. >> i heard pop pop pop. no skid marks or anything and then the power went out. we came out and people all across the street and the cars all smashed up. >> reporter: police would not confirm if the woman was arrested for a dui but she was taken into custody. we are one block away from the cal state eastbound campus. if you are dropping kids off add school, you may experience delays here. again we are at campus and highland. coming up we'll tell you why one pg&e person told us this situation could have been much, much worse. live in hayward i'm tara moriarty. >>> a high speed chase from solano to contra costa county ended with police firing at a suspect outside of a l shooting. >> reporter: i want to take you through the damage that we are seeing here in front of this school. this is where the chase ended. these are pretty sturdy poles but they were knocked over. three of them right here in this roundabout that leads to this elementary school. it started a little bit before 8:00 last night in vallejo. that is where police say they wanted to make a stop. we talked

. >> i heard pop pop pop no skid marks or anything. and then our power went out. we came outside and people all across the streetcars all smashed up. >> we still don't know what caused that crash with police. as you can see here it took the driver into custody. no one was hurt. >>> we have new information on a fire that forced classes to be canceled at a school in menlo park. ktvu channel 2 reporter lorraine blanco is back at beachwood elementary school with what investigators discovered about that building after that big fire. lorraine. >> reporter: the menlo park fire chief says the trailer that burnt down did not have a monitor fire system or sprinkler system. firefighters were able to salvage a few file cabinets and shelves but not much else. take a look over here. the modular building that burnt down is just in pieces. the fire here at the nonprofit private school start the just before 4:00 a.m. yesterday and it took three hours to get under control. these types of modular buildings are intended to be temporary structures. they are not required to have the al

pop, pop, pop. no skid marks. and then our power went out. we came outside. and then the people across the street, their car's all smashed up. >> reporter: police don't confirm whether the woman was taken in for a dui. but she was taken into custody we're very close to east elementary school. so do expect delays. back here live you can see there's some environmental services truck. these crews were responsible for mopping up some of the oil that leaked from one of the transformers affected. live in hayward, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:05. two east bay cities talking about the possibility of merging their police dispatch service. this is acoring to a -- according to a new report if they did that. besides saving millions of dollars, reportedly, this study says other advantages of consolidation are better suited for dispatchers between the police departments and much more. >>> 7:06. continuing coverage now on the protests overseas as backlash over an anti-muslim film is preding. in egypt police used tear gas from advancing on the u.s. embassy in cairo and a temporary aols wall has been constructed to keep -- wall has been constructed to keep protesters out. fire was set to two western fast-food westerns. people were hurt. and in sudan, the germany embassy was attacked and partially blamed. the protesters are now said to be gathered outside of the embassy. >>> in the meantime, libya, four people have been arrested in connection with the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. u.s. embassy chris stevens and three other americans were killed in the attack. u.s. warships are headed to the coast of libya and a group of marines has also been deployed. >>> a british newspaper is claiming that the u.s. had early warnings about the attack in libya. we'll get reaction from the obama administration from that when we go live to our washington, d.c. bureau. >>> 7:07. well, service rating for -- ratings in san francisco, for muni, they had a 57% on-time rating in august. that compares to 53% in march. muni blames this on a shortage of drivers and then they say a number of employees have called in sick lately. >>> let's check in with sal. i heard you mention that normally friday light, kind of not happening. we got off to a bad start. highway 4 is one of them. we had some late-running roadwork in the construction zone in antioch and pittsburgh pittsburg. the roadwork is gone. now the backup is pretty solid from antioch all the way out to concord. on this friday, when some people think you might have a better commute today it's just not. you are wondering why is it so slow? well, it was late running roadwork again. it was cleared but it takes a while for these things to unwind. people always ask me when is this gonna be over and my answer to you from caltrans is another three years. let's go out to the bay bridge toll plaza. that's backed upped -- backed up for a 20, 25-minute delay. hayward, 880 south ward, some slowing. this looks kind of friday lightish if you are driving through the valley. let's go to steve. >>> and when is the fourth bore in the caldecott? >> 2014. >> thank you. >>> we have a bigger fog bank. the homicide getting knocked down. a system moving in rather strong. actually northwest, canada, to be honest with you. that's lifted the fog giving us a little bit more of a sea breeze. it was up to 20 miles an hour. it looks like a nice weekend unless you are stuck in the fog. this time of year, september can be some of the best weather in the city and on the coast. still dealing with a lot of fog. it's getting late in the fog season. 80s and 90s inland. a few more clouds up towards northern snow na and men doe see -- sonoma and mendocino. west-southwest, 21. so it went from 21, 16, back to 21. that's a sure sign things are picking up. the delta breeze starting to show itself a little bit more today. 80s, 90s inland. 50s, 60s, 70s close to anybody around the water and bay. the system moving into the north will dig out a very deep. that moves in the upper plains for the next 7 to 10 days. high pressure will be here on the west -- west coast. a very quiet pattern. cool, mild to hot. i can't find any rain whatsoever all the way out through the end of september for us. usually we get one in september. 60s 70s and 80s. clearlake 93. livermore, 91. they were 96 yesterday. 70 oakland. berkeley 68. martinez, 82. warmer santa clara valley, up against the hills. 50s, 60s on the coast. in the city, south san francisco, san francisco, millbrae, low, mid-70s. atherson and belmont. a little cooler for the temperatures in the weekend. tori and dave? >> thank you, steve. if you are thinking of planning to preorder the new iphone 5, you better hurry up. preorders started overnight and guess what? apple sold out its initial inventory in less than an hour. shipping times are now two weeks. you may have -- you may have better luck preordering from verizon or sprint or at&t's websites. the iphone 5 hits the store shelves next friday. >>> if you shop online, today is your last day to do it tax- free. starting tomorrow, online retailer, amazon.com and other internet companies will start to charge california customers a sale tax. this is supposed to lay -- level the laying -- playing killed for brick and mortar stores and bring in $300 million a year for the state. but there may be another way around it. amazon does not plan to collect tax because of a tax loophole with third parties and that account for about 40% of goods on the site and you are supposed to claim and report anything you buy online. and write the state a check. i don't know how many people do that. >> all right. broken promises. >>> there's new information about the refinery fire. crucial equipment that chevron said they would install and they still haven't. hello? 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>> reporter: david petraeus is briefing members of the intelligence committee here. so far, he's made no comments to the press. "the independent" is reporting that u.s. officials knew 48 hours in advance of the libya attack that american diplomats overseas could be targeted and did nothing about it. four americans, including ambassador, chris stevens, were killed in the strike on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. "the independent" reports that there were orders to. >> to -- orders to go on high alert even though they that -- they knew there was a possibility of this. >> we knew for several months that things in ben ga zip were not going -- benghazi were not going well, so it's unfortunate the folks were able to breaks through the way te did. >> reporter: we're trying to confirm the -- to confirm the reports. reporting live from alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:18. there's new information this morning surrounding the chevron refinery fire in richmond last month. the city and air regulators are now saying that six air monitoring stations that chevron agreed to install in 2010 were not put in place. officials say it caused slow warnings about the dangers of pollutants from the fire. the company claims there was not a defined schedule saying exactly when that equipment needed to be installed. >>> new this morning, the state public utilities commission says there are dozens of miles of unsafe pipes under the streets of san francisco and the department of public works bans underneath work in 3,000 road segments in the city. according to" the examiner "-- according to the" examiner "pg&e was told they could replace the pipelines. >>> 7:19. we may find out today how government spending cuts will affect the military and other budgets. the white house is expected to send a report to congress. it will give details about what programs will be cut at the beginning of the year. right now, the u.s. is facing a $1.2 trillion deficit. >>> no even though a government shutdown has been avoided for now, lawmakers still have a lot of work to do when they come back to washingtonard the elections. yesterday, the house passed a six-month spending bill to keep things running past the end of the year. but they are still facing a one- two punch of both tax hikes and bucket cuts -- budget cuts. >>> happening now, president obama and the first lady, there's joe biden. they are at the white house welcoming the american athletes back home from the olympics and the pair olympic games -- paralympics. this is a live picture. while michael phelps is not there, several athletes from the area are there. maggie and jessica stephens are there. these are live pictures from the white house. just wanted to take you there. >>> 7:20. a woman critically injured in a deadly accident in walnut creek is making progress in her recovery. there's a member on the sidewalk on north main street where she and her mother-in-law were hit by a pickup truck last saturday evening. the mother-in-law, 52-year-old sherry hicks, visiting from santa barbara did not survive. the driver of that truck, 53- year-old hussein fabrizi, is out of jail. he's not been charged with a crime yet. although place say that could still help. >>> a pleasanton woman has lost -- has lost her battle with leukemia. she made this youtube video to have people sign up for donors. she died on september 11th, six days after receiving a transplant. >>> 7:21. well, the last full weekend of summertime, straight ahead, looking out our window, that's what we look right now. steve's coming back. he will tell us if we can expect it to be real hot or if it can cool down. >>> tree maintenance in san francisco. why one san francisco supervisor believeps the city is not doing enough. >>> northbound 280 traffic. it looks like it's busy now getting into the west valley. we'll tell you more about the friday morning drive to work. i. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better. 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with sal. >> how is traffic today? >> there will be some adjectives used today. atrocious would be one of them. out to the bay bridge toll plaza we go, it's backed up for about a 25-minute delay. it's backed up beyond the 880 overcrossing to the maze and in the santa clara valley, i think we have a better commute here. let's go to steve? >> thank you, sir. a little bigger fog bank. a lot of high clouds, low clouds and hazy sun. so temperatures, it looks like the sea breeze picking up double what if was. inland temperatures will come down. more of those are up towards the north bay than everywhere else. it looks like about san francisco, oakland, concord, north, more so than south or east. 50s to near 60 degrees. overnight lows are running cool he. there's a delta breeze. i think travis was about 6, 7 miles an hour. that's a big jump. a lot of low clouds and fog in place. high pressure getting knocked down a little bit. the end result is high pressure is going to replace it into the great lakes and the northeast for a very fall-like system, even though we're technically still into summer. cool for some. warm to hot for others. i think we'll bring temperatures down a couple of degrees and little cooler an then subtle changes early next week. >>> thank you, steve. >>> 7:27. students are being warm -- are being warned about -- are being warned about an attack on san jose hate. >> reporter: and we're learning more information about a fire that gutted a classroom and offices here at a menlo park school. what investigators say is missing from the school and why school officials tell us the children are still safe. i thought of something else we need fwhat's that? it's a 200 watts per channel dynamically balanced surround sound wireless baby monitor... with a sub wolfer. >>> 7:30. menlo fire investigators say a school that caught fire yesterday did not have fire alarms or sprinkler systems. lorraine blanco is live with more on why the school says the students there are safe. lorraine? >> reporter: well, school officials say they have alarms in place. they can go off when students and staff are pleasant. they just don't have monitored alarms overnight when the fire happens. right now, you can see the excavator is back, that huge piece of equipment so administrators can pick through the damage and meet through insurance agents here. the fire started just before 4:00 a.m. yesterday. it took it three hours to get it under control. these kinds of modular buildings protesters meant to be temporary structure us so they are not required to have sprinkler systems. the direct give -- executive director said they've been raising money to build more perm structures in place but until they have that, the -- more permanent structures in place. >> these are older buildings. the alarms and sprinkler systems were not required when we put them in. the classrooms are small. the rooms have two exits. >> reporter: and the fire department think the flames started near the stove. the school plans to reopen on monday. in the meantime, the nonprofit school could use some help. we'll have more on that coming up in the:00 hour. lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >> 7:32. san jose state is warning students after a gang of thugs attacked a man and tried to rob him on campus. it happened early this morning at 1:15. the victim was walking near the student union. he told the group four or five men came up to him and demanded -- demanded money. he said the suspects were african-american in their early 20s and dressed in all black. >>> 7:33. more coverage of the protests overseas this morning. u.s. marines have been sent to yemen now to deal with the aftermath of the attack hon the u.s. embassy -- on the u.s. embassy. look at this. security officials built this makeshift wall to keep the demonstrators away. large demonstrations also happening in iran, near the swiss embassy. >>> four people have been arrested in libya. u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed in that attack. american war shops are headed to the coast of linnia and marines have been deployed there as well. >>> we're getting new details about the three other americans who were killed in libya. two were u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s who lived in san jose county tyrone woods -- county. tyrone woods and glen doherty. they were providing security. shawn smith was also killed. >>> new this morning, two earthquakes shook eureka about three hours ago. the 3.2 magnitude and 4.5 magnitude earthquakes hit within four minutes of each other. so fare there have been -- so far, there have been no reports of injuries. >>> the space shuttle "endeavour" will fly next week -- fly over the bay area next thursday. it will pass by lap marks as well as the nasa aims research center. >>> 28,000 car tons of cantaloupes are being recalled because of -- 28,000 cartons of cantaloupes are being recalled. they are sold by dfi marketing. so far no reports of illnesses. the state they were -- they were sold between august 27th and september 10th. >>> residents in about 500 homes in morgan hill, you are being asked to boil your watt ther morning, the -- water this morning. on officials say some of the water already in the system may well have backflowed back into the drinking water supply. >>> 7:35. the fate of suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi should be decided in the next month. the city's ethics commission rejected his request to delay proceedings until after the november 6th election. he's concerned about the public and political pressures facing five supervisors running for reelection. the commission stay official inquiry goes to the board on tuesday. the supervisors will have 30 days to decide if he should keep his job after his domestic violence incident involving his wife. >>> the investigation into an oakland hills fire continues there at a house there. it happened on norfolk road around 6:00 last night. firefighters say the fire started in the basement. neighbors are worried because their homes were built and destroyed in the oakland hills fire. a homeowner said he's grateful no one was home at the time. >> all my kids are safe, all four animals are safe. nothing else matters quite frankly. >> firefighters say the fire was difficult to flight because the flames made their way into the walls and were hard to say. p took them about an hour and a half to put them out. >>> police in pittsburg out there looking into reports of a shooting that happened overnight. it happened at the clark's manor amounts on east leland road according to the contra costa "times." we haven't heard of anybody being shoot. this follows another shooting. an 18-year-old was shot and kill while filming a rap video in a san francisco park. >>> police say this man allegedly hired someone to kill his wife. the detectives set up an undercover sting operation. they did make an arrest on him on wednesday after he allegedly paid cash. he's facing charges of solicitation of murder. >>> 7:37. four people are dead. eight others are injured after a horrific crash in las vegas. police say a driver lost control and slammed into a bus stop number of people yesterday morning. three women and one man were killed at the scene. the 24-year-old driver is one of the people seriously injured. police say he was drunk and there are reports he may have been going up to 100 miles per hour. >>> a bicyclist accused of kit hitting and -- of hitting and killing a pedestrian this year is scheduled to appear in court this morning. police say he hit a 17-year-old on market and castro street? march. police say the pedestrian was crossing in the crosswalk with a green light when he was hit. the driver is facing felony vehicular manslaughter charges. >>> 7:38. happening right now in san francisco, more runners are getting ready to take off for a 24-relay race. we're out there live. here's some of the people getting ready. live pictures from the second annual race. a lot of people out there, too. the first teams left from the marina green park at 5:00 a.m. those teams will keep leaving until about 4:00. >> the prun, believe it or not, is 200 miles. it will end in calistoga. >> one of the reasons we're here is because the bay area is one of the best running areas in the nation. >> this year the money is being raised for the san francisco police activities league, which has programs designed to keep kids active in sports and encourage them. a lot of hugs going on in there. >> good for them. >>> less check in with sal castanedo and see what's going on in contra costa county. sal? mic, sal? not sure we can hear you now. >> i'm not sure he can hear you. >> he has to find stuff. something is going on in contra costa county. >>> i think steve is in place if we want to check the weather forecast. >> i hope so. >> hey, steve. >> very good morning. a lot of low clouds and fog. a little bit more today. also some high clouds up there hazy and humid. temperatures today will come down. high pressure, though, it flexed its muscle yesterday. it didn't matter on the coast. usually by this time of year, the coast -- the city warms up. that's when summer arrives, no sign of that any time soon. there was one forecast model on it hinting of that. there's some -- fair skies inland with 80s and 90s. most of these look to be about san francisco, oakland, concord, north. more towards mendocino county and also napa. 52 to 60. that 60 is holding on at on -- on at antioch. a little bit cool. concord, fairfield, down about 4 degrees compared to yesterday. necessary a much stronger sea breeze. today is a big jump. most locations stay calm because we have cloudy skies. west at 8 at sfo. 50s, os and then we'll find -- 60s and then we'll find 70s and then some 80s. overall, we are looking for sinking air. in anything we'll see the temperature spread. i think some areas mr. continue to cool down. you will see some of that today. 60s, 70s, most of the bay will be in on that kind of a pattern today. same for the peninsula, palo alto, atherton, 70, 74. 559 daly city. it's a -- 59 daly city. it looks like kind of a quiet pattern monday/tuesday. >> thank you, steve. >>> 7:42. the fire chief is at the white house this morning. the item he created that could help fire stations all over the country. >>> skating on thin ice. will the national hockey league be able to reach an agreement before the rapidly-approaching deadline. >>> there was a stall eastbound mup toward the bridge. you might be able too see it eastbound over there on the left. but the problem is traffic on the right side, the westbound side is slowing it take a -- to take a look at what's going on. that's why the bridge is slow. give yourself extra time -- give yourself extra time. >>> the federal reserve stepped in to help the economy. taking a live look at the big board, the dow continuing to go up, up 71 right now, at 13,610. nasdaq is up 34. subpoena up 12. >>> 7:46 nintendo says it will release a new wii game console in a few months. it's called the wiiu . it will launch on -- wii-u. it will launch and start at $300,000. >>> polty homes of michigan wants to build a 73-home development in orinda. the homes will be located on a ten-acre site north of highway 24. they say they hope the homes will be available next year. >>> 7:46. right now, the san ramon valley fire chief is at the white house. he's talking about a smartphone app he helped create. fire chief richard pryce is one of the presenters at the safety palooza. it will alert users if there is a medical emergency nearby. people who are certified in cpr can now help out. this is being used -- being used by seven departments and 34 more are thinking about launching their own versions. >>> mitt romney talking more about the crisis in the middle east as he and president obama offer their views on foreign relations. >> as we watch the world today, sometimes it seems that we're at the mercy of events instead of shaping events. >> i want people around the world to hear me to all of those who would do us harm, no acts of terror will go unpunished. it will not dim the light -- >> the presidential candidates are due to debate on october 22nd. that's two weeks before the elections. >>> it's the second plea this week from an american a.i.d.s. worker kidnapped by -- american aide worker dipped by al qaeda. >> i would make an a -- kidnapped by al qaeda. >> i would make an appeal to the republican candidate to see if they will work to put pressure on president obama -- >> he seemed to help mitt romney for help about negotiating his release. earlier he asked benjamin netanyahu for help. he was abducted in pakistan a year ago. negotiators -- negotiators spent all day yesterday trying to reach an agreement and end a strike. the school district says the two sides have made progress on teacher evaluations which is one of the main sticking points. the union president says she hopes students can be back in class on monday. and harvard's president said more than 100 students may -- may have shared answers on an open-book take-home final. 200 have withdrawn in the wake of the scandal. harvard's president insists compromises will be made in the athletic success. >>> city officials are saying 44% of san francisco middle schoolers were bullied last year. about 3,000 students watched a documentary called bullying. ed lee was there, too. >> the emotional scars are left -- left for these kids are for a whole generation. they can't stand it. now that document menry, bully, it will be shown to 35,000 students in san francisco during the course of the school year. >>> ten minutes before 8:00, the upcoming nhl season is on thin ice as the league prepares for a lockdown. team team owners will lockout the players if they can't reach a new labor deal by tomorrow night. the owners want a greater percentage of the revenue. the players offered something but the owners say it's not enough. >>> sports team week is coming a close. tonight, mayor jean quan will be at the as game. a fund-raiser was held to keep the teams in oakland. the money raised will go to stadium construction and community projects. >>> san francisco gets a generous grant. how that money is supposed to help dozens of homeless families. >>> another photo scandal for the british royal family. this time is involves the duchess of cambridge. -- the duchess dutche -- the dutchess of came bridge. that call the bay area home. whether it's helping a nonprofit provide safe, affordable housing within the city, supporting an organization that's helping kids find jobs and stay in school, or financing the expansion of a local company that's creating healthier workplaces, what's important to the people of the bay area is important to us. and we're proud to work with all those who are making our communities stronger. >>> dangerous situation in miami, florida. this burning electrical fire fell down and it started to burn things near some businesses yesterday. the road was blocked off and that car had to back away very, very carefully until the power was disconnected. luckily, no one was hurt. power lines fell down in the east bay overnight right here. coming up in about 90 minutes, you will get a live report from hayward. we'll tell you what happened here and why at least a dozen homes are still in the dark this morning. >>> 7:54. a french magazine has published topless photos of kate middleton, the duchess of cambridge. the pictures were taken when  she was on vacation with her husband and they are touring asia. the couple is not happy their privacy was invaded. >>> san francisco is getting a $5 million grant that could help up to 160 homeless families. the money will be allocated over the next five years. it will go towards employment and drug counseling and other programs to help homeless families stay together in stable housing. the grants are from the federal government and private donations. >>> 7:54. back to sal. not so light on this friday morning, huh? >> remember when we used to have the commute. today is not one of them. you will see a backup approaching the car key knees bridge. bill, thank you for that tweet. i always like your tweets. slow traffic to central san rafael. if you are driving to, let's say, highway 4, the whole thing has been messy because of an earlier commute delay because of construction. construction has been picked up. let's go to the toll plaza. i want to mention an accident on highway 25 in the gilroy area. there is a crash there that's closed highway 25 in this area. we'll tell you -- it's highway 25 at bloomfield avenue. a six-car crash. it's a fatal crash. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sir and if you have weather information -- sir. and if you have weather information, twitter is great. a lot of low clouds coming in. i've not heard from bubba the tortoise -- or porter, the chocolate lab in el sobrante. temperatures will cool down about 2, 4 degrees today. so far on the lows. that's a pretty big fog bank there. west-southwest 21. travis. that's a howling message it will be cooler. system moving into the pacific northwest is kind of chopping off the top of the bridge. temperatures ta, i mean, they are all over the place. 50s, 60s by the beaches. still a few 90s holding on. i think they come down about 3, 5 degrees. the highs will continue to do so over the weekend. tori and dave? >> thank you, steve. >>> 7:56. well, not really quiet in the might. breaking news. we've just gotten word a large cloud of black smoke has risen across the u.s. embassy in tunisia. >>> and black here at home, flames at a strip mall. what happened overnight that's prompted an arson investigation. >>> we're live in hayward where a driver crashes into a utility pole. we'll tell you how many people are proud -- are without power. >>> two suspects lead us on a chase that go through two counties ending up at an elementary school. 3q finally carpet cleaning got easier. try resolve easy clean to deep clean your carpets. just 3 easy steps for beautifully clean carpets. it removes 3 times more dirt than vacuuming alone. don't just vacuum clean. resolve clean. >>> good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. it's friday, september 14th. we have breaking news right now come out -- out of the middle east. an angry mob has just broken into the u.s. embassy in tunisia. reportedly, they've taken down the american flag and now a large cloud of black smoke can be seen coming out of the embassy. police have responded. gunfire can be heard. tear gas can be heard as well. police used tear gas here from cairo, egypt. a temporary wall -- wall has been built now. in lebanon, police reportedly shot and killed a protester -- protester who set fire to two fast-food restaurants. >>> four people have been arrested in the attack committed on libya at the u.s. consulate. u.s. warships are headed to the coast of libya and the marines have been sent as well. >>> there is a report from a british newspaper this morning that claims the united states had early warnings about the attacks in libya. coming up at 8:15, we'll bring you reaction from the obama administration. we'll give you a live report from washington, d.c. >>> coming up 0 8:4 -- coming up on 8:01. investigators are examining the damage left behind at fair oaks elementary. we're live where the high-speed chase ended in had gunfire. quite a bit of drama there. claudine wong has more. claudine? >> reporter: all of the drama is over. you can see the damage that's left behind. if you take a look at those poles in this round-about area, you can see the gates closed. there was no one here and no one on campus but certainly it did cause some damage. i want to show you the scene so you can get a good look at how this all came down. this car was chased by vallejo police, ended up in front of this yard. the two suspects tried to get away. the police officer -- the police officers actually tried to stop this car in vallejo about 20-plus miles away. we just talked to one neighbor and she told us what she heard. there was like a bunch of cop cars. a car came speeding pass and i heard gunshots and at least 10, 12 of them. >> reporter: the sergeant on scene told us she heard a gunshot because one shot was fired by a police officer. he says after this car came to a stop, the two suspects got out and that's when en-- that's when he said one of the suspects made a gesture. here is him explaining why that officer fired his gun. >> crashed into the protective pole. officers took the individuals in custody. >> individual or -- >> there were two in the car. there were two male cars -- there were two males. >> reporter: back here live where school is getting underway. the bell rang at 8:00 this morning. this was a stop that started over drugs and weapons. and we are told that they did recover some drugs but as far as we know, no weapon has been recovered. that investigation is still ongoing. live here in pleasanton, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:03. arson suspected in antioch after a strip mall fire overnight. it happened around 10:45 on l street and sycamore drive. firefighters think someone torched this rope, trees behind the stores. the flames spread to one of the doors -- to one of the stores. >>> a van crashed into a power pole at 1:00 this morning on campus drive. tara moriarty has been on the scene since 4:00 this morning. are the roads still closed there as well? >> reporter: they sure are, and they should remain about that way until 2:00, 3:00. we're here on campus drive. if you take a look behind me here, it's a pretty dramatic scene. the pole that they are attached to completely toppled. around 1:00 this morning, a woman driving a gold minivan crashed into the utility pole, it fell snagging some high- voltage wires and knocking out twice to about 1 to -- to about 12 to 20 homes nearby. the woman says she kept driving disoriented but she did stop. >> police would not confirm if the woman was arrested for dui but she was taken into custody. we're about one block from the cal university and close to some bus stops. as far pass the cost of the damage, one work estimates it will run at least $15,000, a pretty large restitution fee for the driver to pay. you can see the traffic lights are not working obviously because of the power outage. there have been some signs that the police just placed at the enof this treatment letting folks know that this intersection was shut down so there wouldn't be a traffic jam. we're looking at 2:00, 3:00 in the afternoon before campus is fully open again. live in hayward, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a search continues now for a purse snatcher in san mateo county. it happened last friday at the baklava restaurant. police say the thief reached from an open window and stole a woman's purse on the back of a chair. he took off running, put the purse in a car and then ran. he was arrested. now they are going after the vehicle. >>> chick-fil-a is scheduled to open 5th. there is a -- open october 25th. there is a peaceful protest planned. it's aimed at the president's comments opposing gay marriage. >>> sal, you can help the folks around the toll plaza? >> i can, dave. i can mention it's backed up for about 20, 25 minutes. it does seem like it's improving a little bit. i can tell by looking at that -- it looks like maybe 9:00 we'll see some improvement getting into the city. also we're looking at the freeway, 880 northbound. the traffic is moderate avenue. a little heavy because of a stalled vehicle. let's go it steve. >>> it looks like it's gonna be a cool day. and i would agree towards redwood shores, foster city. you might be by tomorrow and a lot of high clouds filter in as well. there is a no-doubt-about-it delta breeze. it looks like a nice weekend. there's no extreme unless there is a hiccup in the forecast models. there's already frost advisories out. really strong cool system out here but nothing much here. 62 in antioch. that's one of the warmest. there's a lot of fog out there. west-southwest over 20. a lot of low clouds around. some delays at sfo. we will see 80s for many or very, very low os -- 90s now. not as warm as yesterday. by the coast, it's been a tough, tough coast to get some sun there. it's been very gray and very cool. i don't see much change. we'll be sitting here very quiet pattern. usually we get a north- northeast wind in september, even our first rain, that's not usual to show up. barm inland, but not as hot as yesterday. but -- warm inland, but not as hot as yesterday. it can be a soft 89, if you will. 80 for novato. 77 petaluma. 77 san rafael. 67 alameda, berkeley, 68. some low 90s. at least for one more day and limp. but the temperature trend is to bring it down. redwood city is 6. a little cooler inland on saturday and into sunday. ven -- then very, very quiet. >>> 8:10. the san francisco giants have just 19 games left in the regular season. all of those games are against div voice foes. the -- division foes. the giants lead seven games over the dodgers. tonight they begin a three- gamer in arizona. across the bay, the as are pushing for a playoff spot. they open a three-game series tonight against in the col -- in the doll low see yum -- coliseum against the baltimore orioles. >>> a fitness training workout requires 80 20-second intervals with own all-out exercise with short rests in between. always check with your doctor before beginning a new exercise routine. >>> two men from los gatos are making a name for themselves in a music video ♪ >> it's called dream music part ii. it's by mark donahue and shawn michaels williams filmed all over the bay area. it's had -- it's had 2 million youtube hits already. >>> want to check out that and other stories? get our new ktvu free app. you can watch our newscasts live. get drive-time traffic, 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(interupting) oh okay - okay yup that's fine. excuse me - sorry. >>> pretty big fog bank. mostly sunny inland. higher clouds to the north. it looks cooler. 60s 70s. >>> coming up at 8:15, breaking news from overseas. these are live pits from the north african country of tunisia, where an angry moon has -- mob has stormed the embassy. a cloud of black smoke can be seen coming from the embassy. this picture shows a lot of cray cuss -- chaos. people are lying on the ground to take cover. police have veeeneded -- have responded to this. and gunfire and tear gas can be heard. there are also demonstrations taking place in egypt, sudan, india and yemen and lebanon. police reportedly shot and killed a demonstrator there. all of this over a video. protesters are angry about an amateur film by a california man attacking the prophet muhammad. >>> 8:15. there's security at american embassies, as you can imagine, that's being tightened and reviewed because of all of the violence happening in the middle east. alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. roam with the details of the report that claims the u.s. should have done more to protect diplomats. >> reporter: cia director, david petraeus, briefed members of the house intelligence commitee this morning. the british newspaper, the "--" independence "is report -- the british newspaper" the independent "is reporting that the u.s. knew 48 hours that u.s. diplomats could be targeted and did nothing about it. four ambassadors were killed. we talked to a senior member of the senate intelligence committee who want as tougher look at security overall for u.s. diplomats abroad. >> i hope that america learn as lesson from this and the administration certainly learns a lesson that we have to be on our guard 24/7 and here, who knows? the facts will show whether we were or were not. >>> we are still trying to confirm this report this morning with the u.s. state department, the chairman of the house homeland security committee is quoted this morning as saying there was no advance warning of that libya attack. reporting live from alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:17, mitt romney continues to step up his criticism of president obama's handling of the middle east crisis. however, his statements are not as hard as the comments he made earlier this week which many are calling a blunder by romney. we're gonna talk live with our reporter jamie dupree about this war of words about the attacks. that's coming up for you at 8:30. >>> 8:17. a fund-raiser will be held this weekend for a soldier from petaluma. he lost his hands and is currently undergoing treatment at walter reed. the fund-raiser for him begins fat -- begins at 10:00 a.m. at the fryar tubs pub. >>> a fallen chp officer was hailed as a hero and a loving father to his children. [bagpipes] >> law enforcement from across the country packed the vacaville mission church to remember officer kenyon youngstrom. people attending a two-hour -- the two-hour serviced -- included state attorney general ka him law harris and governor jerry brown and the speakers included his niece and son. >> he we loved his smile. he loved making -- making people smile. >> this isn't the end. i get to see that smiling face and that goofmy laugh. we get to -- goofy laugh. we get to see it all in heaven. >> officer youngstrom was gunned down during a traffic stop in alamo. his partner killed the gunman. during yesterday's service, the youngstrom -- the partner called youngstrom a brother. >>> there's been a ninth case of the hantavirus in yosemite. we can tell you that victim has recovered. since the middle of june, three people have died from the hantavirus. >>> well, on a lighter note, there's a new world record holter for the world's tallest dog. this is -- tori, look. >> wow. >> taller than the kitchen sink. >> this is zeuss, a 3-year-old great dane from michigan. he's 7 -- he's 7'4". he was about 133 pounds. goes through a 130-pound of dog food every two weeks. the other record older was also a great dane. >> looks like a small horse. >>> a san francisco firefighter is fighting for her life. >> you know when people say there is a roller coaster of emotions, it feels more like a hurricane. >>> the life-threatening illness she has and why she's fighting over sick pay. >>> good morning. northbound 8 0, you can see traffic is -- 880 you can see traffic is moderate lit busy. another traffic update and a complete look at your weekend forecast is straight ahead. 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>> well, the fire chief says the last monitored system here delayed the -- the plan is to open classes here on monday. >>> the director of the california family location tells me they've been raising money to build more permanent structures. but until they have all of the funds they needs the trailers are safe and alarms -- and alarmed when it's important. >> the noise gets everybody out. they march out. they have designated plates to go. the teachers know to grab the role sheet that's right by the i do so they can check that every child that's with them. we have carefully done that. the damage is estimated close to 400,000 back out here live in the meantime, the nonprofit schools could use some help especially third-grade books and supplies. we're told the palo alto school has already contacted beechwood. right now they are looking for someone that could help donate some chairs. reporting live in menlo park. lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 cut. >>> andty okay police are reminding parents to watch their children after a recent incident. girl told police a man tried to lure her into his car. it happened thursday afternoon front of deer valley high school on lone tree way. police are investigating the incident and talking to the man but no arrests have been made. >>> a hear something scheduled to begin for a san jose man suspected of killing a -- suspected of using a sword to kill a homeless woman. she's accused of stabbing the woman outside a wall green's pharmacy last noon -- last month. police say reynolds has a criminal record, including a evacuation for -- including a convick shin for rob -- conviction for robbery. >>> police are trying to break up the angry mobs out in tunisia whoer to down the -- who tore down the american flag and replaced it with a black flag. protesters also targeted the german embassy in sudan and in labor ba none, one protesters was killed during a clash with police. in the meantime, four people have been arrested in connection with the attack on the u.s. embassy in libya. chris stevenses an three other childrens -- chris stevens and three other americans were killed in the -- were killed in the attack. >>> we've heard strong words from president obama contelling the attack that killed four americans in libya and mit rot -- mitt romney continues to pressure the president. jamie dupree has more. >> reporter: it almost feels like the longer that these protests going on, maybe the more support right mitt romney getting that the white house has been underprepared for the protests. charges that democrats are very pleased and have pushed back and issue strong criticism about romney. we don't know what this will do in changing the race for the white house. it's a reminder that whenever we think the rules are for the race, i guess the sort of read from her, not having 20/20 hind sight. it thrusts -- >> so which party would benefit from that if foreign policy stays in the foreconfront? -- in the forefront? >> reporter: mitt romney took a lot of flack for his comments the other day najaf, florida. a -- in jacksonville, florida. a number of people who were against him but now jumping on board with him. the white house has pushed back very hard as have a number of democrats in the congress against romney really slamming him on that. you know, it's one of those things where you just never know how it's gonna play. what republicans would love to do is paint president obama as jimmy carter version 2012, basically. you will hear a lot of that in the days ahead. >> any impact month polls? has -- any impact on the poms. >> has hear -- on the -- any impact on the polls? >> i don't know but some of the polling has showed continuing boost for the president especially in some swing states. in places like ohio and florida. there have been other polls out there that have shown a little bitter -- better for mitt romney. when you look at the swing states there is an edge in each one of them. so he's sitting very well right now. i would say we'll need to look at things in about a week, week and a half. that way we'll be past the conventions and sort of get a better idea. foreign policy is sort of an odd one. a lot of voters are just not tuned in. that's why i think yesterday you heard mott talk a lot about the economy. interesting. >> yammy dupre joins us live from washington. >> you can find a link to the insider blog on the website. go to ktvu.com. pulls down the news menu bar and go to the politics page. >>> 8:37. tensions rise between christians and muslims, pope benedict xvi is in will be bau no. in -- in lebanon. this is his fourth trip to the middle east. now, this is a ceremony at saint palm's basilica -- st. paul's ba civil law. while analysts don't think the pope will -- basilica. while analysts don't think he will talk about the uprise in the middle east, he is expected to talk about christianty. >>> 8:38. happening now in san francisco, more runners are getting ready to take off for a 24-hour relay race. this is a live picture from the second annual ragnar napa race. the first teams left from the park at 5:00 a.m. the teams will continue to leave until 4:00. the run is 200 miles and will end in cal law so ga. in year money is -- calistoga. this year, the money raised is going for a program to keep kids active with sports. >> very colorful. >> yes. >>> hey, sal, you are watching the south bay. what are they doing? >> you know, it's going to be very slow in some of the areas. and also, it will be very slow on some of the feederways to the freeways. let's take a look at 280. that's improved quite a bit getting up to highway 17. we didn't have the huge delays into this part of the bay today. but some other parts made up for it. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. that's backed up. no major problems here driving into the city. if you are driving in hayward, union city and fremont, will see traffic moving along nicely. this morning's commute has been nice from hayward to fremont and then you will see some slow traffic. >>> let's go to steve. >> thank you. happy friday. it looks cool here. that and remarkably quiet. i don't see anything. it's my ilk i looked to -- there's nothing, no rain in thele end of the month. a frost advisory is already out for mon can na, idaho, wyoming. high pressure that built in yesterday, it looks like it's backing off a little bit. we're seeing huge temperature differences. 60s, and 70s. a lot of 50s and 60s. reason being the system is moving into the north which is the leading edge of the system that will -- system that will drop in the plains. 50s or very slow 60s. temperatures seem to be stuck and for good reason. there is a bigger fog bank and a stronger sea -- sea breeze. these are all cooler directions on the wind. it looks like they will settle in on friday and saturday -- on saturday and sunday. there's -- i looked out ten days. fog -- fog for many. there's no doubt about a strong sea breeze today. i think a few areas. livermore with 96. we'll go 91 today. 78 santa rosa. 62 in the city. a cool, cool week. a little cooler as we go into saturday, level off on sunday, and subtle day-to-day changes. >>> 8:41. an 11-year-old boy is in juvenile hall in elk grove accused of assaulting his disabled mother. his say he beat his 51-year-old mother with an extension cord? prosecutors say he appears to be the primary care giver preparing her meals and doing laundry, police say the mother's injuries were so severe, she had to be put in the hospital. >> apparently this abuse has been going on for a longer period of time than the person reported the thought and so we do have an active investigation. >>> it's not clear at this point, how the child became the primary caregiver for his mother. authorities say another person took care of the woman from time to time. >>> nineteen minutes before 9:00. we told you earlier the university of texas was evacuated by a bomb threat. now a second school is doing the same thing. >>> also, we have late-breaking developments, the crisis in the middle east. look at the video, the new violence targeting the united states just happened in the past couple of hours. >>> and san ramon valley's fire chief is in washington, d.c. at the white house. 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u.s. president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton will be there for the transfer of remains ceremony. that's at 11:15 our time. it takes place at joint andrew -- joint andrews base. four people have been arrested in connection with the attack on the. >>> they certainly noticed damages here when they came into school this morning. take a look. this is where the car ended up. actually, these metal barriers an the concrete got pulled up from the ground. keep in mind when this happened, the school was empty. there are these dates that were actually closed. they were closed when we got here this morning closed so no one can get through. if you are not familiar with lisa lang, where in school is located, you might not notice where it is. it looks like a straightaway but when you get to fair oaks elementary, you are not going further and that's when the suspects found out quickly last night. it may have caught them offguard. the chase started about 7:45 last night. police say detectives in vallejo have investigated and threed to pull the vehicle over -- tried to pull it over and that vehicle got on the freeway and they chase it through three counties. police say they were going in speeds in excess of 80 miles an hour. >> there was just like a lunch of -- bunch of cop cars feeding past. i heard guts and the police -- i heard gunshots, like 10, 12 of them. >> police say once the car crash. police say one officer fired a shot. the two people in the car were taken into custody. this morning, the prince pam said the parents dropping off their kids have been wondering. we have a school manager system that we can put out the call and we're getting people know that we can come and we're safe. i think most people don't know about it but as they are innerring they are having questions. we're letting people know we're open and there's no concern. >> reporter: all of this started because of that ongoing investigation we talked about. public reports say it's drug and weapons related. again, that all continues with those two men inside the vehicle in custody this morning. but again, back out here live at fair oaks elementary school, they did put some caution tape up around the affected area. it doesn't affect the day-to- day operations and kids are in school as usual. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> happening now, the san ramon valley fire chief is at the white house talking about a smartphone app that he helped create. he helped create the app that alerts users if there's an emergency nearby so people certified in cpr can help. it's now used by sevenp departments and -- seven departments and 35 others are looking to use -- to use it. >>> reports include an alert issued before last year's shutdown of west coast ports according to a bay area news group. the aclu wants access to more documents but the fbi is refusing to release them fighting security concerns. >>> 8:50. twitter expected to obey a court order today to turn over tweets from an occupy wall street protester to a judge in new york. now that protesters was among hundreds arrested -- arrested at the brooklyn bridge. twitter has been fighting the subpoena for those tweets. prosecutors in man hat -- manhattan dispute claims that police lead the demonstrators on the bridge's roadway just to arrest them for blocking traffic. >>> nine minutes -- nine minutes before 9:00. it's a situation we've been following since 4:30. it's an overnight crash that has caused a lot of problems. we'll have a lot live -- we'll have ha live update. we're looking outside the window. look at the traffic. tal will take one final look at the bay bridge traffic. >>> 33,000 pipe in 17 villages are being told. >>> an overnight crash in hayward knocked out power. there are -- around 1:00 this morning, a car knocked out a power pole on campus drive. tara moriarty has been there since 4:30 this morning. >> reporter: around 1:00 this morning, a woman driving a minivan crashed into the utility pole, the pole fell, snagging high voltage wires. also caught off -- cut off cable and phone service. witness says the woman kept driving disoriented but she did stop. >> as soon as we heard the poppinge, the power went out -- noise, the power went out. police would not confirm in the woman was arrested for dui but she was taken into custody. hazmats crews are on the scene. close to some bus stops for school and traffic was starting to pick up but any have blocked off the streets in a pretty wide radius. as far as the costs of this damage, at first estimate, we were hearing 15,000, now we're hearing about 30,000 and the driver who is responsible about be -- will be the one to pay for it all. >>> tara moriarty, thank you. >>> let's check in one more time with sal. >> it's getting busier now. some of the late morning crowd getting in there. you will see northbound 880 slowing down. as you can see, northbound 880en is out the -- is on the right. we don't have a crash reported along the stretch. let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. that's a nice improvement we've had. it was backed up almost all morning for a 20, 25-minute delay. now it's thinned out and these things tend to h

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. >>> the biggest pops and drops in midday trading, american microdevices, better known as amd. simon with a pop. >> little pop. texas instruments guided yesterday. amd popped really it is poorly positioned, so stay away from it. >> that would be advanced micro devices, not american. monster beverage. >> impressive growth but the new york attorney general's been coming after them on the health side of things. that's been a black cloud holding over this company. still trades at enough of a premium. >> alpha natural resores dropping. >> the drop is warranted. coke and coal priced for the quart are set at $170 a metric ton. last quarter they were $225. 24% less. in the space you want to be in tech resources or in console energy, cnx. >> phillip's 66 popping today. >> morgan stanley upgraded it. chicago bridge and tunnel would be a great name for a club, by the way. psx i think continues to go higher. >> a pop for push-ups. a 7-year-old cranian boy has strong armed his way into the record books for doing the most consecutive push-ups. the miniature muscle man pumped out 4,000 consecutive pushups in 2:29 minutes. >> 4,000? >> he says his personal best -- 6,000.

pop. >> jimmy: it did a little -- [ popping sound ] >> one little -- [ popping sound ] [ laughter ] >> jimmy: kind of a little -- [ poppinglations. "snl," this is a big time. >> thank you, man. >> jimmy: it's the season premiere. >> thank you, yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: it's a big deal. seth macfarlane is the host. >> that's right. he sure is, and frank ocean is the musical guest. >> jimmy: frank ocean, musical guest, gotcha. >> whoo! >> jimmy: he's unbelievable, frank ocean. [ cheers and applause ] seth macfarlane is great. >> seth macfarlane is amazing. >> jimmy: talented dude. >> very talented dude. he does like 90 million voices. >> jimmy: he does do a lot of voices. well, you do a lot of voices as well. >> i've done a couple. >> jimmy: yeah, i've seen you. you do bill cosby good. >> you want me to do some cosby? [ cheers ] >> jimmy: yeah. >> do you want me to do cosby answering cosby? >> jimmy: cosby having a conversation with himself? >> yeah. [ laughter ] [ as bill cosby ] so, how did you know who was going to play the role of rudy? [ laughter ] well, the first thing i did was i looked at keshia knight pulliam. [ laught

popping up. one just popped up in the last 15 minutes or so out towardsleesburg, popping up for west virginia. and still, that game will be okay. we're looking at temperatures here in the 70s to around 80. both for the first pitch and the last pitch. the winds are out of the south at 8. we'll come back and talk about a cold front over the weekend. we'll tell you what it means to the late weekend plans. >> thank you. >>> coming up tonight at 7:00, a one-on-one interview with the maryland senator, live from the dnc in charlotte. and how come police tasered this lady, which he was already in handcuffs? if that does not look right to us, we'll tell you what happened at 7:00. >> okay, derek. >>> still to come in this half hour, good news in the wake of hurricane isaac after all that rain. >>> but first, metro's red line will get to work this weekend as you will want to know what will be closed for you before you need to make plans. >>> the judiciary square and union stations are going to be completely closed, but that work should be finished by the time the system opens on monday morning. >>> the f

. >> i see these things pop up while you're taking it, and they pop up and go away. they pop up and go away. >> you eventually want the tumors to stop growing and redress. you've seen it on scans. have you seen evidence of that? >> yeah, i sure did. >> it works on certain types of melanoma called b raf. zelboraf works on that. it slows down the immune system like the brakes on a car. >> what does yervoy work? >> the antibody that's yervoy takes the brakes off so it can go after the cancer sell. >> it doesn't always work but 10% of the time the tumor shr k shrinks by 10%. sometimes it goes away entirely. this new drug is turning the tide of new cancers. >> all of that is exciting but often breakthroughs come with sticker shock. this medicine, $88,000. zoner rof, and yervoy, this medication is $120,000 for four doses which makes up standard therapy. big sticker shock. that doesn't take into account the hundreds of thousands of dollars for hospital fees an physician's charges. all of that goes into taking care of a patient with cancer. >> it adds up quick. >> reporter: as part o

pop. that pop was the metal deck, the steel popping from the heat.he control cabin already burned up. so we didn't want to dilly daly. tried humor with him. boss said okay go ahead and knock off early. he wasn't really paying attention to what i had to say. probably wasn't in the mood. >> i introduced myself, he told me what to do with the sling he had, you know, i think it was something like a three-point hitch or something like that. we had to loop it up. and that was it. >> moseley knows every second counts and races to get the harness on sims. he gives the thumbs up. after nearly two hours on top of the crane, ivers sims is flown to safety. >> probably the biggest relief for the whole rescue was when the system actually tensed up and we were able to get it lifted off the crane and everything was hooked up. it was a good feeling. it was a good feeling knowing you're going to safety. it was a good feeling. >> we enjoyed the ride on the way down and i'll always remember they teach you in school to try and calm people. try to talk to them. i was talk

pop it at the right moment? >> yep, yep. that was a long, skinny balloon, pops at just the right moment. >> if there's a water balloon poppinghead, how are they not flinching? >> great subjects make great photographs. >> this campaign you did with the water wigs seems to be getting a lot of attention. are you surprised by that? >> i am surprised by it. i'm honored and humbled by it. some of the projects we do require, you know, hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of production in order to make a single image. and here, i think i spent $300 making this project, and that was all in balloons and water. >> i think the next series lik maybe beer hats and wine wigs. just try, try it off. >> i can hear kids at school what does your dad do? he plays with water balloons. >>> gamers, get ready, because "street fighter 2" is coming to life. >> now you can, in real life, throw fireballs at your opponent. >> it's like dance, dance revolution with flames. >> no. >> see what it each one to get the sound he wants, and that's pretty cool. ♪ >>> if you were a gamer in the early '90, you played "street fighter 2," that game you got to put y

pop. over my head. pop. bouncing off my teeth. pop. you know who's not going to appreciate the popinator? the cleaning service. pop. popcorn emergency. well, the thing called the popinator happened. there are some places even facilities can't clean. >> pop. >> with hair rather than a kernel of truth in my mouth. >> so you go to the movies with the popinator, watching a serious film and hear some guy saying, pop. >> like an air gun going off. please silence your phones and popinators. >> it only sends you one little kernel at a time. one little piece of popcorn. >> portion control. >> you want to eat. you want to take a handful. >> i have always

enough signatures from your area, you can ask to have a pop-up popping place, sort of like if food places offered voting. obama voters asked for a pop-up voting place at the university of northern iowa. they had the first lady at the university. it was a much more direct, go vote now event. they had the first lady speak and they had the university marching band lead people from the audience of the first lady's speech directly to the voting booth. don't you always wish voting was like this? voting needs more drum majors, more cow bell, more skinny kid in the front wearing a xylophone and playing the keys off of it. i want voting to always have this happening. the obama folks are ahead in the polls. they are trying to reap tangible benefits from this. right now follow the marching bands to the polls. the romney folks are behind. they don't want america to vote right now. if america went and voted right now, nate silver says president obama would win by 138 electoral vote. there are no marching bands leading people to the polls from the romney side right now. that is not what they need. what the romney side needs is they'd still have t

enough signatures from your area, you can ask to have a pop-up popping place, sort of like if food places offered voting. obama voters asked for a pop-up voting place at the university of northern iowa. they had the first lady at the go vote now event. they had the first lady speak and they had the university marching band lead people from the audience of the first lady's speech directly to the voting booth. don't you always wish voting was like this? voting needs more drum majors, more cow bell, more skinny kid in the front wearing a xylophone and playing the keys off of it. i want voting to always have this happening. the obama folks are ahead in the polls. they are trying to reap tangible benefits from this. right now follow the marching bands to the polls. the romney folks are behind. they don't want america to vote right now. if america went and voted right now, nate silver says president obama would win by 138 electoral vote. there are no marching bands leading people to the polls from the romney side right now. that is not what they need. what the romney side needs is they'd still have to persuade people that mitt romney is t

. >> the pop-a-nator is a fully automated, voice-activated popcorn launching machine that is triggered by the word pop. you can be sitting in a room and when you say popgure out where that sound came from and shoot you popcorn at it. >> i see a college drinking game with this already. before you put it on the holiday wish list, the popinator is still in the prototype stage. it looks like it would be fun. we need to get it on the set and try it. >>> if you're deciding on breakfast, consider this one. >> a california restaurant chain now offers the doughnut burger on its weekend menu. it's not complicated. two glazed doughnuts, surrounded by a half-beef/half-bacon burger, topped with cheese and eggs, sunny side up. >> and it comes with a side of strawberry jelly. all $9.95. i'm going to hold the jelly. >> i'm going to hold the egg. but the bacon and the doughnuts, it's delicious looking. >> looks pretty good. i don't know if i'd make it through the whole thing. but the first three bites would be pure heaven. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. >> for everyone else, we'll be back with clint eastwood and the chair seen around the world. nobel la

pop and lock. >> surprised everybody. >> did you say pop and lock? >> is that so kid and play of me? >> may i do "pop news" now? the bells, bells handy. >> i'll make the ding noise. >> we begin. time for "popnny on "dancing with the stars," the all-star season. kirstie alley looking so good. sultry and sexy after got to be one of her first rehearsals in hollywood over the week end. she looks fantastic. she tweeted i feel like my first day of school, ugh, butterflies and nausea. she might be nervous but looking great. and her partner, maks, tweeted, so happy i got my friend back. kirstie was amazing, let the games begin. they sound confident. the games begin three weeks from tonight. when the new season starts. >> when is that? when is hat? >> three weeks from tonight. >> on what? >> on abc. thank you. >> no problem. >>> so it seemed to be over before it reallbegan for katy perry and john mayer. or was it? the superstars were spotted out against over the weekend. a shot of the two posted for instagram at one katherine hudson, katy's birth name. looks like they're together again. fans in the crowd got a glimpse of them. jennifer took this picture and tweeted it with the caption, you said joh

pop stuff as well as tech stuff. >> yeah. yeah, we think that technology is pop culture and pop culture is technology. they're kind of merging. so we're trying to be in the middle of that. let me get in there. get my hands dirty. >> jay: yeah, let's get our hands dirty. what do we got? >> all right, so amazon has a new product, this is the new kindle paper wipe. have you seen this? >> jimmy: oh, this is great. no, i love my kindle. >> so they have this thing, it's called front light, but it's like, if the screen is lit it's e-ink. so it's like a regular kindle but it's a touch screen and you can see it has a light you can adjust here. >> jimmy: yeah. sweet. so you get to read it at night. >> you can read "50 shades of grey" if your loved one is sleeping and you got -- the lights are out. got "50 shades of grey" in one hand -- and the sleeping -- >> jimmy: yeah, thank you. yeah. [ laughter ] sleeping aid in the other hand. >> is that how everybody reads it? that's how i read it. >> jimmy: okay, here we go. >> all right, so they have another -- >> jimmy: i don't want to know how you read "50 shades of grey." >> this is brand new. this is the kindle fire hd. the seven inch. >> jimmy: that's -- people were talking about this. >> they have an 8.9 inch that isn't out yet. it's 200 bucks and it's faster, higher resolution screen. >> jimmy: wow. >> lots of great amazon content. you can get prime and get a bunch of free movies and book your -- >> jimmy: yeah, and how much does that cost? >> it's 200 bucks. >> jimmy: that's not that bad. >> and 16 gigs. they have a 32 gig that's going to be out soon. >> jimmy: that's not too shab. all right. >> and i see you moving. you just want to get over here. >> jimmy: well let's talk about this. people are freaking out. >> all right, iphone 5. have you heard about this? >> jimmy: i mean, what is going down. [ cheers and applause ] let's get into it. >> there's a small company in california called apple that -- >> jimmy: i've heard of apple. >> that's producing phones now. >> jimmy: so what's the difference? >> okay, so it's got a larger screen. it's a four inch play down so it's taller. >> jimmy: where's the old one? >> yeah, you have the old one here. >> jimmy: this is a 4s. >> it's faster. it is got new software. but the coolest thing about this in my opinion is it's got lte. and that's just blazing fast -- >> jimmy: lightning -- >> cellular -- >> jimmy: lightning technology. >> cellular data. >> jimmy: what does lte stand for? >> lte is -- >> jimmy: laser technology engineering. >> it's actually a long term evolution -- you don't really -- >> jimmy: no, i don't really want to hear. >> laser technology engineering is right. no, but it's very, very fast. it's like wifi speed. if you're walking around midtown, wifi speed over cellular. >> jimmy: and it works? >> it's fast as hell. >> jimmy: really? >> it's so fast. >> jimmy: really? >> it's disgusting. i was using it and i started throwing up it was so gross. [ laughter ] it was so fast. >> jimmy: that's a good review. that's a good review. yeah, this is really -- >> so fast it's disgusting. i'm sickened. >> jimmy: projectile vomiting. yeah. >> no, it's really awesome. and -- >> jimmy: what are the other changes? >> better battery life. bigger screen. you can see it's thinner. i don't know if you can actually -- tilt that. can you see that? this is totally not useful to anyone. >> jimmy: no -- [ light laughter ] >> they look exactly the same. >> jimmy: put it down, put it down. >> it's light -- it's lighter. >> jimmy: yeah, it's just barely thinner. >> it's got a -- >> jimmy: i mean, it's like -- >> look at that. >> jimmy: that's barely thinner. >> it's got a new metal back. let me feel this. >> do you want to touch it? just put your hands all over this. it's no problem. >> jimmy: i'm going to throw up. >> let me get "50 shades of grey" again. >> jimmy: you read "50 shades of grey" and talk about your seven incher and then you say touch it. [ laughter ] that's what happened in order. >> one handed operation. [ laughter and applause ] ♪ i ain't got no problem with that. >> jimmy: but look. it can fit another row of apps. an extra row. >> yeah, you can add another row of apps. and they have a -- they have new maps. so check this out. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. what is this. yeah, this is like, they don't use google maps anymore. >> so they don't use google maps and you lose a few things but you gain a few things. so it has turn-by-turn. and check this out, it does -- if this works, 3d. >> jimmy: whoa. [ audience oohs ] this is real time 3d rendering of -- >> jimmy: that's weird. >> i know my fingers are ni the way. >> jimmy: no, that's amazing. >> but -- so it renders these in real time. it does real time turn-by-turn with the 3d building. it's called fly over mode. it's really beautiful. you can see there's central park. >> jimmy: and how -- siri is a big thing. >> siri has some new features. >> jimmy: yes. >> she can tell you sports information if you're into that sort of thing. >> jimmy: of course. >> let's see. let's see if she'll give us some info here. [ siri beeps ] what is the score of the giants game? [ siri beeps ] >> it's nine to two, san francisco. >> check this out. check this out. [ siri beeps ] what inning is the giants game in? [ siri beeps ] >> it's the end of the 7th inning. the score is nine to two, giants. >> jimmy: you just said that. yeah, tell her to stop repeating herself. >> she's repeating. stop that. [ siri beeps ] >> stop repeating yourself you idiot. [ siri beeps ] >> sorry, i can't do that. you're not -- [ light laughter ] >> oh, my gosh. no, but -- >> jimmy: dude this is -- >> she has more movie information. >> jimmy: yeah, you can say, what movie should i go see? >> she can book -- she can book restaurants for you. she will iron your clothing now. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: no, i mean, it's good, but that is pretty wild. that is some sick technology. >> no, it's great. they really -- and because of the lte siri works a lot better. like, if you've been in a situation where you're, like, waiting for siri to do something. >> jimmy: yeah. >> it's way improved on this because of the lte. >> jimmy: and how much is that guy. this is -- starts at $199 on contract. goes up to $399, i think, if there's a -- i can't remember. >> jimmy: an actual human -- >> i should know. >> jimmy: if you get it for 400 bucks a person named siri comes with it. yeah. [ laughter ] >> s small -- a small person, but a person. >> jimmy: you're a good man as always. >> oh, thank you. >> jimmy: joshua topolsky. [ cheers and applause ] very, very -- very good. very funny. we love him. theverge.com joshua topolsky, everybody. danny performs next. stick around. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ been shopping so smart, cash back with your freedom card getting cash back on what? close shave and haircut fan for the ceiling. you're gonna cool off that hoooounddd! tonight you gotta get your cash back, on new slacks. use freedom on lunch with jack. everybody get! everybody get! get your cash back. chase freedom. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our next guest is about to release "payback," his debut album for the newly-relaunched okayplayer records. he's making his tv debut with us tonight. to perform the song "evil," with a little help from the roots, please welcome danny! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ evil i feel the sickness running under my skin ♪ ♪ you see? you see? jimmy fallon, what up? ♪ ♪ father when i get up to heaven gonna let me in ♪ ♪ people who judge me but i know they haven't been where i've been ♪ ♪ i know the day's gonna come when i've gotta repent but until then ♪ ♪ i just keep runnin' and runnin' and runnin' i keep on runnin' but i don't know where ♪ ♪ i am goin' the is just mind-blowin' surrounded by circus clowns sick ♪ ♪ of the pie-throwin' ridiculous i ain't knowin' ♪ ♪ where to locate my saneness ooops i meant to say sanity ♪ ♪ danny is brainless ooops i meant to pray near this canopy bed ♪ ♪ too bad there's too many hookers layin' in it danny! is shameless ♪ ♪ you lames just shuck and jive like andy and amos ♪ ♪ co-signed by two giants y'all still don't know who d. swain is i'm sayin' ♪ ♪ evil i feel the sickness running under my skin ♪ ♪ father when i get up to heaven gonna let me in ♪ ♪ people who judge me but i know they haven't been where i've been ♪ ♪ i know the day's gonna come when i've gotta repent but until then ♪ ♪ i just keep runnin' and runnin' and runnin' ♪ was thought to be a pleasant guy my entire life ♪ ♪ but somethin' snapped in me nowadays i ain't wired right paranoia got me feelin' ♪ ♪ like i'mma die tonight somebody gon' merk the kid for all of the dirt i did ♪ ♪ i swear i'm only human but i'm one step away before the evil consumes him engraved in his tomb ♪ ♪ with a reputation in ruins y'all know the deal i act aloof to hide that i'm real scared ♪ ♪ thought i outran my demons rear-view mirror they still there ♪ ♪ evil i feel the sickness ♪ the legendary roots crew ♪ ♪ father when i get up to heaven gonna let me in ♪ ♪ people who judge me but i know they haven't been where i've been ♪ ♪ i know the day's gonna come when i've gotta repent but until then ♪ ♪ i just keep -- criticize me you know i don't know what to tell ya you wanna crucify me ♪ ♪ but yo, i don't know what to tell ya you wanna hold down me i swear ♪ ♪ don't know what to tell ya you wanna popjudge me but i know they haven't been where i've been ♪ ♪ i know the day's gonna come when i've gotta repent but until then ♪ ♪ i just keep -- i keep runnin' ♪ ♪ sometimes i feel like doin' a beat sometimes i don't ♪ ♪ sometimes i feel like movin' my feet sometimes i won't ♪ ♪ sometimes i feel like doin' a beat sometimes i don't ♪ ♪ sometimes the roots make you move your feet and sometimes they won't ♪ ♪ yo, yo, i'm evil than a mother heck yeah, i claim it come and see me ♪ ♪ you mother -- ♪ i walk th

pop news." >> yes, george, it's a special emmy edition of "pop news." it's "pop news" in sequins. and for this special emmy edition, love is in the air on this very red carpet. not one, not two, but three nominees recently announcing they are off the market, now officially engaged to be married. it was date night for host jimmy kimmel, "breaking bad's" aaron paul and jesse ferguson all starts their own modern family. give me a ding. >> ding, ding, ding. >> thank you. you're surprising me in so many ways this trip. if you thought the emmys were the only awards given out last night, oh, no, my friend, you need to think again. we revealed the winners of people.com's first ever poll to determine the sexiest man and woman on tv. and the award goes to sophi mus various vergara from "modern family" and it's an injustices you were nod name. >> sam way this close, everybody. who knew. >> its would either the weatherman or the hot werewolf. >>> finally in "pop young and officially the oldest membern emmy history. she was nominated for outstanding reality host for her show. she did not win. not to worry, betty's got plenty of her own awards. she's won a total of seven emmys. and her first one, josh, dated back to 1971. >> seriously. we were talking with tom bergeron on the red carpet, he was in mortal fear of betty white. >> hey, everybody, in new york, that's the edition of "pop news." and now sam champion with the weather. >> lara, josh, okay, that's enough, that's enough, you two. the emmys are over. come home to new york. i miss you guys. it's not the same. get home. get on that flight, get home. good morning, everybody. how are you? >> hi. ladies, where are you from? >> i'm from florida. long island, new york. >> biloxi, mississippi. >> orlando, florida. >> it looked like i stumped you. >> i was going to say claremont, actually claremont, right outside of orlando. let's get to the boards. >> that's your mom right there? >> just connecti

pop for gold miners. etf up 5%. mike? >> you know, you've got a pop for gold, you're going to have pop for the miners. what happened today is a real positive for all of these names. and we're not surprised to see all of them higher with gold up 2% plus. >> and a drop for those tiny liquor bottles. workers at the new york jfk airport are in trouble after allegedly stealing 100,000 tiny bottles of liquor from american airlines. >> is that big ben? >> nothing to do with ben bernanke. let's make that clear. charged with taking the containers over a period of months and reselling them to bodegas in queens. that's capitalism. >> if i can stop there on the way to the airport -- >> you can buy them that were stolen from the airport. >>. >> ben bernanke in action right there. >>> a pop the germany index fund. pete? >> yeah, name i am long, one of my largest positions, again. i think europe made it an inflection point last week. did it again today. still like it. >> up 12%, keith. >> here's a great example where brian's right, fundamentals didn't matter today. don't forget, fundamentals mattered from 23% to 5%. that's where the stock went when growth started to slow last time. >> pop here for nokia, up 6%. >> my girl is very whimsical, very volatile, and i would not consider this a reversal in the stock but an upgrade or two of what moves the stock these days. we still don't think there's a solution to fighting apple. >> and jc penney was down 1%. karen? >> that's because it's too expensive. i'm very pessimistic on the turn around, the valuation here too high unless ben starts growing money at shareholders of jc penney -- >> oh. >> pop here for cbre group, up 6%, mike? >> this stock is up double digits over the course of the last five days. the fed had a lot to do wi

pop? >> yeah, nothing better, on the little silver thing. >> all pop up, delicious. >> i bet you it's going to be better than jiffy pop though. >> i think so. >> let's get a check of the weather. >> here's what we've got for you for today. gorgeous day along the east coast with a high pressure dominating. risk of strong storms though in the mid-mississippi river valley. wet weather stretches into the ohio river valley and out west gorgeous weather. then for tomorrow that rain stretches from new england, the northeast, all the way back into the central plains, sunny and warm from the southwest into the pacific northwest, and nice and warm through the southeast and the southern part of florida is continually getting rain. more of it tomorrow. right now they have -- they are about 31 inches above inial for the year in miami. that's what's going on aat >> it will turn out to be a pretty nice afternoon. a mixture of sun and clouds. high temperature into the low to mid 70's. >>> and that's your latest weather. >> coming up next, nutrition news you can use, right after this. you won't run into kenmore appliances just anywhere. only sears is celebrating the 100th anniversary of america's number one appliance brand, with up to 25% off all kenmore appliances, plus an extra 15% off all appliance brands with your sears card. this is worth running into. this is sears. oh, it's so good! if this image robbed you of the great taste of untopped triscuit... goat cheese? come on! this is america! ...sorry. 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>> well, you have to be really careful on what yogurt you pick. don't want to pick one that's riddled with the wrong type of fat and sugar, so in the ideal world what you're going to pick is a plain non-fat or low-fat yogurt, any brand, and then you're going to doctor it up yourself with the option of one teaspoon of either sugar, maple syrup, honey, even agave works and add on chopped fruit, even better, but if you want to buy the flares already mixed in for you, the ones on the market that come in strawberry and blueberry and passion fruit, check the label and just make sure the brand has no more than 20 grams of sugar per serving, and most of the non-fat and 2% low-fat greek yogurts fit the bill. >> greek yogurt is so hot. >> so hot and a lot of protein. we don't know if the blood pressure benefit comes from the calcium or milk proteins, we just know that it's there so for people who like yogurt, carry on. >> this weekend i grilled some figs and put it over greek yogurt and a drizzle of honey. >> call me, al. >> another hot food right now, avocado. i remember as a kid my mother making avocado with a little tuna fish in the middle of it, but it's a big hot food right now. >> it's a big hot food. a really fun article in the "wall street journal" a couple of days ago, and it showed that in 2011 avocado sales spiked by 11%. >> why? >> but this year we have just in the first half of the year, it's more than 30%, and i think it's a combination. first is that thankfully people are embracing fat. we know that all fat is not evil, and the type of fat in avocados is unsaturated fat so it's really healthy for your heart. it drives down cholesterol levels, but also a lot of national chains like paneras and subway and au bon pain, adding sliced avocados to sandwiches. a lot of people not normally buying avocado are tasting them and falling in love with their creamy deliciousness. >> when you get that kind of demand, will that affect the price at all, do you think? >> i'm going to say i hope not. i really hope not, and i love what you do, because you really can take two tablespoons, mash it up and use it as a healthy alternative to mayo. fortuna salad, for chicken salad, salmon salad, even as a sandwich spread and, of course, guacamole. love guacamole. >> the next headline, interesting. partnership to give people some financial incentives to be healthier, so tell us about this one. >> this is awesome, and i hope a lot of insurance companies are listening and they follow suit. humana has teamed up with walmart, and what they are doing is offering 1 million wellness members 5% off all healthy food that's offered at walmart. >> wow. >> so walmart has more than 1,000 items, and they have stamped an icon called great for you rig on the products. it's the usual suspects. fruits and vegetables, low-fat dairy, protein foods, and starting october 15th, humana members are going to be able to buy them with a 5% discount. could you imagine if other insurance companies, are you listening? >> subsidizing. >> yeah. >> terrific. >> gym memberships and fitness equipment. >> and really quickly, celebrity world, lady gaga. >> right. so everyone has seen the picture of her with the 25 pounds on all over the media, and i'm not here to talk about her weight gain. i want to talk about her weight loss. she's committed, and i calculated that she burns about 800 calories with each and every performance, so she's on a world tour right now. al, you and i are going to forecast that before thanksgiving, she is going to be back to her tip top shape. she doesn't have to give up pizza and pasta. she can get thin crust, light on the cheese, pile on the vegetables and enjoy pizza, and with pasta, just order it with double the amounts of vegetables in it, you poof up the volume, drive down the carbohydrates, the calories are fine. she's going to be back. >> what's terrific is she's just admitting it and not, you know, going hog wild about i should lose this weight. >> she's out there. >> good for her. >> and hopefully she will inspire other people who are struggling with 20, 30 pounds to knock it off with her. >> and instead of wearing a meat suit, she will wear a vegetable suit. >> i love that. >> veggie suit. >> we'll ask her. >> thanks so much. >>> coming up next, how to avoid getting taken for a ride by a financial adviser, right after these messages. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour 1 on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour 3. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] zyrtec®. love the air. join zyrtec® rewards. save up to $7 on zyrtec® products. ♪ something to me ♪ that nobody else could do and getting more. that's value sense. introducing the scott shared values program. get free movie rentals, music downloads, and more. use your value sense. sign up at scottbrand.com. it's got that sweet honey taste. but no way it's 80 calories, right? no way, right? lady, i just drive the truck. right, there's no way right, right? have a nice day. [ male announcer ] 80 delicious calories. fiber one. [ male announcer ] 80 delicious calories. stop by walmart this saturday. wireless. take a one-minute demo of our new lg optimus zip. for every demo we'll donate one dollar to make-a-wish. up to one million dollars. visit one-minute-one-million-dot-com to find a participating walmart near you. oh, it's so good! if this image robbed you of the great taste of untopped triscuit... goat cheese? come on! this is america! ...sorry. [ male announcer ] 100% whole grain woven for an untoppable taste. [ crunch ] this single scoop of gain gives more freshness than a whole box of this other stuff... and that much freshness is gonna take some getting used to... [ sniffing ] ahh. mmm! [ male announcer ] 'cause it's a lot... ok...it's a lot of freshness. [ sniffing ] get irresistibly fresh with gain. get even more gain at a new lower price! >>> this morning on "today's money," one of the biggest threats it your financial security is bad advice on investments. cnbc personal finance correspondent sharon epperson has important tips on making the right choice. good morning to you, sharon. >> good morning, natalie. >> so this is a really tough thing to talk about because a lot of people learned the hard way with bernard madoff, but financial advisers taking advantage or scamming their customers. how big a problem is this? >> it actually is quite a big problem. the cfp bore, the non-profit organization that certifies financial planners, said over half of their planners, people coming to them, particularly older americans, have been victims of some form of financial abuse, either because of the advice that they were given or the investments that they made, and so now they are in another situation on round two or three trying to rectify the situation. >> all right. so let's get to some important advice so they don't become a victim. you say the first thing is you want to hire a financial adviser, be sure to check them out thoroughly. do your home ork. >> one of the basic things, ask and check. want to know what their employment history is like, if they have had disciplinary action taken against them, are they certified, registered financial planners, and places to go to check, if it's a broker or someone selling you investments, go to finra.org, for the broker check. want to feigned out about your financial adviser and all of these things as well, go to the s.e.c.gov, security and exchange commission and adviserinfosec.gov and cfp net is a place to go to see if they are a certified financial planner. >> there's always a level of risk so it's good to get investment pros and cons and know what level of risk you're willing to take. >> absolutely right. one of the things when checking them out, know how they are compensated and what fees are involved, and also want to know what fees are involved with the investments that they are suggesting and what the pros and cons are of various investments. if they are telling you about a particular investment and only telling you the upside, the potential would turn that it make not how much it costs you in terms of fees or the downside, probably not an investment you want to make, at least not right away. definitely get a second opinion. >> important to create a paper trail. be aware of all your paperwork and payments. document everything you do. >> this is critical, and so many people don't do this. you're working with a financial adviser. that's great, but the actual statements that you get about your investments probably should not have that adviser's first name and last name and letterhead on them. they should come from securities firm or a brokerage firm where those investments are held. you also want to make sure that any paperwork that you do does not have blanks on it, and if it does, if you sign something and you're waiting for a signature on the other side, then you want to make sure that the paperwork that you receive back says submitted on it that you have everything there filled out. when you make a check out, don't make it out in the adviser's name. make it out to the firm or to a brokerage firm. you're not making it out to the person directly. you don't want them to have control over all your money. >> right. full access to your account. >> exactly. >> also, most people who are seeking financial advice usually are doing so because they have experienced some life-changing moment, unfortunately, which could affect their pockets, so you say avoid making hasty decisions. >> it can be -- >> be careful. >> it could be a great thing, too. just had a baby, and now you're like now i'm going to get my financial life in order and will put all my money into a college savings plan. have you saved enough for retirement. you want to make sure you don't do or make hasty decisions if you just got divorced or a death in the family or something like that. make sure you take the time and also take the time to find out what the charges and fees are involved, you know, as you wait to make these decisions. >> and the last point, a good one, designate a financial power of attorney for your finances the same way that you have a power of attorney over your health. >> exactly. if you become incapacitated, there's a way that you're unable to make financial decisions for yourself, you want to have a friend, a relative, someone that you trust who is your financial power of attorney to make these decisions for you, another gut check on the financial adviser that you may be working with so that they again do not have full reign over all of your finances, that someone is stepping in to make sure it is right and find a financial power of attorney, get the documented done with answer tate planning attorney. >> sharon epperson, great advice as always. thanks so much, and there's more information, by the way, on our website at today.com. >>> coming up next, italian-inspired finger food, but first, this is "today" on nbc. anncr: more anti-maryland ads. from this west virginia casino. they want marylanders to keep coming to west virginia... casinos like theirs. spending one hundred seventy million a year. question seven will keep those dollars at home. with a limited expansion of gaming that will mean... hundreds of millions for schools in the baltimore area... and across the state... according to the department of legislative services. and with independent audits required by law... question seven means millions for maryland schools. guaranteed. >>> good morning. in today's kitchen finger food on the menu. >> hey, it's football season. great time to impress your family and friends with small plates that pack big flavor. chef mike isabella is the author of "crazy good italian." good to see you. >> thank you, thank you. tailgating type of foods, don't think italian. >> you don't. think more american, simple. do things like wings, burger and dogs and things like that. >> you'll show us how to make it a little italian style. >> today we're making some roasted chicken rings with pepperoni sauce. >> pepperoni sauce. >> you really don't think pepperoni, think of eating it just like this. >> sure. >> or like that. >> so what we're going to do, onions and garlic sweating in here. throw that pepperoni in. throw that right in here. >> how much is this? >> that's about, you know, a little less than a quarter of a pound. >> want to sweat it a little bit, let it come down. let all the flavors come out. there's a lot of fats inside of -- >> really. >> inside of pepperoni. >> i did not know that. >> so that's kind of sweating down. i have some fennel seed and a little bit of chili flake that i'll toast up now. those are two main spices that are inside pepperoni. so when i make a sauce, don't want to dilute it so i have a little spice. >> pophere. >> all righty. >> and then a little bit of chicken broth. >> all of it? >> put it all in there. we'll threat cook, and this is going to cook for about 45 minutes, let it simmer until it gets nice and -- the pepperoni gets soft and loosened up, and then we're going to puree that sauce up a little bit. >> put it in a food processor. >> right in a blender. put in right in a blender, let it go for a couple of minutes. chicken wings, cleaned them up, tips off and the wings and we're basically going to marin ate these. throw that rosemary, lemon and garlic in here. >> mm-hmm. >> how long do you let this marin ate here? >> back into the refrigerator for about two and a half hours. you want to kind of threat get -- >> leave it in overnight if you want to? >> won't hurt it at all. fresh rosemary and fresh lemon and garlic. break up the rosemary, too, fresh flavors in there. i'm just trying to build these italian flavors. rosemary, pepperoni, and then i'm going to take them out of the frid

pop? >> yeah, nothing better, on the little silver thing. >> all pop up, delicious. >> i bet you it's going to be better than jiffy pop though. >> i think so. >> let's get a check of the weather. >> here's what we've got for you for today. gorgeous d we have for you today. gorgeous day along the east coast with high pressure dominating. risk of strong storms. wet weather into the ohio river valley. then for tomorrow, that rain stretches from new england, the northeast all the way back to the central plains. sunny and warm from the southwest to the pacific northwest. nice and warm to the southeast. the southern part of florida is getting rain. more of it tomorrow. right now, they are 31 inches above normal for the year in miami. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> right here, we have a beautiful morning. it is chilly outside. look at that blue sky. no clouds right now. we'll see a few clouds come sboog the area the next couple hours. by late afternoon, partly sunny. 59 degrees right now. again, chilly, going up to a high of 76 degrees. no rain for today. you could see rain tomorrow. some sprinkles tomorrow morning and maybe a few late day showers with a high of 83. a chance on thursday and >>> and that's your latest weather. >> coming up next, nutrition news you can use, right after this. you won't run into kenmore appliances just anywhere. only sears is celebrating the 100th anniversary of america's number one appliance brand, with up to 25% off all kenmore appliances, plus an extra 15% off all appliance brands with your sears card. this is worth running into. this is sears. oh, it's so good! if this image robbed you of the great taste of untopped triscuit... goat cheese? come on! this is america! ...sorry. [ male announcer ] 100% whole grain woven for an untoppable taste. [ crunch ] to help get omega 3 dha into your kids' diet. flintstones gummies plus omega-3 dha is an excellent source of this key nutrient. ♪ we are flintstones kids ♪ ten million strong ♪ and growing for a strong bag that grips the can... get glad forceflex. small change, big difference. it's not a dream that's dashed with every errand. it's real and it's doable with a little help. hamburger helper. with 40 varieties, a home-cooked meal is never out of reach. hamburger helper. help is on the way. to our kraft natural cheese to make it creamier. so whatever you make isn't just good, it's amazing. ♪ life is amazing with the love that i've ♪ ♪ found something this delicious could only come from nature. now from the maker of splenda sweeteners, discover nectresse. the only 100% natural, no-calorie sweetener made from the goodness of fruit. the rich, sweet taste of sugar. nothing artificial. ♪ it's all that sweet ever needs to be. new nectresse. sweetness naturally. >>> oh, yeah. get down. this morning we're laurening a new season called "joy's healthy bite." today new triesist joy bauer will break down nutrition studies to hot hollywood fitness trends and the next big super food. >> the latest and greatest from the health world. >> that's right. now we've got the latest development and the benefits to eating yogurt. >> right. this is particularly important because 76 million american adults currently have high blood pressure, and last week the american heart association at their blood pressure conference presented this research showing that people who regularly eat yogurt, and regularly, al, is only defined as eating it two to three times per week, were able to significantly reduce the risk for them getting high blood pressure. >> is there a certain kind of yogurt? >> well, you have to be really careful on what yogurt you pick. don't want to pick one that's riddled with the wrong type of fat and sugar, so in the ideal world what you're going to pick is a plain non-fat or low-fat yogurt, any brand, and then you're going to doctor it up yourself with the option of one teaspoon of either sugar, maple syrup, honey, even agave works and a on chopped fruit, even better, but if you want to buy the flares already mixed in for you, the ones on the market that come in strawberry and blueberry and passion fruit, check the label and just make sure the brand has no more than 20 grams of sugar per serving, and most of the non-fat and 2% low-fat greek yogurts fit the bill. >> greek yogurt is so hot. >> so hot and a lot of protein. we don't know if the blood pressure benefit comes from the calcium or milk proteins, we just know that it's there so for people who like yogurt, carry on. >> this weekend i grilled some figs and put it over greek yogurt and a drizzle of honey. >> call me, al. >> another hot food right now, avocado. i remember as a kid my mother making avocado with a little tuna fish in the middle of it, but it's a big hot food right now. >> it's a big hot food. a really fun article in the "wall street journal" a couple of days ago, and it showed that in 2011 avocado sales spiked by 11%. >> why? >> but this year we have just in the first half of the year, it's more than 30%, and i think it's a combination. first is that thankfully people are embracing fat. we know that all fat is not evil, and the type of fat in avocados is unsaturated fat so it's really healthy for your heart. it drives down cholesterol levels, but also a lot of national chains like paneras and subway and au bon pain, adding sliced avocados to sandwiches. a lot of people not normally buying avocado are tasting them and falling in love with their creamy deliciousness. >> when you get that kind of demand, will that affect the price at all, do you think? >> i'm going to say i hope not. i really hope not, and i love what you do, because you really can take two tablespoons, mash it up and use it as a healthy alternative to mayo. fortuna salad, for chicken salad, salmon salad, even as a sandwich spread and, of course, guacamole. love guacamole. >> the next headline, interesting. partnership to give people some financial incentives to be healthier, so tell us about this one. >> this is awesome, and i hope a lot of insurance companies are listening and they follow suit. humana has teamed up with walmart, and what they are doing is offering 1 million wellness members 5% off all healthy food that's offered at walmart. >> wow. >> so walmart has more than 1,000 items, and they have stamped an icon called great for you right on the products. it's the usual suspects. fruits and vegetables, low-fat dairy, protein foods, and starting october 15th, humana members are going to be able to buy them with a 5% discount. could you imagine if other insurance companies, are you listening? >> subsidizing. >> yeah. >> terrific. >> gym memberships and fitness equipment. >> and really quickly, celebrity world, lady gaga. >> right. so everyone has seen the picture of her with the 25 pounds on all over the media, and i'm not here to talk about her weight gain. i want to talk about her weight loss. she's committed, and i calculated that she burns about 800 calories with each and every performance, so she's on a world tour right now. al, you and i are going to forecast that before thanksgiving, she is going to be back to her tip top shape. she doesn't have to give up pizza and pasta. she can get thin crust, light on the cheese, pile on the vegetables and enjoy pizza, and with pasta, just order it with double the amounts of vegetables in it, you poof up the volume, drive down the carbohydrates, the calories are fine. she's going to be back. >> what's terrific is she's just admitting it and not, you know, going hog wild about i should lose this weight. >> she's out there. >> good for her. >> and hopefully she will inspire other people who are struggling with 20, 30 pounds to knock it off with her. >> and instead of wearing a meat suit, she will wear a vegetable suit. >> i love that. >> veggie suit. >> we'll ask her. >> thanks so much. >>> coming up next, how to avoid getting taken for a ride by a financial adviser, right after these messages. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour 1 on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour 3. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] zyrtec®. love the air. join zyrtec® rewards. save up to $7 on zyrtec® products. ♪ something to me ♪ that nobody else could do and getting more. that's value sense. introducing the scott shared values program. get free movie rentals, music downloads, and more. use your value sense. sign up at scottbrand.com. it's got that sweet honey taste. but no way it's 80 calories, right? no way, right? lady, i just drive the truck. right, there's no way right, right? have a nice day. [ male announcer ] 80 delicious calories. fiber one. [ male announcer ] 80 delicious calories. stop by walmart this saturday. wireless. take a one-minute demo of our new lg optimus zip. for every demo we'll donate one dollar to make-a-wish. up to one million dollars. visit one-minute-one-million-dot-com to find a participating walmart near you. oh, it's so good! if this image robbed you of the great taste of untopped triscuit... goat cheese? come on! this is america! ...sorry. [ male announcer ] 100% whole grain woven for an untoppable taste. [ crunch ] this single scoop of gain gives more freshness than a whole box of this other stuff... and that much freshness is gonna take some getting used to... [ sniffing ] ahh. mmm! [ male announcer ] 'cause it's a lot... ok...it's a lot of freshness. [ sniffing ] get irresistibly fresh with gain. get even more gain at a new lower price! >>> this morning on "today's money," one of the biggest threats it your financial security is bad advice on investments. cnbc personal finance correspondent sharon epperson has important tips on making the right choice. good morning to you, sharon. >> good morning, natalie. >> so this is a really tough thing to talk about because a lot of people learned the hard way with bernard madoff, but financial advisers taking advantage or scamming their customers. how big a problem is this? >> it actually is quite a big problem. the cfp bore, the non-profit organization that certifies financial planners, said over half of their planners, people coming to them, particularly older americans, have been victims of some form of financial abuse, either because of the advice that they were given or the investments that they made, and so now they are in another situation on round two or three trying to rectify the situation. >> all right. so let's get to some important advice so they don't become a victim. you say the first thing is you want to hire a financial adviser, be sure to check them out thoroughly. do your home ork. >> one of the basic things, ask and check. want to know what their employment history is like, if they have had disciplinary action taken against them, are they certified, registered financial planners, and places to go to check, if it's a broker or someone selling you investments, go to finra.org, for the broker check. want to feigned out about your financial adviser and all of these things as well, go to the s.e.c.gov, security and exchange commission and adviserinfosec.gov and cfp net is a place to go to see if they are a certified financial planner. >> there's always a level of risk so it's good to get investment pros and cons and know what level of risk you're willing to take. >> absolutely right. one of the things when checking them out, know how they are compensated and what fees are involved, and also want to know what fees are involved with the investments that they are suggesting and what the pros and cons are of various investments. if they are telling you about a particular investment and only telling you the upside, the potential would turn that it make not how much it costs you in terms of fees or the downside, probably not an investment you want to make, at least not right away. definitely get a second opinion. >> important to create a paper trail. be aware of all your paperwork and payments. document everything you do. >> this is critical, and so many people don't do this. you're working with a financial adviser. that's great, but the actual statements that you get about your investments probably should not have that adviser's first name and last name and letterhead on them. they should come from securities firm or a brokerage firm where those investments are held. you also want to make sure that any paperwork that you do does not have blanks on it, and if it does, if you sign something and you're waiting for a signature on the other side, then you want to make sure that the paperwork that you receive back says submitted on it that you have everything there filled out. when you make a check out, don't make it out in the adviser's name. make it out to the firm or to a brokerage firm. you're not making it out to the person directly. you don't want them to have control over all your money. >> right. full access to your account. >> exactly. >> also, most people who are seeking financial advice usually are doing so because they have experienced some life-changing moment, unfortunately, which could affect their pockets, so you say avoid making hasty decisions. >> it can be -- >> be careful. >> it could be a great thing, too. just had a baby, and now you're like now i'm going to get my financial life in order and will put all my money into a college savings plan. have you saved enough for retirement. you want to make sure you don't do or make hasty decisions if you just got divorced or a death in the family or something like that. make sure you take the time and also take the time to find out what the charges and fees are involved, you know, as you wait to make these decisions. >> and the last point, a good one, designate a financial power of attorney for your finances the same way that you have a power of attorney over your health. >> exactly. if you become incapacitated, there's a way that you're unable to make financial decisions for yourself, you want to have a friend, a relative, someone that you trust who is your financial power of attorney to make these decisions for you, another gut check on the financial adviser that you may be working with so that they again do not have full reign over all of your finances, that someone is stepping in to make sure it is right and find a financial power of attorney, get the documented done with answer tate planning attorney. >> sharon epperson, great advice as always. thanks so much, and there's more information, by the way, on our website at today.com. >>> coming up next, italian-inspired finger food, but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> good morning. in today's kitchen finger food on the menu. >> hey, it's football season. great time to impress your family and friends with small plates that pack big flavor. chef mike isabella is the author of "crazy good italian." good to see you. >> thank you, thank you. tailgating type of foods, don't think italian. >> you don't. think more american, simple. do things like wings, burger and dogs and things like that. >> you'll show us how to make it a little italian style. >> today we're making some roasted chicken rings with pepperoni sauce. >> pepperoni sauce. >> you really don't think pepperoni, think of eating it just like this. >> sure. >> or like that. >> so what we're going to do, onions and garlic sweating in here. throw that pepperoni in. throw that right in here. >> how much is this? >> that's about, you know, a little less than a quarter of a pound. >> want to sweat it a little bit, let it come down. let all the flavors come out. there's a lot of fats inside of -- >> really. >> inside of pepperoni. >> i did not know that. >> so that's kind of sweating down. i have some fennel seed and a little bit of chili flake that i'll toast up now. those are two main spices that are inside pepperoni. so when i make a sauce, don't want to dilute it so i have a little spice. >> pophere. >> all righty. >> and then a little bit of chicken broth. >> all of it? >> put it all in there. we'll threat cook, and this is going to cook for about 45 minutes, let it simmer until it gets nice and -- the pepperoni gets soft and loosened up, and then we're going to puree that sauce up a little bit. >> put it in a food processor. >> right in a blender. put in right in a blender, let it go for a couple of minutes. chicken wings, cleaned them up, tips off and the wings and we're basically going to marin ate these. throw that rosemary, lemon and garlic in here. >> mm-hmm. >> how long do you let this marin ate here? >> back into the refrigerator for about two and a half hours. you want to kind of threat get -- >> leave it in overnight if you want to? >> won't hurt it at all. fresh rosemary and fresh lemon and garlic. break up the rosemary, too, fresh flavors in there. i'm just trying to build these italian flavors. rosemary, pepperoni, and then i'm going to take them out of the frid

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popping the opposite direction, popping above $3 a gallon. there was a refinery explosion in canada, we now know that refinery operations have returned to normal there, but that caused the pop there, and natural gas prices, by the way, natural gas the best-performing commodity on the cme today. cold weather switching in, a lot of energy producers switching from coal to natural gas, and by the way the euro hitting a two week low against the greenback, that pressured crude prices and a lot of other commodity prices that we will show you in the next hit in a few minutes from now. back to you. cheryl: all right, sandra, two of the hardest working women in television right there. home prices are on the rise, and yesterday's case shiller report, today we got new home sales numbers, and there was a dip. these numbers are impacting home improvement and furniture stores. here to tell us, ethan allen's chairman farooq kathwari. great to have you on the show. first, i want to ask you about what we're seeing really today with the company. you've got a stock that's up more than 60% over the last year, but today a little bit of a hit. how do you feel on days like this? >> oh, you know, one cannot really pay attention to what's happening on a day-to-day basis. as you rightly said in the last year or so, we're up 60, 70 percent. but more importantly, we are focused on making sure that we continue to reinvent our business, increase our sales, increase our profitability. in fact, yesterday we started our 80th year celebration in vermont. of course, the company's first set up. and we still make 70% of our products in the united states. cheryl: and you've been there for 25 years, we should mention to our viewers, you yourself have been with this company for 25 years. one of the most impressive things, i think s you've been able to keep 70% of your manufacturing in the united states at plants in the united states. what's the secret? >> well, the secret is what you have also indicated is the fact of being around for a long time and also thinking long term, making investments. you know, manufacturing in the united states is not easy, and if you're not thinking long term, if you're not continuously investing, it's not possible. because, you know, we have great people, we've got great history. we, in fact, have 73 locations in china and 60% of the product we're shipping from the united states to china. in furniture which is, you know, not made by robots. we still have a lot of labor even though we have a lot of, lot of technology that we've introduced. so i think it's a question of quality, it's a question of craftmanship, and i would say it really is this ability to think long term which has given us an opportunity to retain good people and also to help continue to do, to increase our business. cheryl: you know, farooq, i, like many americans i'm sure, we've all walked into an ethan allen, we've seen your store, but you do have competition out there, and you're on the higher priced size. how do you continue, especially when you go through a housing downturn, how do you kind of continue to get that customer to spend at ethan allen and not go to the competition, not go to lazy boy, for example? >> well, you know, it really is a challenge. the impact of globalization and commodityization has impacted every business from housewares to electronics and furniture. the way you differentiate is by providing great service, good quality. you know, we have 2,000 interior designers that go to a consumer's home and provide service. we have a great logistics network that deliver our products at one price nationally. and then we also focus on making sure that we've got great style. in fact, in the last two years we have changed 60% of our products. so we used to change 10%, and that was a lot. now 60% product change means you're relevant. yes, there's a tremendous amount of competition. so you really have to take market share, and you have to differentiate. we have great quality, great style and service. otherwise you can't do it. cheryl: 80 years in business, farooq. thank you very much. 25 years of that you've been there. ethan allen's chairman, ceo and president. congratulations on the anniversary. >> good to see you again. cheryl: closing bell's going to ring in 27 minutes. consumer stock names dominated our today's s&p 500 winners. when we come back, brian purie has consumer names he says are still worth the buy right now. ♪ >> announcer: meet tom, a proud dad whose online friends all "like" the photos he's posting. oscar likes tom's photos, but he loves the access to tom's personal information. oscar's an identity thief who used tom's personal info to buy new teeth and a new car, and stuck tom with the $57,000 bill. 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[♪...] ♪ >> and here is your fox business brief. boeing's ceo says executives are becoming more nervous about the fiscal cliff. james mcnerney says a lack of security on taxes and regulations are holding back job creation. norelco held near two-year highs. according to the commerce department, sales fell to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 373,000 which was below what economists were looking for, meanwhile, home prices jumped to their highest levels in more than five years. and greece's international lenders are at odds over how to solve the country's debt crisis. the imf has been pushing to restructure greek's debt owed to foreign creditors. e.u. leaders prefer to give greece more time to meet bailout goals. well, here we are at 30 minutes to go, actually, 20 minute toss go. of let's get a check on the markets with nicole petallides at the new york stock exchange. you've got one of today's top s&p 500 movers. what do you have? >> reporter: oh, yeah. taking a look at dean foods, right? i pulled it up nice and big for us. it's up a full five percentage points right now. dean foods clearly a winner on the s&p 500, and why is that? because they are confirming that they are scoring a potential sale of their morningstar dairy operations. as a result, you see that being a winner. a lot of the consumer stocks very resilient. consumers are resilient despite a tough economy, whatever you want to call it. but take a look at some the other names, or does that make you hungry? tyson foods, conagra, campbell's soup. a lot of up arrows today for this group in particular, a lot of winners on a day where we've had a lot of red on the screen. back to you. cheryl: nicole, we'll see you very soon. well, consumer stocks are among today's biggest s&p winners. brian peery says the consumer is not dead and now is the time to buy into equities, portfolio manager at hennessey funds and joins me now in a fox business exclusive. it's nice to see you. i always like to talk about hennessey funds, but i do want to talk to you about the consumer. how sure can we be that the consumer is really going to hold us up for the rest of the year, spend more money? >> well, you know, i think, cheryl, i think everybody is -- that's the big question. and, you know, i think that there's been a sentiment out there for some time now that the consumer's really kind of shifting their value proposition, and what they're really doing is trying to stretch that discretionary income that they have to maximize their, you know, their commodity goods. and i think there's a lot of opportunities, i think the market's still reasonably priced for these stocks, and, you know, if you're selective in what you're picking and have an idea of why, i think there's some great opportunities. cheryl: your s&p 500 target before the end of the year is 1500, i'm curious if you could give me a good time sense to get into the s&p 500, just the index even. >> well, you know, i really look at these down days like we've had in the last couple as great entry points. as long as you can kind of take a little bit longer view than maybe some of the traders on the street have, and you can really look out a few quarters of a couple of -- or a couple of years, if you can buy on these down dips, you're going to be fine over time. cheryl: all right. let's talk about some of those consumer names you have because there's some interesting plays, and i want to get these out to our viewers. you like names like family dollar, obviously, that's a stock that's been very success. , it's had a great run. you also like pier one. start with family dollar. do you think we stick with it? >> i do. you know, i think they've done a phenomenal job in both managing their costs and increasing their top line revenues. they're growing roughly 8% year-over-year, so anything that's growing above that kind of 2% gdp is attractive. they've managed to keep their costs down which has shown up in higher earnings, and i think that, you know, that kind of value proposition is still very much in play, especially as you come up into halloween where you guys were saying earlier, you know, $8 billion gets spent in halloween. i think that that combined with the back to school really is going to look pretty favorable on the quarter. cheryl: stocks up 15% the past year. again, one of the great plays when we had a recession going on, this stock has been performing strong. it's one of your top ten holdings at this point, you still like it. >> we do. it's actually, you know, as of the end of the quarter, that's our number one holding in the fund, so it is a name that we have owned for some time, and we continue to like the story. they keep executing. their same-store sales, you know, keep knocking the number out of the park, so, you know, we continue to be a buyer in here of this, of ross. cheryl: last year 61%. we're looking at the chart right now. i mean, the chart doesn't lie. let me get to this one, and this is pier one. pier one is an interesting play. do you think it's because maybe we're seeing that pickup in home sales, or is this more of an apartment play do you think? because we still have a big portion of the population that's renting. >> you know, cheryl, that's a great question. i think you hit the nail on the head when you were talking with farooq, and it's a question of price sensitivity. you know, because i have people coming over for thanksgiving, i don't necessarily need to go out and potentially purchase a new doing room table, but i'm happy to buy, you know, some place mats that go on top of that. [laughter] cheryl: brian, wait, the fine china's not coming out at your house for thanksgiving? does your family know about this? >> my kids are better served eating off paper plates, to be honest with you. [laughter] cheryl: all right. overall, talk to me about the next few months with hennessey funds just in general. how are you feeling about the next six months, once we get past the election, all that stuff. are you still kind of bullish overall? >> yeah, we are. i mean, there's certainly always going to be some questions and some concerns. you know, the looming fiscal cliff is pretty much forefront of everybody's mind at this point. you know, i think at some point it, hopefully, all gets worked out, you know? and then all of this cap x spending that we've been kind of waiting for from the corporations eventually starts to trickle in, and instead of doing stock buybacks, it transfers to plant and equipment which is great for the economy long term. so as we start to kind of move through these progressions, we think that, you know, overall the economy's going to start to pick up a little bit again, and, you know, six months, a year out we're going to look much better shape than we are. cheryl: brian, again, i'm looking forward to my hennessey barbecue sauce or bobblehead that i'm going to get during the holidays. >> have a great day. cheryl: brian peery at the hennessey funds out in california. closing bell going to ring 15 minutes from now. only two more trading days left in the month of september. will the major indices be able to hold on to some gains? when we come back, we're breaking down all the big movers for you. cheryl: here is your fox business market check, everybody, and we really have been steadily down today. but again, it's a light volume day. there's some news to turn around in the economy, home sales data came out this morning, prices, watching all of that. nicole's been talking about that throughout the session. right now you have the dow down 47 points, the nasdaq down 27, s&p down a little more than 8 and the cuss l 2000 -- russell 2000 is down as well. oil closing below $90 a barrel. now, despite being the worst performing sector this year, the utilities sector is a bright spot on the s&p today as the top performer, leading the sector today. take a look at some of these names, and you know them very well. one oak, coned, southern company, wisconsin energy, cms energy are actually leading utility players today, and with that, let's send it over to sandra smith to take a look at some big movers she is watching from the cme. >> reporter: hey, cheryl. well, i said it in the last hit, there were some big movers, and a lot of the reason was we had a weaker euro hitting a two week low against the u.s. dollar, and that put a lot of pressure on those dollar-denominated commodities. natural gas prices surging more than 3% today. remember, a lot of those energy producers switching from coal and more expensive coal to cheaper natural gas. that's spurring demand for it. also we're heading into the winter heating season, arbob spiking today, there was a refinery explosion but a bullish report from the government on supplies, and silver getting a small bump despite gold heading south. here's your commodity losers on the session. again, that smaller u.s. dollar pressuring a lot of these prices. weak corn, soybeans -- wheat, corn, soybeans, all the grains getting hit. worldwide a lot of countries that import u.s. grains are finding it way too expensive to buy u.s. p crops, so they're buying from other countries, and that's lessening demand and putting pressure on prices. crood closed -- crude closed below $90, and copper prices very indicative of the slowdown in the u.s. and global economy, it too got hit in today's session along with many of the other commodities. back to you. cheryl: oh, good. less people for go to foreclosed homes and steal the wiring out of walls. 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popping numbers. >> they are. they're eye-popping numbers. it's hard to sit here, i must say, year after year, giving eye-popping numbers because these numbers continue to be bad. now, this study is a little bit different because it gives projections. this is by a group called trust for america's health, and projecting things is always tricky business, but they're using cdc data to look into the future. one of the things i found interesting is that the obesity epidemic is not the same from state to state. let's look at the two extremes, sort of the best state and the worst state, all right? so colorado, let's take a look at 2011 first. mississippi, high rates of obesity. 34.9% obesity rate versus colorado, 20.7%. now, by 2030, those numbers are expected to go up in both states. so 34% becomes 66% in mississippi and 20% becomes 44% in colorado. so both states going up. but still, a pretty big difference. >> it's incredible. so i'm going to ask you the impossible question. what can be done? >> you know, all the suggestions for what can be done are the same kinds of things that we've heard before. more sidewalks so kids can walk to school. healthier school lunches. you know, all of those kinds of things. they'll be making the foods that we buy healthier. it's all the same things that we've heard before, and have happened slowly, but many say need to happen more quickly now. >> okay. so i don't hear either presidential candidate talking much about the obesity crisis in the united states. i hear one candidate's wife talking about it a lot, but that's about it. >> it is interesting because this is one of the biggest public health threats in this country is obesity. and you don't hear a lot about it, but we asked questions and looked around. and so, you know, that candidate's wife, obama's wife, has the let's move campaign, and president obama has said that he wants to continue to change school lunches, something he's already started. we went to the romney campaign's website and saw nothing about obesity. we reached out and sent e-mails to his spokesperson saying hey, this is a big problem. what are you going to do about it if elected? we got no response from his campaign. >> elizabeth cohen, thanks so much. >>> in chicago, we've heard from the teachers who have been on strike for more than a week. we've also heard from the city going to court to force an end to that strike, and now we're hearing from other people. who also want the kids back in school. kyung lah is covering the strike. i would imagine parents are getting pretty fed up, right? >> reporter: yeah, we've spoken to some parents, carol, who still support the union, but we also sat down with another group of parents, about a dozen of them last night gatheng at a home, a very informal gathering, saying hey, look, enough is enough. sure, the city is now going to court, yes, the union is looking at this contract line by line, but what these parents say is being lost is that they and their children are the ones paying the price. here's what one parent told us. >> parents need to get out there and have their voices heard. we need to get the children back in school. bottom line, it's as simple as that. and if parents sit on the sidelines, the pressure's off, and there's no sense of urgency anymore. we're going to just keep delaying this. we have got to turn up the heat, and parents have got to speak up. and we have to end the strike and get the students back in school. >> reporter: so could this strike end? well, we should know sometime this afternoon. at about 3:00 local time, the union delegates are going to meet in this building behind me. there are about 800 of them. and they have spent the last two days looking over this contract, talking to their members, and they're going to vote on whether or not to end the strike. they don't actually vote on the agreement, but they're going to vote on whether or not to end the strike. so we should have some answer in about four, five hours, carol, on whether or not this strike in the nation's third largest school district affecting 350,000 schoolchildren will continue. >> okay. we'll check back. kyung lah reporting live from chicago. >>> remember the controversial supreme court decision on citizens united? yeah, do you. that's the one that allows corporations to donate unlimited amounts to political campaigns. well, the guys behind that have made a film about president obama. we're going to talk to them. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? 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>> it really was, carol. thank you for pointing that out. most people don't. and let me just say, before citizens united, in your intro, before citizens united, the supreme court case, corporations could not give to campaigns. and since citizens united, corporations cannot give to campaigns. corporations can give to new ganizations that are these outside groups but not directly to campaigns. i think it's important that people understand the difference, so i appreciate that. but our case was about making movies and their ads. and that's really what it comes down to. michael moore, i love to say this, had the right to make "fahrenheit 9/11" in 2002. we didn't about hillary clinton. we felt it was a violation of our rights. >> that movie was made during the primary, and that was the difference between the two documentaries. >> they were both during the elections cycle. michael moore's film came out during the summer of 2004 right before the conventions, right in the height. and by the way, michael moore wants to enter the marketplace, and so do i, at the time the american people care about these issues and care about these electi elections. so it's not hard to imagine that people on the left and on the right want to participate in the conversation through film, and that's really what this film is about, the hope and change is the first time since our supreme court case we're able to have a film. and this film is going to be tonight 7:00 eastern on hd net movies, and we're really proud of that fact. >> and david, who's in the movie? >> what we did is steve and i spent about a year going across the country in battleground states. and so there are no republicans in the film, no members of the tea party, no conservatives whatsoever. these people are all 100% democrats and independents. every one of them voted for barack obama in 2008. and they naturally wanted to support him then, and they wanted to support him during his presidency. and after four years, these people tell their story of disappointment. this film is truly more in sorrow than in anger. they want him to succeed. he just didn't in their mind. >> and, of course, that's a way to get those people who are undecided in the selection to vote for governor romney, right? that's really the point. >> carol, i think really is that a year ago when we started thinking about this, we kind of figured what was going to be the most important aspects of the final days, the final 90 days of the election. and we figured that david axelrod would have to solve for that part of the equation. but these are folks that really voted for president obama. and so we wanted to go out, and that's why we hired democratic strategists and pollsters to really run these focus groups. and we wanted to see people either leaning towards voting for president obama or not voting towards president obama. >> so let's talk about the people in your film because you want these people, of course, to vote for governor romney. governor romney -- >> well, no. >> just let me ask you this question. >> i'm sorry, go ahead. >> so governor romney is secretly recorded at this -- at this donor event in front of wealthy donors. and you know what he said by now. i think everybody knows. he said there are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. all right, there are 47% of the people who are with him who are dependent upon government who believe that they are victims who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it. he's -- isn't he talking about some of the people who are in your film? >> no, i don't think so. i don't think so at all. >> really? >> first of all -- >> you don't think those people -- >> these people in our film -- >> you don't think those people, i mean, some of them don't pay income tax because they don't make enough money? >> i think what mitt romney is trying to say is that it's better to grow the pie. it's better to create good jobs. it's better to create opportunities for people, entrepreneurs, small businessmen and women across america to be able to grow the tax base as opposed to having more and more and more people live off a smaller group of people who are paying taxes. that's fundamentally a conservative principle and quite frankly a smart economic principle that president obama doesn't realize. and that's why our economy continues to tank. so all i'm saying is, i don't know what mitt romney said every single word. it doesn't matter. the principle behind what he said is, more people are drinking the water than carrying the water. >> how could you say it doesn't matter? he's calling half the country victims. >> no, what he's doing is -- >> who live on the government dole. he has to be president to all americans, doesn't he? >> of course he does. what he's doing is he's pointing out the fact that barack obama has more people on welfare, more people on food stamps, more people in the unemployment lines than if his policies were put into place. and that's, i think, clearly what he was saying. >> but people he is talking about are people who have jobs and pay payroll taxes and other kinds of taxes. it's not like they're doing nothing. they're working really hard for very little money, and they get tax breaks just like the wealthiest americans have tax breaks. >> and what mitt romney's trying to do is create policies if he becomes president, and i'm not his spokesman by any stretch of the word. i'm a i guy shooting from the hip here. i think that he wants to create policies, if he becomes president, that allows more people to cross over into the 53%. because if we can grow that pie, if we can have those people earn more, be able to get better jobs, better educations, to be able to earn more, then they're going to be able to participate as the 53%. i go back to, it's more people drinking the water than carrying the water. and at a certain point, you can't continue that. >> carol -- >> and stephen, just a last word, the people in your film, since supposedly you supervised this or interviewed some of them, if they listen to those remarks by mitt romney, how would they feel? >> carol, i think the people in the film, you know, are working-class democrats, middle-class democrats and independents who lean democratic. these are hardworking americans. i didn't find the entire year that we took to make this film that they're looking for more government entitlements or more ways to be dependent upon the government. i mean, these are hardworking people who, quite frankly, really supported the president trying to bring the country together and trying to focus on the economy. and i think when you hear in their own voice that the country's more divided and that the economy is worse and that the jobs are not being created, i think the power that comes through in their voice is they think he has not lived up to the expectations they had for him. so i'm not familiar, really, with governor romney's remarks. this film's not a pro-romney film. this film is very much -- >> we don't talk about him at all. >> this is a film very much in the voice of working men and women in this country. >> come on. come on. come on. >> this is not -- >> come on. >> carol, we really wanted to make a film and have people really explain -- and i think one of the powers of the film, both liberals and conservatives have seen it, is that away from the political class of both parties and away from the media class, the pro wrestling that takes place every day on cable and talk radio, you really hear the agony, angst and trepidation that the middle class and the working-class people in this country have with this financial crisis we're in. >> okay. thanks to both of you for being with us this morning. stephen bannan and david baasie, thanks so much. >>> dramatic video out of libya shows a group of men apparently trying to rescue u.s. ambassador chris stevens. we'll show you. wo tickets to paradise! pack your bags, we'll leave tonight. uhh, it's next month, actually... eddie continues singing: to tickets to... paradiiiiiise! no four. remember? 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a new political catchphrase has been born. makers versus takers, and democrats love it. calling the secretly recorded romney tapes the mother jones scoop the mother of all political gaffes. >> there are 47% who are with him, who are dependent on government, that believe they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe they're entitled to health care, to food, to housing. >> but governor romney is not backing down. he says although his comments were not elegantly stated, they're in line with what he's been saying all along. >> do you believe in a government-centered society that provides more and more benefits, or do you believe instead in a free enterprise society where people are able to pursue their dreams? i believe the latter will help more people get good jobs. >> many republicans are applauding romney for telling it like it is. and let's face it, many americans feel americans have grown too dependent on government. a near record 46.4 million people are now on food stamps. and who can forget the bitter partisan brawl over extending long-term unemployment benefits? still when you take a closer look at romney's assertion that 47% of people, quote, pay no income taxes and are dependent on government, it's not quite true. more than a quarter of those people have jobs, and they pay payroll taxes. 10% are elderly who collect social security after paying into that entitlement. boil it down, and just about 7% pay neither payroll nor income tax. when all is said and done, though, haven't we been down this road before? we just didn't call it makers versus takers. we called it main street versus wall street or the rich against the poor. the talkback question for you this morning, is the romney tape a game changer? facebook.com/carolcnn. facebook.com/carolcnn. your comments later this hour. >>> it is the speech that everyone is talking about this morning. we'll talk more about that after this. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] its lightweight construction makes it nimble... ♪ its road gripping performance makes it a cadillac. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with advanced haldex all-wheel drive. 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" >> you can see the men carrying the ambassador out of the burning building. stevens later died from smoke inhalation at a nearby hospital. >>> major damage control this morning for the romney campaign after hidden video catches his comments from a private fund-raiser and goes viral. governor romney was explaining how nearly half of all americans are likely to vote for president obama because they rely on the government for support. joining me now is obama traveling press secretary, jen sockey. welcome, jen. >> good morning, carol. how are you? >> i'm good. thank you for being with us this morning. governor romney came out, he clarified, called his comments inelegant, but he's standing by them. i mean, in your mind, does he need to apologize? >> carol, i have to say, you know, i've worked for the president for 5 1/2 years. he ran to represent the entire country. even when people don't agree with him, he wakes up every day wanting to solve the challenges of everybody in this country. mitt romney wrote off nearly 50% of people in this country before he's even sworn into office. this is something that i think is shocking and really alarming to people who want to bring this country together and are scratching their heads about what he said. >> well, i will say the fact remains there are more people on food stamps now than ever before. i mean, does romney, you know, as inelegantly, as he put it, does he have a point? a lot of people would say he does. >> look, i think the people mitt romney was talking about, let me shine a little light on this. he's talking about military veterans who fight overseas and are supporting their families and come back. he's talking about seniors who have worked hard for 50 years and deserve the place they're in. he's talking about students who are working two jobs. these are the people he's talking about when he makes remarks like that. >> but i think, jen, his underlying issue is that, that there are too many people dependent on the government these days. and when you look at the numbers for people on food stamps, it sort of bears it out in a lot of voters' minds. >> well, look. i think, you know, that's an issue where you look at president obama's plan for lifting up the middle class, for making sure they have tax incentives for making sure kids who don't have a chance can go to college, for making sure people have access to affordable health care. those are helping people who need help the most. the president, you know, he believes in the hard work and the entrepreneurship of the american people. but he also believes that we need to start from a point where we believe we're fighting for all people and not writing off 50% of this country, which is exactly what mitt romney was doing in his remarks. >> well, on the subject of the president's plan to get the economy moving, it isn't working as fast as he would like. still unemployment is 8.1%. the jobs situation is certainly not where it should be. do you think those thoughtful voters that mr. romney mentioned in that hidden video will respond to the governor's comments? >> look, i think any american out there, any middle-class american who's looking at the choice they're facing in november is looking at the president who is saying, i want to extend your tax cuts. i want to make sure you have access to affordable health care. i want to make sure that if you can stay in your home, we're going to help get you the assistance to do that. mitt romney -- >> for many people, those efforts are agonizingly slow, at least, you know, when it comes to real life. >> oh -- >> i just want to ask you a last question before i have to let you go. remember back when president obama made the comment about clinging to guns and religion? and he made it in sort of the same kind of setting that governor romney made his statements? i mean, sometimes politicians say things that don't come out the right way. >> well, look. what the president said then really lays out the fundamental difference between them. he was talking about how sometimes people in this country are frustrated, and we need to pull together and address these problems together. mitt romney was saying something entirely different. he was saying, i'm not worried about 50% of this country. so that really highlights the fundamental difference between the two of them. >> i don't think he was exactly saying that. he was saying they probably would not vote for him because they supported president obama's policies. so he had to concentrate more on the thin slice of undecided voters that are out there. isn't that what he was really saying? >> well, carol, you can't start off the first day you're inaugurated and say, i'm not worried about those people. they're victims. they depend on the government. so i'm not worried about them. i'm going to govern for the rest. and so that's why i think these remarks really highlight and are so shocking to people as they see them today. >> jen psaki, thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you, carol. >>> it's musical red chairs. on nbc's "the voice." we'll tell you who's coming and who's going. the wheels of progress. seems they haven't been moving much lately. but things are starting to turn around because of business people like you. and regions is here to help. with the experience and service to keep things rolling. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's get going. together. >>> it's a case of musical chairs for nbc's hit show "the voice." "showbiz tonight's" a.j. hammer joins me now on who's in and who's out. >> well, we have christina aguilera and cee lo green taking a break. the producers know they don't have a choice but to let the stars take a break if they want big stars on board. here's what mark burnett is saying. having award-winning artists as coaches means they need to be able to tour, whether in the red chair or on tour, our coaches have their chairs for life. and christina and cee lo say they'll be back in those chairs. it's also hard to believe usher and shakira will be available for more than a season. aguilera is taking the time to go out on tour. cee lo has a laundry list including two albums. he has a las vegas residency and a comedy and a memoir to work on. carol, i do know he loves working on "the voice." and the exposure has been great for his career. the one-season highity us mahia makes sense. >> understandable. it's move over angry birds and hello bad piggies? >> certainly you've heard of it. the game has been downloaded more than 1 billion, that's billion with a "b," more than a billion times. if you are among the few unfamiliar with the game, the angry birds attack pigs in the game, and now the maker of the game, rovio, have announced their newest game is putting the pigs front and center. and i, for one, say it's about time. this game is called bad piggies. it lets users ceate some kind of flying contraption. you get to use wooden boxes and balloons, propellers, umbrellas, all sorts of things so you can fly the pigs through a maze. what could be more fun than that? ven the track record, i assume this will be huge. get ready to download it on september 27th. >> yes, get ready for more mindless fun. the kind i like. a.j. hammer, thank you so much. >> you got it. >>> a.j. on "showbiz tonight," 11:00 eastern on "hln." l you ned is the smooth, creamy taste of werther's original caramel to remind you that you're someone very special. ♪ werther's original caramels. olaf's pizza palace gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! pizza!!!!! 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