when we sat down to talk in his cell, randall seemed to only have one concern. how his shaved head looked on camera. >> there's no lint on my head or nothing? >> no, you're fine. >> i'm cool. i got a gang out of it. shining like new money. >> when you interview people in prison, you know they are in there for a good reason. and when you meet them, sometimes they're very likable. they might even be somebody you think you could be friends with. but sometimes you end up hearing a jaw-dropping story. the day we met james randall, we heard a jaw-dropping story. >> originally i came to jail february 21st, 1981, convicted in san bernardino county for murder/robbery. >> given a sentence of 34 years to life, randall was 18 at the time of his conviction. but his rap sheet started much earlier. >> i have been gang banging since i was 9 years old. coming from an impoverished neighborhood in southern california, my mother and father tried to move to pomona to establish a better life for us. by the time we moved there, it's mostly a middle/upper class neighborhood, being alre

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randall -- of the attack. ran disal pinkston, cbs news -- randall pinkston, cbs news, washington. >> the f.b.i. began investigating petraeus after a woman said broadwell was sending her harassing e- mails. >>> parades marked veterans day on sunday from coast to coast. at arlington national cemetery, president obama paid tribute to those who didn't make it back home alive. the president said the wreath he laid at the tomb of the unknown is intended to remember every service member who has ever worn our nation's uniform. he urged americans to be there for returning veterans and their families, not just now but always. the president also noted this was the first veterans day in a decade with no american troops fighting in iraq. >>> and this is video from the new york city veterans day parade. thousands lined the streets of manhattan sunday for the parade cheering and waving a flag. volunteers also collected winter coats for those in need nearly two weeks after storm sandy hit the area. >>> the hunt continues for

i'm joined by randall stephenson.ng an additional $14 billion. 66 billion in total in terms of capital expenditures over the next three years. you're willing to make a big decision here, randall, and otherwise uncertain, i hate to use that word, environment. why? >> there was a big issue or big question we had when we stepped up to this. we had this fiscal cliff staring us in the face and do we want to step up and make this kind of capital commitment? and i tell you, i have confidence. >> it's required. it's not one of these issues. it's a matter of choice. it's got to be dealt with and businesses have stopped investing, businesses have stopped spending and hiring. just trying to understand and get some clarity as to where this goes. and it's going to be dealt with out of necessity. quite candidly, when we step back from this, my question is, where are we going to invest? we're stepping up to this. we're going to invest in a number of areas, particularly or mobility business. and 300 pops of people covering virtually

randall pinkston is covering the romney campaign in boston. we begin with bigad shaban. >> reporter: president obama is spending election day in chicago. he cast his ballot there during early voting almost two weeks ago. the president wrapped up his campaign in des moines last night, just steps away from his iowa headquarters during his first presidential bid in 2008. >> are you fired up? >> reporter: president obama made one final plea for votes in the critical battleground state. >> after all the months of campaigning, after all the rallies, after the millions of dollars of ads, it all comes down to you. it's out of my hands now. >> reporter: president obama plans to continue his election day tradition of playing basketball with friends. >> reporter: i'm randall pinkston in boston. underscoring how close this election is expected to be, the first town in the nation to vote ended in a tie. >> this has never happened before. we have a tie. >> reporter: they gave five votes each for the president and mitt romney. romney plans to cast his own ba

randall, thanks. appreciate it. thank you so much. >>> more than a half million homes and businesses here in new york are still without power this morning. to help restore service, the air force flew dozens of utility trucks and for many in the big apple the situation is growing worse by the hour. residents are complaining that much-needed assistance is slow to arrive. nearly half of manhattan remains blacked out and temporary charging stations were there. michelle miller shows us many are still stranded inside their homes. >> reporter: in the dark and narrow staircase of lower manhattan sewer park apartment complex, we heard the echo of the footsteps. >> three, four, five, six -- >> reporter: to make his way through. the 62-year-old counts every step. >> got to slow down for us, buddy. >> reporter: sueward lost power monday night. since then castwell is the only lifeline to the outside world for at least seven families. he was headed to the 20th floor. >> we got a message to try and help these people, whoever they

we have relied on randall deen's advice. next so far as the civic design review we believe that we concluded that satisfactorily and we provided a letter from the secretary to the commission confirming that she is comfortable that the review is satisfied. and that minor changes, moving of five feet in the field does not constitute re-opening a process that takes a year and a half to complete. the civic design committee is only interested in exterior aesthetics and those will be maintained even with the five-foot shifting of the container storage facility. i'm not going to talk too much about ada design. i have a representative here to address any questions as to whether this meets ada code. as stated in the previous hearing, we have the services of an expert in accessibility code compliance reviewing our drawings. participating in the inspection of the construction to ensure that the project is ada compliant at the completion of the project. i want to spend the rest of my time actually getting at what i believe the root of t

randall pinkston, cbs news. boston. >>> well, often overshadowed by the race for the white house the battle over control of the u.s. senate. democrats currently holding a 51-47 edge over the republicans with two independents caucusing with the democrats. now, the race to watch include the bay state, massachusetts, where polls show republican incumbent scott brown in a close race with his democratic challenger elizabeth warren and in indiana claire mccast cell facing a tough challenge from republican richard mourdock despite his comments a few weeks ago about rape. in all 33 senate seats run for grabs with races in several states that can really go either way. >>> several states have ballot propositions dealing with controversial social issues. four states have measures dealing with immigration, marijuana-related measures will be decided in six states, and three states have propositions dealing with same-sex marriage. >>> the polls open in california a little more than two hours from now and many people have alre

randall pinkston live in boston. thank you so much. >>> and the president is spending election day in chicago. he cast his ballot there during early voting almost two weeks ago. the president wrapped up his campaign in iowa yesterday. he made a final plea for votes in the critical battleground state. >> after all the months of campaigning, after all the rallies, after the millions of dollars of ads, it all comes down to you. it's out of my hands now. >> meanwhile, the nation's first votes are in. dixville notch in new hampshire gave five votes each for the president and mitt romney. we'll have a live report on the obama campaign from chicago coming up at 6:00. >>> vice president joe biden and his wife jill cast their ballot early this morning just after polls opened in delaware. biden is expected to head to chicago later to await the election results with the president. >>> back here in california the polls open in just about 90 minutes and many people have voted early to avoid the rush to the polls. cbs 5 reporter c

up and down randall road for miles is strip mall after strip mall. and this is the latest example.ere a new store has come in, you see this wide, expansive parking lot. this was once all farmland, and now what's in its place is this new shopping development. narrator: and local governments are hard-pressed to try and control the pace of change. man: somebody woke up that route 47 and 90 tied together. i mean, people have been going through here akgene forthey'rt ert hereasil o opscon in a town where mayor ed banks currently serves a population of 2,098. some like it and some of them don't. bui helpt. atgoing o, ayked a p who's going to take it over? we're still going to have the traffic up and down 47. they're not going to move 47 for you people here in huntley. 's goi there.yo blessith ase'demohi we see that the buyers stuin the greater midwest, they seek going back to their roots, back to a hometown, and we can do that here, because we own so much land and we control the land use here. have you made any progress at all on talking to this farmer about getting that? yeah, there's a

you want to know how important this election is, we're going to take you to randall's town. >> long lines show how much you treasure your vote. rose si. . >> jim to give you an idea how busy it's been, the last person in line in randall's town didn't get to vote until 11:00. two days were lost due to the hurricane and two days were added and some people are not going to wait. >> it's after work, thursday, if you're outside at the fartherest part of the line teheran dals town community center for early voting, you won't get to the door for 45  mince and once you get in the door prepare to wait 2 more hours. >> we'll stand in the short line and you'll quote get to vote. >> even the short line takes a little more than an hour to get through. for seniors this a break from a line that is about 6 hundred people long. that didn't matter to this man. if the line were a thousand people long, when he was born wood row wilson was president. >> they must vote. it's a privilege and for somebody my age, being 94, i don't know when i'll be able to do this again for a president so i did it today and my

reporting live in stafford township, new jersey, i'm randall pinkston. back to you. >> randall, it sounds like manhattan, they are making progress with the electricity there. how about new jersey? that state was just devastated. when will the power be on for most of those folks? >> reporter: well, anecdotally we can tell you about one of the power suppliers here in new jersey pse and g which takes care a lot of the state. they will have some on in a few days but some won't have power for at least 12 days. by then temperatures will be in the freezing zone. >> do we know if there are still people trapped by the floodwaters? >> we believe that most of those people have been rescued or taken out of their apartments. for the most part that was happening in hoboken as you know, a town that had a lot of flooding. flooding occurs there ordinarily just with heavy rain and with this situation, it was a disaster. so we believe that most of those people are okay. >> can't help but see the boat behind you. how far are you from a harbor or from water? how far did that

i'm randall pinkston, in boston. >> reporter: i'm bigad shaban in chicago. president obama visited with supporters here in his hometown this morning and will also play a traditional game of basketball with friends. the president called campaign volunteers this morning thanking them for their hard work. >> karen, this is barack obama. >> reporter: and he encouraged everyone to vote. >> we feel confident we have the votes to win. >> reporter: vice president joe biden voted this morning in his home state of delaware. and then he also made a last- minute campaign stop in ohio. both sides know it all comes down to who is better at getting their supporters out in battleground states. more than a third of americans voted early weeks in advance. this is the day the votes will be counted. i'm bigad shaban in chicago. back to you. >> thank you. >>> voters are not just electing the president and the congress today. they are deciding thousands of issues for their cities and states, as well. maine, maryland and washington will decide if same-sex marriage should be legal.

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i'm randall pinkston in boston. >>reporter: i'm begat cheban in chicago. the president began with his supporters here in his hometown this morning and played basketball with his friends. president obama arrived in chicago last night. he cast his ballot in early voting there almost two weeks ago. vice president joe biden voted this morning in his home state of delaware. even though the race is tight, obama's team predicts a victory. >> anyone wants to win the national election ought to speak to the concerns of the entire nation. this president does and he's going to win tonight. >>reporter: at a final campaign stop in iowa last night, the president made one last plea for votes. >> it's out of my hands now. it's in yours. >>reporter: both sides know it all comes down to who's better at getting their supporters out in battleground states. begat cheban, cbs news, chicago. >>> and it looks like voter turnout is huge for the presidential election and there are some big races on the ballot in washington d.c. some people are waiting in line for hours in order to c

then john gets a nice pass from randall. 81-68 stanford wins going away. the lakers surprised a lot of people this morning. mike deantony is their new head coach. stops have include phoenix and the new york nicks. he coached jermy lynn in new york during lynn's really good day. he coached steve nash when nash one the mvp twice. of course the story not so much deantony, but that phil jackson did not get the job. jackson by most every report was all set to accept the position on monday. he had assistant coaches lined up, but the last minute the lakers' side will tell you phil jackson wanted too much in return and so indeed in terms of setting up his staff, in terms of finances so they said they went in another direction. roll this quick, give me five seconds of this giechlt mike trout, that's all you need. best rookie in a long time. he was the rookie of the year in the american league and brice harper is the rookie of the year. signed a three year $18 million deal with the giants and, of course, red bull flu tag, you must show that when you're talking and t

cbs reporter randall pinkston reports that gas is also hard to find on the jersey shore. >>> reporter: you didn't have to look hard to find frustrated people. there were long lines to get gas and long lines to get into new york city, as police enforced a three-person per vehicle rule. traffic will only get better when all of the tunnels and subway lines are clear of water. and the pumps are operating 24 hours a day to speed up the process. but one look at this tunnel connecting manhattan and brooklyn shows just how much work is still left to be done. the nights are especially hard for people without electricity. >> we've been cold some nights. >> dark and cold. >> reporter: con ed says it will have power back on tomorrow for hundreds of thousands of people in manhattan. that's good news for elaine and mark. they have been stuck in their 20th floor apartment without elevator service since the storm knocked out power. >> coming up is really a hardship for us. >> that's why we stayed up here. >> reporter: here in new jersey, police began allowing people who live along the coast back into

. >>> my apology, that's randal ruby. >> i'm sorry, randal. >>> i'm with united contractors. we represent over 400 engineering contracting and construction related firms throughout northern california, a number of which are stated right here in san francisco and the city and county. and we want to just go on record as endorsing these changes. we urge the commission to approve and endorse these changes and recommend to the city and county board of supervisors that they adopt. >> all right, thank you very much. any other comments on this item? yes. >>> veronica [speaker not understood],. i just want to clarify one thing regarding the revision that it has been endorsed by the human rights commission advisory committee as well as the human rights commission, full commission. >> all right. duly noted. any other comments on this item? is there a motion? -- to reflect these changes? >> i'll move it. >> all right, commissioner moran. is there a second? >> second. >> all right. let's note that the management and labor came together on this motion. all those in favor signify by saying

reporting live in washington, i'm randall pinkston, back to you. >> randall, thank you. >>> for the management meltdown is expanding at the bbc after the network wrongly accused a former politician of sexually abusing children. two more top bosses stepped down today. the ceo resigned over the weekend after the british broadcasting corporation reported the false story on the flagship show called news. >> i have decided that the honorable thing to do is to step down from the post as director general. >> just a couple of weeks ago the bbc apologized for failing to air allegations about its own tv host jimmy savell. he is accused of sexually abusing 300 boys and girls over several decades. he died last year. an investigation is underway to see if a cover-up was known. >>> and the voice of elmo is suspended from sesame street. kevin clash is accused of starting a inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old boy years ago. clash is now 52 and the accuser is now 23. the puppeteer admits to the relationship and said it was between two consenting adults. sesame street suspended clash because they said

i'm randall pinkston. back to you. >> have you heard, are there people still trapped by these floodwaters? >> reporter: in hoboken, we think most of the people have been rescued. there are obviously some difficulties getting to everyone to make sure but it's been a very, very huge operation under way for the past few days. you know, hoboken floods even in a normal rain. this was an extraordinary event and no one anticipated what would happen in that disaster. >> no kidding. devastating as you're talking. you're looking at live pictures of new jersey right now. so you take care out there randall and thank you for that live report. >>> new york's mayor michael bloomberg has decided to go ahead with sunday's scheduled new york city marathon. there's some criticism about the decision. but the mayor says the race will show the city's resilience and it will be a financial boost for the city. >>> lawrence is out and about with the preview of the bay area science festival. what are you doing? >> oh, yeah. guys, i

. >>> i'm randall pinkston in boston. mitt and ann romney voted this morning in the boston suburban of belmont. he won't waste anytime today. he is now headed to am can pain rallies in cleveland and pittsburgh, saying momentum is on his side. >> these last months of our campaign have seen the gathering of strength of a real movement across this country. >> yes, sir! >> it's evident in the size of these crowds. >> reporter: and the first election results are in. >> this has never happened before in dixville. we have a tie. >> reporter: dixville notch gave 5 votes to each, president obama and mitt romney. it's the first town in the nation to vote. and we just received word that mitt romney and ann romney have cast their ballots as he was leaving the polling place someone asked him, who did you vote for? his response, i think you know. reporting live in boston, i'm randall pinkston. back to you. >> i think we all know. all right. randall pinkston in boston, thank you. >>> vice president joe biden and his wife jill cast their

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randall knocks down the three. he had 21 points and stanford wins 66-50.will do it for sports. janell, you're a great reporter, you've asked several tough questions. you need to interview harbaugh so he doesn't say those tough questions aren't unorthodox. >> i'll get on that right away, henry. >> when you do that, give me a call. i need your help. >> happy thanksgiving, by the way. thanks, henny. >>> for a full half hour of sports coverage, tune in at 10:30 tonight. >>> unusual visitors pulled up today in front of the white house. the pair of clydesdales hauling a huge holiday tree. the frazier fir is from a farm in north carolina. first lady michelle obama with daughters accepted the tree officially. bo, the first dog, was also on hand. mrs. obama even commented on the wonderful fragrance of the frazier fir. it will be decorated by volunteers who turn out every year. >>> we're continuing to follow the story two killed two women on highway 101. we'll have the latest on the investigation tonight. and that's going to do it for us. thanks for joining us. and

. >> reporter: for some randall carson said his mom taught him the self-discipline that earned him a diploma. >> you people have to come out here and get it. we're not going to come knock on your door, here's a job for you, here's a job for you. get off your lady butts and come look for a job. >> there's an election coming up. do you have any thought into it? >> no, but i will in time. >> who are you liking right now? >> i wish reagan could run again. >> mark we're going to have some buttons today. >> reporter: he's voting for bush. >> i'm doing pretty good. i have a family of four. myself my wife and my two kids, two girls and we're making it. in fact, we're making it rather well. >> how do you feel about the country in general? are you upbeat about it. positive about it. >> definitely, i wave an american flag every chance i get. >> reporter: atlantic city is not like any place else. and yet it's a very american place. the kind of place where people still believe that a problem is just something to be solved. if we could only get the right people in city hall or state building or th

randall? r-a-n-d-a-l? >> two l.'s. i think it's more personal. it's like we are friends. >> yeah. i agree. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] she couldn't be here. she built that. i hope we repeal obamacare for her. that's going to be tough if it goes through. >> this is my lovely -- [inaudible] yeah. only had to correct the history on five years. this corrects the history of on 200 years. [inaudible conversations] very nice to meet you. no, stay on this side. if you start a trend it takes too long. by the way, my -- a little worse. i was writing while taking the picture. did it come out? i'll find out why get home. this is my -- i'm from new york. i'm so . >> you're going love it! >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> hi. >> hello. >> i have two. one for me one for your aunt. what is your name? >> sydney. s-y-d-n-e-y. [inaudible conversations] the other for ina. i-n-a. >> keep them moving here. >> hi. [inaudible conversations] >> great. >> hello. >> my name is [inaudible conversations] >> john, nice to meet you. >> yes. oh. [inaudible conversations] in the n

is appealing a fcc decision, requiring this station to let pro and the life independent candidate randall terry buy commercial time. fcc rules require stations to give reasonable access to the ads of candidates for federal office. terry is on the presidential ballot in west virginia, but not in maryland, virginia or the district. in its brief to the fcc, wusa art its signal does not reach west virginia, and therefore it should not be required to run terry's ads. the commission ruled that wusa's signal reaches enough in west virginia to meet the requirement. 9news viewed the six commercials on terry's campaign site as of last week. all were too graphic to be shown in the newscast, with images of aborted fetuses or beheadings in the middle east. in a statement, wusa said we disagree with the decision by the fcc staff to require us to broadcast advertisements for mr. terry, who is not running for office in washington, d.c., maryland or virginia. we will be asking the fcc to reconsider its decision. >>> we have continuing coverage of the upcoming national and local elections on our website. j

randall pinkston talked to staten island residents about the visit. >> reporter: rudy is glad the president is looking at the damage. some relates say fema and private groups have not done enough to get them back on their feet. more than two weeks since the storm, thousands who have homes remain without power and heat. >> everything thinks they're going to be first in line. there's people who need assistance a lot faster than others, eventually they're going o to get to everybody. >> i'm just about this far from the ceiling fan. >> reporter: bob and maxsine road the storm on a foam mattress. they are satisfied with the government's response so far. >> i think it was slow at first. i think once everything kicked in, you know, it was overwhelming. >> reporter: 47,000 new yorkers have applied for housing help, the displaced residents are frustrated and exhausted. they want fema to act faster. >> i see e them takeing publics but i don't -- applications but i don't see anyone getting anything. >> reporter: residents are making heartfelt pleas to the president. >> the president the visited new je

. >> reporter: randall sullivan, the highly acclaimed journalist spent three years getting behind thehe most celebrated entertainer our world has ever known. it's a tale of family, fame, lost childhood and startling accusations that you won't have heard before. the portrait of a prescription drug addict who could spend $250,000 on a shopping spree without thinking. >> the shopping like the drugs were -- was a painkiller for him. >> reporter: apparently michael jackson would call business partners to bring round bags of cash. >> in one case that's a phone call asking for 7.5 million. for some reason it was like a french fry bag and gave it to michael so that became an injoke of i want to you supersize this order. he wanted money to put in his pocket. to him that was real money. >> reporter: that's like a child. >> he was. yes. >> reporter: a manchild who couldn't leave fame or family behind. >> michael was tired of being a song and dance man. he didn't want to perform on stage from the time -- well, from the time of the history tour which was 1995, 1996. ♪ >> reporter: jackson wanted t

logan thomas, all the time in the world to find randall dunn, back of the end zone. what a snag.e with the last chance to keep the game going. fourth and 11. chase redick with the short pass. david dudeck gets it. they bring him down. tech wins it 30-23. one more w. and tech's going to be bowl eligible. >> wild one down in morgantown. chuck bell loving this. oklahoma visiting west virginia. pick it up late. 44-43. gino smith finds steadman bailey, bailey finds the end zone. the mountaineers are going crazy. oklahoma they're not putting 27 seconds left in the game. landry jones to kenny stills for the five-yard score and the sooners win a thriller, 50-49. i know, he's taking a deep breath. navy hosting texas state on senior day in annapolis. keenan reynolds hands off to koeks land. coke land finds some room, lowers the boom into the end zone. two on the day for coke land. fourth quarter, navy's up 14-3. reynolds running the option. pitches to g.g. green. he wills himself to that pile on. navy rushes for 407 yards in the game. they win, 21-10 the final score. >>> the wizards have a