incredibly cold temperatures from the coldest in the entire country and lows found up here in northern alaska. today's forecast, the cold front moved through, compared to minus 31, we'll take 55 in san francisco. l.a. today at 58. one of the only warm spots left in the country, phoenix, 74. your temperatures come down thursday. high 63 maybe a chance of a shower. thursday, cooler for all of the west coast. finally it looks like a dry day. >>> if we're watching on knbc and bc 4 in los angeles, california, explore the origins of coffee. its jurn friourney from a seed cup. folk art museum, los angeles, california. that's your pick event of the day. >> we rely on it so much here. don't we, bill? thank you so much. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. more proof it's hard for hollywood couples stay together as one of the biggest separates. after more than two years, scarlett johansson and ryan reynolds have decided to end their marriage. a source told us johansson pursued this. she was unhappy with how much time they've been forced to spend apart due to work. on the

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

we went just off the coast of northern alaska. we observed a group of talks. hen they were disturbed they formed a circle facing outward to protect the females. we go fishing. so i have become quite familiar with the alaska and many of the national parks that i created that there in 1980. and at think that there will be preserved. there is a tremendous pressure from the oil companies i would say to lely bribe members of congress to take this beautiful area and make available for exploration. this was an area that was first set aside by president eisenhower in the 1950's. and i just preserved what eisenhower had first set aside. that's when alaska became a state. when i left office the only way you could do that was if the president and both houses of congress voted to let oil exploration be done. i had never dreamed that we would have presidents in both houses of congress that might do so. president reagan and george h. w. bush and president george w. bush tried and sometimes came within two or three votes of getting the required legislative support. i hope it

actually flown over an area there was able spin that had 30 wolves and we went off the coast of northern alaska in the same trip where we observed a group of oxen and when they were disturbed the form a circle of males. to protect the females. and we go fishing in alaska quite often, fly-fishing so i've become quite familiar with alaska and many of the state national parks like rebate of up there in 1980, and i think that they will be preserved, but there is tremendous pressure from the oil companies to i would say legally drive the members of congress to take anwar, this beautiful area up there and to make it available for exploration from oil. this was an area that was first set aside and called the alaskan national wilderness region by president eisenhower in the 1950's to date and i just preserve what eisenhower first set aside one alaska became a state. and when i left office the only way you could do that is a president and both houses of congress voted to let oil exploration be done in anwar, and i have never dreamed that we would have a president in both houses of congress that might do

over an area there was a wolf in the head for the whole of sand we just went off the coast of northern alaska on the same trip where we observed a group of oxen and when they were disturbed they formed a circle of nails facing court to protect the females in the middle, and we go fishing in alaska quite often, become quite familiar with alaska and many of the state national parks that i created up there in 1980. and i think that they will be preserved but there's a tremendous pressure from the oil companies i would say to legally drive members of congress to take this beautiful area up there and to me get a available for exploration from oil. this was an area that was first set aside, and it's only the alaskan national wilderness region by president eisenhower in the 1950's, and i just preserved what eisenhower first set aside when alaska became state, and when i left office the only way you could do that is if the president and both houses of congress voted to let oil exploration be done in anwar and i never dreamed we would have presidents in both houses of congress it might do so but presi

dryer air setting up over northern california this storm developing in the gulf of alaska brain is a lot of rain fall. if a very powerful storm will time out on future cast look every vote totals in your extended forecast coming up a bit. >> a preliminary hearing continues in the homecoming game rape case. some people are suspected in connection with the assault and rape of the 16 year-old richmond high school student back in october of 2009. the suspect right in age from 16 to 43. kron 4 dan curman is live in martinez, he has an update from the courtroom today. >> today was all about dna evidence. such a state dna evidence found the victim but also dna evidence found on some of the suspects. it taking the stand today, was contra costa county sheriff's department dna analyst david stockwell. he took the stand as prosecution tried to link the 16 year-old girl to the seven men accused of sexually assaulting her. stock will testify that vaginal an analyst logs from the victim, contain seem and that match defended john an unidentified male. he said swaps from the victim's mouth contain s

especially the northern, chance of definitely oahu and maui. big island looks okay. alaska, typical cold for this time of year. very cold in fairbanks. anchorage, 17. juno has the stormier weather. hances of snow there, 27 degrees. >>> now in the west coast today, just showers. the bigger rainstorm moves in tuesday night. showers from seattle to portland, dry in much of southern california to the valley, san francisco southwards. as i mentioned, as we get to tuesday, more significant rain storm moves onshore here. san francisco tuesday night could get pretty good rain. temperatures mild, snow levels high once again. >>> if you're watching on tv 17 bakersfield, california, even if the holiday weekend is over, enjoy a holiday light show. head over to the california living museum where proceeds go to animals in need from holiday lifts. that's your pick event of the day, veronica. >> every day can be a little like christmas. right? >> i'm waiting for my present from you rn. >> all right, bill. >>> here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment -- itting loose

northern wisconsin is with and minnesota and up to the poles. arctic regions. there you can see temperatures in parts of alaska 30, 40 below zero in the yukon. ir getting wintry. sun doesn't even come up in the northern part of north america this time of year. we are eight degrees cooler than 24 hours ago and we have all kinds of wind coming through the area. there is another view of the wind gusts around here and arer here are the wind -- here are the wind gusts that result in single digits where they are sub zero. winds are west at 15. humidity 66% at this time. and at o'hare the windchills calculated at 11. here is europe. you got poland here and you got -- look at the temperatures in this area. here is great britain where they had more snow on ground than at any point since 1966. there is france and germ nee. a lot of traffic accidents in that area and airports shut down in the alps and other locations in europe. the cold air spilling in from the northern latitudes over a good part of the continent. here is the next weather system we watch. this thing has weather advisories in the rockies. we have been talking about this since late last w

northern nevada. through 80, difficult drive, moisture near tahoe. back up in the high country, that's where you're seeing the heavier stuff. i mentioned alaska. economic out this storm bp a huge monster storm affecting anchorage today and areas of southern alaska. mostly cloudy. 64. nevada, showers and 38. >>> weekend forecast coming up, lynn. >> all right, bill. thank you. >>> also coming up reeshgs tail sales zoom. home sales jump, and a lawsuit against bernard madoff's bank. your early morning biz headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, is this the weekend in animated farry tales that knocked harry potter off his pemp. >>> wild finish in college football. michael vick leads the eagles and lebron with a homecoming to remember. >>> you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning -- new diplomatic cables released by wikileaks paint a bleak picture of afghanistan where the level of corruption is "overwhelming." hamid karzai is described as an unstable and erratic president with the inability to grasp the most basic principles of state building.