that's more than double the cost and a lesson to be learned from marian.p early to avoid sending last minute gifts to family and friends when shipping costs are at their highest. direct marketing association says shipping charges are the main reason shoppers don't finish checking out on line. if you think you've been charged shipping fees that are too high or misleading, let me know about it. go to abc7news.com. >> big name stars hit the big screen in a sexy movie this weekend. don sanchez reviews "burlesque." >> nobody in california picked those numbers correctly so the jackpot is expected to roll over to an estimated $52 million for tuesday's drawing. in theaters this weekend, christina aguilera makes her big screen debut with cher. it's a musical called "burlesque." but is it worth your time and money? abc 7's arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez is on the aisle. >> oh, showbiz. stop me if you've heard this one before. girl leaves small iowa town for the bright lights. it's holiday, sunset strip and a club called burlesque. >> i've never seen any

. >> and you have an address -- >> 6020 marian drive. across the subway. a crow will drop you off. how many are you strong? >> we have about 7000 active members who loved their church and seek the support and spread the message. >> a lot of people watching will hopefully come and see what. >> thank you for have to meet. >> stay with us. >> baltimore clayworks is dedicated to ceramic art. the museum has a new exhibit. joining us today is mary cloonan, the exhibition's director. welcome. i have been to clayworks. you're down at mount washington. what is your whole purpose and waters of things people can do? >> which have so many activities that you can participate in part we are a nonprofit organization. we just celebrate our 30th anniversary. we have been serving the community with education so people can take classis, beginners, advanced. we haven't on site gallery so people can purchase art. we serve the community at large through our community arts program. we go out and bring ceramics class to underserved populations that do not necessarily have the opportunity to work in clay.

at five years. >> it's like nixon going to china, and marian berry, this big liberal who wants to pickk on everything, which is not true, i want everybody to be self sufficient. i want the government to help make them that way. >> i think we can all agree that an effective welfare program would give parents the help they need to take care of their children and give them the tools to look for a job and hold them accountable for that. the problem in our district, the training is really inadequate so in the middle of an economic recession, it just doesn't seem right or effective to expect that a time limit will actually work. >> reporter: critics say kids and adults will be left homeless and hungry. >> nobody, including myself, is interested in putting the 8,000 people off those rolls now. >> reporter: he says he's learning -- >> how to maintain eye contact, how to maintain proper speech, how to maintain body language, how to answer the questions correctly. >> reporter: he's had three job interviews in the last six weeks. duny says all he needs now is a chance. >> beth parker reporting. 8

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marian wright passed away a year and a half ago, but her daughter said keeping the foundation running has been hard, but it's needed now more than ever. >> because people don't have their jobs and people lost their homes. it's not just regular people. we have new people that come from different states. they have heard of mother wright. >> they need food and cash not only during the holidays, but all year around. new this morning, a tradition to help neighbors in need kicks off in about an hour and a half. berkeley police will team up with the boosters. way, the food bank and others to assemble and deliver food baskets. they will assemble boxes in front of the hall of justices on martin luther king,jr. way at 6:00 this morning. officers raised money for the baskets through their annual turkey ride in september. the city of oakland will serve up dinner with all the trimmings. people in need and the homeless are invited to the marriott and oakland city center from 11:00 to 2:00. they will serve 2500 people. donations are being accepted there to the city oakland hunger program. >> a story

but a new poll found proposition 19 that will legally marian in california may be headed for defeat. 49% oppose it while just 42% support it. also struggling is prop 23 that would suspect california's gene house gas emissions law. 48% oppose it and just 33% are in favor. and prop 25, which would reduce the vote requirement for passing a state budget from two-thirds to a simple majority is leading, 48% to 31%. >> well, more than 200,000 people swamped washington d.c. saturday for the rally to restore sanity. the event was put on by comedy central host jon stewart and stephen colbert. as organizers promised, the rally avoided any partisan message. they estimated the turnout at more than 250,000 people. but an aerial estimate put the crowd at 215,000. back in august a conservative rally featuring glen peck and sarah palin attracted between 78,000 and 96,000 people. up next, the president makes his final plea to voters. >> in two days you have the chance to set the direction of this country and this state. >> what democrats and republicans are telling voters as we head into the last days

a scaled-down plan was approved yesterday by the sonoma-marian district board of directors. that is a shorter system than the 70-mile line approved by voters in 2008. the voter-approved planned called for a quarter sent sales tax for a rail line that included cloverdale. the board said the poor economy demanded that the $395000000 plan be scaled down. >>> a north bay man remains in serious condition after a small plane crash. single-engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff from sonoma sky park. 68-year-old mark johnson, the passenger is hospitalized at john muir medical center. the pilot from san francisco was treated for his injuries and released. federal investigators are looking into the cause of the accident. >>> we're learning tonight that the elderly man struck by hit- and-run driver in fremont friday morning died from his injuries. fremont police say 83-year-old salim nosrat was at the intersection and authorities say a person driving a light- colored 1985 toyota avalon, similar to this one here, struck and killed nosrat and then drove away. if you have any informat

. >> and that is like mixing, going to china and a few marian barrys, the big liberal who wants the government to pay for everything, which is not true. i want everyone to be self- sufficient and to help make them play. i think we can agree an effective welfare program would give parents the help they need to take care of their children and give them the tools to look for a job and hold them accountable. the problem is ourec and training is inadequate and in the middle of an economic recession, doesn't seem right or effective to expect a time alignment is going to work. >> reporter: critics say kids and adults will be left homeless and hungry. >> nobody, including myself is interested in putting the 8,000 people off of the road. >> and he wants to be off of the rolls and is learning. >> how to maintain eye contact and proper speech, body language, how to answer the questions correctly. >> and he's had three job interviews the last six weeks. all he needs now is a chance. now, that number you heard marion barry use, 8,000 people off the welfare roll immediately, that is what would happen in the

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grief counselors are on hand at marian county schools this morning. >>> this will really tick you off. he says we were making it up day to day. former bp boss tony hayward now admits the company wasn't prepared for the disaster on the scale of the gulf oil catastrophe. you think? in a bbc interview, hayward says he could have done a better job with the media if he studied acting, not geology. told you. he did have a memorable cameo on the show "south park." remember this? what should i do? should i admit we made mistakes? should i remind you i did this before? should i find new and better ways to say i'm sorry? we're sorry. >> okay, so that's new. the commercial, of course, is there take on the lebron james nike rise commercial. they managed to nail lebron, nike and bp in one take. >>> you always know you are doing something very right or wrong when you show up on "south park." >>> president obama back in his old stomping grounds. so why is he looking out for a quick exit? we have pictures you have to see. >>> let's look at the markets. the markets have been open for 90 minutes. we ar

so -- >> sure about the marian berry part?'s very, very sad. >> sounds like an episode of her show. >> that's very good, steve. "desperate housewives." they're both rich so there's not -- >> didn't he just sign a contract for $45 million two weeks ago? >> right. she makes a lot of money, too. just shake on it. >> self-sufficient. let's talk about this. what color would you like to wear to show your team spirit? one school called the whitman hansen regional high school in massachusetts, the different grades wear different colors for a big football game coming up on thanksgiving. seniors wear black and the juniors wear red and the sophomores wear white and the freshmen wear pink. not anymore because now the principal there, they have a new anti-bullying policy. and he or she believes that pink can make people want to bully others. >> let's listen. >> wearing pink in a rally and being forceed to do something that's against your will or just because it's your -- a tradition doesn't necessarily mean it's right. >> even though it's