good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rebecca. well, at the time the engagement was announced we were told the wedding plans themselves would follow shortly. but if we've learned anything about william and kate over the eight years of their relationship is, they don't rush into things. still, even without an official announcements, some of the details of the discussions of the wedding planning are beginning to emerge. they kept the world waiting for years before they finally announced their engagement and now william and kate are keeping the world waiting about when and where the wedding will be. there are plenty of good reasons. wedding plans, even for normal people, are never easy. for william and kate, they're a nightmare. planning a grand royal wedding like charles and diana's for instance, takes more than booking a caterer and florist. the schedules of heads of state and the society who's-who have to be consulted. national and religious holidays have to be consulted to avoid an international incident. more than cousin mildred

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. ♪ [captioning made possible by kcet public television] >> rebecca is a former silicone valley c.e.oshe spent the last five years retching her first text. it is called the watchman's rattle, thinking our way out of extinction. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> this is one of the most fascinating books i had come across my desk for a long time. i wonder how to do justice to the book in a 12-minute conversation. i think the best way is to start with an exercise from the book that i think will properly contextualize what we could get done here in the next few minutes. let me read the quote. today the issues that threaten human existence are clear, a global recession, powerful pandemic viruses, terrorism, rising crime. depletion of the earth's resources and nuclear threats and education. it is true that we have never been in a better position to sir come vent a rhett pettive pattern of decline. this is a rattle in the dead of the night, a summons for help, a plea to change the destruction of humans. given the smart people we have running things today and that can't navigate us out

rebecca cooper -- >> rebecca cooper, abc 7 news. >>> we are going to see a cold night.ll of our attention is pointing to the big trouble day. let's turn to the weatherbug network. if you live anywhere near the high school in gaithersburg, it is 44 degrees. there were highest in the upper-50's in the area. the officials number in washington turned out to be one degree below average. 56 was the average. the temperature was a little bit below the average temperature. it comes out to one degree below normal. it was a simple november day with lots of sunshine. down to 37 in manassas. 42 in la plata. colder temperatures across new england. tomorrow, close to 60. when the sun comes out, we will not it -- the temperature is well go up. -- will go up. it will be mild next week can turn colder after the thanksgiving. there could be rain on tuesday, wednesday, and thursday of next week. nothing out there right now. you can see by the clouds that it is going to head in our direction. tomorrow, sunday and cooler. the clouds start to increase late monday and tuesday. the next complex

and rebecca kaplan was third with 29%. kaplan was eliminated so all the votes that had her as first choice, they looked at second and third choices on the ballots and distributed those between the remaining candidates. quan took three-quarters of the votes for kaplan and surged to the lead with 51% over perata's 49%. right now the registrar of voters is looking at the provisional ballots. those are the ones where it's not clear exactly what the voter meant and you can be sure that representatives of both campaigns are watching over the shoulders making sure that each one is counted to what they think is counted correctly. that's why this is taking so long. we are down to the provisional ones now and as i said earlier it might not be until friday until we get the final, final, final count. >> i'm sure there are a lot of people wonder how long has this been in existence? how long have dealt with the process like this? >> reporter: this is the first time this year. this is brand-new for them doing this ranked voting process.

the same went for rebecca kaplan. don perata, in contrast, campaigned very differently. campaign was dominated by mailers that cost a lot of money instead of this kind of ground game that asked for hey, if i don't get your first rank vote give me second or third. so it was really the surprise was not that surprising when you look at the fact that ranked choice voting changes the game. it changes it less from a core base because don perata got the most first choice votes, but he didn't have a broad-based coalition and the fact of the matter is jean quan and her ground game really did make that coalition strong. >> belva: we want to be sure that people understand when you say first, second, and third you don't mean for the same person. you mean for a first person, a second person, and a third person. >> right. isn't that interesting? ranked-choice voting is a relatively new form of voting for -- particularly in cities. a lot of counties don't use that. cities and counties across the country. alameda county is one of the early adopters. so the results of the election that h

chris wragge along with rebecca jarvis. this weekend the premiere of sarah palin's alaska eight episodes on the tlc network a beautiful backdrop of alaska wonderfully scenic shots but the greatest political info slash advertisement ever? that's the big question. >> it is incredible p.r., just to even for alaska itself, to see this kind of imagery coming from that state but, also for sarah palin. >> she says it's not a reality show, just kind of a little insight into what her days and weeks are like with her family in alaska. if you like hiking, if you love fishing -- >> they look like good days and weeks to me. >> looks like a great day way to spend your time. we'll talk with howard brag man in moments, an image maker and will break this down, is this a good move, bad move, does this set her up as a potential presidential run in 2012. if that's the case is this the best thing she can do. as you know some candidates write books to give you in the run-up to tell you what they are like. >> is this new sort of youtube nation we

rebecca skloot is the author of hen rei -- henrietta lax. this is just under an hour. >> thanks, clay, for introducing us, and welcome, everybody. this section is called fact of life, humanizing medical mysteries and the authors are molly crosby and rebecca skloot. i want to remind you following the session 15 minutes after it, the authors will sign their books on congress avenue between 10th and 11th street. i've been involved with book fairs for many years, and like 10 years ago i took an author to the airport, and i mentioned i was a scientist, and the author turned to me and asked who my favorite science writers were. i was struck dumbfounded. i said mia wilson, nothing really came to me because the truth was i really wasn't gripped by science writing at that time, but since then, writers like molly and remember -- rebecca got my attention because they bring difficult complex subjects to life. i know if i were back in that car today, i would have a name like molly molly caldwell and rebecca skloot. molly spent several years working for n

here's rebecca. >> encouraging numbers with the job numbers. the government said more private sector jobs were created than expected. senior business correspondent anthony mason reports. >> american businesses made an unexpectedly strong showing in october, adding 159,000 jobs. >> that are means since january the private sector added 1.1 million jobs. >> it was the tenth straight month companies added it to their payrolls. >> the good news is the double dip recession is not going to happen. >> at the u.s. headquarters of lego -- >> you are hiring? >> we are hiring right now. >> the toy maker is building up their workforce by 10%, adding 40 jobs. >> everything from it to customer service. >> was there hesitation about hiring given the economy? >> we have been stretching our workforce and we are at a point where we can't do that anymore and we have to bring people in. >> it was companies like lego that helped the business have the second biggest hiring month in more than three years. cbs news, new york. >> while the job numbers were good, they we

rebecca cooper is live in the newsroom with more on the graphic details. >> investigators say that theyave evidence as far back as 2007 showing jack johnson on the take. in september of 2009, wiretaps were authorized. today, in a criminal complaint, prosecutors revealed shocking details on what they saw and heard today. >> tonight, a somber jack johnson was not talking about the allegations. >> i cannot go into these allegations. my lawyers will kill me if i do. let me tell you that i am innocent of these charges. >> today, when johnson was secretly caught on camera is receiving another $15,000 from a real-estate developer, the fbi raided the meeting. johnson said that the cash was for a party for his retirement, not knowing that the whole thing had been caught on camera. johnson was released. the fbi was at their front door. he instructed his wife to find and rip up a check from a developer for $100,000. she asked if he wanted her to put it down the toilet and then you heard a flushing toilet. she asked if she should take the cash. johnson told his wife to put it in her braw and walk o

when rebecca kaplan was eliminated, quan got a boost because of the rank choice system. most of the kaplan ballots listed him for second choice. she is comfortable with her lead and not ready to count her chickens before they hatch. there may be a reversal of fortune and the mystery of rank choice voting that. may be revealed and settled once and for all at 4:00. the elections officer will release their final taly and calling it the unofficial final tally. >> turks chris. >>> there is rob. >> a little bit chilly this morning. we have 40s and i think before sunrise, upper 30s around the north bay. 53 in hayward and 57 degrees in oakland. not much winds this morning and blowing in from the southwest around fairfield. radar picture for you, still widely scattered showers along the coastline and the main event that hit us yesterday is moving east of the sierra. clouds off to the west for tomorrow that will hint at more rain coming in. you can see on the futurecast, dry today and late tomorrow. you will start to see rain by the early afternoon. the system is note bringing as

in the latest hypothetical scenario, rebecca caplin was eliminated and a majority of her votes went to quan. a few days ago, quan said she was hopeful the process would work in her favor. >> we always knew we were going to win or lose. so some ways you would rather win or lose by a bigger amount. >> the overwhelming transfer came to me, and that puts us in a comfortable position. she added, never count your chickens before they hatch. anything can happen. perata is a long time opponent of rank's choice, and he calls it a reversal of fortune. his spokesman told me by phone. it certainly wasn't expected, especially with such a comfortable commanding lead. we had 10,000 more first choice votes. because of how votes are tabulated, even third place candidate rebecca kaplan still has a chance. >> any one of those three could win. >> the counting of ballots is expected to continue through the weekend on monday afternoon election officials are expected to announce the results that count. at that point we could have a much clearer picture of who could be oakland's mayor. >> thanks, monty. more

and i want to thank rebecca and her family. she spent half the money we did and has twice as many people. i don't know how that happens. but she is a delight. and this is what's going to happen in my house later tonight. >> mike. >> reporter: yes? >> i thought all those 40 folks from her house next year are coming to your house. >> no, this is half the amount of people she is feeding. we have home made pies from safeway. >> no some are homemade! >> reporter: allen, you want to come by? >> no. we are having a catered meal here very nice i'm sure. >> reporter: it's going to be good. it's all good. >> i'll trade you leftovers. >> reporter: all right. thank you. >> thank you. >>> a 13-year-old boy in berkeley wanted to give back to the community this thanksgiving. after his own life was saved by an organ donor. mikey's meals gave away hundreds of hot meals today to the hungry in west oakland. two years ago, michael caraway got very sick and needed a liver transplant to live. he got one. and it was his idea to give back. so he and h

when rebecca kaplan was eliminated, quan got a boost. that's because most of the ballots listed quan as the success choice for mayor. she said she is comfortable with her lead, but she is not ready to count their chickens before they hatch. the mystery of rank choice voting continues for them. the mystery may come to an end at 4:00 when elections officials are ready to release their final tally and we expect it will list kwooen quan as the next mayor of oakland. in oakland, today in the bay. >> thank you very much, chris. >> fran's board of europe visors boat for a new mayor in january. the former mayor has been mentioned, but said he is not interested. other people in the mix include senator mark leno. david chu will take over in the meantime. >> they may force owners to install different smoke alarms. they cost more than the usual and today in the bay's bob redell joins us live to explain what the debate is all about. >> you are talking about a $5 cost difference, a city here in palo alto. two types of smoke detectors and that is less

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. >> i am rebecca with a nexpand req -- an expand request. this will allow us to do data collection for planning related to heat-wave fulnerability -- vulnerability. we will look across the population to look at heat intensity. and ems data for calls related to medical emergencies and how we can better our planning for the future. for heatwave emergencies. >> is the goal to have a plan wehrhere you can identify individuals impacted by heatwaves? >> this is for the physical environment and not down to the individual. it is down to the areas of the city with built environmental vulnerability. >> this is an except and expend, to support the existing positions? are there any members of the public who wish to speak? i have one card, francisco decosta. >> supervisor, i am francisco decosta, director of environmental justice advocacy. we have general statements. when i come to the meetings, we need better data. something will be expanded and i know it will be expanded in the future. the health department has been dubious. we had dr. mitch katz, stat

for rebecca, these are her next chance to make a difference. >> we hope there's not going to be a disaster tomorrow, but we plan for one. >> she works for u.s. aid, a taxpayer-funded arm of the u.s. government. she's proud to have on behalf of the american epeople. >> whether it's a blanket or water container or just to say that we are years to help you when you need us. at that moment, everything drops away and maybe we can give them a telephone to call their family. >> 36-year-old has been a product of 20 disaster response teams. for food and security, earthquakes and flooding, and the tsunami. her job is to coordinates media coverage in the fields and promote usaaid. spending thanksgiving in pakistan and not with family, like in this photograph from 2005. but the rewards are plentiful. >> knowing that what we are discussing actually impacts someone's life in a dramatic way is humbling and i'm happy to be able to do it. >> she is just back from haiti responding to the cholera outbreak. if she hopes to have thanksgiving with her family this year. if there are no disasters in the next few

rebecca cooper has been investigating this story for months now and joins us live with an update. >> 1 foundation and another group have been fighting for truth. mother isas chris's being laid dressed from having died friday from cancer, the community is addressing this. >> 17 pounds of agent orange tested from the 1940's to the 1960's. also significant, the army now admits it was tactical agent orange. >> that means it is designed to kill. >> many of these residents still do not know if toxins remain in the ground and water. >> i do not know too much about it. >> randy white has become a crusader. when his family moved to tampa, doctors suspected something deadly in frederick. his daughters died of cancer. then his mother was diagnosed. before she died this friday, she told us that she regrets raising her family near fort dietrich. >> i have raised three kids there and one has already passed away from a brain tumor. >> experts say that toxins could be -- could mean birth defects for generations. he says now the family knows the truth. >> she looks me in the eye and she said, that is

gene quan follows and rebecca is in third place. oakland used rank choice voting for the first time. the winner needs 50% of the vote plus one. >>> our coverage of the election continues online, we have a special section where you can get the latest results, just log on to www.kron.com. >>> it was another warm day across the bay area, temperatures in the 70s and 80s. look at all the 80s. bay shores, even pacifica 80 degrees or higher. 42 sant -- 72 santa rosa. 63 richmond. low 70s for inland valleys. 76 livermore. 61 half moon bay and low 70s for the bay shores. the warm dry air has slid to the east, lowing the tropical moisture to be pushed up. the storm is approaching the coast line. you can see this chunk here, there is another chunk heading down to the south. we are not going to see rain tomorrow. but sunday, another storm approaches the bay area. 2:00 on sunday heavy rains. heavy rain continues into the 5:00 hour. tapers off about 9:00. the north bay could see rain. cooler temperatures continue through the weekend. on sunday 63

rebecca jarvis is here with examples. good morning, rebecca.e you'll always pay less at one of these big box stores from the cosco, it's 1.50 less per gallon and that compares to regular grocery stores and even in the organic varieties you can still get a better deal. >> that's great. you pay the membership which is $40 to $100 but don't you quickly eat it up in the savings. >> if you spend a couple thousand a year you'll definitely see the savings. >> how much of a savings would you get on batteries. >>> really massive. in most cases it's almost 70% off what you would pay at a regular walgreen's. you'll get for cosco or b.j.'s or sam's club, better deal, 21 cents a battery. >> for 70% off it's worth the drive and dealing with the crowds. >> you would pay for a set of batteries elsewhere upwards of a dollar a battery. that's a huge savings. >> pet food, speaking of huge. >> yes. >> really the thing is here is can be for cats, dogs, wet, dry dog food will be 10%, 15%, even 20% less if you buy them wholesale. >> everybody is looking for a break o

and the i repressible rebecca hohh berger.ber of appearances. it's a great show and a great smile. was that real or fake? >> that's a real smile. >> tell us about the real smile. >> a real smile is very different from one of those fake smiles that we're about to go into the season of fake smiling. the real smile uses two involuntary muscles that you cannot command or fake that pull up the face and crinkle the eyes. >> how does this show explore that. >> and art san gary panter opened the peewee herman's play house. >> this is an exploration of what makes us smile as individuals and all together. and it is 90 artists, including patch adams and john waters and it is so playful. you can come here with grandparents and tiny kids and you know what? they do a virtual symphony on what is behind me. >> reporter: you have to come back now, we're on tape. come back to us. here's one thing it's not very often that you get to actually sit on different exhibits. there is an exhibit here, it is just a bench and it looks like a regular bench

rebecca kaplan, 20%. >> and cecilia vega is live at the campaign party in oakland tonight. cecilia?> carolyn, it is a party that is finally winding down. a lot of supporters showed up this evening. it is definitely a very sell law bra tore mood in this room. this is the first time rank choice voting was used. and he is feeling confident about the lead he has so far. he and his supporters are not calling it a victory yet. it could be fry i did before the official -- friday before the results are released. three candidates have lead the pack in fundraising and in endorsements. the city council woman and the former school board member, and the most junior member, rebecca kaplan. who ever wins this race is inhair tig a very difficult job -- inheriting a very difficult job. if he wins, he hillary hire the 80 police officers who were laid off earlier this year. and then to sit down with the union to talk about cut that will need to happen to fill this city's massive budget gap. >> oakland is big enough to matter, small enough to manage. this city can be what it should be. there is no reas

rebecca? >> there are some amazing stories. the majority of travelers say they support the enhanced security procedures, others are angry. some in the washington area are calling for a full boycott on wednesday of the enhanced scanning machinery. if they do, that will trigger the full body pat-downs. tsa double -- tsa says that will put of the passengers at risk and further delays on what is expected to be the busiest travel day of the year. this is the latest video that has gone viral. they are searching this young boy. you can hear travelers' shocked at the invasion of privacy. >> is that a kid? >> yes. >> some are calling for a boycott of these scams. at reagan national today, the opinion was divided. >> it has to be done. people are overreacting. >> it is an anonymous screening. if they need to pat us down, it is because we live in a time when a lot happens. >> we are americans. >> this bladder cancer survivor said he left crying and humiliated after they left him covered in his own urine. after checking his medical bag. >>

afford to not have it work. >> they may spend more if it's rebecca. productive. now >> yes. >> thank you so much. it is time now to check weith erica hill at the news desk. >>> this morning all eyes on n tropical storm to mass gaining strength bearing down on haiti ja and expected to hit there under tonight. jamaica is also under storm warnings a. voluntary evacuation the is under way. that the problems with the order, most of them have nowhere to go. health officials fear the a expected flooding makes the cholera epidemic worse there. >> stormy weather is blamed for bu the canceled shuttle launch. there will be another attempt vi tomorrow. >> >>> another u.s. citizen is killed in the border violence.cross it happened just across the te border from el paso texas. colle the victim a texas college night. student shot to death on tuesdayornia night. >>> southern california a investigators discovered a er the massive drug tunnel under the border. a so big it actually was complete with a rail system. after agents found the tunnel after stopping a truck carrying 10 ton

something rebecca didn't get. people perceived him as independent, not dependent on madison. she would not approach with so blunt of an opinion unless she thought she had a chance of getting through. this exposes one of the parts of our central theme, which is easy enough to identify if you look at the title and see who gets top billing. in every historic treatment that describes their partnership, jefferson has received most of the attention, positive and negative. madison descends to us as an emotional neutral actor. it's a false portrait. true, jefferson was and replains -- remains thoroughly fascinating. madison has been diminished in stature. maybe that's a play on word, he was 5'4", and skinny. this is physical stature has been used against him, they called him little jimmy and called jefferson tall tommy. reducing masters by giving them slave names. we see them equal. our book shows that madison was a leading partisan, not a zealot, but a forceful advocate. he took on hamilton before jefferson did. in the 1790s, he's the first leader of the democratic republican party.

rebecca dana.u for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> next, are the tsa skeiners at the airport for your security? are you sure? what if you found out how much our politicians are getting paid to put them there? our place. and we're learning that what happens in one part of it affects all of us. we're chevrolet. and with the all-new plug-in volt and other energy-saving vehicles, like the brand-new cruze, we're helping reduce emissions in the air we all breathe. and we're not stopping there. starting today, when you buy a chevrolet, we'll invest in renewable-energy, energy-efficiency, and tree-planting programs across america. over the next few years, these initiatives will reduce carbon emissions by up to eight million metric tons. that's like planting a forest the size of yellowstone. is it enough? no, but it's a start. because a true conservationist knows that the world is not given to us by our fathers and mothers. it is borrowed from our children. it's why today, tomorrow, and on into a

the three front runners are don p era ta and rebecca caplan. perata has a lead.we have team coverage on this race, ktvu's amber lee is in oakland with quan who trails perata. >> reporter: right now we are on broadway as z cafe. this is the headquarters for the people supporting john pera ta. the party is is starting to wrap up, mainly because john perata is suffering of laryngitis. still you have a pretty sizable lead. some observers have said why is it that you aren't taking this outright. why is it going to end up going to range voting, do you think? >> it's a good question. i don't understand how the voting works. but there's ten people on the field and three, four substantial candidates. so it's not surprising to me. we've been told if you have a substantial lead coming out of the election day it holds up. but this is not a science. and the fact that the registrar's site crashed is not a good omen. >> fair enough, fair enough. this is a year we had horrible financial moves here in oakland. you sign up for a move here you're hoping to get that job. this year w

the three front runners are don p era ta and rebecca caplan. perata has a lead.we have team coverage on this race, ktvu's amber lee is in oakland with quan who trails perata. >> reporter: right now we are on broadway as z cafe. this is the headquarters for the people supporting john pera ta. the party is is starting to wrap up, mainly because john perata is suffering of laryngitis. still you have a pretty sizable lead. some observers have said why is it that you aren't taking this outright. why is it going to end up going to range voting, do you think? >> it's a good question. i don't understand how the voting works. but there's ten people on the field and three, four substantial candidates. so it's not surprising to me. we've been told if you have a substantial lead coming out of the election day it holds up. but this is not a science. and the fact that the registrar's site crashed is not a good omen. >> fair enough, fair enough. this is a year we had horrible financial moves here in oakland. you sign up for a move here you're hoping to get that job. this year w

she is an actress, grammy award winning artist rebecca st. james is back.ou wouldn't believe, a united states senator wants to silence voices in america. freedom of speech is supposed to prevail. listen to jay rockefeller. >> there's a bug inside of me which wants to get the fcc to say to fox and msnbc, out, off, end, good-bye. it would be a big favor to political discourse to do our work here in congress. and to the american people to be able to talk with each other and have some faith in their government and in their future. >> sean: how dare we speak out! let me tell you something what is this the old soviet union? we are going to silence critics. senator rockefeller, you should be fired for that statement. read your constitution! >> i don't think he was talking about using the government to shut us down. >> sean: excuse me, wait a minute. he said there's a bug inside of me that and thes -- that wants to get the fcc to. >> he was saying i would like to say that but i can. the bigger part is the arrogance. the idea that he should be the arbiter of what we