in portland we have 30 electric vehicles and we have 2 80 combustion engines. so, you have a typical fleet size that fleet between, say, on the low side 250 and on the maybe higher side around 500 vehicles. what that does is a city of san francisco size, 40 square miles gives us an adequate density of vehicles to cover that area because what we really need is the members to have the sense that they are going to find the vehicles. so, it's not the situation where i'm in the southeast and i'm not going to get a taxicab. they know they're not going to have to walk more than two or three blocks to get to a vehicle. >> thank you. >> are there any other additional comments you'd like to leave with us? >>> i'd say the fact we are in eight cities in north america and we're in another seven cities in europe and our growth plan continues. and i think we'll see another two to three cities worldwide this year that will show that this is a system that is working and it is something that we get great reception from the public. i mean, we have 150,000 members worldwide. we ju

looks like portland stays dry throughout the week. maybe by friday and saturday we'll bring you your first rain chances. if you're watching us on kntv nbc bay area news in california in nearby san jose, say endangered lemurs and swing like one at lemur woods at the happy hollow park and zoo. that's your pacific event of the day. >> i'm in. >> are you jealous because you don't have a tail? >> i'm in for the event. sign me up. >>> here are headlines in entertainment news. actor liam neeson took theaters by storm this weekend. the action sequel "taken 2" led the box office with an astounding $50 million haul, nearly double what the first "taken" film made in its opening weekend. elsewhere in entertainment, mila kunis has dethroned rihanna as the sexiest woman alive ak. >>> finally, if there's anyone that you'd want to hit your parked car, it would be this guy. ben affleck reportedly knocked the side mirror off a car this weekend, but he left a note on the windshield before leaving the scene. this comes from portsmouth, virginia where one

moving on to portland, portland's motto is keep portland weird. that is not a problem. the water for edition is something invented in 1945 in grand rapids michigan. at the scene is one of the best public health triumph's because people who cannot go to the dentist, dentist, people who are poor can at least get some fluoride in that water to help prevent cavities. you see a drop in cavities when you floridana clutter. 200 million americans get floridana potter and portland rejected it. oregon subsequently ranks at the bottom and children's dental health. many portlanders treasure their city distinctiveness of "the new york times" and i agree because being toothless is quirky and distinctive. basically am not i'm not going to read this from "the new york times" but basically a couple of weeks ago the city council portland finally approved for edition two began a 2014 really a round of applause for portland for turning 20th century. i love portland. if you're going to san francisco, be sure to bring a plunger. low low toilets actually signed into law by a president h. w. b

a wet commute from seattle to portland, into the rockies.s into southern texas and the miami area. showers could dampen roads around the great lakes, from grand rapids to chicago. >> if you're flying today, airport delays are expected in cities on the board. seattle and salt lake city. >>> the release of 21 names, all of them alleged clients in the so-called zumba prostitution case. >> talk about talk of the town. those names are said to be clients of fitness instructor, alexis wright, who is accused of running a sex for money operation, out of her studio in kennebunk, maine. her attorney and realtor are on the list, along with husbands and dads out there. many of the alleged johns believe to live in portland, maine, about 50 miles from kennebunk. >>> a new warning about tainted drugs from a massachusetts pharma pharmacy. other drugs may cause life-threatening illnesses. the new warning involves a second steroid used for heart and eye emergency. 15 people have died from meningitis linked to that farm is a. >>> two hikers who vanished at mont

a nice day, portland, medford, all the way down. coastal california, though, burning off the fog the next couple of mornings, and then in the afternoon you should be decent. even tomorrow, doesn't look like a lot of changes. all that cold, nasty weather for the most part missed the coast and is heading for the west. if you're watching in spokane, washington, become an engineer for a day as you learn what it takes to build a bridge at discovery tech build-a-palooza at the spokane public library. that's your "pacific event of the day." ever want to be an engineer? >> my father is an engineer. he wanted me to be an engineer. >> ooh. >> i think he's a little disappointed. >>> well, time now for the latest in entertainment news. the lapd has been punked by a caller who reported shots fired at ashton kutcher's hollywood home. a s.w.a.t. team combed the area and soon discovered the home invasion report was false. kutcher later tweeted to fans that he was safe and sound. >>> at a state department ceremony secretary of state hillary clinton

>> from portland, oregon, this is "democracy now!" >> in egypt, the united states followed standard operating procedure. standard procedure when one of your favorite dictators gets into trouble. first, the support him as long as possible. but if it becomes really impossible, say the army turns against him, then you send him out to pasture and get the intellectual quest to issue declarations about your love of democracy, then try to restore the bill system as much as possible. >> "who owns the world?" with the presidential election less than two away, we turn to a major new address by noam chomsky on pressing topics not addressed in the president to campaign -- climate change, latin america's break with the united states, the arab spring, and the danger nuclear-weapons already pose in the middle east. >> israel refuses to allow inspections at all, refuses to join the non-proliferation treaty, has hundreds of nuclear weapons, advanced delivery system, and a long record of violence and repression. >> all of that and more coming up. this

moving on to portland, portland's model is keep it weird. that is not a problem.water fluoridation is something that's in 1945 in grand rapids, michigan. it's seen as one of the best public health triumph because people who cannot go to the dentist can the people are poor can at least get some florida in the water and a host prevent cavities. it's a great thing. we see a drop in sunny florida potter. 200 million americans get fluoridated fodder. portland rejected this in 1880 in oregon subsequently ranks at the bottom in children's dental health. many portlanders treasure their cities with the distinctive miss at "the new york times." and i agree because being toothless as quirky and distinctive. i'm not going to read this quote from your times, that a couple weeks ago city council portland family or fluoridation should begin at 2014, really a round of applause for portland for joining the 20th century. i love portland. if you're going to san francisco, be sure to bring a plunger. low flow toilets cannot say that this' fault, signed into law by president george h.

i was recently in portland and got to use car to go for the first time it was a great experience. partially because of the way the billing works. it's done by mile a minute as opposed to others like zip car or city car share where we do it by the hour or by the day. instead of being a lot more economical, i think it's something like $7 in portland having to use car to go three times. overall, about the economical mix of transportation offer, it's really good. just having things like private shuttles or car sharing programs or muni and biking, you know, help. [speaker not understood]. thank you. >> thank you. are there any other speakers today? >>> good afternoon, land use. oh, i'm on the 20 tv dance party so be sure to watch the car pool showdown, car pool showdown on [speaker not understood] tv 20, san francisco. sundays at 9:00. ♪ good luck with your city car share program with you ♪ whether you want to do is all right by car share me ♪ 'cause you make me feel car share brand-new ♪ i want to drive -- i want to drive and share my car with you ♪ why do cities break up with their c

. >>> what police are saying about a missing portland woman and what new evidence kids fond that may help break the case. >>> thanks to the internet, there's in shortage of information about breast cancer but is it all for real? >> after a mom gets kicked off a bus because of her child's stinky diaper, why is the company siding with the driver? we'll explain. it's heavy lifting. you start with a democratic senator named ben. by getting bwi-marshall funding for new runways, he's helping us serve 21 million passengers a year, which helps keep 100,000 jobs that depend on the airport, and that means more cargo for more businesses and more skycaps unloading more taxis... welcome to bwi. ...carrying families with more luggage. thanks. it's like he's out here with us. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i approve this message. >>> my husband gave me all the support. he went with me every time to the doctor. he held me after the surgery. he cooks. he cleans. he did everything. it was more important than everything else. they supported me -- my friends, my f

i don't have someone who comes and cleans my car in a van. >> that's in portland? in portland, but i think it's indicative of government spending. >> but the state budget has already been cut by $5 billion. and the governor, christine gregoire, says they're at the bone. >> to cut people off hospice i think is immoral. to cut children off health care, to cut their education so they don't have a chance at a decent future, i think that would result in an immoral budget. >> she says she doesn't understand why so many of the state's high-tech ceos, who are always complaining about the woeful state of american education, are so opposed to paying this tax for schools. these businesses that want the educated workforce, they're against this. what do they say to you when you challenge them on this? >> i tell them-- i have the utmost respect for them. these are great ceos. and i say to them, "here's the problem: you always want us to invest more in education, and now you say no. so my question to you, if not this, then what? don't just tell me no." >> well, what do they say?

rain and even towards medford and all the way back to eugene and portland. watching on-and-off rain throughout the day. the worst weather around the country today, changes in to west coast, but nothing devastating. >>> it wasn't until daylight that the full impact of sandy was realized. nbc's ron allen spoke with some residents of bayhead, new jersey, who decided not to evacuate. >> reporter: long-time new jersey shore residents kim duncan and shelly kirk were determined to stick this storm out together. >> to me it's more about my house. it's my home. this is my roof over my head. i don't want to leave it. >> reporter: hours before sandy made landfall, shelly, kim, and kim's husband john took a walk to the shoreline. >> i don't think i've ever seen it this bad. >> look at the size of the waves. >> reporter: 150 feet of beach was now underwater. >> if this is what this looks like now, this won't be here tomorrow. >> no. no. when we come back even at midnight tonight this will all be gone. >> no way. >> reporter: kim and shelly hunkered down, worried about wh

it looks like a few of the showers will creep towards portland here shortly. it's not going to be that bad. much of your day will be dry. there will be a few periods of showers out there. 24-hour rainfall totals, a minorly impressive amount. quarter inch around olympia. seattle almost up to another inch of rain. we're starting to make up some of our rainfall deficit over the last month or two. with the next storm system, as it goes through the day we'll get the instability showers behind it. we'll see light rainfall amounts. the bulk of moisture has already moved inland. dry in most of california. the winds did shift. only in the low 80s in many areas like downtown l.a. instead of the impressive heat you've had the last couple days. as the high pressure moves in further, we don't expect the return of hot temperatures. the forecast this morning, temperatures cold in the rockies, pretty mild in most areas, but temperatures will cool off behind that front in the northwest. your forecast for today hit-and-miss showers, not an all day rainout. 51 in' addle. l.a. at

>> four days here, not the worst in the world,ing in san francisco are instead of going back to portland, maine, where it's going to be a little cooler. >> more than 50 flights have been cancelled at s.f.o. the duty manager says that over the past few days, airlines tried to warn passengers with weekend reservations about potential delays or cancellations. >> through social media, reservations to alert customers if they wanted to rebook for a different date, they would waive the charges involve with that. so that's worked out well. reporter: almost 6,000 flights have been cancelled nationwide due too sandy. most passengers at s.f.o. were taking the delays and cancellations in stride. >> there's nothing you can do about it. it's not the airlines' fault. you can't control the weather. so just go with the flow. everybody is in the same boat. reporter: now, san jose international airport, jetblue cancelled two flights to the east coast and two tomorrow night. as oakland two flights were cancelled, and four headed to boston and jfk tomorrow. so if you're planning to travel to the east coast,

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a little rain up around seattle and portland.elays there even delays at sfo because of the cloud cover. keep it here or if you have to step away check out our flight tracker abc7news.com. >>> we made it to the end of the week. thank you for joining us i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas. change in the weather as we get into the weekend. >>> it is over, record highs, gone by the wayside. good morning. clouds are back. mild this morning in the 60s cloud cover is a signal the marine layer has developed and the sea breeze is coming along too to bring big changes later this afternoon. right now half mile visibility half moon bay where the clouds are thickest, a little mist in the air there and higher elevations. coast coolest today, 20° cooler upper 50s to low 60s. 70s and 80s inland mostly sunny. >>> 5:30. developing news, san francisco police are still searching for a suspect after a car fleeing officers ran a red light and smash food a taxicab early this morning. this is the scene at franklin and eddy streets where police did grab

that car drove through two chain link fence ans and ended up in portland harbor. there's a woman inside, 84-year-old ursula nixon. these are just bystanders who happen to see the crash happen, and they dove literally into action. >> there are also two police officers. >> pay close attention to this woman right here. that's katy nelson. she was eating lunch nearby. she jumped into the water and got inside the back window while these other good samaritans are holding her legs. she gets inside the back window. the 84-year-old woman says, i do not want to die in the back of this car. she says, you're not going to, and pulls her out of the car. watch as the woman in aqua comes out this back window. that's ursula nixon. they get her out just as the car sinks beneath the surface of the water. >> oh, my goodness. this whole time the car is just slowly sinking. you see it sinking and sinking and sinking. you just don't know what's going to happen. >> wcsh spoke to kay nelson about this incident. >> i saw that car sinking and saw the window. i'm like, she's too scared to mo

a few showers from boston to portland, eventually up there towards bangor. that will be exiting by the time the sun gets up. showers around duluth and the upper peninsula of michigan. that's about it. otherwise it looks like a nice travel day out there. breezy in the northeast and cooler yesterday. by nichb's standards it's a beautiful fall day across the country, lynn. >> we look forward to that. thanks. >>> if you have a pet we have a food recall to tell you about. >>> and the shocking appearance of the 9/11 mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed. >>> and peyton manning's heroic comeback. [ female announcer ] ready for a taste of what's hot? check out the latest collection of snacks from lean cuisine. creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they're this season's must-have accessory. lean cuisine. be culinary chic. i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios [ male announcer

the quake was centered about 20 miles away from portland. there were no injuries or serious damage reported. >>> and today's weather, a nice die on the east coast. showers in the upper midwest. it's going to be warmer than usual in the southwest. >>> and finally this wednesday morning, another couple left the ballroom last night on "dancing with the stars." bristle palin and her partner, mark ballas, are gone. george pennacchio has the details. >> reporter: after bristol palin got booted off "dancing with the stars," she opted not to talk to the press. and that's something that's only happened a handful of times in the show's 15-season history. bristol left the politics of defeat to her partner, mark ballas. what happened? why is she not here? >> i think it's a lot right here. bristol's never been eliminated. we made the final last time. it's emotional. we went out on a routine that the judges said was the best so far. >> reporter: what did she privately say to you after you were eliminated? >> we hugged. and she said she had fun. it was fun

. >>> a dramatic rescue in portland, maine, caught on cell phone camera. 84-year-old urs la nixon lostr car on friday, and some good samaritans braved the cold waters to pull her out. police say nixon sped through a stop sign, two fences and an oceanfront barrier before she ended up in the portland harbor. she's in fair condition. several of her rescuers were treated for hypothermia. >>> a 10-year-old boy in philadelphia is in big trouble. see that white van crashing into those cars right there. police say on sunday he stole it and he's the one behind the wheel. surveillance camera shows him getting out and trying to run away, but someone stops him. police say the boy saw the keys on the rear door and went on a brief joyride. he wasn't just slapped on the wrist either. he's expected to be charged with auto theft. >>> in hong kong, a deadly ferry collision. a boat filled with revelers slammed into the ferry. more than 100 people were injured and sent to hospitals. report say the ferry captain was afraid to stop, so he safely returned to port. >>> in california, at least 20 passengers we

damage or cause any injuries we're aware of in the town of hollis center which is 20-mile west of portland, maine, but it was felt over quite a big section of new england including boston and connecticut. so a 4 magnitude earthquake tonight. luckily no damage reported there. we've had clear skies in d.c., but want you to see we have a little bank of high thin clouds that will come through later tonight. it will be a real nice day tomorrow and warmer, but those clouds are associated with what was hurricane paul that has been coming ashore in mexico, fortunately much weakened storm, but it's riding along the jet stream. we're getting quite a pit of cloud cover moving across the southern part of the country and some of the rain in texas also associated with that. here's how the next two days look locally, top about 70 degrees, a nice day. -- tomorrow about 70 degrees, a nice day. there will be some cloud cover and on thursday in the afternoon we've got a frontal boundary, the same front that's probably going to bring rain to st. louis tomorrow, it's going to bring us showers and maybe a rumbl

. >> reporter: when the portland trail blazers selecteded this seven-footer in this year's nba draftream come true for the 20-year-old after a lifetime of hardship and perseverance. he was raised in illinois, in a town of 8,000, two hours west of indianapolis. his father died suddenly when he was just 6. along with his 8-year-old brother and mother the family fell on hard times. forced to sleep together on the living room floor without electricity or furniture. >> with hardship and getting through hardship that only helps bring people closer together. >> reporter: growing up he thrived on the basketball court. it then led to a scholarship at the university of illinois. bailey enlisted in the military serving two tours in afghanistan. he hadn't seen his brother play in two years when he shocked him last march. meyers tweeted the video this week. since then half a million watched this emotional video. we can only guess how many got through it with a dry eye. bailey leonard is here with us this morning and joining us from training camp in portland, oregon is his brother. so nice to have

recuda un cabezazo en una final del mundial de futbol, pues aca por la mls dc united juega maÑana en portlandestaran en tampa. feliz fin de semana. mas adelante mas adelante la informacion del entretenimiemiento con fanny gutierrez...ya regresamos ....momento del entretenimi ento...vamos con fanny gutierrez quien se encuentra en el patriot center en virginia donde esta noche se llevo a cabo un concierto de vicente fernandes...fanny... buenas noches.. el evento comenzó con una buena acción, la donación de una beca de $2500 dólares para una estudiante hispana... take sot fue vicente fernández hijo quien le dio vida al mariachi para dar inicio al concierto del adiós de su padre... (nat sound hijo) llegó el momento esperado el gran chente fernández pisó el escenario ante la ovación del público... (ovación) su emoción era evidente... take sot vicente la despedida de vicente fernández despertó sentimientos que se mecen entre la tristeza y la alegría sot sot sot sot pero aunque se despida de los escenarios, el legado de una carrera artística de 47 años quedará siempre en la memoria y los corazones d

les cuento que dc united hizo un viaje a la otra costa para enfrentar al timbers en portland en otros, el marcador lo abriÓ el equipo capitalino con anotacion de chris pontius a los 60 minutos de penal, pero no pudieron mantener el marcador porque sobre los 79 aparecio bright dike para el empate definitivo. con este marcador y otros resultados, dc united se mantiene en el cuarto lugar de la tabla de posiciones de la conferencia del este con 51 puntos, y los timbers sin posibilidad de clasificar. la temporada regular termina este mes de octubre, y dc united tendra tres compromisos, el sabado 6 visitara a toronto fc, el sabado 20 tendra su unico partido de local, recibiendo a columbus crew y cierran la temporada visitando el sabado 27 a chicago fire. la clasificacion directa esta solo dc united, no depende de otros resultados en espaÑa ganaron los dos grandes del futbol, al barca le costo y real madrid goleo, tenemos imagenes y reacciones. hasta aqui los deportes, tendremos mas esta noche solo a las ... un atacante suicida taliban embistio una motocicleta cargada de explosivos contra u

dc united hizo un viaje a la otra costa para enfrentar al timbers en portland en otro de esos partidospo capitalino con anotacion de chris pontius a los 60 minutos de penal, pero no pudieron mantener el marcador porque sobre los 79 aparecio bright dike para el empate definitivo. con este marcador dc united se mantiene en el cuarto lugar de la tabla de posiciones de la conferencia del este con 51 puntos a falta de tres partidos la clasificacion solo depende de vamos a guatemala con de se jugados dos clasicos en la semana. el priemro fue el occidental, y xelaju jugando de visita derroto 3-2 al marquense con goles de juliano rangel, jonathan lopez, edgar chinchilla, y completo israel silva en dos oportunidades, suchitepequez supero 3-1 a halcones de la mesilla, juventud escuintleca con malacateco empataron 0-0. en el estadio mateo flores, el clasico nacional terminon empatado 1-1 entre municipal y comunicaciones, goles de leandro barrios leandrimho y empato con un golazo rafel morales, petapa le gano de local 2-1 a la universidad de san carlos y en asuncion mita, mictlan de local supero 2

there are testing out portland, seattle, austin, which have growing technology industries. chipotle mexican grill is considering breakfast items. that story and more coming up in the next hour. linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. >> 4:38 right now, 60 degrees outside. >> still to come highlights from game 1 of the world series between the giants and the tigers. quite a game it was for one >> good morning. meteorologist jacqui jeras. texting the forecast. temperatures are very nice and warm. 63 and reagan national, 62 at dulles, 54 in culpeper and manassas. patchy fog will be gone by 9:00. the increasing clouds. looking for partly sunny skies by this afternoon, still mild, 72-77 degrees. there is a slide in temperatures approaching the weekend. big changes with a strong cold front and potential interaction with sandy. we need to be on high alert for potential rain and wind and possible flooding. now to traffic. >> a couple items. in falls church and annandale and there's a crash reported on 66 westbound before sycamore street in annandale south of the little river turnpike,

more rain to seattle and portland. some of the cities there, one to three inches., more plild day in parts of the northeast. chilly in portland, waking up with snow in the mountains at 56. >> we have some gorgeous shots of the northern lights coming up. stick around in the next half hour for that. >> can't wait to see that. thank you, ginger. >>> we're going turn now to a story about a tough 16-year-old girl. she, of course, had been rid within the potentially life-threatening flesh-eating bacteria. now, 17 surgeries later, she's back home. >> just in time for her high school's homecoming. abc's reena ninan is in washington with the story. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. those high school years can be tough. add to the mix, coping with a flesh-eating bacteria disease. making it impossible to walk or run. one high schooler refuses to let the disease define her. >> hi! >> reporter: giddy. glowing. and grateful to be alive. ♪ ♪ get funky >> reporter: 16-year-old alexis was all smiles on saturday. she prepared for the high school homecoming dance

buildings were damaged by the magnitude 4.0 quake centenear portland, maine. no reports of injury. it was felt as far away as connecticut. earthquakes are very rare in new england. >> there will be a motion hearing today at fort meade for private first class bradley manning, the man accused of leaking classified documents to wikileaks. he is scheduled to be tried in february. he's facing 20 charges including aiding the enemy. >> a memorial service being held today for a professor struck by a car and killed earlier this month. rhett leverett was walking his dog when the accident occurred. the driver suffered a medical emergency and ran his vehicle on the sidewalk. the victim was 60 years old. today's service will be held at marymount university in arlington at 11:30. >> two virginia hiker stranded in montana park are back home this morning. neal peckens and jason hiser arrived in richmond. there were found in a remote area where they had gone hiking. they did have the right equipment and used their outdoor skills to survive. >> glad they are doing all right. a bombshell announcement

nike had faced pressure and in portland, demonstrators took to the streets. >> they made someone else, other people take the drugs. >> reporter: in august the u.s. antidoping agency band armstrong for life, a move that's expected to ultimately strip harm strong of his seven tour de france titles and his sole olympic bronze. he denies it but almost all of his teammaters have said he doped. >> to deny the report would be like denying gravity. >> reporter: armstrong's announcement comes as the organization gears up for the 15th year. reporting for abc news washington. >>> terrell shuggs is back. and ray lewis was put on the injured reserve list. ray was supposed to have surgery today. he told his close friend, shannon sharp he will not make a decision until he goes through rea. >> all right. is college actually worth the price tag? >> which majors pay and which one cost leave you in the red. >> meet one woman who tricked breast cancer and turned it into a gift. that's a lot of money. my classroom. games and a new casino for maryland. million more for education every year. the money goes

this happening in portland, oregon. each one of the files gives the details of alleged child sex abuse by more than 1,000 boy scout leaders and volunteers. details given along with some names. not the victims. not of witnesses here but the names of some of the scoutmasters who were banned for perversion. it's a lot of information that the boy scouts never, ever wanted you to see. cnn's paul verkamen joining me live. paul, let's be crystal clear to all of our viewers, cnn, we are not releasing this. what do the files tell us about the accused and more importantly what it is they are accused of doing? >> well, what they're accused of doing frankly in most cases is some form of sexual molestation and abuse. sometimes physical abuse. there was an instance of a boy punched a young man extremely hard but the rest of them are just unmentionable acts of abuse, often some forms of molestation. we have some redakted parts of the files to reveal to you right now and had shown was that, you know, these are often ingenius alleged se

his studio on prouts neck just a few miles outside portland where he lived and worked from 1883 untiler century later. >> he could walk down to the cliff, see what he needed to city, sketch, come back up here and then paint it in the studio >> reporter: mark is director of the portland museum of art which just finished a five-year renovation of the studio. if you read this picture... now open to the public for the first time, it was purchasedded directly from homer's great grand nephew. >> the building was authentic because the family never wanted to adjust it and move away from the feeling of winslow homer >> reporter: winslow homer etched his name into one of the windows. his chair and his pipe are here along with a sign he posted outside the house. it helps explain his reputation as a character and a curmudgeon >> people would come knock the door and want to see his paintings so he would lean this against the fence to basically say, "don't bother me. don't come in. i don't want to talk to you." >> reporter: winslow homer was born in boston in 1836. his father was a businessman; his

that's near portland. the jolt was felt in boston and even connecticut. >>> struck like a bomb. that is how a museum investigator describes the stealing. no word how the thieves slipped past so called state of the art security. >>> wall street will kick off the day with the dow starting at 13,551 after climbing 127 points yesterday. the s&p rose 14. the nasdaq jumped 36. >>> taking a look at overseas trading on this wednesday. in tokyo, the nikkei jumped 105 poirchlts while in hong kong the hang seng length 209. >>> so much for all the doom and gloom. brighter stocks helped them shift back into gear. johnson and johnson all turned in better than expected reports. >>> ibm beat earnings but missed sales forecasts which could take a toll on the dow today. >>> intel weighed in with lackluster profits. >>> ceo of city back michael corbett held his first conference call following the surprise resignation from former chief. >> victor: ram pandit. >>> elsewhere, a 123 systems is now bankrupt despite nearly $250 million in government grants. >>> france's privacy regulators say google's n

this credit to prepay job housing linkage program obligation for future and private development on portland and by enacting this ordinance the city would create an opportunity to see affordable housing development on the waterfront which is something that we've been working really hard on, and give the port at the same time the flexibility in structuring job housing linkage via obligation. * i wanted to also say very quickly that the approval of any project that in this legislation would not be changed by this legislation. so, we have the mayor's office of housing and the port here to present. [inaudible]. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisor, [speaker not understood] from the mayor's office of housing. we'll provide a brief powerpoint presentation to go along with our presentation. i will be speaking at the beginning of the presentation and [speaker not understood] from the court will continue and i will close. so, powerpoint. >> so, can we get -- there it goes. >> great, thank you. thank you. there we go. so, before you today is a amendment to the jobs housing linkage ordinance, a

more rain to seattle and portland. especially seattle.he cities there, one to three inches. some of the cascades even more. a nicer, more mild day in parts of the northeast. chilly in portland, waking up with snow in the mountains at 56. good morning, what a a day makes -- --peratures were in the 50's 50's right now. was the 10-20 degrees colder yesterday. to the a cold front will us toand that will impact activity.shower enjoy it much warmer today, 72- partly to mostly sunny and 10-20 >> we have some amazing photos of the northern lights coming up. stick around in the next half hour for that. >> can't wait to see that. thank you, ginger. >>> we're going turn now to a story about a tough 16-year-old girl. six weeks ago, she was in the hospital with a potentially lethal flesh-residenting bacteria. >> she's back home now, just in time for her homecoming, after 17 surgeries. abc's reena ninan is in washington with the story. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. those high school years can be tough. add to the mix, coping wi

the district of columbia is one adults 29orites of along with portland, seattle, and it austin, texas. >> still ahead, big changes to liberty.e of >> and this storm looks menacing from space. has a look inside hurricane sandy and what we can expect. the perfect storm and san .rancisco last night is back on the golf course. the redskins iron man may not make it. sports is coming out. for job-news tonight seekers. time and upon the week, butpped last the numbers have bounced around since september and did not overate much improvement fivearket in the past weeks. the labor department says about 359,000 people filed for first- benefits lastent week. >> the statue of liberty is set open next week. the biggest change, the inside o navigate for t visitors with disabilities. sunday, the statue's 126th anniversary. people using wheelchair's will visit the observation the first time. new staircase is an emergency elevator have also been installed. >> lady liberty may be a good place to watch the storm. >> sunday should be fine. r that, a different story. same for us, we will be okay l late sund

from deep inside long-term parking in portland, oregon, one brave patriot is about to expose the truth. [ laughter ] >> my name is andrew. i'm a lawyer in private practice in washington state. i have a injureis doctor. >> stephen: okay. >> i earned a bachelor science of advanced math and operations research. >> stephen: great. >> i earned two additional graduate degrees in environmental law and planning. >> stephen: any special skills? anything? >> i was the first american child to teleport. teleport. >> stephen: that's right in 1967, andrew was the first of over 100 children enrolled in project pega social security the top secret space time program. >> i teleported i estimate approximately 40 times between new jersey and new mexico in three seconds. >> stephen: but the jump room later teleported him further. >> the location they were taking us to was mars. >> stephen: the red planet and wait until you hear who andrew traveled with. >> about a barack h. obama. >> stephen: the president of united states. >> several time is i went to mars with him and was present on the surface with him