there is an oil sheen. they say it is cleaned up, it is over, but there is an oil sheen out there coming with a new report they are close to a multibillion dollar settlement to pay from the damages that happened in the year of 2010. that coming up as our coverage continues from danville, kentucky, this afternoon. [ male announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day men's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. it has more of 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day men's 50+. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. wahlalalalallala! smooth, but crisp. it's kind of like drinking a food that's a drink, or a drink that's a food, woooooh! [ male announcer ] taste it and describe the indescribable. could've had a v8. >>shepard: the devastating and historic oil spill in the gulf of mexico is today causing new problems along the gulf more than two years after the disaster. according to t

. >>> just ahead, who knocked charlie sheen off his perch and the latest celebrity star baby name. this one is a mouthful. plus, decadence in dallas. if you are a chocolate lover, you're going to want to see this. you're watching "early today." o . >>> welcome back to "early today." our big storm that's causing all the havoc in the northern plains is going to continue to be a big wind maker today. cloudy, raw and damp all through the dakotas, minnesota, wisconsin. the storms passing through the southeast have weakened since earlier this evening. we will see the storms regenerating later today heading for the carolinas. late tonight we could see storms in virginia and areas of north carolina. we'll watch that. the story for friday, it could be a really difficult travel morning in new england especially. heavy rain expected. philadelphia, new york city especially up into connecticut. so tomorrow morning at this time we're going to be talking about some serious travel issues. >>> that looks like no fun. bill, thanks so much. now for a little fun, entertainment news. flavor flaf, the w

honored and hopes the academy doesn't find out he was master of ceremonies for the roast of charlie sheene 2012 acme awards will air -- academy awards will air on february 24th. >> saw that roast with charlie sheen, very funny, a little raunchy but pretty funny. >> 72 was the high, light showers in the metro area, that's kind of the bad news. the good news is we have light showers, nothing heavy for the metro area. october 1st is what, anita? >> it's the start of breast cancer awareness, also domestic violence. there's a lot of awareness months right now. >> let me show you the live shot outside, our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. >> beautiful, the white house in pink. >> 66 right now, light showers, dew point 53. the temps going down, dew point coming up to meet it, winds out of the west, northwest now at 5 miles an hour. satellite picture radar combined, this is going to be the main focus of the heavy activity in the ohio valley. the area of low pressure itself is located in northern alabama. that's going to move essentially north, northeast just to the east of cinc

. >>> just ahead, who knocked charlie sheen off his highest paid tv perch? and the latest bizarre celebrity star baby name. this one is a mouthful. >>> plus, decadence in dallas. if you're a chocolate lover, you're going to want to see this. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." on this thursday morning. not quite as hot today in areas of southern california. you go from mid-80s yesterday to 70s in san francisco, 89 in l.a. instead of 97. the northwest, some rain will be moving in late were in the day, looks like after lunch hour specifically, then we'll keep damp conditions in many areas of the northwest for tomorrow, lynn. so looks like we're back to the rainy weather. >>> all right, bill, thanks. now to entertainment news. flavor flav, the rapper, was arrested in las vegas yesterday for allegedly assaulting his fiance of eight years and her 17-year-old son. >>> ashton kutcher tops forbes list of highest paid tv actors with an estimated $24 million, thanks to his "two and a half men" role. last year, the man that he replaced, ch

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not only did he replace charlie sheen of 2 and a half men he replaced him as number one on the list.40 million but this year didn't even make the cut. >>> still winning. >> a staggering new report. welfare programs are now the largest chunk of government spending topping a trillion dollars. here now to explain is fox business network diane macedo. >> a congressional research shows testing in welfare program at roughly $1.03 trillion that doesn't include social security and medicaid. they identified 83 overlapping welfare programs that together represent the single largest 2011 budget item and found the federal government is spending roughly $746 billion on them while states are contributing 283 billion. the two percent increase in the federal shares since 2008 by comparison the 2011 annual budget for social security was 725 billion nondefense spending with 540 building. medicare was 480 billion. a report shows gdp growth has contributing factor to spending but also points out federal policy has encouraged increased welfare and increased federal standards. they have quadrupled since 2

. >> and an oil sheen found near the site of the bp spill in mexico matches oil from the 2010 disaster. >> the coast guard says tests stished the oil did come from the bp well. it could be debris from the calamity. >> the coast guard says bp may be held liable for the new oil. the sheen first reported september 16th and does not pose a risk to the shore line but cannot be cleaned up if it seems like traffic is grinding to a halt, that is not an illusion, people. >> according to a latest congestion index, san francisco is now the second most congested u.s. city up from number five. get this, only los angeles is worse. >> yike. >> navigation systems maker found average travel times are 29% longer during peak commute periods. and some other findings for each hour on the road during rush hour, 34 minutes is caused by delays. >> you should avoid driving on thursdays, that is the most-congested day here in the bay area. >> which would be... today. >> right now. yes. >> and look at the bridge behind us. >> yes. >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 begins righ

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what if charlie sheen came out and endorsed a candidate? would that be helpful or a big downer?t all. i think obama should have charlie sheen endorse romney and say, we share the same family values or get the whole cast of "the real housewives" saying we like mitt romney, the way he spends money. but people say it makes them think more about the celebrity. they like the celebrity less if they endorse a candidate they don't like and vice versa. doesn't move voters. >> eva longoria, scarlett johansson, morgan freeman, they're all lining up. >> it helps in raising money. if you get an e-mail saying, give me $3 and you have a chance to have dinner with george clooney, i'd do that. it helps in creating headlines. but i don't think it helps in votes. the worst endorser, o.j. simpson and robert blake could compete with that, a celebrity that's been accused or convicted of murder is probably the worst endorsement you could have. >> ana, thank you. dean, stick around. we're going to be talking about hulk hogan, in the middle of a legal battle over a sex tape. now we're finding out the st

because those guys bite you if you hit a run off snakes or better of one of them what you really want sheen is that's a vicious try to survive out here. when rain went on inside of me. i don't bother nobody and nobody bothered me. how my mother may then i would retaliate with or hide away and well they'll. consider anybody out there an enemy a known brand up there. with a to read into my man this. man had doing much of anyone calls all morning when i'm having. a mistake after me and about him you mum oregano. the smart enough to hide he knows militaries in the area and he's smart enough to know when somebody has been scrapping in his area and knows how to find them jr staked his claim to the blue mountain side of the range during the first gulf war when territorial feuding between scrappers player into a shooting. he's been in that area unchallenged for many years now and i know there are several people in town looking over at that other side when they see all this just dropping their big stuff and with the price of the loom the brass the way it is right now they think he's got a gold mine

charlie sheen dethroned by ashton kutcher again.rgia is here, the co-host with the russ parr morning show on 93.9 kwis. let's start with megan fox who made her big announcement on facebook yesterday. >> she and brian green had a baby. but they had the baby, noah shannon, about three weeks ago. she just said she wanted three weeks of peace before the media started bothering them. that's exactly what she got. plus she wanted to announce it before anyone else. congrats to them. >> charlie sheen was replaced by ashton kutcher on "two and a half men." >> here's the thing. of course, ashton kutcher made $24 million basically from "two and a half men." next on that list is hugh lorry from house. ray romano is making tons of money still. not sure if that's the new show he's making, or tons of re-runs he has running. mark harmon of n krrks irkci cis made $15 million. i saw you on the list, yes. >> all right. from "two and a half men," back to one baby, with seven names? >> i had to write it down. why would uma thurman do this? you know what

. >>> hey, move over charlie sheen. another star becomes the highest paid actor on television.ight not be happy with who the replacement is. >> find out which celebrity couple just welcomed a baby boy. buzz bin is coming up next. [ harry umlaut ] thatat's one creamy muller. [ sally umlaut ] it's greek-style yogurt. this greek style yogurt has style. you can say that again. why thank you. this greek style yogurt has style. okay. stop saying it now. you're sending me mixed messages. [ male announcer ] muller. the european for yummy. would ban all abortions and contraception seemed a bit extreme. so i looked into it. turns out, romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. in fact, he thinks abortion should be an option in cases of rape, incest, or to save a mother's life. this issue's important to me, but i'm more concerned about the debt our children will be left with. i voted for president obama last time, but we just can't afford four more years. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> the buzz bin with ashton kutcher topping the list of highest paid tv actors

sheen was the biggest moneymaker before his meltdown, fell off the list this year. >> who is winning? >> ashton. >>> despite his absence from prime time hugh laurie is number 2, ray roman i know both at $18 million and alec baldwin number 3 about $15 million. >> i think it pays to be a movie star. they get $15 to $20 million a film. lawrence makes that much, i want to be on "two and a half men." great way to go. [ laughter ] >> hey guys. beautiful weather yesterday around the bay area. it is going to be almost a carbon copy today clear skies now outside all the way to the coast. we're looking good with the high pressure ridge and offshore winds. clear start, warm at the coast hot in the valleys but enjoy it. we have some changes as early as tonight and tomorrow and then a possibility of rain returning as we head into next week. the offshore wind will switch the trough headed to the coastline increasing the sea breeze tonight. no delays sfo. clear start sunny afternoon and 79 degrees. around the country trouble spot into chicago. yeah, could see some thunderstorms there. partly cloudy

sheen the biggest moneymaker before his meltdown fell off the listen entirely this year.pite his absence from the list hugh laurie is number 2 with $18 million, ray romano also made $18 million and alec baldwin got number 3 with $15 million. >> so i guess we all got to get on "two and a half men." >> i guess so. i'm already on that. >>> remember blonde bomber the rescued sea lion? he has come to be known by that name. he was sedated and removed on october 9 when he was found on the pier with a plastic strap around his neck near pier 39. since that time, he made a full recovery at the marine mammal center in the marine headlands. they are going to let him go. >> good to hear. >>> time now 6:52. loud and bright. the meteor thrilled bay area stargazers overnight. >> and a body is found early this morning at a fire in castro valley. why investigators are calling it very suspicious. coming up. out home.. after a body was closed captioning brought to you by sleep train, wishing you a fun and safe halloween. [ train whistle blows ] >> closed captioning brought to you by sleep tr

he learned to make brillantine in red, blue and golden colors to give a beautiful sheen to the hair. in his spare time, when he could break free from his alchemist's captive vit, he would go listen to cuban music at the park plaza hotel in manhattan. those were happy times and years later became a happy tomic with me, convinced early on that my father inhabited a magic world. a few years ago, while listening to a recording of cuban blues by chico, i remembered in new york in those stories of the 40's that chico and my father met at club cuba in manhattan and again in havana in the mid-50's. the sessions of chico's house in our neighborhood became so famous that even my father, not particularly fond of cuban jazz, couldn't resist dropping in once in a while at the much-talked about terrace. i listened to the rumba of chico's suite, then i would imagine chico back in new york doing arrangements for count bassie and ringo starr and i see myself turning into a big fan during my teenage years in havana. so that gives you a little idea about all these connections. i was born in havana in t

he joked he hopes organizers don't find out he also hosted the charlie sheen roast. >> i think the audience will be very nervous. >>> well, adele can add bond girl to her resume. she's going to debut the theme to the latest bond film "skyfall" this friday at 007 london time. >> she got her voices back. >> she came back a while ago though. >>> 37-year-old drew barrymore who got married in june has given birth to a little girl named olive. >>> oprah winfrey tops this year's "forbes" list of highest paid women earning $165 million between may 2011 and may 2012. >>> and finally, taylor swift. she is telling her ex john mayer is being presumptuous by thinking the song "dear john" is about him. in june mayer told "rolling stone" that that song was cheap and humiliating. it's always a clue when the name is in the song. did he date a lot of johns? >> i don't know. >> i think she needs to have somebody else write her songs. >> you're a little sour on taylor swift. she's the innocent one. >> don't kiss and tell, taylor. >> this comes from a new york dog hotel. four-legged guests reside in rooms with

experts are not sure exactly where this sheen is coming from. bp says it is most likely residual oil that was used to plug it in the past. we're told the oil does not pose a risk to the shore, but it is something we have been told before. up next here, as the broadcast continues our nbc news investigation, is the government trying to downplay the danger along the u.s.-mexico border. >>> and later, the rescue of a very big baby in an extraordinary journey home tonight. vocatio>>> we're back now with investigation, part of our ongoing series of reports on the violent drug war next door, along the mexican border. the recent friendly-fire death of a u.s. border patrol agent in arizona has once again put security in the spotlight, and some are now asking whether the obama administration is trying to downplay what is really happening. our report tonight from nbc's mark potter. >> reporter: arizona rancher, john lad, whose land includes eight miles of mexican border fence, says that while fewer cross his fence now he is overrun by the drug runners. he

vogelsong then went into high gear after the 5 point push sheen. one run, four hits, one walk and nine case. giants force game seven with a 6-1 victory. they have won five straight games facing a elimination. >> he was on top of his game again. he's had great stuff. he's locating,'s tough and had it going on again tonight. really was going in and out and had his good off-speed pitches going. he did everything he wanted to do to us. and we got trouble with him and he's made great pitches against us. we've made very little adjustments. he's not making any mistakes so it's a tough combination for us. >> 5:07 tomorrow first pitch. raiders are a work in progress. they seem to take a few steps forward and then a few steps back. today against jacksonville they stuck together for an ugly overtime victory. we are adding some pink to the silver and black. breast cancer awareness month in the nfl. the second quarter, rashad jennings. he finds him. 14-3. third quarter, the touchdown. and he hits moore. he does the rest. oakland trails 20. fourth and ten, palme

he hopes organizers don't find out that he also hosted the charlie sheen roast. that may not help. >>> well, adele can add bond girl to her resume. she'll debut it at 007 london time. >>> 37-year-old drew berry more has given birth to a little girl named olive. >>> oprah winfrey tops the list earning $165 million between may 2011 and may 2012. >>> and finally, taylor swift. she keeps outdoing herself. she tells glamor magazine her exjohn mayer is being presumptuous thinking that her song dear john is about him. she never discloses that information. in june mayer told rolling stone that that song was cheap and humiliating. >> she's like a magician. she doesn't want to give up her secret. >> it's like when you put his name in the song. >> do you think she minimized the dating pool that she could potentially -- do you think some guys would be nervous to date her? >> absolutely terrified. it's like would it be worth it? >> yeah. that weather man bill song she's coming out with, brutal. >> the weather man bill song. number one on itunes. i predict that. >>> this comes

the sheen on the roadway. a new accident reported in this area. details coming up. >>> good morning to you. now the games are done, the fun has begun. >> hunter pence landing back in the area for the parade. last night, check it out, he was on conan. he talked about that hit. host conan o'brien more than determined to get to the bottom of the story. >> i didn't feel it when i hit the ball. you don't feel it. it's happening really fast obviously. i take a swing as hard as i can. just feels like i broke my bat. i see the ball starts taking off right. i was just like woo. >> let's talk about your running style. as a player, it's really your only achilles heel. i'll be off now, woo. >> the key to running real fast is making that noise. you can do whatever you want to with your hands. >> woo. >> try it, we'll go out in the parking lot later and give it a shot. good stuff. >> traffic is picking up out there. >> you can go woo but whoa because some slicker roadways. that's just the advice on the sound effects side. the volume just fine here. some slicker

"soo" is it chaalle sheen? "i am on a drug and it's alled charlie &psheen." but they're child's play compared to honey boo boo... "let me ask you sooe questionn, honey?? "ohhh." hln's r. drew had to ontend with pretend snoring... "is t sleeping." but theewwek before on ktla, they prrbably wished singing) instead of belting - out songs... (nats of singing) the 7-year-old star of tlc's reality show "here comes honey boo boo".... (nats of pcratching mic) bounced her wwy through the interview...she playee games... "rock, paper, &pscissors, shoot." om didn't have enough hands to stop is on a tear while on her latest media tour. from extra... "baaa" to jimmy kimmee.... "what?" she cooldn't sit still.... "you better rednecknognize." the crrwd ecognizee ooe of her favorite sayings. she went from interviiw to interview, acting up... (nats of ssnging) "now thereeaae a ot of peopll bboing all the attention being showered on honey boo boo." "i hhnestly think people are doong a ddsservice to this child." are doing a disseevice to thhs child." sharon osbourne's family had

. >> better than a charlie sheen, i guess. dean, that was fun. thank you so much. >> great. >> i'll be sure to give charlie sheen your phone number when he calls to complain. >> i'm going to call him. let's hang out. >> well, thank you, again, and thank you for watching today. you can always continue the conversation with me on twitter at randi kaye. state of the union with candy crowley starts right now. enjoy your sun. >>> that is not just fall in the air. that is the quickening of an election m balance. ♪ >> today the next debate. a president looks for a do-over. a challenge looks for a preet. >> after running for more than a year in which he called himself severely conservative, mitt romney is trying to convince you that he was severely kidding. >> this president calls his policies going forward. i call his policies forewarned. >> round two, obama versus romney, with obama campaign senior advisor robert gibbs and romney campaign senior advisor ed gillespie. then the sunshine state liens romney. two influential floridaians join us. former demo

i see a little sheen on the golden gate bridge.arther north 101 moves slowing and maybe slick pavement through the north bay. we'll end with this upper deck shot. a note, watch the winds across the bay bridge, guys, back to you. >>> 5:27. still to come on "today in the bay," apple getting ready for another announcement. a live report inext. >>> the greatest thing ever. >> that's right. how sweet it is. the giants, the new national league champions and now headed to the world series. >>> and 43,000 fans don't care as all about the pouring rain at at&t park. they watched the giants move right into the world series. i'm christie smith. we'll have that story, plus information about world series tickets, a free giveaway. >>> and some cities picked up over an inch of rain yesterday. we'll tell you who and we're not out of the woods just yet. more showers in the forecast. we'll take you through that coming up. >>> and still some rain and wet roadways. we're watching your commute as you come across the bay. >>> right now let's take you acr

on romney's debate performance sheen said mr.ear end there using a different word. how stupid he is referring to the old phrase arrogance is ignorance matured. >> bill: wow. martin sheen is one of the best presidents we ever had though. >> that is right. >> bill, you told america to see argo and they did. it has been in theatres for three weeks but made it to number one this past weekend. >> bill: word of mouth got that movie up there. >> $12.4 million. it beat the debut of tom hanks' new movie cloud atlas. >> how horrible does that look? >> $100 million movie made less than $10 million for third place in its opening weekend. >> because it was horrible. >> bill: that's going to go down down, down. argo will continue to go up. >> i'm telling everyone to go see argo. i got my wife to see it with a couple of her friends. it is fantastic. >> bill: i've done my share. >> exactly. >> bill: i'll tell you again. it is -- first of all what's amazing to me about this story is that i didn't know about that story. as much as i follow the new

series anger management starring charlie sheen yeah how difficult is it in the united states to get top star at this point in soaps. well you know it could have all the results as it is this is so ok well it's so far years are you. going to management is really more of a sitcom i think you need it or it was sometime right but what's happened in television today. actually what's happened in media today is. the most interesting work today is being done not in film but in television true cable t.v. when you look at the t.v. the the the landscape of cinema you've got some very fine movies but the it's the big tent pole action films that really dominate the american market place the mission impossible good to very good films but of a particular kind or rather shall we call it a cartoon and it said well it's more of an art of the larger you know their lives when you look at spider-man exit man they're cartoons what used to be independent film is now cable television and so for a lot of actors. cable t.v. is a very interesting place to go. what had happened was you know for. for the the once t

mcfarlane joked he hopes organizers don't find out he hosted charlie sheen's roast. >>> adele is debuting >>> 36-year-old drew barrymore who got married in june has given birth to a baby girl named olive. >>> oprah winfrey tops this year's "forbes" list of women, earning $165 million between may 2011 and may 2012. >> is own doing that well? >> well, her magazine. >> everything. >>> taylor swift tells "glamour" magazine her ex, john mayer, is being presumptuous in thinking her song is about him. he thought the song was cheap and humiliating. >> she doesn't want to admit it was about him, because then she'd be accused of being cruel and mean. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc, but stay tuned "way too early with willie geist" starts right now. >>> five weeks till election day, and one day until the first presidential debate where swing state polls show mitt romney has to start making his move. the question is, will we be talking about a different race when we wake up 48 hours from now? >>> scott brown and elizabeth warren had their second massachusetts senate debate last nigh

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the high standards set forth by my predecessors, and i hope they don't find out i hosted the charlie sheenoast." hugh jackman hosted in 2009, alec baldwin and steve martin in 2010. they tried to go young in 2011 with james franco and anne hathaway. and earlier this year, back to classics, billy crystal hosting for the ninth time. speaking of oscar hosts, two-time host, jon stewart, sat down last night on "the daily show" with former california governor arnold schwarzenegger. arnold making the rounds promoting "total recall," contains less than flattering details about his personal life including revelations about that affair with his former housekeeper. jon stewart tried to get into that subject by referring to arnold's acting career. >> so listen. so you obviously, you know, we've got to get the elephant out of the room. obviously what everybody's thinking about when they look at this is, what were you thinking with "jingle all the way"? i mean, seriously. just dreadful. just dreadful. did anybody ever say to you, like your family, don't do this, dude. don't, don't. >> i think that my kid

. >>> engineers at the gulf of mexico are trying to determine the source of a new sheen on the water surface. the oil is leaking from the so-called containment dome which was unsuccessfully used in the crisis and is sitting on the gulf floor. >>> and a stretch of interstate 35 near the oklahoma/kansas border, shut down during a massive dust storm has reopened. the swirling dust created near-blackout seasconditions al the four-lane highway. the worst was a pileup involving more than 30 vehicles. amazingly, there were a couple of injuries but no one was killed. >> thank goodness for that. >>> it is time, now, for the weather from across the nation on this friday. a stormy day on the east coast, with the heaviest rain from maryland to maine. scattered thunderstorms from the carolinas to northern florida. cool with showers but not as windy for minnesota down into illinois. >> 60s and 70s in the rockies. mostly 50s in the central plains and midwest. 80s from new orleans to miami. >>> coming up on this friday morning, a new recall of food. and a new warning about what should be one of the

. >> ashton may want to send a thank you note to charlie sheen. 4:50. up next, san francisco kicking off its bid to host super bowl l. we'll let you know what's next in the process. >>> plus a death-defying skydive over new mexico doing more than just setting world records. how fearless felix's suit is now helping scientists. >> looks fun. >>> not that far north we're looking at san rafael, a smooth drive southbound at the limit. a good flow here. we'll show you what else is going on coming up. >>> welcome back, everybody. right now you are watching live over san jose. it kind of looks like a big city feel there. sleepily, early in the morning. >> biggest city in the bay area. >> it is 4:53. christina tells us it's going to get hot. >>> the bay area, are you ready to host a super bowl? later on this morning san francisco mayor ed lee will say bring it on. the nfl choosing 49ers as one of two finalists to host super bowl l in that new $1.2 billion santa clara stadium set to open up in 2014. that would be 2016 for the super bowl. this morning mayor ed lee

the roadways, still a little sheen from the overnight mist and drizzle. so far you can still see the east shore freeway. a light volume of traffic off of the carquinez bridge, guys. back to you. >>> 4:56 right now. still ahead on "today in the bay," they got the fever. we're talking the world series fever setting in for giants fans all over the world. last night a huge win against the st. louis cardinals. we will be live outside that ballpark to let you know where you can score some free tickets. >> free pizza, now free tickets. >> it's a good day. >>> the final presidential debate also in the books. we'll have a reaction on some of those key moments coming up. >>> and for all your news, pizza, tickets, weather, traffic, we've got it all. check us out on facebook. you know what to do by now, search nbc bay area news. >>> i congratulate him on taking out osama bin laden and going after the leadership in al qaeda, but we can't kill our way out of this mess. >> it is official, that third an final presidential debate is in the books. we'll have an in-depth an

the golden gate bridge shows a little sheen on the roadway but not a big deal as far as the bottom of traffic. we're looking through san rafael and just south of sir francis drake, we do have your typical construction zone as well as road crews on that richmond/san rafael bridge. neither area showing any slowdown. thing flows here, 24 over toward the caldecott, construction crews clearing there as well as 880 downtown. mild slowing in the downtown direction. you lose a couple of lanes heading north of 23rd. show you the san mateo bridge, good crystal clear view here. roadways okay. looks like they're dry as well as in the south bay where 101 shows you a lot of headlights. oh, my goodness, it's a split screen of some cars and other cars. we'll fix that and send it back to you guys. >>> it is 4:40. it was not the ending the a's had hoped for. after battling back from a two-game deficit in the playoffs, oakland loses the series in a shutout to the detroit tigers. the a's fell 6-0 against justin verlander. oakland allowed four runs in the seventh and only managed four hits in the entire g

tom, that's about half of what charlie sheen was earning when he had that role. >> tom: fellow hawkeye, making it big, how about that. >> susie: how about that. that's "nightly business report" for wednesday october 17. good night, everyone. you, too, tom. >> tom: goodnight, susie. we'll see you online at nbr.com and back here tomorrow night. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> join us anytime at nbr.com. there, you'll find full episodes of the program, complete show transcripts and all the market stats. also follows us on our facebook page at bizrpt. and on twitter @bizrpt.

s macando well, and the oil giant says the sheen likely came from a bent pipe under the surface. lawmakers are calling for an inspection, but federal officials say they don't think the oil will make it to shore. two years ago, the transocean- owned and british petroleum- operated "deepwater horizon" rig exploded, killing 11 people and causing the worst offshore oil spill in u.s. history. weaker than expected demand-- that's what advanced micro devices said tonight as it cut third-quarter revenue estimates. the computer chip maker says a sluggish global economy is hurting sales across all product lines. amd now sees revenues falling 10% to around $1.3 billion. the shares ended the regular trading session up slightly at $3.20 a share. for the year, they're down 41%, and in after-hours trading tonight, they fell below $3. the a.m.d. warning comes as we see personal computer sales in a nosedive. two research firms are out with new data showing p.c. shipments in the latest quarter fell more than 8% from a year ago. that's the steepest drop in a decade. is it because consumers and busi