police in seattle set off flash grenades and made several arrests. the demonstrators blocked cargo trucks at several ports. the largest protest was in oakland, california. marine corps veteran scott olson led the march there last night. olson, if you remember, became the face of the demonstrations in october when he was struck in the head by a tear gas canister during a clash with police. >> i'm more than pleased with the turnout. it's great. it's great to see all of these people here and the energy here. >> there were protests in houston, los angeles and portland, oregon. >>> the house is expected to approve an extension of the payroll tax cut today. the bill would also renew benefits for the long-term unemployed. but the bill is unlikely to make it through the senate because it includes approval for work on a controversial oil pipeline to carry oil from canada to texas. >>> in a letter released this morning, newt gingerich will pledge to run a clean campaign and stay away from personal attacks telling supporters and staff, quote, it is critical the

seattl seattle, 7-0. marshawn lynch puts it away for seattle. the replay shows the speed.o we have a replay here? do we want to see a replay? do we care? >> no. >> no. all right. to celebrate he gets showered by skittles after he scores. darren rovell of cnbc reports the skittles company is offering lynch a two-year supply of skittles in appreciation for all the free publicity. i love skittles. they're my favorite candy. seahawks improve to 6-7 with a 30-13 win. guess what? nobody cares. fresh off his heisman trophy win, though, over the weekend, baylor quarterback robert griffin iii dropped by letterman last night to break down the top ten things that went through his head when he won the award. >> top ten thoughts that went through robert griffin's mind when he won the 1911 heisman profy award, ladies and gentlemen. number ten. >> now if i don't have id, all i have to do is this. >> number nine. >> wonder how much i can get for the trophy on "pawn stars"? >> number eight. >> time to focus on my next goal. a latin grammy. >> a latin grammy. number seven. >> this thing's g

. >> how the 49ers did today in seattle. seattle. the san francisco defense i m a a @merican. am an amer mniecan.y i am aamteric." .am an errican. i am an ameran!o. rñi am aamt7icran. aana american. d i l i a @m anme1rin.m] rh..ñu ;Ñ eiv...r0 i...nm ;] ""am,3.÷ .anfmeacaren. ñk i am an american. zei am an ericané& i ad-mericae )oi aam0erica. b voi: : am0 an ererican. voe: i axm an ameran . (oi aan arikxcaun >> all the 49ers wanted for christmas was the 12th win of the season but the seahawks were not in the giving spirit. come on, guys, where is your holiday cheer. it was 16-10 san francisco in the fourth. andy lee has the punt blocked. seattle gets the ball at the four yardline. on the very next play, lynch becomes the first this this sewn -- season to score a rushing touchdown against the niners. still time for seattle to come back. but jackson is stripped by larry grant and the niners recover. they hold on to win 19-17, and keep their chances alive for a first, round bye. >> we talked about it all week. knew this was going to be a tough game, and very much a playoff game.

we have a little front trying to sag down into seattle today. we may get drizzle or showers out of it. it is not a lot of wet weather. we are not going to call that h sunny.of a big deal. prescott, arizona, very cool, 43. cool temperatures continue in the west. but nothing stormy. >> all right. nothing like these. all right, bill. >>> also coming up, wall street shows confidence in europe. verizon gets ready to make a big play. mark zuckerberg experiences facebook privacy anxiety firsthand. not a scene from "30 rock ts" but sounds like it. alec baldwin gets tossed from a flight for refusing to play with his ipad. >>> frantic finish in college hoops. >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines. the biggest u.s. mine disaster in more than 40 years has resulted in the biggest government fine ever. alpha natural resources has agreed to pay $210 million in fines and payouts for 2010's massive west virginia explosion. it killed 29 miners. >>> for a second straight day, russian police clashed

decisive loss in baltimore, many feared the trip to seattle could be more of the same. 10-3, seattle.ith the lead in the third quarter. gore, four-yard touchdown to tie the game up at 10. 16-10 in the fourth. lee's punt is blocked. huh oh. seattle would take over the football at the 4-yard line of the 49ers. next play, a four-yard rushing touchdown. first allowed by the 49ers this season. the sea hawks take a one-point lead. possession, 49ers go to the air. smith, 41 yards to crabtree. that would set up from 39 yards. it's good. it is his 42nd field goal of the season. a new nfl record. one last chance for the sea hawks and larry grant out of city college comes up with the forced fumble. the 49ers recover. they win 19-17. mindy bach has more from the emerald city. >> reporter: the tone was set from the opening kickoff. the 15th game of the season was to be san francisco's most physical. >> good, physical run game on both teams. both teams didn't give the other a thing. >> very, very hard place to win. the crowd is really into it. we went on silent count every single play. silent count

a federal investigation finds seattle police used excessive force. what's being done to protect tigers in the wild and the question a brave young marine asked the first lady when the "cbs evening news" continues. ♪ [ male announcer ] campbell's green bean casserole. is the pain reliever orthopedic doctors recommend most for arthritis pain, think again. and take aleve. it's the one doctors recommend most for arthritis pain... two pills can last all day. ♪ department is going after bias by local police agencies and yesterday in a scathing report the civil rights division accused a sheriff of maricopa county, arizona, of unfairly targeting latinos. today it accused the seattle police department of using excessive force. john blackstone has our report. >> reporter: the incident that prompted a federal investigation was captured on patrol car video in august last year. john williams was carrying a piece of wood and a knife. the officer shouted for him to drop it. >> hey! hey put the knife down! put the knife down! >> reporter: five shots were fired. willi

seattle gets the ball on the four.n the very next play, form are cal star marchand lynch becomes the first player to score a rushing touchdown against san francisco. the niners regain the lead on akers' fourth field goal of the game. time for seattle bus jackson is stripped of the football and in the niners recover. >> we talked about it all week. knew this would be a tough game, and very much a playoff game. all week that's what we talked about. they're playing for their playoff lives, and all the stuff coming out of there side, what they were saying, was the same thing. so, in this stadium, this cloud, a loud place, and there's a lot of problems. >> one week after losing to detroit by blowing a late fourth-quarter lead, the raiders were the danger of doing in the same thing in kansas city. le raiders flagged for penalties 15 times. this touchdown is called back because of a delay of game penalty. oakland goes for the field goal but jap -- janikowski hits the crossbar, no got. carson palmer on target. moore with the s

and some morning fog in the pacific northwest. >> 37 in seattle. 54 in sacramento. and near 60 in phoenix. mostly 40s around the nation's midsection and northeast. baltimore gets up to 52. atlanta, 61. and miami, 80. >>> well, it's shaping up to be another uneasy day for the stock markets. we'll check the latest numbers, just coming in. >>> and the jewels of hollywood royalty on the auction block today. set to bring in millions of bucks. >>> and new developments overnight in that bizarre shooting. the gunman randomly firing in the middle of a hollywood street. >>> most overseas markets are down, following warnings from the major credit ratings services. moot di's, standard & poor's and fitch all say last friday's european debt crisis deal didn't go far enough. moodys says it will review the ratings of all european countries. that has investors worried. >>> tokyo's nikkei average fell 101 points today. in london, the ftse opened lower, then turned higher. on wall street, the dow lost 163 points yesterday. the nasdaq index dropped 35. >>> the worries about europe are

eighteen which is near downtown seattle people marched here at one o'clock it was a really long march it was several miles long they got here and then several hundred people blocking entrance to the port the police actually then blocked the road themselves and although the protesters were letting the truckers leave the port with their loads the police actually had them blocked for a while which was kind of interesting so the trucker actually didn't that we were talking to couldn't get out. but it's going on across the country and i wanted to to let people know too that we were watching the live stream really or this morning and they were folks that went to goldman sachs in new york city as part of our what high wall street and then afterwards there were at least fifteen that we saw arrested on the live stream including a couple journalists so there's been some more police abuse of protesters in the york city that's for sure so far here in seattle it's been completely nonviolent people are just facing off with the police so it's kind of quiet at the moment but there are more protesters

seattle went on to win it 31-14 thanks to the candy man. marshawn lynch. >>> if your team is looking for a quarterback, donovan mcnabb is available. vikings waved the six-time pro bowler so he could finish the season with another team. >>> hockey. two of the best squared off in washington. no, not clinton and reagan. sidney crosby and alex ovechkin. all eyes on them, kris kunitz stepped up and scored the game winner for pittsburgh. hunter still looking for the first win as caps' coach. ping wince win it 2-1. >>> rangers and hurricanes. kurt muller has coached two, and lost both of them. gaborik with a two-on-one to give new york the lead in the third. rangers handed the hurricanes their fifth straight loss 5-3. >>> back to football, great finish between number 23, west virginia and south florida. mountaineers down a touchdown, five minutes to play, dustin garrison punch ed it out from five yards out and tied it 27-27. west virginia gets the ball back. needing a big play on fourth down. 13 seconds to play. geno smith hits stedman bailey acro

the plane blew two tires as it was departing for seattle. the pilot aborted takeoff, keeping the plane on the ground. no one onboard was injured. that whole incident, now, under investigation. >>> it was a fun day at the beach for president obama and the first family. the obamas visited a popular snorkeling spot in hawaii, where they released four, green sea turtled raised in captivity. the president took daughters malia and sasha to a sea life park. their vacation wraps up next week. >>> if only the entire country could have weather like that. a winter storm dumping up to two feet of snow on the mountains in the northern rockies, from idaho to montana. rain in the pacific northwest. also, snowshowers in bismarck, fargo, duluth and northern wisconsin. couple of inches of lake-effect snow, falling from cleveland to buffalo. a wintry mix in northern new england, with gusty winds there. cape cod to coastal maine. >> 46 in boston. 44 here in new york. and 51 in atlanta. kansas city and omaha hover near 50 degrees. 68 in phoenix. 60 in sacramento

drenching downpours and flooding from seattle to portland. up to a foot of snow in the cascades and northern rockies. rainy from boise to salt lake city and billings. a rain/snow mix through the dakotas, minneapolis, chicago and detroit. >> just 30 in fargo. 33 in the twin cities. 53 in omaha. mostly 50s across the rockies. but the pacific northwest. phoenix, you're going to climb to 71. sacramento, at 64. middle 30s in the northeast. and 60s from new orleans all the way to dallas. >>> well, coming up, detecting cancer with just your breath. >> an amazing breakthrough here. >>> then, the latest honda recall. the car giant doing something it has never done before. >>> and a lineman on the oregon football team, getting set for the rose bowl, stops to save a life. >>> and welcome back, everyone. bp employees could be facing criminal charges for last year's massive gulf well explosion and spill. "the wall street journal" says company engineers allegedly lied to regulators about the risks of drilling before the deepwater horizon well blew, killing

vending -- help the option that vending machines in seattle, washington may be good for kids but are bad for business. the move has cut into profits that paper student programs. >> at roosevelt high, not much action on the second floor of vending machines, with milk, juice, granola bars. the better business is across the street. >> most kids like it junk food at this age. >> make a quick walk to the grocery store for donuts, and ships, soda pop. the money goes for athletic uniforms, your books. offending profits are down. in 2001, students got $214,000 for vending machine profits. this year, only 17 at thousand dollars. >> we don't want to bring it junk food back in, all we want nutritional foods that students like. >> the seattle school board is considering relaxing the ban on unhealthy foods. >> we may have got a little bit too far and at the end to prescriptive in what the policy is saying. >> some students say they avoid the vending machine's not because of the food selection but because of the price. >> it is just a better deal to go to kfc. >> seattle schools are trying to find

>> yes. >> yes, seattle police car. he's cussing and i haven't said really anything much to him. >> i'm looking at the call. what can i do for you? >> get outside of the car. >> step out of the car, man. >> well i'm -- >> they realize that he is on his phone. and watch what they do. they yank emanuel gabrielle salasi out of his car on to the ground. the release of this video comes two weeks after the department of justice said that the seattle police department uses excessive force that is unconstitutional, 20% of the time that they use force. james egan, an attorney that we've had on "right this minute" before, he is representing the driver in this case. we have james egan via skype. what do you think is going on in this video? >> it is clearly excessive force, there's no question it's excessive force. it was absolutely unnecessary to drag him out of the car. >> tell me about your client's record. when he was pulled over. >> my client had zero criminal history, zero. he was booked in jail, spent two days there. >> in y

and morning fog in the pacific northwest. >> 37 in seattle. 54 in sacramento. and near 60 in phoenix. mostly 40s around the nation's midsection and northeast. baltimore gets up to 52. atlanta, 61. and miami, 80. >>> well, it's shaping up to be another uneasy day for the stock markets. we'll check the latest numbers, just coming in. >>> and the jewels of hollywood royalty on the auction block today. set to bring in millions of bucks. >>> new developments overnight in that bizarre shooting. the gunman randomly firing in the middle of a hollywood street. is that thing getting closer? look how high that thing's going. look out there, look at the debris. all right, give me the camera. no, just drive. i've got it. zoom in! zoom in! i can't believe this is happening. look at the size of that thing. it's everywhere. are you getting this? yeah, i've got it. what was that? it's the national guard. how'd they get here so fast? i don't know. pull over! pull over! do you have what it takes to head into the heart of the storm? check out nationalguard.com. >>> most overseas m

seattle police used flash bang percussion grenades to disperse protesters who blocked an entrance to a port of seattle facility believes that multiple people have been arrested they did not specify how many of them those protests were part of a national effort to block west's west calls for traffic thousands took to move to guard hordes from california to alaska to disrupt what they described as an economic machine that benefits the wealthiest individuals and corporations and that's pretty much that's been the occupiers message from the very beginning they marched on boards in san diego los angeles old glen portland seattle tacoma and courage in alaska the protesters cared for in need managed to disrupt the work of those major ports on the west coast in oakland the ford there was almost entirely shut down same in portland in alley the effectively blocked trucks from approaching the board by doing that the occupiers hope to keep the message of the movement alive as they say saved their targeting corporate greed and government complicity now a bit about why poor the protesters say they

this is my fourth appearance at town hall seattle. as always, i am thankful to the fantastic team that makes these events possible. a town hall is truly one of the best venues for public discussion in the country, and i have been to a lot of them. on one of my previous visits to town hall, i was the only person on the stage. while it is certainly fun to be a monopoly provider like that, i am also looking forward to tonight. the role of government is the central issue of our time and our politics. i am thrilled to be here to make the case for a public sector that is strong, that is effective, and that can advance the common good. let me sketched out the way i see things. for starters, the questions here tonight -- the real question is not what should government be doing, as if government were some autonomous entity with its own agenda. the real question is what do we, the citizens, want to do through government this is a democracy after all. government is our common tool to get things done. government is us. it is a tool we use when we

robinson scooped and scored and seattle on the board. they were up 10-3 at the half. big play by baldwin in the first, another in the third. jackson found him wide open and baldwin took it in. the undrafted rookie doing it all. seattle led it 20-6. lynch is isn't only playing for a new contract, he's playing for skittles. ninth separate game he scored a touchdown and mom with a bag of the good stuff. no sugar-coating this loss for the rams, they were blown out 30-13. >>> tough day for a pair of coaches after starting the season 4-9, dolphins fired head coach tony sparano. even though they won their division title last year, the chiefs let go of todd haley. >>> lightning have been a disappointment. petr sykora got things started, 28 seconds into the game. and then in the second period, scoring three straight goals, zach parise and adam henrik both had a pair. tampa couldn't recover and the devils held on to win it 5-4. >>> what was supposed to be a two-game break has turned into a lengthy stay with no end in sight. sidney crosby out indefinitely with concussion-like sy

now seattle kept that kept alive their slim hopes of making the n.f.l. playoffs like convincing thirty thirteen victory against the st louis rams it was seattle's special teams that helped get the seahawks off to the perfect start they managed to block the rams punt attempt and the ball fell kindly to michael robinson who ran it on the post into the end zone of the game was in the balance going into the third quarter however it's a virus jackson connected to doug baldwin who was wide open. just a hundred yards to the rest of the final drive of the game was capped off by seattle's running back marshawn lynch. press again. hundred yards for the first time in his last six games seattle that your season hopes alive. after months of uncertainty the new n.b.a. season will finally get underway on the twenty fifth of december and the miami heat will be looking to get back on court perhaps more than most and try to make up for the disappointment of losing last year's playoff final miami opens their training camp on monday as they look to win basketball's biggest

seattle 7-0. marshawn lynch, found a home in seattle.y throw candy at him when they win. skittles. that's his favorite candy. 9th straight game with a touchdown. they are now 6-7. yesterday's loss in arizona. >> we know there will be criticisms. we know there will be -- you know, whys, you know, what happened, what took place, why did you do this, why did you do that, we are not going to talk about it. >> try hue jackson. the raiders playoff hopes in jeopardy after the loss in green bay. >> every game from here on in for us is a must win. if we want to accomplish our goals we got to -- every game, one game at a time is a must win game for us. it's still in front of us. >> first to kansas city, todd haley gone after a 5-8 through 13 game season. he is out of there. last year they won the afc west. but now she gone. 11 penalties yesterday and todd haley shown the door as is tony sparano. funny deal there. the owner of the dolphins flew out trying to hire jim harbaugh. jim harbaugh wents to the 49ers, said tony sparano you can stay. 7-9 las

to seattle, seahawks and eagles. you could get he was ready to play, ran into a pile, came out of it, rumbled 15 yards to the end zone. that's worth skittles. he got a handful of candy on the sideline. to the second, lynch again, full of sugar ripped off i sweet run, untouched 40 yards down the line. seattle went on to win it 31-14 thanks to the candy man. >>> if your team is looking for a quarterback, donovan mcnabb is available. vikings waved the pro bowler to finish with another team. >>> hockey. two of the best squared off in washington. no, not clinton and reagan. crosby and ovechkin. kunitz stepped up and scored the game winner for pittsburgh. hunter still looking for the first win as caps' coach. >>> rangers and hurricanes. kurt muller has coached two, and lost both of them. gaborik with a two-on-one to give new york the lead in the third. rangers handed the hurricanes their fifth straight loss 5-3. >>> back to football, great finish between number 23, west virginia and south florida. mountaineers, garrison pu

look at seattle. temperatures, mid 40s and no rain in sight. how rare is that? the forecast for today out there, san francisco, 57 and sunny. looks good. l.a., nice warmup for you this afternoon. phoenix, partly cloudy, 64. i think even skiers in the west would like a little more snow for the upcoming holiday. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> coming up, unemployment dives, stocks rise. and just what the heck happened on quadruple witching day? we'll tell you. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> his first official foray into prime time television is already creating excitement and criticism. >>> coming up, the falcons soar and the new jersey nets owner wants to run the largest country in the world. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry and here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> the russian customs service says it has seized radioactive material at miscow airport, found in the luggage of a passenger bound for iran. they found a radioactive isotope that could "only be o

city of seattle not in a good place this evening.ments away. >> bill: back ever the book segment tonight. the dumbest things of the week. former utah governor jon huntsman still running in the single digits for the republic nomination. his daughters are out there singing dad's praises ♪ we're bringing huntsman back ♪ the rest of them is one big circus act ♪ we're right behind the guy who is right on track ♪ you know we're going to bring jon huntsman back ♪ take it to the bridge ♪ herman cain ♪ we like your pizza ♪ but you can't explain. >> bill: i thought it was terrific. here now to analyze fox news correspondent arthel neville and five guy greg gutfeld who is also on in the middle of the night doing red eye. that was probably the worst song i have ever heard. trying to think of alley-oop. remember that alley-oop? that was worse. but that might have been worse. >> the huntsman girls, the huntsman hotties as they are known. >> bill: huntsman hotties. >> they are campaigning for their dad. their dad is running for president of the uni

they called local police in the seattle suburb of des moines.be restrained from going in and looking for marie himself. >> i wanted to go in because she is my daughter and i love my kids. >> the officers who looked around ridgway's home found nothing. ridgway told investigators they would never have been quick enough to find malvar at his house. >> she had already been disposed of by then. i killed her and an hour after i killed her, she was dropped off. >> even if there was no body, should police have done a more thorough search, would they have turned up clues in his bedroom? ridgway admitted there had been a struggle. >> i first picked her up, i thought she would be easy to kill and not a fighter. >> she was tiny, 5'2", only 105 pounds. >> i didn't notice her long fingernails and she fought and fought. she scratched me on my arms. that made me tighten my hold more to kill her as fast as i could. she fought more than any of the other women and caused me more damage than any of the other women. i had police coming to the door a couple days late

seattle's park is actually a covering over a freeway. we are in the middle of one of the most dynamic and beautiful cities in the world, with a view to the bay bridge. that, alone, will attract people, make this a unique destination. i think we are on the verge of something really extraordinary here. and i think it will be a success. director metcalf: is it possible to add the bridges that are not designed, in advance? that is how you have designed it? >> absolutely. fortunately, with san francisco's blog configuration, you can kind of predict, within a range of five, 10 feet, where a bridge might go. we are highlighting those places right now, inviting people to make that bridge connection. even an existing building could make a connection, if they wanted to. it is not a difficult problem. you just need to be prepared for it. director kim: we also appreciate the diversity of artists, local, national, as well as women. thank you for the report. at this time, i want to move up items 10, 11, 12, acknowledging we have directors who need to

louis, low to mid 50s boston, new york 57 seattle, atlanta 62.ast coast everything quiet through the midwest even to the west coast smallest airports on time too. check out flight tracker abc7news.com. >>> 4:49. the labor department is set to release the latest jobs report in 40 minutes from now. economists predicting modest gains not enough to change the unemployment rate. jobless rate standing at 9%. economists forecast employers added 125,000 jobs in november. that would be an improvement over the 80,000 job gains the previous month. analysts say while the economy is growing at a steady pace not enough to prompt employers to hire more aggressively. >>> jive software is ready -- the software company plans to sell 12 million shares starting at $8 a share. the company willis on nasdaq as jive. the co-owner of the oakland a's spannedding his hotel ownership. his son has purchased the st. claire in downtown san jose that group owns the fairmont and hilton in san jose no word on the purchase price. >> for the first time in decades the annual holiday

rain from seattle to portland and boise. snowshowers around the twin cities, green bay and northern michigan. rainy in chicago, indianapolis, cleveland and lexington. and moving into cincinnati, cleveland and buffalo. >> 50 right here in new york. and near 60 in atlanta. 70s from miami to dallas. kansas city gets up to 54. and chicago, 44. 52 in billings. 57 in salt lake city. and 73 in phoenix. >> 73. 77 looks beautiful this time of year. >> yeah. >> not too bad. >>> coming up next, new outrage by verizon customers over a controversial, new fee. >>> and it's a busy week at the nation's theme parks, with some turning people away. >>> and an action-packed game. washington and baylor, in one of the highest-scoring bowl games ever. >>> verizon wireless customers have a new complaint this morning. the company plans to charge a $2 fee if you pay your bill with a credit or debit card. there are ways around this fee. you can pay directly from your bank account with an e-check or paper check, even cash. verizon customers are outrage