i always felt it extraordinary that no senior people within the bbc, including mark thompson as directoreneral, ever addressed this issue. >> reporter: the bbc disputes his claim, but admits in the report it did call thompson's office. they've seen public trust stop and his successors step down. now some predict more of thompson's former colleagues may have to resign before this is all over. keir simmons, nbc news, london. >>> there is more ahead on this sunday evening. when we come back, one of the most famous dresses in movie history definitely not in kansas anymore. ♪ [ male announcer ] it's time for medicare open enrollment. are you ready? time to compare plans and see what's new. you don't have to make changes, but it's good to look. maybe you can find better coverage, save money, or both. and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. ♪ medicare open enrollment. now's the time. visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare. ♪ >>> in the middle of all the loss and suffering from hurricane sandy, tonight we take a look at another part of the story that's gotten

ana, michael mark thompson, mr.nner, and jayar jackson, congressman steve cohen, by the way won a squeaker only got 75% of the vote. and someone else is here seema mehta political writer for "the l.a. times." you covered the romney campaigns. did they really think that they were going to win. >> they really did. i covered john mccain four years ago. four years ago going into election day the writing was on the wall. this time they really did believe that they--they believed theirrololngng th believedd the c cwdwdizes eyeyer seeeeg.g. thth were stunned. >> cenk: let me oh follow up on that. again, it was a close popular vote. it wind up being 2.5% thinking that you're going to win. being confident. no problem with that. not understanding the possibility that you might lose especially when you're down in the polls is insanity. this is another quote from the article. running mate paul ryan seemed genuinely shocked. ryan's wife jana also was shaken and cried softly. shocked? do they live in a bubble? do they live in an

lies an interesting story is the director general of bbc 50 days ago -- former director general, mark thompsonll now next week take over as the head of the "new york times." (audience reacts). >> jon: what? so that explain the "times" new slogan "all the news that fits under the carpet." (laughter) we'll be right back. pp ú !s6cdr$erf (cheers and applause). >> jon: welcome back! my guest tonight a pulitzer prize winning best selling author. his new book is called "thomas jefferson: the art of power." please welcome back to the program jon meacham. sir, come on out here! who's better than us? sit. >> well, i could start. >> jon: i know, many people. jon meacham, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> jon: "thomas jefferson: the art of power." look at that. look at that picture. that was a good-looking dude. >> he was a good-looking dude. >> jon: you wrote he provided over the country during a time of deep partisan divide and real antagonism in this country. has there ever been a present who hasn't presided -- >> no, james monroe. >> jon: really? >> there was an era of good feelings. federali

. >> reporter: the bbc's prior director general mark thompson is scheduled to become the chief executive of the new york times starting monday. he maintains he did not know at the time what the bbc's investigation into jimmy savell was about. lester? >> michelle kosinski in london. thank you. >>> when we come back, the race to save the animals when the superstorm came ashore. >>> we are back now with some of the untold rescue missions before, during and after superstorm sandy came ashore nearly two weeks ago knocking out power and flooding aquariums along the coast of new york and new jersey but thankfully sparing most of the animals. we get the story tonight from mara schiavocampo. >> reporter: though it's filled with the wonders of the sea, during hurricane sandy, the ocean devastated coney island's new york aquarium. >> my first thought was we lost the aquarium. >> reporter: as sandy pounded the coastline the storm surge flooded one of the oldest aquariums. >> all of our electrical equipment was gone. so there was no precedent for what we were going to do. >> reporter: electrical equi

. >> reporter: the bbc's prior director general mark thompson is scheduled to become the chief executiveew york times starting monday. he maintains he did not know at the time what the bbc's investigation into jimmy savell was about. lester? >> michelle kosinski in london. thank you. when we come back, the race to save the animals when the superstorm came ashore. want to spend less and retire with more? then don't get nickle and dimed by high cost investments and annoying account fees. at e-trade, our free easy-to-use online tools and experienced retirement specialists can help you build a personalized plan. and with our no annual fee iras and a wide range of low cost investments, you can execute the plan you want at a low cost. so meet with us, or go to etrade.com for a great retirement plan with low cost investments. ♪ campbell's has 24 new soups that will make it drop over, and over again. ♪ from jammin' jerk chicken, to creamy gouda bisque. see what's new from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. [ birds chirping ] are you sure you can fit in there? [ chuckles ] ♪ ♪ [ male anno

the former boss mark thompson said he was vaguely aware a bbc program killed an investigation into thendary bbc host accused of abusing more than 200 children. thompson is also incoming chief executive of "the new york times" company. he writes not leading the charge to find out what happened at the network, he appears willfully ignorant and makes you wonder what kind of organization it was when thompson was running it and what kind of leader it was. also makes you wonder what kind of chief executive he'd be at the times. >>> it is not easy for a columnist to point such a finger at the man slated to be your boss. >>> the favorite sport of late night comics mocking mitt. center for media affairs said the monologues of jay leno, craig ferguson, jimmy fallon found the truth. 62 jokes about barack obama from convention to mid october, mitt romney was the butt of 148. >> romney in a good mood after the debate. on the way home, he let the dog ride inside the car. >> had a guy come in appraise the white house and surrounding property. guess how much it is worth. $1.5 million. $1.5 million. mi

. >>> "the new york times" says it's moving forward with its brand-new ceo mark thompson, despite a scandal the bbc. the british broadcaster's director of news, helen bowden, is stepping aside, as is her deputy steven mitchell after a bbc report wrongly linked a former conservative politician to child abuse. the head of the bbc, george entwistle, resigned over the weekend. >>> after winning their first eight games the atlanta falcons are no longer the only undefeated team in the nfl. the falcons fell to the new orleans saints, yay, on sunday. score was 31-27. new orleans quarterback drew brees looked amazing tossing three touchdown passes as he let the saints to victory. >> who knew you were such a big football fan. >> the giants can't win -- >> coming up, recovery from superstorm sandy. inching along this morning. still very much a crisis for people living in the hardest-hit areas. if you live around this area, you know that. we're going to go live to new york's rockaways. coming up next. but because of business people like you, things are beginning to get rolling. and regions is here to h

former bbc director general, mark thompson, is the incoming new york times company chief executive. he was at the helm of the bbc last year when the investigation into jimmy savile's alleged child sex abuse was dropped. thompson claims he was unaware of the program's investigation and had no involvement in the decision to cancel the report. for more we go to london where we're joined by lark turner via videostream. shias been researching and writing about the bbc scandal involving jimmy savile for the new york times, where she recently worked on the peace, "complaint ignored for decades is heard at last in bbc abuse case." the article profiles deborah cogger, a teenager in reform school where she says jimmy savile molested her and others. we contacted the bbc for comment, but they did not respond by airtime 3 rasa joined by tim gopsill, longtime reporter who is editor of the free press magazine in london. he has written that much of the criticism directed at the bbc's handling of the scandal comes from conservative media outlets in britain who want to see the network dismantled and f

see over there, i'm so pleased to be able to share tonight celebration with you and so too is mark thompson of the last three days at the times has joined us tonight. [applause] the book business is indeed very similar to the news business. at at the end of the day, we both tell stories. your readers, like ours, have options on how to experience these stories, whether it's lit up on a screen or printed on the pages of a paperback, people are still reading. and that is why the times is committed to investing in and growing our coverage, book in print and on line. we are adapting to the reading habits of now. last year we expanded our bestseller list to include e-books and his reading habits continue to evolve, we will be there to report and to assess and to comment on it all. as much as we are moving forward, the book review is rooted in long-standing traditions, but it is not an outdated one and we have all been reminded of that of late. in the wake of hurricane sandy, many of us face days without power and what our laptops in their ipads in our e-readers ran out of battery light, we turned

mark thompson used to run the bbc and now works for the "new york times". >> like many people i'm veryt events at the bbc, but i believe the bbc is the world's greatest broadcaster and no doubt it will once again regain the public's trust both in the u.k. and around the world. it's a very important institution, and i think it's full of people with great talent. >> dan rirz is live from our london bureau. dan, plane to us how they think these resignations will help. >> well, i think just sort of trying to sort of clear out minimum who could have been held responsible for these decisions. the problem that they haven't actually fired or set aside the people that were involved. the people that have stood aside so far, the head of news and her deputy, during this latest decision weren't actually involved at all. it was a completely different chain of command. i wouldn't be surprised if there are more announcements with people either being forced into monday active roles or being forced out of it altogether. to tut putt this in a nutshell ownering the one hand they've had one of their own tv

and today is also the first day on the job for the new head of "the new york times," mark thompson, formerlyer his handling of the savile allegations. >>> lance armstrong cut ties with livestrong, the support group that he founded 15 years ago. the livestrong foundation says armstrong has voluntarily resigned from bo

general of the bbc corporation for the last eight years, up until september, a man by the name of mark thompson to be starting today at the president and the ceo of "the new york times" company. here is a bit of what he had to say on his way to work today. >> it's a very important institution, and i believe that it's full of people with raoeupbl teg ra tee and talent and no doubt it's going to get back on its feet really son. >> he said he didn't know about last year's canceled news night program. he never met the accused child abuser, this as a full-scale probe is being conducted right this very minute at the bbc looking into lack of clarity in the lines of command and control of the network, that probe is the reason given today for those two executives to at least step down temporarily. mart that, all ever this as you might imagine is wall to wall news here in the uk. one big reason for that, every single tv set owner in this country has to pony up $230 a year in tv license fees. they are all stake holders in this scandal. back to you. martha: greg, thank you very much. greg palkot. gregg: we

the former producer was arrested over the weekend, and the fact that bbc's prior director mark thompson takes over today as chief of the "new york times" has led to questions there. what did he no and when did he know it calling him appearing willfully ignorant. >> he first of all said he knew nothing about jimmy savile or any of it and later was told by bbc journalists and add mitt that had and it might be about child abuse and add mitt that had and further that than then he went and questioned senior bbc management to try to find out what had gone on. >> reporter: thompson has declined our request for an interview but maintained he did not know the details of what the savile investigation was about and probably should have asked more questions. now, all of that and more under deep scrutiny. the head of the bbc's governing trust said it might be time for a radical overall. britain grew up on the bbc. it's the state broadcaster, also the largest broadcaster here. its level of respect has been impeccable, but now shaken deeply. matt? >> michelle kosinski in london on a disturbing story.

and today is also the first day on the job for the new head of "the new york times," mark thompson, formerlyer his handling of the savile allegations. >>> lance

moved to the left also in wisconsin democrat tammy baldwin knocked off tommy thompson in their historic senate race which marks the first time an openly gay candidate has been elected to the united states senate we saw voters in colorado and washington state approved ballot measures to legalize tax and regulate marijuana for recreational use and this is the first time since pot was criminalized about one hundred years ago that a state has completely decriminalized marijuana and on tuesday two states did massachusetts voters also voted to legalize medical marijuana marriage equality scored historic victories on tuesday night as well voters in maine maryland and washington state approved ballot measures to legalize same sex marriage marking the first time in history of marriage a quote in the history of marriage equality that equality was voted into law through direct democracy and in minnesota voters were able to beat back an attempt to rewrite the state's constitution to define marriage as strictly between a man and a woman so it was a clean sweep for do nothing on behalf of marriage equality across the nation

make your mark with ink from chase. money." i'm mary thompson with breaking news.the day goldman sachs names new partners. they would become partners effective january 1st of this year. it is the smallest class of partners named at goldman sachs since the company went -- since the company went public, i should say. also includes 14% of the partners being women, the highest percentage since at least 2006. the breakdown by geography, 54% of them -- excuse me, 59% of them come from the americas. 29% from europe, the middle east and africa. 13% from asia. again, the partners now account for about 1.7% of goldman's total head count. down slightly from 1.8% in 2011. guys, back to you. >> thanks so much. >> do we have a list of the partners? >> i'm going to read all as they compile it. >> i'd like to thank -- >> just a quick comment. goldman's down. fewest number of partners since the ipo. >> it can be an indication -- >> does it speak of something? >> yes. they believe the market is going to be tougher, pot is going to be smaller in terms of dividing for compensation. i

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thompson's body to do their forensics. >> the sheriff told me to take charge of the investigation of the body. here's terry lying away from the path. we could see a drag markthe grass where a cat or cats had drug terry away tr the bloodstain. there was a head wound, a head gunshot wound. his hands were filled with gun powder residue. those factors combined leads us to believe that this is a suicide. >> in the three years prior to the incident, terry's life had spiralled out of control. the u.s. bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms conducted an investigation into terry's gun collection, finding five machine guns and two shotguns that terry had no license for. they quickly brought charges. >> he told me, he said, i've got nothing left to fight with. said, i'm done. that's what he told me. it was before he left. >> terry thompson was convicted and served ten months in a federal prison for possession of unregistered firearms. >> terry was afraid of being locked up, confined, because he was such a free spirit that did exactly everything he wanted to d do. >> while terry was in prison, the heavy burden of caring for the farm and the animals fell on marion. >>

mark preston live in washington, d.c. thank you for that. so even if democrats and republicans get a spending deal done in time to steer clear of the fiscal cliff, derer thompson says it won't necessarily cure the economy. the senior editor of "the atlantic" joins us live in the next half hour. he has an interesting perspective. >>> ambassador susan rice heads to capitol hill this morning to mend fences with three republican senators. john mccain, lindsey graham and kelly a at with her information comments made on several networks that played down the role of terrorists in the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya, that killed four americans including ambassador chris stevens. rice maintains she made it clear the intelligence information she had at the time was preliminary. senators have threatened to block her nomination if president obama chooses her to be his next secretary of state. >>> and the obama administration responds to the benghazi attack does not get high marks from americans. the results of a new poll out this morning shows a majority of those questioned, 54%, say they are dissatisfied with the administration's handling of the attack. >

thompson. >> i think that was a 10,000 vote margin. >> brown: we'll have to ask mark. >> the state was called for the president fairly quickly after it closed. that suggests the democrats were able to run up their margins. they were sending teams from chicago to campaign there. they really wanted to make sure they won. >> brown: briefly to whereat up this statement, arizona, one we have been watching and waiting for. >> the polls close at 9:00. this is an open seat for retiring senator john kyle, a republican. this seemed to be a republican hold, but richard carmonna, former u.s. surgeon general has made surprised. the democrats are feeling confident about it. >> brown: christina, stu, stick around. and for all of you out there that wraps up this hour of election coverage. in a moment we'll have new state closings to report. please stay with us. l >> hello again. welcome back to this pbs newshour special coverage of election night 2012. i'mudy woodwo rough. >> i>>ll: i'm gwen ifill. it's 11:00 easternime . the polls have now closed in every state except alaska. it's been neck and neck all nig

mark zandi will deliver the report to us first on cnbc. let's get over to andrew with more of today's top stories. >> joe, i think actually we're going to go and talk to mary thompson. as new jersey begins to recover, gas lines are growing. mary thompson is on the new jersey turnpike this morning. mary, good to see you. but there's been a lot of lines and a lot of people talking about this. >> reporter: yeah, very frustrating situation. take a look behind me, you can see the line at the vince lombardi station. and what you can't see is that it stretches down just about a half a mile to the entrance to this rest stop. our cameraman waited in line to get gasoline, he said it took him about 25 minutes. and brian sullivan drove past it yesterday and said the line was at least 200 cars deep. similar scenes like there are being played out all over new jersey as well as long island. residents driving across state lines to find gas, others expressing increasing frustration with the situation. >> impossible. can't get it. and we have no lights on, so i have to get a gas can for a generator. >> it's a game. we have so much gas right down the street in elizabeth. no reason we