salem, massachusetts. new orleans. >> i could see new orleans. i love new orleans.t does sometimes have a little something in the air there and you know what? same goes for savannah. only because i think of the moss hanging from the oak trees. it is beautiful but there is something haunted about it. >> i spent many halloweens in salem, massachusetts. it's a great time for halloween. >> talk about old cities. talk about old cities with pretty significant pasts. some might want to draw some connections of the type of history associated with and salem and witches and it's halloween season. why not? >> and then let's talk about something that has made growing up so fun for so many people. "flintstones" turning 50. fred flintstone. everyone loves him. barney, wilma, betty. >> it's funny watching this after all these years. >> there's the dinosaur pet. >> i love the car. i always wanted to do that. >> i love "the flintstones." i'm fredricka. everyone called me fred flintstone. it's natural that my dog would be named dino. >> i didn't know that. >> happy birthday. >> dino

if you're watching us on wsii in winston salem, north carolina, enter the world of artwork that will trip your senses. look again at the southeastern sensor contemporary art. that's your event of the day on "early today." >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. several big hollywood prects and actors are making news this week. despite reports that emma stone would play redded headed spider-man interest mary watson in the latest upcoming flick, she's instead going to play blond haired love interest gwenn stacey. >>> tom hanks is close to becoming the first cast member to sign up for sleeping dogs. allen alda fans will get to see the former mash star in two upcoming films, a comedy. >>> elsewhere, a pivotal whpist whipping lawsuit against a club has been dropped. the lawyer who brought the suit ha issued a written apology. >>> finally, reports say mtv is bringing back the celebrity prank show pumped with justin bieber as host. i hope we're not seeing punked with that report. >> yeah. it's not going t be the same. that was revolutionary when they first had th

it shows salem was a multicultural vital city in the 1880s.y're giving historical tours when bootlegging, gambling and anti-chinese sentiment reigned underground in a system of tunnels. >> they couldn't be where the city people would see them. they had to go underground. every major city had a population underground with an opium den. >> what is frozen in time. in one room, a drop. nearby a vault where visitors left their mark. >> we found a slide that goes deep beneath. >> let down on the wooden ladder. >> like a treasure hunt they unearth secrets like what's behind these doors. by just moving the shelves and desks that blocked them for years. other clues like the street people pass by every single day above the boiler room of the capital center were easier to find. >> look for the blue glass. that means there's a tunnel down there. >> this could take you all the way down to trade street. as walk down and you could pop into the tunnel there, pop out over here two blocks away, nobody would ever know. >> and ritter says this is is just the begi

in front of the congregation of james meeks salem baptist church. brady up first, talking about how he worked with motorcycles to pass an education bill in the state senate, a move he said governor quinn did not support. >> as your next governor, i promise you i will put the student and people's interest in front of the government's interest. >> we are not going to have a governor that wants to cut the minimum wage are we? no no. >> reporter: the presentation ended with meeks praying the two candidates will never be mean orbiter, but the race took a bitter turn on saturday with this. >> i have never served with such an idiotic racist homophobic person in my life. >> i don't endorse any of the comments, name calling. i never have are i never will. i don't believe in that. i don't think it should mask in any way the positions that senator brady has taken. >> reporter: brady says governor quinn owes the people of illinois an apology for his comments. -- quinn can would not say if he thinks senate senator rickey hending should apologize for the remarks.

. >> reporter: lynda ferguson is pastor of salem united methodist church in rural bostic, north carolina >> in jesus' name we pray. amen. >> reporter: she's the church's only pastor. most protestant churches have just one, ministering to a congregation of about 300. >> used to be the churches were filled, and now today we have to play a role of going out and bringing people into the church or actually taking the church to people. >> reporter: in the past three years, ferguson has put 90,000 miles on her car, visiting the sick. >> i ask, lord, that you would just fill her with your holy presence and that your healing power will just consume her body. >> he brought a lot of joy into this world. >> reporter: consoling the bereaved. >> i appreciate you letting me be part of your life. clergy are different in that we are called to go to many dark places. we enter into sacred places with people, places that often are very difficult and, you know, we don't do that from a distance. jesus didn't sit off in a corner and say "i feel your pain" from over here. jesus very much reached out and touched

>> reporter: michelle salem was supposed to close on a foreclosed condo in miami last week, but it'sit. >> my greatest concern is after all is said and done, is a deal really a deal or will i be told in some letter or phone call that there is a glitch with the paperwork and the closing is not valid? >> reporter: in the foreclosure investigation, banks are accused of cutting corners, approving tens of thousands of foreclosure documents without fully reviewing them. what's called robo-signing. some are now calling for a moratorium on all foreclosures, but others warn that could make the housing market worse. >> delaying foreclosures is just delaying their entry into the resale market and delaying the america whole housing market to recover and reset and delaying everyone's home prices from recovery. >> i'm now joined by cnbc diana olick who covers the real estate market and we're just hearing that they're against a broad moratorium. where does it look like this is going? >> the banks say it will take a couple weeks to a few months to sort it all out and i was just listening to an exper

. >> reporter: lynda ferguson is pastor of salem united methodist church in rural bostic, north carolina >> in jesus' name we pray. amen. >> reporter: she's the church's only pastor. most protestant churches have just one, ministering to a congregation of about 300. >> used to be the churches were filled, and now today we have to play a role of going out and bringing people into the church or actually taking thehurcto people. >> reporter: in the past three years, ferguson has put 90,000 miles on her car, visiting the sick. >> i ask, lord, that you would just fill her with your holy presence and that your healing power will just consume her body. >> he brought a lot of joy into this world. >> reporter: consoling the bereaved. >> i appreciate you letting me be part of your life. clergy are different in that we are called to go to many dark places. we enter into sacred places with people, places that often are very difficult and, you know, we don't do that from a distance. jesus didn't sit off in a corner and say "i feel your pain" from over here. jesus very much reached out and touched, an

. >> bill, i am told this is the first time since elizabeth procter ran for salem town council that aolitical had not started with "i am a witch." >> what about the witch's union, andy? are there witches' unions? >> they are called covens. >> greg, a mellow-phobe is someone with a fear of music. >> yes, i wrote that. >> and the story was less interesting when i realized mo tucker was not a simpsons character. never was a big velvet underground fan. >> one album. >> it is like music i should like, but i don't. >> bands influenced by velvet underground are 10 times better. >> absolutely. >> weird. >> influence etd -- influenced? >> ubastank was amazing. >> and lady gaga. >> firefighters won't put out fire because homeowner didn't pay. you say "burning down the house" was an oak ridge boys song. i think you were thinking of the song" all the golden california." >> thank you for the mention. >> were you in the oak ridge boys? >> no, but i wrote all the songs and have the big house that i pay insurance so they should come put out the fire. >> angela, you blame it on the firefighters and th

, so salem, all set to buy now has to wait. >> my greatest concern is after all is said and done is a deal really a deal or will i be told in some letter or phone call that there's a glitch with the paper work and the closing is not valid? >> reporter: in the foreclosure investigation banks are accused of cutting corners approving tens of thousands of foreclosure documents without fully reviewing them, what's called r robo signing. some are calling for a moratorium on all foreclosures but could that make the housing market worse. >> it's really just delaying their entry into the retail market, delaying the whole housing market to recover and to reset and delaying everyone's home prices. >> the uncertainty is putting new pressure on an already stressed real estate market. whether you're a home owner faced with foreclosure. >> all i kept getting was voicemail, voicemail, voicemail and nobody would call me back. >> reporter: or a home buyer being forced to wait. >> what's going to happen after all the papers are signed? >> the obama administration is now signaling it has no plans to go f

we could study the salem witch trials and learn a little bit about women and witch ery in this count

in winston-salem ricky dobbs and navy against wake forest. we have drama. 33 seconds to play.idst down by six points. dobbs roll out. he's a playmaker. perfect pass to greg jones for the game-wner. dobbs had four touchdowns, two rushing, two passing, the midshipmen come back to beat the demon deacons 28-27 the final. upset alert. the old ball coach steve spurrier and number south carolina hosting number one alabama. fourth quarter, crimson tide down 14 points. mcelroy bck to pass. throws a strike to hanks. and it's a touchdown, alabama. they cut the deficit to seven with plenty of time left. later, gamecocks on offense. they shut it down. steven garcia lofts it up down the sideline. are you kidding me? one-handed catch. the defender holding the jersey, no proem. 45-yard gainer. it would lead to a touchdown. spurrier and the south carolina gamecocks upset number one alabama 35-21. the folks in columbia, oh, yeah, they're feeling good. also yesterday west virginia beats unlv 49-10. that's your morning sports. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >>> thank you, sir. 9:27 right no

quinn and brady then appeared on stage together at salem baptist church the next morning. afterwards off camera brady said quinn's campaign has stooped to an embarrassing level. quinn didn't condone henden's comments but stopped short of apologizing for them. >> i thought the comment were inappropriate. i said so immediately when asked. i don't in anyway endorse those comments. i think i said then and i will say today, i always been a civil person -- >> henden told the "chicago tribune" the only thing he should apologize for is that his comments did not go far enough. now senator brady will join us later to talk about the issues in the governor's race. later in our news cast. >>> next on the midday news, the orland park man accused of murdering his wife appears before a judge. >>> caught in tornado and captured on tape dramatickic video from the middle of a tornado. @x

>> a grand jury has indicted an orland park man accused of shooting and killing his wife. alan appeared in court today in bridgeview that's where wgn's muriel clair joins us live. >> reporter: good aftern

o'donnell did not ask martha maccallum about the none of us are perfect -- in the late 1600s in salemes, more than 150 people were arrested for witchcraft. 196 -- 19 of them were actually executed up there. how were they executed? >> bill: the answer is they were hanged. by cotton matther and his crew. >> i thought they were drowned in the. >> bill: you got dunked if you fooled around. if you were a witch you got hanged. >> i'm sticking with drowned. >> bill: walter mondale criticized president obama's use of teleprompters. >> i think he tends to and he uses these idiot boards to read speeches in television and i think he loses the connection that he needs emotionally with an american voters. >> i want to assure everybody we do not use idiot boards here. [ laughter ] >> bill: mondale ran for president in 1984 but lost 49 states to ronald reagan. what one state did vote for walter? that is correct. minnesota. >> steve: his own. >> bill: you continue to lead by one with two questions to go, doocy. you're not having a good night. >> sorry. >> bill: you don't look like you care. >> no, no

oregon, north of salem, the town, new principal. 1200 kids, big school for oregon comes in and says youow what? no more cursing. you curse, use the f word, i'm going to suspend you. whoa. what do you think? >> well, i was always told if you use profanity it's that you have a lack of imagination and you are unable to come up with really other synonyms that are worthwhile. that is enough of a -- comes from the top. i think if you are. >> bill: you like this policy. >> yes. if you are bright and imaginative you can come up with more creative speech rather than represent a limited mind. >> bill: i, your humble correspondent have been known on occasion. >> no. >> bill: all right? but i am not proud of it. and i try not to use that kind of language. >> you are -- >> bill: sometimes for dramatic effect, you can do it but not a kid. not a high school kid. >> not in high school and not a classroom teacher. >> bill: here is the point. the principal didn't come at it from a prissy prim point of view. is he saying look, you pinhead students, if you develop this cursing attitude and this is the spee

. >> similar to salem, massachusetts, sleepy hollow is really part of the heritage of american halloween what we are for halloween. >> what are you looking at -- >> i don't know why my voice is robotic. but i am facebook. >> what's going on with you, girl? i like that get-up you've got. >> i hear you make a lot of money and have friends on my website. >> touch that. you know you like that. yes. we've got a situation. >> like it? >> i love it, girl. >> you know, it's funny you're so manly here but take a look at what we all saw earlier today. there was a moment from you -- >> this is what you're going to show. >> oh, no, it's coming up later. >> is that not coming up right now? >> not right now. >> you should tell people exactly what this is. >> facebook. get it? >> and this is the "world news now" facebook -- >> get it? face? book? >> you have a lot of fans? >> i've got about 20,000. >> but you got a man, that's what i'm talking about. you looking for a man? look at that. look at that situation. come on, girl, don't leave me. come on, girl. we'll be right back with more after this. ♪ we'

our jim acosta is live in ben salem, pennsylvania.ing. >> reporter: good morning, christine. yes, we've heard a lot about the tea party these days firing up the conservative base. they've gotten a lot of coverage. well, not to be outdone, the big unions are hoping to whip up an army of unemployed voters these days. they're trying to pull out the stops to get the voters to the polls in about a month from now. >> i lost my home. i spent all of my daughter's college fund to survive. >> they're sharinging their horror stories from the great recession. >> i'm looking everywhere, mcdonald's, anywhere. >> i'm just trying to keep my family together. >> and even though they're sitting around a kitchen table, it's clear this is no tea party. >> i don't care if i have to, shall i say, scream from the rooftops? knock on doors. we have to come together as unemployed people. >> these unemployed workers were recruited by one of the nation's biggest unions to become part of a new political force. the idea, to match the emotion and the energy that fue

when you let department heads do their own thing, it wasn't until the citizens of salem and wi ndhamre upset and they said they don't want a tool. -- toll. we need a governor that is a leader. failure to leave and failure to act as what we have seen. >> it is time to get to the lightning round. >> to you believe the state's right to no law should apply to the governor's office? >> absolutely. we need to make sure that we do everything possible. this is the people's business, james. when i was in the attorney- general's office, we did everything we could. i would do everything possible to make sure that the department heads and here to it as well. >> i have vetoed bills that would limit right-to-know. i think that within the understanding of sticking with in the lot and there are no security issues, i fully support extending it to the governor's office. >> and we will after closing at -- ask a closing question. they can also use the time to make a final pitch to the voters. >> governor, you are both catholics. how do your of religious beliefs make you a good political leader? >> i was

jane in winston-salem, north carolina. you're on the air. caller: yes, good morning. i'd like to ask a guest about what happened to the czars and just what is their position? i thought they were supposed to be some type of judges. host: jane, what are you referring to, czars? caller: president obama's czars that he appointed when he went into office. we never hear of them. host: the car czars, things like -- the people who were appointed to run different aspects of the economy? caller: yes. just what is their position? host: yeah, i don't think that is related to what it is talking about. guest: it's not a judicial position. host: margey, republican line. go ahead, margie. caller: i want to insert some of the data and statistics that you're using. i pulled jeff sessions' september 22, 2010 speech from the floor of the senate where he talked about judicial nominees. and in it he talks about a meeting that was held with liberal professors, lawrence trodd, marsha greenburg as soon as george bush got elected and they for the first time in the history, he says, and to me h

i believe that i can go to salem on the first day and get my hands around a budget crisis, balancing within the resources that we have. i am the only candidate in this race that is creating private- sector jobs, negotiating with businesses and foreign companies. the only candidate in this race that has managed a big enterprise, the balance of the budget. i am concerned about middle- class families, the plight of the elderly, i'd like to create jobs today and not tomorrow. i am concerned about the environment and a woman's right to choose. those values need to be reflected in how we prioritize our budget next year. those are the reasons i feel qualified for this job and i think that people will vote based on my qualifications. >> as you know, we share many of those values. but when you talk about the experience, we cannot go back to the past. spending went up by 57% during your time as governor, you did not stabilize rainy day funds or reconfigure education. he walked out saying that the state was on governable. -- un-governable. we have to take advantage of the access we have here. w

when you let department heads do their own thing, it wasn't until the citizens of salem and wi ndm wereupset and they said they don't want a tool. -- toll. we need a governor that is a leader. failure to leave and failure to act as what we have seen. >> it is time to get to the lightning round. >> to you believe the state's right to no law should apply to the governor's office? >> absolutely. we need to make sure that we do everything possible. this is the peop's business, james. when i was in the atrney- general's office, we did everything we could. i would do everything possible to make sure thathe department heads and here to it as well. >> i have voed bills that would limit right-to-know. i think that within the understanding of sticking with in the lot and there are no security issues, i fully support extending it to the governor's office. >> and we will after closing at -- ask a closing question. they can also use the time to make a final pitch to the voters. >> governor, you are both catholics. how do your of religious beliefs make you a good political leader? >> i was an altar b

for example, the commissioner of transportation filed a request for a toll in salem on i-93. the governor didn't say a word. let the commissioner of transportation go into the communities and say we're going to bring a toll to 93. it wasn't until after the community was outraged that the governor came on and said, you know what, i'm asking them to withdraw the question. who is in charge? >> mr. stephen, let me ask governor lynch to respond here. he is saying that there has been a failure of leadership, f.r.m. and other instances. what is your response to that? >> that's what it's about, leadership. there is a big difference in our leadership styles and our leadership abilities. first of all, leadership begins with ethics and integrity in being honest. john stephen knows i don't support a toll on the mass border of i-93. he knows that. he is using it for politics. he is using it because he wants to be governor. he is using it as a way to get more votes and make points with people. he knows that. >> you're commissioner went ahead and did it without consulting with you. >> i mee

you don't have to answer if you don't have an opinion and were going to salem asking you this hypothetical. you have an opinion >> frankly, he was asked six days to sunday to a bind of that test. and he indiced he didn't have specific information to do so. so this is grnd -- >> i assume f we lt them answer we get the same answer. >> there's too many other details i would need to know. >> next question. >> if there is a question about a negative test and you're not absolutely confident you have what is a good negative test indicating you have a field well, what does an engineer do if there is some doubt about that? what is the next step? >> well, the first would be a discussion on the rig with all the peop involved on the rig which would be the wealthy leader come at alm, toll pusher, driller, senior toll pusher. if they then have other questions, they would call the engineer and myself and also paul johnson, the rate manager. and then we wod discuss it. >> there was a call. there is a call for mark hafle. let me finish my question before you speak good after mr. hafle gets the call, that's

jane in winston-salem, north carolina. you're on the air. calle yes, good morning. i'd like to ask a guest about what happened to the czars and just what is their position? i thought they were supposed to be some type of judges. host: jane, what are you referring to, czars? caller: president obama's czars that he appointed when he went into office. we never hear of them. host: the car czars, things like -- the people who were appointed to run different aspects of the economy? caller: yes. just what is their position? host: yeah, i don't think tha is related to what it is talking about. guest: it's not a judicial position. host: margey, republican line. go ahead, margie. caller: i want to insert some of the data and statistics that you're using. i pulled jeff sessions' september 22, 2010 speech from the floor of the senate where he talked about judicial nominees. and in it he talks about a meeting that was held with liberal professors, lawrence trodd, marsha greenburg as soon as george bush got elected and they for the first time in the history, he says, and to me he

. >> louisiana and has had some -- with i guess we can all kind of salem down -- i guess we can all kind of calm down for a second. we have had some very painful reminders justice -- just this last week. we lost two soldiers or so. in light of that, what do we do? what is our path to victory? how do you define it? >> what is victory? what do we win? the war the we were brought into was to seek out al qaeda and the taliban. week got misdirected. we ended up in a war. it is expanding rather than shrinking. the attempts to try and move out of there are so complicated. at some point in time, we cannot continue as a country to support that will not bring itself together and govern itself in a democratic way. i do not know the answers. i wrote to the pentagon and -- look to the pentagon and to those and know all the details of what is actually transpiring. >> do you suggest we leave? >> nobody should trivialize that. 106 louisianans killed. nobody should trivialize that. it is very costly. i do not think anybody will trivialize that. we have to remember what brought us there -- 9/11. this was