their troops had overrun on the island, new york, westchester and most of new jersey. thousands of american troops had deserted and the british had chased the remnants of washington's army across new jersey over the delaware and in to pennsylvania.

in new jersey, chris christie defeated jon corzine.n virginia, bob mcconnell cru crushed democrat creigh deeds. we're looking at the wider implications of the results. >> folks will be watching one of the keys to the gop win perhaps is weak voter turnout among young people. we might look back to 2008. young people then turned out in throngs for president obama but not so in last night. in new jersey's race, for instance, the age group of 18 to 29 made up just 9% of the vote. that is down from 17% in 2008. then in jirnvirginia, 10% of th electorate was 18 to 24. >> how might these republican wins affect president obama? >> one thing we'll be looking at is the wins may have an impact on president obama's ambitious policy agenda, this as he troys to get through a massive health care bill, a climate bill looming on the horizon as well. the president may have more trouble rallying modded rat democrats to get on board. david gurgen thinks about that. >> it may give pause to some moderate and conservative democrats in the house of representat

yesterday the superintendent of the new jersey state police said every law enforcement officer in newjersey wants cop killer joanne chas tomorrow return to prison in new jersey. she brutally gunned down an officer in east brunswick on the new jersey turnpike and then later way to cuba where she lives in the lap of luxury. i would also ask you finally before my time runs out i mentioned earlier in 2001 i got legislation passed in the house the died in the senate as so many things i hear related to human rights over there that calls for to conditions, a modest minimalist conditions for lifting the travel ban. one release the political prisoners because they are being tortured as we meet here today and secondly, allow us to get back to the almost 80 individuals who have committed felons and now they are living in cuba in a safe harbor. general if you could, colonel fuentes is the new date officer who made a strong and compelling case yesterday as he and law enforcement people do. have you raised that case? >> let me say you want to be proud of their work in this area and i certainly endo

that bird has cause add problem for drivers on the new jersey turnpike. they're trying hard to avoid running her over. one toll booth operator named the turkey, tammy. she's an unofficial highway mascot and has visitors stopping to take pictures. >> how long has she been here? >> the turkey? like a year. almost, yeah, walking around all over. >> come through this toll booth. every day, five days a week. i see the turkey two, three times a week. >> seriously, though, tammy has become such a driver distraction there are plans to relocate her before someone gets hurt. >>> i'm larry smith. oh, it's good to be the king. tiger woods hasn't play in australia since the president's cup in 1988. how did they get him to come back? pay him a $3 million appearance fee. yep. that will get it done. paid off -- the crowds have been immense and tiger was looking immense himself. shots like this -- he fell apart. he squandered a six-shot lead in three holes. slams the driver to the ground. goes back to the ground. go back and get it. tiger in a three-way tie for first plac

in new jersey incumbent jon corzine lost to chris christi. here's ari fleischer on what this might mean for the obama administration and democrats. >> the first year of any presidential election or midterm right after a presidential party in power, almost always suffers big losses. that's what you can anticipate if history is any guide. here's the killer statistic if i'm a democrat. in virginia in 2008 when barack obama took virginia, people under 30 were 21% of the electorate. today they were 10%. the black vote was 20% of all virginia votes last year. today it was 15%. the very coalition that put barack obama over the top is not showing up. >> but democrats still may make election history. correspondent richard lui will take a look at a new york congressional race in a few minutes and more on the wider implications of these elections. >>> more infants and young people are hospitalized for swine flu but in california older people are more likely to die from it. a study says the fatality rate from h1n1 in california is around 11%, but for peo

attorney chris christie is the first republican to win a statewide new jersey race in a decade. incumbent democrat jon corzine spent twice as much as christie. also virginia has a new republican governor, former state attorney general bob mcdonnell. he easily defeated creigh deeds and will succeed tim kaine. >>> a special election in upstate new york provided one last twist in a wildly dramatic campaign. democrat bill owens will represent a congressional district that has lkted only republicans for more than 100 years. he defeated doug hoffman. the republican nominee quit the race last weekend. >>> of course, we are talking politics today. for your views question. richelle is looking at what you had to say. i have been checking it out on our facebook pages, richelle, what are people saying? >> we didn't get any responses, christi. none at all. >> yeah, right. >> we are talking politics, a year since we've had a new president. an overwhelming response and the elections yesterday, how do you think the president is doing, do you think what happened yesterday with two republicans bei

i'm from new jersey, grew up there. >> so you're saying it ain't my city, i'm a new jerseyan. >> no, i'm immune. >> okay. thanks, bob. >>> a judge is letting a convicted robber sue the people who chased him out of a store but he'll have to do something first, and, all right, you're at a casino, you win more than $160 million, only have it taken -- only to have it taken away, and why one casino is telling a not so lucky guy, sorry, charlie. >>> republicans may be on the comeback trail, the gop swept two big gubernatorial races, new jersey, chris christi there defeated incumbent democrat jon corzine and in virginia bob mcdo notal crushed creigh deeds. it may not be a direct referendum on president obama, though, but it's a punch that leaves a bit of a bruise. the president came up short after personally campaigning hard for both democrats. it may signal trouble for the democrats in the 2010 midterm elections. on the upside, though, exit polls show the majority of voters say president obama's job performance was not a factor in their vote. the virginia loss may sting the most, though, f

in new jersey, cnn projects jon corzine lost to chris christie. mr. bom hobama had campaigned h for corzine. >> the first year of any presidential election, the party in power almost always suffers big losses. that's what you can anticipate if history is any guide. here's the killer statistic if i'm a democrat. in virginia, in 2008 when barack obama took virginia, people under 30 were 21% of the electorate. today they were 10%. the black vote was 0% of all virginia votes last year. today it was 15%. the very coalition that put barack obama over the top is not showing up. >> democrats, though, still may make election history and richard lui i will take a look at a new york congressional race in just few meants and more on the wider implicationses of these elections. >>> more infants and young

drivers on the new jersey turnpike are trying not to run her over. she has become sort of an unofficial highway mascot. >> how long has she been here? >> like a year, almost. yeah, walking around all over. >> i come through this toll booth every day and i see the turkey sometimes two, three, times a week. >> tammy has become such a driver distraction, there are plans to relocate her before someone gets hurt. >>> these tough economic times are forcing christmas tree growers to trim their prices this season. one grower in oregon says they are being forced to sell their crop for less than it takes to produce it. a record number of unsold trees in the fields. some say the crisis is so bad, they are already making plans to cut and burn the surplus trees. >>> when it comes to gets attention, few know how to do it like chad ocho cinco. he was hit with a fine for jokingly trying to give the referee a dollar bill to change the call last week. he is seeking help on this issue from the most powerful man on the planet. on his twitter page, he asks president obam

fascinated with new jersey. >> simon: why?e thought of new jersey as kind of like paradise. and then i thought to myself that, "maziar, you're screwed, because these guys are in charge of your life. and they're stupid, they're ignorant." >> 3, 2, 1, action. >> safer: he directed the most& profitable movie ever made, "titanic." and now, james cameron has a new movie coming out called "avatar." it's a wildly ambitious and very expensive 3-d science fiction fantasy that mixes real actors with computer-generated creatures, the sum of which, he believes, will change the movie business forever. >> shut up and fly straight. >> you're not in kansas anymore. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm lesley stahl. >> i'm bob simon. >> i'm morley safer. >> i'm anderson cooper. >> i'm scott pelley. those stories and andy rooney tonight on "60 minutes." most generally, it's having someone you love die badly. >> kroft: and what do you mean by dying badly? >> byock: dying suffering, dying connected to machines. i mean, denial of death, at some point, becom

we have more foreign-born living in the state of california today than there are people in new jersey. okay. there are more foreign-born and new york state than there are in south carolina. we're not talking about little states here. latinos now outnumber him in many places, african americans. in fairfax county, virginia, we passed the threshold where latinos are the leading minority group. and we think that by 2050 there will be 29% of the total population in the united states. the old black white dichotomy, the ways we thought about race in terms of black and white. as coming to enact, population trends, immigration, that taking care of it. but it's also something else. interracial marriage. i grew up in the 1950's and 1960's and i remember one day when "time" magazine came in our mailbox and there was a picture of the daughter of the secretary of state dean rask, marrying a lack man. i was an extraordinary controversial. that happened just a few months after the loving -- after the loving versus virginia case which i describe at great length in the book. fast forward to 2004. here

play of the day, miami versus new jersey. check out dewayne wade.play for him to drive but he loses the ball and says well, let's end this here. why go for the tie. wade going for the three-point dagger in the heart of the nets to keep them winless and to get the play of the day. that's sports. >>> defense secretary robert gates has blocked the release of any new photos showing americans abusing foreign detainees t. obama administration told the supreme court gates is using his new powers provided by law signed last month, there are 21 pictures showing americans abusing detainees in iraq and afghanistan. the aclu sued to have them released and lower courts supported that but gates says the release would put u.s. citizens and service members in danger. >>> construction of the aircraft carrier "gerald r. ford" got its kickoff yesterday. that carrier is named for the former president, of course. and is the first in the new ford class of carriers. ford's daughter susan ford bails declared the keel truly and fairly laid. >>> senators may start debating a

. >>> the wild turkey we've been telling you about has been running around new jersey, the new jersey turnpike toll booth for months, now often the road. they finally caught her yesterday. there she is. toll booth work eers have been call her tammy the turnpike turkey. they like to ill lit rate. they adopted her but doctors are complaining so they set up to catch her. the first attempt did not go so well. >> well, i was a little concerned, afraid we were going to see tammy two, turnpike zero. >> she is going to a zoo and we understand she will soon share a home with a male turkey named gobbles. which is funny because sometimes i call bob bobbles. >> i appreciate that. >> it is a turkey from new jersey. >> a jersey turkey. nothing more crass. a gobble bleeping gobble over here. i'm strutting. >> the best imitation of a turkey i've ever heard. how's the weather looking? >>> it's the same old storm, richard, and it's a big wrapping around the clouds going on right across the great lakes. underneath the clouds you see the rain, too. that frontal boundary down to the carolina coastline so

yesterday the superintendent of the new jersey state police said every law enforcement officer in new jersey wants cop killer joanne chas tomorrow return to prison in new jersey. she brutally gunned down an officer in east brunswick on the new jersey turnpike and then later way to cuba where she lives in the lap of luxury. i would also ask you finally before my time runs out i mentioned earlier in 2001 i got legislation passed in the house the died in the senate as so many things i hear related to human rights over there that calls for to conditions, a modest minimalist conditions for lifting the travel ban. one release the political prisoners because they are being tortured as we meet here today and secondly, allow us to get back to the almost 80 individuals who have committed felons and now they are living in cuba in a safe harbor. general if you could, colonel fuentes is the new date officer who made a strong and compelling case yesterday as he and law enforcement people do. have you raised that case? >> let me say you want to be proud of their work in this area and i certainly end

. >>> new jersey and virginia are choosing governors today in a special congressional election in new york has attracted a lot of outside attention to break it all down for us, we're joined by paul steinhauser in washington, deputy political director for our sister network, cnn. it's safe to say the republican party is splintered and nowhere is that more evidence than the new york 23rd congressional district well upstate. how much of a role did sarah palin in this? >> let's look at this district. three candidates in this race. district along the canadian border. there was an open seat. that's why we have an off-year election. republicans nominated dede scozzafava. that upset those on the right. they put their own person there. doug hoffman. that split on the right would allow bill owens, the democrat to win a district democrats haven't won in more than 100 years. all of the action from t.e.a. party and sarah palin went to hoffman. the republican dropped out and endorsed a democrat. this is a real good battle between for the heart and soul of the republican party. >> hoffman has a slig

the president worked hard to help democrats in new jersey and virginia, but in new jersey here's the situation. democratic governor jon corzine is in a tight race with republican chris christi and chris dagut. yes, they are trailing here. new jersey and virginia have long historying of electing governors from clever party doesn't hold the white house. now, conservative party candidate doug hoffman is battling it out with owens to represent the 23rd congressional district. former republican nominee is backing owens here. that's a big deal. republican backing a democrat. she dropped out last weekend amid backlash from conservatives who said she was too moderate of a republican. we will have more on a couple other races later this morning. >>> meantime, 20-year-old woman whose father allegedly ran her over with his jeep in a parking lot has died. noor almaleki was in a coma for two weeks and had spinal surgery. they moved to arizona from iraq. authorities say her father thought she had become too westernized. her father is expected to face new charges here on what some are calling an ho

in new jersey.he made her way to cuba, where she lives in the lap of luxury. i mentioned in 2001, i got legislation passed in the house that died in the senate, as so many things died over there that pertain to human-rights. -- as so many things die over there. they are being tortured as we meet here today. and secondly, allow us to get back the almost 80 individuals who have committed felons who are now living in cuba. so, in general, if you could -- the colonel is the new jersey state police officer who made a strong and compelling case yesterday. have you raised that case? >> well, let me say that i think you should be very proud of your work in this area, and i'd endorse entirely your viewpoints. i think the notion that there is a totalitarian government in cuba, a lack of freedom of unionization, assembly, freedom of speech, that is not arguable. i have personally raised with fidel -- and not two hours -- it was seven hours that i spent with him. there was the perception in the global community

voters in new jersey are choosing a governor. chris christi is running against jon corzine. meanwhile in virginia, republican bok mcdonneb mcdonne running against deeds. atlanta, boston, detroit, houston and new york also have elections. >>> a major business newspaper was shut down in iran. state-run tv says the paper violated press laws and criticized iran's equal opportunity policies. the paper's editor was arrested after iran's disputed presidential vote in june. at least one other paper was shut down since then. >>> police say it could be weeks before they identify six women found dead at a home in cleveland. the coroner is collecting dental records for several missing women, including nancy cobbs, who lived in the neighborhood. he's also asking their relatives to provide dna samples, but one missing person's advocate said the deaths could have been prevented. >> nancy cobbs walked to the store, walked to the store on 116th and hasn't been seen since. six families are going to get horrible news. but if we had a missing persons department or we had an active ongoing invest

. >> voters in new jersey and virginia didn't agree. the governors-elect in both states both republicans. i'm joined by the man that threw those bombs, alan grayson. i do enjoy you. >> same here. i enjoy you, too. >> the governor's races were won in virginia and new jersey. is obama's popularity waning or what do you think? >> the democratic party has to activate the vote. the republicans ablgt rate is their vote. the democrats have not done as good a job at the republicans. the voter turnout in virginia was down by half. i don't think half of all voters in virginia disappeared. some of them felt motivated to vote. too many of people on our side didn't feel motivated to vote. we have to motivate our base. >> the exit polls in virginia and new jersey, both of them said they still like president obama. the vote had nothing to do with him. do you agree with that? >> people elected obama, me, because they want change. they need to see more of it. we need to deliver. the people with expectations that voted for us need to have the expectation

heat losing to new jersey in the final second. you going to drive, no, shoot it up from there.he three pointer to win the game. watch wade, fumble the ball, but on the crossover has nod chance but the drain the game winner with 0.1 seconds left, just in the nick of time for d. wade. that's sports. >>> defense secretary robert gates has blocked the release of any new photos showing americans abusing foreign detainees. the obama administration told the supreme court yesterday gates is using his new powers provided by law, signed last month. there are 21 pictures showing americans abusing detainees in iraq and afghanistan. the aclu sued to have them released and a lower court supported that, but gates says the release would put u.s. citizens and service members in danger. >>> construction of the aircraft carrier "gerald r. ford" got its official kickoff yesterday with a keel-laying ceremony. that carrier is named for the former president, of course, and is the first in the new ford class of carriers. ford's daughter, susan ford bales was at the ceremony and declared the keel truly

. >> voters in new jersey and virginia didn't agree. the governors-elect in both states both republicans. i'm joined by the man that threw those bombs, alan grayson. i do enjoy you. >> same here. i enjoy you, too. >> the governor's races were won in virginia and new jersey. is obama's popularity waning or what do you think? >> the democratic party has to activate the vote. the republicans ablgt rate is their vote. the democrats have not done as good a job at the republicans. the voter turnout in virginia was down by half. i don't think half of all voters in virginia disappeared. some of them felt motivated to vote. too many of people on our side didn't feel motivated to vote. we have to motivate our base. >> the exit polls in virginia and new jersey, both of them said they still like president obama. the vote had nothing to do with him. do you agree with that? >> people elected obama, me, because they want change. they need to see more of it. we need to deliver. the people with expectations that voted for us need to have the expectation

so forget counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike.etter watch out for the turkey. >> on a reality show and we're still going to be out here collecting tolls. >> that is tammy the turkey. how the bird is causing quite a stir just two weeks before thanksgiving. what exit is she at? @@@@@@ >>> a heinous crime. a group of teens accused of turning a helpless boy into a human torch, setting him on fire over money for a video game, 40 bucks. new on the story, three boys charged as adults with attempted murder as the 15-year-old victim fights for his life. >>> plus an incredible story. teenager, a kid off the streets of memphis abandoned, homeless, yet he overcomes amazing odds. the family takes him in. he goes from homeless to being an nfl star. now his life is a hollywood movie. we'll have the honor of talking to pro offensive tackle michael orr, an exclusive interview, emotional, inspiring, and will make us all stop and take a good long, hard look at our own life. >>> controversy, opinion, your point of view. this is "prime news." >>

the garden state welcome them and gave them a corporation in new jersey. so, to try to settle the matter jay gould literally went to albany with a suitcase full of cash and there are some hilarious figures from the new york state legislature. they could see both sides of the should depending-- how big the sued case was. [laughter] who ended finally, vanderbilt miraculously managed to pay back a lot of what he had lost but it is an incredible episode. >> kind of never forgive them for it although they were trying to contact big jim fisk through seances. >> one of my favorite examples of that, about the time of the civil wars one vanderbilt starts to go seances and as a point on the book this is the high point of spiritualism in american life in the civil war, the better part of a million people died so people started going to mediums all the time to contact the dead. vanderbilt definitely did it. i don't think the jury business, based in the business decisions on the sÉances not only because he continued to be successful. i personally don't believe in spiri

>> my father was born in new jersey and my mother was born in new -- philadelphia. my grandparents were also activists. my grandfather was a union organizer at walt disney. he was at animator. he used to draw a donald duck 4 walt disney. -- 4 walt disney. --fo for disney. in the 1940's, he was one of several union organizers and they staged the first animator'' strike and he got fired and blacklisted. because of the history of blacklisting in the family, when my father was drafted to go to vietnam, he did not want to go. he was a pacifist. he also did not want to go through the process of proving his political credentials because of the history of un- american activities and the political resonance in his own family of having been the son of a blacklisted artist. he preferred to leave and came to canada. that is why i am a canadian. i was born a few years later. >> your mother and father were married here? >> in new jersey. i have an older brother. >> where did they move? >> to montreal. >> but they still there? >> no, they are in vancouver for the weather. many ame

>> i thought new jersey, you know, goldman sachs, corzine. i think they had had it with the whole wall street bailout, the whole -- >> you can't blame people for being aggravated by that. >> i don't blame them. i really don't blame them. he ran a dirty campaign, quite frankly. i don't think corzine needed to go there with the fat joke. that's what he was presenting. >> do you think that has something to do with the reason corzine lost? >> it's what everybody ended up talking about, instead of bringing jobs to new jersey or lower property taxes. everybody was saying, john corzine, who's not -- >> i think it's because they didn't like corzine. >> i was going to say, he's not the most -- you wouldn't want to have dinner with john corzine. i don't think so. >> have you had dinner with him? >> no. >> but you said that the governor races yesterday were a vote for obama. now, we lost both of them. >> what i said is it's a change election. i really think virginia was voting for change. i think virginia made a huge mistake, because it's going to be wo

we have to motivate our base. >> it was interesting the exit polls in virginia and new jersey all of them said they still like president obama, their vote had nothing to do with him. do you agree with that? >> well, look, people elected obama, they elected me, they elected the democrats and put us in charge of the government because they want change. and they need to see more of it. we need to deliver. we need to make sure that the people who voted for us with expectations in minds have those expectations satisfied, that simple. >> uh-huh. >> lessons for the republicans, too. you didn't talk about the election in new york. >> i'm about to ask you about that one because that was one for the team. >> well, listen, i think we're witnessed the intend grags of a major american political party something that happens only about once a century. the last time that two of those counties in that new york congressional district were represented by democrats was in 1850. 1850. so, i think what we're seeing is that the teabaggers are no longer obeying their corporate paymasters. >> interesting bot

the rain here, new jersey, new york.new york, but through philadelphia, d.c., all the way down as far south as near charlotte. we'll get the activity out there with delays mainly due to wind. laguardia, about an hour right now, probably goes up up. philadelphia, d.c. metros, boston, charlotte, atlanta, minneapolis, all windy. more on that in about a half hour. >> so people are wondering, 2012 because of this movie called "2012," is earth's doomsday right around the corner? >> gone, gone, gone. still here just bigger. @@@@@ >>> all right. president obama leaves today for his first visit to asia as president. he will start in tokyo and make stops in singapore, shanghai, beijing and seoul. he's going to talk to asian leaders about the u.s. economy, the trade deficit with china, and his plans for afghanistan, among other things. >>> the husband of retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor has died from alzheimer's complications. john o'connor was 79. he and his wife became a washington power couple when she serve

. >>> an affair with another man ended james mcgreevey's career as a new jersey governor but he may have a new calling as a man of the cloth. >>> the decision to try five of the 9/11 suspects in a court in new york has created quite a heated debate in washington. democrats, for instance, are backing up the president's decision. they say the trial will show the world how effective and fair the u.s. judicial system is, but republicans say it will give undeserved rights to people like khalid shaikh mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind 9/11. >> if somebody murders americans and they murder americans in america, they ought to be prosecuted in america and hopefully convicted in america. >> we shouldn't close guantanamo for the purposes of these types of terrorists. basically, we're dealing here with people who have committed acts of war against us. they shouldn't be tried in our criminal justice system, they should be tried in our military justice system. it's absolutely inexcusable to try these people. that's why we have such a system. >> critics are also concerned about security. rudy giu

and i want to thank the senator from new jersey for his strong and poignant statement. i listened to it all and i think he really summed it all up. but let me just add to that, mr. president, by saying that we are at a momentous crossroads right now in the history of our country. we are at a time when it likens itself to 1935, when this congress passed the social security act. it's like the time in 1965 when congress passed medicare. both of them were giant steps forward in the health and economic security of the american people. but, as much as they are a part and parcel of our american life today, both social security and medicare were bitterly, bitterly opposed in this united states senate by conservatives who did not want to change. in fact, one conservative republican senator said that passing social security would put an end to the progress of our great country. they attacked medicare as socialized medicine. as senator robert taft at that time said, it's going to sovietize america if we have medicare. they said it will be a government takeover. well, mr. president

>> in new jersey. yes. and then they moved together. i have an older brother. >> to montreal. >> are they still there? >> no, they are in vancouver for the weather. but they moved to montreal. many american young people in this time moved to canada. it was kind of a brain drain. war resisters from the vietnam era. my father taught medicine at mcgill. my mother worked at the national film board of canada. we moved back to the united states when i was a baby and lived there till i was five in rochester, new york. this was after it had become safe for war resisters. my father worked in a health clinic in the state, and my mother worked at a cable access channel. they both decided they preferred it in canada. my father preferred the single payer health care system. my father preferred that. my mother was working for the national film board, which is a public institution that allowed her to make the political films that she wanted to make. they left the u.s. because of stayed in canada because of the social programs. >> do you remember when

their troops had overrun on the island, new york, westchester and most of new jersey. thousands of american troops had deserted and the british had chased the remnants of washington's army across new jersey over the delaware and in to pennsylvania. white coats were in sight of the american capital. congress had fled to baltimore and began debating terms of could the chelation -- capitulation. unless washington could come up with a miracle, and he chose a young college student, lieutenant james monroe, to help me cut miracle happen. they all crossed the delaware during a blinding snowstorm on christmas night only six months after we had declared independence. in trenton 3,000 haitian mercenaries had spent the evening celebrating, and because of the snowstorm, they went to sleep without posting some trees. at dawn the next morning, monroe and his squad sneaked up to the cannon in place at the top of the king street in trenton. the main street washington would have to come up with to capture the town. a haitian soldier stepped outside to do you know what and he spotted th

. >>> the powerful storm battered new jersey for a third straight day yesterday.hat didn't help people who were trying to clear flooded roads and repair storm damage. that storm is blamed for at least six deaths in three states. >>> you could call it a beauty contest, and you can bet someone you is really proud of the winner. >> when you look at missy, she has a lot of style, a lot of presence. she knows she's pretty. >> reporter: missy is a cow, considered as perfect as cows get. wait until you hear how much money someone paid for her. >>> how much do you think the perfect cow is worth? well, here she is. her name is missy. she's considered to be as perfect as a cow can get. she lives in canada where she was just sold for $1.2 million u.s. what makes her so special? well, you can hear it from this guy. >> missy has a combination of a deep pet agree, a great family behind her, a great milk production, high genetic index and great show cows in the breed. >> missy will stay in canada, though her buyers are from the us and denmark, two partners. she's only one of fiv

the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. a senator: mr.o the opposition to any health care reform has been loud and clear, they have been shouted at town howl meetings and heard in debates in this chamber. mr. menendez: we have heard voices raised in anger from those who were misinformed or that would benefit the insurers at the -- for too long those voices have gone unanswered. mr. president, the patient protection and affordable care act we're about to consider is our answer, and it is loud and it is clear. it is thoughtful and historic and, once again, like so many other pieces of landmark legislation in the last century, it is a product of this side of the aisle. those who have chosen to block any attempt at health care reform this year are on the wrong side of history. just as those who came before them had one response to every landmark piece of legislation for the last 0 years. their -- 80 years. their response has been a resounding no. they told us it's not good for business. it's socialism. it stifles free-market forces, that it's

after all, didn't george washington say, you know, he who controls afghanistan will carry new jersey? [laughter] [applause] >> and here we are in the brave new world, and -- i'm sorry, joe. if i had a speech i would be giving it. [laughter] >> that is a promise. absolute promise. bottom line. i have never been in this chamber before, and i'm happy to be here with the young man who pushes me around in this thing. he is a lieutenant in the united states navy, and a veteran of the first gulf war. and he's also the head of the veterans against america's wars. of which they are getting too many. [applause] >> he will pass among you recruiting right and left. what is happening now that is kind of interesting from within the military, and i began life in a room in the cadet hospital at west point where i was delivered by a future surgeon general of the army, who had not been told about the navels. i did not have the repairs made. surprised should always be offered, or offered anyway. but we are at each area's position in the world. we are not really needed, and it used to be just as an idea

and there's an unrefuted eyewitness who saw ed's car in louisiana a half hour after the murder in new jersey. could not have happened. >> i want to say one thing, please. he's got good enough facilities to drive 21 hours to visit his mother, okay? and drive a car but he doesn't have the facilities to hold a gun and shoot it? give me a break. >> hold on, hold on. we have heard of the abuse excuse, but now we're hearing the obese excuse. it's used in defending edward ates, as in i ates too much in charges he killed his ex-son-in-law. here's a clip from abc. listen to this. >> in bright daylight in august, the fat old man's running and nobody sees him. >> i find that very difficult in someone with obstructive sleep apnea who's morbidly obese. >> curtis, guardian angels, this man is a marksman with military experience. >> no, no, no. >> yeah. whoa, whoa, that's not true? >> not true. just not true. >> that's what's being reported. go ahead, curtis. >> jane, fat man's not nimble, fat man's not quick, we know fat man can't jump over the candlestick. but fat man can take that gun and go -- that muc

. >>> a new jersey jury convicted a man who said he was too fat to kill. his lawyers claim he was too fat to run up a flight of stairs. he weighed 280 pounds at the time. he was in a custody battle. ates plans to appeal the conviction. >>> and a ferocious fire in massachusetts tour through a paper mill. exploding chemicals, shot debris in the air. homeless people sometimes camp inside the building. no word on what caused the fire and no reports of any injuries. >> trr the number of u.s. banks that failed this year just climbed to 120. five more failed yesterday. if you are a customer, you can keep using your checks and debit cards. should be very smooth. they were based in california, michigan, minnesota, georgia, and missouri. this is the highest number of bank failures since 1992. the fdic said their funds are running low but that your money will be kept safe. >>> a computer error nearly wiped out the bank accounts of 60,000 retired teachers. 189 million dollars was with drawn from retirement funds by mistake. many retired teachers are worried about thei

we will hear from sam from west new york, new jersey. caller: it is time to get out of afghanistan and iraq. doing a war on terrorism with our mighty military might, with tanks and planes this kind of like trying to exterminate cockroaches with a sledgehammer. it is absolutely pointless. what happened on 9/11 was more of a crime that it was an act of war. >> how do you generally fill about the use of u.s. troops. are you almost always against it, or is of the circumstances here? guest: it is the circumstances here. after 9/11, i was almost in support of what bush wanted to do in going in iraq. after the anger fades, you have to look reality end use reason. that is why i like obama. he goes with his gut. host: thank you. scott, independent. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: president obama, watching him taking his time making this decision and then complain how much the war cost -- it bothers me a little bit. when hillary was in there with her husband, they bombed tanzania. they said we're al-qaeda and we are coming for yo

and 2006, i worked at the brain injury association of new jersey, to provide grants to new jersey schools, for the purchase of these technologies. and that are available, the contact act provides funds for the adoption of these technologies and our nation's middle and high schools. and if we're seeking the kinds of tangible, long-term consequences of brain injuries, as revealed by recent studies of nfl players, you have state-of-the-art equipment and access to the best care available, then we have to consider what this means for our young athletes. and because damage to a maturing brain can be catastrophic, it is even more important to insure that we understand these consequences and that the proper care is provided to young athletes. i'm happy to report this morning, i just received it, that -- that both the national football league and the national football league players' association have endorsed the contact act. and the letter is before me. and -- and if anyone cares to read it. >> we'll accept it into the record. >> thank you. >> and we're encouraging young people and i'll be closin

were immigrants, i knew their stories, i knew their lives, i grew up in an immigrant community in new jersey where everybody i knew was from an immigrant family. so that basic sense of what it takes to be an immigrant, the resilience, the tenacity, the courage, never changed. what did change was understanding some of the new and more modern patterns of immigration. for instance, people can use technology to stay in touch in ways they never could. my grandfather was out of touch with his own family in russia for 5 who years. today, i have a student from brazil whose brother was marrying a brazilian immigrant, her family could not come to america for the wedding, they couldn't get visas, so my student took a laptop and a digital camera and did a realtime slide show for the bride's family, clustered around a laptop in rural brazil, so that's a very different change. the other change that's very interesting is the growth of commerce, particularly with asia. indian and chinese immigrants as trade with asia has boomed in recent years. they have a tremendous advantage. they speak the language, they

let me show you this video coming out from the new jersey shore. this is wildwood, south of the atlantic city area. flooding. we have erosion. we have all this going on across the region. cape may county is under a state of emergency right now. look at the flooding right there. that is coastal flooding at its worst. >> what was this guy doing here? >> he's not using his head. >> no, he's not. >> you've got to be careful with floodwaters like that. especially you're talking about almost a tidal surge. that's the wind getting pushed up with the ocean. unreal. >> you've got a witch's brew of a situation there. >> it's a mess. jersey shore gets hammered worse by nor'easters than hurricanes at times. >> of course tropical concerns. bob will be back in about five minutes. >>> will sarah palin be going rogue at the dinner table this thanksgiving? stick around and hear oprah ask a tough question about levi johnston, the father of palin's grandchild. and tichkerring on the computer keeps a man out of jail. >>> if you were sarah palin, would you -- would you

the following day the crowds were not to new jersey and new york an even greater in the industrial northeast where he met to win. so kennedy had survived a near-death experience. he had turned adversity into triumph with the houston speech. the west coast trip was not forgotten any into the general election campaign with renewed momentum. he had directly confronted the issue of his faith and in so doing sound is pride. he indicated it was tight. the remainder of the campaign would prove to be. i'm going to stop there. we have a few minutes for question-and-answer spirit and i'm happy to take any questions you might have too tossed my way. [inaudible] >> was there any actual outcome of anyone coming back and calculating how many catholics voted for kennedy, nixon, who many protestants, latter day saints, you name it. >> yes, i devote some time to that in the book. at the end and forgive me if i misquote myself. i will look it up in the book, but essentially i believe kennedy won something like 87% of the catholic vote. he won about 34% of the protestant vote. now what's interesting about that

if pittsburgh wins and new jersey is down with 10 minutes to go and dallas, this keeps them atop the eastern conference and division. most important thing is they got a patriotism i just think that he understands how fatigued, how tired these guys are. it's so much easier to focus on ovechkin with all the different injuries, having all these young kids up from the minors. none of these guys pure goal scorers that were brought up. gordon is having a good season in hershey but he is not somebody that the washington capitals are looking to score 30, 40, 50 goals in the future. and jay beagle has two goals down in hershey. they want him to play good mature minute, develop their game, not make mistake, not create a loss for them and just to continue to gain their confidence and grow as players so, on that side -- and then they know mike green gets 30 minutes of ice time. ate he tough for them -- they could not go to the well. he only played carlson 13 minute. he good 13 minute on 13 shift. he got got caught out there too many times. i mean, they are lucky. it was a lucky point and a a ver

. >> kathleen in lawrence, new jersey. i think that's right. or laurence harbor, new jersey.en >> caller: laurence harbor, new jersey. i have a question for dr. grandin. you've used the phrase a few times during the interview we get our asperger's kids apprenticed. new jersey is close to new york and our 23-year-old son was -- is interested in finding some connection into the silicon ally of new york city. is there any contact that i can make through you. he is diagnosed with asperger syndrome. he's 23. it was a late diagnosis and they thought he would have no problem graduating going on to school and finding a good career but after graduating, his social functioning basically ceased. >> well, he no longer had anything to go on to. the thing about finding a back door to get into these places you never know where they're going to find them. back in the '70s i wanted so bad to get in the swift plant and i went up to the front receptionist and they said we don't do tours well, then one day at a arizona cattle feeder's banquet. and she let me in. their son-in-law, you know, works

. >>> the powerful storm battered new jersey for a third straight day yesterday. that didn't help people who were trying to clear flooded roads and repair storm damage. that storm is blamed for at least six deaths in three states. >>> you could call it a beauty contest and you can best someone is really proud of the winner. >> when you look at missy, she has a lot of style a lot of presence, she knows she's pretty. >> miss y is a cow and is as perfect as cows get. >>> how much do you think the perfect cow is worth? well, here she is. her name is missy. she's considered to be as perfect as a cow can get. she lives in canada where she was just sold for 1.2 million u.s. dollars. what makes her so special? well, you can hear it from this guy. >> missy has a combination of a deep pedigree, a great family behind her. she has a great milk production. she also has a lie genetic index and she also is one of the best show cows in the breed. >> there you ge. missy will stay in canada even though her buyers are from the u.s. and denmark. one of only five cows ever sold for mo

new for you. 80-minute delay. that will last the entire day, too. it's all because of the wind off the ocean. here's jersey, pennsylvania, delaware, maryland. rain coming in. the wind is currently the problem. we have an hour or more in new york. philly, watch out in d.c. and balt mother. baltimore. a little bit of rain and wind. more snow in denver. >>> broadway joe's dugs have him in the dog house. now he's told he has a dangerous animal. >>> more american adults are smoking. 21% of adults surveyed in 2008 said they smoked. that's slightly higher than 2007. but health officials say they're disappointed that the rate hasn't stayed under 20%. cigarette prices have remained steady for several years. one antismoking organization said that's worked against their efforts. >>> a sixth man arrested in a disturbing child abuse case in missouri. a 77-year-old father and his four sons are already in custody. they did not enter a plea yesterday. according to court documents obtained by khsb the alleged victims are adults now and came forward in august. also, the sheriff is continuing searching for possible bodies li

louis, and then he was off to new jersey and new york and even greater things in the industrial northeast where he meant to win. so kennedy had survived a near-death experience, he had turned adversity into triumph with the houston speech. his fault therring west coast trip was now forgotten, and e entered the general election campaign with renewed momentum. in so doing, he found his stride. polls indicated that the race with nixon was tight. the remainder of the campaign would prove to be tough. all right. i'm going to stop there. we have a few minutes, i think, for question and answers, and i'm happy to take any questions you might have that you want to today my way. >> was there any actual outcome -- >> could i get you to repeat that? >> was there any actual outcome of anyone coming back and calculating how many catholics voted for kennedy, nixon, how many protestants, laster day saints, you name it? >> yes. in fact, i devote some time to that in the book at the end. forgive me if i misquote myself, i won't look it up. essentially, i believe kennedy won something like 80% of the cathol

the following day to crowd in saint louis, and then he was off to new jersey, in new york and even greater things in the industrial northeast where he meant to win. so kennedy had survived a near-death experience. he had turned adversity into triumph with the houston speech, and faltering west toasted was now forgotten and he entered the general election campaign with renewed momentum. he had directly confront the issue of his faith and in so doing found his stride. polls indicate the race with nixon was tight. the remainder of the campaign would prove to be tough. all right. i'm going to stop the. we have a few minutes i think the questions and answers. and i'm happy to take any questions you might have, if you want to toss them my way. >> with any actual outcome -- >> can i get you to repeat that? >> was any outcome coming back and calculate how many catholics voted for kennedy, nixon, how many protestants, latter day saints, you name it? >> yes. i devote some time to that in the book in the end, forgive me if i misquote myself. i won't look in the book, but essentially i believe kennedy

new jersey is where corzine, who knows what will happen in new jersey.hink he's run a race where he's bringing out the base, the liberal base, african-american base, labor base. >> rush limbaugh is saying obama will be a one-term president. agree or thisdy gree? >> nobody knows. >> what do you think? >> don't know. depends on how he governs. the point is he -- he wrote a book called "the audacity of hope." david plouffe has a book coming out tomorrow called "the audacity to win" yet they're governing very timidedly. he needs to discover the audacity of governing. >> it's always the alternative, who's the alternative? >> sarah palin. thanks, ladies. >>> up next, ted danson joins me. >>> lately i've been going nuts over women's arms. it's really the arm pit. i just love it. it's this other secret place to burrow into. you don't have to slide as far down the bed. maybe it's laziness. >> some solve the more memorable characters include the cranky dr. john becker, skirt chasing bartender sam malone, and boozy magazine publisher, george christopher, as we just