the strip mall again in the portland r portland, oregan area.ight on the way to stabilize the area, we'll get you as much information as we gone, from the portland oregon area. >>> there will be no more appeals for convicted sniper john alan muhammad. he is to be put to death tonight. the governor there, tim kaine, called his spree so horrible it can't be explained or understood. 10 people died and they thought twice about going shopping and doing things like getting gachlts his accomplice is serving life without parole. >>> police in fayetteville, north carolina, is searching for this little girl. 5 years old, shaniya davis. she's about 5 years old, brown hair, brown eyes, last seen wearing a blue t-shirt and no shoes. she also has a scar on her left foot. i hope you're getting a good look at her f. you have any information, call 910-433-1851. you can always just call 911 also. >>> police in conway, south carolina, are frantically searching for a miss iing 2 wee old boy. this is his picture. police say they were called to the home just after mi

then when you zero in towards this radar, portland, all that rain is painted in yellow. in seattle, across the valleys. higher elevations it's going to be snow, and that's going to be roughly 2500 feet elevation right now, rising to 4,000 feet elevation later today. also this heads up. we're now getting this in from atlanta. let me take you live to atlanta airport right now because basically the system that pilots use to file their flight plans has been taken down. it's lost power. now they're switching over to salt lake city. the problem is all the planes that have been backed up are going to be sitting there. this happened back in august of 2008. if history is any kind of guide, when that happened, hundreds of flights were delayed, some were canceled, so i think we'll see some big delays on the east coast because of that computer glitch in atlanta. that's going to carry on through the morning into the early afternoon. you can see not much air traffic there, either. generally this is entirely covered with airplanes, but right now just a handful getting out. you're going

a little light rain around portland, also around the adirondacks. the wind will affect you, especially in new york and boston. we'll talk about that in a bit. video in pompano beach, florida. that's what it looks like there. also for the weekend, the risk of rip currents are out there. that's because of the wind just blowing the ocean ashore and not letting it get back out again except in small channels. that's the rip. that's dangerous to swim in, no doubt about it. >> when does hurricane season end? >> november 30 is the last day. so 5% of all tropical activity is in the month of november, so it's kind of rare to see something like this. >> thanks. >>> we should be learning some more details about a deadly shooting in ft. hood. actually, in just a few minutes because a news conference from the military post will start in about 20 minutes, and we'll take you there live. >>> coming up first, though, we're going to hear from the families of some of the victims of the shooting who survived. >>> but right now in our salute to the troops, i know a lot o

looking at right rain out there around portland towards olympia and seattle. light showers for the day. a breather right now. later tonight all the action begins to move onshore. heavy winds. winds gusting easily 50, 60 miles per hour. the washington coast through the oregon coast too. here's that portland radar. scattered showers around now. watch the next two days. watches rain build up. one round tonight. another one comes in tomorrow afternoon. purple shaded areas right around the olympic mountains, talking about, ooh, probably as much as eight to ten inches of rain. more on that coming up again tomorrow, richard. >> our friends in texas, they're kind of enjoying it? >> finally drying out. breezy for dallas. upper level low north of them, surface winter at about 25 miles per hour. >> not a bad place to be? >> bumpy for the ride. that's about it. >> thanks, bob. >>> should you suck up to your boss? these are tough times, after all. "usa today" asked 22 current and former ceos what they think about sucking up. most said, it never helped their careers, althou

seattle down to portland, down to i-5. a wet commute. talk more about that in about a half hour. >>> this just in while he was talking. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is in afghanistan. landed in kabul today, a surprise visit on the eve of president hammede karzai's inauguration there. >>> and the train could come at any moment, helped a woman that fell, and didn't even know her. >>> and how well will your car protect new an accident? experts put cars to the test. you may be surprised which one's at the top of the list. >>> a pregnant woman doesn't know who to thank for pulling fler the path of a subway train. it happened in brooklyn. she tells affiliate wabc she was waiting for the train, got light-headed and fell on to the tracks. two strangers jumped on to the tracks and got her. >> they were like superman. they didn't -- took off suit jackets, jumped in, lifted her and we all helped them get back on, because we weren't sure if the train was coming. >> god was really watching out for me and watching out for the baby. >> well,

dennis hoey joining us from "portland press herald" and "maine sunday telegram." what do you know about the mom's condition? >> the mother, nancy, is being treated tonight at a hospital in sanford for her injuries and is expected to recover from her injuries and be released sometime later tonight. >> so she's still in the hospital? >> police would not describe the nature of the assault other than that it was a violent assault. >> okay. we know cops are saying this child is extreme danger. she's only old, shoulder-length blond hair, blue eyes. take me down off the screen, please and show her in full so the viewers can take a look at her. she weighs around 35 to 50 pounds, father allegedly assaulted the mom, brutally and took off with the little girl around 11:15 a.m. today. out of sanford, maine. tip line 207-324-3644. please, be on the lookout. a 98 green dodge pickup maine license play 8629nb. very quickly to tonight's salute the troops. texas friend angela gaffer saluting her son army specialist, cory gavner. >> -- specialist corey gafner's mom. i am so proud of

the portland radar picture picking this up well.ons right now and all training in the same spot. additional 3 or 4 inches today, and coming into thursday. flash flood warnings for audiology areas in bright green. they're out there lasting through the end of the week. all this sliding ashore, looks like it will be a rough couple days. to the east coast, it should be okay. high pressure building in through the capital, temperatures today only in the mid 50s. but it's going to feel nice, crisp and consideratable for you. a beautiful shot. had to show it to you. more details coming up, rob, in this about a half hour. >> i thank ya. >>> the dow jumped more than 100 points yesterday after a new report showed the retail sales rebounded last week. last month, make that. okay, let's find out what the deal is today. susan lisovicz, how are you? >> well, just fine. well, some retailers may be not so fine. we got those great numbers that came yesterday and the increase came largely on the back of auto sales. other sectors still struggling. toda

i went two years to ucla, i left home, wednesday police officer portland state university, which i quicklyound out when you are paying for college yourself, i started working. that's when i got serious. from then on i was a very serious student. i was offered a job at payne web shall that took me to stalt lake city. >> wrote a paper that some kindly professor decided was good enough to schmidt on my behalf to a competition i ended up getting a post doctor alÁ position i started thinking why is it that defense spending is costing u.s. taxpayers so much money and then we are turning around and making loans to the soviet economy and supplying goo goods. it all become sort of a policy issue. this paper turned no a book with the title that was called "the coming soviet crash. it said on paper, this country is going bankrupt. it got interesting. >> i remember seeing you give a speech on this network in 1989, i thought it would be useful to lay things out the way gorbachev must be looking at them so that we have an overall feel for the requirements, the cost and the sense of what is needed to get

dennis hoey joining us from "portland press herald and" maine sunday telegram." what do you know about the mother's condition? >> the mother, nancy, is being treated tonight at a hospital in sanford for her injuries and is expected to recover from her injuries and be released sometime later tonight. >> so she's still in the hospital? >> police would not describe the nature of the assault other than that it was a violent assault. >> okay. out to the lines. amber, ohio. hi, amber. >> caller: hi, nancy. >> what's your question? >>. >> caller: i have a question. if a stranger to stranger abduction is so dangerous, if this father beat her mother, what makes the cops think that he's not going to do it to this little girl? >> you know what? i don't think anything -- if he will do this to the mother of his child, what will he do to a helpless little girl? stacey newman, does this guy have a record that we know we g able to dig up a record on this guy. wouldn't be surprised if something the pop up, nancy. >> so no record right now but we do know cops are saying, this chil

rain showers from portland. it will change from snow to rain in the higher elevations. we have avalanche warnings in the cascades and olympics and heavy rain is out there. snow slippage is a possibility. av ladies and gentlemen warnings out for the northern part of the mountains. rain slides down to the south. five inches is a possibility around the coast where you get towards washington state down towards oregon. that's not the only thing we're concerned with. it's the wind as well. specifically along the coast. look at that plus a lig snowmaker for kansas. that's shaping now up richard in a couple minutes. that's snoqualmie pass. that was yesterday. that snow ought to be changing to rain shortly as that wrm air comes on true. that was outside of seattle down 90. more in a bit, rich? we're hoping it turns to rain. makes it tougher to get around. he will be back in five minutes with the rest of the country's weather. >>> president obama in beijing. it was part of his eight-day trip to asia. he met with hu jintao earlier this morning. and in a sense president obama is ch

spot in the northern division tment and 1st down for treister and the sophomore quarterback out of portland, maine and it is the wildcat and to the wildcat defense. and that is their 30th sack of the season. >> ryan, big number 90, the 300 pounder. >> or excuse me. that is jarrett smith. 275-pounder nothing on top of him am and that is the bears. 5:51 to go. and setting up for the wide receiver screen. and going for the right. and then keeps the ball. and that is jackson in on the hit among others. it was making the initial hitual mcguinness. nothing on that one. >> big number 90 has not come back for unh and he has go where to go. and treister. and steve young is on the side lines and has the right shoulder braced up. and cannot get back in this one. and he is another one the defensive tackles you would love to have. >> this is the biggest 3rd down of the game without question. trying to hang on to it with the right. and back to throw for treister. and looking down feel. and sousa knock it is away. and incomplete. third and 17, you are looking to get positive yardage or the best you can. a

rain, lots of wind, even snow across the higher elevations specifically for seattle down through portland. trying to get in or out of the pacific northwest you'll see some problems out there especially this afternoon through tonight and into saturday morning. we'll talk about that in about a half hour. >> thank you very much. >>> conservative commentator ann coulter and joy behar have opinions about sarah palin's presidential aspirations. check this out from "the joy bow har show." >>> a new poll is showing 70% of americans are showing sarah palin is not qualified to be president. my question is, who are the 30% that think she is besides you, ann? >> yes, well, there's me. >> there's you. >> i guess -- i mean, for one thing it's definitely the americans who are not swayed by what the mainstream media says. i don't know whether she can overcome those numbers. if that poll is accurate and if it continues that way, okay, i guess she probably can't run for president. but there have been some very popular and very successful preside presidents who have been down in the polls before they became

this was near portland, oregon, yesterday.say it started in an area used for science projects. >> my class had to actually get on our knees somewhat and crawl because we were so close to it. >> well, all the teachers and the administrators got out as well. the classes are canceled at that elementary school for the rest of the week. a private u.s. security firm allegedly wanted to bribe its way out of a controversy after its guards shot 17 iraqi civilians. "the new york times" quotes former black water execs saying that black water had $1 million to buy silence from iraqi officials. the times story says it's unclear whether anybody got paid. the firm now called xe services calls the report baseless. >>> a number of veterans day events are in the "morning express planner" for you. at 1:00 p.m. janet napolitano joins the coast guard commander at the coast guard world war i memorial. later this afternoon retired navy kathleen martin will speak at the annual women's ceremony. rescuers had to be called in to free a kitty cat in a st

and maybe 2 inches of rain near seattle down to portland over the next couple of days.other watch moving on in. as for the rest of the country, high pressure dominating the middle of the country. hardly anything going on here, but notice another clipper tight system dropping down through the great lakes with the cold front. the light rain showers are out there, light snow across the u.p., snow trying to mix in western new york and pennsylvania, right now it is falling as rain, maybe a flurry here or there. you can see the rain as it moves through western pennsylvania. heavier rain south of buffalo, even some thunderstorms out there. saw a couple of flashes of lightning. heavy rain for buffalo, you can see it over the city. that is going to move into the finger lakes, also the capital region. rain showers moving away in boston, good news there, and then down to the south, heavy rain anticipated across southern florida. another cold front here, showers and thunderstorms possible in miami through ft. lauderdale, as well. live in atlanta if you're traveling in or out of the

only portland, and they're improvement has been more drastic.is time miller, who looked like he was sliding over got if front of durant. >> phil: i thought there was another play at the other end. let's see what happens. you're right. see, he's leaning that left shoulder in there. that's the last thing you would think he would do with that shoulder hurting. >> steve: if he could play the game with a sling, he would, but that wouldn't work very well. arenas, good. three-pointer for gilbert, and he has 13 points in the game, and a time-out is taken by oklahoma city as the wizards once again have come back. they have at least once tied the game after trailing by as many as 12, and they've cut it to one here, as gilbert arenas gets his first three pointer of the even be, and has 13 for the boss: ah! thank goodness you're back. gecko: what's going on, sir? boss: we're slammed. tons of people interested in all the money they could be saving by switching to geico... gecko: yeah, 'course. boss: boy, did we miss you last week. that temp wasn't working ou

all the way down i-5 in towards portland, it's rain. higher elevations, all snow. that's only one aspect. the other is the wind you're going to find across the northwest. winds blasting to about 60 miles per hour. all the red, those are wind advisories. that's about 40, maybe 50 miles per hour today. looks like a tough go if you're getting to the pacific northwest. as for the space shuttle forecast, you have the clouds in there now, the winds not that great. hopefully they get it up. no rain in the forecast. i think just low clouds may be the only problem. more on that in about a half hour. >>> your home could be the biggest investment you make and you might be surprised how soon it could pay off again. >>> plus, an affair with another man ended his career as governor, but he may have found a new calling as a man of the cloth. >>> the decision to try five of the 9/11 suspects in new york has created a heated debate. richard lui, what are the two camps here? >> democrats, republicans. what democrat rs saying is that they're backing up the president's decision, sayin

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but the portland sunday telegram in maine actually read an editorial noticing that the state was 97% white and that the children in the states, because of that lap of democratic diversity were missing out on something important. for in ten teenagers in this country have dated someone of a different race, not the irish boys dating the italian girl. three in ten say these are serious relationships. interracial marriage has exploded in the united states today. and barack obama got it. barack obama understood in 2008 that his race was not a liability. it was announced that in this new demographic environment. he said, i think if you tell people we have a president in the white house who still has a grandmother living in a hut on the shore of lake victoria and has a sister who is half indonesian, married to a chinese canadian, then they are going to think that he may have a better sense of what's going on in our lives and our country. and he'd be right. he was right. there's an old saying that demography is destiny. this racial revolution is huge. and one of the things, as i wrote the boo

according to a 2004 investigative article written by steve in portland's oregonian newspaper, hayslip got the idea based on his earlier work on the illicit u.s. trade in quaaludes, a legal sleeping pill widely available on the black market. the manufacture of quaaludes depend on the synthesis of another legal drug which was predominantly produced in germany, austria and china. what hayslip noticed was that an enormous proportion from these nations was being shipped to colombia. there the cally and medellin cartels were making it into an illegal form of quaalude which they sold in tandem with cocaine in the same market, one as an upper and one as a downer, in the same way that meth markets today are offer saturated with oxycontin, a painkiller that smooths out the impending tweak of a meth high. in 1982 hayslip visited the nations whose factories made the drug and asked that, and asked for their help in monitoring its sale. congress then banned the use of prescription quaaludes which were manufactured by only one american company. by 1984 according to dea's annual narcotics threat asse

dennis hoey joining us from "portland press herald" and "maine sunday telegram."ther, nancy, is being treated tonight at a hospital in sanford for her injuries and is expected to recover from her injuries and be released sometime later tonight. >> so she's still in the hospital? >> police would not describe the nature of the assault other than that it was a violent assault. >> okay. we know cops are saying this child is in extreme danger. she's only 2 years old, shoulder length blond hair, blue eyes take me down off the screen. let's show her in full so the viewers can take a look at her. she weighs around 35 to 50 pounds. father allegedly assaulted the mom brutally and took off around with the little girl at 11:15 a.m. today out ott sanford, maine. 207-324-3644. a '98 dodge 1,500 pickup truck. quickly to tonight's salute the troops. texas friend angela gaffener saluting her son. >> this is angela gaffner, specialist cory gaffener's mom. i'm so proud of my son. i want to tell my son to stay strong and stay safe and let him know i love him very much. y8

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went to portland state university, which i quickly found out when you're paying for your college yourself, and you just go where you can afford, and i started working. and probably, that's when i got serious. it was the first time i took an economics course. from then on i was a very serious student. i was offered a job at paine webber. that took me to salt lake city. i met my husband there. i continued and received my ph.d. in finance, wrote a paper that some very kindly professor decided was good enough to submit on my behalf to a competition. it won as best doctoral student paper. i ended up getting a postdoctoral fellowship at stanford at the hoover institution. >> what did you do there? >> i worked for a gentleman named martin anderson. he had just come from the reagan administration. he gave me interesting projects without a lot of supervision, which was perfect for me. he had me researching international debt and finance statistics. and one of the most invaluable things i learned right away is, probe and find out where those numbers come from. is a country providing it? is anyone o

dennis hoey joining us from "portland press herald" and "maine sunday telegram."ndition? >> the mother, nancy, is being treated tonight at a hospital in sanford for her injuries and is expected to recover from her injuries and be released sometime later tonight. >> so she's still in the hospital? >> police would not describe the nature of the assault other than that it was a violent assault. >> okay. out to the lines. amber, ohio. hi, amber. >> caller: hi, nancy. >> hi, dear, what's your question. >> caller: i have a question. if a stranger to stranger abduction is so dangerous, if this father beat her mother, what makes the cops think that he's not going to do it to this little girl? >> you know what? i don't think anything -- if he will do this to the mother of his child, what will he do to a helpless little girl? stacey newman, does this guy have a record that we know of? >> well, as we go to air we were not able to dig up a record on this guy, but wouldn't be surprised if something did pop up, nancy. >> so no record right now, but we do know cops are saying th

and jackson from portland. usc tried because they lost plenty from a year ago. losing daniel hackett, and mark derosen. that's 250 assists. >> marques: mo jones. super quick mo jones out of saginaw, michigan. that sounds like he plays basketball. here's the pressure you talked about. jones, all up in the grille of marcus simmons. forces simmons to mishandle the basketball, which leads to a usc turnover. >> steve: this is the hardwood series. the games you'll see, baylor against arizona state. number one kansas at ucla. they fell today. they lost all three games in that tournament in anaheim. >> marques: very respectable showing against butler. really turned that program around. and then, losing to the long beach state team. a lot of work to be done for the bruins. >> steve: usc is rebuilding, as well. last year, they went 22-13. they won their first pac-10 title, beating arizona state by three. that was after trailing by 15 at half. blocked by stepheson. good defense. >> marques: converting the pass on the interior. >> steve: right now, nebraska, denying the pas

. >>> more than 400 children were with able to escape a dangerous fire at their elementary near portland, oregon, yesterday. the fire officials say that it started in an area used for science projects. >> my class had to actually get on our knees somewhat and crawl because we were with so close t >> all the teachers and administrators got out as well. classes are canceled for the rest of the week. >>> rescuers had to be called in to free a kitty in a sticky situation. she managed to get her head stuck in a three-inch drain pipe. the kids who found her tried their best to get her out, though i don't know that the kitty liked it. >> he was really, really hurt, and we had to pour oil on it to try to get it out, but he couldn't really get out. >> tried to pour oil. animal control officers gave it a try. they did get the kitty out and they say the kitty was not hurt. she is mad, isn't she? i don't blame her. >>> michael vick gets a win in court. larry smith is here to tell you about that. so somebody didn't want him to have his bonus money? >> yeah. exactly. these contracts, nfl contracts, th

you can see clouds around puget sound and portland.possibility in vancouver and canada, then dropping to seattle. then getting away from there, things are looking okay. most of the western seaboard looks good. high pressure dominating across lower parts of arizona and nevada as well. we have one area of low pressure, it's a weak one, enough to get showers going for areas like chicago and later today, areas like new york and philadelphia. what about the world series tonight? philadelphia? looks pretty good. got the low clouds all morning, but i don't think it's going to be a washout. the only game to watch, 90-minute delay, not going to happen today. full details coming up in about an hour. >>> politics makes strange bedfellows. why a defiant republican is now supporting a former democratic rival. >>> plus, elton john in the hospital and he's fighting two illnesses. >>> specialist shane story gets a shoutout from his mama. he's in afghanistan and was home for a few days last month for the birth of his son. this is dana. >> good morning,

played his first four years in portland, traded to indiana for dale davis in 2000, played eight years for the pacers. and he makes 1 of 2. five-time all-star but not the last two years. out of bounds on to a photographer. now he gets himself back on the court. wizards a little disrupted. jamison has to take a real tough shot and he missed. washington by 9. they led by as many as 11. miami can take the final shot of the half. good defense. they swing it to o'neal, shoots over mcgee. butler has it and that will not count. wizards shooting exactly 50% from the field at the half and they outscore miami 25-18 in the second quarter led by antawn jamison and nick young antawn jamison and nick young making his third start of i touched the ball before it went out, coach. come on, alex, the ref did not call that! i touched, it's their ball. don't foul them when they inbound. team! alex! good call. >> steve: it is half time in the third of four meetings this season. miami taking the first two but in the break, wiz adds by 9, 51- 42. phil buckhantz with steve chenier. if -- with phil chenier. if

look at the heavy rain just offshore from northern california, towards portland. beginning to show signs yellow and red, the heavy rain moving in. once that hit the sierra nevada, it's going to squeeze out into snow, heavy at times today. i think that snow level about 3,000 feet, maybe 4,000 feet. you'll see maybe one to two feet of snow over the next couple of days, rob. more in a bit. winter storm warnings out there in red. fresh powder in the sierra nevada. >>> two sisters have a business that's apparently right on the money. see how they're using cash to make flower arrangements. >>> and also ahead -- you may soon have to pick up the tab for the afghanistan war? who's proposing a tax to cover the cost. >>> a window washer is okay after falling eight stories. it happened in seattle yesterday. the man was on top of the building and fell. he hit the window on the way down. his safety rope actually broke his fall before he hit the ground. the fire department says that he was hurt but that his xrur inju are not life threatening. >>> two sisters make flower arrangem

seattle to portland, back over to rain. pull the picture out. advisory for that region, too.ascades towards the olympics. driving on down through colorado and wyoming, lower parts of colorado itself so that's something to watch for a couple of days. a lot of snow, again, skiers are loving this. then the east coast, traveling to the northeast today, the mid-atlantic, be prepared for major delays. newark right now, two and a half hour delay with the winds off the ocean. rain showers are out there. here's the coastal storm. continues to build with the big swells across long island to cape hatteras. that rain is going to pick up in intensity later this morning. coastal flood warnings, too, for areas in bright green. it is another mess and show you how much wind they got in areas like virginia coming up in a little bit. hurricane strength. >> wow. no leaves. >> yeah. >> people are still buzzing and i know you love this story. >> it's one of the best ones. >> people are like buzzing about carrie prejean. and the sex tape she says she made for a former boyfriend. well, last night on

here's that portland, oregon radar. and it moves on through, it's picking up decent rain, that rain stretches all the way into the northern parts of washington. from the olympic mountains all the way across the coast. we're looking at about three, maybe four inch lgs of rain today and then you get a little bit of a breatheer again and it comes right back into for thursday as another cold front approaches the region. the grant total near the olympic mountains, but it's mostly rain. >> that means it's got to be tough to get on a plane too. >> we have got a lot of pictures coming out of cairo, we're looking at the affects of a mud slide, kiro in washington state, this is the result of all of that rain you have been telling us about. >> there's been so much rain there for the last 36 hours. we're going to see more rain in this area, probably a grand total of about that to four inches of rain. it's not going to end until probably this weekend. >> thanks a lot, bob. >>> there's a big change if you use gift carts that affect t

if you live in seattle, portland, down some towards northern california, you will see the rain showersdevelop this afternoon. heavy at times. could get one to two inches of rain. down the pike a little bit farther, live to los angeles, trying to get in or out of the city, i think it's going to be mostly cloudy. a little hazy right now, but i think the rain stays up toward the north. no delays there, but if you go up towards san francisco, you have an hour delay because of the same thing, low clouds. as for the east coast, middle part of the country looks really good, no problems here. here's another clipper type storm rolling through the great lakes with light rain and a little light snow trying to get involved with it and across northern parts of p.a., back on some towards new york. a good stream of rain off of lake erie for the last couple of hours, all moving eastward. will affect new york city by later today. >>> it wasn't a cardboard box, was it? >> i think it was a tomato box. >> and uphill both ways and snowing, too? >> you know how it is. it was tough. >>> you think you know th

same in portland. it's been heavy at times there as well. about an inch, maybe 1.5 inch of rain over the last 36 hours. the rain continues to spill in through western washington state, through seattle. see a nice little downpour over the city itself and then get back toward spokane and it's liten ing up a bit but more rain this afternoon. an upper level low throwing light rain and cloud cover right around san diego. a morning event. by this afternoon it's okay. right about tropical depression ida? might turn back into a tropical storm and head to the gulf. we'll have full details in a bit, richard. >> and the east okay for us? >> just a windy day in the northeast. delays at the airports there, as well. we'll have the full airport delay list in about what, 15 minutes. >> thanks a lot. >>> the owner of a convenience store near fort hood says he often talked with the alleged shooter and we have more exclusive video of the suspect hours before the attack. >>> we are keeping you up to date on the breaking story out of fort hood, military official

near portland, getting near seattle, too. the next couple of days that snow will continue to transfer energy to the east to the rockies. that dark shade of purple about a foot of snow. northwest wyoming, parts of montana in towards idaho. skiers are loving this. more of the natural stuff through the weekend. something to look forward to. as for the rest of the weekend, it's still tropical depression ida's remnants, a lot of rain south carolina into north carolina. behind it beginning to dry out a touch but look at that solid shield of rain from south carolina to the north, getting to virginia, maryland, delaware, lower parts of jersey, too. what happens in the next couple of days is interesting. that low moves off the coast. a lot of wind and rain in the northeast and mid-atlantic. that could be a big problem. we'll get to this in a bit. >>> the black friday frenzy is just around the corner. you know the day after thanksgiving, that's what it's called. walmart is making some major changes you'll want to know about to prepare.

otherwise look at the heavy rain around portland. up towards the west. showers there all day long. rain goes all the way up by 5 in towards seattle through the puget sound. stretches in towards eastern washington state. pull the picture out, immediately along the coast it's going to be windy today. winds gusting easily to 60 miles per hour. could see gusts over that. high wind warnings all the areas here shaded in red. rain, floods, we have the warnings, watches out there. green is the warned area. nye phi city metros not doing much better when it comes to the weather. low clouds are there right now. laguardia airport, 80-minute delay because of weather. that's not even including that glitch down in atlanta with the computer system. yeah. tough weather day there. we also have about a 2 1/2 hour delay in philadelphia because of low clouds as well. it's a tough travel day, virginia. it's one of the worst ones i've seen this year. weather, computer glitches, the whole nine yards. >> hopefully we'll get this out of the way before the real big thanksgiving travel starts. >>> listen to t

he was in portland at the time. he said, you know what, i'm going to give her the chance this time. let's just see what happens. >> it wasn't custody, just giving her a little more time with her daughter. >> that's to my understanding. based on our conversation, was he was just giving her a little bit more time with her daughter. >> so sad. again, guys, we're going to have to leave it there. michelle, john, barbara davenport, we appreciate your time as well. >>> coming up, another story. it's equally disturbing. sex crimes in missouri. a father and his four sons accused of abusing younger relatives. >>> welcome back. i have to warn you, as we deal with this story, very traumatic, warn you about kids in the room because we're talking about allegations of child rape, incest. one of the worst sex crimes we've had to deal with on "prime news." six family members arrested in western missouri. a father and his four adult sons. cops have now arrested dad's brother, darrell moehler, 72. accused of having sex with two girls, ages 5 and 9. he said he's innocent of the allegations against this

i get the portland paper, too. host: is the lewiston paper a locally owned paper?aller: yeah, i think so. they also object out the "new york times" online. host: here is a story from the guardian in the uk. military commanders are expected to tell the inquiry into the iraq war that the invasion was ill-conceived and that preparations were sabotaged by tony blair's government attempts to mislead the public. that marriage, gary is not reading the newspaper. go ahead. -- pension rouge, louisiana, gary does not read the newspaper. caller: i read the paper from several different cities. also, in baton rouge [unintelligible] i can go to website where they are iputting in news from both sides. i do not want to spend my money on something that is not going to report the news -- you know, with a slant. host: can you tell us how often -- how old you are? caller: i am 41. host: thanks for the call. max does read a daily paper, go ahead. caller: have been an avid newspaper readers, most of my life. i do have internet access and i spent a lot of time on the computer hunting aro

we've all, whether it's in olympia or spokane or portland or eugene or cleveland or toledo, we've allseen situations where we have small business owners approach us all the time. i have 20 employees. one of them got cancer. it costs so much for this one employee that they're either dropping my coverage, my small business coverage or the cost has spiked so much that we can no longer afford it. what are we going to do? our bill will bend the cost curve for them. it will give them tax credits so they can buy insurance. it will allow them to go into the exchange so they're in a larger pool so one or two illnesses in a company of 20 or 30 people won't cause the price spikes that a larger pool of insurance will be able to blunt. the last letter, and then i'll turn it to senator murray, gail from belmont county, saint clarenceville, flushing, that aerokwraft state. gail writes, "i'm a teacher. my husband is retired. march 2009 i was diagnosed with cancer and began treatments soon after. i had radiation therapy and chemotherapy. i have an employer-based plan but doesn't cover the entire costs

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