john ray, nbc news in northern israel. >>> he is one of the most wanted men in the world and tonight an arrest may be imminent for julian assange, the man behind wikileaks and there are new problems tonight for his website which which has gone public with millions of classified military and diplomatic records. nbc's peter alexander is live in london for us with the latest. peter? >> lester, good evening to you. even as julian assange's window of freedom is closing, the wikileaks site continues exposing more of the sensitive diplomatic cables. the newest documents released detail extensive computer hacking operations in china. why were chinese leaders so obsessed with the web? according to the cables, they were googling themselves and unhappy with the criticisms they found. even as julian assange reveals more documents threatening damage and embarrassment to the u.s. and its allies, the legal process to detain the wikileaks founder for allegation s of sex crimes is moving forward. >> in case he's arrested, he will fight the extradition from whatever country he's arrested in. >> while

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john rutten's wife. >> you remember her first name? >> shelley, sherry i don't know, something. >> reporter: sherry ray.d have been fatal immediately. >> reporter: but not before fighting for her life against her killer who, police at the time assumed was a male burglar who was never apprehended. all these years later, the lapd was able to take a fresh look at this cold case because of dna evidence the murderer left at the crime scene. >> it was some fluids that were connected to a bite mark. >> reporter: dna testing revealed the saliva from that bite mark belonged to a woman. family members have long suspected the ex-boyfriend of the victim's husband. >> she went to the lapd and told them about the fact that this lapd officer, john's ex-girlfriend ex-girlfriend, has shown up where sherry worked. >> reporter: the ex-girlfriend was stephanie lazarus. >> the police at the end told her, you're watching too much tv. >> had you ever met his wife? >> i may have. >> do you remember her name or anything or -- >> um -- um -- >> or what she did for a living or where she worked or anything about her? >> well, i th

ray tweetee after seeing theevideo. saying "i am so sad." researchers at johns opkins university of medicine wrapped up the first scientific study on human reaction to salvia. salvia is ban in some places, including ocean city maryland. but researchers have concluded that salvia may benefit people@. >> such as chronic pain, cocaine addiction, alzheimers disease anddothee dementias. @%cause of the way this drug receptor in the brain. and because of the completely uniiue structural profile. >> in maryland, it is illegal for anyone nder 21 to purchase3 salvia. and there is a total ban as we said in ocean city. the uss of salvia is also ban in several states. >> before ttnight'' game, ravens coach john harbaugh wanted to sse joe flacco play angry. joe flacco did not look angry. but to houston fans, they did. joe flacco had a hey day in the first. right now, they are ahead in th@ fourth quarter. -nd david reid reeurned a kick 103 yards for a touchdown. >> it had to end at some point. -rett farres streek of 297 starts came to an nd. 41-year-old quarterback sprained a

corning plant shut down because it made old fashioned cathode ray tube to be two that are being replaced by flat screen technology not john mccain's for. this mccain aide as part of a pattern. obama is actually proposing is a tax cut for most of us eighty percent probably and a tax increase only for families making over two hundred fifty thousand dollars a year. actually we call this a pattern of misrepresentation a pattern of deceit which is something we don't often say jackson says that checking by news organizations in two thousand and eight has been better than in previous years you know still t.v. stations are making a lot of money from these t.v. ads we're seeing just unprecedented amounts of cash thrown at political advertising in this election it's always seemed to me that a television station that's making so much money off of these things owes the audience the viewers a responsibility to channel a little bit of that money back into check and whether or not what's been said in those ads is true or not why can't we just ban all political television advertising because in one thousand nine hundred seventy five the

john kerry and vicki kennedy attending the memorial. her eldest daughter kate calling her mother a strong ray of light for her family and others. >> every single thing she did, she did to the fullest possible extent. >> reporter: edwards entered public life in 1998. she accompanied him on the campaign trail. six years late, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and it returned in 2007. kate also read excerpts from a letter that her mother left behind for her kids. >> all i ever really needed was you, your love, your presence to make my life complete. you are complete joy to me. >> reporter: elizabeth edwards' final years were made more complicated when her husband admitted to having an affair and fathering the child. members from the west borrow baptist church protested the funeral. the protestors were met by a much larger group of counterprotestors, they wanted to drown out any negativetive. heather childers, ktvu fox news. >>> the son of bernard madoff was found dead today in an apparent suicide on the second anniversary of his father's arrest. investigators say the body of 46-year-old mark madoff was found hanging from a pipe. his 2-y

ravens, last week, coach john harbaugh told some unsatisfied ravens fans, find another team to cheer for. and after that nail-biting win, ray lewis says, if you're not happy, something is wrong. on the surface, things are right. they're on their way to the play-offs. but you could see on their faces, there was something wrong. the offense was good perhaps. then sputtered the rest of the way. >>> coach john harbaugh said his team is what it is. and the rank -- just have to overcome their short comings. and the ravens did that. put a cap on the 34-28 raven win. and they're not about to apologize for making it seem so difficult. >> anybody on the road. you better celebrate yourself. because if you don't, nobody will. >> under pressure. nobody blinked. at the same time, we felt it. we felt the pressure. and we still got things we want to work on. we want to get the running game going. we have things we want to work on. there's just little stuff that later in the year, we gotta get corrected. >> that's the way it is. we're going to keep on fighting it. and keep on leaning on one another. coach is going to lean on us. we'll lean

john harbaugh and ravens here a week ago trying to close out the game against pittsburgh and they could not. they had a crucial mistake, polamalu forced fumble. steelers went back, score a touchdown. put rayd and company in chasing mode for the final four games and ravens will spread them out. i think they'll throw the ball against bump and run coverage again. don't be surprised if it's mason at the top of the screen. >> ron: could be one of those throws, jon. >> mike: stroke, throw, incomplete. it was broken up by glover quin. so on third and two. the ravens choose not to run it. they save time for the texans and don't pick it up. >> jon: that's glover quin got beat a second ago, this time jumps in anquan boldin's face. does a nice job with his hands and excellent play with his left hand and texans have a chance. what a play by glover quin. >> ron: glover took over. >> mike: folks, burying the texans inside thegentleman yi j. flag down. jones down. >> referee: during the return, illegal block in the back. 25, receiving team. half the distance to the goal. >> mike: rookie kareem jackson flagged there. it's interesting, guy, all of the conversation the ravens had about the offense and deci

chris: from our mail bag, ray writes about the lame duck congress -- q >>> a new poll shows president obama ahead of sarah palin 54% to 3% in a potential match-up. that means john mccain could get obama elected twice. >> chris: there you have it. we're not out of 2010 yet, and the late night talk show hosts are already focussing on the 2012 presidential sweep stakes. we're back with the panel. bill, face it. it's never too soon to start talking about a presidential race. in this case, the republican presidential campaign. it's fair to say the jockeying will start after new year. how wide open is the fight and to the degree there is one, who is the front runner? >> it's wide open. i think there isn't a front-runner. i think someone who is not considered a likely candidate right now could one and win. i saw chris christie in new york at a dinner and i said i thought he should think about running but he said no chance. i said a friend of mine had a slogan for the campaign. "a big man for a big job." he likes that, i think. he muttered to an aide, "never come near me again." [ laughter chris christie, rick perry, governor of texas, people not on the list -- >> chri

ray walser. good morning. you are on the "washington journal." caller: a reporter once asked johnti how much they were making of the mafia. the answer was, they're not in the drug business. they cannot compete with the government. you said that making drugs legal is politically not feasible right now. let me dissect the statement. the majority of the people did not want it. the majority people did not want the bailouts. we got the belt. doe majority of the people not want the wars and we get the worst. we have a government that does not represent the people. we get the government that represents cartels and industry. there's money in keeping drugs illegal. why are you laughing? that's what i want to know. what are you laughing for? the things i'm saying are real. you cannot legislate morality. you cannot tell people what they can put in their bodies. if i wanted to snort draino this morning, i could do that. guest: i disagree with you. our government is not run by cartels. it is influenced by industries. making democracy work remains a challenge, but i do not agree with your overa

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john f. kennedy, humor is one of the founng pillars of this institution, bridging these two worlds is our cue ray tor david power who is worked with president ken di throughout his career and was -- kennedy throughout his career d was treasured because of his irish wit. his described the scene this way, never in the history of the massachusetts democratic party had so many gathered on such a beautiful day with so few under indictment. [laughter] >> it is with this appreciation of the importance of humor that we are deeply honored to have one of the finest storytellers garyson keilor, best known for "the writteners almanac." he's the author of hundreds of books in which he explains of his lifelong political affiliation is formed by the scandinavian wisdom of his youth. . i will return to the podium -- podium to close the session. it may seem like catching up with an old friend. the committee your voice we have invited in our living room, kitchen, and cars and whose stories, poems, and songs as touched chords and our hearts. please join me in welcoming garrison keillor to the kennedy library. [appl