i'm david muir from abc. >> yeah, i know you. >> reporter: kim hoffman knew us. and knew what we were up to. do you mind if we look and see where it's made? >> oh, i hope it's america. oh! >> reporter: that reaction says it all. the teddy bear made in china. in fact, the newest numbers reveal just how much we as americans spent on toys from china last year at christmas. $2.5 billion. and tonight, one economist reminds us, that's just toys. >> that means we must be spending $10 billion or more during the christmas season on chinese-made goods. and that's probably a low number. >> reporter: but here on new york's famed fifth avenue, we didn't give up. this family came all the way from mexico for made in america. but nothing in their bags. feliz navidad. and this shopper? >> china. >> reporter: and this young woman, dina cooper from virginia. do you think you have anything in any of these bags? >> no. >> reporter: you don't. so, we told her what economists told us. if we all just bought one thing for 64 bucks, we could create 200,000 jobs. >> okay. >> reporter: you'

. >> let's go back to jake tapper and david muir with the campaigns. jake, let me start with you, clearly the excitement is starting to build inside the obama headquarters. they sense something is happening. >> reporter: indeed, george. president obama said earlier today that he could see this election spilling into tomorrow, but it does not seem right now that they think that's going to happen. you have all sorts of indications that president obama is getting prepared to come here to the mccormick center and we have all sorts of indications including cameramen getting into position up in the rafters there, sound systems being checked. it seems as though people are preparing to are a speech to be delivered sometime in the next hour, so people are getting excited, and as we have seen the projections being made and every single one of the states, the romney campaign was suggesting might fall into their column, pennsylvania, wisconsin, minnesota has gone to president obama. new hampshire, a growing recognition that this does look like a good night for pre

they can't afford. >> the giving away free stuff is a hard thing to compete with. >> reporter: david muirabc news, new york. >>> lawmakers demanding answers in the deadly meningitis outbreak didn't get far during yesterday's hearing. the owner of the suspect pharmacy took the fifth and refused to answer questions. and the head of the fda says the responsibility for oversight rests with the state of massachusetts. so far, 32 people have died after they got tainted steroids linked to that pharmacy. >>> researchers have identified a mutated gene that triples a person's risk for alzheimer's disease. the gene variant found in less than 1% of us, appears to keep the immune system from controlling damaging plaque buildup in the brain. the findings give scientists a fresh target for research into possible treatment. >>> while it sure feels great to hit the snooze button, doctors warn that the extra sleep you're getting isn't all that great. first, it means you're not getting enough shut-eye. and the quality of interrupted sleep is poor. their advice, set your alarm for 15 minutes later and get up

. >> abc's david muir has this gallery of people who came through when it counted the most. >> reporterand their new baby, micah, letting us know today, they're okay. >> hey, david. as you can see, we're doing great. really happy. >> reporter: and like so many people, they wanted just one thing. to say thank you. to the quiet samaritans, the nurses, who simply were doing their jobs and became the real heroes of the hurricane. julia was in labor, having contractions inside that new york hospital that went dark, lost power when the generators gave out. desperate for an epidural in the darkness, her husband held a cell phone light as nurses went to work. >> so, i was standing -- it was one of those flip -- like, a flip cell phone, one of those old ones. and i was just holding it above her while she was putting in the i.v., kind of making sure there was enough light for the doctors behind her. >> reporter: they were rushed out of the hospital, taken away in an ambulance. driving the ambulance was a worker that came from california. when they said they were headed to mt. sinai hospital, he s

and david muir will be right here, all weekend. good night.

abc's david muir takes a look and a listen. >> reporter: we all know this version of "the carol of thes," famously song by the tabernacle choir. a holiday staple this time of year. but we've never quite heard it this way. [ basketballs bouncing ] five of the nba's biggest superstars dribbling the song. and now, a drumbeat of a different sort. so many asking, how did that do it? well, it turns out, digital music. players in five different locations when they shot their part, from miami to los angeles to new york. five different shoots in front of a high-tech screen, shot in just the last month. behind-the-scenes footage, of dwight howard playing around, for his part that would be inserted later. the producers had a half an hour with each player, putting someone beside them to give them a sense of what they had to accomplish on the court. how did that do it to time? they followed a color-coded monitor, much like the video game, guitar hero, that lights up on the right or left, so they know which side to dribble on and when. howard and the four others digitally laid in right next to each

he was talking to his big donors today and abc's david muir is here with what he said. >> reporter: this argument began, diane, in the hours after the loss, he started offering reasons for his loss the very next morning, arking america is becoming an entitled society. but today, in a recorded call, he said, giving away free stuff is a hard thing to compete with. mitt romney leaving his hotel the day after the election, next to the convention center where he hoped to deliver the one speech he'd written, his victory speech. but now, in the week since the election, abc news has learned mitt romney has been explaining his loss to his closest advisers and top donors. and it started at a breakfast the very next morning. now today, perhaps his most eye-opening explanations yet, during a conference call with a large group of donors. romney arguing that president obama won in part because of gifts the obama prin strags had given to particular groups in this country. >> what the president's campaign did is focus on certain members of his base coalition. give them extraordinary financial gifts from

diane. >> thank you so much, david muir reporting in. and now, i want to bring in abc political news analyst matthew dowd. four days out. what are you seeing? >> we're at the end of the 700 days that this has been going on and we're in the final dames of it and it's going to be the most expensive, the most divisive and probably the most election we've seen in our modern times of this political campaign. it's an amazing situation. but many people aren't waiting. >> no, they're out voting early. what do we know about that? can we read tea leaves? >> you can take a look at it, when you see the lines up in georgia and lines that have gone on, as we see, lined around the block, people not waiting for the finish line, they're wanting to do it earlier. 25 million people have already cast votes early. by time election day comes, more than a third, maybe even 40% of the people are going to have voted early. we're going to set a record for nuer of people voted and people that vote before election day. >> so, election day is a moving target. >> yea

and david muir will be right here, all weekend.king news in a san jose murder case, police issued a photo of a man name aid suspect. >> abc 7 news follows up on evacuation of a peninsula hotel tonight. the doctor whose miracle diagnosis triggered this whole thing. >> there are winter like weather continues, cold air and scattered showers. i'll have the forecast coming up. >> with vet trn's day approaching an investigation reveals the wait bay area vets must endure just to get help they're due. >> and that breaking news is happening the south bay. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. police looking for this man, they named him as a suspect. the 50-year-old was accused of killing a 54-year-old woman this morning. is he listed on records as living at that moment with his wife, but investigators are not yet identifying the victim. police received a hang up call from the house around 5:30 this morning. dispatchers tried calling back, took the department anr to send an officer to check the home out. >> respond owing a ra

diane. >> all right, thanks so much, david muir reporting in. and now, i want to bring in abc news political consultant, matthew dowd. a veteran of political war rooms for democrats and republicans. four days out. what are you seeing? >> this is a political more on marathon that hasn't been canceled. and we're at the end of the 700 days that this has been going on, and we're in the final days of it. and it's going to be the most expensive, the most divisive and probably the tightest election we've seen in our modern times of this political campaign. it's an amazing situation. but many people aren't waiting. >> no, they're out voting early. what do we know about that? can we read tea leaves? >> well, yes. you can take a look at it, when you sort of see the lines up in georgia, the lines that have gone on, we see they're lined around the block. people not waiting for the finish line, they're wanting to do it earlier. 25 million people have already cast votes early. by time election day comes, more than a third, maybe even 40% of the people are goi

david muir, abc news, new york. >> and thank you so much for watching.bcnews.com. "nightline" will be here later. and i'll see you again tomorrow night. good night. >>> we are blown away by that happed here and this gives us a chance to think. >> giants manager holding the championship trophy as fans from throughout the bay area and beyond celebrate the world series victory. >> number 48 the mvp of the world series, pablo sandoval. >> and a well deserved bow as the giants themselves revel in their own success. >> for this man the celebration is bittersweet. he had his nose broken trying to keep rowdy revelers in check and his story is one you will see only on abc 7 news. i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. a ton and a half of confetti blasted on to the streets. the cleanup is underway. the rain as arrived. turn to spencer christian and live doppler doppler 7 hd. >> it will be a mess where the confetti is on the streets or on the ground. a wide area of rainfall up in the north bay. in fact, it has beenwe

let's go to david muir at the romney headquarters.oom, david? >> it's a very quiet room, diane. ron brownstein just talked about the change in demographics that perhaps will be shown in this particular election. the changes face in america. i can tell you when self-deportation was mentioned in the primaries, we actually sat down to interview the governor. we asked him do you mean people have to go back home and get in the back of the line which is some of the language he used in our interview. and he said yes, go back home and get in the back of the line. he became a little more moderate during the election. those two words "self-deportation" as ron mentioned. i want to give you a bigger picture here on the romney campaign and ann romney who has been his soul mate and most powerful weapon. really for six years, mitt romney has been running for president. two campaigns. we know they're in the hotel here not too far from here. mitt romney with his feet up. his grandchildren running up and down the hallways of the hotel, do what grandchi

. >> abc's david muir has a storybook full of them. >> reporter: new mom julia and her husband deronaby mica letting us know that they're okay. >> hey, david. as you can see we are doing great and really happy. >> reporter: like so many people they wanted just one thing to say thank you to the quiet samaritans, nurses simply doing their jobs, who became the real heroes of the hurricane. julia was in labor having contraction inside that new york hospital that went dark, lost power when the generators gave out. desperate for an epidural in the darkness, her husband held the cell phone light while nurses want to work. >> i was standing, and it was one of the flip -- flip cell phones, one of the old ones, and i was just basically holding it above her while she was putting in the iv kind of making sure there was enough light for the doctors behind her. >> reporter: they were rushed out of the hospital, they got into an ambulance. but driving the ambulance was a worker who had come from california to help with the storm approaching. and when they said they were heading to mount sinai hospi

david muir, abc news, new york. >> wow.ration, college and health care are racial issues. and then secondly, i know again, narrative out of the election, folks of color got president obama in. but if you look at all the numbers that were trending in the president's direction, weeks, month, in november, his job approval rating was up. direction of the economy poll numbers were up, overall direction of the country was up, it's a bigger story than to say blacks, latinos single women looking for contraception got together to get the president in. part of it. a big parting of it. not the only part of it. for a party that need to bring people back in, there is a pretty divisive things. >> yeah, somewhat surprising. but they ran on that. we need to really limit the entitlement programs. i think that is going to be a challenge to rein those in to bring down the national debt as well. he is obviously looking at it as a numbers game. and he is a numbers guy. >> yeah, it's just after the 47% tape, i thought maybe the country learned s

he was diagnosed with a rare disease that causes the hip to collapse 23450678 the ball of the fee muir disinterest greats. >> it was horrible. >> jacob was treated at the international center for limb lengthening. where kids go to get help. they undergo months of intensive treatment and surgery. >> dr. standard has spent years treating kids with growth issues charting a course of treatment is complex in the hetz of the egypts are important. >> dr. standard and his colleague developed an app to predict height. >> hit the calculate button and predicts 60 inches. >> we develop this as a tool for doctors that treat children to calculate how tall children will be. >> the app helps me sit down with mom and dad and predict how much length we want to acheech, how much more later. >> and not only is the app good for medical punches, anyone can use it to find out how tall their child will be. >> let's say her age is nine years. >> we developed the app for doctors, but along the way a lot of patients discovered it and started downloading it. we encourage the patients to use it. it may be of inter

david muir has been covering governor romney from the start. boy, you looked at the faces last night, david. you saw his campaign team. they really believed in their theory of the case. they thought they could win this. >> reporter: yeah. no question, george. in fact, they were very emotional afterwards, some of his senior team, as they were leaving here, after that concession speech. and we were hearing in the final days about the ground game, vastly outperforming mccain's ground game four years ago. and how they were performing with independents in their own internal polling. late in the game, they thought they had strength in pennsylvania. the last thing that was telling, was that last midnight campaign flight, the trip to the final rally in new hampshire was under way, a senior adviser telling me, it's all going to come down to the economy. the 7.9% unemployment rate. and people in the end are going to vote for romney. i was diving into the exit polls. and romney only beat president obama by one point on trust of handling the economy. but o

michigan and wisconsin, but look it from cleveland to buffalo, even someone's hometown named david muirsyracuse going to get snow. >> a shoutout tonight. you warned us last night, we felt the whiplash today with temperatures. >> reporter: and it was whiplash. let me show you the dramatic change that folks went through. start with chicago and what happens here on this graphic is, you're going to look on the left side, yesterday's high temperature. so, places like chicago made it to 63. on the right side, that cold blue number, 30. that's the current temperature. so, big 30 to 40 degree drop. and tomorrow morning, just so all of you know, if you are putting out the holiday lights, look at how cold it's going to be. 22 chicago, 24 st. louis, 30, even, in memphis. so, this goes to the south, too. david? >> we always appreciate the heads up. ginger zee. thank you. >>> it was last night here we showed you the dramatic pictures, how the weather, the fog created a holiday nightmare on a texas highway. these images taken moments after those hundred cars collided on that highway, two people were

we hear he is heading towards his campaign headquarters where david muir is right now. as you have reported all night long he only prepared one speech, 1100 words, a victory speech. tonight i suppose we'll see mitt romney speak from his heart. >> reporter: from his heart and, george, he'll have to tweak on what he was working on on that ipad on the plane today. i can give you a sense of the room, a swelling crowd at the convention center here in boston. people are holding a small, you know, american flag, ready to greet him. ready to hear what mitt romney, ann romney, the family they have supported will come down and they'll have a united front as this family always does. i have to say there is some question in the room about whether or not the governor is headed down here. those numbers in ohio are so close and there is a thought among some people in here that perhaps they're not absolutely ready to concede. we'll continue to work that out. one of my partners in crime on the trail off-air reporter emily friedman did an amazing job working that part of the story but as

officials at muir woods expect an increase in the crowds. >>> some entertaining antics set for today on the san francisco bay. the red bull flu trog happens near at&t park. this is video from the event in september in chicago. today, more than 30 teams will push their economy transportations off a 30 foot high platform. flutag means flying day in german. the first u.s. event happened in san francisco 10 years ago. and i would have to say it's another one of those situations where people with too much time on their hands. i don't know. >> build something, and dump it in the water. what better way to spend a weekend. >> yeah, yeah. >>> good to see you ms. m. how are you? >> yeah. we're glad you're back this weekend. >> it's chilly around the bay area. we have frost advisories posted. let's go out and see exactly what's happening. temperatures diving down so that the national weather service at 3 in the morning said well, let's post a frost advisory. first of the season, the north bay is mostly susceptible to this. it's only posted through 8:00, but these are the coolest temperatures of

it has spectacular coastline, includes muir wood, alcatraz, we get to tell the stories, stories about essentially what you and your predecessors did this this area. our headquarters, fort mason, was the fisherman's wharf area was the port of embarkation for the wars in the pacific. just this week we brought in a world war ii 16-inch bottle ship gun to the marine head lands to put it up at battery townsly which would have been the pinnacle of coastal artillery in world war ii. so, we now have a canon or artillery collection that spans in our park that spans from the civil war to the cold war, including a preserve 19-missile base. some of you also know that during the 1906 earthquake, the army assisted greatly in the response to the city's needs. and the public flocked to the open lands at golden gate park and at the presidio, the open areas that they had there. the army provided tents and food for them during that transition period. all of our planning indicates that that probably would happen again if we had a big one. they probably would be coming to the lands that we now manage. so,

abc's david muir. >> reporter: flowers in the south fork ranch in dallas.t the center of it, larry hagman from ft. worth, reveling in his role the evil conniving oil man, j.r. ewing, here with his wife sue ellen, actress susan gray. >> you're a drunk and unfit mother. the sooner we have you put away in that sanitarium the better off you'll be. >> reporter: people loathed him and were disgusted by his ways but wooed by his wicked humor. >> don't forgive and don't forget and do unto others before they do unto you. >> reporter: when j.r. was shot in that 1980 cliff-hanger [ gunshots ] -- the world spent months asking "who shot j.r.?" even the queen mum who wanted to know who pulled the trigger. record households tuning in to learn the answer, it was j.r.'s scheming sister-in-law kristin. hagman himself in theater before tv. a five-year run on "i dream of jeannie." the astronaut and the genie who loved him. >> master, it's almost 3:00 in the morning. get some sleep. >> reporter: in fact, when "dallas" began, linda gray said she remembers the day the cast first

david muir, abc news, new york. >> the parents have quite a story to share with that kid. [ laughterhen we come back, change gears, lighten the mood a little bit. it's been a long week for everybody and check what is shaking in "the skinny." >> yes, you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our ab nn ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >> welcome back, everybody. the first time all week we have had the skinny. a serious week. we didn't want to kind of. there was other important things to got to. but we are slowly saying, let's get back to, a new normal, a little bit. bringing the skinny back here. and of course yesterday was halloween. didn't feel like it. >> didn't feel that way. >> weird kind of, you know, weird holiday this year, all that is going on with the storm. we thought we would give you a glimpse as to some cool costumes out there. starting with ellen degeneres. she came -- this was really great -- she came as sophia vergara's exposed butt cheeks. that's what she dressed as on the left. >> she had the wardrobe malfunction. >> sophia did.

but it hasn't stopped governor romney from squeezing in a few more campaign stops and abc's david muir was there with him. david? >> reporter: diane, good evening. can you believe the day is finally here and as you mentioned a frenetic pace for governor romney right up the end he just landed here in boston after stops in ohio and pennsylvania today. they do believe pennsylvania is now in play for the republicans but i got to tell you it all started this morning when he walked into his own polling place in his neighborhood in belmont, massachusetts and was hummed when he saw his name right there for president of the united states. mitt romney and his wife ann back home this morning walking in to cast their vote. a quiet moment side by side after nearly six years of campaigning, two runs for the white house and tonight he is one step away. outside a kiss and then a question about ohio. >> yeah, i feel great about ohio. thank you. >> reporter: but not taking that state for granted a last-minute dash today back to ohio. his body man taking this image on the plane proudly wearing this pin a

it's a shame that the memory of john muir is held up because of that but it's our main source of water now. it's a major source of hydro electric power and relatively cheap and clean and to try to get that power elsewhere and the water elsewhere and all of the money, the resources, the pollution that would go into the demolition of this dam, i am afraid how we stand now in san francisco in 2012 losing it would be a big problem and i am voting no on f. >> thank you. mr. crowley. >> i was the head of the public utilities commission here in san francisco and wrote an op-ed piece about this piece of legislation. we're carry our city's power through this process, gravity ridden and four we 4.six billion dollars into the system and we are an enterprise here in kgzyl francisco. we have the best water and power in the world and i suggest to sell that would be a bigger carbon footprint and cost about $10 billion to erect another reservoir which we don't have in place at this point and time. >> thank you. >> definitely against measure f. we have these romantic idealized measures and it's well in

cram in 13 states in seven states there, 13 cities in those seven states so let's go to abc's david muireen racing across the country with him in the states that could decide it. ohio. david? >> reporter: no big surprise there, diane, where you find us tonight, right here in columbus, ohio. take a look here to give you an idea where we are inside a hangar at the airport packed with romney fans on the eve of the election. these voters know how high the stakes are here in the buckeye state. on the eve of election a rare quiet moment between mitt romney and his longest running mate, his wife. captured by mitt's body man as they call him on the campaign before they greeted a crowd of thousands in virginia. >> are we going to be neighbors soon? [ cheers ] >> reporter: then the crowd with its own election eve countdown. the frenetic push to the finish. romney starting in florida then virginia tonight here in ohio. but in these final days romney made it clear the states they need. >> the battleground of the battlegrounds. >> is ohio going to do it for us? >> all: yes. >> reporter: this image of

abc's david muir covered that campaign and is in boston right now. david? >> reporter: hey there, diane. you showed that image of the governor today. we know he spent more time with his family. they've gathered here, five sons, 16 of the 18 grandchildren. and this family has been a huge part of the campaign. one of the sons, a key adviser, the others campaigning for him, and, of course, ann romney, who has said this would be the last campaign. mitt romney and his campaign convinced they had a shot until the very end. >> like so many of you, paul and i have left everything on the field. we have given our all to this campaign. >> reporter: last night, a portrait of his dedicated family, one last time before exiting the state. romney had been running for president for six years, two campaigns -- >> i'm running for president of the yifr. >> reporter: hoping to fulfill and unfinished dream of his father. ♪ he's going to win >> reporter: george romney, the one-time governor of michigan, running for president himself. a devout mormon, romney's discipline brought o

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and anchor david muir will be right here in this chair all weekend.>> get ready for a wet weekend. a november rain storm that spreads across the bay area. >> areas of moderate to heavy rain moving through parts of sonoma county. >> and hello it's an irregular heartbeat. >> jim harbaugh talks about the heart problem. >> and we'll attend a school where graduating could make you millions. >> and you're looking live at doppler 7 hd. it shows wide spread showers throughout the bay area tonight. the first wave of weather in what is expected to be a wet weekend. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> the first big sell is hitting our coastline, dousing the bay area with rain. places had showers off and on throughout the day. let's turn to abc 7 news for another look. >> okay. we've been talking about waves of rainfall. you can see we've got a wave moving through throughout the bay area now. some off shore, much moving inland already. this has been a pattern looping the image, it's been coming up from south and southwest throughout the afternoon into evening hours.