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me to a little bit of a ping- pong, so i accept your challenge. ♪ >> it is an amazing spot.is a state of the art center. >> is beautiful. quarkrights i would like to come here and join them >> we came to seven straight about 10 years ago. -- 7th street about 10 years ago. the environment is huge. it is stronger than willpower. surrounding yourself with artists, being in a culture where artists are driving, and where a huge amount of them is a healthy environment. >> you are making it safer. push, push. that is better. when i start thinking, i see it actually -- sometimes, i do not see it, but when i do, it is usually from the inside out. it is like watching something being spawned. you go in, and you begin to work, excavate, play with the dancers, and then things began to emerge. you may have a plan that this is what i want to create. here are the ideas i want to play with, but then, you go into the room, and there maybe some fertile ideas that are becoming manifest that are more interesting than the idea you had initially set out to plan. so there has to be this openness fo

me to a little bit of a ping- pong, so i accept your challenge. ♪ >> it is an amazing spot.is a state of the art center. >> is beautiful. quarkrights i would like to come here and join them >> i'm your host of "culturewire," and today, here at electric works in san francisco. nice to see you today. thanks for inviting us in and showing us your amazing facility today. >> my pleasure. >> how long has electric works been around? >> electric works has been in san francisco since the beginning of 2007. we moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. we do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. >> we will look at all of that as we walk around. it is incredible to me how many different things you do. how is it you identify that san francisco was in need of all these different services? >> it came from stepping out of graduate school in 1972. i wrote a little thing about how this is an idea, how our world should work. it should have printmaking, archiving, a gallery. it should have a retail store. in 1972, i w

me to a little bit of a ping- pong, so i accept your challenge. ♪ >> it is an amazing spot.is a state of the art center. >> is beautiful. quarkrights i would like to come here and join them . >> okay. mr. mayor good morning everyone. i am mr. alva residence and the director of the housing authority and today mayor lee will be announcing one of the most extraordinary funding announcements in the history of my 26 years in this business to ever occur. today we're going to get twins. we're going to get -- the mayor is going to talk about two choice initiative planning grants, this i believe culminates the mayor's leadership, cements the idea for hope sf and restores hope to hope sf and we have resident leaders here, the commissioners. i want to be clear this is a priority for the housing authority. it's a priority for me. it's a priority for the residents. we are committed to hope sf and to move it forward and the mayor announcement is another part of that moving that initiative forward. mayor lee -- i also have the director of hud here and he is going to lead us and then we wil

me to a little bit of a ping- pong, so i accept your challenge. ♪ >> it is an amazing spot.is a state of the art center. >> is beautiful. quarkrights i would like to come here and join them ♪ >> welcome to hamilton recreation and aquatics center. it is the only facility that has an integrated swimming pool and recreation center combined. we have to pools, the city's water slide, for little kids and those of you that are more daring and want to try the rockslide, we have a drop slide. >> exercises for everybody. hi have a great time. the ladies and guys that come, it is for the community and we really make it fun. people think it is only for those that play basketball or swim. >> i have been coming to the pool for a long time now. it is nice, they are sweet. >> in the aquatics center, they are very committed to combining for people in san francisco. and also ensuring that they have public safety. >> there are a lot of different personalities that come through here and it makes it very exciting all the time. they, their family or teach their kids have a swim. >> of the gem is

this is the guy who is not just our mayor, but he is a ping-pong player. he loves to shoot hoops. he loves baseball. he is a big sports fan. he loves our kids. the thing i tried to model after him the most is the ability to play and to bring joy to the job. ladies and gentlemen, our mayor, edwin lee. [cheers and applause] >> first of all, thank you, everybody, for coming here and help us open the betty ann ong rec center. [applause] we're going to say that name a very, very often from here on. it is great opportunity. we were here just last september, putting in the final beam with the ong family and with so many of the community agencies, from the chamber to associations, to the community youth center, the chinatown development center. and i remember, even the previous time when supervisor chu and i were right in this building -- supervisor chiu and i were right here in this building when fire victims needed a place to be. now we have a rec center that will also be the community emergency center, so that if there is any big event that ever happens that affects this community, the

me to a little bit of a ping- pong, so i accept your challenge. ♪ >> it is an amazing spot.is a state of the art center. >> is beautiful. quarkrights i would like to come here and join them >> okay, if we an have everybody take their seats. okay, good morning. we're going to get warm because you're all together. but we really want to welcome all of you today to the opening of our new city, new bridge hiv research facility. let's give it a hand. [cheering and applauding] >> one of the greatest honors that i have and barbara garcia, the director of health and one of the greatest honors i have is the critical staff that i get to work with. is going to b [speaker not understood]. [cheering and applauding] >> susan is a premiere doctor in our community, in our san francisco general hospital focused on hiv and aids. ands as importantly and sometimes even more, her importance of being a researcher in the area of hiv and aids and is a renowned world leader in this area. by the way, we have many of you who are, well, world renowned researchers also in the midst of all of us. i'm the

me to a little bit of a ping- pong, so i accept your challenge. ♪ >> it is an amazing spot.is a state of the art center. >> is beautiful. quarkrights i would like to come here and join them here to introduce the mayor of san francisco, forecast sf sponsor and regional vice president health system innovation and community benefit for california pacific medical center, please welcome judy lee. judy. (applause). >> good morning. i've learned a lot this morning nr tim and john and i think the most personally relevant to me is john's comments about the mortgage rate hitting the all-time low. so i think i'm going to have it call my husband and take that refi offer during the break. but back to the agenda. since becoming mayor, at lee has prioritized job grow *t and making san francisco the innovation capital of the world. and the chamber has worked very closely with the mayor on a number of initiatives, one that we're very proud of is the midmarket payroll tax initiatives. that is to make san francisco much more attracttive to entrepreneurial companies and renovate a blighted area

the ping-pong tables, the basketballs, tables, chairs. all of the equipment was paid for through the private philanthropy that we have been able to raise. your tax dollars at work -- how many times do we hear that, and it is a little bit on the cynical side? take a look at this building. your tax dollars, my tax dollars, phil's taxes, the mayor's taxes, our taxes paid for this building. we all should die in. every taxpayer in san francisco chipped in a little bit today for the beautiful new building -- we all should die in. what do you think and this use of our tax dollars -- we all chipped in appeared what you think about our tax dollars at work? [applause] we paid for this building through the 2008 parks bond. if you like this, just wait until what is coming in november. we have another parked bond measure, the green and safe neighborhood parks bond of 2012 that will be on your ballot this november. it is going to pay for more rec ce% neighborhoods all across the city. new swimming pools, new playgrounds, new trails, touching every neig

picture the whole room with ping-pong balls right now. i take a big paddle and i-- wouldn't those balls hit one another? now, one ball here fly across the room. when i speak to you and go, "hello." it's not like the molecule come right across hit your ears. "oh, it sound like-- that doesn't happen. does it? what happens when i say hello? i just-- all the molecules start moving. like the ping-pong balls go-- can you see them all moving in your minds eye? how many say, "no, i can't picture that. "you'd have to show me more. i just can't picture things like--" show a hands. okay. now, that's what happen. so anyway, what do you think? warm air or cold air communicate the sound faster? check your neighbor. how many of you saying i think the sound would travel a little bit faster in the warm air? how many say, "nope, that make sense, "but you wouldn't have asked the question if it made sense. "you asked the question 'cause it was the opposite. i think sound probably travels faster in the cold air." how many say, "no, i think the speed of sound

picture the whole room with ping-pong balls right now. i take a big paddle and i-- wouldn't those balls hit one another? now, one ball here fly across the room. when i speak to you and go, "hello." it's not like the molecule come right across hit your ears. "oh, it sound like-- that doesn't happen. does it? what happens when i say hello? i just-- all the molecules start moving. like the ping-pong balls go-- can you see them all moving in your minds eye? how many say, "no, i can't picture that. "you'd have to show me more. i just can't picture things like--" show a hands. okay. now, that's what happen. so anyway, what do you think? warm air or cold air communicate the sound faster? check your neighbor. how many of you saying i think the sound would travel a little bit faster in the warm air? how many say, "nope, that make sense, "but you wouldn't have asked the question if it made sense. "you asked the question 'cause it was the opposite. i think sound probably travels faster in the cold air." how many say, "no, i think the speed of sound

one-inch to ping-pong-ball sized hail. huge hail coming down. smashing windshields. this one from carlsbad, new mexico. and the next one from a different area in new mexico. a lot of the cells had a ton of height to the storms. that usually adds to the ail potential. we're going to see that again today. texas, dallas included here, up through oklahoma city. even kansas city and parts of far western illinois, western wisconsin. this whole region is in a slight risk for isolated tornadoes, that hail, and damaging winds. we'll be watching for that later this afternoon and evening. you want to catch your latest on the abc station near you. until then, i'll have more on the weather and the deep freeze coming up. back to dan. >> ron asked an important question, have you ever played ping-pong with the ball the size of hail? >> think about it. >> nothing to say here. >> by the way, dan, the pronunciation for dog in new york is dog. we're here in new york. >>> good morning, everyone. we begin with the arrests that have been made in connection with the shooting of the courageo

one of the men is ping-pong sing. two of the men were able to make it back to shore and families members are hoping they will find the other men alive. >> we still have hope he is still alive. >> the coast guard plans to bring in more rescuers for the search later this morning. >>> the taliban is claiming responsibility for a suicide bomb that killed 18 people including 3 nato troops. international troops were targeted near a market. they have not released the names of those killed but most of the people killed are american. >>> they have reached a grim milestone. at least 2000 u.s. troops have been killed in the conflict. they were killed in a fire fight at a security checkpoint. the soldier who died was based out of fort brag north carolina. >>> they could bring rulings on gay marriages and voting rights. it could come october 10th when they will hear arguments for a firmtive action programs. the court could hear cases involving the defensive marriage act and it challenges the voting rights act. >>> the man accused

. -- pong. he was playing and drinking some. it's not something that college kids all over america don't top. the only different is that he's not from america or a college kid, but he's still young and the word thing about the picture, are you look at it? >> i'm looking at it. >> why is he holding a backpack? i think i have an answer. >> what is that? >> and we were hunting for it. people from canada called in on tmz live and the thing in canada is when you're under age, it's very common for people to come to these beer pong parties with boar in their backpack. it's hard to get and they secreate it in their backpack and bring it to the party. >> okay, that is interesting. hopefully justin, you know, he's a role model for a lot of kids out there and hopefully get it cleared up. >>> light talk about kim kardashian and kanye west. >> they're hang hunting, look for 7- to $10 million mansion. they going to move in together and they have plenty of money to make the purchase. the weird thing, shawn, is that kim still is not divorced ye

look at this ping-pong paddle i have here. see it? watch this ping-pong ball come in and hit the paddle. watch this. watch this. [makes sound] see, it went off with the same speed? i could've held this very rigidly. watch again. [makes sound] kinetic energy in, kinetic energy out, same, same. did you see that? this time, i'm gonna move the paddle up like this. now watch. [makes sound] did you see it move away faster? why? 'cause i hit it. i belted a hand, it came in. boom. i gave it energy. when you got a pump and you're pumping air... [makes sounds] ...do you ever reach down and reach and touch that pump? [laughter] that pump is what? - hot. - it's hot. why? 'cause you have belted those molecules. what do you have when you take a ball-- a baseball bat and start hitting balls? what are they gonna do? slow down? they're gonna speed up. and so what happens, that paddle comes in and-- now, what happens in air when air molecules movin' by and it hits-- and it sees another one that's coming toward it? ba-ba-boom. it could bounce off with m

according to reports from the miami herald and another one there the medium security cams even has a ping pong table this picture was taken a few years ago but human rights activists say get no is anything but an adult playground they say it's at these prisons where suspects are interrogated and tortured without normal legal protections for more i'm joined by retired colonel morris davis a professor at howard university school of law welcome colonel thank you all right so these documents are just starting to come out having worked with detainees at guantanamo bay there what do you expect to be revealed probably not a lot mr response so these are documents on procedures that were followed and they don't really show you any direct light on specific cases so i think the public will see some of the process the mundane things like the operating procedure for the detention facility were it you know specifies how many pair of socks or detain you can have and in their cells so i don't expect we're going to be big bombshells in these documents ok you know human rights activists for years now have been

that's according to reports from the miami herald and one of the medium security camps even has a ping pong table although this picture was taken a few years ago but human rights activists say get mail is anything but an adult playground they say it's had these prisons where suspects are interrogated and tortured without normal legal protections for more i was joined by retired colonel morris davis a professor at howard university school of live first asked him what he expects to be revealed from these documents. probably not a lot of sun said these are documents on procedures that were followed and they don't really shed any direct light on specific cases so i think the public will see some of the process the mundane things like the operating procedure for the detention facility where it specifies how many pair of socks the detainees can have in in their cells so i don't expect going to be a big bombshells in these documents ok you know human rights activists for years now have been saying that's human rights violations take place there especially referencing to the alleged torture that go

let me get a-- it's a ping-pong ball painted with a metallic paint. it's a conductor. now, what i'm gonna do, i'm gonna charge this rod up. i'm gonna put some charge on here, onto the ball. and i think you can see that. when i get the ball charged up. watch this now. repulsion. did you see that? so like charges do what? repel. now, let's suppose i take this glass rod and i rubbed this against a piece of silk. now, this is gonna become what? positive or negative? negative. how many say, "oh, i don't know." this can be positive. and we can find out if it's positive by doing what? bring it over here, and sure enough--you see that? opposite charges attract. isn't that neat? here's a nice little thing here. let's suppose i take this down and put a non-conductor up there, like this piece of popcorn from packing material, huh? let's try this. okay. now, that has no charge at all, okay? if it does, it would ground off to me. i would ground the charge. but it's non-charged. watch this. even though it's non-charged-- see that attraction? it attract it or attract it then repelled

one of the pussy riot pong group members walks free but her two band mates continue their true years in prison for a polygamous sum up over their good feature all star. thank you for joining our tease the weekly this sunday with me karen tara well the global noise is underway a worldwide protest and some thirty countries in which crowds are calling for an end to austerity the biggest demonstrations so far have been in spain just hours after the e.u. won this year's nobel peace prize and doesn't say at the ship's q. reports from madrid things aren't looking too peaceful right now in europe. the union needs for nudists have over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation and democracy on human rights in europe but is this the peace they're talking about tear gas fascist flags and massive furious crowds of the most common sites across the award winning continent lately protests like this will echo in thirty five countries across the world over the next week the global hands ios terry to voice only in spain alone hundreds of thousands have been voicing their a

. >> the more times you've gone to rehab the better you are at ping pong. so i'm really good at ping pong. >> and all that matters. >> i was offended when the labour party described me as a man's pitch. >> on cbs "this morning." >> baseball is add agnew thing which is the want button. facebook should stick to doing what they do best is letting you know your friends from high school got fat and bald. >>> welcome to cbs "this morning." i'm norah o'donnell with anthony mason. charlie rose is on assignment. we expect to hear serious charges as congress looks at the security situation in libya. today's hearings come in the wake of last month's attack that killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. >> witnesses say they will tell a house committee that more months the state department rejected their pleas to maintain high-security at the consulate in benghazi. elizabeth palmer is there and she s new information about that deadly attack. >> reporter: the u.s. compound in benghazi now sits empty and abandoned. if the men who attacked these buil

mitt romney was playing a game of tennis and obama was playing ping-pong. , it was an interesting dynamic. thank you for your analysis. if you'd like to connect with michael you can follow him on a twitter. and his handle at yaqui. and vicki? >> there were highlights, the lights and after all. we look for things that were not that many but head-to- head who ended up? the president saying that it was presidential and challenger mitt romney. more than held his own. >> does anybody out there think that the big problem we have of is that there was too much oversight and regulation. of wall street. if you do? and governor romney is your candidate. >> that is why i would have regulation but i do not think that big would give -- big banks would give them an blank check. however, not because of energy consumption up despite of his policies. mr. president, all of the increase in oil has private not on government land. on government land stick it ministration has kept the permits and licenses and one-half. if i am president i will double them. >> governor from the central economic plan calls for a

see where they start getting ready to play, and down the hall where they relax with a game of ping-pong. >> want to play? >> yeah, i'm good. >> he is very engaging. a very sweet young man. >> he has had to move many times, and he is hoping toon to fund a family to become a part of -- >> i would like a mom and dad. >> yeah? anything else? >> a couple brothers and sisters. >> how about a family that likes sports. >> that would be good. >> they had some dc united gear for him to take home, the real hit, a real jersey with his name on the back. >> he is ready to play and ready for a family right now. barbara harrison for wednesday's child. >> if you have room in your home and hard for the graend, call our special adoption hotline. >>> pope benedict named seven new saints this morning. there was the first native american saint, and also marianne cope. >> turning to the weather now, it's been a great weekend. you delivered. >> slously, and this is a couple nice ones in a row. the pressure is really on for next week now. >> you're going to like the >>> welcome back to news 4 today. it's now 9:

you can use ping pong balls or draw with a marker. >> and fido? action. pet smart recommends we put treats at the front door for the dogs, as well, that they can be trick-or-treating. >> what if the kid gets confused and starts eating them? >> you really want to monitor. >> these are cute little dog bones. we want the dogs that get dressed up -- get in on the action. >> a lot of people dress up the animals. not sure the animals are thrilled. >> you put the water out for them, you can serve soup or all different things. >> i'm going to ask you to make these with me, if you will. this is very easy. this is no mess pumpkin carving. take your sharpy. there you go. you draw the web on. just draw a web. it doesn't need to be perfect. >> it can't be when i can't see. >> we get it. >> then take your knife and stab it with a wide shot. i knew you would have fun with that. wherever you want the spider to be. stab it in. wiggle it around. >> would you like to help me? step up here. >> take one of the spider rings. >> i'll help you. i'll get behind you and he

kind of ping-ponged a little bit today. predicting that it will turn into a destructive superstorm that could impact an area from north carolina all the way up to maine. delaware, virginia, maryland could get up to a foot of rain from this storm. cnn weather estimates damage from sandy will be $3.2 billion, and that's just from wind. states of emergency have already been issued in the district of columbia and at least four other states. >>> this morning, the leader of al qaeda released a new video with a new threat. i want to show here an older video, he is now calling on muslims worldwide to kidnap westerners. the threat is apparently in retaliation for . the new video is more than two hours long. >>> for those of you in south carolina, social security information for millions of residents has been stolen in an international cyber attack apparently. 3.6 million social security numbers. 387,000 credit card numbers may have been breached in an attack that happened earlier this month. governor nicky haley said it was "not a g

>> the more times you've gone to rehab, the better you are at ping pong so i'm really got at ping pong. >> and all that matters. >> i was offended when the lady described me as a man. >> on "cbs this morning." >> facebook is adding a new thing, which is the want button. i think facebook should stick to what they do best which is led letting you know that your friends from high school got fat and bald. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm nora o'connell with anthony mason. good morning. great to have you here. >> great to be with you. >> charlie rose is on assignment. we expect to hear serious charges today as congress looks at the security situation in libya. today's hearings come in the wake of last month's attack that killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. >> witnesses say they'll tell a house committee that for months the state department rejected their pleas to maintain high security at the consulate in ben g lenz. >>> although nobody has been arrested yet for the attack on the american consulate, it is starting to be clear that you can piece together wha

down the hall where they relax with a game of ping-pong. >> i'm good. yeah. >> he's very engaging.oung man. he has a warmth about him. >> he's had to move many times in his young life. he's hoping to find an adoptive family to become a part of. >> mom and dad. >> anything else? >> a brother and sister. >> how about a family that likes sports? >> that would be good. >> they had d.c. united gear for greg to take home with him. the big hit, a real jersey with his name on the back. >> you are ready? >> yeah. yeah. >> he's ready for play and ready for a family right now. if you have room in your home and heart for gregory, please call our special adoption hot line, 88-to-adopt-me or log on to www.nbcwashington.com for more information. >> that was a great backdrop for that story. he has a lot of positive goals. >> absolutely. we hope somebody is watching that would be interested in calling about gregory. >>> the time is 11:51. another reason to put down that snack full of sugar before lunch. ike leggett: gaming generated one hundred and eighty... million dollars for maryland schools. qu

commercial break during football all day yesterday every break was the candidates, it was like ping-pong. >>carl: the only thing that interrupts the ads is the occasional ad for a local congressional race but it has been an absolute blitz. more than $180 million of ad spending in florida since the race began. here, though, it is oppressive. nothing like ohio where the population is smaller and they have the same amount. so, far, far more of a blitz in the buckeye state. the rest of the country has no idea what it is like to see the political ads every spot. >>shepard: i was watching our fox station here in south florida last night, my goodness, they must be making big bucks. now, we have a reporter for the www.realclearpolitics.com live from capitol hill. foreign policy tonight. >>guest: this is an interesting testimony for romney who centered the campaign around the economy, making an economic appeal. he has had a window opened through the events that transpired in libya. now, he had a chance to go after the president on libya in the last townhall debate but as we remember there was, it

ping-pong! >> it is all good until the rends go up, i think. what -- rents go up.is what i have to say about that. >>> well, one more look at the top stories coming up. >> yes. the hurricane updates and others affected by this monster storm. >> we will be right back. ,,,, eastern seaboard of the u-s. it's expected to combine wih another storm system and brg sheets of rain and high win. already, dozens of flights m s- f-o are cancelled... including 33 with united an5 with virgin ai . >>> welcome back and let's take a look at this morning's top stories. >> yes. hurricane sandy is heading up the eastern seaboard and dozens of flights have been canceled as well as evacuation orders becoming into affect. >>> and a big fire in an apartment complex is now mostly distinguished. the fire started in the apartment complex garage about two hours ago but the crew is mopping up, making sure the fire doesn't reignite. >>> and one last look at the weather. nice day. >> yes. beautiful. temperatures right now in the low 60s for everyone. town 69 for a high in san francisco today. 73

and i ping-ponged from intellectual reason that this will be okay, to emotional panic, that landing gear is twisted and the plane is going to crash and this is it. this is it. >> unbelievable. >> there's a descent chance i'm going to die. >> dave begins to think about his girlfriend, barbara, and the unpleasant way they parted. >> just how awful it would be for her if i actually died in a plane crash. >> he decides to use his camera to record what could be a farewell message. >> hey, barb, it's me, i'm watching the plane tont v. we are having landing gear problems. we are going to crash land -- or emergency land. crash is a bad word. at lax. but thought i would leave you a message just in case. because i love you and everything is going to be groovy. to my mom, family, and everyone i love. >> meanwhile, the flight attendants are busy preparing passengers. >> at this time, remove high heel shoes and sharp objects. >> i think the scariest moments to me is when we are explaining to us, you need to decide how you want it brace yourself for this emergency landing. >> if you want to assume the

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and down the hall, where they relax with a game of ping-pong. >> yeah, i'm good. >> all right. >> he has a warmth about him. >> reporter: he's had to move many times in his young life. and he's hoping to soon find an adoptive family to become a part of. he said he'd like -- >> a mom and daddy. >> reporter: yeah? anything else? >> a couple brothers and sisters. >> reporter: how about a family that likes sports? >> that would be good. >> reporter: christian danny had d.c. united gear for greg to take home with him. the big hit, a real jersey with his name on the back. >> reporter: you're ready, huh? >> yeah. >> reporter: he's ready for play. and ready for a family right now. barbara harrison, news4, for "wednesday's child." >> he's wearing that proudly these days. if you have room in your home and your heart for greg, or another child who's waiting, call our special adoption hotline, that number is 1-88-to-adopt-me, or logon to nbcwashington.com. >>> next at 5:00, new complaints tonight about another ad popping up at metro stations. >>> plus, how much is a faster commute worth to you?

we were flying around for two hours, we had a lot of time to think about the situation, and i ping-ponged from intellectual reason that this will be okay to emotional panic that the landing gear is twisted and the plane is going to crash and this is it. this is it. there's a decent chance i'm going to die. >> dave begins to think about his girlfriend barbara and the unpleasant way they parted. >> i thought how awful it would be for her if i actually died in the plane crash. >> he decides to use his camera to record what could be a farewell message. >> hey, barb, it's me. i'm watching the plane on the tv. we're having landing gear problems. we're going to crash land or emergency landing, crash land at l.a.x., but just thought i'd leave you a message just in case, that is i love you and everything is going to be groovy. love to my mom and family, let them know that i love them. that's it. >> meanwhile, the flight attendants are busy preparing the passengers. >> at this time, remove all heil-heeled shoes and sharp objects. >> i think the scariest moments for me, it was when they're explainin

. >> ping pong. >> and i do think that he is considering putting together an olympic bid because sanncisco where all the of talk of tech and everything else we have going here, tourism still is the major industry and you have to stay in the world spotlight to keep the tourists coming. >> this is true. coming up we have another look at this morning's top story including the latest on hurricane sandy. >> how many people may be in the storm's path? closed captioning brought to you by sleep train, wishing you a fun and safe halloween. [ train whistle blows ] hurricane sandy is approachg seaboard of the u-s. >>> here is a look at this morning's top story. >> hurricane sandy approaching the eastern seaboard of the u.s. now. it's expected to combine with another storm system to bring sheets of rain and high wind. tens of millions of people are in sandy's path. >> with nine days to go until the presidential election, president obama and mitt romney continue to spend their time in the battle ground states. president obama is in new hampshire and mitt romney is where else? in florida yesterday

. >> they're playing adult beverage pong, corn hole, is that what that game is called. >> yeah, you trythrow the bane bags. >> i little bit of jell-o too. >> a smile on people's faces. let me talk about the history of the tailgating. >> the history? >> yes, because that plains how we got football to be the tailgate. the first incident of tailgating or sort of the origins ever tailgating actually have nothing to do with sports. they go back to the battle of bull run which took place around here in manassas. people took their picnics out to watch the first battle of the civil war. >> seems strange now. >> i know it seems strange but it is actually true. and during the actual battle -- can we just pick one and stay there. people chanted go big blue during the actual battle. apparently, they were heard chanting go big blue. >> were there tickets to it. >> no, you could get in absolutely free. >> plenty of parking spaces. >> you may not leave alive. >> careful. stray shots. >> about sick years later, this guy name charles goodnight, very famous, do you know why? >> he wrote good night moon.

we'll ping-pong it around a little bit. who would have thought that the new york city police department would be conducting water rescues like this one. the video comes from staten island. rescue operations have been on since the storm hit new york on monday. those guys and women who do these kinds of things highly trained very brave obviously. they go in when others are trying to get out. >>> steve leisman here with me now. steve, as we speak, the president is in a helicopter touring some of the most heavily damaged areas in the state of new jersey. i've been told that what happens here is a wealth destruction but not an economic output destruction. is it possible that this is going to, on net, add to growth? >> it's a nice thought. if you look at the rubble. unfortunately, while we're billing can be an offset from the losses from natural disasters, general economic thinking that you rarely end up on the positive side when all the costs are counted. estimates for the total cost of sandy ranging right now, as we count the r

blitzer, myself and the magic wall which by the way you might not realize this, doubles as a beer ponge in john king's garage on weekends, you were missing out on miss lohan's twitter feeds. omg, it is happening, exclamation mark, exclamation mark, i'm so nervous. coincidentally, i got that same e-mail from james carville but i digress. later, ms. lohan was back in her capacity as a historian tweeting 1920s, 1950s, dot, dot, dot, dot, it's all the same, comma, history repeats itself, dot dot dot dot, only if you let it. duly noted, lindsey lohan. i should point out that ms. lohan has already said she's inclined to support mitt romney. she spoke to the e exclamation point network. >> i just think it's really important so as of now i think it's mitt romney. as of now. >> back to last night. you know the thing on twitter where celebrities try to interact with other celebrities who then ignore them? it's embarrassing, especially for me every time i get ignored by jacque harry. it seems during the debate, ms. lohan was trying to get the attention of hbo's bill maher. i really want to know y

. >> speaking about being all over the map, romney will ping-pong back and forth between ohio and iowa the next three days. the republican nominee is casting the race as moving his way and a ground falling out from president team obama. >> these debates have super charged our campaign. there's no question about it. we're seeing more and more enthusiasm, more and more support. we've gone through four debates with the vice presidential debate and my debates. and we haven't heard an agenda from the president. that's why his campaign is taking on water and our campaign is full speed ahead. >> they both are insistent they're winning. like they're both worried if for some reason that gravity will just drag them down. >> with the race down to seven critical states, 89 remaining electoral college votes team romney is also hoping clint empty chair evidentwood can make his election day. >> obama's second term would be a rerun of the first and our country just couldn't survive that. we need someone who can turn it around fast and that man is mitt romney. there's not much time left and the future