solomon in teaneck, new jersey.rrived a little bit later, about 6:20 and was at the doctor's appointment for 45 minutes thereafter. >> and you checked it out and she was right. >> correct. >> that's where she was. she was alibied up. >> that's where she was, yes. >> spouses and exes are routinely checked out in these kinds of homicide, but stacey duncsak, the victim's unhappy ex-wife, was in the clear. who was next on the list of possible shooters? the murdered man's brother cut right to the chase when he spoke to detectives. i said i can't believe he actually did it. they said who? i said ed ates. i couldn't believe it. i have a conscience. i would never have anybody killed. or do it myself. i couldn't. and he doesn't. he doesn't have a conscience. he's a sick man. he actually said he was going to do it, and he did it. and all of my brother's friends, every time everybody got interviewed, it all led to ed ates. ed ates. stacey's father. paul's friend michael told the police the same thing when he learned of paul's

not everyone want to move to new jersey. no offense, new jersey. it is it a hidden little benefit. one superintendent in illinois showed up to work to start his job with 200 days of sick leave. he's not planning on getting the flu. he knows he can get a pay out eventually. you have to call a spade a spade at least. >> what happened in the 80s and nines. they offered these benefits that were too good to be true in pay out and time to sunset. >> over all. the more that government salaries and pay packages that can reflect the private sector, better for taxpayers. my mom was a teacher and she retired with 85 days of sick pay. that was a nice bonus. sorry mom, we shouldn't pay more. it gets people because they want to save and bank the sick days and get a bonus on retirement. you come to work sick and get other people sick. rick what is happening is not tearing up the contracts but trying to sunset these provisions that were too good to begin with, and so the people under the contracts would get what they promised but future contracts will not be as generous. is that okay. it is very e

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breaking news out of new jersey right now. a small plane has crashed onto a freeway in harding, new jersey. that's in the northern part of the state, about an hour west of new york city of manhattan near popular suburban cities like westfield and summit. police are saying there are three possible deaths, interstate 287. we spwndz yndz that's closed -- we understand that's closed. cameras panning around. again, a small plane has just gone down in harding, new jersey, about an hour west of manhattan. >>> a lesbian couple from southern california is suing a bed and breakfast in hawaii. they say they were denied a room because they are gay. the woman said they were turned down by the aloha bed and breakfast. they said the owner told her she was not comfortable having lesbians in her place of business because of her religious views. >>> early saturday morning, police in milpitas saw a mon walking across a building, a commercial building on the montague expressway. they were stopped before they tried to drive away. there reportedly

colorado, idaho, vermont and new jersey.we asked geraldo to find out what's going on and here he is first of all the reason we are reigniting this because of the penn state and syracuse situations where child rape is alleged there and back in the spotlight. >> and will be vastly bigger scandal as sports really gets examined. that's the next front. >> bill: jessica's law says if you are convicted of a felony sexual battery on a child, you get a sentence, one sentence no, plea bargain of 25 years, that's the max, then it goes down to 10 years in places like massachusetts. and 44 states have passed it. but let's take the ones that haven't. new jersey surprises me because chris christie is a fairly conservative guy. but he is not behind this law as of yet. >> what is interesting is, i just spoke with assembly woman nancy muneuz prime mover in the garden state. i talked to nancy and she she says she has 54 co-sponsors in the assembly. there are 80 assembly people. >> bill: that's huge. >> you obviously have more than the 41 votes

>> new jersey. >> new jersey.the medicaid prague and the celts he went to a local office and your social worker. >> correct. >> the testimony says all to no avail. meaning what? they ignored it? >> yes. >> okay. so you then decided this isn't right. i'm not getting anywhere and i'm ever going to turn to a private attorney and you used actually something congress did well, the false claims act. which gave you a vehicle for redress, as you put it, -- ms. west if you could describe for us what was the reaction of the medicaid official when faced with this potential fraud, at least on your initial contact? >> are you asking me? bsi ps i'm asking you miss wes. >> i filed a lawsuit under the false claims act so my first contact was with the u.s. attorney's office. district of new jersey. >> gotcha. did medicated any point react to the filing of a lawsuit or the claims contained therein? >> again come i didn't have any contact with anyone from medicaid. i was coming in through the department just as. >> did your client h

detectives in new jersey are investigating where smith went during that time, and police in charlotte have closed the case. >>> a lot of verizon wireless customers are very unhappy this morning about a new policy the company announced. starting january 15th, verizon will charge customers $2 a month to pay their bills online or over the phone. verizon claims it's simply passing on fees that credit card companies charge on each transaction. customers say it doesn't matter. the fee is just not right. >> $2 is a lot when it sums up through the years. >> if there's extra money getting charged on your bill, whatever you're paying for, you're going to get people to be on your bad side. >> it feels like a penalty to me. >> it's very shocking. >> the fee will not apply to anyone who uses verizon's auto bill pay system or anyone who pays through online banking from their own personal checking account. it will also not apply to anyone who pays as a verizon store or anyone who decides to do things the old fashioned way and puts a check in the mail. >>> the planned world trade center museum in new

detectives in new jersey are investigating where smith went during that time, and police in charlotte have closed the case. >>> a lot of verizon wireless customers are very unhappy this morning about a new policy the company announced. starting january 15th, verizon will charge customers $2 a month to pay their bills online or over the phone. verizon claims it is simply passing on fees that credit card companies charge on each transaction. customers say it doesn't matter. the fee is just not right. >> $2 is a right when it sums up through the years. >> if there's extra money getting charged on your bill or whatever you're paying for, you're going to get people on your bad side. >> it feels like a penalty to me. >> it's very shocking. >> the fee will not apply to anyone who uses verizon's auto bill pay system or anyone who pays to online banking through their own personal checking account or anyone who pays at a verizon store or anyone who decides to do things the old fashioned way and puts a check in the mail. >>> the planned world trade center museum in new york city has been put on

how can you feel bad if you're the governor of new jersey?st drive across the river and here's mika. >> here i am. let me tell you something. today we made a connection. >> you're lecturing. >> no. what i was doing was reopening her mind which has been closed by some folks. >> it's an intervention. >> thank you so much for the education. >> not an education. it's already in there, mika. >> you just have to set it free. >> get it out. >> thank you, governor christie for being here. >> we love you. >> merry christmas. >> thanks for coming in. >> happy new year. >> coming up republican presidential candidate mitt romney will join us right here on the set. plus new york city mayor michael bloomberg and regis will also be here. >> fabulous. >> regis! >> he is the best. >> you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. >> you don't send your children to public schools. you send them to private schools. so i was wondering why you think it's fair to be cutting school funding to public schools. >> what is her name? >> what's her name, guys, real q

. >> (♪)()(♪)() llegan a new jersey soldados hispanos procedentes de iraq para pasar las fiestas conamilias. este es su noticiero univisiÓn. con jorge ramos, y marÍa elena salinas. ( ♪ mÚsica♪) >>> hola quÉ tal buenas tardes, les saluda ilia calderÓn jorge y marÍa elena estÁn de vacaciones. comenzamos con una noticia que usted sÓlo podrÁ ver en univisiÓn, dos hermana se reunieron en new jersey luego de una urgente necesidad burocracia, vamos a ver el emotivo encuentro que de cierta manera resume la esencia del espÍritu de la navidad. >>> la niÑa salvadoreÑa gisselle bonilla pinal menfinalmente puo y traer la esperanza de vida a su hermana enferma. >>> aunque los juguetes no parecen ser una prioridad para su hermana mayor que a sus 7 aÑos, ya tiene una importante misiÓn. >>> quÉ vas hacer? >>> salvar la vida de mi hermanita >>> gisselle emprendiÓ su recorrido desde el salvador am temprana hora la abuela de la menor le arreglÓ el cabello y luego se despidiÓ de ella y de la bisabuela quien viajÓ con la niÑa >>> que en verdad tenga esa oportunidad de que la niÑa pues rescate su vida >>>

i mean, you know, being the governor of new jersey, i don't know that it gets much better than that. out christie, is that he's seen springsteen in concert 120 times, so he really is a jersey guy. martha: definitely is. bill: ed rollins on who's getting the better of this brawl. bill: here we go. 12:22, the u.s. expressing regrets over a deadly airstrike in pakistan, last month's attack killed 24 pakistani troops. the pentagon calls the incident an act of self-defense. >>> the death of a newborn missouri baby promising walmart to pull a powdered infant formula from 3,000 of its stores. >>> employees at fedex working overtime the get your package delivered in time. it expects to deliver more than 120 million parcels around the world this week, up 6% from last year. martha: thank you, bill. all right, let's get to this now for you. the search widening now for a missing toddler in maine. last night dozens of people turned out at a local church to pray for the missing 20-month-old. ayla reynolds vanished there her father's home over the weekend, and police have widened that search to incl

. >>> a flight headed for georgia ended tragically on a new jersey highway. part of a small aircraft scattered after it smashed into the wooded area. the pilot, his wife, their two children and a family friend were killed. >>> holiday tragedy also struck a georgia family in texas when a small plane crash killed all five on board. the pilot, his wife, two children and brother perished in the rural area crash. >>> the winner of a raffle, which gave him a brand new la lamborgini wrecked the car after driving over black ice, only six hours after receiving the key. the car is insured and it will be repaired. you should see bill's face. >>> finally, fedex is dealing with a public relations nightmare. security footage of a delivery man tossing a brand new flat-screen over a recipient's fence has gone viral. we can't make it up. the shipping giant tweeted the careless treatment of a package, quote, will be addressed. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather here, here is meteorologist bill karins. we see his face. jaw closed. >> i had a funny face. >>

death rumors, jon bon jovi posted a shot of himself on facebook and twitter, heavy looks a lot like new jersey. >> hopefully not that drive around new york city. >> ouch! >>> snooki hit her branding partner with a lawsuit. she's been smacked back with a $7 million countersuit. >>> and finally, did james franco really get an easy "a" in grad school? a former nyu professor filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired for giving franco a "d" after franco showed up for only two of 14 scheduled classes. those celebrities, they think they can get away with anything. >> 2 of 14? maybe 7 out of 14. >> i never did anything like that. >> never went to classes. >> good point. >>> this comes to us from seattle, washington, where in nearby bellevue one postal worker is staging rebellion. this to keep his christmas tradition from dying. for the past decade, bob has delivered mail wearing a santa suit during the holiday season. after his noncompliance with dress code led a coworker to complain, his supervisor ordered him to shut down the st. nick act, but despite his job being in jeopardy, bob defied the order -- y

the wizards kickoff against the new jersey nets. we have a preview from some of the players, coming up in sports. >>> all right. i'm kristen live at the verizon center. the wizards get ready to tipoff and open their season this year against the new jersey nets. it's been a rough couple of years for the wizards as we all know, missing the playoffs. but the wizards are still a very young team. coach flip saunders says he is ready to finally see what his young guys can do. >> i tell most those guys do what got you here. there is a reason you are in this league. you did certain things in order to get here. do those things don't try to do something you are not capable of doing at this point. >> leave the young guys as the most tenured player on the scene. black and john wall have that responsibility. it has been a physically tough shortened preseason for them. they are all finally ready to play some ball. >> i'm very excited. it has been a long summer. >>> i feel good you know, energy is there. trying to get back out there. we'll be happ

. >>> a flight headed for georgia ended tragically on a new jersey highway. part of a small aircraft scattered after it smashed into the wooded area. the pilot, his wife, their two children and a family friend were killed. >>> holiday tragedy also struck a georgia family in texas when a small plane crash killed all five on board. the pilot, his wife, two children and brother perished in the rural area crash. >>> the winner of a raffle, which gave him a brand new la lamborgini wrecked the car after driving over black ice, only six hours after receiving the key. the car is insured and it will be repaired. you should see bill's face. >>> finally, fedex is dealing with a public relations nightmare. security footage of a delivery man tossing a brand new flat-screen over a recipient's fence has gone viral. we can't make it up. the shipping giant tweeted the careless treatment of a package, quote, will be addressed. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather here, here is meteorologist bill karins. we see his face. jaw closed. >> i had a funny face. >>

new jersey is watching you too.e're watching you really closely and so listen, i want to tell you something. i want to tell you something really clearly. i'm in a good mood this morning. i'm feeling happy and upbeat. i love being with mitt and anne. you people disappoint me on tuesday, you don't do what you're supposed to do on tuesday, for mitt romney, i will be back, jersey style, people. i will be back. [laughter] but i would much rather come back to iowa this fall, i would much rather come back this fall to campaign for mitt romney and to help you help him lead this country. all you need to know is this. i'm going to be there every minute that c.c. possibly be to help him because -- that i can possibly be to help him because i believe in this country as much as you do. everybody thanks for coming out this morning. i appreciates it very much. it is my extraordinary honor to introduce to you the next president of the united states of america, governor mitt romney. [applause] >> fighting the battles to take back am

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the washington wizards start their season tonight against the new jersey nets.hey look to improve on last year's 23-win campaign. second year rookie john wall will look to improve on last year's performance. >>> meanwhile the capitals will look to get revenge as they face off against the buffalo sabres. the two teams met a month ago with buffalo flattening the caps 5-1. it turned out to be the last game bruce boudreau would coach for washington as they fired him a couple of days later. capitals are looking to rebound from a tough shootout loss against new jersey on friday night. the puck drops at 7:00 p.m. >> go caps. >> that's right. >>> the time right now 5:48. more than 1,000 people participated in a very special tradition and gave back to the community. >> it was the annual christmas day of service at the d.c. jewish community center. participants helped out in a variety of ways, including serving meals to senior citizens, preparing food for the homeless, and even donating blood. volunteers say it's a great way to help build good relationships with those of

>> new jersey. >> jay: new jersey. okay, very good. and what do you do? jay: okay. and grandma? >> a personal trainer and a a group fitness instructor. >> jay: oh, a group -- oh, wow, a personal trainer. wow, very good. [ applause ] wow, that's very good. very good. and do you work out with your grandma? >> i have before. >> jay: you have before, but you don't really get into it. >> she's in better shape than i am. it's scary. >> jay: wow, she looks great, she looks great. and what? and you pulled the prank on your grandmother? >> yes. >> jay: oh, shame on you. [ i mean, did she deserv >> no. >> jay: no. >> no. >> jay: all right, let's take a a look and see what it is. >> you've got to get up. >> i can't. >> you have to. >> just sit on your knees. >> it's something lindsey made for you. >> i thought it was rachel. >> i'm afraid. [ screams ] [ laughter ] >> aww, they're cute. [ applause ] >> jay: what was that? what is that? and that was for hanukkah? >> yes. >> jay: so that means there are eight more days of rats? is that what that means? >> yeah, that's

governor chris christie of new jersey endorsed mitt romney.his is their first joint appearance since then and we're four days away from the iowa caucuses. this is something that is seen as being something politically possible for mitt romney. possibly increasing his support in iowa. only times will tell in terms of the polls whether that will translate into actual support. >>> just about time for that ball to drop, everyone. 2011 to go away. new york is getting times square ready for the new year's eve party where you and about a million of your closest friends can welcome 2012. workers are putting the final touches on the ball and making sure the lights and confetti machines are ready to go. that's the ball. cnn's susan candiotti joins us from times square. tell us more about the, hello. that's a 2012 -- >> hello. >> happy new year. i have a feeling we will say happy new year to each other several times over the next few hours. susan, tell us about these preparations. can you see through these glasses? >> you know, i can. it's a light green t

in 2007, the fcc held a hearing in new jersey on a license renewal. new jerseyans testified about their failure to cover new jersey news and events. four years later, the station was still operating under an expired license. there is evidence its service to new jersey has gotten even more limited. if you are confirmed, would you review the record in this case thoroughly? can i count on you to review this loups -- lapse in getting a decision on whether the slices ought to be renewed? >> you have my commitment to doing that. >> yes, absolutely. >> new jersey is a contributor close to $200 million a year to the universal service fund. the birdiburden on new jersey ad other states is getting bigger. can i count on you to bring some fairness and balance into the distribution of the funds that come in? new jersey contributes $5 for every $1 tickets in services. can i ask you each to respond to the question? will you insist on a look at the equity here? >> as i mentioned earlier, the commission did keep up the contribution side for next year. i would dig into

new jersey governor chris christie also spoke. in october governor cristty announced his endorsement of mr. romney. this is about 35 minutes. >> just amazing. thank you, guys. to be out here in the cold and wind and rain. i brought with my chris christie, the great governor of new jersey. and, of course, i brought the you future lady, i hope, my sweetheart, anne romney. you guys, no one does it better than iowa. look at you out here today, with this rain, cold and wind, over 1,000 people, i guess 1,500 people here. on a morning like this, i cannot take off my hat. i don't have a hat on but i would take it off for the people of iowa, willingness to get out to see who it is running for president and support those you care about and take a close look to get a sense of the character of the people who are looking for the highest office in the land. i believe this race is zoust about replacing president obama, important as that is. it's also -- it's also a race about saving the soul of america. this is a time to decide what america will

served in the state government in new jersey.e a private goon. >> dana: is there any private sector position acceptable to them? >> bob: what i have right here. every week i'll have one for you. >> kimberly: what is that? >> bob: this is a new -- this is 1350 -- >> kimberly: when he goes rogue. >> bob: this is police/minus average. minus three. twice as many people relate to occupy wall street people as the tea party. the tea party won, the republican party crashing the negatives are way up. 80% of the people think the corporate guys should be in jail. 65% think chasm between rich and poor is getting worse. >> dana: their negative is as high as obama's. >> greg: the reason there is sympathy toward the protest, media sugar coat what they are doing. >> eric: according to who? paper in your pocket? >> kimberly: i love it, though. it's a poll. >> greg: i want to move this over. talk about the time made the number one story, the u.s. u.s. story. what is the number one story? >> kimberly: mine was the movie with paul walker. and vin di

on the other side of the equation you have the port authority of new york and new jersey controlled by new york state democratic governor cuomo and new jersey's republican governor chris christie. so it is an interesting conflict and everyone agrees it is going to be resolved but no one quite know how and how long it could take. >>trace: thank you, david lee miller. last year, markets have dealt with everything from earthquakes to huge debt worries and we ended up where we started. gerri willis will tell us what it means and what to expect. someone set a dozen fires in a few hours in hollywood and any of them could have been deadly very quickly. >>trace: wall street wrapping up a wild year with the downgrade and high stake fights on capitol hill over our own deficit. all weighing on the market. but despite all of that, the dow expected to end the year up roughly 6 percent. as you can see in the chart the index is higher now than it was in 2009. and it is close to pre-recession levels and if you look at corner of wall and broad the dow is down 51 points. not horrible rising 100 points y

a flight headed for georgia ended tragically on a new jersey highway. parts of the small aircraft scattered after it smashed in to the wooded area. the pilot, his wife and their two children and a family friend were killed. >>> holiday tragedy also struck a georgia family in texas when a small plane crash killed all five on board. the pilot, his wife, two children and brother perished in the rural area crash. >>> the winner of a raffle, which gave him a brand new lamborghini wrecked the car after driving over black ice, only six hours after receiving the key. the car is insured and it will be repaired. >>> finally, fedex is dealing with a public relations nightmare. security footage of a delivery man tossing a brand new flat-screen over a recipient's fence has gone viral. the shipping giant tweeted the careless treatment of a package, quote, will be addressed. >>> now no for a look at your weather, let's check in with bill kirarinskarins. he's really strong that key just lob it over. >> it was a commuter monitor and i guess it did break.8key just lob it

bringing new jersey attitude to the iowa caucus. >> you don't do what you're supposed to do on tuesday for mitt romney, i will be back jersey style, people. >> reporter: romney is drawing differences between himself and his opponents. >> reporter: i'm not a lifelong politician. i didn't spend my life in the political world. i didn't spend my life in washington, d.c. >> reporter: in 2008, romney lost iowa to mike huckaby. this time, he's keeping an eye on ron paul and was not far behind. >> i ask you for your support, i hope you come out on january 3rd. there is no reason to be derespondent about how this country is going right now if we do the right thing. >> reporter: with three days left, the surprise surge is coming from rick santorum, who is now in third place. >> folks are looking at the candidates and doing the analysis and they're deciding that, you know, we stack up better than everyone else and i have always believed that was going to be the case. >> reporter: while newt gingrich has flipped to fourth place, he said he's not focusing on iowa but south carolina. >> south caroli

tonight, a tough test against new jersey.23-year-old is confident. >> i was playing the last two games, you know. i was feeling more confident each game and, you know, i think that helped me in winnipeg. i'm feeling good in practice so it's been good so far. >> when he's making those saves x we can be at ease and know that if we give up a shot, he's there to make a big save for us. sometimes breakdowns do happen. just having that confidence. he has that ability to make the big save. >> if you are playing good, your energy is up in the room. you know, we are happy he's doing that well. you can see it when he's on the ice, when he makes the saves and stops the puck and plays it. it's very, very positive. he can play in the playoffs if he wants to. >> you can see the game on cok m comcast sports net. roy helu is questionable in the game tomorrow. brown is trying to recover from a groin injury. meanwhile, if the indianapolis colts keep on winning, they might lose the number one overall draft pick. here is the scenario. they are g

new jersey's former democratic governor and u.s. senator john corzine under oath. >> i simply do not know where the money is or why the accounts have not been reconciled to date. >> reporter: and under fire. >> we've got to find that money. >> governor, senator, i don't know what to call you exactly. >> a lot of people have bad names. >> john maybe. i don't know. >> reporter: confronted today over catastrophic damage done in main street america. an estimated $1.2 billion of investors' money went missing. many of the investors are farmers. >> they won't be able to buy feed. they won't be able to buy equipment. they won't be able to invest. >> reporter: corzine was ceo at mf global before it went bankrupt. mf global is under investigation to determine if it illegally raided clients' accounts to cover its losses on high risk investments that went bad. >> did you authorize a transfer of customer funds? >> i never intended to break any rules whether it dealt with the segregation rules or any other rules that are applicable. >> reporter:

>> new jersey. >> new jersey.the medicaid prague and the celts he went to a local office and your social worker. >> correct. >> the testimony says all to no avail. meaning what? they ignored it? >> yes. >> okay. so you then decided this isn't right. i'm not getting anywhere and i'm ever going to turn to a private attorney and you used actually something congress did well, the false claims act. which gave you a vehicle for redress, as you put it, -- ms. west if you could describe for us what was the reaction of the medicaid official when faced with this potential fraud, at least on your initial contact? >> are you asking me? bsi ps i'm asking you miss wes. >> i filed a lawsuit under the false claims act so my first contact was with the u.s. attorney's office. district of new jersey. >> gotcha. did medicated any point react to the filing of a lawsuit or the claims contained therein? >> again come i didn't have any contact with anyone from medicaid. i was coming in through the department just as. >> did your client h

detectives in new jersey are investigating where smith went during that time, and police in charlottee closed the case. >>> stood today occupy d.c. and d.c. hunger strikers are joining forces to launch three new initiatives aimed at bringing voting rights to the district of the activists are calling for more people to join the hunger strikes. one protester, adrian parsons, has been consuming only electro-lyte enhanced water and vitamins for three weeks. a few others fasted for shorter periods. the activists are launching an online petition. they're trying to get one signature for every resident in d.c., which is roughly 618,000. they're also proposing a new one cent tax on bottled water that would fund a full-time lobbyist for the district. >>> former house speaker nancy pelosi's daughter says her mother is ready to give up her political career. pelosi's daughter alexandra told the political website, quote, she would retire right now if the donors she has didn't want her to stay so badly. the california lawmakers' aides are disputing this story, saying it's obviously untrue. pelosi's

crisscrossed the is the governor of new jersey at a former u.s. attorney.has sharply reduced deficit since his tour began in 2009 working closely with a democratically controlled state legislature. with his unrepentant and unconventional approach, christy is not a traditional state leader. his willingness to yield the power of his bully pulpit, to cut thousands of public-sector jobs has and him as many enemies as it has friends. there is no denying his ability to get results. an editorial page writer of the jersey second-largest daily newspaper called the alliance between cory booker and chris christy the best example of consolidation of power and services seen in new jersey today. instead of working like two independent municipalities fighting for the same resources, they are seeing value in working as a team. even if chris and poker are each going so to meet their own political goals. such collaboration is still rare. christie told an audience in february, leadership today hasto be about doing the big things. congratulations, governor christie. [applause]

likud new jersey. so a lot of people seeing this would be surprised to know that just beyond the highway there are these camps and they exist not only were honest i was in new jersey but all around the country but i do want to talk about this. in new york and i really want to ask you i know this is not your first time visiting this camp in lakewood new jersey talk to me about how things have changed well you know christine definitely the biggest change that we've seen is of course in the numbers sadly the first time we were at the camp the numbers were no more than thirty people then that has turned into forty and it is now at seventy we were really surprised to discover this considering all the talk of the recession ending and things getting better taking place in the united states it was really shocking to see how much the camp has really expanded since the last time we were there and in terms of the changes we have to see that visibly it has really turned into something a lot more organized than it

heaven looks a lot like new jersey. there he is. bon jovi.t was cute. >> jon bon jovi is alive and well and we're glad those rumors are finally all cleared up. and the grinch who stole christmas is going viral. surveillance video captured a fedex delivery man tossing a brand new flat screen television over a fence. the person waiting for the package, who was at home at the time of the incident, says all the guy had to do was ring the door bell on the gate. fedex is, quote, shocked by the careless messenger and released the following same reading "this is an irresponsible act andle not be tolerated. he will be worked with according to our discipline area policies. this won't be his best day." still ahead on "way too early," doct why are you awake and morally questionable tweets,s test text e-mails are next. "morning joe" just moments away. slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong plug. i have

them was reportedly operating on little sleep after flying cross country from seattle to newark, new jersey. 50 people died in that february 2009 crash. fatigue can impair a pilot's performance just like alcohol. the new rules will dictate pilot work schedules. the faa will announce the new rules at 10:00 this morning. >>> police in maryland are hoping new surveillance cameras will help stop recent vandalism at a frederick park. these new cameras went up in carroll creek, linear park. the two high resolution cameras are recording at all times of the day in the hopes of seeing any crime there. the park has seen a rise in vandalism lately. the city of frederick is covering the $12,000 price tag. >>> today d.c. mayor vincent gray will sign a bill that will help residents get jobs as part of a city finance program. it also creates a work force program designed to match job seekers with employers. and a major overhaul to d.c.'s ethics law goes to the mayor for signature. think passed a reform package 12-1 yesterday. it sets new limits on donations to campaign transition committees and how much c