oprah, katie couric, al roker. this is larry king and one of larry king's groupies. >> what does it look like to be ith me? [ laughter ] >> reporter: he was raised in south carolina but born in washington. so, he said he enjoys visiting d.c. >> reminds me of my infancy. >> a lot of spitting up? >> and a lot of infantile behavior. >> reporter: he said his kids will visit the wax museum. will it freak them out? >> of course, it freaks me out. >> reporter: when asked if he has a message for congress. >> are they distill -- they're still here? >> they still here. >> all of them? >> okay. >> reporter: speaking of shirking responsibilities. >> this old fill so going to come in to handy the next time i'm called to jury duty. >> reporter: he enjoyed being graced by his own presence. >> um, um. [ laughter ] >> can i lick me? you can't lick me. >> too late. [ laughter ] >> reporter: in washington, beth parker, fox five news. >> i love him. even more so now that i can go to madame tousseau's and touch him. the joys of life. >

okay, katie couric, thanks very much.e house, the big story tonight control of the senate also at stake tonight. we have news there, as well. it's in the state of connecticut. congressman chris murphy has defeated linda mcmahon, a close election. we'll project that chris murphy will defeat linda mcmahon, her second run. to jon karl. she spent $100 million. combine that hold for the democrats with the pickup of angus king in maine and looking much more difficult for the republicans to take control of the senate. >> yeah, because now they have to have a net gain of five to guarantee control and just lost one prime chance they had to win there in connecticut. they can still do it but that path is really narrow. watch now massachusetts. i just took a look at where the presidential vote is there. not surprisingly barack obama is ahead by 20 points, the question is scott brown, the republican senator from massachusetts, can he hang on in a state that is going so overwhelmingly for the president? if they lose there that's anothe

and for,, katie couric has been out a show tune, today she's done with the broadway cast of danny. it will talk with the cast members past and present. anncr: which do you believ what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse r v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're goin g to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barackob. i approve this message. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- taking on hurricane sandy. will push the goods and the country music to work tonight. brad paisley and carrie use tonight's telecast to help the red cross for storm victims. >> country fans are so amazing giving, to make sure can pitch in, to be important. >> among the performers are antebellum,, lady chesney, and a musical willie nelson and all b

hollywood stars, abc news personalities all answered the hotline including barbara walters and katie couricall now to donate. >> you can text abc to 90999 to give $10. disney is kicking off things with a two million dollar donation to the american red cross. samsung is matching contributions up to three million dollars. >>> quick look at other famous folks who have donated mark cuban donated one million. barbara walters donated a quarter million george stephanopoulos another $50,000. [cheers and applause]

. >> katie couric one of several taking part. she will be on "good morning america" and you can look for more on the effort on her show that airs at 4:00 here. >> it is 4:36. wall street on the sidelines on the election. with more on that and a preview of the trading day we go to new york. >> good morning. stock futures quiet at the moment. a lot of it is the big story of the week with such a close race the election. as president obama and mitt romney tussle over the white house the fear is the united states' failure to limit damage of the fiscal clip that could put us back in recessi down them down will be the topic of a discussion as the g-20 meeting continues in mexico. but economists are telling us here that the outcome of the election may really not even matter in terms of the economy because it is still on focus for growth and better teams ahead because consumers are spending more home prices are rebounding and banks are increasing lending but both candidates face the tough issue of reducing the $1.1 trillion federal budget

katie couric will continue that on her show today. you can help with just a simple click. as part of the day of giving, be donating $1 to the red cross for every us on facebook. >> hope you will join in on that effort. explaining this to your .nsurance agent suv and a small plane get in unusualhe most accidents ever caught on tape. at the latest in the search r answers after a young child was mauled to death at the zoo. cool out there, but little bit of sunshine and not many clouds. [ mitt romney ] we have to work on a collaborative basis. look, the reason i'm in this race is there are people that are really hurting today in this country. and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats boboth love america but we need hato have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. >> a meeting wrapping up in northwest washington to discuss f

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a touch screen and katie couric will be with us tonight monitoring what you are talking about on facebookhistory tonight, as our president will be re-elected or the republicans will have taken back the white house and we do hope you joins at abc news till the very last, diane. >> we thank you. and our election 2012 coverage will begin right now. george stephanopoulos, the powerhouse political team standing by. we will be here with the latest minute-by-minute results as they come in and see you after a short break.

a touch screen and katie couric will be with us tonight monitoring what you are talking about on facebookhistory tonight, as our president will be re-elected or the republicans will have taken back the white house and we do hope you joins at abc news till the very last, diane. >> we thank you. and our election 2012 coverage will begin right now. george stephanopoulos, the powerhouse political team standing by. we will be here with the latest minute-by-minute results as they come in and see you after a short break. >>> good afternoon, i'm cheryl jennings with this abc 7 news election update. all eyes on prop 30, education funding measure, supporters greeted the governor as he arrived to vote in the oakland hills. it would boost sales tax a quarter percent, increasing taxes on individuals that earn more than $250,000 a year. the governor says if it fails, california schools will be in big trouble. prop 30 opposers say it will drive business out of california. >> election officials divided into two locations pushing some vote dwrorz a precinct down the street. san francisco's big ush yu is p

. >> katie couric looks at the year in miracles. that is tomorrow at 4:00 p.m.right here. >> we may have a weather tramp here. >> it sounds like it. into the weekend. >> looking that way. lots of sunshine and a warming trend. that will be the difference here. take a look at temperatures around the area. the sun has been down for 49 minutes and temperatures are starting to fall. these are the latest observations. 40 west of town. we also have the wind out of the northwest, 13 miles per hour. those will diminish and that brought in the drier air. with clear skies and light winds, we will drop tonight about 33. perhaps a few of for 20's in outlying areas. there is the spin on the right hand of the storm moving it to groupon new england but interacting with high-pressure across the tennessee valley. that is what gave us the gusty winds today. there were helpful because they brought in drier air and is starting to clear things out. tomorrow, sunny and cooler than average. 61. we will be in the range of 53 to 57. saturday, a sunni and 64. veterans day on sunday, 67 wi

. >> katie couric explores a new topic. >> as she talks to a player to walk away from an nba career to deal with his history of sexual abuse. >> that is tomorrow at 4:00 right here on abc7. >> and in the northeast, they will let you do with the nor'easter. they are already dealing with it aren't they, doug? >> yes. fortunately is not nearly as severe as sandy. looking live now at downtown new york, breezy and julie. 33 downtown right now. there will be more accumulation. not a major snowstorm. that is the last thing they need. you can see on the radar -- the white areas indicate the areas of most likely snow. deep purple areas are going to be sleet, back and forth of the mix. we are called. know that. for the first six days of the month of november, below average. this comes after our record warm-setting october. late march early april -- this is the coldest start to a month since december of 2010. the average high is 61. late afternoon temperatures in the 30's and 40's. breezy and cold. light precipitation will and overnight. tomorrow we will see clearing. it will turn sunny and breez

katie couric has given me her approval. >> i'm sure she would. >> here to make trouble as always. others there. including josh. a lot of people have called in already. we want to tell folks, if you get a busy signal, don't be discouraged. please call back again. because we're getting a great response. we want to continue to get as many pledges as we can. >>> we've got so much going on this morning as well. we're going to talk about that, too. and plus like inside the diet. can chocolate and wine really help you drop the pounds. >> i sure hope it does. >> here's the thing. i got to say, they must have another secret because i do chocolate and wine regularly and it's not helping out. there's got to be a secret. lara and josh? >> i think if you saw david letterman, we're all aware of that. again, it's about dave getting here at abc. and we're so privileged to be part of this at "good morning america." it's going to be going on on the abc family of networks. and snooki from seaside heights as well. again, the number 1-800-help-now. again, you don't want to interrupt the calls. >> i kn

katie couric puts it on the evening news. if the words -- if racial sensitivity is saw offensive on its face shouldn't the people who put this on the evening news be apologizing. >> tom, as somebody who works at a news station that should not be the case at all. >> so this facebook story had to do with these gallons who were as a war memorial. andy, i don't know if you quoted the company. these girls worked to -- i keep calling them girls. >> you will be on indicate fee couric. >> the correct term is dames. >> they were living at independently independent forever. they have all of the pc credited. this is a company that helps people living with disabilities. it is interesting that these women are in trouble because they are essentially -- i am just assuming that they work for this organization. they live a very politically correct life. they are in trouble with the military for being insensitive. how do you think if the roles were reversed if these people, perhaps if they worked for the military and caught doing something unp

of course katie couric has been known to belt out a show tune or two. she is going to sit down with the new broadway cast of "annie." she will talk with past cast members and present cast members. all of that is coming up today at 4:00 on "annie." >> another cool morning this morning. >> i know, right? it is going to stick around for a while. you know it is fall so you expect the cool air. but this is unseasonably cool and we're going to stick that way for a little while. let's show you live super doppler. we have a little moisture trying to pick up there into extreme northern virginia and into northwestern maryland. most of what you see there is virga. rain is coming down but it evaporates before it ever quite reaches the surface. maybe a sprinkle. that's about all you're going to get out of that. it is very similar to the situation that you saw yesterday. the temperature definitely a bit on the cool side to start you out. we mostly have 40's on the map. 46 at reagan national. 41 at dulles and 42 in fredericksburg. let's compare this to the averages. y

. >> reporter: that is him there down the hallway, oprah, katie couric, al roker. he's larry king and as far as we can tell, one of larry king's groupies. >> this is what it looks like to be with me. [ laughter ] >> reporter: cold bear -- colbair was raised in south carolina and born in washington. he enjoys visiting d.c. >> it reminds me of my infancy. >> and a lot of infantile behavior. >> reporter: he said his kids will visit the museum, will it freak them out? >> of course, it will freak me out. >> reporter: when asked if he had a message for congress. >> are they still here? >> yes. >> reporter: speaking of shirking responsibilities. >> he's going come in handy the next time he's called for jury duty. >> reporter: to sum it up, he enjoys being graced by his own present. [ laughter ] >> you can not lick me. too late. >> reporter: in washington, beth parker, fox 5 news. >> it looks exactly like him. >> it does, and i have been there. you know the two that i found most remarkable? president obama and madonna. >> i haven't seen them. >> you look at them and you th

. >> reporter: right down the hallway is oprah, katie couric, al rokery king and one of larry king'supies. colbert was raised in south carolina but born in washington. so he says he enjoys visiting d.c. >> it reminds me of my infancy and a lot of infantile behavior. >> reporter: he says his kids will visit the wax museum. will it freak them out? >> of course. it freaks me out. >> reporter: when asked if he has a message for congress. >> they're still here? all of them? >> reporter: they're still here. >> reporter: speaking of shirking responsibilities. >> this little fellow will come in handy the next time i get called for jury duty. >> reporter: to sum it up he enjoys being graced by his own presence. >> can i lick me? >> you cannot, no. >> foo late. >> reporter: beth parker, fox 5 news -- too late. >> reporter: beth parker, fox 5 news. >> okay. let's talk about the forecast. >>> this is the point in the show where we're supposed to have witty banter. >> i have no witty banter. >>> got a redskins game this weekend at home and folks might want to go out to madame tussauds tomorrow an

. >>> why did you make me do katie couric? did you see the coverage? did you? are you there? listening to me? >> yes, governor, i'm here. katie was a logical choice. she's been very fair to us the entire campaign. >> you call that interview fair? >> yes, governor, i do. >> i certainly don't. she was out to get me from the get-go. >> no, she wasn't. the interview sucked because you didn't try. >> what do you mean i didn't try? >> you didn't fight back like in the charlie gibson interview, when you didn't know the answers you crawled your way back. you just gave up. >> it wasn't my fault. i wasn't properly prepped. >> a prep from "game change" the movie there. we had to wait until after the '08 election to realize the true and truly fascinating depths of the rifts between two sides on the mccain/palin republican ticket. this year what i think is an emerging split between the romney and ryan sides is turning out to be a thing to behold before the election happens. joining us now is steve schmidt. mccain/palin adviser in '08 he is now an msnbc contributor. . steve, thanks for bein

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zucker has been producing katie couric's daytime talkshow which is only so-so.ine pick for cnn which some viewers say is dull all too often. it runs third two fox new and msnbc. cnn is headed in the wrong direction. it should be strong in election year. 44% for the total day. twenty-five-54, down 47%. primetime showing some nice progress there. cnn's problem is it plays things to down the middle. msnbc has staked out it is not exactly a liberal fan. it is viewed elsewhere as a righty. zucker is a registered independent and he has never given, as far as we can tell, contributions to politics of any ashley: interesting background on that, dennis kneale. thank you so much. tracy: it is quarter till. time for stocks as we do every 15 minutes. the cult that back floor of the new york stock exchange. my capital getting a boost again. nicole: geico is right around the corner. a question of who will actually get knight capital. we have charles gasparino doing a great job. geico proposing a $1.4 billion deal. then you have virgin financial. maybe buying knight capital fo

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>> to katie couric, our social media headquarters. >> you know, you talk about polarization, diane, you just need to go on twitter and i'm sure in your account, my account we're hearing lots of pros and cons about the results of this election but you mention a photo that the obama campaign tweeted earlier tonight maybe about a half hour ago. we thought we'd show you that photo right now because it is one of the most retweeted tweets and photos in twitter history. we thought we'd show you some other things, other comments people are making. this has become sort of the social media/entertainment tonight corner. katy perry tweeted "done and dusted." cher using a younger version of herself on her profile page tweeted "omg, i'm so happy. this is one of the great nights of my life. tears are streaming down my face. women we have a champion." paris jackson said "saying a prayer, thank you, god. and #, don'thavetomovetocanada. >> donald trump, the ever shrinking violet wrote "well, back to the drawing board." this is how celebrities are reacting. >> you got to love, i guess the cele celebro twi