. >> we heard who's going to take over for mary hart. nancy o'dell. just celebrated a birthday. 60 years old. >> happy 235th birthday to the marine corps. a good day for that. happy wednesday everybody. got a good sunny day ahead. let's get your day planner going on this wednesday morning. temperatures are now in the 40s here in washington. some 30s in our suburbs to the west. grab the jackets this morning.

right after 9 news now we will bring you "entertainment tonight" and we learned who will replace mary hartncy o'dell will take over the co-anchoring duties with mark steines at the end of 2011. it is on at 7:30 p.m. right here on wusa 9. >>> yesterday we told you that sikh organizations have reported that they have been told by the csa to expect enhance the search techniques to make sure their turbans aren't hiding anything on flights. sikh groups are already complaining about it but will from springfield said don't bother. the airlines have the right and spoajt to refuse service to anyone they feel exhibits a potential risk to their passenger's safety. it is common sense not a bill of right's issue to view is with suspicion that would claim the right of religious expression. similar sentiments from lisa. sorry, sikhs but if you want to fly be prepared to sacrifice some personal privacy and/or dignity just like the rest of us. this post-9/11 world security and safety trump tradition and religion every time. but omar sees it differently. in my opinion you can hide harmful items in all manne

in other scary halloween news, tonight on "e.t.," sarah palin sat down with mary hart. >> are you goingn for president? >> you know, i have not decided what i'm going to do in 2012. for me mary it's going to entail a discussion with my family. a real close look at the lay of the land. and to consider whether there are already candidates out there who can do the job. if there's nobody else to do it of course i should believe that we should do this. >> so the answer is yes, if you get the right people behind you now. >> well -- it's -- it's a yes if there are others who are not willing to be running for the right reasons. then it would certainly be something that todd and i would consider seriously. >> jimmy: great. one quick question. why are you announcing this to mary hart? billy bush wasn't available? couldn't get mario lopez on the phone? this morning, here in hollywood, as a matter of fact, right across the street from the theater, i don't know if you saw this, they buried a time capsule to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the hollywood walk of fame. that's where all the stars have

. >> reporter: mary hart has queried plenty of celebrities over the years but few exchanges have rattledhe corridors of power like this -- >> are you going to run for president? >> you know, i have not decided what i'm going to do in 2012. for me, mary, it's going to entail a discussion with my family. a real close look at the lay of the land. and to consider whether there are already candidates out there who can do the job. if there's nobody else to do it, then of course i would believe that we should do this. >> reporter: she was there to promote her new tlc series called "sarah palin's alaska." >> let's get the fish before the bear gets the fish. >> reporter: but the ensuing buzz is all about the prospect of sarah palin's washington, d.c. and over the weekend, she fueled it further, while pushing back against a karl rove critique. appearing on your own reality show on the discovery channel, i'm not certain how that fits into the american calculus of that helps me see you in the oval office, he told a british paper. there are high standards that the american people have for the preside

. >> reporter: coming up on entertainment tonight, marie osmond talks to mary hart about the son she e. >> do you feel michael's presence on a daily basis here? >> um -- >> that is easily understandable. just over a week had pass the since marie opened up to oprah about the tragedy of her loss. >> how did you manage through it? >> the main reason i did it that way is because she said she would designate the whole hour so you could get to know him and understand things, which was nice. it's nice to be able to know you did it, you did it correctly, and you're not going to walk down a red carpet and be sidetracked on something. so it was an opportunity to talk about it and let people know that -- you know, who my son was. >> reporter: marie is currently performing in las vegas and has a new cd, i can do this, the proceeds of which will go toward other troubled young people. >> it's kind ofeer tagged to help out depression in young people, on behalf of my son. >>> log cabin, where kate said yes. plus, we have heidi and spencer, renewing their vows. our wedding exclusive. that and much mor

mary hart takes a look at some of the personal tragedies. >> reporter: do you ever get over the death no. no. you learn to cope. >> reporter: carol burnett, one of the many stars who suffered the tragedy of losing a child. cancer took the life of her daughter in 2002. she was 39. >> for a while there i thought, i just didn't want to get out of bed. >> reporter: eric clapton's son connor which is 4 1/2 when he fell 53 floors from an apartment window. >> shut down, right away. instantly. withdrawal, emotionally withdrawal. >> reporter: that was 1991. clapton sought solace in his mikic and came up with tears in heaven. ♪ would you know my name >> reporter: it's the moment no parent wants to imagine. >> i would rather have had her with me than never have known her. >> what balances it out is gratitude. the fact that i had that time with him ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: catch entertainment tonight here on channel 9 at 7:30 p.m. >>> oh my oui. dress to the nines and dining fine. more than 800 supporters and business leaders celebrated 18 years of kids enjoy exercise now. event cochair standing

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mary hart looks at the comedy and why the new role is a challenge.uld be playing matt he bank. >> right. >> it is not really me. >> friend's star matt leblanc returns to television. >> way off. huge admirers -- we are huge admirers of yours. >> matt does play himself in episodes, but with a huge ego. >> no. no. n-o. >> it was hard. some of the things he does have not that nice but there's my name. >> in the show, a couple imports their show to the states but has to deal with matt as the star of the american version. >> no, i'm with ya. you are english, have a show. >> i wouldn't do that. or i wouldn't do this. >> got a money truck, ready to drive up to your house. >> how big 0 a truck? >> all in all it was fun and we had a good time. >> all right. now over to howard. a man who deserves his own show for the great weather report you are giving us. >>

. >>> we now know who will take over for mary hart on entertainment tonight when she steps down at thed of the year. it's nancy o'dell. she will join the show this january and then take over co anchoring duties with mark stienes next season. hart announced this year will be her last on the show. she has hosted "entertainment tonight" since 1982 and of course you can catch her on et tonight at 7:30 right here on 9 news now. >> met her so recently and she just embodies class. >> almost 30 years. >> doesn't look like she has aged a bit. >>> remember the rumor about how her legs were insured. it's true. >>> take you over across the pond to spain. and monster storms slammed into the i-beerian -- iberian peninsula. 26-foot waves pounding spain. this is a monster storm but snow and 50-mile-per-hour winds and rain and those are some pretty serious waves. as far as we know, the shoreline held up there. had held up fine. a little bit of flooding and snow. for us, different story. we are looking at tranquil weather. tomorrow 60, breezy. partly cloudy. lots of sun on thursday, veterans day, 60, an

mary simmons hart agrees and said entertaining the family.illiams said i don't think there is a stressful time. i enjoy being with the family and feeding them. >> well said, terry. >> you feel the same way, right? >> i do have a little stress when i deep fry the turkey. >> as a single guy it is no problem for me to go through mcdonald's and a couple burgers. >> i know you go to your family's derek. >> i think number 8 is our lucky number. eighth nice weekend in a row. pretty good. for late november. not going to be 80 but will be comfortable. here are the temperatures right now. 30s and 40s. mentioned this earlier. i think the temps are just about done falling. winds shifted and picked up a little bit. what you see is what you get for the local. 38 in fairfax. still 40 in arlington. and still 40 in rockville and bethesd and downtown it is also 42. we do have mid-30s. i think they are done falling. okay, here is the deal. nice for november. it really is. in fact, eighth nice weekend in a row. i know it rained a little bit the very first weeken

. >> reporter: mary hart queried plenty of celebrities over the years, but few exchanges rattled thecussion with my family, a real close look at the lay of the land and to consider whether there are any candidates out there who can do the job. if there's nobody else to do it then of course i would believe that i should do this. >> reporter: she was there to promote her new tlc series called "sarah palin's alaska." >> let's get the fish before the bear gets the fish. >> reporter: the buzz is all about sarah's washington, d.c. and over the weekend she fueled it further while pushing back against a karl rove critique. "appearing on your own reality show on the discovery channel, i'm not certain how that fits into the american calculus of that helps me see you in the oval office" he told a british paper. "there are high standards and the american people have them for the presidency, and they require a certain level of gravitas." >> they have to be high for anyone who wants to run for president like -- wasn't ronald reagan an actor. wasn't he in "bedtime for bonzo." he was an actor. >> re