another thing, the mayor of new orleans benefit concert they're having in new orleans, they're of newold me today on top of a big benefit concert they're having in new orleans, they're sending trucks with food and chefs up here, because as the mayor put it, the people who were hit so hard deserve to do eat good food the way they make it in new orleans, that is our broadcast for this week and for this friday night. thank you for joining us, i'm brian williams, lester holt will be here with you this weekend. we of course hope to see you right back here on monday night. meanwhile, please have a good weekend. good night. brian williams, lester holt will be here with you this weekend. we of course hope to see you right back here on monday night. meanwhile, please have a good weekend. good night.

. >> host: did you feel that your two weeks in new orleans was worthy? >> guest: guesstimate everywhere that i went from a question that. i said, what can you really do in two weeks? beyond the fact that yes, it is helpful to paint a house, but there was an intangible quality that it was good to be in new orleans nine months after hurricane katrina. people were so happy to have tourists back in people in the city. >> host: ken budd, what were you doing for a living prior to volunteering? >> guest: i was an editor and i was an editor in washington dc and i am still doing the same job. >> host: how did you get all that time off? could use your vacation time. >> guest: yes, i use my vacation time. the problem is you are working the whole time, so you get back and think you need a vacation, but it is a great way to do itxp on your own schedule.xp8xxrxr8pp most of these chips are tax-deductible, which is nice as well. >> host: is voluntouring addictive? >> guest: it is. i would get home and think a while, once you step back, this was a very intense experience

they were all may finally surmounted at the battle of new orleans.recent history has actually shown that there were more regular troops and better ammunition at new orleans the popular myth had back in 1815. but in 1815, where people were celebrating with the idea that jackson had gone to battle with this total buckskin ragtag militia, the kentucky voice and they had finally succeeded in overcoming earlier militia problems. bs. -- yes. >> the war of 1812 finally got established there. i'm wondering if your theory unromantic passion had anything related to the navy because i was that sailors were more romantically passionate. so are there any stories like that? >> thank you so much. what the sailors even more romantic and what about the u.s. navy and the war of 1812? thank you for the question. i have a whole chapter on sailors in the book. it sort of frustrating when you talk like this you have to decide which abstract. i didn't even mention the sailors from the pic you right. they are very much in the same pitcher and extremely are talking about. [i

but since katrina damaged prisons in new orleans, a whole new group, mostly parole violators and men sentencing get to pay a visit. >> i'm coming from jefferson parish. i'm on a parole violation. it happens. >> in the days following katrina, 6,000 inmates were trapped in orleans perish prison. wolfred martin was one of them. >> when the levees broke, the prisons were under water. no guards, we didn't know where they were at. we were just stuck on the fourth floor and that's when we rerealized we're stuck here. >> five days after the hurricane hit, they were rescued by warden cain and his team. >> the water was coming up, barely got through with water and we came right down here to this underpass and right here was a man laying dead. we put the scaffold right here and you can see the rope still there and inmates would climb down the scaffold and we'd line them unon the road, about 6,000. probably the largest mass movement obviously of inmates in the country. we were putting boats in the water and run them all the way around here. meanwhile, the folks on top -- at first they threw stuf

janet shamlian, new orleans.other thing, the mayor of new orleans told me today on top of a big benefit concert they're having in new orleans, they're sending trucks with food and chefs up here, because as the mayor put it, the people who were hit so hard deserve to do -- to eat good food the way they make it in new orleans, that is our broadcast for this week and for this friday night. thank you for joining us, i'm brian williams, lester holt will be here with you this weekend. we of course hope to see you right back here on monday night. meanwhile, please have a good weekend. good night. >>> right now at 6:00 -- cooling down. light dusting of snow. jeff ranieri has your weekend forecast ahead. >> fund raising program for local schools takes a hit when some advertising is stolen. live in redwood city. i will have details on this coming up. >> just into our newsroom, new details on a possible suspect in a south bay homicide. >>> good evening, thank you for joining us on this friday. i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica

so, either we protect entire cities like new orleans, right, and then having to say later on something you build barriers for new york city, you have to have an exit strategy because those barriers will not last forever with rising sea level. >> grim. >> which means we have to do something behind the barriers anyhow to protect us just like new orleans was unprepared when the barriers failed. so, we have to prepare for what we do when the barriers fail. >> preparing for failure is a huge part of disaster preparation. it's one of the things that's amazing in your book about the heat wave is that you begin to see systems fail. the cell phone network gets overused and water doesn't work in high-rises. how do you prepare for failure? >> well, you have to prepare for systems to be resilient which means you need to invest in infrastructure, you need to update the grid, for instance. every time there's a heat wave in this country every summer the power goes out and in some cases for days. one barometer to the extent to which climate change is increasing the extreme events, i find myself gettin

. >> 70s from miami to new orleans. 50s in the northwest.west. 40s from seattle to portland. >> with veterans' day almost upon us, college sports is going all out to support the vets and military in general. one way that is happening, tonight on the flight deck of the decommissioned aircraft carrier, the "u.s.s. yorktown." >> they have a double-header on tap. first, the women of notre dame taking on the ohio state university buckeyes. then it's the buckeyes' men's team facing marquette. also in germany tonight, msu spartans taking on uconn. >> we should note that espn's "college gameday" is being done live from the deck of the carrier "u.s.s. san diego" in port in san diego. they do that. kind of cool. >> nice little tribute for sure. >>> well, parents, we have another segment of "parent picks" in the works. i know you can relate to how stressful it can be to travel over the holidays with kids. it is really not fun, let me tell you. >> those of us without kids don't like you guys on the plane either. >> i'm requesting feedback. what products

number one, new orleans, louisiana. francisco, tying at three, nashville, new york, new york, and minneapolis, st. paul. we talked about why certain cities made the list. >> reporter: break it down by individual categories, beginning with the top city for intelligent people. i think most people might think new york city, washington, d.c., but instead they need to point their eyes on minneapolis? >> yes, the midwest does well in intelligence. in fact, visitors rated minneapolis number one on the most intelligent people. interestingly, residents of minneapolis, st. paul rated themselves number 5. so i'm not sure what that says, but also interesting is visitors felt the tech savviness of this city was really top notch. so i wonder if there is some correlation between tech savvy and intelligence. >> and you have to take an ice cream break every now and then, so why not go to the city that ranks the highest in ice cream, and that would be savannah. >> this is a surprise to me, certainly. i love savannah. it's a place dripping

getting up to the 60s from new england to new orleans. mostly 40s in the nation'sed with section and in the northwest. >>> and when we come back this morning, being intriguing new research as scientists try to unlock the mystery of autism. >>> and help wanted. why airlines could be scrambling to get pilots in the cockpit. >>> and twinkies on the brink. a nationwide strike could spell the end for the sugary classic snack cake. >>> welcome back, everybody. and some alarming business news this morning. could this be the end of twinkies? workers are there on strike at hostess bakeries around the country after the company cut wages and benefits by more than a fourth. the company that makes twinkies and dingdongs forced that say strike could lay off most of its 18,000 employees. >>> there are warnings this more than that the airlines may be forced to retire pilots. and new rules next summer will require that new pilots have a huge amount of experience. that says "the wall street journal" will create the most serious pilot shortage in almost 50 y

new orleans firefighters head to new york to help with sandy recovery, repaying the kindness shown byavest following katrina. those tragedies kind of bonding those cities. nice to see that for sure. use all the help they can get. >> paying it forward coming full circle. >>> a half billion dollars worth of dreams, powerball players are lining up and dreaming of living large. what you told us that you would really do with $500 million. i have to say we appreciate the honesty. >> that's for sure. >>> also, the last dance. "dancing with the stars" crowns an all-star winner and all will be revealed coming up in "the skinny." don't want to miss that. >>> but we do begin with breaking news this morning about that horrific factory fire in bangladesh. >> this is hard to even get your mind around. police have arrested three managers and accused them of locking the doors so the workers could not get out. the 112 people died in the fire, records show workers made clothes for wal-mart, sears as well as our parent company disney. >> bangladesh police say the managers stopped workers from leaving sa

. >>> and, advice from new orleans to new york. they've been through this before in the port of new orleans. what are the lessons they learned and how can it help here in the new york metropolitan area? >>> sue herera is off today. simon is in and at nyse. >> this is a good rally that we've got on the back of the economic data that came through today in advance, importantly, of tomorrow's employment report. you see this we are off our highs but it is still triple digit. volume is good. the volume yesterday actually by the end of trade wasn't bad. people want to trade the market and they're clearly sending it higher. let's bring in bob pisani for more. >> inflows, volume boarding on the heavy side, 3-1 advancing to declining stocks. dow jones industrial average, best day for the dow since september 13th when bernanke announced qe3. beaten up stocks are getting a bid. that's my theme today. look at some tech names. my heavens, what an awful month it's been for tech. these stocks were killed in the last month. but these are nice littl

reporter: a taste of new orleans with john goodman. >> yeah! more. >> osgood: a perfect batch of foods on the plate is what every cook strives for. martha teichner will explore how it's done. >> whether it's bread and butter or steak and wine or milk and cookies. those are old friends. >> reporter: like peas and carrots, friends for good reason. >> peanut and pickle sandwich is a sandwich that my father always ate. >> reporter: peanut butter and pickle? >> it's magnificent. reporter: ahead this sunday morning, what goes with what and what doesn't. >> osgood: diners at one restaurant are forever staking a claim, you could say, to the honor of polishing off one enormous slab of beef. bill geist has gob to see for himself. >> reporter: you're driving through the texas panhandle thinking you're hungry enough to eat a cow when signs point you to a place where you can do just that. free. >> it's the big 72-ounce steak. reporter: ahead on sunday morning,... >> come on, you can do it. reporter: ... a mecca of meat. >> osgood: as always there's much mor

but the team is not ruling him out for sunday's game in new orleans. s.i.com has reported that jim harbaugh told smith that colin kaepernick will start against the saints. and the decision was not based on smith's status. the offensive coordinator disputed that report. >> no decision has been made. we're hopeful that alex gets cleared tomorrow, physically. you know, we're confident in both quarterbacks to be on the field. you know, coach -- we're always going to make information as we have it and make the best decision for the team at the time. we have ultimate confidence in either. >>> thanksgiving football. patriots and jets. this was ugly for the jets. patriots up 14-0. mark sanchez collides into his teammate. and it gets worse. ensuing kickoff. joe mcknight returns it for 25 yards. but he fumbled the ball. the jets had five turnovers and gave up five touchdowns in the second quarter. patriots win big, 49-19. >>> a thanksgiving tradition from detroit. the texans visiting the lions. fourth quarter, bell with a 23-yard run. that puts the lions up seve

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showers and thunderstorms around new orleans, little rock, memphis and louisville. a chilly morning in daytona beach, jacksonville and tallahassee. lake-effect snow in michigan and update new york. >> mostly 30s in the midwest. 17 in fargo, 20 in minimal police. 70s in miami. >>> coming up, new york's transit system is still not 100% but commuters will see a big change today. >>> and cyber monday, millions of us logging on today and crooks will be, too. cybergangs. that's the new threat online but there are some ways we'll tell you about to protect yourself. >>> and taking it all over, a big show of selflessness from two nfl cheerleaders. >>> welcome back, everyone. as we mentioned earlier, the big weekend for shopping isn't over yet. today is cyber monday which has been the biggest day for online sales. but shoppers already put a record friday with more than $1 billion in purchases online. still comscore is predicting online sales of another 1.5 billion, with a 20% increase over last year. >>> and use of mobile devices was up for shopping this weekend. and the apple

carmelo anthony went on a scoring binge with 29 points in a 102-80 victory over new orleans. the knicks have eight wins and only one loss. >>> former knicks coach mike d'antoni made his debut of the new coach of the los angeles lakers. in the closing minute kobe bryant drove to the basket and was fouled. they beat the nets 95-90. >> in college basketball rodney

when i was in new orleans i started two businesses. a band booking agency and management marketing consulting firm. i also taught high school math to under privileged children and i later taught at loyola university in their business department. i was very active in the civil rights movement in new orleans. i moved to san francisco in 1980 with my wife cheryl and our son scott because i bought a seat on the pacific stock exchange in order to trade options for my own account. i did that successfully until 1980 at which time i became an arbitrator for finish ra, the financial industry regulatory authority. i'm still an arbitrator for finra. i also taught as an adjunct professor at usf. i taught real estate in their finance department. when i stopped trading i became more deeply involved in that district. i was elected to the st. stevens school board and was also appointed to the board of directors at the stones town ymca. i coached youth sports at the y and i also fund raised for both organizations. later fund raised for sacred heart whe

thunderstorms around atlanta, tallahassee, montgomery and new orleans. a cooler day in texas. snowshowers in the upper midwest, from duluth to marquette, michigan. >> mostly 30s in the midwest. 40s in the great plains. 27 in fargo. and near 80 in phoenix. >>> when we come back, federal agents make sure a major food company won't be open for business today. >>> and behind the scenes on cyber monday. what was going on at amazon.com while you were shopping? >>> and then, a heart-stopping close call with a car for this toddler, as his panic-stricken father looks on. i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, it could save you thousands in out-of

nashville, new orleans. >> beautiful along the east coast. 60s from new england to new orleans. mostly 40s in the nation's midsection. and the northwest. >>> here is a cool story from port saint lucie, florida, a special honor for a special kid. >> that kid is suffering from cerebral palsy and confiened toa wheelchair. >> one of the friend. a cheerleader, rallied their senior class which crowned him homecoming king. but maybe the greater moment was when he surprised everyone by getting out of his chair, with a little help and walked publicly for the first time ever. >> fantastic. >> awesome moment. well done, st. lucie. well done. >> next our tribute to the nation's veterans. an interview i did earlier this morning with one of our wounded warriors. >> then halle berry, who is telling her no when it comes to her plans for her daughter. that's in the "the skinny." that's coming up. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by fabreze plugables. a big, open space.e like i'm hanging the sheets on the line. and it smells really fresh, ma

you came to us with our dire need and thousand it's a little help from new orleans to you. >> i was onhe other side of that line about seven years ago, we were lined up getting more things and it's nice to be able to give back. >> the outpouring of love and support and help is so overwhelming. >> and her family lost their home and they took these photos from the rubble, and they haven't lost their faith. >> nothing else, except for family and love, and memories. >> i love this kid. >> and he brings tears to my eyes. >> kids always know just how to put it and did you see the big pot of jambalaya? mmm. that's dan bowens from fox 5 in new york. a terrifying scene in the dark of the night. a deadly explosion forcing hundreds of people to run from their homes. and military brides getting a big gift for their big day. or that printing in color had to cost a fortune. nobody said an all-in-one had to be bulky. or that you had to print from your desk. at least, nobody said it to us. introducing the business smart inkjet all-in-one series from brother. easy to use, it's the ultimate combination

rai so the fact that one thousand five hundred seventy seven people died in new orleans from hurricane katrina that was all by design folks let's call a spade spade a. because it's apparent the religious conservative right in this country has been completely hijacked by leaders like mcternan who use religion to rationalize their extremely offensive speech and it's not ok it perpetuates bigotry intolerance and ignorance and that is why this self-appointed biblical scholar john the turn in is our villain of the day. so if you like what you see so far go to our youtube channel and youtube dot com slash break us that and subscribe check out our facebook page at facebook dot com slash break in the set and follow me on twitter at abby martin stay tuned to hear about the state of our democracy and the path toward a real change with activist david swanson next. wealthy british soil the sun. spot on the telephone. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cars or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report

today -- '9ers sunday in new orleans. today, they are denying that any decision has been made. the quarterbacks split the reps in practice today. and there's reports he might not have been medically cleared to play. espn is reporting he has been. stay tuned. >>> three nfl thanksgiving day game, and a ton of offense. tom brady and the patriots at the new york jets. brady had 323 yards passing. and how bad are the jets? sanchez wants the handoff, nobody there. sanchez runs into his own play, fumble, and steve gregory goes the other way for the patriots. 10 seconds second, joe mcknight gets popped, out comes the ball, and edelman says thank you very much, takes it in for the score. patriots win 49-19. >>> the redskins at the cowboys, that's deangelo hall of the redskins with an upper cut to dez bryant who really wants to throw, but he thinks better of it. robert griffin iii, his 4th touchdown pass of the game to niles paul, that would pretty much ice it! 311 yards with those 4 touchdowns. redskins win 38-31. >>> and texans versus the lions. running back justin forsett, looks like

new orleans 4-5. atlanta is 8-1. >>> peyton manning is tied with dan marino for all-time left. denver's special teams scored. trindon holiday with the punt return. denver winning big. they are 6-3 and running with a was the afc west. >>> san diego chargers were beat in tampa as chargers quarterback philip rivers throws three touchdowns, but he he is also picked twice. tampa bay scores 2 or more points and win. and suddenly the new york giants look as self-destructive as the new york jets. today in cincinnati they got lit up by andy dalton. a 56 yarder to a.j. green. bengals win to snap their four- game losing streak. the super bowl giants are just 6-4. coming up, we'll tell you the nascar points leader and the winner of today's little brawl in arizona next. Ñw? . >>> with just one sprint cup race left, brad keselowski leads the chase for the cup by 20 point and jeff gordon, jeff just grumped mr. nice guy to the baddest man on wheels. five-time sprint cup champion jimmie johnson started ahead in the race, but johnson's car betrays him and he has to go into the pits. he finished

outblade drew brees yesterday in new orleans. -- outplayed drew brees yesterday in new orleans.n two in a row and now jim harbaugh for whatever reason does not want to make the announcement that he will start this sunday in st. louis. jim harbaugh is probably pulling the media's leg. probably trying to make smith feel better. here is jim today. >> you have two quarterbacks that are playing at a very high level. both have a hot hand. in the biggest -- biggest reason is so our players aren't all pressured to, you know, who is it, everybody hammering them for the information. so i think in my mind that is the way we will go. >> he is doing it for the team. wednesday he will do it. bad time for raider followers. carson palmer returned to cincinnati and got booed and got knocked down four times. threw for 146 yards. the raiders are now 3-8. they were down 24-0. finished 34-10. there was a fight at the end. hitting helmets and pads. here is dennis allen. >> you can't spot a team 24 points and then say, you know, we are going a come back now. and we got to learn that lesson. we got to

in watching the rebuilding of new orleans and this whole process, what do you think that you learnedt's going on now in new york and new jersey? >> three things. first of all, leadership matters. if you look at what's happening in new york and new jersey now organization view great leaders, michael bloomberg, deputy mayor bob steele, governor cuomo, governor chris christie. the president, obama, has been very involved. when we went through katrina, we were all back down in new orleans, it wasn't that strong of leadership. ray nagin was the mayor, sometimes not to be found. so i saw the importance of people who take charge and say i'm going to run into this crisis and i'm going to help solve it. secondly, it reminded us that we're all in the same boat together. this election is somewhat about the age-old tension between, all right, we're all individual freedom, you know, have our own liberty and we're responsible for ourselves or we're all in the same boat and we're responsible, too, for each other. and it reminds you when you have a hurricane, that no matter how successful you are, y

new orleans have one 10-12 in the series. matt ryan, tony gonzalez. he may make the hall of fame. drew brees. 21-17, new orleans. back in front. two minutes to play. matt ryan. passed knocked away. the saints have their first loss of the season, 31-27./ of the season, 31-27./ >> you staying wiht us, john of the season, 31-27./ >> you staying wiht us, john wooohooo....hahaahahaha! oh...there you go. wooohooo....hahaahahaha! i'm gonna stand up to her! no you're not. i know. you know ronny folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. how happy are they jimmy? happier than a witch in a broom factory. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >> another nice day tomorrow. tuesday, rain and cold. >> nightly news is next. we will see you back here tonight after the game.