city council encourage l.a.nt us to be vegetarians one day a week monday, that's like asking me to be gay once a week. i could do it, i'd rather not. i was at the farmers market this weekend, i bought a free-range chicken, a chicken that got to spend its life running around a farm instead of being koopd up in a coop, i guess and i was very proud of buying the free-range chicken, but they had a great life, unlike the cooped up chickens, these chickens didn't want to die, so i paid eight bucks extra to kill a happy chicken. [ laughter ] what we should be eating are the unhappy chickens, the chickens that hate being in the coop so much, they flour themselves and dive in the deep fryer. i want suicidal chick ens. unless they come with a littles in into -- noose, i won't buy them. if you're look for a christmas gift for someone you don't like, a company in japan is producing an iphone case you can eat. this is not the joke. i think. unless it's a joke on us. the case is made of baked brown rice. looks very durable. t

hector, who writes the review for the "l.a. times," that's what he compared it to in the review, and i was just like beyond honored to be even in the same sentence as angela because, i mean, that's such a wonderful book and it's one of my favorite books, and for someone to say that my book is, you know, the angela sanchez of the mexican immigrant experience. i was thrilled. there are similarities, you know, i mean, we both talk about poverty, about the many -- about our relationship with our participants -- parents with just struggling to overcome, you know, all the obstacles and being able to go above and beyond what we thought we ever could. so there are many similarities although i think, you know, one of the best things about angela is that there's so much humor that balances all that depressing stuff that is written about. and i'm not very humorous, unfortunately, i would love to write more humor in my work but i write from a deep place that has mostly pain and sadness. i was thinking how similar we are. she painted from a

back at l.a.ounty on an attempted murder charge, he told us he doesn't care much for the new generation of gang bangers. >> when i was out there, i would steal cars. joyride, whatever you want to call it. look at the new generation, car jacking. these kids go out, stick a gun in someone's face to go joyriding in a car, turn a misdemeanor crime into a death penalty case. they don't get time around guys like me anymore to tell them they look stupid. you don't want to sit on death row for a crime you could have got out of jail in 24 hours on. >> it was a generation gap between gangsters. there's a code of ethics amongst killers and felons. he felt like the new generation was not abiding by that. >> when my dad was a small-time mafioso back east, he used to say there are thugs and gangster. thugs come and go. gangsters are about making money and respect. you have to know two things, you don't kill cops and you don't kill innocent women and children. if you live that way, most cops will let you make a

but in l.a. i just didn't expect there to be lice.and for a second there i thought that maybe they had crossed the border illegally like i had, and yet, and i got inspected and it turned out that i had lice. and i was so, i was so afraid to go home and tell that to my dad, because i didn't want him to think that i was still the dirty little girl he had left behind in mexico. and i thought he was going to beat me as well. because that was his favorite way of disciplining us. and it turned out that my father was not angry at me, and he didn't blame me, and he didn't beat me. and it was a beautiful moment because he took me out to the yard, and he looked for lice, and he cleaned out my hair and he spend like two hours looking through my hair, looking for lice, and he was so gentle when he did it that it was just like, like such a painfully beautiful moment for me. and then he was telling me stories about when i was a baby, but, of course, i didn't remember, but it was before he came to the u.s., before he left me in mexico, he told me th

. >> and seeing ecthink its to l.a. and anaheim and north from chowchilla into gil roy and santa fe and san francisco. >> when this is done, i don't care error if i'm using a walker. i will get on and i might stop in chowchilla first. >> you may not be able to. >> that's right. >> and let's go to, in terms of -- it seems like. >> to go now. >> yes. >> and the president pledged a stimulus of 3.5 ms. >> for california. >> yeah, and we want to be selfish for a half an hour, $3.5 million. the question is, if this week's election doesn't re-elect this president, could anything be jeopardized or is it set in stone? >> it's setno in stone for the $3.4 million for the central valley portion. >> uh-huh. >> and beyond that, depends on the re-election of this president who has made high- speed rail his priority. >> what about mitt romney? has anyone from your group talked to mitt romney say if you're elected, do you plan to support our efforts? >> i don't want to be political. >> uh-huh. >> on your show. >> okay. >> but there has

outside the l.a.rs and supporters, by supporters, people who are paid to protest marched down century boulevard to protest against the company that employs them. a dozen people were arrested. i don't know -- i think that was -- i think those were trick or treaters late for halloween. their plan was to snarl traffic on one of the busiest travel days of the year. if there's one sure fire way to win the support of the public, it's to make them late to the airport. we love that. president obama participated in the annual turkey pardoning ceremony this morning. this is a tradition started by president bush in 1989. two turkeys, cobbler and gobbler. malia seems a little bit freaked out by the -- i don't blame her. turkeys can't be trusted. in order to pardon a turkey, you have to cast a magic spell, which is what the president did there. last year, fox news accused the president of only pardoning the turkey's legs and thiks becau s because of a, quote, deep seeded hatred of white meat. i thought that was a

witnesses telling the l.a. times this morning that the shooting happened at a party in the center of campus at the tudor campus center which seems to be a student union on campus. the witness is telling the "l.a. times" that there was a party celebrating halloween. it was max capacity inside. at least 100 people inside and outside. gunmen came up and just started shooting and at least they believe four students were shot. looking at the reports, we're hearing one of those students may be in critical condition, but we're trying to get more and more information. a lot of stuff coming out on social media now. keeping in touch with the "l.a. times." >> thanks a lot. weps we want to get back to the race for the white house. >> president obama, mitt romney both canceled events following hurricane sandy, but both in for very busy days ahead today. john gonzales to explain how they are making up for the lost time. >> with the race still at a dead heat it resumes today after taking a break for hurricane sandy. the most

l.a. would go up 3-0 at the half. alan gordon and shoots and scores.ne more goal and the quakes could advance. he shot it high from point blank range. he does not want to get up after that. so the season is over because the l.a. galaxy advance 3-2 on the aggregate scoring system. that's about the worst way ever to decide a playoff series. it is over. the warriors admit they lacked energy and intensity in a loss to sacramento. they came out with purpose and curry was on fire tonight against cleavland. world series hero and sandoval at courtside. neighbors with curry i hear. he didn't score, but he had five assists. irving, remember the number one pick in the draft was wheeling and dealing. he had 28. curry answering. he had 15 in the first quarter and finished with 21. thompson early foul trouble. a nice dish to leigh. i think this is a shot. he turned it into a pass. second quarter and jefferson and barnes throwing down. warriors by eight at the half. late third quarter and irving loses the handle. warriors were up by 11. david leigh playing despite th

l.a. would go up 3-0 at the half. alan gordon and shoots and scores.d the quakes could advance. he shot it high from point blank range. he does not want to get up after that. so the season is over because the l.a. galaxy advance 3-2 on the aggregate scoring system. that's about the worst way ever to decide a playoff series. it is over. the warriors admit they lacked energy and intensity in a loss to sacramento. they came out with purpose and curry was on fire tonight against cleavland. world series hero and sandoval at courtside. neighbors with curry i hear. he didn't score, but he had five assists. irving, remember the number one pick in the draft was wheeling and dealing. he had 28. curry answering. he had 15 in the first quarter and finished with 21. thompson early foul trouble. a nice dish to leigh. i think this is a shot. he turned it into a pass. second quarter and jefferson and barnes throwing down. warriors by eight at the half. late third quarter and irving loses the handle. warriors were up by 11. david leigh playing despite the flu. he had 2

is this show going to be in l.a.? >> like five nights in l.a.> jimmy: we've got to make was one of those nights a two-man show where i join you for the show. i'd like to be a part of it. [ cheers and applause ] wouldn't that be fun? could we do that? all right. >> yeah. >> jimmy: if you take your feet off my furniture. do you still follow boxing? >> yeah. quite -- yeah. as a matter of fact, i'm launching my foundation, mike tyson cares. [ cheers and applause ] yes. hey. i am going to be -- mike tyson cares about helping homeless children in vegas. there are so many homeless children and we're going to launch december 7th, a day before the pacquiao fight. we're going to be at the mgm taboo. 7:30 to 10:00. it is all about giving the homeless children a fighting chance like myself. i was one of those children once. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you were. >> yes. not everyone has a talent like you. >> no, no. listen. that's not true. everybody doesn't have a talent like me. everybody has a talent and we need to find out where it's at. >> jimmy:

so l.a. doesn't really feel like home. i really only ever worked in l.a.on't have a ton of friends and family. >> where did you grow up? >> bethesda, maryland. >> near me in indianapolis and buoy. >> maryland girl. >> see the beautiful videos they look like home movies, you feel like you're peeking in in on your private home movies do you have concerns now that the train has left the station here? >> i think so many people have been with us on this journey and have prayed for us and really, you know, we have taken with -- for us not to show this happy ending i think would have been a real disservice to them. but i think going forward, it's going to be very controlled. he is not going to live that kind of a life. >> it was really important to us to shoot that episode ourselves, essentially. you know, we -- the birth of the baby, we didn't want the network cameras in there. >> so what we did was we said, listen i know you guys are going to hate us for saying this not going to have our cameras in there we will shoot it ourselves. >> but it would be very -- it

even our local nbc affiliate in l.a.t in the whitest way they could have. >> it's aned aggravation for those who now need gasoline for their generators. >> horrible. everyone is fighting and that's what i get. the police are here. >> true that. >> jimmy: true that. takes us a little while to catch up with the street lingo out in l.a. true that. meanwhile, apple is going forward with the release of the ipad mini tomorrow, or for the millions of people who still don't have electricity, a paperweight. a smaller version of the ipad. anyone standing in line for an ipad mini in new york or new jersey this week should be punched in the throat, all right? if you have that kind of time -- [ applause ] volunteer for something. apple just started running a new commercial for the mine kni. it looks like they might have another big hit. >> first came the ipod. then, a slightly thinner ipod. then a tinier ipad. then, a taller, thinner ipod. then, a taller, thinner ipod that shuffles. then a pink one, a blue one, a green one. then, an

>> i wonder if people in l.a.ught they were filming a movie or something. >> probably would have been, oh, camel on the road. >> typical saturday morning. >> the best part of that story, when you thought it couldn't get more absurd, you start interviewing a guy with a clown face. that was awesome. thank you, john. appreciate it. >>> coming up here on the broadcast, the american college professor convicted for drug possession in argentina. he claims he was set up and that this model was at the heart of the sting. >>> also, mansion melee. the new pictures following the bloody thanksgiving brawl between halle berry's fiance and her ex, after he showed up with her 4-year-old daughter. what impact will the fight have on their bitter custody battle? [ dribbling ] >>> this is awesome. putting some bounce in the holiday spirit. the viral video featuring nba superstars, playing a christmas carol. how did they do this? and why? the story coming up after this quick break here on "gma." [ female announcer ] there are lots of

not bad l.a., san diego and phoenix. just in the northwest the storm system moving through and out during the day today. press cot, arizona, a cool 56, but at least you're sunny and dry. >>> it is cold in alaska. i'll show you how cold coming up a little later. it's winter. >> i said sunshine, bill. >> it may be sunny, but it's freezing. >>> a british woman is divorcing her husband for refusing to recreate scenes from "fifty shades of gray." prescription drugs doing more damage than heroin and cocaine combined. >>> jesse jackson junior may be negotiating a plea deal that could end his career in congress and might even include jail time. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. here are some of the top stories we're watching this morning. president obama marked veterans day with a traditional wreath laying at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery. during his remarks, he noted it's the first anniversary in a decade without troops serving in iraq. >>> high tide in venice has reached its sixth highe

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l.a. county decides they will float this thing. it passes and it passes l.a. county. fantastic.e the nut jobs in california want to smoke pot. sorry, colorado, and california. knock yourself out. if you don't like it move away. that's the way the system is supposed to work. i disagree with the fact that you limit or borrow anything at any time but at least do it on the city level, county level or state level not federal. >> kimberly: i don't like this at all in fact. you personally just don't eat meat. >> eric: nor do i smoke pot and i'm glad -- >> kimberly: fine but i don't think people should telling others and controlling their lives and mouths and stomach and better than everything else. >> eric: move. move out of l.a. >> kimberly: i did. >> greg: people are moving. >> kimberly: to new york. where it's worse. >> greg: move out because of regulations. >> juan: can i offer a left wing crazy -- >> kimberly: it's not fun anymore. >> juan: what about the advertiser sell kids colored, yellow cheetos stuff and say yeah, you should have this. what are the things you stick in the toa

well, this week he announced he'll be leaving the l.a.xy, but he's not hanging up his legendary cleats for good. our sister network espn's resident soccer star julie foudy brings us this "nightline" interview. >> david beckham will no longer be bending it for the los angeles galaxy. >> nobody else in the world does it quite like he does. >> reporter: when you first arrived, did you ever have those moments of, "what am i doing here? did i make the right decision?" >> when i first arrived, i was excited. when i played my first game, i was like, okay, this is going to be tough. this is going to be tough. i knew that coming here was always going to be a challenge. and i knew that it was going to be a challenge that i was going to enjoy, because the moment i stepped foot on u.s. soil, the moment i stood in front of the press that was here on the first day that i arrived, the moment that i met my teammates, i knew that i made the right decision. >> mr. david beckham. >> reporter: i remember that first press conference. you were trying desperate

the earthquakes are traveling to l.a. starting a two-game series.nd the galaxy had their chances to be the best in the >>> the nls -- the mls kicked off. it is a two-leg match up. the team with the most total points advance tots western con vens finals. they came from behind twice. the game was score less for most of the contest. the best chance was in the second half. it was knocked away by saunders. a good play by saunders. l.a. with their best chance. a great pass by the former earthquake landon donovan. he missed it by that much. check it out. second half and he doesn't miss this free kick from 40 yards out. underneath to be exact. san jose with their fifth victory. 1-0 the final. the second leg is wednesday at buck shaw stadium. the raiders needed rally rags. they erased an 18-point deficit. the bucks -- bucs had a sec hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ...and now... you! [ giggles ] ♪ the one and only, cheerio

l.a. in portland facing the blazers. pulled in 25 points including this three-pointer during a 22-2 run in the first half. portland can't overcome the early lead. the clips improve 4-2. l.a. bouncing the blazers 103-90. clutch shooting here. victoria larson in minnesota, sinking the three quarter court shot. look at that. right at the buzzer. the hail mary three-pointer giving her squad a one-point victory. it doesn't get any better than that. that is how you win a basketball game. when we come back caught on tape a messy getaway for a utah man who tried to steal a plane right out of the airport. ht out of the airport. when it comes to getting my family to eat breakfast, i need all the help i can get. that's why i like nutella. mom, what's the capital of west virginia? charleston. nutella is a delicious hazelnut spread my whole family loves. mom, have you seen my -- backpack? nutella goes great on whole-wheat toast or whole-grain waffles. and its great taste comes from a unique combination of simple ingredients like haze

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although high fire danger in the l.a. area as the offshore winds persist. 84, l.a. 79, sacramento.ll get the offshore winds, and that will mean some near record highs for us as we head into monday and tuesday. temperatures inland, in the 80s, and we'll even see some 70s nears the coast, and before you go to sleep, set the clock back one hour, we return to pacific standard time. >> get an extra hour of sleep. but dark early. >> be careful with the kids and school, especially on monday and tuesday, until you get used to the time change. >> ama: thank you, leigh. mike shumann is off, so colin rush is in. talking basketball up no that baseball is over. >> yes, finally. the season kept going and going, but hoops is going now. does such a thing existing as a signature win in the third game of the season? the warriors got it tonight. >> on at the gridiron, alabama tested in baton >> welcome back. what had been feared became arrest today. brandon rush out for the season with a torn acl he sud last night. undermanned but certainly not overwhelmed tonight in l.a. andrew bogut in street cloth

although high fire danger in the l.a. area as the offshore winds persist. 84, l.a. 79, sacramento. bay area will get the offshore winds, and that will mean some near record highs for us as we head into monday and tuesday. temperatures inland, in the 80s, and we'll even see some 70s nears the coast, and before you go to sleep, set the clock back one hour, we return to pacific standard time. >> get an extra hour of sleep. but dark early. >> be careful with the kids and school, especially on monday and tuesday, until you get used to the time change. >> ama: thank you, leigh. mike shumann is off, so colin rush is in. talking basketball up no that baseball is over. >> yes, finally. the season kept going and going, but hoops is going now. does such a thing existing as a signature win in the third game of the season? the warriors got it tonight. >> on at the gridiron, alabama tested in baton >> welcome back. what had been feared became arrest today. brandon rush out for the season with a torn acl he sud last night. undermanned but certainly not overwhelmed tonight in l.a. andrew bogut in

the new cars getting the buzz at the l.a. auto show. >>> and you're going to need big bucks at starbucks. the $7 cup of coffee is here. >>> and we can't get enough of powerball. what we're learning about the winning tickets. and a little advice for next time. >>> and welcome back, everyone. three former bp workers are free this morning after being arraigned on manslaughter charger, stemming from the deepwater horizon oil rig explosion. they pleaded not guilty yesterday in new orleans and were released on bond. the men are accused of disregarding high pressure readings just before the blast that killed 11 workers in april of 2010. >>> and there is encouraging news in the fed's latest snapshot of the economy. the report known as the beige book, shows steady economic growth in recent weeks, led by consumer spending and home sales, as well. the economy expanded in 9 of the 12 fed regions. but new york, philadelphia and boston saw a slowdown largely because of hurricane sandy. no surprise there. >>> and there's no slowdown in what

phil lebeau live at the l.a. auto show. phil? >> i'm sitting in the all-new chevy spark ev. at a time when electric car sales are struggling in the u.s. you is this the right time for gm to roll out an all-electric compact car? that story coming up on "power lunch." sfx- "sounds of african drum and flute" look who's back. again? it's embarrassing it's embarrassing! we can see you carl. we can totally see you. come on you're better than this...all that prowling around. yeah, you're the king of the jungle. have you thought about going vegan carl? hahaha!! you know folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. how happy are they jimmy?

the l.a. auto show runs through december 9th. non-superheroes are going to get a chance to bid on batman's original batmobile this january. the one-of-a-kind, souped-up ford futura concept car was entirely-hand built for the 1960s tv series in turin, italy, of all places. the auction is set for january 19 in scottsdale, arizona. the final price is expected to reach into the multi-millions. still to come, traders debate which stocks could be next to offer special dividends. but first, are small businesses getting worried by fiscal fears coming from washington? that's next with bill moller. e have been signs that key elements of the economy are picking up. small businesses, they're the backbone of the employment picture. what about small businesses owners? what are they seeing? there may be no better measure of that than the surepayroll small business scorecard. the data just came out for november. michael alter is ceo of the company. give us the soundbite version of what we are going to talk about. > > the headline to me is we're

you'll see this airplane flying out of chicago, out of new york, out of dulles, houston, san francisco l.a., denver. >> what do you think sflr it's beautiful. >> a few things you'll notice when you get on the airplane. one, it is super quiet. two, i'm standing under the overhead bin and there is plenty of room. the windows bring a whole lot more light into the airplane. and the bathroom is fully automated. >> i really want to play with

. >> so if you imagine a line of 175 million pennies stretching from l.a. to chicago and just a single one of them has an "x" on it, you have the same chance of winning a lottery as taking a road trip, stopping alongside the road in a random place, flipping over a single penny and finding that one with an "x." >> reporter: still, you can't blame people for getting mesmerized by the power of the powerball frenzy. >> i would be thinking it's freaking incredible to have that much money. >> reporter: all right. i know we have the office pool. i'm going to increase our chances even more. tom, i'll take $20 in quick picks for the "today" show studio. the drawing is 10:59 eastern. you can buy your tickets until an hour before that.

partly sunny in l.a., 67 degrees. >>> let's check your national forecast.out west, heavy rain begins falling this evening in northern california and moves up the coast, bringing as much as 5 inches over the next few days. snow in higher elevations could top one foot in the south. expect high wind and rain from the carolinas to florida. the southwest and northeast remain dry. >>> in sports this morning, another bruising chapter in one of the nfl's fiercest rivalries. the ravens visiting the steelers in pittsburgh. in the first, byron leftwich rumbles 31 yards to the end zone. pittsburgh up 7-0. second quarter, jones takes a punt back 63 yards for the score. that's the ravens only touchdown of the game but it was enough to give baltimore a 13-10 win. >>> a classic comeback. carolina for the tampa bay buccaneers. the bucs trailing by eight points in the last minute. josh freeman threads the needle to vince jackson for the touchdown. tampa bay needing the two-point conversion for the tie. it's jackson again. grabbing the pass in the end zone. so we go to overti

soon you can get from the bay area to l.a. for less than the price of a pack of gum. a new express bus service is rolling into the bay area called megabus. all tickets will be a dollar at first. otherwise, most seats will range from $5 to $9. the double-decker bus will run to and from san jose, oakland, san francisco, sacramento, l.a. and reno. >> it's all about us trying to make bus travel sexy again. >> we can't all be flying first class. >> service starts december 12 so if you want to head south or it reno go for it. >> not bad. >>> the bean counter at starbucks are smiling because the chain rolled out its most expensive coffee ever. i might need help with the name. it's called [ speaking spanish ] it retails for $7 a cup. that's for a grande. for $6 you can skitch just for the tall. >> is that something would you buy? >> no. >> it's fine. >> lawrence karnow has already left the building. right now the big ticket brew is only available in a few dozen stores in fact pacific northwest. starbucks plans to take it nationwide by the end of the year. i don't think i woul

and galaxy in l.a. they meet again in the bay area, team with the total points wins the series.have had to come up twice but scoreless. here off the kick not delayed by josh sanders. l.a. with their best chance. great drop pass by former earthquake landy donovan. off the crossbar. second half. bernardo, 33 yards out squeezes pass suand ers. underneath them. san jose with the fifth victory, 1-0 the final. >>> nascar, lone star state, three races remain, five laps to go. jimmie johnson and brad were top. johnson takes the lead doesn't look back, takes the checkered flag, he is the overall leader by 7 with just 2 races remaining. >> and senior pga tour, first player to win season points title. scottsdale, arizona, lehman had a lead going in. horrible location. he would make birdie. then two putts on 18. he breaks the tournament record. 440 grand for the win. not a bad day. >>> and more from the raiders locker room coming up on abc at 11:00. >> tough ke competition. >>> coming up tonight at 11:00, travel for free, "7 on your side" michael finney shows you how to take a vacation that

there is plenty of electrics in l.a..electrics, but nobody does only electrics like fisker. i am so pleased to be joined by the ceo of fisker, tony. first of all, what possessed you to take this job. >> first of all, i root for the underdog. i mean, you have to give this a go. jeff: you did not engineer it yourself. >> i believe this is the technology of the future. jeff: in terms of karma, you have had funky, here lately. i saw a picture of the ones that got burned in sandy. >> we move forward. we moved onward. we have an exciting car here. jeff: they are injured, right? jeff: then you can make more cars. >> it has a 400-horsepower system, as well. the car will be half the price. jeff: you have had some government help. tell our viewers where you stand in terms of hiring. we talked to the governor the other day. >> we had taken the original loan money from the government and we felt the karma. now we are in our next stage of funding. we have engineers close to the delaware plan. we are not too far away from making furthe

and -- >> jimmy: that's how you know l.a.?i'm flaying a video game. >> jimmy: that's a very strange way to -- so, do you know your way around? you haven't stolen any sccars. >> sometimes you feel like, maybe you should -- >> jimmy: you should not do that. that's illegal over here. i don't note about over there. well, congratulations to you. are you planning on acting more, is that -- [ applause ] do you want to be in other movies now that you've been in this one? >> well, i probably will act again. [ laughter ] but -- probably will act again, all right. >> but -- >> jimmy: but? >> i think i want to, you know, the thing that i like best about movies is that you're telling stories. you're dreaming all these dreams and it's not just you, it's like the entire crew, everybody comes with their own skills and dreams and you follow this big one and you send it out into the world and maybe if you get lucky, it will touch someone's heart. so, i don't know if i want to act, but i do want to make movies in any way possible. >> jimmy: grea

. >> in l.a., we've had a stronger presence. people can be out there and enjoy the day. >> reporter: many shoppers got just what they came for and had fun doing it. >> it's been crazy. the deals are great. the lines are long. but it's definitely worth being out here. >> it's fun to me to come out with everybody and just grab things that you can't really afford. i have fun doing it. >> reporter: it looks like consumers are willing to spend more this year. 17% of shoppers spent more than $700. up from just 10% of shoppers last year. and nearly 67% of shoppers went out early for those thanksgiving night deals, instead of waiting until black friday. the national retail federation is predicting a booming holiday. $586 billion in sales, up 4% from last year. now, retailers haven't released their official black friday profits just yet. but the good news for shoppers, if you haven't been out to the stores, many of the deals will last the entire weekend. check out the deals we found at this kmart. these items are more than half price now

the l.a.y for years, and i'm joined by ron lynn who is one of their reporters who has been on this story. while this is fun to report on, it's also extraordinarily serious for the economy of this community and are they serious when they say change this or we're out? >> that's what they say. they say that they will not -- if l.a. county doesn't enforce this rule, they wi-- does enfor they will leave the county and perhaps the state. >> is that something that will cripple the county and have a huge impact on the state, or will they be able to recover somehow? >> you know, it's hard to say. the industry has said that it has a major role to play. it does have a major part in the san fernando valley. there's a big question as to what their options are. only two states in the nation actually explicitly permit pornography to be filmed, and that's california and new hampshire, of all places. >> so new hampshire would be the place where they would amscray? they would have a long flight. >> that's right

last night the warriors were in l.a. playing.ers, playing without two key plays are for the first time this season. here's collin resch with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning. what had been feared became reality yesterday. warriors swing man brandon rush out for the season with a torn acl suffered in their home opener monday night. undermanned but not overwhelmed last night in l.a. andrew bogut in street both. the warriors don't want to play them in back-to-backs. no rush, no bogut. everyone picking up the slack. steph curry, down the lane. and the put back. warriors jumped out to 18-6 lead. curry 3 of 23. played 23 minutes. griffin, spinning optional. spinning and got away with the walk there. no call. game tied at 67. landry huge off the bench. 11 of 16 from the field. you can count that. two and one, acrobatic finish, 97-83, warriors. clippers a late rally. chris paul downtown, one point gain and he had 27. former warrior jamal crawford, up with the three in the corner. tied at 105. more from steph. ankl

. >>> the "l.a. times" reports that prescription drug overdoses now outnumber deaths caused by heroin and cocaine combined. according to the cdc, nearly three out of four prescription overdoses are caused by narcotic based painkillers, and led to over 15,000 deaths each year. drugs such as oxycontin are among the most commonly prescribed drugs in the united states with 300 million prescriptions a year. >>> with that fiscal cliff hanging over wall street and main street, some investors are worried last week's post-election selloff could gather steam. after its worst weekly percentage drop since june, the s&p is now less than four points from correction territory. this week, we'll get new numbers on retail sales for october and two key inflation reports. overseas this morning, news that japan's economy saw its first contraction this year, new fears its economy may be headed for a recession. good news out of greece where lawmakers approved a new austerity budget, a key step in keeping the country out of

this family just flew from l.a.. >> big crowds. >> reporter: was your flight delayed? >> no. >> reporter: the lack of delays allowed people to focus on the purpose of their trip. heading to grand rapids michigan. >> my daughter, her husband and four children live in california danville and they are going to be meeting us there so we've got a big party. >> reporter: seattle resident carmen on her way to sacramento. >> i'm thankful to be with my husband, family and friends one of my favorite holidays. >> reporter: what is thanksgiving dinner going to be like at your house? >> i don't know, we didn't have it. [ laughing ] >> reporter: well they haven't had it yet so i guess he made a good point this day used to be the busiest travel day of the year now it is third place in thanksgiving travel behind last friday and the biggest travel day of the thanksgiving week this coming sunday when everybody comes home. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> oakland man has died after falling to his death. next, what authorities say he was doing before the accident. >>> new information just

it appeared to be partly recorded in his trailer at the sitcom. >> we're out in l.a.t warner brothers studios. >> that man is christopher hudson. >> thanks for doing this testimony with me first of all. >> thanks, man, for having me. >> also known as the forerunner, a reference to the biblical prophet isaiah and john the baptist. >> i don't have a church. most of my ministry is online. >> he said that gas rationing in new york city could lead to cannibalism. >> your baby might start looking like a chicken. >> he has accused justice mayer. >> she was a part of an elite pagan group. >> people see me and they're like, whoa! you're changed. i see this guy and i'm like, thanks, man of god. forerunner right here. >> on the video, angus jones makes it clear he's a phaneuf hudson's but hudson said he has never seen "two and a half men" and was meeting jones for the first time that day. >> everything that angus said came from angus. i was sitting there and if you look at the video and you see my fates, i was as genuinely, i don't want to say shocked but taken back by his boldn

but people wanted questions resolved before he took over leadership of our church. >> reporter: the l.a. times says he used the church's credit cards for $100,000. >> and he owes back taxes. >> i don't think with his past history he should be preaching at all. >> reporter: things got a little ugly here last month when the pastor showed up for his first day at the church, cloaked in his white robe and carrying a bible and some parishioners confronted him outside. >> basically told him you need papers. he did not have the papers. >> reporter: the commissioner say reporter for the san francisco post. >> there was a brief altercation. i don't know, shoving or hollering. >> reporter: the church says the issue is under congratulations. the reverend hunter has been back once since being kicked out. >> you know, what if he stays will it be awkward around here? >> definitely. in san francisco, cbs 5. >> a deadly weekend oakland pushes the number of homicides in the city to 115. that is 5 more than all of last year. the latest victim was found shot to death at 6:00 this morning. the police say th

in addition to -- "l.a.dits by surprise. asian americans voted in record numbers in 2008 appeared to mobilize a higher turnout in 2012. everyone was talking about the african-american and latino vote. asian americans no longer a crouching tiger in the electorate the "l.a. times" writes. their political stripes are distinctly democratic blue. why are they so democratic. i'm going to go out on a limb and say because they're really smart. as bobby jindal would say probably would not vote for the stupid party. >> they do their homework. >> stephanie: yes. >> what? >> stephanie: we've all been to school. by 2000, asian americans were roughly evenly split in their voice between al gore and george w. bush. since hello, the point we make all the time since 2000 republican party has moved sharply to the right than the democratic party has to the left. no kidding. the 2008 survey they did also found strong support among all asian-american groups for universal healthcare and bringing a quick end to the iraq war. again,