minnie would not look so good in the designer dress. now more than 135,000 people have signed a petition on change.org asking barney's to leave minnie alone. >> i think, if minnie is going to envision herself on the runway, she should envision herself. >> i think it's playful. you see it on the runways, and it's a fun, whimsical way of displaying fashion, and i like it. >> barney's said the ad was meant to be concept art and it was taken out of context. they point out in the storyline, when minnie wakes up from her dream, she is wearing the same dress on her traditional shape. >>> an indiana senate candidate clear identifying comments he made about rape during a debate. >> i just -- i struggled with it myself for a long time, but i came to realize that life is a gift from god, and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> richard murdoch now says he meant to say that god doesn't intend for rape to happen but god is the only one who can create life. democrats ar

and minnie isn't the only one getting the skinny makeover. joined by her friends mickey, goofy and daisy there is already a petition out asking them to leave minnie alone. >>> so how are we looking? >> we've got some cumulus clouds. >> they look beautiful, actually. that shot you had up is amazing. >> looks almost like a pinting out there. we do have a chance here of some isolated thunderstorms for tomorrow morning. so your commute is going to get wet. then it will dry out here on thursday. a few showers for the first game of the world series tomorrow. >> thanks for join us. "nightly news" is next.

instead of showing minnie the way we know her, she is taller, less curvy. in the interview, the barney's creative director says the old minnie would not look so good in the designer dress. now more than 135,000 people have signed a petition on change.org asking barney's to leave minnie alone. on its blog, barney's said the ad was intended to be a piece of concept art and it was taken out of context. >> concept art. i think minnie would look good in that designer dress in her regular form. just saying. >> okay. i'm not going to touch it. not this time. 6:37 is our time right now. >>> new numbers just out. they say that the pay gap between men and women starts as soon as they get out of school. >>> plus some great news for those who prefer to get around on two wheels. >>> kids who spend a lot of time using tv and electronics in their bedrooms are more likely to be obese. that's according to findings from the university of alberta. researchers find that children who have a tv, computer, or even a smartphone in their bedroom could be at risk for poor lifestyle

♪ >> reporter: and the crowd goes wild for the fab four, mickey, minnie, goofy, donald.h sunday. get your tickets now. tickets start as low as $15. myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have a link to theirs. disney on ice, rockin' ever after. fun for your whole family. fox5 morning news will continue to rock right after the break. stay with us.  [ minto ] you know, those ads saying mitt romneyy would ban all abortions and contraception seemed a bit extreme. so i looked into it. turns out, romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. in fact, he thinks abortion should be an option in cases of rape, incest, or to save a mother's life. this issue's important to me, but i'm more concerned about the debt our children will be left with. i voted for president obama last time, but we just can't afford four more years. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> seven-day forecast, 71 this afternoon. we are going to cloud up with showers and thunderstorms later tonight. out of here early tomoow. lots of sunshine with very comfortable temperatures. mid-70s

beautiful, is just another pressure that weighs on them heavily. >> an on-line petition to leave minnie mouse alone has more than 120,000 signatures. disney and barney sea it's a playful interpretation of the high fashion world. >>> word came today about a major arts fest about works involving some of the most famous painters in history. a development that could force a bay area city to rethink its ban on yellow pages. ?o?ooooóññ thirty-eight mean? funding. restores what we've lost... music and science labs. and your school. can get a world-class education. and sacramento can't touch it. me? the sky's my limit. >>> for a second straight day wall street is in rally mode. the national association of home builders, says confidence among home billers is the highest among six years. there's still shock on wall street over the sudden resignation of the citibank ceo and coo. taking a live look at the big board. >>> we have news of a major art theft. seven paintings were stolen including a picasso, two monets and andes from a -- matties from a dutch museum. it's clear they stole the paintings o

>> that's not minnie mouse. wearing haute couture fashion. the idea is, as -- as disney -- >> that's just goofy. >> this is a light-hearted holiday project. apparently it's a whimsical. minnie steps into the high paris fashion world. >> and she's a twig. >> and she's a twig. over 125,000 people have weighed in on the controversy, signing a petition on change.org saying this is sending the wrong message to kids. what do you think? >> the studio says it's meant to be light hearted. it's a fantasy world. >> i'm 125,000 and 1, i'll sign that petition. that's crazy. that just looks dark to me. it looks dark and they look sick. i would never want my kids to do something like that. t we'd love to you weigh n.send us on our wednesdayite today.com, your thought and opinions or tweet any of us. let us know what you think about that. >> pays to be popular. there's a study that finds popular kids in high school actually earn more later in life. 40 years after graduation those who were said to be in the 80th percentile of popularity, how do they measure t

minnie and daisy duck fantasize about being fashion models.y, bob, i don't know if we should go there or not, i think it's real. >> i have no idea. i just know what i'm told. >> do what you're told. you're a smart man. >> it's one big thing all the women are pulling over for us guys, then i'll believe it. >>> travel wise today, number one is in the tropics. you can see the clouds coming in right through the bahamas just south of miami but the rain is in the florida straits. let me show you what's going on. tropical storm sandy. now this is just edging up to the north at three miles an hour. talk about a slow moving storm. it is going to go over warmer waters and very little shear. it gets in towards cuba tomorrow night late and getting into thursday morning and it goes into the bahamas and slowly falls apart. with that trough of low pressure coming in across the continental u.s., that should steer it away from the u.s. mainland and head close to bermuda some time late next week so moving slowly. a lot of time to watch it. it is something we're

critics -- minnie mouse. this controversy over disney characters and barney's electric campaign, minnie mouse right there and daisy duct are predicted in 5'11" and size 0 frames and they are wearing designer clothing. some people are outraged over the message is sends. >> our girls tell us about the pressures of being thin and beautiful is -- is just another pressure that weighs on them heavily. >> an on-line petition to leave mini house alone has -- mini house alone has -- mini house alone has -- minnie mouse alone has several online signatures. >>> not getting enough rest can harm fat cells and sleep deprivation can reduce the ability of fat cells to respond to hormones and that could eventually lead to type ii diabetes. >>> 7:25. sal is back. we need to get you to where you need to go. but the south bay, what's happening now. >> we had the earlier crash. northbound 101, that crash that was in sunnyvale is finally being cleared. but 101 is a huge mess. crawling along in the sunnyvale. 280 is slow through do

he oversaw a six month minnie at fenway. finished with the boston finished with the worst record in almost half a century. if what the ravens did on offense in september carries over, people will start to notice. the ravens, the no. 2 offense in the nfl. this sunday, joe flacco has the first chance to become the first ravens quarterback ever to throw for more than 300 yards in three consecutive games. the ravens have not forgotten about ray rice. he ranks second in total yards in scrimmage. september was impressive, but there are much higher hopes for october and beyond. but all our guys would agree we have not played our best offensive football yet. we have not played as well as we are going to play. early in the year, that is the important thing. we just keep getting better. >> the ravens in kansas city, the orioles in texas. yu darvish the picture. >> tom is up next with a look at the seven-day forecast. david smallwood: maryland money needs to stay in maryland. it's just that simple, i mean, it's a no brainer. anncr: eve

. >> the ipad minny appears to be at least on day 1, preorders started at midnight the white version sold out in about 20 minutes. shipping has been pushed back another 2 weeks. if you want to get your hand on one regardless of the color, black version is still available available. >>> apple shares did not do too well for the first time in 3 months. stocks dropped below $600. shares fell as low as $591 today slightly to have close at 604. decline comes after a warning thoughts of making new profits in holiday quarter. >> i'm wanterring why smoking is allowed in the park much less marijuana spoking. >> they do it in the morning and then again after school. why police may have hard time of smoking pot in a hike mood private. >> why that may still you withinnerring what you're sitting on. pot in a neighborhood park. but in san mateo - neighbory the situation is simply outf control. for one - the park sits very close to hillsdale high sch. and as cbs 5 reporter len ramirez explains, police mae powerless to do anything abt it. teenagers walking to and frm school in san mateo. what se your

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it features a very skinny minnie mouse. >>> and the national retail federation estimates americans will spend 370 million bucks on costumes this halloween for their pets. the top picks, pumpkins, devils, and hot dogs. >>> eva longoria splits from her jet setting man. >>> sports, straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicken... and a creamy broth mmm i can still see you. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> pitching matchup features two former cy young award winners. justin verlander for detroit and barry zito for the giants. >> a lot of the circumstances swirling around, you know, this should not be a factor. sometimes they are. but it's my job to focus on what's important. >> just being able to take it in a little more, having experience under my belt and having been in some situations like this allows me not to be so wide eyed and be able to be a litt

one department store's new look for minnie mouse that's causing an uproar. >>> barnes and noble is warning customers to check their bank accounts after a series of hacking. someone tampered with the pin pads used to swipe debit and credit cards in 63 stores in nine states. barnes and noble didn't find evidence of hacking in its d.c., maryland, and virginia stores, but it did find it at stores nationwide. >>> the cost of higher learning is getting higher as well. state tuition at public universities climbed $400 this fall. the college board calls the 5% increase modest compared to years past. on average, tuition runs about $8,600 with room and board averaging that are more than $17,000. the college board shows only about one-third of full-time students pay that published price. >>> the baby panda at the san diego zoo still does not hav

pad minnie has a possible unveiling date october 17th, according to a source.agazine says apple insiders can expect invitations after october 10th, sales of the smaller ipad could go on sale this time next month. linkedin getting more twitter-like adding more features, expert advice making it easier to sign up to follow thoughts of influential people, including president obama, business leaders, bloggers, entrepreneurs. shares so far this morning are higher. trading higher losing momentum a little still green across the board. bloomberg index still trading higher. forget ticket sales, new way for artists to earn cash a san francisco-based music streaming service offering to pay out $10 to musicians for each new subscriber they getment. -- they go. >>> guys what are you going to do this weekend? bluegrass festival, america's cup, fleet week, we can go on and o. the weather starting hot. >> lay on the couch and watch sports. >> my man! >> there you go. a lot going on this weekend it starts today. right now as we look down on san francisco, beautiful colors as the

a fight after listening to one of the got into anand r to let ther whethe through.t you can hear minniedown. nicki minaj telling mariah carey that if she's not going to treat .er like your royal highness we all knew this would happen, no big surprise. tmz obtained this video. it was obviously shot by someone the room.side if we will see if it makes it thisone of the episodes fall. i doubt that will happen. >> a battle of the divas. they had to take a couple days after that debacle so could get their nerves together. >> thanks for that. >> bald men are killers in the world but that can pizza hut is scaling down their stores. it's let's say good morning to linda bell at bloomberg headquarters. industry,ss phone a deal expected today. in talks to merge with metrobus acs, to bring more for them. analysts say the two will not put much of a dent in the at&tance of verizon and without the iphone 2 offer. restaurants expanded and remodeled, pizza hut is going .mall it's downsizing to allow it to turn a profit fast. isivery and carry out mostly idea. bald men are perceived to be a masculine and

the company just unveiled the ipad minnie. how does this tablet stand up to the competition?e to explain from fox business network is diane macedo. good morning. >> apple jumped into the small tablet market with a 7.9 inch ipad system. it may be small but the price tag is anything but with competitors like kindle fire hc the mini ipad starts at hire than expected $329 for the 16 gig bite yie wi-fi version. that will cost you $659 more than the comparable full size ipad. the device is worth the premium. >> this is a slunk endown ipad it's an entirely new design with aluminum glass enclosure where every detail is finely crafted ex quizity. >> the mini ipad raises the bar a bigger screen lighter package and thousands more apps available. but they still doubt the price difference especially in when it is late in the game. >> it is selling well. it caught apple by surprise it has been so successful. >> apple's future with some saying without steve jobs the company has upgraded devices but hasn't shown any real innovation. it sent shares down 3 percent. with 100 million i pads sold

the minnie will be priced just over $500. >>> the cost of a stamp will be rising by a penny next yearstrapped u.s. postal service will raise phe cost of first class mail to 46 cents in january. >>> u.s. videogame sales sinking 24% in september. falling to $848 million from 1.1 billion just a year ago. the drop marks the 10th month in a row of declining sales. >>> best buy planning to match prices internet competitors like amazon this holiday season. reports say the electronics giant will give free home deliverry to items that are out of stock at stores. >>> nobel peace prize committee said europe deserved the honor transforming them from a continent of war to a continent of peace. >> very composed as well ashley: ashley, peace prize when you see the streets of athens with petrol bombs. >>> one man managed to supersize his count company this year and become one of the largest burger king franchises. liz: we have the ceo of sun holdings. the numbers are staggering. you have added so many stores in a single year. what has been the driver? i assume you would never do that, unless, a, you

. >>> new detail on the ipad minnie. >> jane king is live at the new york stock exchange with that andireless industry. >>> deal just approved for t-beale to merge with metro pys. [ unintelligible ] >>> 6:49. >> third day of sweltering heat, but the relief is in sight. >> yeah the record highs are over, day three was definitely a tough one yesterday to deal with especially 90s around san francisco. let's take a look at beautiful color this morning, pollution can really look nice sometimes before a unrise as we look down at sauce three toe toward san francisco crisp and -- at sausalito toward san francisco crisp and clear. mist and drizzle could be a sign the cooling trend is here you have to wait until later on this afternoon. low to mid 70s antioch and fremont, everybody else in the 60s napa, santa rosa and half moon bay low to mid 50s, mid to upper 50s monterey bay and inland. the record heat breaks today, clouds will return to the bay and coast, cooler more comfortable, better sleeping weather tonight, it will like fall this weekend what a swing, almost 30° between record highs and

it could be the long rumored new ipad minni. the company will introduce it next tuesday.nline speculation is that the ipad mini will be the answer to the more compact cheaper devices like the kindle fire. the base model is expected to cost between $200 and $300. >>> a nice day out there this morning. let's find out about it. we've got some changes on the way. >> we do. take a look at this. this is our national harbor camera. a beautiful shot down there toward prince george's county. right along the potomac looking absolutely gorgeous across our region. take a look at the number around the area. currently sitting at 64 degrees at the airport. 59 in hagerstown. 62 in philadelphia and back toward the west. 55 in pittsburgh. that's some of the cooler air that we've seen across our region and we'll continue to see that move in through tonight. then some of the changes moving in. i'll show you which way we go tomorrow coming up in the forecast. >>> good samaritans turned into heroes after they rescued a woman who fell on to the train tracks in massachusetts. it happened in camb

mickey, minnie, donald, goff e. back to you in the studio. >> thank you very much. we want to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day, and it's daniel. daniel says he loves tuning into fox 5 every day. for your chance to be tomorrow's fan, log onto our facebook page, leave a comment under daniel's picture. that will do it for the 6:00. now over to tony and sarah. good morning. happy thursday. >>> bye, wisdom. see you in an hour. >> i'll be back. >> thanks. coming up, new york city, the target of another bomb blot. -- plot, but it was a fake. >> plus, one of mitt romney's sons makes a comment and this morning it's making headlines. why he wanted to take a swing at president obama. >> controversy in northern virginia now over fairness at the polls. why some democrats are worried about a tainted voting process. fox5 morning news at 7 :00 starts right now. >>> there's your early morning look at the washington monument. pretty picture. we have the latest on your forecast for

i liked what they did with the ipad minnie but didn't want to jump in at 650 when the stock was in aown trend from 705. i said i'll be a buyer of the stock at 620. it's worked out relatively well. >> pete, where are you? >> i'm still long the stock. still like the stock. i think it will go higher from here. i think their numbers will be impressive. everybody is still wringing their hands about the ipad mini. i don't understand it at all. i don't think this say defensive move. it's very offensive. they're getting into a category that makes a lot of sense. they've done it before. this is not brand new for apple. they did it with the ipad mini in 2004. it accelerated their growth. >> pete the issue it may be too expensive, they could priced it lower. >> let me tell you something, simon, i would be amazed to hear they didn't go out and absolutely make sure what the pricing would be for this to be a successful launch. i would be amazed if they didn't go out there and do that. maybe the street thought 299 but i guarantee you apple went out and decided what would you buy this for and i'm su

>> a minnie mouse, a cinderella and a race car. >> christina, the forecast looking today? >> glad to see they couordinate. >> i wanted three blind mice. >> if you at home have not seen how fast these triplets are growing up, an adorable picture from this weekend. this morning as you're getting your kids ready for school, you want to dress them for the two parts of the day. there's thick fog, drizzle and mist but look where we are headed. towards the 80s in places like livermore. 85 there. 74 in san francisco and 84 degrees in santa teresa as we head throughout this afternoon. the giants are back at it, game two tonight 5:07. between about 65 and 67 degrees. wind will come into play taking that ball out to mccovey cove. west-northwest 10 to 20 miles an hour with locally heavy gusts. let's go, giants. we are rooting for you. >> we're looking over to oakland 880 where northbound those taillights move smoothly and the visibility okay here. we'll look on the map because the southbound side with the headlights on the live shot but on the maps we'll show you the arrow going south

>> that's not minnie mouse. wearing haute couture fashion.he's a twig. over 125,000 people have weighed in on the controversy, signing a petition on change.org saying this is sending the wrong message to kids. what do you think? >> the studio says it's meant to be light hearted. it's a fantasy world. >> i'm 125,000 and 1, i'll sign that petition. that's crazy. that just looks dark to me. it looks dark and they look sick. i would never want my kids to do something like that. >> i think it looks like the characters we all love. >> here's another question. >> those are icons. >> donald doesn't wear pants. how come daisy's got a dress? >> i'm sorry. >> but we digress, i think. >> thought to be some artsy kind of take on it. >> the same way they did gaga. had a whole gaga display window last year, barney's. they say once again this is all art, and it's an artistic interpretation. >> do they have to make them so thin? >> that's the thing. parents are saying, you know, they take their kids to see the windows and what message is that sending our kids

as a shareholder would you be disappointed that they hadn't come up with the minnie competing with theindle -- mini. >> the key driver is not the iphone 5 but iphone 5 ramp. i would like to see them compete better on lower price point space with the ipad but the problem with kindle fire and amazon's products priced at 159, yeah might drive a lot of demand but the problem is they already said they're selling it at cost. if they're selling it at cost, do i want apple to compete there and dilute their profits and cash with a product, boy, i sell a lot of them but don't make any money? melissa: that is a great point. apple said they sold their 100 million inn ipad. what do you think about that? >> not surprising. they have been on a great trajectory. obviously a product in high demand. melissa: the stock has gotten hammered. do you think that is buying opportunity based on what we're hearing? >> i think we may want to wait. melissa: you're hesitating. i can't believe that. >> remember our firm bought the stock with average cost of $8.25 a share. melissa: let me interrupt you. said the ipad

the fab four is going to join us, mickey, minnie, goofy, and donald will all be here to talk about theudio. >> thank you very much. [ scary music ] >>> halloween is right around the corner, and that means it's the season to be scared and to stair yourself. but the question is, why do we subject ourselves to things that scare us? deena centifonti from the fox medical team joins us live from detroit with a little insight. good morning to you, deena. you heard the question, why? >> right, wisdom. are you big on the haunted house? >> no, i'm too scared. i can't do it. >> me, too. me, too. that's why i sat out to find an explanation of why people do it. here's what we found. [ screaming ] >> reporter: let's go back to halloween, 2010. for me, the memories are still raw. >> my heart is racing. i'm starting to sweat because i am one of the biggest haunted houses in the country. >> reporter: admittedly, i'm not a haunted house person, and frankly, i don't understand why so many are. waiting in long lines, forking over pocket change, following strangers in the darkness, in completed fear. for w

. >>> apple's ipad minni is online for preorder on apple's website.sed analyst's expectations. does not happen a lot with apple. >> gas prices have been falling for 15 straight days. national average for a gallon is $3.58. aaa expects gas prices to continue to fall the next few weeks. only fill up half a tank when you get to the station next time ca to get better. >>> anything can happen on live tv. trust me. watch this. a bird decided to play target practice with a sacramento anchor during a world series report. >> in 1989 the giants were in the world series versus the oakland a's. >> okay. oh, my gosh! oh! >> ktxl says it didn' just hit his suit. he got pelted in the face, too. that is charming. said he always wanted to be a viral sensation. so now mission accomplished. >> i love the support from his co-anchor. she's just there for him. >> what do you do? >> after doubling over in laughter she did help to wipe it off. >> forng to tell us about what happened to you? >> i certainly wasn't pooped on from a bird but have kicked people in the face from a

the ipad minni went on sale this morning.ertain models are sold out and there is a two-woek delay. prices start at $329. >>> in sports a scary moment for doug fister. so awful. took that line drive off his skull in the second inning. fister would be okay. he would continue to pitch. i don't know how, but the giants score late to win 2-0, take a 2-0 lead in the best of seven series. >>> family in new york facing every parent's nightmare, a woman they trusted with their three children now accused of stabbing two of those kids to death. upper west soid mother returned home to find her oldest two children stabbed and the nanny on the floor nearby, unconscious and bleeding. deb feyerick has been following this story. you always want to ask why. but maybe we'll never know. >> yeah. and that's what's so tragic about this. i with was looking at pictures and entries on the blog that the mom kept documenting her children. this with his a truly happy, happy family. and you can just see the love and the joy. these children were everythin