california senator is threatening a boycott against lows hardware stores after the poor advertising from a show about muslim americans. he wants this or to apologize for what he calls naked religious bigotry and return at their advertising. the chain stop advertising on show, "all american muslims" after receiving complaints from the florida family association. >> what they did was shocking. they took the view that because a conservative florida family association says people who are muslim are dangerous, therefore they will honor their request and pulled their advertising from a very tame show. >> lowes issue to statements -- one for making people happy and the other pressing the retailer has asked to meet with the senator. still to come, we will look at the new trend of buying live christmas trees. plus, the busiest shipping day of the year -- how to pack your guess so they get to your destination on time and intact. >> we're keeping our eye on showers in the southeast. steady in georgia and south carolina. this could produce wet weather. we will detail that in your forecast. >> in today's co

show that centers on muslim-americans. the california senator is threatening a boycott against the stores. lowe'sadvertising from the reality tv show "all-american muslim." state senator ted lieu wants lowe's to apologize for what he calls naked religious bigotry and says the company should return its advertising to the program on the tlc cable network. >> what lowe's did was shocking to me. they basically took a view that because a conservative association said people who were muslim were dangerous, therefore they're going to honor that request and pull their advertising from a very tame show. >> lowe's issued two statements on sunday. one apologizing for making some people very unhappy, and the other to say the retailer has asked to meet with senator lou. >>> we're in the throes of hot day shopping and more and more people are buying online gifts. that means workers at shipping companies are busier than santa's else. today the busiest shipping day of the year. fed ex says it will move 17 million packages today which is a record for the company. the fed ex plant in san jose will ship 16,000 pack

. >>> a popular home improvement chain is in hot water from pulling its ads from a reality tv show. lowestopped advertising on tlc's all american muslim after getting complaints from conservative groups. now they're calling for a boycott of the retail giant, calling the decision, quote, un-american and naked religion bigotry. the show premiered last month and criminal kled the lives of five muslim families living in a detroit suburb. they have not decided if they will run ads during the broadcast. >>> the morning new insight into what pg&e knew in the months and years leading up to the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. they declared two high pressure pipelines safe last year despite several gaps in their records. without those records experts say the yuleutility couldn't vne the lines were safe. one of the lines runs through discovery and brentwood. in some places the pressure is allegedly five times the amount that was running through the san bruno pipeline when it exploded last year. >>> 4:55 now. if you're just getting ready to hit the roads. we want to traffic the commute forecast

other web sites show low to mid-40s around towson all the way into arnold. as you head out this morning you may not need the heavy coat but you will need to grab that rain gear as you head out because this is what i'm forecasting as we go hour by hour today. around 8:00 that temperature around 47 degrees. lunchtime already in the 50s. then check out 4:00 p.m., our high temperature of the day around 57 degrees. it is going to be mild but remember grab the rain gear as you head out and about this morning because the showers are possible by this afternoon. >>> let's check traffic now with angela. good morning. >> good morning. on the roadways this morning, we're ok around the baltimore beltway but in harwood that trouble spot remains a problem for those traveling on route 2 solomons island road at polling house road. anne arundel county police say they will be there for some time. in the meantime as we mentioned around baltimore, getting around 95, southbound at maryland 32 looking good for those heading northbound up to 695. also, a live look at route 2, as yo

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california says this is not enough and wants lowes to do more. >> it's about people who are americans who happen to be muslims. there's nothing bad about that show. for lowe's to take this action really taints what it means to be american. >> all american muslim follows the lives of five muslim families living in a detroit suburb. >>> just days left before u.s. troops withdraw from iraq, president obama meeting with that country's prime minister. holding talks on the next phase in the u.s./iraqi relations, specifically security issues in iraq. u.s. troops are scheduled to leave iraq by december 31st, marking the end of a nearly nine-year war. right now, only 6,000 u.s. troops remain in iraq, down from the 170,000 at the peak of deployment back in 2007. this is just a mind-blowing story out of the philippines this morning. an american teen has escaped after being held captive on an island for nearly five months. we have new video of 14-year-old kevin lundsman, who managed to run from his captors after he told them he was going out to take a bath in a stream. he wandered without shoes for two straight days out in the jungle before being found by v

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reached berkeley marina or san francisco bay. >>> lowe's is facing a boycott threat from a california senator tonight after pulling ads for a reality show about muslim americans. lowe's announced it was pulling its ads from all american muslims after receiving complaints from the florida family association. the southern california center made the boycott threat, calling the decision unamerican. lowe's issued an apology for having, quote, making some people very unhappy. they have not announced whether they will reinstate the ads. >>> an unusually large crush of initial public offerings is expected this week. among them, zynga, expected to go public december 15, with up to a billion dollars in stock offerings. risen by this holiday . >>> well, online sales are way up this holiday season. a research firm says sales as much as 15% this holiday season, compared to the same time last year. total online sales so far, $25 billion. it could be another busy week for online sales, in large part because most free shipping offers expire by friday. >>> well, there's not a lot of holiday cheer in hollywood. how its season is off to a horrible start.

. >>> lowe's said it decided to pull advertising from the tlc show all american muslim because the showhad become a lightening rod. lowe's also said it stopped commercials after a conservative group e-mailed the company asking them to stop advertising during the show. the state senator said he may call for a boycott of lowe's. >> you watch it it's about americans who happen to be muslim. there's nothing bad about that show. for lowe's to take this action really taints what it means to be american. >> reporter: the group that sent out the e-mail asking companies to pull their ads says more than 60 have done so. however lowe's is the only major company to confirm it stopped it's advertising. >>> dozens of people have been warned that they will lose power. but it's not because they haven't paid their bill but what they disconnected at their home. >> if we do not hear from you pg & e will have to discontinue your electric service. >>> this letter comes after lindsay and others returned their smart immediate meter to pg & e. after hiring a certified electrician to remove the smart meter and

. >>> lowe's said it decided to pull advertising from the tlc show all american muslim because the showhad become a lightening rod. lowe's also said it stopped commercials after a conservative group e-mailed the company asking them to stop advertising during the show. the state senator said he may call for a boycott of lowe's. >> you watch it it's about americans who happen to be muslim. there's nothing bad about that show. for lowe's to take this action really taints what it means to be american. >> reporter: the group that sent out the e-mail asking companies to pull their ads says more than 60 have done so. however lowe's is the only major company to confirm it stopped it's advertising. >>> dozens of people have been warned that they will lose power. but it's not because they haven't paid their bill but what they disconnected at their home. >> if we do not hear from you pg & e will have to discontinue your electric service. >>> this letter comes after lindsay and others returned their smart immediate meter to pg & e. after hiring a certified electrician to remove the smart meter and

if an unannounced worker shows up. >>> low-income families in san francisco living in affordable housing are getting help from the courts. they are dropping dozens for a program aimed at low-income families. they set aside some apartment units when a building is upgraded to a condo. prices are kept below market after the conversion. more than 500 units are covered by the program, which began in the late '70s. >>> ma rin county is posed to press on smoking in apartment complexes. it will affect owl multihousing units. >>> a popular site for disabled swimmers at besh lee high school's old gym will remain closed. they have rejected an injunction to keep berkeley's warm pool facility open. one swimmer argued the americans with disabilities act obligates the city to proride the pool to the disabled. the pool closed to make way for construction and a new gym and classroom. >>> the plan to bring america's yacht race is getting choppy. this morning four environmental groups say they're filing appeals. the environmental impact report does not give enough information to move forward. that can't mo

hil i'll show how low temperatures will go coming up. >> and a teenager who tried to sneak into a home like santa but ran into a big problem. news continues in one minute. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> pg&e says safety tests will restore normal pressure tomorrow, pg&e reduced pressure by 20% after yesterday's explosion. since then, utility says it worked to verify safety through pressure tests, and a record verification. pg&e says restoring normal pressure will provide customers with adequate gas service during winter. >> the federal government is stepping in to help business owners in berkeley. a portion of telegraph avenue has been declared a disaster zone after a november 18th fire destroyed the historic sequoia building. today u.s. small business association opened up a store front office where merchants with k.apply for loans. foot traffic all but disappeared. shop keepers expect losing at least 50% of business. >>> a 10 mile stretch of highway 60 is still closed after this tanker truck erupted. the flames melted the truck and sent concrete crashin

for the counsel based here in washington and he's sounding out over lowe's decision to pull all of the ads from the show. the reason they did it is given away to more hatred towards more muslim americans. >> lowe's has done this in response to the pressure by hate groups. >> reporter: lowe's pulled the ads after the florida family association e-mailed the company asking them to do so claiming the show was islamic propaganda hurting american values. they pulled the ads saying they did it after the show became a lightning rod for people to voice complaints from a variety of perspectives, political, social and otherwise. >> our community is complicated. and even within our own families, we don't always agree. >> reporter: a spokeswoman for the agree says the viewer ship is more than a million per week. they have written a letter to lowe's calling for the company to amend their position. he is yet to hear back. >> lowe's, i believe, made a very bad decision and they should reconsider. >> reporter: now, we've also reached out to lowe's today but i never heard back. now, as of last check, the company is still

. >>> lowe's faces a boycott threat from a california senator. after pulling ads from a reality show about muslim americans. lowe's announced it was pulling its ads from all american muslim, after receiving complaints from the florida family association. southern california senator ted lu made the boycott threat calling the boycott threat, quote, unamerican. >> we were founded on a nation of religious freedom, religious diversity, and for lowe's to single out this show, and say we are pulling our advertising, the show happens to be about americans who are of the islamic faith, to me is very bigoted. >> lowe's has issued an apology for having quote managed to make some people very unhappy. >>> they have not announced whether they will reinstate the ads. if they don't, senator liu says he will make good on his promise to boycott. >>> governor brown will likely announce more budget cuts and the long awaited results of the finance team's forecast of the last six months of the fiscal year will be announced. the key question will be if state revenues have been enough to avert painful cut f

watch in the last couple weeks has been this kind of counter backlash to the muslim reality tv show where lowe'sthe hardware store, pulled its ads from conservative pressure and now everyone's threatening to boycott lowe's 'cause they, they don't think that the show is getting a fair shake and that muslims aren't getting a fair shake. so there is a bit of sympathy i think to some degree for muslims being under attack. >> what do you make of the efforts going on in many states to whip of fear of sharia, of islamic law? >> well, you know i think one of the disconcerting things that's happened in attitudes towards muslims is that over time it's become more of a partisan and ideological issue, which was not the case in the days immediately after 9/11, partly because president bush made some very strong statements about muslims being americans, being our brothers and sisters but now you've seen this issue become more politicized so it tends to me in very conservative states, paradoxically often states with very, very small muslim populations. but i think in a way that we are as a country trying to de

>> home improvement chain lowe's is facing a backlash after pulling ads from a reality television show about american muslims. >> lowe's pulled a ad after the florida family association complained. >> jon: but have you heard the complaint? it's ridiculous! the complaint is the muslims aren't terrorists and all muslims are terrorists so i can't believe i... >> our decision was not political, it was not social in my way. we just knew that it was a controversial program and we wanted to reach consumers and a controversial program is not a great place to do that. >> jon: you still advertise on the learning channel! the network with the show that air brushes four-year-old girls like the side of a van in jersey and sends them to sashay out on the stage like they're in a video. what do you... oh, for god's... for more, we're joined by senior muslim correspondent aasif mandvi. aasif? (cheers and applause) aasif, this is unbelievable. aasif, some group in florida complains that the muslims on "all american muslims" are too normal and lowe's, the home improvement hardware megastore pulls the har

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let me show a little low temperatures this morning. 21 n. frederick this morning. 34 in downtown washington. temperatures will be further close to that tonight. a bigick hit 57, improvement there. are the numbers for you weekend. tomorrow, of 56 sunday. monday, said near 60 degrees. 60 again on tuesday. a cold front is likely to bring showers in the evening. bob ryan will have a lot more on tonight at 11:00. >> join us at 11:00. have a great weekend. [ baby coughing ] [ coughing continues ] [ female announcer ] more pollution from power plants means more childhood asthma attacks. [ labored breathing ] there's technology that makes the air cleaner, but too many plants don't use it. we can't wait. epa must update power plant standards to protect our kids. [ baby coughing ] >>> this is "world news." tonight, back in business. hiring surges. the unemployment number drops. and we meet the americans who are back at work after months of searching for a job. >> i am employed. >> i found a job. >> i got a job! >>> blowout. chaos and cleanup after tha

we'll show you. >>> plus, see why lowe's home improvement chain is facing a possible boycott over a decisionamerican muslims. >>> and players at a college basketball game in new york getting off the court and into each other's faces, find out what sparked this brawl. >> last thing you want to see, the benches clear. [cheers and applause] or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. but you've got a meat and potatoes guy? pour chunky sirloin burger soup over those mashed potatoes and dinner is served. four minutes, around four bucks. campbell's chunky -- it's amazing what soup can do. and get a cold... ...you need a cold medicine with a heart. only coricidin hbp has a heart, right here. it's the only cold and flu brand that won't raise your blood pressure. coricidin hbp. powerful cold medicine with a heart. megyn: a decision by retail giant lowe's home improvement to pull ads from a reality show about american muslims is sparking controversy and even calls for a boycott today. the company made

of course, i shoit in the low lying areas -- i show it in the low lying areas. napa 33 degrees, maybe 35. poof! fog forms. visibility easily below a quarter of a mile. when i come back we will look that five-day forecast and the cold overnight lowes for tuesday morning. see you back here. >>> new information just in to the news room. in the past hour, a fuel spill at university of california at berkeley, where the fuel ended up. and marking the moment m. president obama marks the withdrawal of u.s. troop withdrawal from iraq. how people feel. >>> and more coverage of the protest at the port of oakland. demonstrators now have made it to the port. so what are their plans? weal check in coming -- we will check in coming up next. >>> president obama and iraqi prime minister met in washington d.c. today for final talks regarding the u.s. complete troop withdrawal from iraq by the end of the year. >> what we will be executing is a normal evasion of the relationship. we will have a strong, friend and partner in iraq. >> president obama reiterated the u.s. will not have

lowe's faces a boycott threat from a california senator, after pulling ads from a reality show about muslim americans. lowe's announced it was pulling its ads from all american muslim after reaving complaints from the florida family association. and the southern california association ted lou made the boycott threat calling the decision unamerican. >> we were founded on a nation of religious freedom and religious diversity and for lowe's to single out this show and say we are pulling our advertising, and the show heaps to be about americans who -- happens to be about americans who are of the islamic faith is very bigoted. >> lowe's has issued an apology for managing to make some people very unhappy and they have not announced whether they will reinstate the ads though. if they don't, the senator says he will make good on his promise to boycott that store. >>> members of the u.s. military are the latest victims of that skimming that stole money from lucky supermarket customers. the south bay blue star moms, an organization that sends care packages to u.s. troops overseas found unauthor

lowe's tonight. the big home i want improvement chain is facing a backlash after they fulled ads for a reality show aboutn muslims. one senator is pushing for that boycott. he wants lowe's to apologize for what he calls, quote, naked religious bigotry. and in return, it's advertising the program to tlc cable network. >> they say that people who are muslim are dangerous, therefore they're going to honor the request and pull the advertising. from a very tame show. >> now lowe's has issued two statements, one on sunday apologizing for making, quoting some people very happy. and the other to say the retailer has asked to meet with the senator. >>> arizona's governor tonight is defending her state's tough immigration law in reaction to the supreme court's announcement that it will review the case. how far can a state go to crack down on illegal immigration? one provision of the law now on hold required police to check the immigration status of anyone they suspect might be with in the country illegally. immigrant groups complain it's racial profiling and the obama administration sued, claiming arizona was stra

overnight lows, it will be chilly. you can see 30s showing up in santa rosa and napa.ward, and san jose, upper 30s and 39 degrees. this has been the weather pattern developing over the past few days. high pressure developing over in the pacific and the area of low pressure heading out to our south and east. the difference in pressure generated a strong wind. that low is scooting out to the east and as a result we will begin a scale back on the winds for tomorrow. a bit of a breeze out there. a few gusts approaching 20 to 25 miles an hour. plenty of sunshine in the forecast. a dry weather pattern over the next five days and possibly beyond the next five days as well. here is the overnight lows, showing you the chilly numbers out there. 30s and 40s for your friday morning at 6:00. as we put into motion the forecast model, notice the temperatures back up. the grown contour that links up with today's highs but bring them down a few degrees from this afternoon. most areas by 3:00 will be in the 60s to 65. quite a few 60s. santa rose a69, san jose tops out at 65. here is a l

this is the show that follows the life of a family living in dearborn, michigan. and lowe's to yank the ads, they say, after a christian group from florida filed complaint against the chain, for airing commercials on that show. some protesters yesterday said they thought it was wrong for lowe's to bow to pressure from the one group. >> eric: republican presidential candidate mitt romney sitting down for his first sunday show interview. in more than two years. he's facing a tough and feen potentially long battle, for though g.o.p. nomination and he sat down for an exclusive interview with chris wallace and, he asked him what he thinks about newt gingrich. >> at a critical time he cut the legs from beneath a very important message, same was true with regards to cap-and-trade and it was battled on capitol hill and he sat down with knowns the proposal and spoke in favor of legislation in favor of climate change and, i wouldn't think you call mirrors in space to light highways at night to be practical or a lunar colony a practical idea, not at a stand like this. >> eric: and join

detroit as about 200 muslims and christian protestors lined up to picket lowe's, because they chose to pull ads from the tlc show "the all-american muslim." lowe's decision came after a florida group opposed the show. a local station said 30 counterprotestors showed up to support lowe's. >>> the hazing scandal at florida a&m university may soon lead to a lawsuit. a freshman said is vicious hazing left her leg so badly injured she had to go to the hospital. her attorney is going to join me next. >>> but first, a national report released just this week finds that nearly half of america's public schools failed federal achievement standards. how can parents help turn around a failing school? we get some advices from from steve perry in this edition of "perry's principles". >> there are ways that you can improve the school. the first is that you as a parent have to get involved. you have to meet with the principal and the teachers there and you have to come and be solution-oriented. coming in and pointing out problems doesn't help anybody. we see the same problems that you do. talk to other parents and see what they

were the headlines now let's cross over to our washington studio for the audio on the show stay with. welcome the low show at the real headlines with none of the mercy working a lot of washington d.c. take a look at the t.s.a. millions of holiday travelers prepare to have a hellish experience this weekend and our guest tonight our use of the federal government airlines all suffer from a complete lack of imagination when it comes to anticipating the next kind of terrorist attack the t.s.a. is doing it all wrong so we'll see if he has any better ideas then there's a new debate over the value of transparency versus safety in the scientific community a federal advisory board has asked that certain research not be published for fear that it could be used as a biological weapon so has the global war on terror finally spread to science and why everybody is celebrating the extension of the payroll tax cut let's not forget that there is a lot out there that congress still hasn't done so artie's lauren lyster host of the capital account is going to join us to break down some of the long forgotten pieces of dog

he's sounding off over lowe's decision to pull all of their ads from the show. he says the reason they did it is giving way to more hatred toward muslim americans. >> lowe's has succumbed to the pressure. >> lowe's pulled the ads after the florida family association e-mailed the company asking them to do so claiming the show was islamic propaganda hurting american values. lowe's is standing by their decision, saying they did it after the show became a lightning rod for people to voice complaints from political, social and otherwise. >> our community is complicated. even within our own families, we don't always agree. >> a spokeswoman for the show said the viewership is more than a million per week. awad has written a letter calling for the company to amend their position. he said he's yet to hear back. >> lowe's, i believe, made a bad decision. >> i called lowe's several time and left a message. i was told a spokeswoman did get back to me. as of last check, lowe's is standing strong behind their position to pull the ads. i'm ken molestina, 9news now. >> the feder

show, a controversy quickly developed. >> reporter: there's a growing consumer backlash against the u.s. home improvement chain lowe's after the retailer pulled ads from the reality tv show "all-american muslim." a series about lebanese families living in dearborn, michigan. >> i had a woman sitting behind me saying, see that veiled woman? i turn around and told they are, then you get your ass off the plane because i have a meeting to get to like you. >> reporter: including the conservative florida family association complained the program does not present an accurate picture of muslims. >> we believe that the show is propaganda, and we've called on advertisers across the country to pull it. this whole thing is blown up. it's a distortion. and people are unfairly targeting lowe's in this particular situation. >> reporter: congressman keith allison of minnesota is one of two muslim-americans in congress. he sees nothing wrong with the show. >> the people who are on that show are typical. yet muslims do have babies, they coach football. they have interfamily disputes. i think it's a pretty typical show. >> reporter: fo

bay waterfront on peak days. >>> a senator calling for a boycott of lowe's stores the chain pulled its advertising from the reality show"all-american muslim" after a conservative group complained about the program. the florida family association says the program is propaganda that threatens american liberties and traditional values. senator calls the decision naked religious bigotry. lowe's has apologized for making some unhappy but sticking to its decision. >>> next, the scare a malfunction on a children's amusement park ride caused in the south bay. >>> republicans launching new attack ad against the obama administration the star, a bankrupt bay area company. >>> a bet made during this weekend's republican presidential debate turns into a bad gamble for mitt romney is >>> new push launched today to get every driver @q ú >>> good monday morning. showers in much of the southeast from georgia through florida. taking you west we've got wet weather and mountain snow in southern california. this morning showers are hit and miss in the bay area watch out could see delays in southern california with mountain snow up to 8 in

to practice our faith without losing our sense of american patriotism. >> so why would lowe's pull ads from a show like that? because one right wing group told it to? lowe's and scores of other companies had been the target of a campaign by the florida family association. the group claims the show "is problem began do that riskly hides the islamic agenda's clear and present danger to american liberties and traditional values." so what we have here is a major american company, lowe's, caving to bigotry. the florida family association, you might think, must be a pretty large and influential group to be able to pull off a stunt like this. well, according to think progress, the group has only one paid staff member. its president. and he's a real winner. >> well, the show portrays these five muslim families that are not representative of the entire muslim faith. muslim is defined in all the dictionaries as those who follow islam. and i beg anybody to find an imam in any mosque in this country that believes that sharia should not apply to the people in america. >> let's turn to dearborn, michigan, mayor

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