world of competitive pastry making it is really something. really get to know the people that are involved in this pastry competition in france. and you can root for them, and get your heart broken when things break it is really something to see. you'll be able to see it because gary myers is bringing us, the balboa theater and co- director of the telluride film festival. and anybody who loves movies? we love gary, thank you for everything you do for the bay area movie community. and diane and i go back a long way. she's a great lady, the hadley, and does a lot of things with community e dense and sponsors-the cat lady. it is nice to have you both here. and diane,-t hat the and gary, can you tell us about king's a pastry. >> it is a new documentary. they're famous for to not look back, the bob dylan film, and some of the great documentaries. and this is a series of s pastr chefs in the south of france, an amazing, addition, a pastry you did not know existed. huge pastries! one, greeks, the audience will cast is very exciting to see. and gasp

was selling coffee, i would have to pay an additional fee apart from what i have to pay to sell pastries and bread. this is with dph, not the department of real estate. i do not know about that. if there is some information that could be passed on to the food vendors, that would be good. some of these things seem sketchy. i would also like the department of real estate to lend an ear to what the issues are for some of the vendors, even some of the farmers. this meeting was short notice, so i am sure there are others who wanted to say something. mainly concerned with some of the things that i see the need to be addressed. if there are any questions for me, i would be glad to answer. supervisor maxwell: would you be willing to help with the cac? >> indeed. what ever i can help, i have made it known, i am willing to. alemany farmer's market is by far the best farmers market in the city. there are a lot of things in other markets, but in terms of oowhat the people want, what te people feel comfortable with, family issues, those kinds of aspects, i think this is the best in the city. what ev

is there a staggered fee in the folks that sell pastries and coffee? >> i am sure there is not. we allow the markets to determine that. we took their bids. what they thought they could pay, to be the fees that they paid. we did not do any standardization. supervisor maxwell: and you based that on what you all thought was best. is that what is happening in other markets, is that just what san francisco does? >> we work closely with the rec and park department in many of their offerings. this is a constant challenge, rate setting. i think we share the velocity of allowing the market to speak. the intent was to create a market floor that we thought was reasonable, and then individual vendors could decide, i could bit more than that because this is my anticipated share of the market. it was always set as a floor. i think maybe what the director is getting at is maybe there is a possibility for a tiered system that would recognize the difference of what they are selling, the likely profit margins they may have. i think we can move to that system in 2011 in our next bid call. supervis

. >> the pastry-- pastry chef did everything. and you could learn everything in this restaurant. my daughter, and my wife is here. my daughter, i was the coo. i got her in there so that she could make the same kind of cake that they did. today, she is an incredible -- you -- we want her to go to basically open a resturant in lafayette. >> get her to open one in san francisco. good for her. as the coo, the operating officer, -- >> i am taking care of everybody. with tehe dollars and cents of everybody working. >> you deal with hirings and firings, figuring out who came into the samll business and grow it. ok. skyy vodka in 1996. you were working with maurice. [laughter] supervisor alioto-pier: you worked with a few san franciscans. >> skyy vodka was going crazy. it did very well. and basically, mr. canbar sold to campari. and yes. supervisor alioto-pier: do you remember when skyy started? >> it was 19 -- supervisor alioto-pier: when did he sell to campari? >> that was in 2000. that became, that was a huge -- supervisor alioto-pier: how many people were employed in 1996? >> through

oprah also passed out pastry made by a bay area company. >> as lee report, that bakery is now gearingup for the oprah effect for the secondçó time. picot some say crescent. >>reporter: 8 years ago this golden flakey mini crescent was one of her favorite thing. it seems it still is. for second time the pastry chef at richmond galaxy dessert baked up a withiner. >> i i never had a credit september tasted bet other than paris itself. >>reporter: the staff i gearing up for flood of orders and brought in a third shift something they should have done the first time they were on the show. >> fir year we thought we would do an extra 1,000 we did 15,000. and did than the have enough airplane for u p s to ship our product and had to lapped at moffitt air base. >>reporter: they says this i one of the favorite because it's so rich with butter. the company says they go through 60,000 pounds of it a month. >> favorite things. >>reporter: today washington oprah last favorite thing show. those in the audience were chosen because of their work with charities in communities. founders of bay area animal

we would suggest to the vendors that they provide things like coffee, fruit, pastries, healthy snacks. the rent will be paid as a percentage of gross revenue. we are asking for the proposal to have a minimal guarantee. there was a meeting on october 9th and. we sent notice to 600 individuals. we posted notice of the meeting at the facility. we made announcements to the mayor's office as well as our -- we contacted all of the organizations which are listed on the screen to tell them about this meeting. we will continue the following process. we will put supporting materials on the part department web site. we have received the support of the after work tennis club, the golden gate park tennis club, the complex staff, members of the public to attended a community meeting. upon approval and successful negotiations, we will come back with a offenders selection. if this is approved, we will issue it to mark. our deadline is on december 3rd. we will bring back the selected respondents in january and we would love for the permit to commenced in time for spring tennis. >> thank you very much.

we're the kids in america ♪ oh, oh, oh ♪ we're the kids in america ♪ oh, oh, oh ah, that's our new pastrilled sandwich. oh, eat. hey, are thehappy we got rid of the rye bread? they say it's the perfecte our compliment to thtisan bread. classic hot pastrami, meing cheese, deli mustard andickles. awesome. hey, um what are we teing in that room? oh! nothin we were ju hazin' the intern. >>> there is encouraging news for california students in spite of the budget cuts, new statewide test scores that students made progresfor the eighth yeain a row. >> you should feel proud of yourself. you did it. >> for years, bridges academy in oakland struggled to increase test scor. this year they nearly made it to the 800 point mark. that is the benchmark set by the state in order to be consiered a high quality school. it hasn't been easy. nearly 85% of the students here are english learners. >> we have a focus where we reviewed anden participated. >> extr help were given to those that need it. >> it's an abstract knowledge. >> when california begin tracking schools, only 20% or were at or above the 800 ma

make the mixture, put it in the pastry bag.hall la bread or whatever pred you like. >> hall la is the best. >> you squeeze it like that. >> and the bread will allow you to go so far and there you go. you put it in the freezer. when they are nice and frozen, you state police them and there you go. >> i see. by the way, the recipe is on our web site and you can try this at home. why do that when you can go to his restaurant. what do you do now? >> soak it in heavy cream, egg and more rum and frangellica. >> i like this french toast. >> toasted hazel nuts. >> mm-hmm. >> and have one there. >> you have one already here i see. >> working on that one. you can see how this is very did shall. >> i will turn this over for you, okay? one more time. oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> look at that cheese coming out. >> look at that cheese. that looks good. then after you -- >> we're going to put it on the plate. >> it's ready to come out. >> really good right there. >> that looks good. >> and we're going to put a honey drizzle that's been infused wi

my lover who lives far away opens the door to my room and offers pastry in a basket spun from his vision. it is closely woven. the kind of container some women collect. i have seen these in many colors but the basket he brings is simple. only black. only nude. the basket he brings is full of sweet burdens and i eat even the crumbs. as am i have not dined for days. my lover who lives far away opens the door to my room and offers tea made from the liquid he's crying. i do not want my lover crying and i am sorry i ever asked for tea. my lover, who lives far away opens the door to my room pretending he never cried. he offers tea and cold cakes. the tea is delicious. spiced like the start of our courtship. honeyed and warm. i drink every bit of the tea and put aside the cakes. my lover who lives far away opens the door to my room like a man loving his strength. the lock i replaced this morning will not keep him away. my lover who lives far away opens the door to my room and brings me nothing. perhaps he has noticed how fat i have grown indulged. perhaps he is poor and sick as emptying his sto

is find its declared the death of socialism and pastry making a comeback countries across the globe many experts predict a new detail of capitalism. weather extremes experienced on every continent taught children why there is something approaching climatic commits in the search for someone to blame. it's time for sports news now with natasha. hello and welcome the sports news on r.t.m. we begin with if you look at the headlines there is hamilton emanates practice for the crucial grand prix i had a fellow title chasers alone so webber to tell. you the end of the ravens fourth quarter comeback deny i do not plan to as the falcons gather weigh in for the past record in the league. and it's a one certain goal found in melbourne l.t. the guy was hit by none other than robert allenby is shot on the second day of the aussie masters. so starting with formula one and mcclaren series hamilton increase the pressure on three title favors by recording the fastest time in practice for the season ending grand prix red bull said boston would tell the race winner here last year was fastest ahead of hamil

as for the turns, no offense to seattle and the college of charleston, but the puff pastry portion endsonight with a showdown against number four, pitt. it will happen at madison square garden in new york as they play the 2k sports classic. it's maryland's first trip to the world's most famous arena since they won the tournament back in 2006. as gary williams tries to figure out who his team is this year, tonight, he needs to tell them quite a bit. >> and that is the best regard for them in the country, you know, all lights are on. and that is exciting for them, no problems. >> i like our teams in terms of the efforts there that they are learning to see what they could do. and this is another step to see where we are with that. >> reporter: meanwhile, big news from maryland's football within the hour. they announced that he will, announce that he will return as the football coach happens next year. he was 2-10, last year. there is 7-3 this year, that they thought they might give away the offensive coordinator after they received that. all right, we need time for you to pick out the game

and i have a gold peeked green tea lemonade and we have spiced puff pastry cheese straws and any of this, you could have for your guests and they're delicious and easy. and it's all about friends and family. >> and letting that simmer, it will make the house smell wonderful. it's a delicious combination of flavors. >> and whipped cream on top? >> just a little bit of goodness on top. >> and cinnamon there? >> and this is back to the nutmeg. well, that's really cool. >> what are you -- we have a minute left. by the way, here's the cook book. would be a great present. what do you serve for thanksgiving. >> i'll spend it with my mom, sister and extended family and aol serve my warm apple tea and a traditional turkey. >> what's traditional versus modern. >> well, i don't deep fry it or -- there's also different ways. i like a roasted turkey with giblet gravy. >>> and listen, do you present it to the table then take it back and ash it at the table. i'm a chef, i take it into the kitchen. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you for being with us. if you want more information go, to facebook a

they also handed out pastries from a bay area company. >> eight years ago this golden mini croissantprah's favorite things and it seems it still is. for the second time. pastry chef has baked up a winner. >> i never had a croissant that tasted so better. >> they are gearing up for a flood of orders and brought in a third shift something they should have done the first time they were on the show. >> the first year croissants we did 15,000. >> this is one of her favorites because it's so rich with butter. company says they go through 60,000 pounds of it a month. >> those in the audience were chosen because of their work with charities and communities. a bay animal adoption agency was also in audience. >> we often show a binder of dogs. >> they are auctioning off to raise money for their adoption agency. community involvement is important to owners of galaxy desserts. some of which they gave give to food banks. >> we give to contra costa and alameda food banks. >>> a good deed even when they are not in the national limelight. >> flakely croissant -- >> it's not there. >> we need to send

they handed out treats, including a box of white house m & ms and cookies made by the white house pastrygests alcohol is more dangerous than illegal drugs like heroin and crack. british experts ranked drugs on a scale of 100 based on how addictive they are and how much they harm the human body. alcohol is ranked highest at 72. in part because of the problems it causes socially. heroin was 55. crack, 54. cocaine, 27, followed by tobacco and marijuana. >>> the federal trial begins today for the man accused of kidnapping elizabeth smart. after eight years of delay, jury selection begins in the trial of brian david mitchell accused of abducting her from her home in utah when she was 14 years old. she was rescued nine months later. smart, now 22, is expected to testify against mitchell. if convicted, he faces life in prison. >>> it's been almost six weeks since the alleged computer spying incident at rutgers university. freshman tyler clemente committed suicide after two classmates allegedly used a webcam to spy on him during a sexual encounter with another man. they were charged with invasio

we have a cool morning start all that weather was brought to you by kellogg's pop-tarts, toaster pastrieser to get down here. >> come on, sam. you knew i was going to go there. >>> and now -- he's really going to stay down there. for "america's consumer" winter is around the corner. the time to get ready is now. wendy bounds is here. five things you can do to winterize your home, for saving money. we talk about drafts. >> i know. >> they -- >> they feel bad. they make us want to crank up the heat. and if they're situated near a thermostat, they may make it cut off. one of the things i like is a twins draft guard. it slides under the door. you can cut it to fit. it gets the draft coming and going. goes right underneath it. you can use it on the window. only about 11 bucks. a small thing. use it in the bedroom. turn down the rest of the house. really helps. >> you can use it for windows. >> now, windows -- caulking. another big place. i love to caulk. i will admit it here now. why don't i come to your house, right? >> please. >> there's a couple of products that make it easier. this product

this morning pastry chef got the news when we stopped by her house. >> relieved, happy, proud, tingly the same time. excited for my whole staff an the restaurant and for michelin. we're happy about that. >> talked to the tribune food critic who added there are several great restaurants that didn't make it. >> oceanic. >> love that one. >> and he said the michelin guide could make or break restaurants. >> i don't think that's the case here. it's brand new. >> and the next guide comes out next year. maybe these places will have a chance. >>> coming up: bulls open their seven-game road trip with one of the easier games. >>> and blackhawks looking for a quick start in their game tomorrow. rich king next with sports. ♪ [ female announcer ] yoplait's real fruit and the goodness of dairy... gives you a little slice of happy. and happiness comes in 25 delicious flavors. explore them all. yoplait. it is so good. now the yoplait you love in a new four pack. try it today. we get double miles on every purchase. so we earned an la getaway twice as fast. we get double miles every time we use our ca

a certified master pastry chef, one of maybe 11 in the country. so lucky to have him here. >> and you are the actual executive chef for mccormick. for more information go to www.wbaltv.com. click on the "as seen on" icon. let's chat about weather. we are looking beautiful. in store for a fabulous weekend with plenty of sun and temperatures above normal. the only disturbance is well out west not affecting us until maybe some time next week. what about the men in kilts competition? i think you should totally get onboard with that, tony. >> you're say that like i couldn't win. >> i think you could! >> sounds like a lot of fun. you've got great food. great music. guinness, men in kilts and great weather. >> there you go. >> thank you sandra. appreciate that. yes. looks like nice weather going into the weekend for anything outside. if you're heading over to the state fairgrounds, the irish festival would be nice. 54 at the airport. 33 in taneytown. so the big difference between the temperatures in the northern suburbs. nothing unusual for this time of

they're homeless and living in a shelter, but for the next few hours, they are would-be pastry chefster cream is hard as well because it's hard to get it to look nice and smooth, but once you take a couple of classes and practice, you are able to do that. >> reporter: this is the first of three classes coordinated by patty. the end goal, entering a cake contest in december. the women from my sister's house shelter will compete. >> i love to do cakes, and i used to watch the food network all the time, how they have all of the competitions, and i was like i would never be able to do that. but in this, i can. >> reporter: serena randall is all smiles as she eyes a contest win. she's been up against tougher challenges. she's a mother, a grandmother and a recovering crack addict. >> i was in my drug addiction to two years. i lost everything i had. i had a home and i had a vehicle. so i lost everything, and in order for me to -- i let my kids go stay with their grandmother. it was hard at first, but, you know, i kept seeking help and now i'm better. >> reporter: serena says the kitschen is

the grabbed opening celebrations also include pastry chefs who are creati d.c. monument replicas, edible ones. culinary students are also expected to get a donation today. >>> the economy grew slightly faster last summer than first thought, but this morning stocks are falling st. let's check in now with cnbc's courtney reagan. she joins us live with more on that and the rest of today's business headlines. good morning, courtney. >> good morning. the stocks are really sliding. down 174 points here. it's on global worries. first we've got europe's debt crisis and the reports of squirmishes between south and north korea. that's setting markets into a tailspin. they dropped on the news of rising tension in their region. ireland may t be able to pass new tough measures. europe is having trouble too. now, the u.s. economy gw at a 2.5% annual rate during the first quarter. that is faster than the original estimate of a 2% growth but unfortunately it's not enough to move the needle on the stocks today. existing home sales fell by 2.2%. it's more than expected. wall stre

they're sort of like pop tarts but they were toaster pastries ab they tasted like a danish filled with fruit and a sweet glaze on top. they should bring that back, i don't remember that. >> meg mccormick misses vanilla cookie crisp cereal. i do remember this. i never ate these sugary cereals but i remember it. it's similar to cookie crisp except the cookies were smaller and vanilla flavored instead of chocolate chip. >> i was a foot loop guy. >> and then these crunch cookies. and they are hard to find in stories. >> there is a version of that this still exists in spicy. >> cool. and this is a good one. jackie in alexandria e-mailed us about her shampoo she misses call "gee, your hair smells terrific." it had a strong scent. it stayed in your hair for hours. this is it. >> gee, your hair smells terrific. >> look at all of that hair back in the 70s. >> this is a spanish version of the commercial. i remember that well. and that's -- even when the woman would walk out of the room, that smell would linger. but it wasn't an unpleasant smell. >> not at all. no longer made in the united states

. >> pastry buys its food from the san francisco food bank. >> we need turkeys, chickens, cranberry saucegetables, anything you would think for a traditional holiday meal. >> the need has increased yet again this year. financial donations are not only seemed here but preferred. for every $1 donated, the food bank can provide $6 worth of food. >> nothing else matters when you're hungry. you can't concentrate, you can't work. you can't really get through your daily tasks. >> turkey donations have started to trickle in. 68 so far. but that's less than half what they need and in antioch they have seven but need 150. heather ishimaru, abc 7 news. >> and as we get closer to thanksgiving, it is still feeling like fall. >> right. >> cold. >> yes. this morning we had some numbers, a few pockets in the upper 30s but looking at a very mild weekend with temperatures coming up as much as 5 to 7 degrees today but there is a wind advisory in the bay area. i'll explain next. >> also coming up the endangers species that are dying inside a state park and the frustration state park and the frustration of a

pastry chefs will mark the indication by creating d.c. nument replicas.y students from the multicultural high school are expect to go get a donation at today's grand opening. >>> now you made me all hungry joe. >> i could use some flapjacks. >> 6:51, tom. >> big changes on the way. beginning latethis afternoon, as a front does move on throh, likely we will see rain moving in. after that temperatures are going to plummet overnight. we have no travel problems weatherwise. live view from sky watcher, city camera overlooking the potomac river. beautiful start to this day. notravel problems. 52 at national airport. south-southwesterly breeze will warm us up quickly. 50s throughout most of the region. a bit milder around the lower part of the eastern shore, virginia tidewater, western maryland in the 40s. rain beginning to show up. garrett county getting sprinkles. this front is weakening as it moves east. it will brinclouds in by midday and showers likel for students at the bus stop, no travel problems this morning. cool side. low to mid machine 50s the next c

johnny is the executive pastry chef at a restaurant in new york and on the 13th annual chocolate showrn it on too high. go slow. this is the last of the sugar. >> do you add a lot of egg in there? >> no, six egg whites. all the recipes are on the website. we add whipped egg yolks and cornstarch, bring it to a boil. al, you want to give me a hand? blend the cornstarch in. >> this is a fast souffle. >> next, you will give me the egg yolk, right inside. same thing. fold that in. the key to the souffle to really make sure -- everybody's so afraid to make a souffle at home. you will see how fast it is. kind of like a mud here. the trick is the meringue is nice and supple. you don't want to overwhip your meringue, you want it soft and supple like this is. the key now is to sacrifice a third of it, quarter of it. you're actually going to knock it down. you want to be really careful when you work with egg whites. i will just kind of whisk it in, break it down. what you're doing is lightning the dense matter. lightening the gnosh part of it. you want to throw the raspberries in the pan? all th

this is the professional chef pastry mommy right now, all right.in 13 minutes okay. >> reporter: it's a shame you can't smell them. take my word, they smell as good as they taste. >> so are you ready to make these part of your thanksgiving? go to our website for the complete recipes and extended video of the chefs demonstrating how to make each one. they include some interesting tips so go to wgntv.com/chefs. happy cooking, everyone. . >> yummy. >> get right to work, you know, get going to be so busy on thanksgiving. >> i know you are. >> oh, boy, polite but honest. coming up, a former president and first lady weigh in on the tea party. >>> and the party's over for one nfc north coach, dan roan turns out the lights up there in the metro dome later in sports. with the capital one venture card we get double miles on every purchase. so we earned a holiday trip to the big apple twice as fast! dinner! [ garth ] we get double miles every time we use our card. and since double miles add up fast, we can bring the whole gang! it's hard to beat double miles!

don't believe that because you're living in a magnificent mansion with every sort of help including a pastry chef that you can imagine, but i knew the white house to be a home. george and i say there with his mother and dad and, of course, barbara bush made it a home for all of our children and grandchildren and i knew i could do that for barbara and jenna and george. we have lots of longtime friends who came up and visit the thus and stayed with us. >> mrs. bush, there is another bush family book coming out in two months. have you read decision points? >> i have and it's very good. i think people like it. george's book publishes in november, and decision points, and i think people will like it. mary george bush. >> suggestions from you? >> not really. we were both writing our books at the same time ensure researchers, we each have our own researcher who would go to the archives where everything is documented. for instance when i wrote about 9/11 the look at secret service lot of the timeline to look at our advanced time lines, looked at everything else on our schedule a run that day so i co

don't believe that because you're living in a magnificent mansion with every sort of help including a pastry chef that you can imagine, but i knew the white house to be a home. george and i say there with his mother and dad and, of course, barbara bush made it a home for all of our children and grandchildren and i knew i could do that for barbara and jenna and george. we have lots of longtime friends who came up and visit the thus and stayed with us. >> mrs. bush, there is another bush family book coming out in two months. have you read decision points? >> i have and it's very good. i think people like it. george's book publishes in november, and decision points, and i think people will like it. mary george bush. >> suggestions from you? >> not really. we were both writing our books at the same time ensure researchers, we each have our own researcher who would go to the archives where everything is documented. for instance when i wrote about 9/11 the look at secret service lot of the timeline to look at our advanced time lines, looked at everything else on our schedule a run that day so i co

pastry chefs will create a replica of the washington monument. >>> qantas airlines wants compensation. rolls royce made the engine that failed while a super jumbo jet was mid flight. "the wl street journal" reports that the australian carrier is working with rolls royce. to make a compensation estimate. meanwhile, qantas says it has finished safety checks on all airbus a-380s that still have that rolls royce engine. the airline will put the super jumbo fleet back in service this weekend. >>e now know leonardo dicaprio was on a plane that made an emergency nding in new york. investigators found in evidence a bird strike caused the engine failure. the delta air lines flight just left jfk for russia sunday night when pilots saw a flash from one of the engines. pilots dumped fuel over the atlantic ocean and returned to the airport. none of the 200 paengers were injured. dicaprio reportedly thanked the pilot for their quick action and gave them autographs. >>> stay tuneded. news continues right now at 5:30. >>> the decisi that was made was based on all the evidence, not one piece more than

the pastry shop stalled 275 pies. they came in pumpkin, pecan and apple crumble. >> i tell you, nobody bakes any longer. it's absolutely the thing at the end of the meal that everybody is going to remember. and nobody has time to roll a pie crust any longer. so it's much easier to come to someplace like suze cakes. >> and suze cakes rolls all its pies by handled. the owners say thanksgiving time is their time of the year. did you order a pie? >> i'm sure we're going to have about four or five of them. >> good. >> ahead at 6:00, one holiday tradition gets off to an early and cold start. >> reporter: would you camp out in the cold to save some cash? i'm live. coming up, we'll introduce you.s d dmiopsh.d persnepe >>> we're live in coalma, where best buy looks like a sporting good store, and these people are going to spend thanksgiving in the parking lot, that the deal? they are. and it is cold. these tents are not for sale. they are in use. these bargain shoppers say saving money makes every cold second worth it. so far,

including the pastry chef. i knew it could be home. we stayed there with george's dad and mom.ara made it a home. i knew i could do that for barbara and jenna and george. the other thing, we have lots of long time friends that came up and visited us and stayed with us. >> mrs. bush, there's another bush family book coming out in two months. >> that's right. >> have you read "decision points" >> i've read it. i think it's very good. i think people are going to like it. it publishes in november. "decision points." it's very george bush in his voice. >> any suggestions? >> not really. we were both writing our books at the same time. we shared researchers. we each had our own who would go to the archives where everything is documented to -- for instance when i wrote about september 11th. a look at the secret service log of the timeline to look at our advanced people timeline, to look at the other -- everything else that on our schedule around that day so i could write about it. very straightforward and honest way. but -- so we did share researchers, we did talk to each other about

it was fruit and pastries. >> not really carnival actually invited you back for breakfast and didn'tave a hot breakfast? >> no. they had it set up in the grand ballroom but it was the same thing as on the ship. all of us there said, oh, no, we're not doing this. we want eggs and something substantial. >> i don't blame you for that one. you're a good sport. thanks for coming on. >>> joe miller is one hard-nosed alaskan and he is ready for a fight. an overwhelming majority of the write-in votes are being counted for incumbent lisa murkowski but miller is pushing back on everything from vote count to the security of alaska's ballot boxes. so ten days after the election, the senate race there goes on. nbc's kristen welker is here for the very latest. where does all this stand now? >> reporter: right now after two days of counting, chris, as you mentioned, lisa murkowski still doing prel wet. she's getting 89% of the write-in votes counted for her. about 8% of the votes counted are being counted for her. however, they're also being contested by the miller camp which essentially means that

the executive pastry chef at the westin st.ill set up his signature 12-foot rotating holiday sugar castle in the main lobby of the hotel. that's set for 10:00 this morning. it resembles a french chateau. i don't know how many calories. the sugar castle will be on display through january 3rd. >>> president obama will pardon a couple of turkeys today and this time they both have california ties. the two very lucky turkeys will be spared from the dinner table. they will make an appearance at the white house today after they travel all the way from modesto. the turkeys were raised by foster farms. once they're pardoned, they're going to sent to george washington's mt. vernon estate where they'll live out the rest of their lives in peace. >>> good morning once again. 5:38 on this very chilly morning. we're now down to 27 degrees in napa, 31 in fairfield. look at livermore now, down to freezing. 32 degrees. 35 in san jose. look at oakland, right at the airport, 35 degrees this morning. so these upper 20s and low 30s around our north

. >> and for travelers with a sweet tooth, pastries around the clock. >> we have 24-hour operation inre is a pecania. >> delicious. >> delicious. >> maybe if we can just slice it up. >> slice it up as we keep talking. >> what is this i'm eating? >> this is the 150 restaurant. >> yes, this is from central park called the duck -- >> we ate at 150 central park. the food was off the hook. it was so -- what is going on here? >> this is hollywood. >> i'moing in. >> going in, hoda woman. >> th a carrot blanc. >> i want to try the sushi restaurant. in the sushi restaurant, this is a champagne lobster roll. >> stop it. >> especially for you. break it up. break it up. >> he, hoda. >> thank you. >> what we do is, of course -- >> put it in there. put it in there and eat it. >> go on. there you go. >> and then, of course, we have this hot dog here where you -- >> you cook right at the table. >> oh, fun. >> we should point out behind us before we go any further, they made a autiful "today" show ice sculpture for us. >> beautiful stuff. >> it is all theater. even the food is theatrical >> this is ba

people don't believe that because you live in such a magnificent mansion with every help including a pastry chef that you can imagine. i knew the white house could be home because george and i stayed there with his mother and dad and barbara bush made it a home for all of her children and grandchildren and i knew i could do that with barbara and jenna and george. the other thing george and ira lucky about is we have lots of longtime friends who came up and visited. >> host: there was another bush family book coming out in two months. have you read decision point? >> guest: i read it and it is very good. people will really like it. it publish is in november. decision points. people will really like it. it is very george bush. [talking over each other] >> guest: not really. we were both right in our books at the same time and shared researchers. each had our own researcher who would go to the archives where everything is documented. for instance when i wrote about september 11th to look at the secret service log and timeline to the cat howard fast time line and look at everything else on our

also, if you like, come by and try any of these great pastries. we have a great bakery. this is your portion of apple struedel. >> reporter: thank you, travis. i give him the award for the chef with the best hair. myfoxdc.com is our web site. we have the link to the metro cooking show going on this saturday and sunday. $20 if you get your tickets in advance. $25 if you get them on-site. it is an additional fee if you want to go to the beer and wine and spirit section or one of the celebrity demonstrations. we will have more in the next hour. we have the struedel ready. we have to decorate the table. >> you have a rough assignment today, holly. >> reporter: it is really taxing. >>> thank you. on this friday morning, coming up in the next hour, dr. oz will join us live. >>> plus, we will check out the family friendly events taking place around town this weekend. stay with us. it's pain relief without the pills. no pills, no pain. how can you get pain relief without taking pills around the clock? try thermacare heatwraps, for all day relief without pills. i was surprised, t

most people don't go for turnovers at least making them because they don't want to deal with puff pastryemade? >> this is out of the package, actually. >> this is whole wheat? >> this is whole wheat, which has understand advantages, but we're going to fold it up. we're going to do a couple of them you and i. they're so delicate, so you just throw them out if you tear i because there's so many in a package. >> you start with that one so we see how it's done by a pro. >> we'll see how it's done by someone who's done it before, at least. you butter it very lightly and you don't need a lot of butter, and we're going to do a couple of layers of filo. and then some apples and cinnamon and sugar. >> you don't have to cook them first, the apples? >> no, you don't have to cook them. >> and a layer of nuts in here also. >> what else could you use? what works and what doesn't work? >> apples work beautifully, pears work beautifully. this is also the technique you would use for spinach cheese pie. >> mean did not tear, yours did. >> did you do a second layer yet? >> no. let's say that we did a secon

this gigantic ship that means since monday it's been spam instead of caviar, pop tarts instead of pastries and hour after hour of darkness. but the disaster voyage is expected to end this afternoon and rachel bianco from the san diego affiliate kgtv is on the water and hopefully she's able to hear us by cell phone so, rachel, give us an idea, what happens once it docks, then what? >> reporter: good morning. you can imagine how excited these passengers must be to see the san diego skyline. it's a beautiful morning here. the water's calm. the "splendor" probably between five and seven miles from where we are. we are on a boat in the middle of the bay traveling four to five miles an hour. right now on course to arrive in the port sometime around 8:00 this morning. this is the first time that tug boats have actually pulled a ship of this size that has no power into the san diego terminal. as you know, several tug boats, six of them out there right now. they're also two coast guard cutters and another coast guard vessel keeps an eye on the ship. very lengthy and slow process and should be able