. >> new information just into the 9 news now information center. we've just learned that three powerful earthquakes have hit the south pacific near northeast of australia and north of new zealand. the first quake had a 7.8 magnitude and the second was 7.3 and the third 7.1. now, we're still working on getting damage and injury reports from that part of the world. we'll update you when we have more information. >>> this is a shot before the quakes hit. the camera crew of the cbs hit show survivor shot this during filming three years ago. coincidentally the current show, survivor samoa is being shot in the same area in which a devastating typhoon hit last week. >>> right now brand new high- tech police work is heating up a murder case that went cold more than a decade ago. january 1997, 25-year-old sharon maskowicz found dead in northwest d.c. and back then police exhausted every lead including somebody using her credit card at the giant food store less than 24 hours after her death but now new technology can enhance these am ages giving us a clearer

fox 45 news morning news. doctor are from the state health department will be here to answer your questions about swine flu. that's in our take action thursday segment. during the 7:00 hour, on fox 45 morning news tomorrow. >> in other news today. mayor sheila dixon could face two trials instead of one. this after a hearing today where the defense argued to have perjury charges thrown out. crime and justice reporter joy lepola has the latest on the story tonight. >>. >> ground breaking ceremony. meetings outside of the council chambers. all events routinely attended by then council president shiela dixon. but are those gatherings protected by legislative immunity? dixon's defense team would lead you to believe so. >> it is a protection that every legislator is entitled to. important to the functioning of our governmental system. >> arnold weaner argued his case during a hearing to have the charges dismissed against the client. a motion he successfully argued already once. >> we argued that the prosecutor here

in new york, rick leventhal fox 45 news. >> officials say to avoid becoming a victim change your passwords use different ones for each online account. . >> new york mayor michael bloomberg is trying to make a point about the dangers of a gun control loophole. the undercover video shows private dealers selling weapons to people that can't pass background checks. and even admit to it. loophole allows unlicensed private dealers to do so in some states. gun control advocates say it makes it easier for criminals to get on guns, and prevents police from being able to trace the weapons if they are used in crimes. >> we need to remember that our troops that are there, i think, are in much greater danger, the longer this debate goes on. >> hearer eight years ago today the war in afghan. and today, about 66,000 u.s. troops are on the ground there. today the pentagon con on firmed president obama has received a informal copy of a request for more troops. white house said the president is considering strategy first. and then troop levels. >> very windy out there today weather wise. >> it was. will it

does that mean we need a new skill set, we need new training in schools?u adapt to so many changes that are out of your control? >> i think lots of things. the first thing is high expectations. you would be amazed at how many people tell me kids who grow up in poverty, you can't educate them to a particularly high level because of their family or their poverty or whatever. expectations matter. second thing, you mentioned it, accountability. if people aren't accountable, you don't get good performance. you don't reward success. in education we pay people togs -- think about this -- a math teacher and a physical education teacher get paid exactly the same, and each year they get paid more regardless of their performance. now, no rationale system would pay math and physical education teachers the same. i can get plenty of physical education teachers. i can't get great math teachers. when i'm short math teachers, my kids with the highest needs and the most challenged communities don't get good math teachers. we've bot it focus relentlessly on high quality teac

good news. that's how it is with the economy, right? >> yep. >> reporter: first, not so great. talking about all of the people who are trying to get jobs and yet the number of people who are losing their jobs is still growing, 551,000 people lined up to get unemployment benefits for the first time. so that tells you companies are still handing out pink slips, still in caution mode. it reverses the good news we got last week on the front. really in a way it tells you we could look at these weekly jobless claims but they move around a lot. they're really not necessarily a great indicator of how things are doing. you probably can guess how the job front's going, right? it's not been going great. it's been getting better the job market but slowly, much too slowly for a lot of people who are trying to feed their families. >>> here's the good news. in the latest month consumer spending jumped by the biggest jump weave seen in eight years up 1.3%. cash for clunkers helped, though, propel that surge. >>

in new york, karen brown, wjz eyewitness news. r relief workers say tens of thousands of people have been made homeless. one third of them, children. >>> one lawsuit against the environmental protection agency is on hold. that is because they are trying to reduce state pollution. the stud was filed in january to force the agency to take action. they say the stay can be lifted if they feel not enough progress is being done to help our bay. >>> a new survey shows the h1n1 virus could add up in billions of dollars in losses for businesses. as alexis christoforous reports, companies are taking the flu threat very seriously. >>> front line workers in the fight against the flu know what it could cost if they don't roll up their sleeves. >> it's a matter of public health. >> kids will have to get it twice. have to get it for this one and then for the swine flu. >> but concerns about the h1n1 virus have spread beyond hospitals and into the halls of america. seasonal flu takes a $10 billion bite out of business each year. h1n1 could gobble

newark, new jersey gets unwanted national attention. >> announcer: new battle on late night.conan fires a shot! >> health care program would consist of a bus ticket out of newark. >> a big city mayor fires back. >> i'm officially putting you on the newark, new jersey airport no-fly list. >> that's next on news watch. a ugcl) yeacl 's h fba icos y!tyft juneck yno itft'sse sut'cu tyftef (ckicli >>> a new battle begin on late night twegsz. it ail started when conan o'brien took a shot a newark. >> they want me to set up a citywide program to do citywide help. it would be a bus ticket outside of city. >> i'm also mayor of city with one of the largest airports in the united states. according in the powers invested to me i'm putting you on the newark new jersey no-fly list. >> i'm banned from flying into the airport. mayor, i apologize. i love newark, new jersey, it's one of america's great cities. a beautiful waterfront. [ laughter ] a thriving art scene. [ laughter ] exciting regional cuisine. [ laughter ] and world class live theater. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> now mayor brook

we expect to hear more at a news conference. thursday, it was feared that 6-year-old falcon heenie was in this balloon. speculation has mounted that it was all a publicity stunt. >> we have made some significant progress in this investigation. obviously, we are conducting interviews as we speak. we have been conducting interviews since noon. we've had investigators here as well as at the house. we're in the process of drafting and completing drafting, and object taning some search warrants and we do participate at some point in the future there will be criminal charges filed with regards to this incident. >> sheriff's deputies were seen entering and leaving the heene family home, they took several boxes and computer with them. the boy's parents were questioned for several hours yesterday. >> i was talking to the sheriff's department just now to further things along. we're doing well. >> richard heene and his wife insist their fears that their son was in this balloon were genuine and not part of a hoax. >>> new this morning, a su

universal could soon have a new owner. published reports say cable giant comcast is considering buying a controlling interest in general electric's n.b.c. universal. the deal would also merge the creative assets of the two companies to form a new venture. comcast would take a 51% stake, and g.e. would own the rest. reports say negotiations are in the early stages. no comments from either company. the benefit for g.e.: raising cash. it needs the money to cushion the blow of rising loan defaults at its g.e. capital unit. paul? >> paul: susie, the upside for comcast: bigger ownership of the t.v. shows and movies it distributes to cable subscribers. both companies were among today's most actives. we'll see them as we take a look at our stocks in the news tonight. and those are the stocks tonight. >> susie: ben bernanke's comments today on the jobs picture are troubling for the nation's 15 million unemployed. for many of them, the loss of a job isn't just tough on the pocketbook, it's tough on the soul. some wind up at the nati

wall street begins a new quarter today, hoping for new gains. the dow rose 50% in the third quarter. it topped a second-quarter gain of 11%. today we will learn if consumers gave the economy a boost by spending more in august. economists are expecting the numbers to surge. another general motors brand is about to disappear. the saturn division will be eliminated after a deal collapsed to spin it off. it never made a profit. 13,000 saturn employees are affected. bank of america is searching for a new pass ceo. ken lewis is leaving after a year of controversy. an investigation into his role will go on despite his resignation. comcast appears to be in talks to buy all or part of nbc universal. they have been looking for a new source of news content. ge could get a lift from the deal. nbc's by you has dropped $20 billion in the past year. according to "forbes," the richest americans lost a combined $300 billion in net worth. the usual suspects were on top. y only needed to make $950 million to make the list. the latest on america's bid to bring the

big news breaking.ate gosselin goes on tv today and accuses jon of wiping out their bank account. >> he took $230,000 of the $231,000 that we have liquid and i have a stack of bills in my purse i can't drop in the mail. >> reporter: tonight, kate's disturbing warning that their eight kids are in jeopardy. and her shocking new plea to jon today, come back, jon. >>> tonight, big news breaking in the letterman sex extortion scandal. the attorney for the extortion suspect makes a startling claim today. and the joke's on dave. >> if you came here tonight for sex with a talk show host, you've got to wrong studio. >> tonight, the brand-new brutally funny jokes about dave from his biggest rivals. but can dave take a joke? >>> tonight, has the mystery of the espn peephole sex tape finally been solved? a shocking arrest. but will erin andrews be forced to re-live her nightmare in court? >>> tv's first most provocative entertainment news show starts right now. >>> hello. i'm a.j. hammer broadcasting tonight and ev

let's look at the news.st of all, bill clinton said -- >> reporter: while letterman may be pulling his punches on former targets. >> let me ask you a question. do you think it's too soon to be hitting on mrs. eliot spitzer? >> reporter: some of the politicians who have been the source of letterman's best material are now offering their support. >> good news for south carolina governor mark sanford because e he -- >> reporter: from governor sanford, both my thoughts and my prayers are with him. >> hmm. that was peter alexander reporting. worldwide pants says while stephanie birkitt is on paid administration leave, she is not banned from the studio. >> still to come this afternoon, embattled governor sford in the spotlight again, this time for what happened during a traffic stop. >>> and harry connick jr. talks about the guest appearance that put him in an awkward position. we'll show you what happened there. >>> he created a washington institution more than 50 years ago. today the city is mourning the loss of

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we can tell you without a doubt, these outrageous new michael jackson claims made for big news breakinget me out, bam. something right there. into the new nighttime. >> reporter: it's perhaps the last look we'll get of the king of pop doing what he did best. ♪ if this town is just an apple ♪ >> this brand-new footage from the upcoming documentary, "this is it" shows a dynamic michael jackson rehearsing for his comeback concerts in the days before his death. it's clear that seeing michael jackson singing and dancing one more time will be irresistible for fans still mourning his life. but "showbiz tonight" can tell you, some of michael jackson's fans and even members of his family are either hesitant or downright furious about "this is it" and may not even see it. jackson's mother, katherine jackson, tells access hollywood, it's just too soon for her to see her son on the big screen. >> i don't think i can bear to look at it right now, but maybe eventually in time i will watch it. >> are you guys going to go and watch the movie as a whole family? >> and in this new video from tmz, jackson

we'll see them as we take look at our stocks in the new tonight. and ose are the stocks tonight. >> susieben bernanke's comments today on the bs picture are oubling for the nation's 15 million unemoyed. for many of themthe loss of a b isn't just tough on the pocketbook, it tough on the soul. me wind up at the nation's networof federally-funded one- stop careecenters, looking for wo and in some cases hope. d as jeff yastine reports, they don't alwayfind it. >> reporter: this is one pce thatlmost never lacks for customers. every moing at 8:00 a.m., ere's a line of people waiti toet in. theye here checking online job dabases, and hoping to find mething-- anything-- that wi start earning them a regul paycheck aga. in south florida, this federallfunded, one-stop career center is called "workforce one." the same feder program has different names in differe states: "workfce new york," "micgan works." but no matr the location or the name, the goal is the sa: help pple help themselves to find a j. people like alfonso urcu. >> afirst, i didn't think it would

bbc world news. >> five eight workers died in the pakistani capital inside a heavily fortified compound. a suicide bomber tricked his way in. the worst flooding in southern india for decades leaves two hundred dead. america's first hispanic supreme court justice joins the panel of nine. welcome to bbc world news. coming up later, we have a special report from the chinese city that, three months ago, saw violent clashing. ♪ >> a best-selling novelist is making corporate history. -- is making an opera history. he looks like a member of the security forces. he spoke like one could he made a seemingly innocent request. a few minutes later, five united nations aid workers were dead inside a heavily fortified compound in the pakistani capital. the attack raises serious questions on how such installations and their staff can be protected. >> when smoke still rising from the united nations compound, one key question was already being asked. how did the bomber managed to strike such an obvious target? the ans

it's not the new lexus. it's not the new bmw. it's not the new audi. what it is... is impossible to resist. the new twenty-ten lacrosse from buick. it's the new class of world class. >>> welcome back to "fast money." we're live at the nasdaq marketsite. here's the latest on the big news developing after hours. our own charlie gasparino is reporting that bank of america ceo ken lewis has notified the board or is notifying the board as we speak that he will be stepping down as ceo by the end of the year. you take a look at bank of america shares in the after-hours session, we are seeing a bounce for those shares. according to charlie's reporting, lewis was not asked to step down. the decision was not a result of regulatory action. and no successor has been named yet. although there are a list of six names. all the other wires are catching up to charlie right now, and we'll follow the story and bring you all the developments as it warrants. time now to take your positions. we note at the top of the show today marked the end of a very successful third quarter for the bu

that is your business news. live at bloomberg headquarters in new york, i am linda bell. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 55 degrees outside. 6:38. >> when we continue, pro football goes pink. the nfl is helping to tackle breast cancer. >> a planned protest. i am brianne carter. i will have the latest on the d.c. teachers layoffs. >>> good morning. i'm steve rudin. we're looking at a really nice monday morning. mostly clear skies. a beautiful sunrise at 7:08. another half-hour to go. we will look for lots of sunshine. temperatures at this time in the 50's. 40's out to the west. here is the bus stop forecast. temperatures in the 50's. daytime highs in the upper 60's to below 70's. >> good morning. there was a crashed on 95 south as you make your way out of laurel. delays forming from 32. the vehicles have been moved to the shoulder. there were delays out of a college park heading towards silver spring. their work a few earlier crashes. one mirror colesville road, but it has been clear. >> thank you. >>> the fight against breast cancer is getting a boost from redskins fans, p

big oprah news.being called a hypocrite over her stance on domestic abuse? tonight the most provocative celebrity of the week. is it jon gosselin or levi johnston or who else is in the run something more stories from the newsroom making news right now. >> you are watching "showbiz tonight." keep on watching the bottom of your screen for more nonstop compelling and provocative news from "showbiz tonight." >> big oprah news breaking tonight. why oprah is being called a domestic abuse hypocrite. the first tv interview to oprah since patrick swayze died. jon is getting divorce and jessica wants a newman. are these two perfect for each other? "showbiz tonight" names the most provocative celebrity of the week. who will it be? more stories breaking from the "showbiz news ticker." tv's first provocative entertainment news show continues right now. >> welcome back. it is 30 minutes past the hour. coming to you tonight from hollywood. big oprah news. oprah is making all kinds of big breaking news tonight and n

broncos got it at the new england 45. vonnie holliday was the one who knocked it out and elvis dumervil recovers. vull more had come out of the pile and said give it back. that ball belongs to us. -- vull more had come out of the pile and said, give it back. that ball belongs to us. that was vonnie holliday. first denver sack of the day and, boy, is it a big one? phil: you know what happened, jim, tom brady stepped up in the pocket and stepped up so far it allowed vonnie holliday to come underneath and get the sack and fumble, and josh mcdaniels not afraid to show his emotion on the sideline, is he? jim: boy, he has been ramped up in this half and rightfully so. comes back. now will have a chance to win it. oh, hold on a minute. ball's out again and it was the rookie moreno that got him down at the 41. we saw him hold on so cautiously with the two hands earlier this quarter. phil: that's a fumble. you know why it's a fumble, even though he hits the ground, was he -- did he fall or the ground can cause a fumble. if you're

>> couric: tonight, a new strategy for afghanistan. the president considers shifting the focus from the taliban to al qaeda, even after a deadly new taliban attack. our correspondent was there when it happened. continuing coverage of afghanistan, the road ahead. i'm maggie rodriguez. also tonight, the h1n1 flu phase two. not as bad as expected in some places, but in this hospital, it's as bad as can be. is there water on the moon? nasa's about to crash a spacecraft into the lunar surface to find out. and an incredible ancestral journey that leads from slavery in the south to the white house. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> good evening, katie is off. the taliban struck again today in the heart of afghanistan's capital. a devastating suicide bombing outside india's embassy in kabul. tls the second taliban attack on that building in a year. 17 people were killed today, and at least 76 others were wounded. most of the victims, afbegan civilians on their way to work. we'll have more on the a

new u.s. jobless claims climbed more than expected last week to 551,000, more evidence that jobs remain scarce. and some mixed numbers from the commerce department. consumer spending surged by the largest amount in nearly eight years in august, but personal income growth continues to lag. square that. economists worry whether an economic rebound can be sustained with households facing rising unemployment and, of course, tight credit. >>> the country's richest citizens are also feeling the economic downturn. the latest "forbes" 400 ritualist says the collective wealth has fallen by $300 billion. of course, they are still pretty rich. take a look at the top five, bill gates comes in number one at $50 billion down from $7 billion from last year. at number two warren buffett followed by oracle owner, larry ellison and walmart airs christie walton and jim walton. this year was only the fifth time that collective wealth had fallen since the forbes 400 was first compiled in 1982. a billion dollars. >

>> fresh is good. >> reporter: new lingo, new learning tools, new classes. like bioengineering, where we were extracking dna and the kids showed me their blocks. do you write? cursive anymore or type everything? >> i'm not sure what cursive is. >> reporter: but there were things that were exactly the same, too, like the smell of the cafeteria. still smells like baked potato and bacon bits. students still use lockers and take notes. and my favorite subject, drama and english, were a welcome walk down memory lane. how are you? mrs. collins is still teaching ap english and they're reading joseph conrad's "heart of darkness," just like i did. have the students changed? >> no. the students don't change. >> reporter: my aunt patty and uncle tim still run the theater department. this year's show, "thoroughly modern millie." mine were ""evita"" and "frankenstein." >> she was very draw mattic. i remember her saying she wanted to be on the soap opera. she had the best hair. it was huge. she talked too much. i remember having to tell her to be quiet. >> reporter: now i

brand-new thing, just north and that is a tornado warning. brand-new for you. just over the state line from arkansas and this little shape right there. and notice the little notch, could be a sign of rotation there. tornado warning just popped up a couple seconds ago. rain stretching in towards kentucky and west virginia. cold air you can see it northern parts of the country and back in towards wisconsin. you pull the picture over towards the east a little farther and rain switching over to snow and winter storm warnings are out there. 4 to 12 inches of snow, possibility by saturday morning. highest elevations, still going it be rain for you around the valleys and the upper elevations, that's what it looks like. d.c. real quick, rain coming in in your neck of the woods, too. start seeing the delays. that is not cloud cover, that is steam. we have a delay right now at reagan national and there's the white house, breezy conditions today, as well. tough go. mid-atlantic through the northeast over the next 48 hours. lots to talk about, richard. >> a lot of cold and

although the virus is new, the vaccine is not new.ay seasonal flu has been made year in and year out. >> joining me live this morning now from washington, d.c. is dr. anthony fauci, director of the allergy and infectious diseases. good morning to you. a national campaign, of course, to inoculate tense of thousands of americans began this past monday. the first round, the nasal spray, the arm injections start next week. how's the vaccine process going so far? >> so far so good. we'll get vaccine rolling in. you mentioned the first doses came in this past week and we'll get tens of millions of doses as we enter into the end of october, the beginning of november. things look like they're on target. we have to get people vaccinated who can benefit from it and who need it. that's really the challenge. to get as many people vulnerable particularly to the complications of influenza, like the children you mentioned a few moments ago, that we're seeing a disturbing number of children who are developing serious disease already. 76, and 19 just

michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. >> sullenberger's it feat was a rarity.t time in 50 years of commercial flight that pilots crash-landed a jet on water without anyone dying. >>> a woman in arlington came home late saturday night to find a capitol police officer passed out in her bed. officer thomas mcmann was still sleeping when police arrived at the apartment around 1:00 sunday morning. he was charged with unlawful entry. he lives in reston. police don't know why he decided to sleep in a stranger's apartment in north arlington. he is on paid leave pending the outcome of the criminal charges. and an internal investigation. >>> some new driving laws took effect in maryland today. officials are cracking down on speeders and highway work zones and near schools with new speed monitoring cameras. also, don't even think about text messaging, that, too, will land you a fine. and tougher drunk driving penalties are taking effect. last year, alcohol was a factor in about 28% of the state's traffic fatalities. >>> a virginia man is looking forward to reuniting a lon

"showbiz tonight" news ticker. more stories from "showbiz tonight" newsroom making news right now. >>> welcome back to "showbiz tonight" this weekend a showbiz great debate as levi goes nuts for pistachio nuts. the father of sarah palin's grandson is being paid to ties for nuts. has showbiz asking, has the whole world gone nuts. >>> the great debate over lindsay lohan's dad. michael lohan made the shocking confession lindsey is hooked on prescription meds, when she's trying to get her career on track. should michael zip it already? let us kick off this great debate with levi johnston and this nutty new ad campaign. it's got everybody buzzing today. take a look. >> levi -- >> levi. >> now levi johnston does it with protection. wonderful pistachios, get crackin. >> i don't know about their tag line and what about it is going to make anybody go out and buy pistachio nuts. let me ask you, was the company nuts to hire levi for the ad campaign or perhaps was this the bess train wreck ever. >> honestly, i really don't wan

bbc news, belfast. >> stay with us on "bbc world news" if you can.we will see how is land is getting back on its feet just one year after a collapse -- we will see how iceland is getting back on its feet. a thai food has killed people and injured -- a typhoon as skilled people and injured others. we have this report from tokyo -- has killed people and injured others. >> the typhoon crashed into the main islands, bringing high winds and heavy rain. streets were flooded. several thousand people abandoned their homes for drier ground. some had to be evacuated by boat in the wind was strong enough to blow over trucks, and across -- evacuated by boat, and the wind was strong enough to blow over trucks. trees fell onto houses, and sections were torn from walls and roofs. several deaths were reported as well as dozens of injuries. north of tokyo, what people described as tornado-like winds twisted and electrical poles -- twisted electrical poles. >> it was like an earthquake without the shaking. >> as well as the damage, there was d of flights were canceled

it was here in new york city. and one of my favorite stars, "curb your enthusiasm" star, susy esman, told us she thought he handled it perfectly. >> i think he's been handling it brilliant it. it's not such a big deal. he's not like somebody that has been the arbitrator of morality. he's a comedian. he's not a senator or a priest or a minister. he's a comedian. >> okay. i'm hearing that from a lot of people. i totally understand what she's saying. letterman's not a senator or a priest. but, pat, he's still at the end of the day the boss having sex with staff members. is that ever appropriate? >> and the same guy who's made a lot of noise about sarah palin's children, okay, so let's talk a little bit about hypocrisy. but here's the deal, a.j. yes, it's a free world. he's another sleazy guy with power who used that power to have sex with a lot of young women. there's a lot of frat-type guys out there going, whoo-hoo, yeah, go dave. but let me tell you who i'm really mad at here. i'm mad at the women in the workplace

. >>> here is a look at what is making news as we head into a new week on wall street. unemployment in the united states is at the highest point since june of 1983. the economy lost 263,000 jobs in the month of september. that was worse than analysts were expecting. the unemployment rate now at 9.8%. and payrolls have dropped for 21 consecutive months. the markets wrapped up for the quarter on monday with all the major indices off to double digits. the dow having its best quarter since 1998, up 15%. october -- to the wall street journal report today reporting from washington d.c. where the all-important jobs report has been released. it was a disappointing number, and we'll find out what it means for the market, the recovery, and your portfolio. he has a million customers and more than 80,000 employees. the man who runs the nation's >>> auto sales slumped after the cash for clunkers program ended. gm sales are down 47% and toyota 16% and ford down 15% and chrysler fell more than 44%. >>> there has been a slew of economic data this week and the markets wrapped up the bes

that is your business news. live at bloomberg headquarters in new york, i am linda bell.ack over to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:25. 50 degrees. the news continues. >> still ahead, gear ready to shell out a little more for just about everything in the district. the city's sales tax takes a hike. >> if you're getting behind the wheel in maryland, i will tell you everything you need to note to avoid hefty fines. >> it is a cold start today, mainly in the 40's. grab a jacket when you head out. mainly in the 40's. grab a jacket when you head out. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> good morning, everybody. it is the first day of october. welcome back. >> it feels like it. you need to wear your coat. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> real fall-like weather has hit. i love the transition seasons. this is exciting. let's look at the storm scan. high pressure over head today. look at the storm sysm in the midwest. a cold front is stretching from south dakota all the way to mexico. a lot of action ahead of that. it is pushing ou

bill weir, abc news, new york. >>> a couple of notes about money tonight.resident is expressing remorse about the deaths of four california family members killed in a fiery crash blamed on floor ma mats. he says four precious lives have been lost and offering his deepest condolences. the august crash of the lexus whose gas pedal may have become stuck in the floor mat led to the recall of 2 million vehicles in the u.s. >>> and tiger woods has just become the first billion dollar athlete in history. forbes estimates the bonus he made for winning the fedex cup put m over the $1 billion mark in prize money, endorsements and other career earnings. >>> coming up, dramatic rescues and a devastated earthquake zone. and stopping.ng having to go in the iddle of a ballgame and then not being able o go once i got there. and going .at night. i thought i had a goinroblem. my doctor said i had a growing problem. it wasn't " my bladder. my prostate as growing. i had an enlarging prostate that was causing my rinary symptoms. my doctor prscribed avodart. (announcer) .over ti

for news, go to bbc.com/news. >> this is "bbc world news," the latest headlines for you, at least five employees of the united nations world food program has been lled in islamabad, with the bomber tricking his way in. in india floods has left many homeless. today is the new year of the supreme court, with sonia sot -- sotomayor, and she's joined a huge amount of attention as the world's first hispanic supreme court judge. and the nation's top legal body does now better reflect its people. >> incredibly important symbolically and the witness of the choice of president barack obama of sotomayor being named to e court. she doesn't shift the court, and is the first latino and only the third woman to sit on this bench. and that's remarked by a female predecessor. >> and not a quiet start. >> so many and it's the first day of term, and the justices have until april to hear the arguments and then to june to make the decisions. but there are so many, and one a hot one is a constitutional right to bear arms, the second amendment. and last year when the supreme court looked at this and struck d

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hammer in new york.atch "showbiz tonight" on the 11s -- >>> tonight, the bubble bursts in the balloon boy story. the kid's father may be a pr dream come true, but as a parent, is he a nightmare? >>> and white house is busy shouting down fox news, sarah palin is busy posting her resume online. but will quitting her last job hurt her prospects? >>> and joining me in the student, marcus buckingham, author of "find yourstrongest" -- "find your strongest life" on what really makes women happy. can you really talk about this on a family show? all this and more, tonight. >>> it looks like it's just a matter of time now before criminal charges are filed against richard heene. he's the colorado dad who allegedly cooked up this hoax involving his son and a giant balloon. with me via satellite is perry carsovello, an actor who has worked with heene. hi. we only know richard heene from "wife swap." we don't know that much about him. since you know him from a previous incarnation -- what did you think watching this b

we'll show it to you live right here on fox 5 morning news. we'll stream the coverage live on myfoxdc.com. we'll take you out to the newseum where there is a big watch party happening this morning and we'll get more insight into this mission from nasa. >> really fascinating stuff. >> i never heard of that before. >> neither have i. >> i am keeping my eyes to the sky. >> okay. there were some broke p clouds up there. >> yeah, a couple of light showers as well. we've got warm are air moving in. that will be the theme around here today. a summery day autopsy head of our cold front and maybe even a thunderstorm. later today, low 80s. we'll get to the satellite- radar. you will see for yourself the light showers that moved through. i'm he not sure if you'll see the broken clouds on this satellite-radar but if you look outdoors, you might. that will be the theme around here. i think there will be periods of sunshine and that will help push the temperature up. that is a warm front that brought us the overnight light shower activity. you can see it li

this new twist comes as new details emerge about the suspect.c's ron mott has more. >> reporter: the 9 day old baby missing since tuesday was found at this home in alabama late friday night. tammy renee silas is under arrest and charges are pending for kidnapping the newborn and attack on the mother. >> translator: she said she was an immigration officer and there to arrest me. >> reporter: the woman stabbed her eight times. when she ran to get help, the woman took her baby. silas took the baby to her home. she told friends she adopted the baby from texas. >> translator: she said it was okay and had legal custody and the court said it was okay for her to have the child. >> reporter: inside their home, baby clothes. signs that a baby lived here briefly. maria is recovering from her wounds awaits the return of her son so her family can begin to heal. >>> wildfires burning in southern california. three homes have been destroyed and dozens more are threatened. high winds are fueling the fire that is only 5% contained. no word on the cause. >>> overs

doesn't this bill have new momentum? >> it does, but i don't think you'll see many republicans vote for anything like the baucus bill. possibly they might get olympia snowe of maine and maybe one or two possible other republicans, but i don't see this as being anywhere near a bipartisan bill in the end and i want it say something about this congressional budget office score because you know, paul, you and i have been in this game a long time and we know that what has been driving these enormous deficits that we've seen for the last ten and 20 years, and what's driving the forecasts of enormous deficits in the future is precisely run away entitlement. we create these programs and the costs gallop out of control and we simply can't get them under control. so this idea that somehow we're going to create this trillion dollar new entitlement and it's going to reduce the deficit, paul, that doesn't test the laugh test to me. >> on that point, they say they're going to get several hundred million dollars out of medicare. of cou

for "good morning america," abc news, new york.rds included dozens of e-mail exchanges between incindy anthony, and a private investigator the. in one e-mail, cindy accuses casey's -- so many twists and turns in this case. but so few answers in the end. >> well, but clearly, they're going to tackle the science, as the main way of defending her. >> this is the defense's defense, the science. that they're going to prove that she didn't do it, through that. that's what they claim. >> all right. thanks to you, andrea. >>> we'll turn, next, to america's most popular reality tv family. jon gosselin, saying he's pulling the plug on the show. that's coming up. >> that's coming up right now, diane. jon gosselin saying he is going to pull the plug on "jon and kate plus 8," after the producers announced they would be taking him out of the show. for jon and kate, the marriage is ending. but the drama goes on and on and on, taryn winter brill. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, the plot thickens. fit, he was battling kate. now, jon g

mike schuh wjz eyewitness news. back to you. >>> thank you very much. >>> medical examiner's office says it may not the cause of death as soon as tomorrow. >>> mta police are investigating another disturbing accidence on board the incidence on the bus. >>> well, big news from both of baltimore's major sports teams. ravens getting ready for the patriots and now the orioles have made a major announcement. mark viviano. >> reporter: denise, it's been 12 straight losing seasons for the orioles and the last two and a half under the direction of trimble. he and owner peter angelos were both tested in their resolve during the most recent 13-game losing streak, but felt it was the right thing to do to bring dave trembley back, saying that "dave earned it and deserved it." dave trembley excitemented about the news. we'll hear from him later on in sports. now to the football, the ravens have a big game ahead, getting ready to take on the new england patriots. people across the nfl are pointing to the ravens as the best team i

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we've got brand new news on twitter. sign up by going to cnn.com/"showbiz tonight." >>> this is what's coming up at the bottom of the hour on show dispoint. >>> the great, brand new jon and kate debate. kate goes on national tv crying about not having money. should we feel sorry for her? >>> and the great debate over michael lohan's shocking claims that his daughter, lindsey, is hooked on prescription drugs? should michael shut his face? >>> and scary in a moments more brooke smeeld shields and jim as they crashed into a parked car. >>> now on "showbiz tonight." tonight, a night of "showbiz tonight" great debates. the raging jon and kate debate. kate gosselin in tears on tv in a war with her husband over thousands in cash. but do you really feel sorry for her? >>> levi! levi! >> now, levi johnston does which the protection. >> levi johnston joking about unprotected sex? is he nuts? the great debate over the father of sarah palin's grandson. >>> lindsay lohan's estranged dad making shocking claims that lindsey is hooked o

news show.ll see you back here at 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on hln. >> maybe you can get in his hear and tell him, no comment. >> i've been trying. >> a.j., thank you. >>> nasa has a new plan to see whether there is water on the moon. and you may get to watch that happen. here's the deal. apparently nasa is going to crash a used rocket into the moon's south pole early tomorrow morning. it will kick up lunar dust. and it will look for ice to prove water on the moon. >>> the tempo of violence increasing in afghanistan as the war gets more dangerous for u.s. troops, what will the president do? what do you think? they said it would never last. but it's been two months, and you're still going strong. glade lasting impressions. two fragrances alternate to keep things... fresh and exciting day after day. - and not just for 30 days. - ( inhales deeply, sighs ) but for 60. it's the longest-lasting plugins ever. get freshness that won't fade away for 60 days. ahhh! with plugins lasting impressions. a

there's a new column in the new york post from an dree who says this word needs to go away. here's what she's writing about it. "cougars, the very word turned injurings of hotd babes overnight from sex objects into the butt of jokes. and it turned smoldering lust from something dirty into something nasty and skanky." wendy, i want to know if you think andrea peyser has this right, because i think, you know, cougar, demi moore and ashton kutcher, a post are couple for a cougar relationship. somehow nasty and skanky doesn't seem to describe them accurately as far as i'm concerned. >> definitely implies predator. what we've always called men dogs, right? i think men need to have equality here and be called wolfs because i don't think being a cougar is necessarily any power. it's a pretend power for a woman. >> she's basically saying, too, though, it has this negative contation, that until "cougar town" the show came around, cougar was really a word that people would throw around and have fun with it. courtney cox plays a cougar on tv and she plays one in real life too. her husb

in 1982 all bad news for reagan in 2009 all good news for obama, mostly good news. >> he who lives by the media dies by the media the time for the president to go on television to advance policy or persuade the public of something. the president doesn't have a plan for afghanistan he has to think about it. he doesn't have a health care plan this is a congressional plan or several versions of it. he didn't really have a plan to bring the olympics to chicago other than the force of his personality, which didn't work. we are seeing a diminished power right before our eyes, because he doesn't have anything other than his personality. >> one other burning issue this week, iran many look at new numbers from our new poll out this week. 69% of americans do not think the president is being tough enough on iran. only 16% say they think he's handling the situation right. 6% say he's being too tough. again, the same question, juan is the press coverage he's receiving on iran reflective of what the american people seem to think? >> i think poll numbers reflect the american people's impatience with

the new u.s. strategy in afghanistan states that isolated outposts manned by a small number of soldiers are targets of opportunity for insurgents and are just too dangerous for what they can achieve. charlie? >> osgood: mandy clark, thank you. david martin will have more on the situation in afghanistan in a few minutes. and this week on all of our broadcasts cbs news assesses the road ahead in that nation. iran has agreed to a date for an inspection of its new nuclear facility. this morning it announced that it will permit u.n. inspectors inside the uranium he richment plant on october 25. iran has insisted that the goals of its nuclear program are peaceful, but today's "new york times" says experts believe it's capable of build he an atomic bomb. hundreds turned out in chicago yesterday for the funeral of honor roll student dariane albert who was beaten to death on his way home from school. both the rev. jesse jackson and louis farrakhan called to an end of school violence. president and mrs. oba

now there are new ways to keep cops from catching you. the trucks all rely on new technology.will tell you about the controversy they are creating. lou shepard: they are applications you can download to your phone to warn about speed traps and red light cameras ahead. critics say that these programs not only encourage drivers to break below, they are also one more dangerous distraction. distracted drivers killed almost 6000 people last year, but there are those who say that these new applications can actually help keep people's eyes on the road. anita is live in our -- i was going to say our l.a. bureau, but you are not. >> we are talking about an app called trapster. it alerts you to in red light camera or speed trap, and it will also give you a voice prompt, so you never really have to take your eyes off the road. you might be able to save a lot of money. >> that is austin powers telling us that there is a red light camera. we are going to see it right up here. >> austin powers and arnold schwarzenegger are just two voices on your phone that can save you from traffic tickets

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