national geographic will air a about the killing of osama bin laden next month.t has raised the ire of some local extremists, and stephen a reports the title of the also bothering some. >> a spokeswoman for national geographic says she has not of a specific threat and confident security is adequate. still, this film and its scheduling are receiving criticism. national geographic headquarters, widely reported to the object of jihadists' anchor, because of a film they plan to run next month. "seal team 6, the raid on osama bin laden." >> as crazy as it is, why not show it? you get insight into happened. >> national geographic says that not received any specific threats. believes that its hundreds of e safe, despite contrary that it not beef up security. some are wondering why that program that could inflame a dangerous group of people, especially some who work near their headquarters. >> maybe the timing is not right. maybe they need to wait a while to tell the story. >> i don't think it is a good idea to show it. >> some are upset about the of the film for another

tavis: how was the national geographic were coming? >> great. it is interesting because that magazine, that brand is so respected. it is wonderful for me because when i was starting to do is, you work for national geographic? it was instant respect. the guy from petty and paint -- in pink thinks he's a travel writer? it helped me spread out and do what i wanted to do. but i could tell stories, which is what i brought. tavis: how did you become such a good storyteller? >> i have been telling stories my whole life as an actor. i have seen so much bad dialogue, i know good dialogue. i just know, that is how i lived. my whole life has been storytelling in one form or another. my kids can't sit still at the dinner table. tell us the story. i like stories. forever in the world, that is how people communicate. tavis: he is a great storyteller whether he is acting, directing, or writing a book. it is called "along his way home." everybody is talking about it. the acclaim on this and what is beyond critical and you might want to add to your collection, w

. >> the raid on osama bin laden will be shown on the national geographic channel.in laden's death has been a key point in president obama's re-election bid. the national geographic channel said the decision to run the movie was not politically motivated. >>> federal agents arrested dozens of medical professionals in a nationwide sweep of alleged medicare sweep. teresa garcia reports. >> reporter: the medicare fraud strike force took aim at 91 defendants including doctors and nurses in one of the largest health care fraud busts. arrests were made in baton rouge, brooklyn, chicago, dallas, houston, los angeles and miami. the charges involve allege treatment and services that were eater medically unnecessary or in some cases never actually provided. the u.s. attorney general says the fraud amounts to nearly $430 million in false billings. >> the total includes over $to 30 million in home health care fraud, more than $100 million in mental health care fraud and approximately $49 million in ambulancing transportation fraud. >> reporter: prosecutors say alpha ambulance i

>> i love world's deadliest on national geographic. this time it's the sea lion versus the octopus. do you think is going to win? >> octopus based on number of arms. >> that sounds like a logical choice. to make it fair i'll root for the sea lion. they put a camera on the back of the sea lion so you can see the action. they got some never-before-seen footage. and watch what happens. >> these things always show animals fighting you would never think have any bones with each other. no beef. why does an octopus have a beef with a sea lion. >> the sea lion has a beef with the octopus because he's curling up for a snack. >> the sea lion was trying to get calamari for lunch. >> she wanted call marlee for lunch and bit off one of its legs and the octopus got away for a little while. they engage again. >> oh. >> does the sea lion use his paws and dump to get the ink out of his eyes? >> if you want to see who was the victor in this deadliest battle on national geographic watch november 2nd at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> quite a turn of events. >> what? >>> it's the dancing chewbacca and singing th

the president of "national geographic" says the film's air date is not political. owens said the date was scheduled to start the channel 12 season. >>> the u. n. security council condemned syria for shelling a town in turkey. it left five people dead and dozens more injured. >> this is the first time the full security council has agreed to a resolution against syria. the council said the attack on turkey points at how the battle in syria has an impact on the region. monica villamizar has more. >> reporter: turkey's parliament said it's not declaring war on its neighbor. the government can now send troops or war planes across the border to attack syrian targets if turkey feels threatened. the turkish military fired for a second straight day. a rocket launched from syria hit a turkish town killing two women and three children. residents say they feel the war next door has spilled over. he says we are scared to death of when another bomb will strike. syria has apologized for the incident and claims it was an accident. europe and the u.s. both military allies of turkey

it's on national geographic channel. >> yeah, it's on the 11th of november. because what you have seen is just a little bit of what had happened, you know. but the whole preparation, all the testing before, all the tears, the blood and sweat, you know. you've got to watch this. it's interesting. >> jimmy: i cannot wait to see. i want to see how you did it. and i'm so happy you're here with us today. thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] there he is. the legend felix baumgartner, everybody. "space dive" premieres on the national geographic channel sunday november 11th at 7:00 p.m. wu-tang clan performs after the break. stick around. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> jimmy: welcome back, everybody! it is not easy to get these guys together in the same place at the same time. but we got them here tonight to perform this special version of the song, "six directions of boxing," from the soundtrack to the upcoming film, "the man with the iron fist." you know 'em, you love 'em. please welcome wu-tang clan! [ cheers and applause ] >> are

it's on national geographic channel. >> yeah, it's on the 11th of november.se what you have seen is just a little bit of what had happened, you know. but the whole preparation, all the testing before, all the tears, the blood and sweat, you know. you've got to watch this. it's interesting. >> jimmy: i cannot wait to see. i want to see how you did it. and i'm so happy you're here with us today. thank you very much. [ cheers and applause ] there he is. the legend felix baumgartner, everybody. "space dive" premieres on the national geographic channel sunday november 11th at 7:00 p.m. wu-tang clan performs after the break. stick around. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ e. the middle class, who move our country forward. work hard. raise families. and keep america strong. but mitt romney's budget plan will hurt the middle class. raising taxes on the average family by up to $2000 dollars. while giving a tax break of $250,000 dollars to multi-millionaires. doesn't mitt romney understand, we can't rebuild america...by tearing down the middle class. priorities usa action is r

according to the cover story in this month's national geographic, the hunger for ivory in asia is being stoked by a demand for religious icons like these used in a catholic procession in the phillippines, carved from the tusks of elephants. factories in china, like this one owned by the government, turn out thousands of pieces each year, many of them later blessed and consecrated by buddhist monks. the appetite for ivory isn't limited to one religion. in asia, groups of christians, buddhists and muslims all covet it. "national geographic's" two-year investigation revealed that governments are often complicit in the purchasing and processing of ivory. the magazine also found that ivory traffickers are operating with impunity, thwarting poorly written international laws and ineffective organizations designed to clamp down on the illegal trade. in countries where corruption is widespread, ivory that is seized by the authorities, often disappears. in 2006 a government storeroom in thailand, like this one in bangkok, was raided, and the tusks replaced with plastic replicas. meanwhile, in 201

national geographic says the timing is not meant to be political. >>> turkey wants an emergency natong after bombs launched from syria hit a turkish border town. five civilians and three children were killed. the syria calls it a tragic accident. the u.n. security council condemned the bombing and called it a violation of law. turkey shelled military posts. the turkish prime minister says it it doesn't want to go to war but asked the parliament to approve further attacks. >>> a police officer shot an un armed driver. the victim was a national guardsman. he cut off two police vehicles on the grand central parkway yesterday morning. officers pulled him over, and tommed him to put his hands -- and told him to put his hands up and shot him. they claimed he was reaching under his seat but passenger says his hands were on the wheel. >>> federal investigators are looking in to whether two border agents may have been shot in a fire incident. it happened tuesday near the u.s.-mexico border in arizona. u.s. officials originally blamed it on armed criminals but now, investigators is say they ca

coming in at number three, it's the breathtaking video today from national geographic of the man whoumped from space. this will take your breath away. watch this. >> i still can't quite grasp if that's real. i get anxiety when i sit there here and watch that. felix baumgartner, falling 23 miles from space. as you see, he's wearing nothing but a jumpsuit. this morning in an exclusive interview on the "today" show he speak with savannah guthrie about how great or not so great this experience was for him. >> did you enjoy it at all? >> honestly, no. this is work, you know, just hard work and later on when my parachute opened, this was the first moment i enjoyed it a lot because i knew it's open and i'm alive. >> it's a good view from there, too. are you hanging up your parachute? are you retired now? >> i'm officially retired now from the dare devil business. >> officially retired from the daredevil business? and did he just say he didn't enjoy me? with my me tonight from hollywood is hyla. nicky, i'll start with you. how can you perform what is by far one of the coolest, most mind bogg

>> national geographic is. >> nobody at newscorp is controlling all of that. >> i don't think so either's a problem i mean, someone would have raised a flag. >> they wouldn't, that's the point. >> why did they delay the other movie until december? >> i don't know. >> can we move on with breaking, not necessarily breaking, but new libya news this morning. i believe two people arrested in london, if i'm not mistaken shall tunisians. >> yes, on a day that you had the debate coverage, there's still debate coverage going on in the media and you had the jobs numbers which was getting a lot of attention, you actually have this report that e-mails showing that the state department actually rejected security requests from libya. and this is one of those slow burn stories. and i think that the information in the news is going to keep coming out and keep coming out and we will get to the truth at some point. very troubling if you're at the state department today and you have lied on the record about this. >> how is this not the biggest deal ever? how is this not something that automatically throws

national geographic channel will air a special two-hour program on the historic jump.t premieres in november. >> what a perspective there. >> wow. >>> a traveler that was hopping mad. we'll tell you how this kangaroo wound up at the airport, and who was able to round her up. >>> and a good samaritan takes matters into his own hands. an unusual weapon that stopped a fight on the subway. >>> i'm wendy rieger. come ugh up at 5:00, a jogger knocked out and sexually assaulted along a popular trail. >>> a transportation mystery solved in northern virginia tonight. >>> i'm tom sherwood. the national election is november 6th, two weeks away. but people are voting today. i'll have the story coming up. >>> later at 6:00, scientists could be facing jail time for not predicting a deadly earthquake. i'll see you as governor, i cut five billion dollars in spending and balanced the budget every year. and tim kaine and i both cut our own pay as governors, to lead by example. mark warner and i reached across party lines to get things done. we were a great team in richmond and we'll be

national geographic.levision network is protecting itself. >>> islamic extremists apparently have a brand new target. national geographic. it's all because nat geo will air this film showing the raid on the camp of osama bin laden. >> the cable channel is now stepping up security after they received multiple threats about the film called "s.e.a.l. team 6: the raid on osama bin laden." we reached out to nat geo and also conservative groups are upset over this film. the national geographic will be airing this documentary on november 4th, right before election day, because they say the film basically amounts to a two-hour commercial for the president. national geographic has denied they're being political with the timing of the film. they say they're just being topical and the story is focused on s.e.a.l. team 6 not the politics of going after bin laden. >> analysts have, on several occasions, recognized the man who appears taller than the rest. >> three, two, one! execute. >> he is osama bin laden. >> obvio

the new film which will air on the national geographic channel. national geographic says the time snot meant to be political. >>> many call it the most important jobs report of the year and it just came out this morning. only five weeks before the presidential election now we are getting a new look at the condition of the u.s. economy. ktvu alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. bureau now with the september jobs report that came out 45 minutes ago. good morning, alison. >> reporter: big, big surprise this morning and this could be the boost the obama campaign is look for this week. let's take a closer look at the numbers. the labor department september jobs report shows the economy added 114,000 jobs last month. the unemployment rate dropped significantly to 7.8% from 8.1% in august. 245 is a sur -- that is a surprise because economists were expecting it to tick up. president obama and mitt romney will be campaigning in virginia today. this will give him something to crow about today. it's the first time unemployment has been below 8% since

the new movie which will air on the national geographic channel will -- is a prominent fundraiser forbama campaign. national geographic says the timing of this release is not meant to be political. >>> secret service has adopted new policies following what many call the most embarrassing scandal in its history. it will ban excessive drinking enchaserring of work related information on social networking sites. >>> the labor department september jobs report is due out in just about 15 minutes. ktvu alison burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with some why are calling this the most important report of the year. >> reporter: we are just five weeks now from a presidential election that has been dominated by talk about the economy. the latest job numbers could be crucially important for the election because they are a bell weather for how our nation's economy is doing. economists believe more jobs were created last month and the month before but the unemployment rate could pick up to about 8.2%. on the campaign trail yesterday the president and mitt romney hammered each over who is bes

seal team 6, will air sunday november 4th, two days before the presidential election on the national geographicchannel. it is distributed by hollywood heavyweight harvey wine -- harvey weinstein's company. they say the air date is not related to politics. >>> busy weekend ahead. lots of things to do. what is the weather going to be like? >>> it looks good fog is going to thin out so the marine layer not much of a factor this morning we are looking at low clouds and fog many september that nice time of year we get to enjoy more sun still sea breeze, this morning the exception is we get the weekend underway, live doppler 7 hd low clouds and fog to start out, cleared nicely yesterday and once again today we are looking for that by the noon hour over the weekend that boundary layer that inversion gets more mixed out and we'll see more sun and milder temperatures at our coast inland the numbers coming down a couple degrees. 57 in livermore, redwood city 59, 58 oakland, santa rosa 50°. 24 hours ago we were milder, we are cooler this morning you will feel it yesterday 60s, two degrees cooler in oaklan

. >>> the national geographic society is more than 11 1/2 million photographs and original illustrationsits archives. some of that collection is going to be sold at auction soon, including that one. remember that one? the iconic photograph that's called afghan girl, with those eyes. it appeared on the cover of national geographic in june of 1985 during the soviet occupation of afghanistan. 240 pieces from that massive collection will be sold by christie's auction house in december. this is the first time that any pieces from the collection have been sold. the sale is expected to bring in about $3 million. >>> as governor, i cut five billion dollars in spending and balanced the budget every year. and tim kaine and i both cut our own pay as governors, to lead by example. mark warner and i reached across party lines to get things done. we were a great team in richmond and we'll be a great team in washington. i'm tim kaine and i approve this message ...because we'll work together to restore fiscal responsibility, grow our economy and create jobs. [ male announcer ] tim kne. bringing people t

. >> here is a miss to the national geographic channel which is normally a reliable network. that is because they are airing two nights before the election a film about seal team six which manages to enlarge obama's role and cheerleading for obama. they say it's not politicized but the damage to the recipe face raising large suspicions was not a good corporate decision. >> probably hit to my hometown of brooklyn. the next week you are going to have return of traditional sports n first time in 50 years, certain baseball team left for the west coast. but until the dodgers come back brooklyn will never be back. >> paul: all right. >> recently the court in washington, d.c. has been strike down federal regulations like securities and exchange commission and epa. it enrages regulators that has an intimidation campaign to get judges appointed to back off doing this kind of stuff. so it's really an ugly scene. this a hit for the judges for sticking to the law and not politics. >> paul: steve? >> more signs that government motors just isn't working for taxpayers. obama administration

the national geographic channel denies there was any political motivation. it says the air date was chosen to kick off the fall season. >>> american airlines is cancelling or delaying dozens of flights today to fix a safety problem with itsoose seats. the carrier says it is finally figured out what was causing the problem. here's abc's jim avila. >> reporter: american has grounded half its fleet of 757s, its domestic long-range workhorse, taking out for a second round of faa monitored fixes to prevent passenger seats from becoming dislodged in the air. the airline engineering team decided the locking mechanism that secures the seats to the floor, must be enhanced. >> we have a unique situation of a track that had become somewhat worn. and it was where some soda spilled down over time and allowed the seats to become dislodged. >> reporter: another setback for american airlines which suffered record delays in september, for what it claims were labor troubles. claiming its pilots intentionally caused delays twice as often as competitors. the seat issue ratchete

team 6, a new drama about the bin laden mission is set to air on the national geographic channel twos before the election. it's got some real news clips of president obama in it. depicting the president in the days surrounding the raid. and the film is backed by hollywood mogul harvey weinstein, a big-time democratic donor. all those factors have conservatives saying the movie is a political stunt. >> any time you've got a movie coming out two nights before the election and being made by harvey weinstein, a prominent democrat and huge supporter of president obama's, of course it raises eyebrows. >> reporter: the director said it was weinstein who suggested adding more actual news footage, including footage from the white house, after he saw an early version of the movie. >> it was not done to, i guess, play up the president's role or make him look particularly good? >> not at all. we don't pretend to sort of get inside the president's head. harvey weinstein came in to the editing room very early on and his only questions to me were, how did you know this? are you sure this happened?

. >>> a new film about death of osama bin laden will debut on the national geographic channel only two presidential election. that movie is produced by two obama fundraisers. it will air sunday, november 4th. >>> an employee of kitchen-aid sent this tweet from an official company account about president obama's grandmother during the debate which said, quote, obama's gam even knew he was going to be bad. she died three days before he became president." the company has apologized and said it was sent in error. >>> mitt romney's wife ann will fill in on "good morning america" as co-host robin roberts recovers from a bone marrow transplant. >>> and the first lady was asked by popsugar.com who she'd like to see play her husband in a movie. she said she had two choices. either will smith or denzel washington. what do you think? who would you choose to play barack obama? you can tell me on twitter. go to @lynnberry or head to facebook.com. that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> and now to wall street. the dow closinged at 13,575 after gaining 80 points yesterday. the s&p was up

and it's kind of like "national geographic" to them, and they can watch these films and role-play for and feel safe because they know, phew, that wasn't my life. i never had too much trouble making a dollar. never needed nobody to help me do that. i can't stand still... (julie dash) when i pitch stories to them, i'm pitching stories about african-american women. so i'm asking these executives to extend themselves two hours to look at stories about african-american women who are not victims, who are living their lives, who are facing pivotal moments in their lives. and usually they disengage from the stories. (julie dash) they disengage from the pitch. and i really believe it's because they're not interested. this is not what titillates them. they do not want to extend themselves into being an african-american woman for two hours. they rarely want to extend themselves into being a white woman for two hours. that's why it's very difficult for women filmmakers in general to get stories about themselves on the screen. (narrator) independent films often need specialized marketing. "daughte

event coverage and short films work for multiple television networks and companies including national geographic and the sundance channel sasha's last latest project is the critically acclaimed documentary film brothers on the line which explores the story of three brothers who helped empower workers and labor unions in the early twentieth century in the united states so she joins me now from our new york studios so great to have you with us thanks for joining us thank you for having me. your family your father your father was walter was. my great uncle was walter a great grandfather was victor your grandfather was victor ok great walter played. an outsized role in my life in childhood i grew up in lansing michigan and nine hundred fifty s. and sixty's and you know it was a u.a.w. town and it was just. everybody knew walter reed it was just it was incredible of him and of these battles and let me let me just first of all what does german socialism have to do with the story of these three brothers. well we dip into that for a very minimal time at the beginning of the film they are you know the fa

german interview with the national geographic.san francisco lonely planet feature is one of the top things to do. so, it gives a lot of attention. if i can just -- can i take another minute? it came together out of the whole series of public input and a lot of support from the mayor's office of economic work force development and the merchants association and the neighborhood association and the local residents and we'd like to see that kind of community input and partnership when we consider what happens with parcel o in the future. i'm part of the leadership of hayes valley farm and i do want to make it very clear we are champions of interim youth. we are excited about moving off [speaker not understood] and we are fully intending to do that for parcel p and parcel o we would like more interim use possibilities. thank you. >> thank you. >>> hi, my name is jay. my dog callie is here with me. i wanted to take a moment to consider all of our friends, families and loved ones back east where hurricane sandy has created a great stir f

. >> a movie about the killing of osama bin laden will air on the national geographic channel. the film is called "seal team 6." part b 1 stint as a prominent fund raiser for the obama reelection campaign -- harvey weinstein is a prominent fund raiser for the obama reelection campaign. a school bus plunged 115 feet off a bridge. >> you could see the back going over the rail. and 18-wheeler went by. >> it landed at the doorstep of the hotel below. it collided with a car and went through a concrete barrier. there were non-life-threatening injuries. tonight at 5:00, a 4-year-old arlington girl is alive because of the proper use of cpr. she was in an accident at a pool party and because someone perform cpr, she is now recovering. we'll talk with a grateful parents tonight at "abc 7 news at 5:00." >> in fargo north dakota, there is not enough snow to build a snowman. it has caused power outages to 6500 homes and businesses. that area has temperature -- had temperatures in the mid 80's on sunday. six >> o'clock 18 and it is cold this morning. >> but not like that. there was more than

national geographic a feature on how it changed the shape of the entire eastern coast line after thate. here is how wind is blowing here in chicago. it will pick up and pile up these big waves. if you look at the radar you can see the circulation center right there. this is the former hurricane sandy. herman cain sandy. atlantic city is right there a tape made new jersey. the nation's capital and baltimore right there. this is the most heavily populated corridor in the united states. what is interesting about this is the fact that cold air has been wrapped into the backside. that is why is no longer tropical. tropical systems are warm all the way across. the wind is sending a band of clouds down the lake that will be picking up. look at the wind gust coming in the area. these are all over 30 mi. per hour but nothing like what is going on here. this is in delaware, this is ocean city maryland. this is low tide. at high tide, which occurs this evening with a full moon, you will have water going over the barriers right there. that is when flooding will be at its worst in new york. it wil

. >>> national geographic's tv movie on osama bin laden prompting terror threats today. >> cable channelepping up security. >>> the nfl cheerleader and former teacher on having sex with her teen student. >> do you feel guilty about what you did? >> what i did was wrong. >> we have your "pop culture intelligence." >>> "90210's" jennie garth today, her 30-pound weight loss, and is she dating her ex-co-star? >>> inside "the walking dead's" zombie boot camp. how this choreographer transforms extras of cable's number one drama and gordon ramsay's simmering new season. >> you and you, [ bleep ], get out! >> how he's raking in the cash. cutting down these cooks. >>> now from hollywood, "the insider" is on. >>> gordon ramsay is back and is as tough as ever. we're on the set of "kitchen nightm."

national geographic channel's president denies there's any political agenda behind the film. >> and iffanatic this is for you. a new study says drinking three or more cups of coffee a day increases the risk of glaucoma, the eye disease that can lead to vision loss. researchers looked at 100,000 american men and women over the age of 40. they found caffeinated chocolate, coffee or soda had no effect on your sight. >> today millions of apple fans will mark the one year anniversary of the death of steve jobs. the death of apple's co-founder raised doubts about the company's future. apple has had a record year. now the most valuable company ever. tim cook post this letter on apple.com overnight paying tribute to jobs. he writes our values originated from steve and his spirit will forever be the foundation of apple. we share the great privilege and responsibility of carrying his legacy into the future. >> anderson cooper is striking back against star jones. she suggested that cooper reveal he's gay back in july in order to boost the ratings for his talk show. on tuesday cooper accused jones