tawakkul karman -- liberian activist leymah gbowee and the libyan activist tawakkul karman were awarded the award for peace. >> women must obtain the same opportunities as men to influence development at all levels of society. >> of the three women sharing this year's prize, ellen johnson-sirleaf is the best known internationally. it was a major sensation when she became president of liberia in 2006. she was the first freely elected female head of state in africa. her fellow librarians laureate is leymah gbowee. she organized demonstrations by women to call for peace and put pressure on the warring factions. >> i am a symbol of hope in my community, on the continent, in the eighth place -- in a place where there has never been held before. you do not do it because you expect an award. >> the third recipient is tawakkul karman, a journalist and activist in yemen. >> i dedicate the prize to be peaceful youth revolution in yemen. >> for months, she has been organizing student rallies against the yemeni president. >> words of praise have been pouring in all of the world to be nobel peace pr

and then the third figure, so-called karman. >> which is sort of a rain spring link if we're looking for one. >> precisely. and that's a name that had been at least as much in the speculation at all. but once again, it's a woman confirming that they particularly wanted to emphasize the role of women in society and peace making more broadly. and i think that, in her case, this is yemen as well, again, an interesting choice of country in terms of the whole arab spring movement. >> but it's dominated by women. i understand there have only been 12 women to win this in 100 years. >> absolutely. so all in one go here now, so it does address the balance just a little. and indeed, the sort of enigmatic comments ahead of this, the chair of the committee has been saying that the winner this year would be representing a team that had been very important throughout his life. >> well, as we got the three names, just wondered if we'd have a listen, and questions coming in to him, the former prime minister of norway. >> the main people behind the changes there. lama was the main person behind the p

liberian president, ellen johnson sirleaf, a peace activist, leymah gbowee and tawakul karman. >> until now, only 12 women had won the peace prize. >> ladies and gentlemen, the norwegian committee has decided that the nobel peace prize for 2011 is to be divided in three equal parts between ellen johnson sirleaf, leymah gbowee, tawakul karman. >> ellen johnson sirleaf has been president since 2005 tackling reconciliation after the civil war. the other librarian -- the other liberian challenged the war groups. >> it was predominantly about war, the killing machines, the shelling on the street. no one was taking the time to tell the story of how these women were surviving in the middle of rape, how they were taking care of their children. we brought another liked. >> this woman started her work with human rights and press freedom before the start of the arabs spring uprising. many suggesting that the committee would want to reflect this in some way. >> i am so happy with this news and i dedicated to all of the martyrs and wounded. i dedicated to the martyrs and wounded of tunisia, yemen, l

the third is tawakul karman of yemen, a pro-democracy campaigner. the chairman of the five-member norwegian nobel panel made the announcement in oslo. >> we cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influence developments at all levels of society. >> warner: sirleaf became africa's first democratically elected female president in 2006 on the heels of 14 years of civil war. she faces a hotly contested re- election next tuesday. in 2009, she spoke to "the newshour" about the women she'd named to senior ministerial posts and how they govern differently. >> i've found all the women in the strategic positions that they hold have been so dedicated and committed and honest. i mean, they really go to the task, you know, with all that it takes. they go that extra mile. >> ooh! yippee! that says it all. >> warner: an earlier african winner of the peace prize-- archbishop desmond tutu of south africa-- was jubilant today at sirleaf's award. >> she deserves it many times over. she's brought stab

between ellen johnson-sirleaf, leymah gbowee and tawakku tawakkul karman, for their nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights, for full participation in peace-building work. >> the norwegian nobel committee announced the winners on friday. liberian president, ellen johnson-sirleaf is africa's first democratically-elected female president. she has contributed to securing peace in liberia. promoting economic and social development and strengthening the position of women. the liberian activist, leym leyman gbowee worked hard to bring the long war in liberia to an end to insure women's rights to participate in elections and yemenese activist karman played a leading part for the struggle of women in human rights campaign. >>> the three winners will share about $1.5 million in prize money. the final nobel prize winner for this year will be announced monday in the field of economic sciences. >>> internationalors in afghanistan under fire. [ sirens ] th taliban is growing stronger. its fighters are expanding their reach across the country. afghan citizens are growing ev

the winners are -- ellen johnson-sirleaf, leymah gbowee and tawakkul karman. honored for their, quote, nonviolent struggle for safety of women and for peace building work. >>> president obama is using the nationwide protests against wall street to re-ignite a push for his jobs bill. the president told the press the demonstrations give a void to broader frustrations sweeping the country and a lack of jobs. he said his proposal to tax the most wealthy americans in even the playing field, but republicans say the president has started campaigning full time. and that a tax hike on the wealthy will not create a single job. the senate hopes to vote on a revised version of the president's $450 billion plan next yeek and that includes a surcharge on millionaires. >>> that frustration the president spoke of has made its way to the district through hundreds of protesters. this morning, they are camped out at freedom plaza, preparing for the second day of demonstrations and more are expected to join them. melissa joins us live from freedom square with more. >> good mornin

when the award was made, karman was at a demonstration. of agriculture. in other words, they are not always able to get affordable nutrition food. bottom line, they are hungry. as part of scott pelley's reporting as he spoke with homeless children and talked about the tough times they face. >> reporter: who can tell me what it's like to feel hungry? >> it's hard. you can't sleep. you just like wait. you just go to sleep for five minutes and you wake up again and your stomach hurts and you're sick and i can't sleep. i'm going to try to sleep but you can't because it's like your stomach is hurting and it's cause it doesn't have any food in it. >> and it's like a black hole and sometimes when i don't eat, my stomach, you can hear it like it's like growling. you can hear it. >> usually, we eat macaroni or we don't -- or we drink water or tea. >> my mom will sometimes like make food and then she won't have enough. at night, we will just eat cereal or something. other times, my parents will fight about money because they don't have enough money

ellen johnson sirleaf, leymah gbowee and tawakkul karman. liberia's ellen johnson sirleaf is the first elected in all of africa. the laureate dedicated this to the arab spring activists. >>> men told for years not to neglect prostate cancer screenings, now cnn learned a task force is about to recommend just the opposite, that men not get screened for the disease. cnn the senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us from atlanta. elizabeth, who's making this recommendation? this is is confusing. >> reporter: it is. the same group that told women in their 40s not to get mammograms. we talked about it many times on the year. a huge brouhaha. now the same group is telling men not to get prostate cancer screening saying the screening does nor harm than good. in other words, men are finding cancers that are so small they never would have caused them problem, but then the treatment they then feel compelled to get is causing them problems. so the u.s. preventive task force is set next week to recommend a derating for psa screening. carol? >

the winners are sirleaf president of liberian and gibowee and karman. >> we cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women have the same opportunities as men of developments of all levels of society. >> karman said the award was a victory for all women and the message that the era of arab dictatorship is over. giffords was at yesterday's retirement ceremony for her husband astronaut mark selly. vice president biden presided there. her second trip to washington since she was shot in january. >>> prince harry in the u.s. this morning and arrived yesterday at a california air base to take part of a apache helicopter training lasting two months. >>> two national league division series will be decided tonight. philadelphia hosts st. louis and arizona in milwaukee. both are game fives. in the american league last night another game five the tigers got back-to-back home runs in the first inning and held off the yankees 3-2. yankees stranding 11 runners in that game. tigers advance to play texas tomorrow in the alcs and will get verlander to start tomorrow. looks pretty

the third recipient is tawakkul karman of yemen. she was honored for taking a leading role in the struggle for peace and democracy in her country. >> inspiring. >>> meteorologist mike nicco with the forecast. >>> gorgeous sun filled day for most of us. a few clouds lingering they won't put a damper in the weekend forecast. we have warm weather on the way talk about that and fleet week. >>> he always said, "i'll be back." arnold schwarzenegger returns to his hometown. >>> a special celebration in austria today for arnold schwarzenegger. he returned to his hometown to inaugurate a museum dedicated to him. it opened in july located in the two-story house where he was born. it includes his first barbell, bed which he slept as a child, movie memorabilia including several lifesized terminator models and the wood desk he sat behind while he was governor of california. >> another star. the world's most eligible royal has just arrived in the u.s.. prince harry is coming to california for two months of military helicopter training. he will be

the third recipient is tawakkul karman of yemen.she was honored for taking a leading role in the struggle for peace and democracy in her country. >> inspiring. >>> meteorologist mike nicco with the forecast. >>> gorgeous sun filled day for most of us. a few clouds lingering they won't put a damper in the weekend forecast. we have warm weather on the way talk about that and fleet week. >>> he always said, "i'll be back." arnold schwarzenegger returns to his hometown. s, the fact it can be ususususususs @ >>> a special celebration in austria today for arnold schwarzenegger. he returned to his hometown to inaugurate a museum dedicated to him. it opened in july located in the two-story house where he was born. it includes his first barbell, bed which he slept as a child, movie memorabilia including several lifesized terminator models and the wood desk he sat behind while he was governor of california. >> another star. the world's most eligible royal has just arrived in the u.s.. prince harry is coming to california for two months of mil

tawakul karman, a journalist and peace campaigner.he has been here in this square fearful that if she leaves, which you will be gunned down by government troops. true to her fate, speaking to the bbc, she has dedicated her price to the activists of the arab spring. >> i am sure that this is a victory for the peace of our revolution. >> three women, one prize, in a world where big man politics intends to dominate. >> this is abc news. california, here i come. prince harry stars combat training on the west coast. 12 british banks in including in boyds and rbs have been downgraded by a credit rating agency. it reflects concerns the government might not be willing to bail them out. our chief economic correspondent has the details. >> it has been a day of downgrading amid more gloom in the eurozone. the spanish government was marked down by the agency fitch and it did the same with italy coming into line with other ratings. some of portugals banks were downgraded when moody's had fears about the economic outlook. with a reminder the uk's b

lema -- ellen johnson sirleaf, leymah gbowee and tawakkul karman from yemen they will all share the prize >>> the recession hit hard along oakland's auto row. but, in addition to this nissan dealership they plan to open an infinity show room across the street and a restaurant. it could mean as many as 80 jobs. >>> the dow lost 20 points, nasdaq lot 27. caltrans held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to launch the completion of a new freeway interchange in hayward. >> 2, 3! [cheers and applause] >> the new ramp at the junction of interstate eight hub 80 and highway 92. -- 880 and highway 92. the construction took almost four years to complete. workers replaced two onhub ramps with direct onramps. >>> now, the snow fell in sierra is good news for families hoping to enjoy winter fun. the ski resort sent us this video of their giant snow- making machine. they near a race with mother nature. sunny and relatively warm weather is expected at tahoe that is expected to melt some of the early season snow. mark tamia has the forecast coming up in six minutes. >>> it is friday night and we are going to the e

liberia's president and leymah gbowee also from liberia they organized -- the third recipient is tawakkul karman, of yemen, in the middle, she was recognized in taking a leading roll in the -- role in the struggle for peace and democracy in her country. >>> we were talking about fleet week. you can see some of the ships in town or the aircraft carrier. >> it looks like a small aircraft carrier it is an amphibious assault ship carries marines and helicopters. >> i knew you would be good for that. >> i'm good for something. mike is here with the weather. >>> good morning. quiet on this friday. rain from yesterday gone, cold front to the north is going to stay north and stay dry. what we're talking about in morning, calm conditions, fog developing. and cool weather. only antioch and half moon bay are warmer. everybody else from 1 to 11° cooler this morning. let's talk about how this day unfolds, as we head into the 8:00 hour still in the 40s in many inland areas just barely 50 around oakland and san francisco. total sunshine early, through the lunch hour temperatures respond quickly low to mid 60s

war in liberia to an end to insure women's rights to participate in elections and yemenese activist karman played a leading part for the struggle of women in human rights campaign. >>> the three winners will share about $1.5 million in prize money. the final nobel prize winner for this year will be announced monday in the field of economic sciences. >>> credit ratings agency, moody's has downgraded banks in britain and portugal. it comes amid rising concerns that the prolonged debt problems in europe could hurt the health of the financial institutions in the region. >>> moody's said on friday it cut its senior debt and deposit ratings for the royal bank of scotland and nationwide building society by two notches. lloyd's tsb has been downgraded by one notch. while the ratings of nine other institutions have been cut by one, to five notches. in a statement, moody's cited a potential decrease in official support for ailing banks, saying the british government now more likely to let smaller institutions to go bankrupt. but it added the latest downgrades do not mean that the banking system has

the winners are towak u karman from yemen. a peace activist from liberia and lie beer liberian president. >> i'm accepting this on behalf of the liberian people. for the past eight years, we have had peace and each and every one of them contributed. >> and the three will split the prize money issue the quiver lent of $1.5 million. >>> tiger woods has a round in the 60s, but could he make a move up the leader board? and a pair of thrilling game 5. the minute is next. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call the bay area home. from funding that helped a local entrepreneur start a business... to providing grants to a nonprofit which offers job training and placement... and supporting an organization working to help the environment. because the more we do in the bay area, the more we help make opportunity possible. if we did no >>> we didn't do our trademark anchor picks for the open, but if we did, none of us would have taken paul casey who has a one stroke lead. mark, start the clock

. >> further north the voice of the arab spring, tawakul karman, a journalist and peace campaigner. for the past three months she's camped out here, fearful that if she leaves she'll be gunned down by government troops. true to her faith, but a fighter for freedom, speaking to the bbc, she's dedicated her prize to the activists of the arab spring. >> i am so happy, and i am sure that this is victory for the peace of our revolution. >> three women, one prize, in a world where big-man politics has tended to dominate. karen allen, bbc news, south africa. >> as we saw, desmond tutu was given extra reason to celebrate on his 80th birthday. but what do you do for that all-important 59th? indeed, for most of us it might pass without fanfare, but that's hardly the case for russia's prime minister. today vladimir putin comes a step closer to 60. while his popularity may have dimmed a bit lately, as steve rosenberg reports, the revelers were still out in force. >> in russia it used to be the communist party that grabbed the headlines. now it's a birthday party. vladimir putin's. in 15 cities

tawakkul karman, a leader in the fight for regime change and the symbol for the arab spring itself. 32, a mother of three and on the front lines as she learned of her prize. from liberia, long torn by civil war, 72-year-old ellen johnson sirleaf, the first woman democratically elected woman. six years ago she defeated dictator charles taylor. she's up for re-election next week. also from liberia, leymah gbowee who led a movement against rape and violence. >> we are fighters of war. >> reporter: today they talked about why the women mobilized. >> we have gotten to the place where death was better than life. we felt as women of liberia we needed to do something to change the trend of our lives. >> reporter: today's nobel prize validates her struggle and the courage of women fighting for freedom around the world. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >> still ahead, as we continue we'll introduce you to the next generation of women trying to change the world. we'll hear from one of them and hear who her inspiration was. >>> first tonight we get to hear from michael jackson's doctor in l.

and where their role as peace brokers has been of the arash spring, tawakul karman, a yemeni journalist and peace campaigner. the past three months she's camped out here, fearful that if she leaves, she will be gunned down by government troops. true to her faith, but a fighter for freedom, speaking to the bbc, she's dedicated her prize to the activists of the arab spring. >> i am sure that this word is victory for the peace of our revolution. >> three women, one prize. and a world where big man politics has tended to dominate. karen allen, bbc news, south africa. >> it's now 10 years since u.s.-led forces began their attack on the taliban in afghanistan. the military assault was in the short term a success but the past five years alone more than 10,000 afghan civilians have lost their lives and more than 2,700 troops have been killed since the conflict began. it's already overtaken vietnam as america's longest war. joining me now from west palm beach in florida is a former u.s. ambassador to nato. hello to you. today, in an interview with the bbc, president hamid karzai said the governm

the nobel peace prize winner, karman, has led a protest in new york. she's a yemeni activist. she wants the president and his loyalists to be tried for war crimes. the u.n. is considering a gulf peace plan, which would see the president step down and yet be immune from prosecution. in new zealand, a court has decided not to release the names of the captain and navigational officer charged over the cargo ship disaster. that's the ship. that's the scale of the disaster, of course. and the reason for not revealing them is because there's a fear they'd be exposed to risk of some sort. they're philippine nationals. they could face up to a year in jail if convicted. the ship is just about still in one piece despite the extraordinary cracks within it. tons of thick fuel have come out along with many of those cargo containers falling into the sea as well. syrian television now, it has been showing pictures of a massive pro-government demonstration which is taking place in the city of aleppo. i say massive, and that's absolutely the right word. there have been protests against the gove

and tawakul karman, a yemeni activist and journalist who helped organize anti-government protests in her country. she is the first arab woman to receive a nobel peace prize. >>> the u.s. supreme court opened its new term this week, and one of the first cases on the docket was an anti-discrimination dispute that many believe could be the most important church-state case to reach the high court in years. at issue is whether churches and other religious institutions are exempt from the civil rights laws that prevent discrimination in hiring and firing. should there be an exception for ministers? if so, just who is a minister? kim lawton reports. >> reporter: the case involves cheryl perich, a fourth-grade teacher at a lutheran church missouri-synod school in michigan who mainly taught secular subjects, but also taught religion and led prayers. she took a leave of absence to get treatment for a sleep disorder. when the school was reluctant to let her return, she threatened to sue for violation of the americans with disabilities act. >> i can't fathom how the constitution would be, would

tarrakol karman, a leader of antigovernment protests in yemen is the first arab woman to win the prize. liberian president ellen johnson sirleaf is africa's first freely elected female head of state. and the other peace prize winner is also from liberia and was here in new york today, so we asked michelle miller to introduce us. >> finally. finally. finally we are in the limelight. >> reporter: when men failed to end 14 years of civil war in liberia, leymah gbowee rallied the women of her nation to stop it. why do you think you were able to accomplish what politicians and generals and warlords were not? >> we succeeded because-- and this is the lesson for the rest of the world-- there is no way in this world where someone gives you a slap and you slap them back and expect that it's settled. violence has never settled peace. i tell people i was 17 when the war started. the first time i saw a dead body i freaked out. by 31, i crossed over a dead body without thinking twice. that's not a normal life. >> reporter: her activism is the focus of a critically acclaimed documentary, "pray the d

the third winner is tawakkul karman and opposition leader who organized the first student demonstrations in yemen. >>each apple ceo steve jobs was a notoriously private man so it came as a surprise to some that he authorized a tell-all biography. . steve jobs who died wednesday of pancreatic cancer told wald isaacson he wasn't always there for his children and he wanted them to understand why funeral arrangements for steven jobs and not been disclosed but there will be no public memorial. this tribute to steve jobs drew worldwide attention. in 19 year- old design student from hong kong posted the image of the apple logo using the silhouette of steve jobs in the bite of the apple it went fire all drawing hundreds of thousands of postings the designer jonathan mak has even been offered a job he said he wanted to create a very quiet commemoration a realization that apple is now missing that peace. today's top business stories coming up next and later in a medical controversy over whether or not to straiscreen for prostate cancer also had why the faithful are flocking to wisconsin part of my

liberian president ellen johnson-sirleaf, liberia and women's rights activist leymah gbowee and tawakkul karman of yemen. sirleaf became of liberia's first female elected leader in 2005. >> wonderful accomplishments. >> great. >>> we are a couple weeks away from the fall season. if you have to go to the slopes, you have to go to colorado. the first ski resort to open up this year -- they can think mother nature for the early opening. yes, they had a snowstorm. 3 feet of new snore -- newt snow. the opening record? october 26. >> better them and us. >> yes, absolutely. >> we will keep going as we move into the holiday weekend. last beacon, the temperatures were only in the 40's. >> alright. take a look at annapolis right now. out on the boat. looking at clear skies. hardly any clouds. temperatures in the 40's and a little bit of frost it develops in the early morning hours. 73 degrees. the wind it definitely not a problem. george washington university -- no rain to speak of. not at least for four days now. 75 in alexandria. a high of 78. look at the low. we will head out to oakland maryland where

the three women are ellen johnson-sirleaf, leymah gbowee and tawakul karman.ur screen. she is from liberia. she played a key role in bringing peace to liberia following 14 years of war and led a protest of women protesting rape of soldiers in the warment and there is tawakul karman. she is the first woman to win the prize before, during, or after protest. now all three women will split the $1.5 million in nobel prize money. >>> we're about six minutes at the top of the hour. one man has a plan now for improving the old frank sinatra tune, "take me to the moon." he wants to actually run on the lunar surface. yes, we'll tell you when he wants to do it and why he wants to do it. stay with us. y? you can make it in just 14 minutes. mmmh, orange chicken. great. i didn't feel like going out anyway. [ male announcer ] wanchai ferry. restaurant quality chinese in your grocer's freezer. [ female announcer ] something unexpected to the world of multigrain... taste. ♪ delicious pringles multigrain. with a variety of flavors, multigrain pops with pringles. my son and i ne

and karman played a key role in women's rights in yemen. >>> protests keeps spreading and in the u.s. and the president speaks out. all eyes are on the labor department ahead of today's september unemployment report. that rate now stands at 9.1%. >> economists say it will likely stay stagnant for the third month in a row. john hendren joins us on northwest with how the white house is responding to this report. >> good morning. frustration over the stagnant economy you have been talking about is spilling out into the streets. this movement is not a tea party, it's more like the tea party's liberal counterpart. the occupy wall street movement began with a few protesters in front of the new york stock exchange and has become occupy america. spreading as far west as los angeles, they are protesting against corporate greed and massive profits or bailed out banks. it is a movement not embraced by many republicans. gop presidential candidate herman cain said if you are jobless and not rich, don't blame wall street or the banks blame yourself. president obama commented as walt. >> the america

african peace activist, leymah gbowee, and human rights activist tawakul karman from yemen.e got the prize for their nonviolent struggle to get more rights for women. >> congratulations. >> announcement came out a couple of hours ago. >> that's big. >> big time. >> very good. >>> let's see, we'll talk about temperatures. >> anything you talk about is fine. >> it really is. things are good today and will be good through the weekend. here is the temperature trend. going in the right direction, finally. things looking good. low 70s today. how about around 80 tomorrow? how about maybe even a tad warmer than 80 on sunday and on monday? yep, that's your temperature trend the next several days. temperatures well above average over the weekend and into the start of next week. our current temperatures now, 53 degrees here in washington. dulles airport at 44. winchester at 43. annapolis, 53. i'll show you the satellite radar. nothing really to show you here. we show it for a couple of reasons, mom one, to show -- number one, to show how quiet it is. we have fog out there, particularly

better state. [ falcon screeches ] >>> three women won the nobel peace prize the winners are tawakkul karman and ellen johnson sirleaf and leymah leymah gbowee. >>> ten years ago today, american forces invaded afghanistan. about 98,000 u.s. troops remain there although they are handing over security duties to afghan forces now. the war's former top commander mcchrystal says that the war has gone on because of the slightly sim plastic understanding of afghanistan when we invaded it. >>> decision 2012 coverage now. today, herman cain will spend time in northern virginia. he will appear at a book signing. he won his second straw poll over the weekend and is surging in the polls. >>> house speaker john boehner will speak at the value voter summit here in the district. it's an annual event for conservative voters. others include mitt romney, rick perry, herman cain, michele bachmann and newt gingrich. >>> prince hairy will arrive in the u.s. to begin a two-month training course. he will take a helicopter training course for combat. he will start at the naval air facility at el centro, california

. >> reporter: tawakul karman, the unsuccessful attempt to overthrow yemen's president. >> i was veryappy. >> reporter: and two women from liberia, lima gbowee is one. >> a group of women we decided now is the time for us to just step in and do something, do something against rape and abuse. >> reporter: and ellen johnson sirleaf, 72, the first democratically elected woman of an african company. >> she is extraordinary woman. >> reporter: human rights advocate rebecca westerfield was a peace corps volunteer in liberia four decades ago and helped bring sirleaf to speak there two years ago. >> this is a hopeful day and i think it's going to energize women around the world. >> reporter: just the intent of the nobel committee, to inspire the next generation of women leaders. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. . >>> convicted murderer josef bay iv is being sent to prison to life without parole. today prosecutors decided to drop kidnapping and torture charges in another case to spare the witness from testifying and cheer the way for bay's immediate transfer to prison. it is expected he had

president ellen johnson sirleaf, african peace activist leymah gbowee, and human rights activist tawakkul karmanyemen are sharing the prize. they got their prizes for nonviolent struggle to get more rights for women. sirleaf was the first woman to be elected president of an african country. congratulations. >>> this is tricky, a woman let go due to the economy being called on to essentially do work for that company, but not get paid. what should she do? >> that would seem cut and dry. maybe, maybe not. >> stick around, anyway. my thoughts coming up. >>> looking like a gorgeous weekend is on tap. great day today. tucker has the forecast. we'll have that and more. will will make you say thank goodness it's friday. back in a moment. 9:26. [ female announcer ] these are the grands! biscuits you love with dinner. and these are the ones you'll love as dinner. grands! mini pizzas. grands! biscuit dough... plus 3 ingredients make an easy dinner everyone loves. grands! mini pizzas... from pillsbury. ♪ start your morning a whole new way! ♪ ♪ pillsbury grands! biscuits ♪ filled with breakfast ingredients ♪

. >> reporter: tawakul karman, the unsuccessful attempt to overthrow yemen's president. >> i was very happy. >> reporter: and two women from liberia, lima gbowee is one. >> a group of women we decided now is the time for us to just step in and do something, do something against rape and abuse. >> reporter: and ellen johnson sirleaf, 72, the first democratically elected woman of an african company. >> she is extraordinary woman. >> reporter: human rights advocate rebecca westerfield was a peace corps volunteer in liberia four decades ago and helped bring sirleaf to speak there two years ago. >> this is a hopeful day and i think it's going to energize women around the world. >> reporter: just the intent of the nobel committee, to inspire the next generation of women leaders. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. . >>> convicted murderer josef bay iv is being sent to prison to life without parole. today prosecutors decided to drop kidnapping and torture charges in another case to spare the witness from testifying and cheer the way for bay's immediate transfer to prison. it is expected he h

the final recipient in tawakkul karman of yemen honored for taking a leading role for peace in her countrys that the candidate plans to say he rejects most isolationist policies supported by most tea party members. the speech comes on the 10th anniversary on the start of the u.s. war against the taliban in afghanistan. >> more on how steve jobs spent his final jobs including executives warned palo alto police he was near death. allowing police to provide extra patrols around his home in case mourners began gathering. when jobs died 40 people showed up at his home. they paid tribute by leaving flowers or symbolic apples. >> i never thought his death would affect me this way. really profound like somebody really special even bigger than life. >> has millions of close friends who never met him but are close friends because of what his inventions did to their imaginations and their lives. >> we are hearing that steve jobs contacted walter isaacson writing his biography in the few days of i had life to give the writer new details about the -- final days that biography is set to be released octo

leymah gbowee who fought against violence in women -- in liberia against women and tawakkul karman. you for being with us, mr. ambassador. appreciate it. this is a history-making day. not only is it three women, the first time in the history of the noble peace prize, the 110- year history, but also a first twice over for liberia. >> exactly. >> what is your reaction? >> we are happy and pleased by the decision of the noble committee, and we wish to express our deep appreciation for their recognition of the outstanding contributions that president sirleaf continues to make in the fight for democracy, human rights, and women's rights in liberia around the world and for fellow liberian leymah gbowee, who was instrumental in the fight for the cessation of the civil crisis in lybeeria, especially in 2002, when there was fighting, factional fighting in monrovia and the women who are the -- displaced and a disadvantaged group in the society were victimized as a result of the war. >> what message does this sunday to women around the world? >> it sends a message that women are increasingly p

tawakkul karman a democracy activist from yes, ma'am then, leymah gbowee from liberia and liberian presidentirleaf. >> i'm accepting this on behalf of the liberian people. the credit goes to them. for the past eight years, we have had peace and each and every one of them has contributed to that. >> the three will split the prize money the equivalent of $1.5 million, u.s. >>> space is not just for astronauts anymore. it's also for tourists and at least one athlete. >> and he has a goal of running on the moon. what he has already done to make that happen. >>> and temperatures up significantly today but this is just the beginning. more warming is on the way just in time for your holiday weekend. i have the forecast coming up after the break. >> richard seymour pays the price and one team punches their ticket to the nlcs. that's coming up in sports. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a lot of people are into running. you see them all the time. meet one man who wants to go the extra distance by running on the moon. jason carroll on how he is planning to pull it off. >> reporter: skeptics said it couldn'

president of liberia, leymah gbowee a peace activist from the same west african country and tawakkul karman democracy activist from yemen. those three are going to be splitting the prize month, $1.5 million. in a statement, the nobel committee said they hope that they will help to bring the end of suppression of women that still occurs in many countries and raise the great potential for democracy and peace that women can represent. >>> yesterday we had a little mix of sun and clouds and it was raining and then sunny. >> today even better we'll see a lot of sunshine around the bay area and no rain to worry about today, high pressure building in setting the stage for a fantastic weekend. out the door now, cool if spots. only 44 degrees in the napa valley also in santa rosa. 45 in livermore. this afternoon high pressure building in temperatures warming up. yesterday we had numbers in the 60s with showers and the thunderstorms. today, yeah, we're going to watch a significant change in those temperatures, much warmer into san francisco at 68. more coming up. now let's check traffic with gianna.

liberia's president ellen johnson sirleaf, the first elected woman president in modern africa, taw -- karmannd liberian activity layman bawi who helped successfully end the country's civil war. that is documented in the film "pray the devil back to hell". >> we stepped out first and did the unimaginable. >> it sent out a signal to the world that we the liberian women we are tired of the killing of our people. we can do it again if we want to. >> and we welcome this year's nobel peace prize winner, lay ma bali. the author of the book" mighty be our powers, how sisterhood, prayer and sex change add nation at war. thank you so much for joining us. this must be such an extraordinary day. where were you and how did you react when you learned that you had received the nobel? >> i was honored. and thank you, andrea, for having me on your show. i was on the the red eye flight from san francisco to new york and about to take a flight to africa tonight. as i was on my flight, by the time we landed in new york by 6:50 i decided to put my phone on. put the phone on because my sister had done surgery yes

johnson sirleaf, the president of liberia; leymah gbowee a peace activist from liberia; and tawakkul karman, an activist for democracy from yemen. the three will split $1.5 million in prize money. >> you are a pro at those names by now. just rolling through that list. >> i'm just amazed at what they were able to accomplish. so the least i can do is say their names right. [ laughter ] >>> all right. time now is 6:39. let's get another check of traffic and weather. lawrence, how are you doing over there in the weather center? >> doing well, guys. a lot of sunshine come our wait a minute we are drying things out weather-wise as high pressure is building in now and, of course, got a lot of things going on this weekend. we want some sunshine and i think we are going to see plenty of it. let's take you outside now. kind of a neat start to the day. couple of patches of fog out toward the coastline and a few high clouds over the bay but we are looking good right now as that ridge of high pressure will continue to build in today and bring with it more sunshine around the bay area, some dry weather o

the third recipient is tawakkul karman of yemen she was honored for taking a leading roll in the -- rolepeace and democracy in her country. >> vice president biden is saying the slow economy could jeopardize president obama's reelection in an interview he said that gop is strong enough to bate the president in 2012 primarily because many americans don't believe the country is moving in the right direction. the vice president also says voters realize how deep the recession was on how much worse things would be and that may be enough to send the president back to the white house. >>> east bay family survived after lightning zapped the pick-up truck they were in yesterday afternoon. in pleasant hill. a lightning bolt struck the vehicle transformer leaving the wiring in both fried. >> the car is dead. >> what did you feel? >> [ inaudible ] >> heard a big bang. >> no one in the pick up was hurt. the strike left all traffic lights an the intersection lit up. >> scary situation. >> each for others in the intersection. >> oh yeah >> thank goodness nobody was hurt. >> no more lightning. going to

liberian activist leymah gbowee and tawakkul karman. it's important to women all over the world. >> we cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influence development at all levels of society. >> it is worth noting that the yemeni recipient is the first arab woman to receive the nobel peace prize. >>> well, no formal ceremony by u.s. troops in afghanistan today to mark the tenth anniversary of the war. the conflict is the longest in u.s. history. more than 2,700 coalition forces have been killed over the decade. 1,780 of them, americans. >>> pakistan may charge a doctor with high treason because he helped the united states guess osama bin laden. the doctor, as you may recall, set up a bogus vaccination program for the cia. agents wanted to get dna samples from people living in bin laden's compound, which you see right there. the u.s. has repeatedly been pressing pakistan to free this doctor. >>> let's check it out. her smile, a mile wide. congresswoman gabrielle giffords