a kickoff to the holiday season in lansing.ousands upon thousands of people will converge on downtown lansing. it's a great day for all of our community. most of the activities are free, but the merchants downtown make out pretty good as well. come down to lansing, michigan and join us, the home of the cadillac cts and the buick enclave and great vehicles that are made by our great workers here. >> we're coming to lansing tonight. stand by. thank you so much for joining us. >>> still ahead, the freshman class, why the newest members of congress may not want to get too comfortable in their new digs. that's coming up. stay with us. >> i'm always amazed with the difference between ethical wrongdoing and what could be criminally prosecuted. just because something strikes us as shockingly wrong doesn't mean there's a prosecution in there. that never fails to amaze me. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] here's hoping you find something special in your driveway this holiday. ♪ [ santa ] ho ho ho! [ male announcer ] get an exceptional offer on t

lansing tonight. he's wearing this red plaid sweater and i thought he's a adorable. you know you're old when you think the mayor of lansing in a plaid sweater is adorable. >> no, actually, i think sometimes what makes everyone feel old is sometimes you go back to a music concert you thought, a certain rock band, you go there and wow, everybody is -- >> it's great. >> well, people are walking in the bruce springsteen concert. charles and carrie pick thank you for being with us. good night in new york. larry king starts right now. >>> tonight, russell brand. the comic cuts up over his wife, katy perry. >> i'm married now. she'll smash my head in. >> fesses up. >> i was almost an olympian heterosexual. >> larry: opens up about drugs an drinking. >> watch out for drugs. >> hold on, watch out, russell brand roars! right now on ""larry king live."" comedian, actor, best-selling author. his new book is bookie wook 2. this time it's personal. he's also a newlywed. you're not cirrus sell yet? >> there's an inevitably. >> larry: some day you would be. >> there's a gravity pull

lansing, michigan group are fabulously wealthy.won a $129 million powerball jackpot with a ticket bought at a detroit porn store. he says he didn't buy the ticket, but he wouldn't say who did or whether it was bought insued the store or the lottery window. >> we are still in a state of shock. we do know a healthy portion will go to the church. >> the group will take its winnings in a lump sum of nearly $70 million instead of annual install ment's. >> they bought it from that window there on the outside, i think. >> there you go. >> nobody went in the store. of course not. they would never do that. >>> would this be the night that the 19-year rein came to an end? the battle of unbeatens. down to the wire. sports is next.................. >>> good evening. as if putting up $450 million and replacing chris cohan was not enough, they are starting out with a deal sure to make them popular. half price on the ticket. the board of governors approved the purchase for their first game monday night. any remaining ticket to monday night's game

the celebrate recovery walk and rally in lansing, michigan, commemorated the successes of those recoveringm addictions to alcohol and other drugs. participants joined together and marched to the state capital for a celebration featuring guest speaker and advocate, kitty dukakis. recovery friends and advocates in honolulu, hawaii, participated in a charity recovery walk and 5k run. following the run, attendees enjoyed music, food, popsicles, volleyball, and fellowship. members of the daytona beach, florida, community celebrated recovery with a motorcycle ride, entertainment, testimonies, and information on supportive services. the free celebration started with a bike ride to the beautiful halifax river for a dare extreme stunt rider show with a prevention message to young people. also included in the event was a talent contest, toys for kids, food, and fun! mohave county substance abuse treatment education and prevention partnership and the kingman area meth coalition hosted a parade walk to support recovery in kingman, arizona.

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chris bury, abc news, lansing, michigan. >>> there's a verdict in the first civilian trial of a guantanamo detainee. a jury has cleared ahmed ghailani, an accused al qaeda operative, of all but one of the 286 charges against him. he was convicted of conspiracy to damage u.s. property with explosives. this is something of a setback for the obama administration whose aim was to try a terror suspect in a civilian court. but ghailani will still serve at least 20 years in prison. >>> and more than two weeks after election day, alaska's lisa murkowski has become the first senate candidate to win a write-in campaign in more than 50 years. according to the ap, she's defeated her tea party rival joe miller who beat her in the primary. >>> also on capitol hill, it's official. republicans have chosen john boehner to be speaker of the house, outgoing speaker nancy pelosi will lead the democrats. >>> and still ahead on "world news," a game changer. imagine raising your good cholesterol 138%. the new drug that could do it. >>> sarah palin, could she beat obama? she tells barbara waters. >>> and our team

chris bury, abc news, lansing, michigan. >>> late last night, treasury secretary tim geithner praisedmentioned in his report, taxpayers are still less than halfway from breaking even on the $50 billion government investment in that company. analysts say gm's stock price would need to increase 47% to reach a break-even point for taxpayers. >>> the first guantanamo detainee to face civilian trial has been cleared of all but one of the counts stemming from bombings in africa. the defense claimed gilani was duped into helping al qaeda. the jury in new york found him guilty of conspiracy to destroy u.s. property, a charge that carries a minimum of 20 years in prison. a trial had been set as a test for obama administration push for civilian trials over military tribunals. >>> as we know, millions of americans are getting ready to fly for the upcoming thanksgiving holiday. but that debate over intrusive airport security continues to rage. >> federal officials are defending the tougher procedures, saying there is good reason for them. john hendren has the details. good morning, john. >> repor

could see lake-effect snow in places like lansing and buffalo and erie. warm air continues in the southwest and again we're are >> and that's our first loo >> and that's our first look at the weather this morning at mag goe gee, 7:17. maggie, harry, over to you. >> thank you. >>> still ahead, little madeleine mccann still missing issing after three years. her parents are hopeful they'll find her and making a public c p plea this morning. we'll tell you why they're coming forward ahead. >>> store credit cards. should you sign up for them when up you buy?n you we'll break down the offers. rs. >>> show you three things to keep in the medicine cabinet instead of all of that junk. junk. a makeover for the family when we come back here on cbs.e come back here to "the early show" on c bv s. . [ woman #4 ] the guilt. [ man ] my sleep just isn't right. [ woman #5 ] i'm so anxious. [ man #2 ] i need to focus. [ female announcer ] depression hurts. cymbalta can help with many symptoms of depression. tell your doctor right away if your depression worsens you have unu

. >>> todd rogers was born in lansing, michigan. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: okay, contestant number two,y: how are you doing? >> good. >> jimmy: thanks for playing. what is your name and where are you from? >> stephanie from queens. >> jimmy: very good, stephanie from queens. stephanie, who, in your, opinion was the first president of the united states? >> george washington? >> jimmy: that's your opinion. [ laughter ] all right, guys, let's "name that guy!" [ beeping ] [ beep ] [ boop ] [ siren ] you know what that sound means. you get a free hint. >> hint! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: okay. here is your hint. his name is not chester mcreynolds. [ laughter ] >> okay. can't pick that now. >> jimmy: yep. it's not. yep. [ sigh ] what are you thinking? >> jacob smith. >> jimmy: jacob smith? oh, sorry. [ buzzer ] [ audience aws ] we are looking for jay trundle. jay trundle. [ ding ] we would've taken "jacob trundle." so you were close. [ laughter ] your score is zero, which means it's time for "late night" cartoon break! ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: classic dog. contestant three, please sw

november, because typically it snows this time of the year, and it's icing up as the rain falls. 55 in lansing dekalb and 41 in rockford, and single digits in minnesota to the west, and of course a lot of winds propelling it our direction. these are wind chills in minnesota, down below 0. this air will leave its snow pack up there, and will travel over chicago. it's a far cry of today's 67. we warm modestly ahead of storm number 2 on wednesday and even into thanksgiving morning and then the temps dive again after that, and we've got a cold week ahead next week too as the greenland block comes in to play and starts punching these cool air masses into this area. partly cloudy, windy, sharply colder tonight, all in the late 28, west winds 24 and gusty. some mixed sun, blustery, much colder and chilliest weather since march 2, down to 46. scattered clouds and wind and the winds will turn around to the east. actually the southeast during the day wednesday as it clouds over and might see a shower in the afternoon of rain, high of 42, and a period of rain wednesday night and we start maybe rainy than

they were allegedly being held captive in three different locations, downers grove, lansing and hazelir families. >>> a follow-up to a story we mentioned on friday. air pollution in metro stations and inside some of the train cars the senator is now getting involved calling the epa. i talked to senator durbin during the wgn evening news at 5:00 today. they were asking for investigations at the rail hubs of union station. what is most alarming about the investigation is the air inside the passenger cars which can contain levels, it said, of diesel up to 75 times outside. they are are fact asking for funds in mass transit systems. >> the first thing we need is a thorough investigation. let's find out how serious this problem is and where it's concentrated. michael hawthorne has pointed us in the right direction and given us fair warning. >> metra is holding a meeting on this problem tomorrow. >>> jobs and law enforcement at stake in several suburbs. there is more at stake than work. it's about safety. >>> and speaking of, don't think of taking a box of ink car trijs to yourehñ?ñ?ñ mom's

while lansing and chesterton are up at 70 already and it's 65 at o'hare with a southwest wind there.se winds are blowing lightly today. 65 at midway. there is haze in the air as there has been in recent days from freeport where it's cloudier. it's 54 degrees and 70 at lowell, indiana. there are the temperatures on the map. joliet at 72. beecher 69 and kankakee at 72 at this hour and it's a gorgeous day across the chicago area. you see from our weather bug cameras. the clouds are on the way. this prod of cloud cover will be increasing across area skies making itself felt more and more as the afternoon goes on. it will be overcast before the afternoon is out and we were getting radar returns to start the show up. give you a good look at those right now. some of these tower up to 34,000 feet. and while we have no lightning detected with these at the moment, won wonders if we might not electrify the clouds and get a couple cloud to ground strokes. here they are pressing in on the west suburban area now with even more showers to the west. bulk will travel to the west of us tonight and tom

joining us from lansing, michigan.welcome to the program. -- gay iry is joining us from lansing, michigan. caller: i think many of the policies that we have had the government take, as well as our defense and our expenditures, that they have hurt our nation far more than these leaks. we have actually weaken our country through some of our policies and our kinds of trade policies that we have had have really hurt our country, far more than these wikileaks that have happened. guest: no disagreement with me on that. i think the whole thing for a free-trade, some of the free- trade policies from my perspective has clearly hurt the country and clearly had a dramatic impact in your state and my state, the state of michigan. it is not about free trade, it is about fair trade. make sure you get our workers of level platform to compete with workers around the world. the question is not about which one is worse, the question is about focusing on all of the things necessary to keep america strong, which includes trade policy, be

joining us from lansing, michigan. welcome to the program. -- gay iry is joining us from lansing, michigan. caller: i think many of the policies that we have had the government take, as well as our defense and our expenditures, that they have hurt our nation far more than these leaks. we have actually weaken our country through some of our policies and our kinds of trade policies that we have had have really hurt our country, far more than these wikileaks that have happened. guest: no disagreement with me on that. i think the whole thing for a free-trade, some of the free- trade policies from my perspective has clearly hurt the country and clearly had a dramatic impact in your state and my state, the state of michigan. it is not about free trade, it is about fair trade. make sure you get our workers of level platform to compete with workers around the world. the question is not about which one is worse, the question is about focusing on all of the things necessary to keep america strong, which includes trade policy, be

let's go to james in lansing, mich.. democratic collar. caller: i have a question.pears the republicans and iers are cuttingar things and that the same time they want to have a strong government and country that stands up to countries like russia and china. how you have both at the same time? guest: that is a good question and i'm not sure there is a coherent view among tea party members about what is to have a strong government. but let's assume that you have described it accurately. i think one answer would be that the u.s. government has certain priorities, certain constitutional priorities above other things and one of them is national defense. having a strong defense is probably from their point of view and my point of view probably more important than spending through the education department, which is an important task, but not a priority under the constitution. more limited government probably means drawing down on domestic programs. they're quite willing to spend on defense because they believe a stronger united states is a more peaceful united states. host

what happened in michigan is republicans controlled both houses in lansing for 22 years and with their good buddy as governor of a tax cut michigan completely out of business and they tapped into the rainy day fund so when he was term limits if he moved out to california and jennifer granholm came into a state that was completely bankrupt. both houses controlled by republicans that would not work for her. they would rather see us lose our jobs and those are homes than to work with someone else. finally, in 2007 -- 2006, if you say 2006 is because you are a. 10. -- . 10. democrats were finally starting to take over the house and here we go, they elected all of the republicans again. right now the state of michigan because of the tax cuts -- it costs you $536 a year to maintain your vehicle because the roads are so bad here. in order to fix the roads it will cost an additional $1 billion on top of the cost of fixing the road and when you drive down the road and you look underneath the bridge there is plywood to catch to the broken plight -- concrete from hitting your car. guest: i cannot

what happened in michigan is republicans controlled both houses in lansing for 22 years and with their good buddy as governor of a tax cut michigan completely out of business and they tapped into the rainy day fund so when he was term limits if he moved out to california and jennifer granholm came into a state that was completely bankrupt. both houses controlled by republicans that would not work for her. they would rather see us lose our jobs and those are homes than to work with someone else. finally, in 2007 -- 2006, if you say 2006 is because you are a. 10. -- . 10. democrats were finally starting to take over the house and here we go, they elected all of the republicans again. right now the state of michigan because of the tax cuts -- it costs you $536 a year to maintain your vehicle because the roads are so bad here. in order to fix the roads it will cost an additional $1 billion on top of the cost of fixing the road and when you drive down the road and you look underneath the bridge there is plywood to catch to the broken plight -- concrete from hitting your car. guest: i cannot

gary from lansing, michigan. good morning, welcome to the program. >> caller: yes, i would like to raise the point that i think that many of the economic decisions and policies that we have had our congress and government take regards as well as our defense and our expenditures that they have hurt our nation far more than these leaks. we've actually weakened our country through some of our policies and our kinds of trade policies that we've had have really hurt our country far more than these wikileak things that have happened. >> guest: you have no disagreement with me on that. i think some the trade agreements, the whole thing for free trade, some of the free trade policies have, from my perspective, clearly hurt the country and clearly had a economic impact, gary, on your state and my state. the state of michigan. it's not about free trade, fair trade. make sure you give our workers a level platform. the question here is not about which one is worse. the question is let's focus on making sure that we do all of