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and so in it you would think that when it happens macy overhears it so you would assume that macy woulde upset but she's not because she loves him so deeply and she's affected for him. she's bothered for him. she tells him "you know, if you say that again, somebody will cut your little ass." because she loves him so much. that's the help i'm used to that. 's my family. that's the help that my aunts were like --. >> rose: gave you? >> no, they were the help. they took care of white people growing up and that's -- those are the stories i heard. the love that they had for the kids that they took care of. it was like their own. and so it was important to show that side and i think macy's done an exquisite job doing that. >> rose: john cusack? >> terrifying, electrifying, fabulous. >> rose: he's the man in prison? >> yeah. so exciting that i had him play richard nixon request -- >> in "the butler." >> yeah, terrifying, electrifying. something you've never seen before from him ever and you've never seen it from matthew mcconaughey ever and nicole kidman ever. >> rose: take a look. this is a c

. >> and macy's adding 13 new brands of clothes. some of your expanded choices coming up. i've always been lucky. flew 37 bombing missions over germany. made it home every time. i'm lucky to have good friends who are all still around, and we're all lucky to have a friend named ben. ben's protected our medicare and veterans' benefits. and he's helping my 13 grandchildren afford college. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i'm honored to approve this message. . >>> it's the end of a era for news week. they ending their print edition and going all digital. the last edition to hit news stands will be published december 31st. they have lost about two million subscribers. readers will have to pay for the digital news week. >>> still time to buy your present and pay later. toys ru is extending it's free lay away plan. they started offering it in early september but were going to resume the five dollar service fee after halloween. now it'll run through december 16th. free lay away applies to all gift items and does require a 20% down payment. >>>

unstable." >> macy, you should totally go get our manager and tell her that i'm really in the sink. >he insists that no one else is in on the stunt before the camera starts rolling. >> hey, karen, he's in the sink. is that okay? do you want to come see? it's pretty funny. you can't see his penis or nothing. >> i hope not. >> everybody thought it was funny except for the manager who was still counting money. the whole time she thought we were kidding. she never imagined that i was really in the sink. i would say stuff every night, i'm going to do this. and mike's like, don't do it. like i said, the sink thing, i had mentioned that three months ago. like i'm going to take a bath in that sink. but everybody always brushed it off because i would say crazy stuff all the time. >> the water in the sink automatically gets boiling hot to sanitize utensils, so tim's dip lasts only four minutes. >> so i used a little towel to cover myself up. i didn't think about this part. i didn't bring anything to dry off. >> the video is posted on myspace that same morning, but tim has no idea just how much

macy's is offering shoppers an experience in 'toyland' this shopping season. the department store will team with toys 'r' us to add toy departments in 24 macy's locations. toy departments will open as soon as next week and close up shop mid- january. both companies said that the "store within a store" concept could be expanded. nieman marcus is good to go with its christmas wish book for high-end shoppers. making it into the book this year, this 2012 ferarri, which sells for $395,000 and a special edition speed boat for a quarter of a million dollars. on the lower end, there is a tennis table for 45 grand. still to come, liam neeson proves lightining can strike twice at the box office with his latest hit. that's later. but first, how some political power players are hoping to fix the u.s. economy. paul eggers has that next. ñçbÑ [gentle acoustic guitar musi (male announcer) how far would you go to help someone? would you go to the end of your driveway? would you cross a street? would you cross an ocean? to a place 6,000 miles from home? and how long would you

macy's is hiring in a big way. 80,000 temporary workers. that's up about 2% from last year. the jobs will be in both macy's and bloomingdale's for stores, distribution, and call centers. kohl's, toys r us and walmart are among the other companies that are also hiring for holiday. >>> american express got caught, and now it has to refund customers $85 million. u.s. regulators say three subsidiaries of the company broke consumer protection laws. so american express must refund approximately 250,000 customers. they misrepresented perks customers would receive if they applied for a credit card. also, the company charged certain consumers higher late fees than are legally allowed. american express is responsible for notifying customers who will be getting reimbursed. they are expected to send the refunds by march of next year. >>> we spotted some big, really big visitors to the bay area today. we'll show you next. >>> take a look. you see it down below. a pair of frolicking humpback whales are the only thing that could make the legendary golden gate bridge even more scenic. our n

macy's is toeing the line with a new shoe strategy. next spring, finish line boutique shops will appear in 450 macy's stores. this could boost annual sales for finish line footware by as much as $350 million. the store-within-a-store trend is growing. jc penney is opening nearly 100 smaller boutiques within its department stores. while admissions to college are up, grad school applications are dropping. the council of graduate schools reports the number of students enrolling in graduate school fell for the second year in a row, declining 1.7% from the fall of 2010 to 2011. grad school applications surged in 2008 and 2009. amazon is uncorking plans to sell wine online. california wineries and amazon are reportedly working on a service that will ship wine directly to consumers. a lot of upside potential here as online wine purchases make up a mere 1% of wine sales in the u.s. the wall street journal says amazon will have the program running by the holidays. if you are happy and you know it, eventually you will be able to wag your tail. a

macy's is hiring in a huge way. 80,000 seasonal workers at macy's and bloomingdale's.s "r" us and walmart are among other companies also hiring for the holidays. i'm sure you do your holiday shopping early so you probably are done now. >> not yet. i wanted to hire someone today to follow me around and fan me. it was hot. >> i was free from noon to 1:00 p.m. help keep you cool, jessica. extreme heat in the east bay. as many of you know, sometimes you don't need these temperatures to let you know. we like to show you exactly what happened this afternoon. 103 in gilroy. livermore, 100. here is the outlier. hot weather back in the east bay when we get the pattern building in like it is. san francisco getting up to 90 degrees. that's extremely rare and was close to record setting. however, it was a new record for us. liver more got close with 100-degree temperature. old record 102 set back in 1952. also rivalled one of our hottest summer days with 105 set back on august 11th. nonetheless, it was very warm to hot all across the bay area. right now numbers going down five to

>> bought a little macy's and a little market hedge back. i didn't see anything materially change. >> today it is interesting you mentioned dupont. there was weakness. it was a little bit of everything. we had a little europe and global growth concerns and oil. after a very complacent couple of months since the central bank action people are thinking about the election year and the fiscal cliff. it seemed to creshendo. i am not a hedge fund. what i did today is i owned some november puts. i spread them. i'm taking the opportunity of the heightened volatility and looking to reduce cost. i still think we have lower lows to meet. >> a couple of places we stopped out at small positions and resource names. in a place where the s&p has broken significant support around 1430 and a lot of guys are looking at the chart saying nothing to 1375 basic resources were down. i think dupont had broader implication in terms of the sentiment. >> it is ups and united tech and 3m. all talking about growth and that is just the american companies that reported tod

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. >> from macy's. i love it. >> go after macy's. somebody comes in they take my tie. i give them away as you do. don't go anywhere. still more ahead with the one-on-one sit down with donald trump. what does he think of the romney ryan ticket? he will answer that and more. >> this is a view of new york from 57th and 5th. tiffany's right here. you have the skating rink in central park right outside. often times i have people sitting in my office they are looking at the view they don't know what i am saying. they have no idea what i am saying. that's a great time to make a deal with them. >> welcome back. we continue with donald trump. i look at the world situation. you deal with the economy i look at the world burning in middle east and islamists and greece and spain and decline of the you euro. 16 trillion in debt. 6 trillion under obama alone. i am worried. i am really really worried about america and the future and lack of leadership at a very important time. what's your worst fear? >> i am worried also. that's one of the reasons i am so involved. i don't need to do

macy's men's store is being evacuated right now because of a smoking escalator. the problem started at about 4:30. we're going to bring you the latest information on abc 7 news. there is a traffic back up on northbound 101 in san jess yeah tonight following a big rig accident this afternoon. one lane is closed so is the 13th street onramp. no word when it will be cleared. it's a b-52 a mess as you can see. the cause of the accident is still to be determined. >> a long prison

macy's has announced it plans to hire 80,000 seasonal associates this year. up 2.5% since last year. theite the optimism, retail federation is on how cautious outlook much consumers plan to spend. retailers are entering their amid thertant season election, gridlock washington, and changes in spending and taxes. they project holiday sales to about 4.1%. at&t is cutting prices to keep prepaid carriers such as metro pc asked. atw, that's business news bloomberg headquarters. linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. 63 degrees. >> much more to come. williamhief in prince we're celebrating the start h a newfall season wit facebook giveaway. give you a chance to win four tickets to cox farms fall lds ofde and fou fear tickets. go to our facebook page. x countyhe new harefa section, the new bunny rabbit exhibit. e fun.av damp start to our day. no steady rain in the metro or around the beltway. showers in southern maryland. heavy rain in rappahannock, culpeper, fauquier county moving southwest to northeast this morning. about to cross between f

this is macy. and kate's doing the painting. macy, where are you from? up. is that the way it is. i like the star. you chose the star over the other one. >> yeah. >> why did you choose the star? >> i don't know. it's my favorite. >> and then, wait. over here, who is this? >> kelly. >> kelly's getting the full white. good morning. it looks like you got the pattern for the star. one or two things going on. how about this one? this is that storm. it's a little bit early in the year for these storms to start moving into that central and southern california coast and become mountain snowmakers. but this is going to do it. it's an opportunity to get rain in the southwest. and a little mountain snow all at the same time. if you're a little chilled right now from the northeast to the great lakes, you're about to get seriously chilled. saturday, the temperatures are down into the 30s for overnight lows. get ready for it. >> it is a sunny and cool start thursday. 39 in culpeper. 41 in cumberland. in winchester and gaithersburg. 60 to 64 today. cooler than yesterda

. >> from macy's. i love it. >> go after macy's. somebody comes in they take my tie. i give them away as you do. don't go anywhere. still more ahead with the one-on-one sit down with donald trump. what does he think of the romney ryan ticket? he will answer that and more. >> this is a view of new york from 57th and 5th. tiffany's right here. you have the skating rink in central park right outside. often times i have people sitting in my office they are looking at the view they don't know what i am saying. they have no idea what i am saying. that's a great time to make a deal with them. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, children laughing ] move to the country, d live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married, they'll find some retirement people who are paid on salary, not commission. they'll get straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't

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macy, one of the greatest actors, plays your friend, but also plays a priest as well.to him for counseling. tell us what that is about. you go to the priest to say is this okay to do. >> well, mark, in real life, who wanted his journey blessed, bill macy is a very understanding guy, it's berkeley, the late 1980s, different kind of priest somewhat. gives mark a lot of advice as a friend. i think mark found it very helpful. >> your character, it's interesting, while you're doing what your job is, which is to help this wonderful guy, you're married at home and have a whole different dynamic with your husband. talk about that. >> it gets complicated. >> yeah, i describe in the movie what the real cheryl cone described to me, which is the difference between a prostitute and a sex surrogate. she goes out of her way to say i have nothing against a prostitute, but it's different. a prostitute wants your return business, and she doesn't. she wants to help you realize your potential and go out into the world. and she said that mark told her that, to him, it was like he was stand

macy's adding 80,000 seasonal workers this holiday season hired for the the macy's and bloomingdale centersl cementers nationwide. sachs opened in kazakhstan in a new complex in the city's largest city. women make up 8 # 0% of mobile game players. women are more likely than men to play mobile gains involving social engagements like words with friends, draw something, and, yes, that's the speed read with three seconds to spare. i don't may mobile games whatsoever. david: stepping up to it. ben bernanke says a recession is not on the way, but the recent economic data may suggest otherwise. one of the smart education mind on the planet. martin feldstein joining us with his take coming up. lauren: adt making the public debut today. the ceo joining us to make the case where they are more than a burglar alarm company. are the takeover rumors true? if you have a grandmother or mom, you want to hear from the ceo in the story coming up. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer

they will staff macy's and bloomingdale stores and kohl centers and walmart and tiors are us are planning more people. >> a aapologized after air brusng women in saudi arabia. it features a woman in addition to boy. women appear infrequently across saudi arabia. strict laws require women to cover most of their bodies in public. >> carolyn: we want to share very cool images. our photographer capres she is going shots of dolphins ridg the waves north of half moon bay. you can see they seem to be enjoying the surf today. it was especially warm out there. we can see why. >> dan: warm weather and still steamy in many parts of the bay area. >> we're in for a mild to warm night. a as we head into tomorrow, i want to show you a photo. this was sent to us by a viewer. bay farm island in alameda. you can see the sun was glowing there was absolutely gorgeous. hot day today and we are headed for another hot one as we head into tomorrow. get ready for that as we check out right now, live doppler 7 hd. you'll see what is happening. there is a few clouds out there. not anything in the form of fog, but h

they will be used at regular macy stores as well as its upscale bloomingdale stores.ositions will be part type. macy's employs about 170,000 workers on a year-round basis. >>> in oak, police investigating a double shooting that injured a man and a woman. it happened just before midnight onp 7th and fillbert street. police say two people started to shoot so far no arrests have been made. >>> the court could decide to hear action on the affirmative action program or even california's gay marriage. >>> the coast guard search are still searching for men off the coast. their boat capsized yesterday morning. lorraine blanco has more. what's the latest going on, low sunshine. >> low -- going on, lorraine? >> reporter: well, dave, you can see along the coast, it's pretty clear and calm. they are looking for two men missing. we saw the helicopter first searching at 7:00 a.m. makings along the california coast. an 18-foot striper capsized at pigeon point. four men were on the fishing boat. two of them were able to swim to shore and call for help. family members tell us one of t

. >> from macy's. i love it. >> go after macy's. somebody comes in they take my tie.e them away as you do. don't go anywhere. still more ahead with the one-on-one sit down with donald trump. what does he think of the romney ryan ticket? he will answer that and more. >> this is a view of new york from 57th and 5th. tiffany's right here. you have the skating rink in central park right outside. often times i have people sitting in my office they are looking at the view they don't know what i am saying. they have no idea what i am saying. that's a great time to make a deal with them. a stunning work of technology. introducing the entirely new lexus es. and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. trick question. i love everying about this count! including prilosec otc. you know one pill each morning treats your frequent heartburn so you can enjoy all this grt land of ours has to offer like demolition derbies. and drive thru weddings. so if you're one of those people who gets heartburn and then treats day after day, block the acid with prilosec otc and

at macy's. >> jimmy: at macy's. they're killing it. they're all over the place.right. >> jimmy: it was very funny. you're out there -- there's a lot of stuff going on. >> how were the ratings? >> jimmy: i think the ratings were pretty good. i don't know, yeah. i think they're good, right? yeah. >> oh-oh-oh. >> jimmy: i'm not a ratings -- >> but he's been very nice. >> jimmy: he is. letterman, yeah. >> he has been very nice. >> jimmy: he's a good -- well, they want to -- you've been very controversial lately. >> i don't know if it's controversial. i've been -- certainly, i offered a lot of money for something that's very easy to produce. but, you know, i don't know if that's controversial. to some people, it's not controversial. >> jimmy: yeah, well, it's very interesting, i would say. i mean, of course, i -- i understand why you're doing it because you got to, you know, root for your guy, you know. and so, you want to try to -- i don't know -- stir up some attention for that. >> well, i really -- i'm doing it -- i think -- number one, it's a great thing for chari

. >>> macy's is looking forward to the holiday shopping season. the retail giant says it plans to hire 80,000 seasonal workers that's a 2-1/2% increase. most of the work will be part time. the department store chain says the seasonal help will work at macy's and blomingdale online centers and distribution facilities. >>> on wall street it was a mixed monday. the dow gained 77 points but the nasdaq dropped two. this came after a report showed manufacturing grew last month for the first time in four months. >>> the family of a missing s era toga man is asking for help in locating him. they said no one has heard from eric dean garcia since he left a friend's home near downtown san jose on september 18th. garcia is 32 years old. he's described as 5'10", about 350 pounds with a harley davidson symbol tattooed on the back of his head. anyone with information is asked to contact police. >>> the a's are just one out away from clenching a wild card spot and they could still win their division. ktvu's amber lee live at the coliseum to explain why some fans

everybody likes to ask about cliniq u e if you go into a macies, you'll see the lab white coats and scientifically presented. it is the same set of chemicals packaged with a different marketing program. disturbing some of the women of color are among the most toxic. women are bombarded with light skinned looking models. every product claims to have a whitening benefit. here is an example of one of the ads that you'll see in china, procter and gamble, high end line sk 2, hugely poplar, this product was the cause of near riots in china in 2006 after the government reported it contained, band heavy metal. hundreds of women demanding refunds lined up down the block. here is an example of them busting down the headquarters in shanghai. women do not want toxic bad metals. in their $100 skin cream. unfortunately, the government and procter and gamble was freaked out about this. then it was announceable, just a little bit of toxic metals, don't worry. they put the products back on the shelf and back on the market. china is the no. 1 growth market for procter and gamble. have quotes where she says china is

. >>> macy's' has made an announcement that could make this a happy holiday season for people looking they are looking to hire 80,000 seasonal workers and it's a 2. 5% increase than last year. they are using bloomingdale. most of them will be part-time. stores begin to typically higher in october. >>> yahoo's ceo has a new job, mom. mom and baby has been announced and no name has been picked yet. she announced she was pregnant as she took over in july and she said she was just planning to take a few works weeks off -- a few work weeks off in september. >> how did you find this place... >> the movie was number one in box office numbers it was one of the strong get box office win. they had trouble with the curve and they rack up the sign. it will be stripped down and given a new coat of paint. it will take 10 weeks to complete and today on ktvu channel 2 morning news at 50/50, we are stating with 100% cool down and how soon will we can expect it to arrive. thanks for watching, and we'll see you the next time news breaks and we are always here on www.ktvu.com. starting october 20, 2012,

other companies hiring include macy's, wal-mart, and toys "r" us. >>> it's deer mating season.dlife officials are warning bad things can happen during the hunt for romance. this is video right here near santa cruz where a deer gotten tangled in soccer netting. officials say the trauma of getting stuck can be enough to kill the deer. >> it can have a heart attack immediately, or it can be fight sog hard and so long against the netting or against us that it -- over time, it could even die. >> officials are asking residents to take things down with netting and webbing. >>> the sea lion that was rescued last week is improving. named blond bomber by the marine mammal center the sea lion was wries sawed after beg entangled in plastic packaging. >>> well, do you remember that huge eyeball that washed up in florida last week? >> turns out it may have belonged to a sword fish. experts say they made that determination based on the size, color, and structure. creepy, though. they think a fisherman may have cut the eye out and tossed it. they're conducting a dna test to confirm the finding

macy's says they plan to hire 80,000 workers for the holidays. the department store chain which also owns bloomingdales says the extra workers are needed for store operations and call centers and shipping centers for online orders. last month toys"r"us and pensacola also announce they had are adding -- coals announced they are -- kohl's announced they are adding half a million workers nationwide. >>> honda says one fire on the honda accord has been reported. the hose need to be replaced in a recall. anyone who thinks a they may have a leak, take your car to a dealer. >>> well, the carmageddon 2 was not so bad in los angeles. >> construction on interstate 405 finished hours ahead of schedule last night. here they are reopening it. the main project of the mulholland bridge was for the most part very calm. workers were able to get away just in the nick of time. >> good to hear. >>> you may think it is carmageddon around san francisco this week. muni operates are warning people about events that will add transportation problems in the next few days.

they will staff macy's and bloomingdale stores and kohl centers and walmart and tiors are us are planning to hire more people. >> a aapologized after air brushing women in saudi arabia. it features a woman in addition to boy. women appear infrequently across saudi arabia. strict laws require women to cover most of their bodies in public. >> carolyn: we want to share very cool images. our photographer captures she is going shots of dolphins riding the waves north of half moon bay. you can see they seem to be enjoying the surf today. it was especially warm out there. we can see why. >> dan: warm weather and still steamy in many parts of the bay area. >> we're in for a mild to warm night. a as we head into tomorrow, i want to show you a photo. this was sent to us by a viewer. bay farm island in alameda. you can see the sun was glowing there was absolutely gorgeous. hot day today and we are headed for another hot one as we head into tomorrow. get ready for that as we check out right now, live doppler 7 hd. you'll see what is happening. there is a few clouds out there. not anything in the form

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yesterday, toys 'r' us announced it would open toy departments inside 25 macy's stores across the country from october 15th to january 15th. >> thank you. >>> no facebook in the white house for the obama children. the first lady recently said in a round table that she won't let her daughters malia or sasha join the social media site. she says she talks to her daughters about growing up in the digital age and warns them every moment can be captured and shared online. the first lady said she told her girls "you can't act bratty because you may be having a moment but somebody could use that moment and try to define you forever." good advice there. >> for any parent to give their kids. >> and some adults, too. >> that's true. a lot of people get in trouble. >>> halloween is just a few weeks away. >> big bird costumes apparently flying off store shelves right now since mitt romney mentioned the 8-foot-tall character. costume stores have said they've seen an increase in sales. the other big seller, presidential masks. right now president obama's masks are outselling mitt romney masks. >> i like

if you look at the chains who i portray as serving the middle class, people like target and macy's whoike a 2% increase, surely that's not robust and speaks to the kind of pressures the middle class americans are facing. on the other hand, if you look at the retails that tend to service the higher end customers, people like nordstrom and costco, they did slightly better. nobody did great. >> it's funny because discretionary stocks in the third quarter were the best performing group, so consumers still seem to be willing to spend money, despite, you know, perhaps what you're saying. >> well, you know, individuals have deleveraged their balance sheets, so they've got spending power now. credit card debt continues to come down. so the americans are in a position where they could spend money if they felt some degree of confidence. unfortunately i think they're worried and thus by and large retailers have not done well. now, there's selective stories like lululemon or one of ours like j. mclaughlin who's doing extremely well but those are not the rule. >> you've got stock like -- stocks lik

and if i'm going into macy's, am i thinking about my reusable bag in probably not. >> and when would you re- evaluate the back tax and what would you have to see to be convinced to push for a change? >> the program's only literally been in place for seven months and i think what i have said to the administration is at the end of the year, we ought to look at this and in january it will have been a year and see have we done this right? >> you're asking the tough questions. how muchmon set county collecting from the bag tax and how's it being used? >> it's being used for environmental purposes, i am pleased about that but we're generating more now and we want it to go down to half of that and that is also a learning curve, if you will, takes awhile for people to change their behavior. >>you gave us a story we'll have to follow. thank you for coming in. >> and nice to be with you. >>> the university of maryland is dealing with a bed bug problem. it started in early september when students living in the south campus commons building seven apartments started complaining of bites. the stud