. >> i am e biggest james taylor fan. tavis: you don't know how much tavis flubs james taylor >>. > no, no, no. tavis: the guest is always right. >> do me a favor. at some point, maybe when you are doing a holiday show or something, just put on his album. if you want to get people talking about a song, about the loss of a human life or that person is a machine for somebody who shall never meet the person who owns the label of the clothes that she makes every day, that song, which he credits himself as the greatest song he has ever written, that sends me over every single time. he is the greatest musical artist i have ever heard in my life, and he was on your wall. i am besotted with him. i am just saying. tavis: i will let jamie win tonight. >> there is no bigger james taylor fan than me. tavis: stop saying that. you are rubbing it in. jamie lee curtis, one of james taylor's biggest fans, as a new book out called "my mommy hung the moon." and she has a new movie, "you again." i would be happy to say that you any day of th

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professor james taylor, thank you. >>> all right. should be an interesting event tomorrow evening given all of this. meg whitman squaring off this will be their second debate tomorrow. it's tomorrow morning at fresno state. >>> well, have a car but don't live in it? how you can take your ride's down time and turn it into some cold, hard cash. >>> and the force is strong with this one. how the folks that brought us "star wars" are making a few extra bucks just for how they choose to get to work. ians love their cars ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, schwarzenegger signed a bill that will let us share our cars and make money doing it. don knapp on the environmentally friendly program. >>> governor schwarzenegger signed a bill to let us share our cars. don knapp on the environmentally friendly program. >> reporter: horsepower, chrome and sound systems. for many of us, cars are an ego tripping extension of our personalities. but for some of us, cars are just transportation. and if that's the case, paul has idea. >> the idea is you can take your own car and

james taylor said she must prove her metal to be governor by getting on side fast. >> if she spends another defensive her campaign for all intents and purposes is ship with respect. >> and allred seems to be beck on them to a rocky shore. >> let's see if doctor harsh would like to deany this now that i have presented this evidence. should he choose to deny it then we will meet again. >> with other evidence? >> and we will present you with further evidence. >> meg whitman calls this a democratic conspiracy and now has had an about face saying she will take a lie detector test only if jerry brown and her former maid submit for testing. he remained quiet. he said he has heard rumors about the maid but hat not been in contact with grower ya brown's office. >> what would brown to have take a lie detector. >> he can sit back and wait and watch all of this play out. >> all right. how many weeks until the election. >> just a few. robert liles, thank you. >> we now know more about those men in black. the two command oh-type guards who were hanging out at san jose international airport. officially we

cbs5 political analyst james taylor says that's at least partly because california has gained a significantber of democratic registered voters over the last four years and has lost republicans. >> if the democrats mobilize, then the tea party is largely irrelevant in california except to raise their voices and make their concerns and issues known. >> we're independent. >> reporter: even if they lose at the polls goss says they partiers believe they are making an impact, especially in other parts of the country, and with one of the party's biggest suspecters coming to california this week i asked how much influence could sarah palin have here? >> sarah palin is not the leader of the tea party, news flash. the media has portrayed her as that. she is a mouthpiece. ship has a large following. >> reporter: but if she were going to help candidates here, for example, would you welcome her? >> of course. she motivates people. she turns a lot of people off, but i think she motivates more than she turns people off. you either like her or you don't and i tonight think her message is that crazy. -- don

so here now is james taylor our political analyst and has the impact that could have on our voters.nks for being here. you have three little ones so bright and early for you to come here. >> exactly. >> first of all, your reaction to the debate last night. we're talking about attack on identity issues. >> it's interesting because given the pressing issues that are people's main concerns, joblessness, unemployment, environment, these are things that score highest, unemployment, budget deficit and yet this debate turned on these other issue us not as critical as the others. >> but making huge headlines. so let's focus in on that. we are talking about the sexual slur for one. we don't know the impact it's had on voters? >> we can't know yet. it's too soon. but there is a sort of even breakdown between women support for both jerry brown and meg whitman at this point. so as the mail-in ballots are in play we don't know how it will affect people emotionally and how they might respond in the next 24 to 48 hours. >> we have huge heavy hitters coming in for the campaign and others, as well.

taylor swift meets her match in new york city. >>> the heat bounce back, game one of the world series, and are the cavs a better team without lebron james? you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. despite persistent accusations, the united nations is denying a peacekeeping camp is the source of a spreading cholera epidemic in haiti. a u.n. spokesman says no members of the newly arrived unit have the disease. now, the last investigators are taking samples of wastes pouring out behind the base toward an infected river system. >>> a roofless drug war is taking record number of victims in mexico. suspected hit men killed 15 people at a carwash yesterday. it was the country's third massacre in less than a week. around 100 people have been killed across mexico since last weekend. >>> the obama administration is blacklisting more than three dozen shipping companies in europe that a officials say are helping iran avoid sanctions. it's latest in a series of actions by the u.s. as well as u.n. to punish iran for its disputed nuclear program. >

james ad. what should i do? right into the teeth of his credit. and also, taylor swift, telling all on her new cd.ughley here, to talk about it all. >>> and it's a hasselbeck halloween this morning. elisabeth hasselbeck is here to show us how to use what you have laying around the house to create fabulous costumes for every member of the family. you say your girls haven't decided. >> the girls haven't decided. but seeing that little dog right there, harper had a big day yesterday. she took our dog, daisy, out to get a costume. and daisy is wearing a pink tutu. as a cat. >> the dog has costumes but the girls don't. >> we have four or five days. >> take your time. >> let's go the juju with the news. >>> it is looming, however. good morning, guys. good morning, everyone. let's look at the news headlines. the wild weather crisscrossing the country this morning. this was the scene in north carolina early this morning. at least 11 people were hurt and 8 homes damaged when a possible tornado touched down in the western part of the state. this weather rolled in from the midwest. and that's where our barba

taylor had three passing, one rushing. they go on to win big. virginia tech has won five straight. ohio state on the road at number 18 wisconsin. late fourth quarter and they seal it. jamespset the buckeyes. it's the second straight week a number one is knocked off. elsewhere virginia loses 44-10 to north carolina and navy defeats smu 28-21. later tonight it's the redskins and colts at 8:20 here on nbc 4. that's your sports minute. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >>> 7:39. 55 degrees outside. still one of the nation's leading finanal planners offers her advice on wh you can do to survive as the economy rebounds. >> and one woman learns the hard way what happens when something that sounds like a good idea at the time turns out not to be. details of this heist when we come back. man: empty nest? new kitchen, new us? woman: who are we? chic, modern, daring dinn-party hosts. that sounds dangerous, maybe we' re the traditional sunday brunch set? i'll expect slippers and a cocktail to be ready when i get home from work. point taken. how about... peacul, quiet cottage in the country folk? now that's us. spend over 2500 dollars on a new kitchen and save 40 percent on custom