boarding. give him a good advice ok james if i can go to you are we going to go through the whole process again with the european union well just keep asking though i different question until they get you get the right answer or you keep going through this one who passed or another after another and then all of it all this time it's like the titanic that is going to hit that iceberg and think. that has been the practice in the past. the other con the question of democracy it is fairly clear at the moment that the e.u. leaders are particularly interested in democracy i mean no one voted to mario monti no one voted. greece nor voted for maria draggy is the new president of the european central bank which is so quietly behind all this there is a quite a serious threat to democracy right the way across the continent at the moment and to the extent blackmail is being concocted by cozy and merkel being presented to a vote on friday then i think it's another potential blow for democracy i mean bear in mind he was never been especial

james didn't care when all kind of scheming how they're going to try and make cameron into the next prime minister. and if rebecca broke ends up going to jail for the things that she did and which helped cameron become prime minister at that well, this is my watergate. i thought of going to bring down the government. i didn't mean to bring down "news of the world." that was a shot that are not send around a closer. but i do think i'm entirely responsible for the reopening of the investigation, which led to the notebook's been gone through and ended up with the realization that the phone had been hacked. and here we are today. >> you've explained what she think was the relationship between various politicians and the murdochs. is that something you have direct knowledge of or not? >> yeah, i mean i spent a while going around all the pubs and restaurants were these to meet each other, hanging around outside their houses. i mean, you don't need to regulate the press. the press will eat itself. we will regulate ourselves. not only did we defeated at the third. but i am outside my farmer edito

james didn't care when all kind of scheming how they're going to try and make cameron into the next prime minister. and if rebecca broke ends up going to jail for the things that she did and which helped cameron become prime minister at that well, this is my watergate. i thought of going to bring down the government. i didn't mean to bring down "news of the world." that was a shot that are not send around a closer. but i do think i'm entirely responsible for the reopening of the investigation, which led to the notebook's been gone through and ended up with the realization that the phone had been hacked. and here we are today. >> you've explained what she think was the relationship between various politicians and the murdochs. is that something you have direct knowledge of or not? >> yeah, i mean i spent a while going around all the pubs and restaurants were these to meet each other, hanging around outside their houses. i mean, you don't need to regulate the press. the press will eat itself. we will regulate ourselves. not only did we defeated at the third. but i am outside my farmer edito