. >> the boston red sox appeared to be ready to hire talent away from the red sox. according to the red sox manager, they appear to be hiring the orioles pitching coordinator as their new pitching coach. he has worked with the jurors at all levels in the minor leagues. -- with pictures at all levels in the minor leagues. the string of injuries is stretching across two linebackers and you cannot replace them with a quarterback. no. 9 suffered a torn a cl in the loss to georgia tech. he has started every game for maryland this season. the team captor and seek -- and team leader -- he will finish the rest of his season with the terrapins and there are three games remaining left this season. stick around. we will have the latest on the potential nor'easter and your seventh day forecast straight ahead. >> a president will be chosen tomorrow, but election day always brings chances and contentious ballot questions. what you need to know before you had to the polls. how local first responders are helping our neighbors to the north and the latest on the weather system that c

they all over him there. 2 years, $26 million deals for david ortiz to stay with the red sox and blasted bobby v. he made comments he quit on the team and then he tried to text him to explain, he said he didn't return the text because he doesn't deal with crazy people or folks with mental issues. david ortiz, the last you quit 26 million, i may not answer your text either. >> you would not. >> all right. we will see you tomorrow young lady. you will be in action for our coverage of the election. with over 200 varieties, keurig makes brewing a delicious cup of coffee simple. how does it brew such great coffee? well... inside the brewer are these green fields of coffee, and if you travel up this mountain, there's this huge coffee grinder. and then the coffee lands in this cup and water rushes through. actually, i just press this button. brew what you love, simply. keurig.

the red sox lost another game. dad, you make me crazy. is my purse out there? yeah. it's here.is? a college brochure. see you tonight. becky, pick up the mail, o.k.? pick up the mail? it's too early. yesterday's mail. but dad, you always get the mail. i didn't get it yesterday. my leg was bothering me. peterson: oh, trixy, that was a great walk. here we are. home again! good morning, rebecca. how are you? good morning, mrs. peterson. hi, trixy. is the mail here already? no. this is from yesterday's. oh. excuse us. san francisco! "we are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at the san francisco..." oh, my god! i'm going. oh, good news? i... i... very good news. hi! what's up with rebecca? i don't know. well, she certainly seems happy. good morning, grace. sandy, i got the letter! i'm in! what letter? you mean, the san francisco school? look! "dear ms. casey: congratulations!" oh, my gosh, they accepted you! the san francisco college of music! oh, rebecca, i'm so happy for you! can you believe it? guess what? rebecca's going to college. college! good for her. and she

the yankees, the race, the red sox, and jays are spending a lot of money. >> maybe someday they will have mvp and mvp on steroids. >> a look at the forecast next. stay with us. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> tonight, at 11:00, and scheduled retirement. we're talking about roscoe bartlett. >> he lost his bid after the sixth district was redrawn. you may not know the deep resume he has and the humble beginnings that have shaped his legacy on capitol hill. we have a preview. >> there is one thing he wants to make perfectly clear. he may be retiring, but it will not be easy. >> i m&a workaholic. i would have liked to have had a cure for it. >> for the 86-year old, serving 10 terms in congress is just the most recent entry on his resume. a lifelong farmer, he was raised in kentucky so poor his mother made the family clothing out of feed sacks. he grew up to break ground for nasa and the navy. >> my career spanned most of the things you could do in the country from building things to sites to inventing things. >> from his good friend nancy pelosi to being the g

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or do we make the deal as we're plunging towards the red sox. >> if we go over the cliff then suddenly grover norquist's pledge becomes inoperative. >> oh! so he's powerless. it's like someone guessed his name and sent him back to the forest. (laughter) well, please come back when we find out what happens. >> absolutely. >> stephen: thank you so much. reihan salam, "the grand new party." we'll b (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome back, everybody! my guest tonight is a legendary singer/song writer who has composed over 3,000 songs. i'll ask her if one of them was "gangnam style." (laughter) please welcome dolly parton! (cheers and applause) what a pleasure, thank you so much for coming on. >> okay! >> stephen: what an honor to have you on. >> well, it's a pleasure to be with you. i watch you all the time. >> stephen: as a little boy growing up in south carolina i watched the water waggoner show. >> that's great! >> stephen: huge country music show saturday afternoons right after the cartoons were over and i always had to see whether dolly was going to be on the show. >> i started

. >> jonny gomes will sign a two- year $10 million deal with the boston red sox. he had 18 home runs. his true value, i think, was in the clubhouse. an of course, we loved talking to him, because he was always a great sound bite. but with the a's budget, they don't have a lot of money. $10 million, i figure... >> little leaguers in petaluma are going to miss them. >> he was their big supporter. he gave them money so some of the parents who couldn't afford it were able to. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> have a fantastic thanksgiving! and if you come across those missing penguins in san jose, be sure to alert police. >> take care. >> have a great holiday. ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> from new york, the greatest city in the world, it's the "late show" with david letterman. tonight...

johnny and his pony tail are moving to the boston red sox. he has been plain glad.it and he has been playing good. and even when he was not playing he was a very strong clubhouse presence. by most of the folks. they say that johnny is a great teammate, but money talks and he is now at a boston red sox. >> the national hockey league now looks like it is no closer to ending their lock out >> perhaps we have already offered our best offer particularly with the economics, and to try to save the rest of the season. that offe objected and rejected. many people were saying that the response was and perhaps they had better to do than what we have to say the night before thanksgiving. >> we have an answer about hockey but first, this story about hoops. it is really unbelievable, jack taylor, the cornell college. 52-108, that is the most incredible, 108, in a 40 minute game and your and he said that he set a new college record. 138 points, against faith baptist bible college. here is jack taylor >> i think that this might be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. where i was just i

. >> jonny gomes will sign a two- year $10 million deal with the boston red sox.had 18 home runs. his true value, i think, was in the clubhouse. an of course, we loved talking to him, because he was always a great sound bite. but with the a's budget, they don't have a lot of money. $10 million, i figure... >> little leaguers in petaluma are going to miss them. >> he was their big supporter. he gave them money so some of the ,,,,,,,,

red sox manager john farrell appears set on hiring peterson as pitching coach. he has drawn praise from all levels of the orioles' organization, since joining the organization in january. no time off for injury of a football player, he but today's news seems particularly painful. he suffered a torn a c.l. in saturday's loss. the leading tackler on the team, he will not only missed the final three games of his college career, he will always -- he will also miss the chance to audition for a scout in the off- season. he will focus on rehabilitating. most eighth graders who enjoy golf never get to see the masters. it remains the toughest ticket in sports. but this one will have a tee time. over the weekend, the chinese teenager became the youngest player ever to qualify for the masters, when the 14-year-old won the pacific and amateur championship. he will break the record for yards as a player at the masters by nearly two full years. not a shabby accomplishment to take off the bucket list before high school. well, let me give it a shot. if you're ok with marylander

i take personal full responsibility for their two super bowl wins as well as the red sox winning the world series. hey, look as a governor you get blamed for everything that goes wrong, you might as well get the credit for what goes right. >>> president obama says the bears are -- touting their defense as one of the best. senior political analyst, mark hall person, the co-author of game change and the former chairman of the republican michael committee, michael steele. >> happy election day. let's talk purple. >> first of all, it looks fantastic in front of democracy plaza. the other thing, we've seen incredible bitterness. the leaders of both parties saying we're not working with the other guy. one of the thing that's important is the country get ready for a new president, hopefully in the next 24 hours and that person is able to bring the country together. >> that's the point to the tie? >> i didn't mean that when i asked. >> hall pern/steele 2016. >> i'm not putting too much money on that. people heading into the voting booths less than an hour from right now. what does this elect

and he agreed to a two-year deal with the red sox. it was for $10 million. he had 18 homers for oakland and his leadership was tremendous in the young clubhouse. the a's have a lot of veteran outfielders. his presence and personality will be missed. abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> going to be awfully interesting to watch the 49ers game. >> it is not like they areed with to him forever. it is one game. you get one game. you do one shot and you come back tomorrow. with alex -- the one thing about alex smith he has been through this time and time again. he can deal with this. he will be fine. >> this is a good problem to have. two apparently very talented quarterbacks. >> it is better than having two guys who can't play. you have two guys who can play. >> thanks, larry jie. "nightline" is coming up next. >> you asked for it and now the abc7 news exclusive alarm clock app is available for your an droid. you can download it free from the amazon app store on an droid and google play. the free alarm clock app is still available for the iphone. t

role reversal between the orioles and red sox. rick peterson could be pitching coach later today. he was in charge of the oriole'' minor-league pitching. norfolk ande and your folin bowie. the eagles lost in football last night. >> we are following breaking news. a massive fire. >> kim dacey is on the scene. >> we are here and the fire is a couple blocks this way on broadway. it is north of the broadway market. there is a five story building on fire. more than 100 firefighters on the scene. the building has partially collapsed. are several trucks fighting the fire. right now the fire is actively going. a lot of smoke. this is the same building that caught fire several months ago. it is a supermarket building. a five story building on fire. a lot of smoke and a lot of water blowing around as they try to get this thing under control. reporting live, kim dacey, wbal- tv 11 news. >> thank you. the polls open in just more than an hour here in maryland. >> after election day comes thanksgiving. the main entree will not cost to as much as you think. >> if you combine a lack of sleep with

. >>> more bad news for my red sox. this continues. this doesn't involve fried chicken.ast east got more competitive. blue jays signed former san francisco giant superstar melky cabrera to a two-year deal worth $16 million. just hours before the cabrera deal the commissioner's office a approved last year's deals involve johnson and mark buehrle. some say free agent josh hamilton might make a good fit. that, of course, depend on whether he wants to play or not. he kind of quit on the texas rangers last year. >> good job with sports. >>> coming up at the top of the hour with "morning joe," the republican chorus continues against susan rice. we'll discuss that with our "morning joe" crew straight ahead. >>> when we come back, we'll huddle around the water cooler where corey booker makes an odd bet with a follower on twitter. he's at it again. >> wow. >> but he's not saving babies. this is kind of interesting. i'm not sure i don't like this. we'll talk about ill-advised bets on twiter with joe, who knows something about them. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing

hobbies: painful, of the boston red sox, diehard fan, a passion which introduced him to, quote, grand theological themes that woul later preoccupy him including why a good god would allow such an evil team as the new york yankees to win so many world series, unquote. besides baseball, tennis. stephen richard prothero. >> stephen richard prothero, your father is also a physician, is that right? >> that's correct. >> did he see the motion picture by mel gibson? >> he did. >> what did he have to say about that? >> he found a real human being wouldn't survive 20 minutes into the movie because it's so violent, there's such brutality is brought o on jesus' body and not realistic from a medical perspective. >> meang he would have never have made it on the top of the hill. >> he wouldn't even have made it to the bottom of the hill. >> that raises the question on whether the assertion made by mr. gibson that he's following scrupulously the gospel text is true, it would seem to indicate that what your father see are the excesses of the movie are the incompatibility of the portrayal in the movie

on monday night football where he told chris berman he deserves credit for the chal piionships for red sox and patriots glue get blamed for everything and might as well get credit for what goes right as governor. >> reporter: the romney campaign needs a lot to go right today. latest poll shows president obama leading among people who voted early. so the romney campaign must make up that difference today. president obama is keeping his election day tradition of shooting hoops after doing a few satellite interviews in swing states. last night the president was teary eyed in the -- ending the campaign in the state that started it all. >> i've come back to iowa one more time to ask for your vote. >> reporter: today is all about turnout republicans the romney campaign thinks republicans are more enthusiastic and more likely to vote than president obama supporters. reporting live, abc news. now back to you. >> a special election was held middle school students at a charter school in hamilton have been studying the issues and debating and then voting. when the ballots were counted president obama

and he agreed to a two-year deal with the red sox. it was for $10 million.rs for oakland and his leadership was tremendous in the young clubhouse. the a's have a lot of veteran outfielders. his presence and personality will be missed. abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> going to be awfully interesting to watch the 49ers game. >> it is not like they areed with to him forever. it is one game. you get one game. you do one shot and you come back tomorrow. with alex -- the one thing about alex smith he has been through this time and time again. he can deal with this. he will be fine. >> this is a good problem to have. two apparently very talented quarterbacks. >> it is better than having two guys who can't play. you have two guys who can play. >> thanks, larry jie. "nightline" is coming up next. >> you asked for it and now the abc7 news exclusive alarm clock app is

but i always believed the red sox would win the world series and they finally did., i do. >> schieffer: bob? >> they have to. the alternative is a grimness that we don't even want to discuss. >> i think they'll find a way to kick the can downtown road. >> i'm with evan. >> schieffer: you think-- >> you suspect. my sense is they'll get some kind of settlement that will have a trigger, so they'll-- like the roadrunner, they'll come to the edge of the cliff, and hopefully we all won't go over it. >> so you'll have two deals. two deals before the end of the year. >> & a big-term deal. hopefully-- i mean, there's all the foreign policy issues. somebody suggested to me my next book ought to be about the middle east and it ought to be called "meltdown." we have problems there. >> schieffer: it was really fun to talk to all of you this morning, and happy holiday, and i look forward to the next holiday. we'll be right back. you know how to dance... with a deadline. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can eve

. >> because all those guys are on the jays and it's going to be that much harder for the red sox toe playoffs. last year when the red sox dumped payroll, that's fantastic. >> we don't play in a taxpayer-assisted ballpark. take a look at what loria and what the general manager were saying a year ago. when they got the new ballpark accounted, it was just about to open, they were signing these players, we're in this for the future, for the fans. first of all, the team can't be supported. they're not going to support the team in miami, get them out of there. >> are you trying to say that the baseball owner lied to the fans in public? that's shocking on "sportscenter." >> you're going to be banned from the set. you're this close. >> this is going well so far. >>> to the nba, the knicks, the last undefeated team in basketball, jeremy lin who is what they're saying in first quarter, on the fastbreak. anthony ahead of the defense, throws down the one-handed jam. anthony led the team with 25 points. 8 boards on the night. >> they haven't played anybody. >> let's jump ahead to the fourth. ray

pride petaluma, he has agreed with two-year deal with red sox for $10 million.d leadership was tremendous in a young clubhouse. gomes' presence and personality will be missed. >> hunter pence nicknamed the reverend, giants winning the world series. it spawned imitators. a production shot behind the scenes footage which will air during the world series on sale now. >> a chance for us to make history. >> i want to play with you tomorrow. yes. >> it's really good. >> i want to see you. i wanted to play one more day. >> i want to see it. >> i am going to be every one-single one of you for one more day. >> that is what it is about. >> yeah. very good. >>. >> dan: breaking news story. live overhead. here is what we know. there was a shooting on 580 tonight. two cars involved. by the time

sam gordon, petaluma got paid today, two years, $2 million to take his mohawk to the row boston red soxa, then came to the a's and was probably not going to be a starter. and he said that if you want to give me $10 million? and i will move. >> the warriors against brooklyn halftime report of the five, 46-41 and one of the warriors started, cleat thompson. they took, my bodyguard, kevin's team shopping for thanksgiving. he picked up the team in a limousine and help them pick out shoes, groceries and their families with everything needed for thanksgiving. clay thompson spent about three hours. and i would swear by kevin, that he could not be a better nicer guy. clive thompson. michael townsend, played for the lakers. >> that is a lovely sentiment. >> i do not care how much you are my making just to even think of helping others. that is likely thompson is worth reading for your >> the nhl lockout is still no end in sight it is unbelievable. and the san francisco bulls, lost some fans to the cow palace. >> some of our folks were so close to the action and we are very credible. making san fr

football where he told chris berman he deserves credit for the championships won by the patriots and red sox. >> as governor you get blamed for everything that goes wrong you might as well get credit for what goes right. >> reporter: the latest poll shows president obama leading among people who voted early, the romney campaign must make up that difference today. president obama is keeping his election day tradition of shooting hoops after a few satellite interviews in swing states. last night the president was teary eyed, ending his campaign in the state that started it all for him. >> the president: i've come back to iowa, one more time to ask for your vote. >> reporter: today is about turnout. romney campaign thinks republicans are much more enthusiastic and more likely to vote than president obama supporters. tahman bradley, abc7 news. >>> abc7 news will have live team coverage of today's election. here's our schedule: special early edition of abc7 news at 3:00. live reports from the obama and romney headquarters. world news at 3:30. followed by live election coverage at 4:00. local resu

johnny gomez to the red sox, 2 years, $10 million.49er game, 1:00, saints here on channel 2 sunday. >> alex, putting team first, it's a tough situation. >> yeah, and he's handling it with a lot of grace and class. i might be ticked off if i were him right now. he has reason to be. >> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news, we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> a shut down, 580 in oakland. their name on the door, and their heart into their community. small business saturday is a day to show our support. a day to shop at stores owned by our friends and neighbors. and do our part for the businesses

johnny gomez to the red sox, 2 years, $10 million. that 49er game, 1:00, saints here on channel 2 sunday. >> alex, putting team first, it's a tough situation. >> yeah, and he's handling it with a lot of grace and class. i might be ticked off if i were him right now. he has reason to be. >> thank

i actually thought the red sox would have a good team this year. i've given up.wife keeps telling me, remember, more things could come out. >> jennifer: he's been so clear that it wasn't something that he had crossed line on. so presumably he wouldn't be so clear. he knows the investigation turn up one way or another. >> i still don't understand why we're going through people's e-mail. >> jennifer: a final question, do you think that we spend too much time, i mean, in your book you talk about this a bit. propping up the generals as icons when perhaps they are not just in their--not just the sexual side, but they're too human. >> we pay too much attention to the private lives and inefficient attention to the public execution of their duties. >> jennifer: the man who knows what good military leadership is having written a book on the suspect. welcome inside "the war room," pulitzer prize winning author, thomas ricks, author of "the generals." coming up. they make it look so easy on that cartoon. getting a bill through congress is like pulling teeth off a mountain l

yankees are playing the red sox i can't make it. i get four saturdays on june i am not wasting it on other people's lives. somebody will be doomed. aed withing is really a funeral for one of those people's lives. you don't live both lives. you live one person's lives. it is a wedding for the good life and a funeral for the bad life. >> they have a certificate and it says husband and supervisor. >> that's because you can't think for yourselves. >> like i said, husband and supervisor. >> we need to be managers and we are there for you. >> let's move on. >>> from walking down the aisle to dooms day denial. should we be phased by the end of days? with the maya apocalypse around the corner, december 21st, y'all, they are allaying worries about our impending doom. these so-called scientists say it ain't happen expght death of humanity are having real life consequences. one astro biologist says he receives tons of e-mail from you can young people who are so concerned thisy are having trouble eating and sleeping. adds the egghead, this is a

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. >> bad news for the red sox. for the yankees, not just the red sox.ood are the toronto blue jays right now? the american league east getting more competitive yesterday. the jays signed former san francisco giant melky cabrera to a two-year $16 million deal. named mvp of the all-star game, before he was suspended mid season for violating mlb's drug policy. and hours before the cabrera deal, the commissioner's office approved last tuesday's trade between the jays and marlins, so jose reyes, josh johnson and mark burle all going -- >> the red sox need to find a guy who is really good, that has a checkered past, stable, and just stares at pop flies on the last day of the season and just sits there and tries to figure out whether he wants to catch it or not. >> there's one guy -- i can only think of one guy. >> you look through the matrix of all of the -- >> yeah. >> pick out a single name. >> political pundits, you're talking about sam stein, but as far as baseball -- >> stares at political pop-up -- >> who are we talking about? >> josh hamilton, by the w

die hard red sox fans. >> really?does it. >> he, of course, the last book he completed was alone with churchill in the wilderness years and you get to pick up this it remarkable story at a moment as you all describe where everything lined up for winston churchill to step into his place in history that he had been preparing for since he was playing with toy soldiers in the 19th century. >> he did not believe in fate but on that occasion he did. this was the day that he had been working towards since he was a little boy. no one trusted him. this was an unpopular man in the big job, the big role at the most important time. >> he was seen as a joke in the '30s. >> the day before the king summoned him to number ten torre functionaries were wonder who will it be sam but not winston. he's useless. >> even the king. >> even the king didn't want him. >> even the king didn't like winston churchill and was mournful that he had been treated so badly. >> the difference is winston churchill liked winston churchill. >> winston churc

the petaluma native is reportedly close to signing a two-year deal with the red sox.as a platoon outfielder with 18 home runs mostly against lefties last season but this was a valuable role player great in the clubhouse and we loved him in t media. >> buzz around grinnell in iowa and a soft more guard jack taylor. last night he set the ncaa touring record with 138 points smashing the old record of 113 which was set in 1954. grinnell won the game 179-104. [ pause ] >>> it's hard to wrap your head around until you look at the box score. he shot the ball 108 times which is a shot every 20 seconds! [ laughter ] >> he made 27 of 71 three- pointers. he did not have a single assist. now, there's a shock. [ laughter ] >> well, it's pretty sobering when i woke up and saw that kobe had talked about my game. he's my favorite player growing up and that was really cool. i was going to actually go home for thanksgiving. but now with all these interviews, uhm, they want me to stay. >> now, apparently the reason they kept feeding the ball because they are getting ready to head to the

. >> tommy signed a two-year deal with the red sox worth $10 million and the warriors are back home tonight hosting the brooklyn nets. highlights and postgame reaction in sports at 11:00. raj and jessica? >> that video was funny. thank you. >>> tonight we'll have an update on our breaking story, that m manhole explosion in san francisco. the latest on what happened. plus, grace and gratitude for a bay area family. how a father's love had will for 0 ever be marked by a rare tribute to the soldier's son. tonight at 11:00. >>> that will do it for now. have a great evening. [captioning made possible by warner bros. domestic television distribution] >> now on extra --

he is a member of the red sox and that campaign worked. massachusetts had a very, very high sign up rate. what have you learned from that? what have you learned from what happened in mitt romney's state? >> we have learn add lot in terms of what messages work and actually we're doing a great deal of research now in terms of what kind of ways do we need to communicate to people who should not best communicators and so that there are people who are believable and one of the things that is very important is in addition to providing information either through an advertisement or some other process like that, people want to have personal contact with individuals because some of them want to get help, try to figure out which plan they should sign up for, make sure they understand what their obligations are going to be, what's going to be covered, what the deductibles are going to be and so in addition to the advertising and using athletes and others, it is going to be very important to have people on the ground who can help people. >> what do yo

devotion to the boston red sox is so total that it has corrupted all of your values, all of your ability toee things straight and, secondly, that i can actually get through three hours with you without to totally destroying my own career. thank you. it's a miracle. >> it is indeed way too early. "the daily rundown" with chuck todd. >>> with a second term on the horizon president obama will face the white house press corps for the first time in months. take a guess at what's topping our list of questions. we'll have a lot of stuff on there, the latest twists and turns involving the scandal embroiling the most prominent military figures. reaction to that and, of course, the fiscal cliff facing us all. we'll have senator patti murray to preview that. who will lead the democrats to a larger majority for 2013. plus, exit strategy one week after election day. what do voters' thoughts and some key questions tell us where the two parties are about where the country is moving on some serious policy issues? we'll show you the not so obvious differences between the swing states and the national ave

i commend you even though it was a rough season for the red sox. i do want to turn to a more serious issue. twice you have stated this morning you believe our objectives in afghanistan are achievable, and the primary objective since 2009 has been to disrupt and he eventually the ft al qaeda -- and eventually defeat al qaeda and prevent its return. national intelligence estimates, reports from the international crisis group, and the special investigation for afghanistan reconstruction have cast doubts on the ability of the afghan national security forces to consolidate and hold the gains of securities that will be made. these also cast doubt on the likelihood of the afghan government providing good governing and dealing with the endemic corruption such that it would enable them to do their job in fighting the insurgency. given the escalation of insider attacks, the sanctuaries that still exist in pakistan, and the level of corruption in the afghan government, why you believe the objections are obtainable? it seems to me the intelligence reports, the

>> well, actually, i wrote about theo epstein, longtime general manager of the red sox who ended thedrought when he put together the team that won the world series in 2004, they won again in 2007. what's interesting about this book is first of all, there are three things people say immediately when you mention you've written a book called "jewish jocks." you've just said two of them, it's not a joke, two, they mention the "airplane" scene and third and this is what theo said to me, oh, you're just updating the pamphlet or something? in fact, since we're talking about gifts today, not in the romney context, but yeah, it's right here. it's a whole book. i've never actually held up a book on tv before. >> you just did that. >> it's 50 great essays. david remnick wrote about howard cosell, art chamski of the mets. there's some really great writers who have written some really great essays. they're a few pages long. they're not a heavy lift. and it really just puts together an anthology of characters who have really contributed to the sports world who happen to be jewish. >> it's a wonder

they weren't saying, hey, about that red sox game? they disappeared.lincoln on your off days. >> that's not quite true. he was in ireland. i was in los angeles. he doesn't have e-mail. he doesn't do that. so, we had no way to really begin knowing each other. we couldn't say, i'll meet you for a cup of coffee. but he does have a cell phone. he couldn't call me. it would be night and morning and stuff. he would text me periodically. and it was lovely. it was playful. and it was a way to -- we had no time to rehearse this film, none. it was shot on a very tight budget, believe it or not, with very few days. and we had to launch in the midst of this very tumultuous relationship. so, it was a magnificent thing he did. >> and your portrayal of mary todd is really a revelation. you show her passion. could have a little instability. but also, her fierce intelligence. and we often think of her as a burden to abraham lincoln. you show how much he needed her. >> he absolutely -- they were totally bonded. had there not been a mary todd, there would not have been a

. >> reporter: earlier during an interview on "monday night football" romney joked about the red sox and patriots championships during his term as massachusetts governor. >> hey, look, as a governor, you get blamed for everything that goes wrong, you might as we'll get the credit for what goes right. >> reporter: romney advisers insist turnout will be key, but with polls showing the president clinging to an ever so slight advantage in the campaign's precious days mr. romney squeezed in five event in four battleground, each one strategically selected. from the affluent suburbs of northern virginia. >> i'm looking around to see if we have the beatles here or something that brought you, but it looks like you came just for the campaign, and i appreciate it. thank you. >> reporter: to central ohio. governor romney punctuated his long journey with a simple message. >> let's make sure that everyone we know gets out to vote on tuesday. >> reporter: and this hopeful promise. >> this nation is going to begin to change for the better tomorrow. >> reporter: and the romney campaign is exceedingly

. >> years ago when the boston red sox won the world series and i believe you were working for anothernd i with his working here and covered that story and i don't think i've ever seen you happier. >> i got married and had kids but other than that, i don't think i have ever been happier. >> proud moment for john berman. 12 minutes past the hour. >>> rob marciano, i took off my coat yesterday. it was beautiful here in new york but chillier temperatures are on the way, i hear. >> that's true. if you don't have a jacket, john, you may want to at least wear the flap jacket. i don't know how you survive past columbus circle sometimes with the joy that you bring when your team gets defeated by a new england team. >> you're talking to a new yorker. >> 17 years and counting, rob. hanging in there. >> a tribute to just how popular you are. >>> good morning, guys. a cold front sliding across the eastern half of the country. eastern third of the country. macy's boss made a good point. an early thanksgiving. maybe that's the reason why it's been so darn warm on the eastern third of the country yes

trouble-making elements, the teenagers, young men, the 20-somethings who for the past four days vo thrown red sox, debris, molotov cocktails at police. police responded by firing teargas, stun grenades. some police officers have been throwing rocks as well. some of the clashes have been inching toward the assembly which is a couple of blocks from tahrir square. four hours ago the embassy shut its doors saying no one would come in or leave until further notice. more demonstrations scheduled in the days ahead in tahrir square. the embassy announcing that services for american citizens in cairo will be cancelled until further notice. >> this is all over president morsy's power grab. what about a potential constitution here? >> reporter: another important day today. the constitutional assembly in egypt at h hour is drafting egypt's all important new constitution. this is going to be the corner stone of egypt's democratic transition and one of the reasons why president morsy and the muslim brotherhood have been locking horns with opposition factions. this was a hundred member panel assigned to draft t