citizens who have to travel long distances and that gets to be a problem, or in communities like in northern alaska where everything has to be flown in. so if you have to stockpile, you stockpile under lock and key, and you keep an eye on what's going on in that cabinet. or a family may simply not be able to afford, i mean, if they don't have a lot of money, i mean, you really wouldn't want to throw something out. but as dr. clark mentioned, you really- and you did as well-you really do need to keep track of it. dr. condon? i think dr. clark's point is right on. a medicine cabinet in 2009 has a different connotation than it did with my parents' generation. and back then it was where you kept the medicines that were very, you know-you mentioned the word- we needed to respect them, but as the culture has changed with supplements and advertisements and, yes, we encourage people to get medications for their ailments, and we have many more lifesaving medications available when appropriately-. the medicine cabinet's no longer that sacred place where you store things. in fact, i would maintain, personal o

the state of alaska and a significant amount of the northern coastal area of the state of alaska. most people know very little about america's arctic. some are surprised that it is not just an empty expanse of frozen tundra and icy waters. there are people here. the eskimos have inhabited this land for thousands of years. our health and survival have always depended on what the land and sea give to us in the form of whales, other large coastal and marine mammals, the fish, the waterfowl. it is important that i state that in this respect, we do not differentiate ourselves as a people from the physical world that we live in. we consider both the land and the sea and the eskimos to be one. therefore, the fate of the ocean is our fate. in recent years, people have become increasingly interested in the arctic because it is the heat sink for the global climate change that is happening. we're seeing the effects and very dramatic ways, particularly in the ice cap melting at an alarming rate the past few years. to the extent that this affects our marine mammals or their habitat, it affects

another system in the northern rockies and another big storm in the gulf of alaska affecting mostly british columbia a few clouds from seattle to the puchapucget sound. it will be warm. temperatures are going to jump especially saturday into sunday. the only cool spot behind this little clipper-type system that's really moving fast through the northern rockies. the forecast for today, as i mentioned, the only chilly air up in seattle. everybody else, mild. beautiful around boise and vegas, nice. 96. you'll get hotter. phoenix, back up into the triple digits. los angeles, beautiful, warm weather, middle of summer-type weather over the next couple of days. into the 90s in most areas by saturday and sunday. san francisco, some of the most beautiful weather you've seen. 82 and sunny. we couldn't buy that. roseburg, oregon, 79 and sunny. one of the nicer days you've seen in a while. >>> warmer this weekend. show you the details coming up a little later. >> all right, bill. thank you. >>> unexpected unemployment, the rent a car war continues and the crocodile conundrum. your early morning busines

alaska, and illinois. the christmas day attempted ball more, the times square attended bomber. -- the christmas day bomber. a northern virginia charged with a link to the bombing in uganda. >> with the internet, everything is getting connected, and i do not know what the right solution is. >> the administration admits that as terrorism be more -- becomes more complex, so does their plan. >> they are trying to reach out to muslim communities. >> the fbi has deployed personnel to cities with high somali population to reach out to community leaders. it also says it is focusing on the role of the internet being used to recruit u.s. residents of >>> coming up, part of a major highway was shut down on friday morning. we are on your way -- underside with when that will happen. >>> why one company is offering to give you a its beer for free. all local woman battles cancer. why she blames the water. i am rebecca cooper >>> you are watching abc 7 news at 11:00, with leon harris, caroline lyders, meteorologist bob ryan weather and tim brant sports. this is abc 7 news at 11:00. on your side. >> on your side tonight with a sequen