a seattle police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty overnight. at a news conference early this morning, a police spokesman described what happened. >> they were going over some training when the car pulled up alongside of them and began shooting. the student officer in the driver's seat ducked, was able to avoid any serious injury and the gunshots did kill the officer. the car backed away and the student officer exited the patrol car and began shooting and returning fire to the suspect vehicle. >> the attack happened in the city's mostly residential central district. police say the other officer in the car suffered minor injuries. this is the first time a seattle officer has died in the line of duty since 2006. >>> police in cleveland say the six decomposing bodies found in a suspected rapist's home were all female and they were all victims of homicide. anthony sole was arrested on rape charges and when police went to to arrest him last week police found the bodies. they're trying to learn the identities of the victims. sowell was released from p

same with houston and seattle. seattle a lot of rain there and 30 minutes to one-hour delays possible. more rain towards st. louis and memphis and full details on weather coming up, robin, in just a little while. >> thank you. >>> jennifer is off today, she'll get a break today. gm says it will start paying back more than $6 billion by the end of this year. that will be much earlier than expected. stronger than expected sales are the reason. the government, though, will still own a majority stake in the company. >>> if you want to sell your home, next year, that might be the time. the national association of realtors says that home prices are expected to rise about 4%. let's call that good news in a bad economy. the group says that the extension of the home buyer's tax credit should continue to boost sales. the prices this year are projected to drop 13%. >>> it's time right now to salute our troops. wendy sent a salute in for her dad. she wants him to know how much they appreciate all he's done for them and the cou

seattle researchers won $900,000 from nasa. unclear whether space elevators could ever work. >>> a stolen volkswagen van was found and it took just 35 years. customs agents found it in a shipping container in the los angeles port last month. here it is. the company shipping the blue van did not know that it was stolen. it was taken from an auto shop in spokane, washington back in 1974. a customs official says it was worth a few hundred bucks back then. now worth $27,000. >>> i'm larry smith. nine years since the yankees won a world series title. to hear the lamenting of some of the fans, you think they're the cubs. don't whine. nobody does a victory parade like new york, though. 1 million strong turning out on friday to celebrate the yankee's 27th and latest world series title. critics will point to the $2 billion, almost $2 billion the yankees spent last offseason on a new stadium and three pricey free agents. congrats to the guys in pinstripes. >> the party continued last night as the yankee stars and the celebrities, look at

our seattle affiliate the king reports it was a training officer who was killed. he was in a car with a female rookie officer when a car pulled alongside and opened fire. king says that the rookie was wounded but managed to fire several shots as the car backed away and left the scene. a search is under way for the shooters. this is the first seattle police officer to be killed in the line of duty since 2006. >>> even as hope dims of finding any survivors, rescuers are still searching the waters off southern california for a third straight day today. overnight thursday a coast guard plane collided with a marine helicopter. witnesses say that a massive fireball fell into the pacific ocean after the collision. the nine people on board the two aircraft are now feared dead. the coast guard says all nine had access to heat-retaining drysuits and were in excellent physical shape. >>> there were problems with halloween night last night as far as the world series goes. we're talking about a lot of rain. what about today? how is it looking for the world series? reynolds wol

seattle researchers won $900,000 in prize money from nasa. it's unclear whether space elevators can ever work. >>> a stolen volkswagen van is finally been found. and it took just 35 years. customs agents found it in a shipping container in the los angeles port last month. here it is. the company shipping the blue van did not know, though, that it was stolen. it was taken from an auto shop in spokane, washington, back in 1974. a customs official says it was worth a few hundred bucks back then. now it's worth about $27,000. >>> i'm larry smith. a month before his 25th ber day, le brob jam lebron james almost did it all. even hosted snl one time all living in cleveland. imagine if he moved to new york. last night a-list celebrities and knicks fans made their pitch to the soon-to-be free agent who put on a show. this what's they does night in, night out, be it in new york or cleveland. shot like this, a guy up in his grill, no problem. three-pointer. later, yeah, better luck next time. i don't think so. shoot it? no. pass to ilguaskas for the ass

san francisco, rain headed in, seattle, more rain, as well.ave full details in just a bit. >>> do you think you know the news? we want to you prove it. challenge your trends, yourself, test your knowledge. and you can pick your favorite anchor like our very own rob bip immediate to lead you right through it. play thousan play now. >>> closing arguments have ended while the defendants wait. wait is a key fact or in this case.

in seattle, across the valleys. higher elevations it's going to be snow, and that's going to be roughly 2500 feet elevation right now, rising to 4,000 feet elevation later today. also this heads up. we're now getting this in from atlanta. let me take you live to atlanta airport right now because basically the system that pilots use to file their flight plans has been taken down. it's lost power. now they're switching over to salt lake city. the problem is all the planes that have been backed up are going to be sitting there. this happened back in august of 2008. if history is any kind of guide, when that happened, hundreds of flights were delayed, some were canceled, so i think we'll see some big delays on the east coast because of that computer glitch in atlanta. that's going to carry on through the morning into the early afternoon. you can see not much air traffic there, either. generally this is entirely covered with airplanes, but right now just a handful getting out. you're going to see delays. it could be majo

charlotte, seattle as well. charlotte, low-level cloudiness all day, seattle, rain and wind back in the picture. more in about a half hour. >> thank you. >>> you may remember a massive fire in puerto rico. it was felt miles away. the fbi was brought in to investigate. there was talk of sabotage. now investigators say they know the cause. y8 >>> good morning! . it is 8:00 eastern, of course. morning, sunshine. thank you for making us a part of your morning routine. here's what's going on. it's the gift that keeps on giving or in this case taking from you. why extra airline fees won't stop when the holidays are over. >>> a scary night for workers at a department store. armed robbers moved in and a s.w.a.t. team came after them. >>> and police officers are trained in all kinds of dangerous situations, but i don't know, nothing could prepare a cop with an encounter with an overly apassionate cat. that's great video. >>> first, though, there are new details and new 911 calls shedding light on the death of 5-year-old

a seattle police officer was shot and killed last night. knig reports a training officer was killed. he was in a car with a female rookie officer when a car pulled alongside and opened fire. king says the rookie was wounded but managed to fire several shots as the car left the scene. this is the first seattle police officer killed in line of duty since 2006. >>> even as hope dims of finding survivors, rescuers are searching the waters off southern california for a third straight day today. overnight thursday, a coast guard plane collided with a marine helicopter. witnesses say a massive fireball fell into the pacific ocean after the collision. nine people on board the two aircraft are now feared dead. the coast guard said all nine had access to heat-retaining dry suits and were in excellent physical shape. >>> there were problems with halloween night as far as the world series goes. we're talking a lot of rain, but how about today? reynolds wolf joins us now. >>> looks like it will be better. if you're a phillies' fan hopefully it will be b

san francisco, seattle, you'll get that, as well.ke one we never heard. the alleged robbers came with guns and way a warrant? >> some people are twice as likely to die when they go. >>> the new york stock exchange just opened for business, and wall street is not expected to maintain yesterday's rally. investors just aren't really reacting to a lower than expected inflation report. we shall see. >>> a vigil was held last night in north carolina after a girl's body was found. it is believed to be that of missing 5-year-old shaniya da s davis, although there is no confirmation on the i.d. yet. police say they got a tip that led them to the body. >>> a wild fire burning near a major highway in southern california should be fully contained today. firefighters say it's burned more than 50 acres, but is a couple miles away from any they say it started after a tractor hit a power line. no reports of serious injuries. >>> astronauts have to check for any damage on the space shuttle "atlantis" today. ooh, live pictures. this is the check they'

. >> firefighters battling a school alarm school fire about 90 miles of seattle. these pictures from a little bit earlier this morning. the school was being remodeled about. there are reports that workers were doing welding work. no injuries being reported. classes are canceled while the district finds another space for students. >>> and three doctors and a nurse are accused of selling hugh borns. a woman in mexico says she was told her newborn died at the hospital and then was cremated, but she says she got an e-mail from the hospital director's son saying the baby was alive and had been sold for $1100. police say they've arrested t doctors, a nurse and a hospital receptionist. police think they have sold other newborn, as well. >>> how to video from a police car camera that may be a new clue in the drive by shooting of a seattle police officer. investigators say the video shows a car similar to the light colored sub compact car from which the shots were fired. and the seattle times is reporting that a note threatening officers was left at the scene where four po

tampa, jacksonville, seattle, san francisco, poor visibility.plain old low clouds. more details in about a half hour. >>> we're right around the corner from the big holiday travel season, speaking of travel. a lot of you are still going to travel, but you might want to get the guest bedroom ready, honey. >>> the new york stock exchange just opened for business. the dow went through the roof yesterday and climbed to its highest point in 13 months. but it may not keep going. we're going to get an idea why when susan lisovicz joins us in about five minutes. >>> first, though, a car bomb exploded while people were sitting in traffic killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens more. this is from police in pakistan. they say the blast twisted cars and destroyed several buildings. it's at least the third attack in the area in the last three days. >>> tropical storm ida is moving over alabama right now. earlier this morning the national hurricane center said ida officially made landfall at dolphin island, alabama. it has gotten weaker. the concern is

and seattle was flooded with tens of thousands of activists. they were talking about many of these issues. labor records of companies like nike. it really took the mainstream media by surprise. the book's success was because it came along when this movement can along. >> you are probably about 25 years old? yes, 26. around there. >> did you feel you are awfully young? were you always activist? >> no, certainly not in high school. in university, i got involved in politics a little bit. i was the editor of my university newspaper at the university of toronto, which is a full-time job. the newspaper came out three times a week. i cared a lot about issues, but it was not like i was out with a picket sign. coming from what my mother showed me, writing was part of any movement. on university campuses, a lot of people feel that way. a lot of campus journalism is very opinionated. >> can you vote in both canada and the united states? >> i can if i want to. >> have you voted in the united states? >> no. i do not actually have an american passport. if i

professor bennett, i live in seattle, washington. i know how things go. i would like to throw a couple things out to you all. i do believe the american -- i think to the gentleman in seattle, people don't vote because they don't have choices. alexandria just changed the way that, against the public opinion in alexandria, virginia, how we are going to elect the next mayor and council and school board in order to increase voter turnout so that it would be in the election cycle. washington state has of million things on the ballot in election year. so i am for proportional representation. i agree with that. i am against campaign finance reform. in a virginia anybody and the mother can set up a pack, and that would go against the finance laws. what do you think of having open primaries where you have now the heads of the democratic republican parties say, oh, yeah, you can vote in the open primaries, but you have to declare your party. rather in the general you can vote however you want. that would be the first thing. it would allow more people who choose to

my name is aaron rose and i live in seattle washington. one question was just ask. back to the question then and i voted for ralph nader and i am still repenting for that sin. >> i hope that his tongue in cheek. [laughter] >> back to the question about the voter turnout. a very elementary question. is there a correlation between an increase in voter turnout and support for third-party and even some of the campaign finance reform purses if there is a lower turnout, other then every four years high-profile elections voter turnout in the united states is very, very low and i just want to add to dr. bennett's point you mentioned iran which is a very good example. i believe afghanistan had up to 28 candidates on their ballots including some women so i think that is a very good point and thank you. >> any comments on that? >> you address this in your book. >> put it this way. if you honestly believe there is not that much difference between the democrats and republicans, white vote? that is the point. and i think a lot of issues that should have been debated-- now, ralph

the seattle area has been drenched by heavy rains. now there's concerns about flooding and mud slides like this. the storms may not be over yet. let's check in with chad myers. those folks were lucky, chad. it could have destroyed their house. >> absolutely. and it still could. because this rain isn't even close to stopping. we can get 5 or 6 more inches of rainfall as the next storm slides on through seattle through the coastal range. look at oak harbor. wind gusts of 30. a story i saw earlier, 42, down to about 35. that's the winds we're seeing. this is all the rain coming through the sound all the way toward everett and seattle. we will see snow here down to about 5,000 feet then a little bit lower as we get a little colder air in here. it's going to take a while to get that colder air in. most of this event is going to be rainfall. if you're traveling so far, seattle, the airport doing okay. although i think we should be seeing more airplanes in the air right now, although there aren't delays. there very well may just be a couple

this happened in seattle. the man was on top of the building when he fell.e hit a window on the way down. his safety rope actually broke his fall before he hit the ground. now the fire department says he was hurt but has nonlife threatening injuries thankfully. two sisters make some flower arrangements that are not flowers. they are real money. look! clients pay the amount they want to give to loved ones plus the cost of the arrangement and the sisters turn the bills and petals into leaves. and petals. >> they want money for birthdays and weddings is traditionally money. even funerals we've had people buy it. you send it to the house and that way the people if they want to use the money to donate they can and if not they can use it for expenses. >> it's pretty, too. the business is based in canada but they make arrangements this u.s. dollars as well. you can check them out at moneycreationsbysandy.com. >> it's helpful they have all those colorful bills in canada. >> exactly. what are you going to do with ours? make petals because they're green? >> use them f

tim lincecum was pulled over for speeding near seattle.hen he rolled his window down, they smelled smoke, he handed over pot and a pipe. he's looking at misdemeanor charges. >>> lastly, it is friday so time for our true champion this week. in honor of national diabetes awareness month, it is chicago bears quarterback jay cutler. he is a type one diabetic. he's done a series of web with i seweds where he talks openly honestly and candidly about his battle with his disease, even worrying he was going to die before he figured out what he had. i was truly impressed by it. that's a look at sports. >> didn't know that about him. thank you. >>> the son of a florida prison inmate says that he never had a reason before to be proud of his dad. until now. his father was among a group of inmates who rushed to help a prison guard after another inmate had attacked him. the inmate had the 64-year-old guard in a choke hold. >> proud. real proud. finally did something good. >> really? >> something to be proud of him about. >> seeing struggle, it's been har

, low clouds and rain heading towards seattle. you're going to see a lot of that over the next 24 to 36 hours. rain up across the pacific northwest starts sometime late today. new york city live, here is what it looks like. still celebrating the yankees' win. a decent start there in midtown. temperatures relatively cool, in the 50s. more on that in a bit. >> you had to mention that win again, didn't you? >> just in case you're just waking up. >> thanks, bob. >>> all right, a hospital is expanding to house a possible spike in flu patients. the new flu unit is actually in the parking lot and a travel basketball team gives new meaning to the term old school, that's for sure. meet the granny globetrotters. >>> after a five-day search, a missing baby was found alive hidden in a box underneath her babysitter's bed. the babysitter, her husband, and the baby's mother have been arrested but not yet charged. the baby has been placed in protective custody. >>> some gay rights activists say president obama is partly to blame for a stinging el

seattle washington state has a million things on the ballot next to election year. volume for proportional representation. i agree. i am against campaign finance reform because in virginia anybody and their mother can set up a pact and that would go against the campaign finance laws or reform. what do you think of having open primaries where you have now heads of the democratic republican party say yeah you can vote an open primary but you have to declare your party. so rather in the general you can vote for whoever you want. that would be the first thing. so it would allow more people who choose to run for office to be on the ballot without perhaps gathering the signatures. and at the second thing is i think if there is any movement -- today with the health care reform debate, other issues coming up today there are many more people now who are looking at voting for an independent person. but i believe it has to start at fell local level, the local and state level and you can't have somebody running for president who's never held office before. so i'm trying those t

i live in seattle washington, and my question, one question was just asked. i want to go back to the question, and i voted for ralph nader and i still repenting for that same. [laughter] >> i hope that's tongue-in-cheek. [laughter] i want to go to the question about voter turnout. very elementary question is there a correlation between an increase of voter turnout and support for the third party and even some of the campaign finance reform versus if there are a lower turnout other than a special every four years high profile elections voter turnout in the united states is very, very low and i just want to add to dr. bennett's point iran which is a good example. i believe afghanistan had up to 28 candidates on the ballot including some women. so i think it's a very good point. thank you. >> any comments on that? >> you addressed this. >> would put it this way, if you honestly believe there isn't that much difference between the democrats and republicans, i mean, why eight vote? that's the point. and i think a lot of issues that should have been debated -- ralp

they were in seattle for 41 years before moving here to oklahoma city last season. >> phil: no knocknow you and i both feel like we kind of got cheated up in seattle. >> steve: you know, you can make those kinds of comparisons, anytime a team leaves for another city, how about vancouver moving to memphis. >> phil: at least you had seattle, so you weren't far away. completely taken away from the north pacific now. >> steve: thunder 14 of 18 from the line. wizards 6 of 11. gilbert's pass not able to be handled, it was tipped out of bounds by oklahoma city, with 11 to shoot. >> phil: these are the areas that i'm sure gilbert is talking about when sometimes not knowing when to be aggressive to score, and when he's looking for the pass maybe too much. >> steve: wizards now just under 50% from the field, while the thunder are at 54%. durant stripped away, knocked out of bounds. it will be oklahoma city ball. westbrook for sefolosha, nice fake, shoots, and scores. that's their 8th three-pointer of the game. their first in the second half. miller drives, is fouled, and can't get the roll. th

the girl weighs 11 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. >>> seattle police offering a $21,000 reward for information about a drive-by shooting that killing a veteran officer inside his squad car on saturday night. officer timothy brenton was coaching a rookie when a car pulled up and somebody opened fire. brenton died instantly. a bullet grazed the trainee officer. she tried to fight back. >> she exited the patrol car and began shooting and returning fire to the suspect vehicle. >> i heard the shots. i was thinking it was fire crackers. >> police said there had not been a threat against brenton. he had a wife and two young children. >>> the parents of a 15-year-old girl who police say was gang raped in california after a homecoming dance sent a message through their pastor. please do not let this happen again. the pastor moderate ad community meeting over the weekend. several hundred people showed up. the former teacher who inspired the 2005 movie "coach carter" resurfaced. his inspirational true life story happened at the school. he talked to our dan simon. >> you can have as many c

slowdown in seattle, too.ll talk about that in a half hour. >>> you can meet the rockefeller center tree right now in its natural state. there it is. the 76-foot tall norway spruce will be cut down today. it will be brought from connecticut to new york city. and then the tree goes up tomorrow. boy, they don't waste any time, do they? >>> last night on "the joy behar show," she welcomed actress carrie fisher who was very candid about her failed marriages. >> your second husband left you for another man. of course you're bipolar. >> what's great about being bipolar, all that would feel bad for just anybody, but i get it dialed up. >> i know you do. and you turned all of that into comedy, which is the greatest gift that you can give yourself, in my opinion. >> it's the best alchemy there is. what, do i want to feel bad? >> catch "the joy behar show" at 9:00 p.m. eastern on hln. >>> you probably saw the video of a woman who fell on the train tracks in front of the train. very close call. the train stopped right on

boston, seattle, rain.ladelphia morning clouds, charlotte and orlando morning clouds but on30-minute to one-hr delays. afternoons look fine in those three cities. >>> a round of botox could take wrinkles off of your face and a few more dollars out of your pockets. why congress is looking at plastic surgeries as a place to fund health care. >>> plus -- >> obviously nobody has super powers. i can't fly. anything like that. >> but he can die his underwear, wear it on his head. that's not stopping him from trying to be a real-life superhero. and he's not alone. super hehero >>> welcome back. 16 minutes past the hour. a woman is facing 15 years in prison over a racially charged incident at a walmart in missouri. newly released video may shed more light on what happened. you can see heather ellis moving another customer's items off the conveyer belt. witnesses say she cut in line and was swearing. ellis says the customer shoved her and used racial slurs when she switched lines to join her cousin. the manager says

a seattle hospital says he was critically injured and had surgery last night. yesterday thousands of people attended a memorial for the late officer timothy brenton. he was shot in his car after a traffic stop. a new jersey jury has convicted a man who said he was too fat to kill. jurors rejected his lawyer's claims that he was too fat to run up a flight of stairs and shoot his former son-in-law. edward ates weighed 285 pounds at the time. the 40-year-old victim was in a custody battle with ates' daughter. ates' lawyer plans to appeal the conviction. >>> a preliminary autopsy on three college softball players suggests they drowned. their bodies were found tuesday in an suv that went into a pond in southwestern north dakota. the women were believed to have gone on a star gazing trip last sunday night and authorities say they probably drove right into the water in the darkness. it'll be a week or two before a complete autopsy report including tests for drugs and alcohol is finished. >>> take a look at these pictures. a ferocious fire in massachusetts tore through

looking at right rain out there around portland towards olympia and seattle. light showers for the day. a breather right now. later tonight all the action begins to move onshore. heavy winds. winds gusting easily 50, 60 miles per hour. the washington coast through the oregon coast too. here's that portland radar. scattered showers around now. watch the next two days. watches rain build up. one round tonight. another one comes in tomorrow afternoon. purple shaded areas right around the olympic mountains, talking about, ooh, probably as much as eight to ten inches of rain. more on that coming up again tomorrow, richard. >> our friends in texas, they're kind of enjoying it? >> finally drying out. breezy for dallas. upper level low north of them, surface winter at about 25 miles per hour. >> not a bad place to be? >> bumpy for the ride. that's about it. >> thanks, bob. >>> should you suck up to your boss? these are tough times, after all. "usa today" asked 22 current and former ceos what they think about sucking up. most said, it never helped their careers, althou

rain goes all the way up by 5 in towards seattle through the puget sound. stretches in towards eastern washington state. pull the picture out, immediately along the coast it's going to be windy today. winds gusting easily to 60 miles per hour. could see gusts over that. high wind warnings all the areas here shaded in red. rain, floods, we have the warnings, watches out there. green is the warned area. nye phi city metros not doing much better when it comes to the weather. low clouds are there right now. laguardia airport, 80-minute delay because of weather. that's not even including that glitch down in atlanta with the computer system. yeah. tough weather day there. we also have about a 2 1/2 hour delay in philadelphia because of low clouds as well. it's a tough travel day, virginia. it's one of the worst ones i've seen this year. weather, computer glitches, the whole nine yards. >> hopefully we'll get this out of the way before the real big thanksgiving travel starts. >>> listen to this. a real life homicide investigation is starting to look more like an e

the rain continues to spill in through western washington state, through seattle. see a nice little downpour over the city itself and then get back toward spokane and it's liten ing up a bit but more rain this afternoon. an upper level low throwing light rain and cloud cover right around san diego. a morning event. by this afternoon it's okay. right about tropical depression ida? might turn back into a tropical storm and head to the gulf. we'll have full details in a bit, richard. >> and the east okay for us? >> just a windy day in the northeast. delays at the airports there, as well. we'll have the full airport delay list in about what, 15 minutes. >> thanks a lot. >>> the owner of a convenience store near fort hood says he often talked with the alleged shooter and we have more exclusive video of the suspect hours before the attack. >>> we are keeping you up to date on the breaking story out of fort hood, military officials saying they believe major nidal hasan acted alone in the shooting rampage that killed 13 people, injuring 30. here's what we know about hasan.

he was -- i'll never forget the pictures of him in the locker room in seattle and the whole thing. he just totally loved it. >> reporter: but some would say pollin's construction of the verizon center for which he used his own money and not city funding was an even greater accomplishment. the center led the city's revitalization efforts, but d.c. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton says pollin was worried about those who were getting priced out of living in this new, thriving city. >> i worked with abe development in poorest neighborhoods where he's given a whole building, a neighborhood that is now going up. abe didn't know how to stop giving. the least we can do is come out and give him our respects. >> he wasn't about making headlines. he was about love. he was about passion. he really, really city. >> reporter: and he really loved his family. it was said during the service that pollin didn't work weekends so he could spend it with those he loved. at noon on tuesday pollin sent a bouquet of yellow roses to his wife of 64 years, irene. he died an hour later. the rabbi says the ca

if you're headed out west seattle with more wind, rain and possibility of snow. talk about that, rob, in the next couple hours. >>> this will give you a whole new meaning on the phrase domino effect. here you go. >> five, four, three, two, one. >> wow! look at that. those people set up and knocked down more than 4 million dominos in the netherlands yesterday. that's a new world record. to spice things up the organizers used pictures of different places around the world including new york. the new record built the old one by more than 140,000 dominos. >>> an nfl owner is caught on video making an obscene gesture during his team's win! rafer, come on! >> i couldn't believe it when i saw it, robin. this is right from the file of, e, no, he didn't. we blurred out the video so not to offend anyone. no mistaking what he is doing. during the titans win over buffalo there he is giving the gesture. i think they call it the bird in some parts of the country. a fan caught him on iphone video and that is an 86-year-old man. the nashville, tennessee report he was sitting with

wire services, maybe from the "christian science monitor" which is six days a week online or the seattle intelligence which is only an online newspaper. you reinforce the notion that news is a commodity which is exactly what the papers are trying to combat. that's one problem. the other is how do you educate, how do you change the culture of the web which is a culture that basically says information should be free? then you've got the hacker question. so i read what murdoch said in australia to sky tv and that, you know, we're going to stop google from searching and i think of that in two ways. one is murdoch doesn't even -- his e-mails are printed out so he can read them. [laughter] seriously, by the way. two, he's negotiating. he's trying to, you know, trying to put you guys on the defensive and get you to pay something, as others have gotten you to pay. you're paying 125 million to the publishing industry. and, in fact, google is coming to realize as you have with youtube that you need professional content. the engineers at youtube made a mistake. they thought user-generated content w

check out some of the damage around the seattle metro. look at some of the reports. sea-tac, the highest since a gust of 40. enough to bring down trees. also looking at 5 inches of rain. big surf again today. we'll get to that in about a half hour. >> thank you. so a lot of different storm systems you're watching. >> one out west and right in the middle of the country. >>> thank you. a georgia teacher is accused of trying to take a hit on his student. you know, take out a hit on him. the student's attorney tells local media randolph forde asked the 16-year-old if he was gay and threatened to hit him. he asked another student to kill the teen. >> the teacher held the victim's name up on it. he was going to have a hit on that student. >> people say they do something in this day and time, they just might do it. we're pretty scared. >> well, forde is out on bond and unpaid leave. his attorney says he is known to joke with his students and everyone knows he's just kidding. >>> there's a big change for people who use and give gift cards. maybe you're among them. who doesn'

and i think the jazz that's came out of the renaissance had sex shade picture like kansas city and seattle, i think it had such a day staying power and it was its own art form it had its own language that lee in the horn, langston hughes could speak to, miles davis lived that sugar ray loved. let's get to to the brutal act we cash to spend considerable time in the book about the fights between sugar ray robinson and j. . why have they entered the imagination and? >> i want to make one correction it is wil haygood just so readers don't think i am changing my name. >> host: as soon as i said it. i even wrote that down. [laughter] i am so embarrassed. i am sorry that i misspoke. >> guest: those fights between robinson and jake it sees a the american populace because they fight and they go into the administration of eisenhower so that is amazing one was i tell yen, jake lamotta and one was black. there were street gains that had ethnic rivalries there were two titanic figures but had different responsibilities. robinson thought jake lamotta was a roughhouse ex-convict. jake lamotta thought rob

one hour or more for new york today, boston, philadelphia, seattle some rain and wind, too. more "morning express" in a couple of minutes. >>> police say new video of a missing little girl shows her with some man at a hotel shortly after she disappeared from her home. police have identified him and charged another man in the case. they won't say how the two men are connected, and they still don't know where 5-year-old shaniya davis is. >>> at least 16 people are dead after a pair of car bombings in northwest pakistan. 5 a others were wounded. a massive 800-pound bomb ripped through a government intelligence agency headquarters. a second car bomb hit a police station south of the city. >>> a man accused of trying to extort $100,000 from cindy crawford and her husband. court documents show that he threaten ed threatened to release a picture of their then 7-year-old daughter bound to a chair and gagged. she says their former nanny took it as part of a game. the man was deported in september. he has not been arrested yet. a check quickly of our headlines. let me check in on you.

the same with miami, seattle, san francisco, low clouds. 30-minute to one-hour delays.ll early. we have more on those in about a half hour. >> thank you. what in the world was going on? it there was a major blackout for two hours affecting millions. one of the world's largest hydroelectric dams had problems in brazil. the power was out in paraguay and rio de janeiro came to a virtual standstill. some people there are concerned because you know the olympics and the world cup are coming there. >>> it was an incident that caused major diplomatic problems between the united states and iraq. a shoot-out that killed 17 iraqi civilians. now startling new reports about what an american company alleged ly did after the shootings. >>> the nation is honoring its military members past and present on veterans day today. president obama will take part in the wreath laying ceremony at arlington national cemetery. many other countries are honoring their veterans as well. for them the holiday primarily marks the signing of a truce to end world one. vaccines have arrived at guantanamo ba

i think we're going to start out across the west coast with some big delays around seattle. lots of wind, lots of rain and snow in the upper levels of the atmosphere. it's all going to give you poor visibility so an hour or more there. new york city metro, low clouds rolling in currently with some rain to follow. half hour to hour long delays. philadelphia the same thing, rain showers out there about a half hour. d.c. about a half hour, maybe an hour or more in some spots around there. but that's about it so far. nothing current. these are all forecasts. more in just a bit. >> forecasts, okay. thanks, bob. >>> the governor of idaho is looking for ideas to cut the state's budget and he's asking residents for some help here. the state has set up a website to get suggestions on how to save money. so far the governor's office has received more than 100 e-mails with ideas. >> this citizen has this suggestion about going this different or doing this different in health and welfare. what do you think? can we implement that kind of an idea and save money? >>> the governor's office s

heavy rain, lots of wind, even snow across the higher elevations specifically for seattle down through portland. trying to get in or out of the pacific northwest you'll see some problems out there especially this afternoon through tonight and into saturday morning. we'll talk about that in about a half hour. >> thank you very much. >>> conservative commentator ann coulter and joy behar have opinions about sarah palin's presidential aspirations. check this out from "the joy bow har show." >>> a new poll is showing 70% of americans are showing sarah palin is not qualified to be president. my question is, who are the 30% that think she is besides you, ann? >> yes, well, there's me. >> there's you. >> i guess -- i mean, for one thing it's definitely the americans who are not swayed by what the mainstream media says. i don't know whether she can overcome those numbers. if that poll is accurate and if it continues that way, okay, i guess she probably can't run for president. but there have been some very popular and very successful preside presidents who have been down in the polls before th

always a pleasure. 20 minutes later, she'll bring one into the world in seattle.an accident victim in kansas. how can one nurse be in all these places? through the nurses she taught in this place. johnson & johnson knows, behind every nurse who touches a life... there's a nurse educator... who first touched them. ♪ you're a nurse ♪ you make a difference >> larry: welcome back to a special edition of "larry king live," a night for heroes. everybody's got a hero, or two. let's see who's inspired some well-known achievers. surely al gore has a hero. who is your hero? >> one was roger ri vel, the teacher that started me focusing on the climate control years ago. and my father and mother were heroes to me as well. >> larry: i'll never forget your dad. do you have a hero? >> i have a couple of great heroes. in my life, when i came to this town, you know, i knew no one. and of course, my father was my first hero. i must tell you. i truly admired him as a hard-working guy. and when i came here, sidney portier and quincy jones were my heroes. >> larry: not bad. nicole? >>

i was in seattle last friday. airplane country. the idea of producing 229,000 planes is even today intimidating. but the importance of this example is that it did not take decades to restructure the u.s. industrial economy. it did not take years. we did it in a matter of months. we do that then, we can restructure the energy economy today because it was important enough for some of -- for us to do so. we are in a race between tipping points, natural tipping points and political tipping points. ice melt purses closing coal-fired power plants. as environmentalists we talk about saving the planet. for decades now. i think the planet is going to be around for a long time to come. the question is can we save civilization itself? as weaker governments breakdown and stronger governments begin to breakdown, that is the challenge. it is not a spectator sport. someone was asking me before the meeting what can we do? they expect to say change light bulbs and recycle your newspapers and so forth. those are important but we now have to become p

host: cameron on the republican line from seattle. caller: good morning, an good morning to your guest. i want to comment on the union thing. it sounds like a good thing at face value, but if you tear it down you think people expecting pensions -- for instance, gm, guys work for eight years and then they are entitled to $80,000 after eight years of working for a company. for instance, the state pensions nationally are 272 trillion dollars in debt. i think the unions, which i equate to the bolsheviks these days, are a problem. my question, do you comment on how the unions have bled the vampire host here in seattle -- some to -- have gone on strike 18 times in six years and bawling through in the towel, moving to south carolina and the union is so good, what now for all of your union thugs? any comment on that? guest: i would not comment on union of, sir, but i would tell you right now you would not be as safe on the back of an airplane if it were not for this union. we fight against people only want to make money and said, no, we want

boston, seattle rain and wind and then more snow towards the west.ver metros, charlotte and orlando, winds, 30 minutes to an hour. talking about in a half hour. >> all right. >>> a baby seal got lost so he gist plopped right down there in the middle of the road. he was tired. >> so he got confused. >> and there he sat. and he waited. oh. and this morning, a mother of five kids reportedly having money problems. the fbi says that she came up with a desperate solution. robbing banks. >>> all right. the new york stock exchange open for business. and traders may be getting kisses this friday. that's the president of the hershey ringing the bell. 100 years ago this weekend the company's founder started the hershey industrial school to help low income children. >>> police say new video of a missing girl shows her with a man at a motel shortly after she disappeared from her home. police identified the man and charged another man in the case. they won't say how they're connected and they still don't know where 5-year-old shania davis is. >>> more than 80 othe

larry: a night for "larry ki night for heroes. 20 minutes later, she'll bring one into the world in seattler today, she'll help an accident victim in kansas. how can one nurse be in all these places? through the nurses she taught in this place. johnson & johnson knows, behind every nurse who touches a life... there's a nurse educator... who first touched them. ♪ you're a nurse ♪ you make a difference in the north of england to my new job at the refinery in the south. i'll never forget. it used one tank of petrol and i had to refill it twice with oil. a new car today has 95% lower emissions than in 1970. exxonmobil is working to improve cars, liners of tires, plastics which are lighter and advanced hydrogen technologies that could increase fuel efficiency by up to 80%. >> larry: on this thanksgiving night in which we salute heroes, there is an extraordinary documentary movie. it's out in about -- you'll see it in some theaters, opening in others, it's called "the cove." it exposes an annual dolphin slaughter in the town of taigi in japan. joining us is ben stiller, the famed actor, producer,

renaissance had such a fixture in the mind of people love other cities like los angeles, kansas city, seattle. i think that jack has had such a staying power and jazz was its own or form that it became a kind of language that lena horne could speak to, langston hughes could speak to, miles davis lived and sugar ray robinson laughed. >> host: now let's get to the opera and the six brutal acts because you spend considerable time in the book speaking about these fights between sugar ray robinson and jake lamotta. why have these entered the dream of the imagination? >> guest: before i answer that i just wanted to make one correction. it's wil haygood. >> host: i knew that. >> guest: just so the readers out there don't think i've changed my name. it's wil haygood. >> host: as soon as i said it i even wrote that down here to pass to you. i'm so embarrassed. i'm sorry. >> guest: it's quite all right. >> host: i misspoke. >> guest: but those six flights between robins and and take lamotta seized the imagination of the american populace because they fought six fights, they fought starting with the adm

i live in seattle washington and my question that was just asked. i want to go back to the question then, and i voted for ralph nader and i'm still recanting for that sin. >> that is

seattle, decent rain. it's a pretty big deal. get to that in about ten minutes. >>> next time you hear a baby, see it if sounds different based on how it's parents talk. >>> the new york stock exchange has opened for business now and even though we got bad news about unemployment last week, the stocks -- if i can only speak, the stocks could be headed for a solid start. live report in a minute. >>> first though, the first hurricane to threaten the united states this year is due to hit the gulf coast tomorrow morning. forecasters say that hurricane ida could cause flooding, rough surf and tornadoes from eastern mississippi to the florida panhandle. right now, it's a category 1 storm with 80 mile-an-hour winds. no mandatory evacuation orders have been made f. >>> one of the beltway snipers is about to be executed. john allen muhammad shot at least 20 people. ten victims died. he's due to be put to death at 9:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. >>> five votes is how narrowly the house passed its health care reform bill. one republican voted f

this happened in yesterday in seattle. the man on top of the building, when he fell.uess this is the building. he hit a window on the way down, but his safety rope broke his fall before he hit the ground. the fire department says, of course, yes, he was hurt, but amazingly, no life threatening injuries. >>> sounds like a cat fight could be in the making. martha stewart told abc news that rachel ray's efforts are, quote, not good enough for me. but even rachel ray says, not a big deal. >> she's different. she's more of an entertainer than she is with a bubbly personality than she is a teacher, like me. >> when it comes to producing a beautiful, perfect, high quality meal, i'd rather eat martha's than mine, too. >> both women have made appearances on one another's show. ray has admitted in the past she has no formal training and can't even make coffee? really? we're all giggling in here about that one. >> i'd like to hunt through stores and spend $15 on a martha stewart ingredient. so i'm with rachel ray. simplify. >>> jen westhoven, evidence that there is still maybe a

benjamin wiker is a senior discoverer at the seattle institute in washington and at the st. paul center for biblical theology. the author of seven will receive the book, the most recent and provocative is "10 books that screwed up the world: and 5 others that didn't help". dr. elizabeth kantor is the editor of the conservative book club, frequent contributor to cumin events and blog and conservativebookclub.com. she earned her ph.d. in english in chapel hill which experience helped inspire her to write "the politically incorrect guide to english and american literature". ladies and gentlemen please join me in welcoming our first panelist, harry crocker. [applause] >> thank you. i have worked in the book business most of my working life but i never thought to compare the pleasure of holding a book with the pleasure of holding my wife. i am not sure how she would take that if i told her i love holding u.s. much as i love holding the road to serfdom. i remember -- the american spectator recommend book for christmas and he said for you americans i think you should start with the