lohan that called 911. >> lindsay lohan finds trouble. ems like that's not a difficult task for her. >> reporter: the incident comes just as lohan was hoping to win release from betty ford. she was supposed to get out january 3rd. but if the judge determines she violated the terms of her probation on drunk driving charges, it could mean a longer stay in rehab or possibly more jail time. and for a young actress eager to change her image, these headlines don't help. for "good morning america," david wright, abc news, los angeles. >>> and joining us this morning is robin sax. she's a former prosecutor, based in los angeles, who knows lohan's attorney and the judge in this case. good morning. good to have you here. >> good morning. >> and based on what facts we do know about what happened, what are the chances charges will be filed against lindsay lohan? >> well, there's two competing interests we have to think about. one, is are there going to be charges in this case? and next, is there going to be a violation of her probation. either one cou

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springs doctor's office wednesday, her arm still bandaged after she left after a scuffle with lindsay lohanr, she was speaking out and told tmz that earlier, lohan, a patient at the center went out drinking and missed curfew and got out of control when holland confronted her. >> she grabbed my wrist and snatched it down and twisted my arm and hand. i went to the emergency room and found i had a severe sprain to my arm and hand. >> reporter: the betty ford center fired holland saying she violated patient confidentiality and the attorney general's office was contacted. now, her lawyer is firing back calling the termination unlawful. when a patient attacks a caregiver, the patient waives a large part of their privacy. officials at the clinic declined comment but observers say holland's willingness to grant an interview right away raises questions about her credibility. >> i think it definitely makes dawn look bad. the whole thing is confidentiality. you can't talk about someone in rehab right now. that is a big no-no. regime team lohan is also lashing out, saying lohan feels she is the victim.

comedy on "glee" playing a spanish teacher quizzing her students asked her students how many times lindsay lohan has been in rehab. but dina lohan complains to radar online that her daughter, lindsay was actually watching from the betty ford center and was devastated. she told the website, "gwyneth went way overboard and it was unnecessary." >>> finally, on sarah palin's reality show, kate gosselin and sarah palin had "no chemistry together" and they never spoke to one another off camera. she's rechbltly said to have gotten a $10,000 haircut. she hated the food, camping accommodations and left before sundown. >>> this comes to us from wds news in louisiana, where though he's no st. nick, what one man did was nothing short of saintly. sam and his wife traveled from missouri to new orleans to deliver 1,000 toys to the children of families affected by the oil spill. the war vet and cancer survivor have been traveling all across the country delivering his handcrafted toys for 20 years now, and he doesn't plan on slowing down. he says the hobby and, no doubt, a child's thankful smile, keep him from g

. >>> plus, it was supposed to be gweneth paltrow's special day, but lindsay lohan and her mom had to get involved and get snarly. >>> coming up, lee picks a team and brett farve's playing days finally over? you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. despite overwhelming criticism and candidates already lined up against him, republican national committee chairman michael steel announced last night he will run for re-election. the surprise move ensures a nasty battle over the direction of the party just as the republicans assume control of the house next month. >>> it's been more than a month since the midterms, but alaska's joe miller isn't giving up his house in the u.s. senate seat. yesterday he filed an appeal at the supreme court. >>> jailed financier bernard madoff says he will not attend his son's funeral out of consideration for his family's privacy. mark madoff committed suicide. >>> and small consolation, but the statement that likely caused christine o'donnell the elect

it's good to have you here. >>> just ahead, some new problems for lindsay lohan, the actress is now under investigation for allegedly assaulting a staffer at the betty ford clinic. lindsay says she was the actual victim. we'll hear from lohan's accuser coming up in just a little while. >>> is this the new face of crime? using movie quality masks to pull off brazen crimes including california's so-called geezer bandit who's hit a dozen banks. >>> and the bride-to-be likes to go great lengths to look her best on her wedding day. that's pretty normal but a new reality show is taking that concept to a new level, competing for plastic surgery before the big day. >>> we'll begin with the assault allegations against lindsay lohan. kristen welker has the latest for us. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: family members say lindsay lohan has been making real progress, she's been at the betty ford center now for nearly three months and earned enough privileges that she's allowed to leave for short periods of time. bu but if these latest allegations are true, it could be a devastating blow for the a

lindsay lohan in trouble. esert police are investigating lohan for criminal battery against a technician at the betty ford clinic. the technician says she was injured in a confrontation with lohan, which she claims lohan was drinking trying to make it back into the compound. meanwhile, that technician has been fire for speaking to the media. >>> forbes top list of top 25 world box office earners -- johnny depp is only tied for second thankses to surprise australian newcomer mia wasikowska. she played alice in "alice in wonderland." but with "the tourist" still in theaters, johnny depp should take second. and zsa zsa gabor's husband mistakenly glued his eyes shut when he mistook his wife's polish for eye drops. he'll be okay but has to wear an eye patch for two weeks. >> i'm not good with nail glue. >> i hope you wouldn't be, though. something you use to stick on the fake nails. and it doesn't go in your eyes. >> okay. >> yeah. >>> this comes to us from wkyc, channel 4 -- channel 3 in cleveland, ohio. helping ho

reviews doing a cameo on "glee" playing a spanish teacher quizzing her students on how many times lindsay lohanbeen in rehab. she signed up for two more episodes but dina lohan complains that daughter lindsay was watching that "glee" episode in the betty ford center and was devastated and told the website she went overboard and it was unnecessary. >>> finally we report that sarah palin's alaska show kate goslin and her host had zero chemistry together. they never spoke to each other off camera and given goslin's fancy tastes she said to have recently got a thousand dollar hairstyling, it's no surprise she hated the food, the camping accommodations and she actually left before sundown. >> that was the most money ever spent on a haircut. hairstyling. >> hairstyling. did you like that? oh, please, i mean -- >> 300. >> not even. >> 400. >> bill, what do you think i am? come on. come on. >> cash daddy. >> no, how about you, bill? you one of those guy, you are. >> barbershop all the way. >> right. i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc, but stay tuned. "way too early with willie geist" starts

. >>> making lindsay lohan on the silver screen. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight he has. >>> plus, when you see confetti in times square, you'll know a secret about what is floating by. >>> you're watching "early today." >>> well, the latest storm is moving through california. shifting into southern california in through the valley. from vegas to l.a., san diego to phoenix, everyone be prepared to drive in rainy conditions during the day today. high elevation, anyone traveling throughout the west will have to deal with snow. that's widespread from xoe cane spokane through mountains tucson. going through tomorrow, the storm moves out. behind it, cold temperatures. highs around 42 tomorrow in vegas. that's chilly for any time of year, but pretty much drying out ever so slowly. if you're watching on kcr 3 sacramento, california, celebrate the beauty of a the finest early collection of master drawings in the u.s. at a pioneering collection at the crocker art museum. that's your pick event of the day, veronica. >>

took a couple shots at lindsay lohan. roll the tape. >> lindsay lohan is.] >> excuse me, ms. holiday a word. [speaking spanish] >> bill: that's kind of mean, we understand why she might not like it. she doesn't have any reason to slew. >> she is in rehab. >> bill: leave her alone. they are threatening a possible defamation lawsuit against the show which is totally baseless. >> bill: it's a publicity stunt. >> that's what it is to me. the two statements at issue is lindsey is crazy and how many times has she been to rehab five. the first one is a an opinion that you can't sue over and the second one is a fact. she has been to rehab five times. >> bill: can you do anything in the united states to a public figure. that's the downside of being a public figure. >> bill: guy gets in on a drug beef. 1993 rape conviction. >> served six years. >> bill: guy gets in front of the judge. he gets convicted on the drug beef and he has got to go to jail. >> right. >> bill: but he says, look, i have to take care of a relative. >> my dad had a stroke. >> bill: let me out to

. >> and the lindsay lohan drama continues. new accusations that say the actress got rough during rehab. ♪ >>> the university of connecticut women's basketball team has now set a new record winning 89 games in a row. the record is monumental and caught president obama's attention. the team's coach got a congratulatory phone call. >> we owe you a little gratitude, the lesson you gave them on the basketball court paid off. i appreciate you doing that for 'em. we have not lost. we have not lost since you've been inaugurated. how about we keep that streak going a couple more years, huh. >> last night's 89th win means the connecticut huskies now have the longest winning streak in division one collect basketball. they surpassed the record set by the ucla men's basketball team coached by john wooden in the 1970s. wooden's grandson was in the stands for last night's historic win. the last time u.conn women lost a game was against stanford. 2008. >> some historic snow or at least massive snow in tahoe. >> feet, 10, 12 feet in some areas

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you've got to find them and fight them. >> coming up in a few minutes. >>> first, lindsay lohan may being a worker at the betty ford rehab center. speaking exclusively to her father michael lohan in a moment. >>> first, cbs news national correspondent has the latest. >> reporter: during her stint in the betty ford center lindsay lohan has been mostly out of the public eye except for the paparazzi's telephoto lenses. all that changed after an alleged incident with a staffer that placed the 24-year-old actress under investigation. dawn called police to report a physical altercation with a troubled actress and tells tmz she confronted lohan about breaking her curfew and trying to administer a breathalyzer test when the alleged incident occurred. >> she pushed me when i had told her to take her hands off of another patient. >> reporter: she claims she smelled alcohol on lindsay's breath and on the phone with police lohan wrenched the phone from her injuring her hand. lohan says she touched her first and will file a complaint. schae be she has been fired from the betty ford center for discu

lindsay lohan is back in the headlines for all of the wrong reasons.r battery on a female staffer at the betty ford rehab clinic in california. the staffer has since been fired from the clinic because she did an interview with tmz about the incident. lohan is said to have slipped out of the clinic to go drinking and the altercation happened upon her return. >>> the recession may be to blame for the plunging birth rate among america's teens. federal numbers show the number of babies born to teen mothers dropped 6% last year. that's a record low. the overall birth rate for mothers of all ages was down 3%. analysts link the downward trend to the economy and the drop in immigration nationwide. >>> at long last we finally have an updated count of how many people actually live here in the u.s. >> the first census results have been released and dictate how the congressional map must now be redrawn. t.j. winick has been crunching the numbers. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. the actual redrawing of the house map won't begin for a f

. >> lindsay lohan was sentenced to 90 days in jail fo violating her probation. the actress spent only 13 days behind bars before she was freed but in september. she was sentenced to a month behind bars for failing a drug test. the actress out on bail after a mere 14 hours. she is in court ordered rehab until january. >> a bitter custody dispute between mel gibson and ex-girlfriend goes from bad to ugly. she filed a restrning order agait the actor alleging assault. gibson had denied claims of dispute. facebook fans petitioned to get the actress a hosting spot on saturday night live and it worked. she earned her sixth emmy for her appearance. no award show stunt through more attention an lady gaga's dress. she accepted her award in a dress made of raw meat, saying it's time to stand up for what people believe in. >>> today on oprah at 4:00, a reunion for the cast of sound of music. then at 5:00, a woman takes issue with uned airlines after she says they refused to keep her baby in an infant carrier through most o the flight. and what is next for the san francisco

reviews recentlyoing comedy on glee playing apanish teacher quizzing her students on how many times lindsay lohan has been in rehabbed. but dinalohan complains to radar online that her daughter, lindsay was watching watch that and told the website gwyneth went overboard and it was unnecessary. >>> finally, on sarah palin's reality show, kate gosselin and sarah palin had no chemistry togeth and they never spoke to one off another camera. it's no surprise, she hated the food, the camping accommodations and she left before sundown. >>> this comes to us from wds news in louisiana, where though he's no st. nick, what one man did was nothing short of saintly. sam and his wife traveled from missouri to new orleans to deliver 1,000 toys tohe children of families affected by the oil spill. the war vet and cancer survivor had been traveling cross-country delivering his handcrafted toys fo 20 years and he doesn't plan on swing down, saying the hobby and no doubt a child's thankful smile kept him from growing old. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day todaon your nbc

while the ravens odds of winning their division still look only as good as lindsay lohan winning an academy award, they can put themselves in position for a third straight trip to the playoffs by beating the rate -- by beating the saints on monday. -- by beating the saints on sunday. >> we are still poised to win games and that is exciting to see. finding ways to win. >> good tv remains the best option to bad weather. grab a cup of hot chocolate and be sure to tune in for the show. a final are you can win tickets to the ravens home game. it looks like minnesota tonight, not even close. crews continue working on a monday night game. an outdoor stadium will host the monday night game. the vikings made a lot more than a temporary home now. a fourth roof panel collapsed. the vikings could soon have "l.a." in front of their name. the church have sold 7000 of their 10,000 allotted tickets -- the troops have sold 7000 of their 10,000 allotted -- the 7000 of theirld 1 10,000 allotted tickets for the big game. a big turnout by the terp fans would avoid an awkward situation a stadium closest to their

. >> lindsay lohan was sentenced to 90 days in jail for violating her probation. the actress spent only 13 days behind bars before she was freed but in september. she was sentenced to a month behind bars for failing a drug test. the actress is out on bail after a mere 14 hours. she is in court ordered rehab until january. >> a bitter custody dispute between mel gibson and ex-girlfriend goes from bad to ugly. she filed a restraining order against the actor alleging assault. gibson had denied claims of dispute. facebook fans petitioned to get the actress a hosting spot on saturday night live and it worked. she earned her sixth emmy for her appearance. no award show stunt through more attention than lady gaga's dress. she accepted her award in a dress made of raw meat, saying búbúbúbúgtoaoaoñ >>> today on oprah at 4:00, a reunion for the cast of sound of music. then at 5:00, a woman takes issue with united airlines after she says they refused to keep her baby in an infant carrier through most of the flight. and what is next for the san francisco 49ers now that they f

. >> lindsay lohan. >> constantly in trouble. cyrus who has had a few controversies along the way but this is kinds of the latest and greatest, so to speak. >> let's be clear, though is what they call salvia, right, which is legal in california. >> it is legal in california. >> a legal natural substance but i'm thinking it is referred to as a natural herb which has psychedelic qualities. marijuana is a natural herb with psychedelic qualities. >> when you think about her age here, she's 18 years old, she had been with disney so many years and cultivated this good girl image, we've seen so many different stars go through a similar thing at this point this their lives, that they reach a turning point. >> yeah. you know, i also think, especially in the celebrity world out there, there's so -- they're so marketable and become so wealthy that lindsay lohan image of the cute little girl and hannah montana, britney spears, the cute school sgirl and someone gets in their head in order to market yourself you have to be in "maxim" magazine

and hear from the attorney for a former betty ford clinic staffer who says she was assaulted by lindsay lohan. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com [ female anpride.r ] what will you gain when you lose?™ pizzazz. sass! [ laughter ] [ woman ] i'm feeling that! [ female announcer ] the special k challenge™ begins january 1st. free personalized plans at specialk.com. what will you gain when you lose?™

could you imagine lindsay lohan driving on ice? it's a good thing it doesn't snow here.around the holidays, our local channel four weatherman fritz coleman does a segment called fritz's holiday lights. he goes around to houses which are decorated very nicely. well, like this one. >> well, we have this family here, we have their beautiful neighbors in this beautiful, beautiful spot here, carmel mountain ranch, stoney gate place. it is a multicultural neighborhood. we have santa, and santa is, what? >> jewish. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: and he seems delighted to be there. i had no idea. santa's jewish. kind of makes sense, though. who else would work on christmas eve? we're doing a secret santa here at our office. secret santa is when you pick a name out of a hat and you buy the person a gift. we have a security guard here at the show named adolina. she lives on a planet we have yet to eye department if i. she guards the second floor. i'm right on that guillermo, right? >> yes. >> jimmy: here's adolina hard at work. this is -- doesn't know the camera is on her right

. >>> lindsay lohan is under investigation for allegedly assaulting a staffer at a rehab facility. speak to her father. >>> we'll talk with the one and only oprah winfrey as she receives her kennedy center honor. have a wonderful day. >> you, too. thanks, russ. >>> developing news out of washington. the police station taking a historic step in repealing the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. >>> plus, a dramatic rescue in oakland. we'll have the latest on a man in a wheelchair pulled from under a train. >>> if you have an idea or comment you want to share with us, e-mail that guy there, brian@cbs5.com. woman's body in an estuary. anne makovec is in oakland with more on the investigation. thanks anne... a man is recovering in the hospital this morning.. after fire crews pulled him from under a train in oakland. the man appears to have been sitting in a wheelchair next to the tracks it is unclear how he got under the train. rescuers say he was talking, moving and breathing before he was freed. no word on his current condition. and an historic moment in washington just within th

. >> lindsay lohan is back in the slammer. >> i'll take my talent to south beach. >> a guy has one bad night, everybody goes insane and panics. >> and you said yes, obviously. >> of course, yes. >> 33 miners miraculously alive in a tiny space 2,000 feet below earth. >> a lesson for all of us, never give up. >> we are blessed to live in interesting times, that's for sure. >> you said the oil spill will stick in your mind for a long time. i think for a lot of people. so many different avenues to that story. the men that lost their lives and the environmental disaster as well. >> always tragedy but always hope, that's the thing. >>> coming up, the royal couple wants to prove just how normal they really are. >> and why kelsey grammer is in a hurry to get divorced. that's all coming up next in "the skinny." íclllllllllllllllll >>> get all unbuttoned here for "the skinny." >> that's right. interesting stuff and our usual dose of hollywood news. >> weird. >> everyone was kind of heartbroken when reese witherspoon and jake gyllenhaal broke up. they seemed like a hollywood golden couple and all

[ laughter ] that's like sending lindsay lohan to bogota, colombia. what are you doing?!applause ] ireland? i'm pretty sure an intervention in ireland is where your loved ones all confront you and say "you don't drink enough." [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show. give it up for the roots! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: sounding good. sounding great. that's bilal, sitting in with the roots tonight, hey! his first album in nine years, "air tight revenge" came out recently. he's a long time friend and collaborator of the roots. thank you so much for being here, buddy, i appreciate it. >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: a great voice. we've got a fun show tonight. from the new film "due date," one of the funniest people in the universe is here, zach galifianakis is here! [ cheers and applause ] oh, i love this guy. the academy award winning director, danny boyle is joining us. ooh, man. "slumdog millionaire," "trainspotting." he's got a new movie out. oh, he's so good. and we've got music. great, great music from kid cudi featuring cage a

there's a big rumor, as far as "dancing with the stars" goes, the rumor is they're trying to get lindsay lohanance this year. hopefully they'll get dr. drew, too, to make it a combo celebrity dance rehab show, but -- i think that would be good for lindsay. influence like judge bruno in her life, you know? and i would love to see her vomit on len goodman. last night, anderson cooper had an interesting show on cnn last night. remember that huge underground drug tunnel they found running between the united states and mexico? he went there, the tunnel is unbelievable. it's all cinder blocked, it has rail lines, it's got ventilation, lighting. it's got a starbucks. it's incredible. anderson cooper got to go in it, and this will give you an idea of the lengths people will go to to smuggle drugs into the united states. >> tunnel is about a half mile long. and it was built, authorities believe, by members of a cartel. there's actually an area where you can stand up for the first time, fully upright, and if you >> peek-a-boo! i cannot believe that anderson cooper is in my tunnel. >> very close to the s

and finally, there are rumors going around that lindsay lohan might do "dancing with the stars." [ cheersnd applause ] yeah, they said that she'd be performing a couple of dances. the two-step and, her favorite, the twelve-step. [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show tonight. give it up for the roots. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: we have an awesome show for you tonight. like i said earlier, the one and only paul mccartney is here! [ cheers and applause ] that's such a big deal for me, personally. he was my favorite singer as long as i can remember having a favorite singer. around my house i had all his albums. that's why i'm going back to vinyl. i had albums. my sister loved michael jackson. i liked michael jackson, but she loved him. and "the girl is mine" was our song. we would duet. i would do paul's part. she would do michael's part. and then "say say say" came out on paul's album. and i was like, "hey, that's my guy's record." so now, we had to reach across the aisle and shake hands, and it was the pipes of peace there. i just can't believe he's here, and it's

. >> more lindsay lohan drama. mean girls is aus cooed of being one.he betty ford clinic lohan underwent rehab, said lohan attacked her and caused her to strain her arm. she's on worker's comp from her injuries. lohan's story is the staffer grabbed and pushed her. the betty ford center says it won't break confidencety. >> president obama signed a bill a few minutes ago that overturns the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. it will take the pentagon several months to implement a new policy to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly without being punished or dismissed. the president encouraged those discharged to rejoin. >> the incredible rescue of a man in a wheelchair that became trapped under a freight train in oakland. terry mcsweeney live in oakland with the latest. >> happened about a quarter to 4:00 right here in front of jack london square embarcadero and broadway. truly a fantastic story. take a look when it wasn't looking so fantastic. a man underneath a cow catcher of that train engine. the train weighs 130 tons. he was trapped underneath it and t

i'm all for britney spears bouncing back and lindsay lohan maybe some day getting insurance so she canin, but isn't it kind of soon to let michael vick get his hands on another pooch? i would sooner stay in a motel 6 run by norman bates. ♪ vick only left prison in may of 2009 and is banned from owning a dog until july 2012. so he's not going to be able to get his wish for a while. so here's what we're thinking. maybe vick should just start out small. a gold fish, for instance, and not one of those fighting fish. or maybe better yet a pep bridge farm gold fish cracker. they're cute and they're tasty. if vick like most 4-year-olds around the world really, really, really wants a puppy, we found something that could be a way for him to kind of ease back into dog ownership. it's a german toy. here's the commercial for the cacledakle. [speaking in a foreign language] >> yeah. you see that? see that? find it hard to believe that german kids are really dying to pick poop out of the cacledakle, but can we see that again? there we go. i don't know, is that play-doh or something? but as an interi

, from that miraculous mine rescue in chile, to the trials and tribulations of tiger woods and lindsay lohan. >>> before we get to all of that, we want to take a look at the top headlines of the morning. we've got natalie at the news desk this morning. >> good morning, everyone. well, there's snow falling here in the northeast. but airports are still a mess and so are some roads as you just saw. nbc's jeff rossen is on that street in brooklyn, new york, where the plows have yet to come through there. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: it's a real awful, awful scene here, it resembles a disaster area. plows never came to this street in new york. it is not like this is a needle in a hay stack. we have seen many like it. ambulances can't get through, three people have already died including a newborn baby because ambulances can't get through streets like this. the airports are an absolutely mess trying to get back on track. it will take until 2011 for that. but there are some bright spots this morning. and away we finally go. the games went on tuesday night. the eagles and vikings in philadelphia

. >>> well, the betty ford rehab center has fired a worker who accused lindsay lohan of attack her.he employee lost her job just hours after giving an on-camera interview with tmz. a spokesperson for the rehab facility said the employee broke a confidence ailty rule. the actress has been in rehab since september. >>> 8:51. it's another busy holiday travel day. we jut got new information on sfo. it affects everyone catching a flight this morning. >>> welcome back. it's still a busy travel week. sfo just told us that the recent rain is causing a one- hour delay at the airport. if you are traveling, please remember to call ahead this morning. we took this video earlier this week at sfo. it's been crowded all week. our wet weather has definitely been causing delays all week as well. >>> in about an hour from now, san mateo assemblyman jerry hill will announce a bill to crack down on underaged drinking on party buses. this in response to the death of brett studebaker. he was killed when he crashed his suv after drinking aboard a party bus. >> we're here to really help get the awareness o

. >>> a new twist in the drama surrounding lindsay lohan. ford who claims lohan attacked her says she doesn't want to press charges against lohan. but is prepared to sue the clinic for wrongful termination. they said she was fired for refusing to cover up the scuffle with lohan. >> it was miss lohan who called the police. my client would never have reported the incident. but when the police arrived, there was an injured person, ms. holland, my client. >> holland sprained her wrist in the incident. as for lohan, no breathalyzer was taken. but sources say she was getting her hair done and drinking nonalcoholic shirley temples that night. >>> a rhode island man is causing quite a scare in his neighborhood. you can see why. that's not him hanging off the house. it's a dummy. he said he was tired of stringing the lights and decided to play a prank on his neighbors, instead. it's so convincing, people are stopping their cars and running out to help the poor guy. and that's the news at 8:04. you would think that would lead to a traffic accident. >>

trust me, i go on our website, i'm reading about lindsay lohan, too. and i don't want to say that people don't. there's so many stories to tell and some of them are entertainment stories, some of them are foreign policy stories, some of them are political story, you need a little bit of all of them. we have eight million viewers every night and that's a pretty astonishing number still. that may decrease -- decrease dramatically as other media increases, but the net rorks -- networks are one of the last bastions where what everyone says about main street media, i think it's the most objective news you can get on television, you can tune in, watch world news or brian williams' show and you get 22 minutes of the day's news. there are very few places you can go in that economy of time to get the day's news. and that's what i hope to stay with. i know sometimes the networks think, we have to do a different model, we're losing viewers, but i think to me, the most attractive thing about what we do is that we present what happened on a daily basis on those pro

i go on our website and i am reading about lindsay lohan, too. and i do not want to say to people not to. there are so many stories to tell and some of them are entertainment stories and some of them are political stories, but you need a little bit of all of them. but what the networks offer people -- people forget this. we have 8 million viewers per night. that is a lot. it may have reduced dramatically compared to other media, but we still have 8 million viewers. despite what everyone says about mainstream media and we are horrible, i frankly think it is the most objective news you can get on television. you can tune in and watch world news or brian williams's show and you get 20 minutes of the day's news. there are very few places you can go in that economy of time to get the day's news. that is what i hope to stay with. i know sometimes the networks things, oh, my gosh, we have to do a different model. but the most attractive thing about what we do is that we present what happened on a daily basis on those programs. we have historically had t

which the harassment involved well-known personalities such as reports of paris hilton using lindsay lohan's caller i.d. number to access voicemail. my own office experienced this when an organization used a phoner caller i.d. system to make it appear as though my congressional office was calling constituents. constituents were understandably puzzled and annoyed when bombarded by these calls. unfortunately we were not able to track down the perpetrators. in total we had 42 house republicans from 14 states were targeted in their home districts by similar harrising phone calls using call spoofing. although i believe that action alone constitutes a fraud imposing as a federal elected official's office, that's not the worst case. in several cases police and the f.b.i. have been subject to the so-called calls, when a caller uses another person's caller i.d. to phone the authorities, report a fake crime in process which draws a police and swat team response. luckily no one has been harmed in these cases but you can imagine the potential tragedies when a team of police with guns drawn respond to wh

and that's lindsay lohan. >> i think she's done irreparable damage to her career, getting in a fightck. but i'm not so sure anymore. she might end up being our tatum o'neal. >> everybody's just waiting to see what happens when she gets out of rehab. next year will be a big year for her as far as how her career goes. >> one thing a lot of celebrities do not is this incredible talent. even though the packaging has been somewhat soiled and the market has been a little odd around here, she's really talented. if she makes the right moves, she could come back. >> but who's going to take a risk? >> it's hard to get insurance on her. >> some producers are afraid she just won't show up. >> one of the other trends is glee. oh, my goodness. >> everybody's dancing to glee and i think it surprised everybody, this musical. >> it's a combination of everything. >> the moment was so right, as a nation, we just have to smile and tap our shoes and it makes you feel happy. >> plus in a world where everybody's voice is auto tuned, people like the idea that these kids have actual talent and they're watchi