heavy snow. lower parts of nebraska were calling for as much as four to ten inches of snow and the rest of the region, two to four inches of snow today tapers off overnight tonight and a lot of snow in the next couple hours. >>> how much would you pay for a piece of bernie madoff? bob, don't answer. auctioneneers got the price for this jacket and then the bids went higher and higher and higher. >>> the las vegas strippers who were dancing on a pole on the strip stopped their acts. lots of complaints after the strip club started using the women like live promotion. hello, look at us. some local officials said they thought it was tacky and might pea dangerous. the club owner said it was great for the businessman. >>> police in china reportedly detained dozens of activists as president obama arrived today. that's what family members and friends tell the ap. mr. obama arrived a few hours ago. he held the town hall meeting in shanghai earlier. >> we do not seek to impose any system of government on an

upper level snow and all snow coming down and lower parts of nebraska and winter storm warnings in effectay through night and all the areas shaded in red including manhattan and four to ten inches of snow this afternoon and down to the southwest a little bit farther, a little bit less in the way of snowfall, but two to four. tough go for you on i-70. look at the snow piling up with that bullseye right around northern parts and eastern parts of kansas, that is about eight inches of snow. so, i think maybe four to ten is a good bet. get away from that and looks like things will be on the wet side for you ft. wayne into toledo. heavier rain back later today right across central areas of illinois and missouri. flash flood watches and warnings. the warnings are all the areas shaded in green and you can see them there and the pacific northwest. you're getting slammed again today. a lot of wind and a lot of rain and a lot of snow. we'll talk about that in the next couple hours. >> look at the cloud cover there. >> there is a cold front blowing it ashore and it is heavy at times. >> all right, th

you can cito peca, light snow. heavier snow around kansas city and levin worth, too. temperatures right around 40 right there. the steady precip out of the south, that's all rain indiana in towards illinois. chicago radar again, you guys are dry. i think it's going to be a little bit of time before you see rain and it will be windy again. speaking of wind, look at this. we have video coming in from yesterday near washington state. this is western washington state. check out some of the damage around the seattle metro. look at some of the reports. sea-tac, the highest since a gust of 40. enough to bring down trees. also looking at 5 inches of rain. big surf again today. we'll get to that in about a half hour. >> thank you. so a lot of different storm systems you're watching. >> one out west and right in the middle of the country. >>> thank you. a georgia teacher is accused of trying to take a hit on his student. you know, take out a hit on him. the student's attorney tells local media randolph forde asked the 16-year-old if he was gay and threatened to hit him. he aske

rain and snow.e details coming up in about a half hour. >> all right, thanks. >>> an ohio mom is accused of taking her kids shoplifting. police say that surveillance tape shows the woman and her two children stealing clothes. but when the security guard confronts them, a fight breaks out. police say that two more adults got out of a getaway vehicle to join the melee. the adults were arrested and the 8-year-old boy and 10-year-old girl are now in protective custody. >>> you expect people like president barack obama or the founders of google to be on "forbes" magazine's worlds most powerful list. but i suspected mexican drug lord? the mexican government is outraged that joaquin guzman was picked for the forbes list. guzman is ranked number 41 on it. mexican government officials call it an insult to the country's struggle can drug cartels. >>> when the end of the world is near, who else but john cusack could come to the rescue? so is "2012 kths worth your ten bucks this weekend? ♪

kansas city itself, a rain-snow mix off and on. look at heavy rain getting in towards illinois and indiana, but east of there it's pretty nice. traveling up here at nyc, la guardia has a 12-mile-per-hour out of the north. no big deal, no rain for you today. winds a little gusty out of the north, maybe 15, 20 miles per hour at times. that will slow you down at the airports. but a beautiful start, into the 40s right now. up to 56. what are you popping over there? >> my caffeinated diet beverage. >> i was like whoa, are we at the bar? >> my caffeinated diet beverage. i don't drink caffeine during the show but during the show. it's that or an i.v. >>> there is a big change for people who use and give away gift cards. why gift cards may soon have a longer shelf life. >>> plus should people profit from selling medical marijuana. a fierce debate could end tomorrow. >>> in our salute to the troops, army sergeant ebony johnson is in the spotlight today. her birthday is friday and this is from her husband and their 3-year-old son. >> hi, rob

we have it there in blue, the white is snow, snow levels about 2500 feet right now. that will raise to 4000 later this afternoon. rain around portland stretching into scent. travel delays possible due to weather, too. more on that, richard, in about a half hour. >> thanks, bob. >>> we told you about a government panel's new mammogram guidelines recently, but now the health and human services say there's something even more important than those new recommendations. >>> and then -- you might have to forget that old pumpkin pie tradition. what's going on with the great pumpkin shortage of 2009? >>> keep talking to your doctor. that's the big message from health and human services secretary kath will lean sebelius about new mammogram guidelines we've been telling you about. this week a federal advisory board said that women in their 40s should avoid routine examses. the american cancer society disagrees with that. sebelius says programs like medicaid will keep paying for the exams. she stressed the guidelines are recommendations, not government policy. >> we want women t

this is what hit washington state, the season's first big snow storm. this heavy snowfall shut down several highways and caused problems for drivers, but not everyone was complaining. >> just moved here from texas and we don't get snow in texas at all. so, we're planning on coming skiing and sledding and we just wanted to bring the kids out to play. >> looks like a lot of fun. the first big sheet of white for some people is a reason to celebrate. >>> we're talking about snow in the west, meanwhile we also have some serious weather we're talking about in the southeast. let's chk in with meteorologist reynolds wolf for the latest on that. >> keeping a very sharp eye on this storm. of course, this is hurricane ida, category 1 storm with winds 118 miles an hour, expect ed to move into the gulf of mexico. latest parting we have at the national hurricane center shows interesting, the storm actually veering to the north, gaining strength, becoming a category 2 hurricane, moving off the coast of louisiana and then staying off the coast as you get into wednesday

snow slippage is a possibility. av ladies and gentlemen warnings out for the northern part of the mountains. rain slides down to the south. five inches is a possibility around the coast where you get towards washington state down towards oregon. that's not the only thing we're concerned with. it's the wind as well. specifically along the coast. look at that plus a lig snowmaker for kansas. that's shaping now up richard in a couple minutes. that's snoqualmie pass. that was yesterday. that snow ought to be changing to rain shortly as that wrm air comes on true. that was outside of seattle down 90. more in a bit, rich? we're hoping it turns to rain. makes it tougher to get around. he will be back in five minutes with the rest of the country's weather. >>> president obama in beijing. it was part of his eight-day trip to asia. he met with hu jintao earlier this morning. and in a sense president obama is checking in with the u.s.'s biggest banker. china's government may need assurance its huge debt of u.s. dollars are saf

so you see that shade of the radar, that's definite snow. it will be there in the morning and early afternoon and then more snow will pop up late tonight with the clipper moving on in. heaviest rain in the country is still onshore right across florida. that should move in to ft. pierce and down to miami by late today. we'll look at that coming up in a little bit. >> bob, thank you. so actor ted danson took on the religious right last night on "the joy behar show." why he says rush limbaugh and others are exploiting their listeners. >>> those are the people that really piss me off. i understand people who are angry and fearful, be i understand church is a huge part of their life. i understand people not wanting their daughters. i understand and have empathy for all those people. the people that come along and make use of those people's fears and insecurities to make money or to make something, a position for them, you know, more palatable. those people. >> want to name some names? >> rush. we're talking rush. >> who else? >> pretty much the r

that's all the blue, all the white is snow. snow levels right around 2,500 feet rise to about 4,000 feet today. we're going to get as much as three feet of snow across the cascades and parts of the olympics. more on that in a bit. let me show you some video. this is right around the oregon coastline. video of cannon beach. winds gusting to about 40 as a high-wind warning in the area for today. winds gusting this afternoon to 60 and above. so the wind is back, the rain is back as promised. a better look at that coming up, robin -- robin? >> hey, i -- >> did robin think today was thanksgiving? kind of odd to just take off a thursday. >> it is kind of odd actually. probably just having a good day. all right, thanks, bob. >>> we told you about a new mammogram guideline but new the health and human services says there's something even more important than the new recommendations. a woman held hostage at t.j. maxx says she prayed and prayed while hiding from gunmen. what she did to make sure they did not find her during that ordeal. >

it turns into snow for the higher elevations.ow you how much snow in just about a half hour, rob. it's going to be impressive, no doubt. >> if you would have said back to you, doll, back to you, kitten. i would have known we're on the set of madmen. >> we just had our hr meeting. i can't do that anymore. >>> we've been telling you about the new guidelines for mammograms. now there's new advice from doctors about pam smears. >>> the u.s. army is changing its tune about sarah palin's with upcoming visit to ft. bragg. what report hes won't be allowed to do during her visit. >>> time for us to salute our troops. sarah winsoni wants to salute her fiance. she says that he's in iraq, he'll return in july of next year. listen, she says he joined the army right after high school and loves what he does and that he is all she have ever wanted in her life. so sweet. if you have somebody in the service and you want to salute them, go to cnn.com/robin. >>> what a way for the astronauts to wake up today. alarms went off on the shuttle "atlantis

that's what it looks like, light lake-effect snow but no snow for the mile high city. live to denver, nice start. look at this. >> after all that snow, that is gorgeous. >> it is nice. temperatures back to the 50s. i tell you that snow melted pretty quickly. that is just a gorgeous shot right there. >> it is. >> good morning to you guys. have a good one. more in a bit. >> thank you. >>> the ride to work just got a whole lot easier for hundreds of thousands of people, but the reopening of the bridge linking san francisco and oakland came with a warning. >>> plus -- what a disturbing video of anna nicole smith six months before she died is now at the center of a legal battle. >>> morning, sunshine. i'm robin meade. we salute the troops every morning. so today's salute is from cynthia garcia. it's to her husband sergeant samuel garcia. cynthia says he may be a tough marine, but he also has a heart of gold. >> my name is cynthia garcia from california. my husband is sergeant samuel garcia. hi, babe. the girls and i love you and miss you very much. your absence weighs heavi

a little snow in there, too. our next storm system is right there, and you can see moving on in it's got to get there overnight through tomorrow and then another shot comes in friday and saturday. so you're not done once it moves away from seattle through oh olympia and portland. the rain is out there for oregon. concern for snow in the highest elevation. more in about a half hour. >> thank you. >>> what's for breakfast? is it waffles? enjoy. you'll be hard-pressed to find at least eggos into the next year. >>> and a frightening moment for a woman who frel the subway. >>> the shuttle poses for the station's cameras late this morning for a final check to make sure there's no damage. "atlantis," the live pictures. that's just cool. "atlantis" will remain at the space station for a week for the crews to unload spare parts. you just want to go into work. what are you doing? tap him on the shoulder. you don't mind if we're watching? everybody of us. cool. >>> new york city, raided offices at high-profile newspapers as

out west, more snow. get to that shortly as well. >> thank you. >>> there is some good news for the housing market. the number of foreclosures are dropping again, and there is still a risk things could get worse. >>> check this out, a hockey coach loses it! >>> time now to salute our troops. today's salute is for larry walker johnson from his fiancee. larry's in the navy and is now home. they have five kids between them and they're glad that he's home. >> hi, robin. my name is sawrese. i am larry walker johnson's fiancee sharisse and i wanted to send this salute out to my wonderful, loving fiance. i really am very, very grateful for all you have done for your country and for us. we are just so, so proud of you for all of the things you have done for serving your country. you're known as eo-2 johnson. to us you are daddy, son, brother, friend and husband. thank you so much. i love you. >> adorable. if you have somebody in the military we'd be happy to help you salute them, so go to cnn.com/robin. we'll hel

the light snow.ot just outside of the boston and the cape and reaching around rhode island but that's about it. you get out of here later this afternoon. away from there, the west coast we're concerned with with the powerful storms coming in. you can see the cold air behind that and that cold air is making that snow range at about 3,000 feet in the cascade mountains in the olympics, as well. you have the rain in northern parts of basically california. you get up to the north further, the rain really gets heavy at times. down south of here, san francisco live picture for you. the clouds are going dobb in off and on most of the day. light showers are a possibility. right now, looks like broken sky cover and seeing a couple of delays because of the rain. mainly to the north and talk about that in a bit. bay bridge looking fantastic. i think that's the bay bridge. yeah. >> gorgeous. >> more in just a bit. >> thank you. >>> you know, this morning, military officials are still trying to figure out what cau

mary snow, cnn, new york. >>> even as hope dims of finding any survivors, rescuers are still searching the waters off southern california for a third straight day today. overnight thursday a coast guard plane collided with a marine helicopter. witnesses say that a massive fireball fell into the pacific ocean after the collision. the nine people on board the two aircraft are now feared dead. the coast guard says all nine had access to heat-retaining dry suits and were in excellent physical shape. >>> there were problems with halloween night last night as far as the world series goes. a lot of rain. but what about today? how is it looking for the world series? reynolds wolf joins us. >> it looks a little better. the yankees won the game. tonight in philadelphia, conditions should be a little better. one of the issues we had last night were the scattered showers. still we see them moving through the philadelphia area. what we expect is for the frontal boundary to drive on through. when it does, we expect a little bit of drier air to move into the area for the series. tonight for the serie

getting some snow in sierra nevada. next 48 hours you can see the snow come on in. purple shaded colors around montana, that's about a foot, maybe a foot and a half of snow over the next two days. you're starting to get more of that coming through. the big story, of course, that big low pressure center off the coast of the carolinas. high wind warnings are the areas shaded in red. winds gusting to 50 miles per hour. the areas shaded in yellow, those are advisory areas. see the rain across the outer banks. go up farther in towards norfolk and virginia beach area, winds sustained at about 34 miles per hour with heavy rain. take you live to norfolk. here's that tower cam. it is going to be rocking. you're going to see the streets that are flooded. this is the way it's going to be. this is from w.a.v.y. you'll have the cloesal flooding along with inland flooding because of four to five inches of rain today. again, a wind advisory for norfolk. winds gusting to 50 miles per hour. >> it's really great when you show us those tower cams, bob. >> it gives you a sense. >> it r

to get snow going across that region later. live shots out of the vinings area in georgia. this is just outside of atlanta northwest. this is the area that flooded bigtime about six weeks ago with the chattahoochee river flowing up. you can see flooding already drp -- >> that's water around that building. >> absolutely. there we go. >> unbelievable. already overflowing its banks once again. that's the area that got slammed a couple of weeks ago. the moisture still cannot hold that much water in the atlanta area between four and five inches of rain since yesterday morning. >> wgcl in the copper cam is looking for us. they pulled out for us. >> we appreciate it. that's west of atlanta. >> thanks, bob. >>> a former stripper in miami accused a priest of threatening to have her killed if she told the catholic church they had a baby together. media reports say she testified yesterday that the priest told her he'd send monks to, quote, disappear her. and she says he tried to choke her. the priest denied all of this and the judge order

anybody getting snow? >> snow? you may see a couple of flurries around central ny, central p.a.clipper going on through. it will quickly change over to rain. let me start off showing you what it looks like around florida. here is your frontal boundary around miami, showers, thunderstorms. you can see them redevelop inland later this afternoon. some of these could be heavy rain makers, could see as much as half an inch of rain over these guys over the next couple of hours. mostly onshore, light showers moving in. total for 24 hours, could see as much as a half inch of rain. as for the hurricane, let me show you the path of this thing, hurricane ida off the shore of nicaragua, currently almost hugging the shore. category 1 storm. watch the path, up through nicaragua, basically honduras as well. you can see it's mostly on land, the circulation. good news. it doesn't look like it will strengthen much, but the heavy rain out there 24 to 36 hours, could produce as much as 20 to 25 inches of rain, muddedslides is a good possibility. then we get away from there, to the west coast. i wan

everything you see here is falling as snow. so it's heavy at times. western colorado, highest elevations are going to get that in utah, too. pacific northwest, it's all rain for the valleys. it's all snow for the higher elevations. the cascades, in towards the olympics. watch for a lot of snow to pile up here over the next couple of hours. three to six inches above 4,000 to 5,000 feet. maybe even a little bit lower than that. more details in a bit. that is your forecast. richard, have a good weekend. >> you, too, man. >>> a teenageary show of support for his favorite football team is causing a bit of a buzz. his school gave him an ultimatum about his bengals haircut. you might be surprised what his folks think. plus bernie madoff's personal possessions are hitting the auction block. and this isn't anything like your neighborhood yard sale. >>> right now live to the courtroom. we believe the hearing has just begun for the heenes. these are the parents of the balloon boy. you remember that story that we were following for you. very intensely, this silve

a little light snow falling across right now across seer neve, light snow around the cascades. central oregon. the whole thing moving into northern idaho, montana. looking for about six to 12 inches of snow above 5,000 feet in western montana. live look at central park, here's the way it goes, clouds in all day long. gusty winds today, too, out of the east, 20 to 25 miles per hour possibility. you're going to see delays at the airport because of that. we'll talk about the rest of those delays in just a bit. you'll see a rain that will be overnight tonight for new york. >> i'm surprised how many leaves have hundred onto the trees so far. >> i think the wind will knock them down just a touch, unfortunately. >> thank you. >>> last night on "the joy behar show" she welcomed actress carrie fish heer. she was very candid about her past problems with substance abuse. >> you went into rehab at 29, right? what kind of drugs were you doing? >> what do you have? yeah, yours. no. i was stealing medication from people's medicine cabinets. >> like you'd be visiting their house and go in ther

. >> just moved here from texas, and we don't get snow in texas at alled a all. we are planning on coming skiing and shredding. we just wanted to bring the kids out to play. >> for some people, the big sheet of white is a reason to celebrate. >>> what do you think? can you get in trouble for throwing paper during a ticker-tape parade? some people did just that during the yankees parade here in new york, but they may have picked the wrong paper to throw. ♪ o christmas tree >>> the capitol hill christmas tree has begun its long journey to washington. the tree is an 85-foot-tall blew spruce harvested yesterday in the mountains of northeastern arizona. the 7,000-pound tree is now on a statewide tour of arizona and. the tradition of having states provide a capitol christmas tree started nearly 40 years ago. this is the first year it's come from arizona. >>> someone paid about 54,000 bucks for the hat worn by the man who shot lee harvey oswald. jack ruby's fedora was waun one of the items on the auction block yesterday, all items linked to john f. kennedy's assassinati

temperatures hovered just above freezing but more snow expected by veterans day. >>> families of thoseon flight 93 were on hand for yesterday's ground breaking for a permanent national memorial. it will honor the crew and the passengers who died in the september 11th crash in pennsylvania. one mom who lost her daughter said it was a joyful day. >> i was thinking of my daughter who was the passenger on flight 93 and what she would think about today and she would be very happy and proud that people will have a permanent memorial to come to and remember her and her fellow passengers. >> organizers say they will push to make sure the memorial is completed by september 11th, 20 2011. that's the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks. >>> tomorrow the supreme court will hear lawyers arguments on whether underage kids should get long prison sentences for certain crimes. the case stems from the sentences of two men. joe sullivan was sentenced to life in prison for raping an elderly woman. he was 13 years old at the time of the attack. terrence graham was convicted for his part in armed rob

and those who support senator olympia snowe? guest: those who support term while they are vocal are a small group. i assume when we talk about supporting the senator we're talking about her voting against bringing the bill forward for debate? the majority of mainers did not agree with that. host: has she made any public appearances during her time over the break? guest: yes, but not town hall- style meetings. she is well known for what she calls her walks through communities and the meeting one- on-one with constituents. i'm sure that she is hearing a conflicted message. host: any sense of what she is hearing? guest: there are those who are strongly in favor of an overhaul with the public option. there are those who still pusher to support the public option, but has also heard from those who are very concerned about the cost. host: has there been any polling in the state as far as how the citizens generally look at this debate and what they want the public option? guest: polls have shown about 60% support the public option. it i

what about the snow?t's what you'll find across the sierra. 1 to 2 feet of snow over the next couple of days. that's why it blb a winter storm warning. winds gutting here to 65 miles per hour. not the only travel trouble spot. texas and new england are having problems of their own. we'll talk about that in just about a half hour. >> busy day. >> a lot going on. especially the west coast. >> west coast. snow. crazy. >> they have to love it, but -- >> all right. it is ski season, i guess. >> yep. >>> you probably heard this story, you know the woman who is accused of cutting in line at walmart? it's what happens after she cut in line that has this town divided and could land her in prison for 15 years. >>> churches, yes they help people out all the time. but one pastor is being told not to feed the homeless. >>> how about this story, a woman is facing 15 years in prison over a racially charged incident at a missouri walmart. check out this newly released video because it might shed a little bit more light a

but the white is all snow. the snow elevation right now is starting out at about 2,500 feet as some warmer air begins to come on in later today, that snow level will actually rise up to about 4,000 feet. still, we're looking at as much as 3 feet of snow over the next couple days for the northern part of the cascade mountains, especially in washington state. otherwise look at the heavy rain around portland. up towards the west. showers there all day long. rain goes all the way up by 5 in towards seattle through the puget sound. stretches in towards eastern washington state. pull the picture out, immediately along the coast it's going to be windy today. winds gusting easily to 60 miles per hour. could see gusts over that. high wind warnings all the areas here shaded in red. rain, floods, we have the warnings, watches out there. green is the warned area. nye phi city metros not doing much better when it comes to the weather. low clouds are there right now. laguardia airport, 80-minute delay because of weather. tha

. >> just moved here from texas, and we don't get snow in texas at all. so we are planning on coming skiing and sledding and we just wanted to bring the kids out to play. >> looks like a lot of fun. for some people, the first big sheet of white is a reason to celebrate. >>> what do you think? can you get in trouble for throwing paper during a ticker-tape parade? some people did just that during the yankees parade here in new york. but they may have picked the wrong paper to throw. ♪ o christmas tree >> the capitol hill christmas tree has begun its journey. it was harvested yesterday from the mountains of northeastern arizona here. the 7,000-pound tree is now on a state wide tour of arizona and will arrive in washington on november 30th. the tradition of having states provide a capitol christmas tree started nearly 40 years ago. this is the first year the tree has come from arizona. >>> someone paid about 54,000 bucks for the hat worn by the man who shot lee harvey oswald. jack ruby's fi dora was one of the items on the auction block in dallas yesterday. a

about eight to 12 inches of snow is what we had. but it's all liquid when it comes down into central parts of illinois, back into indiana, so it's not freezing snass. down in the southeast even farther, a little bit of broken shower activity near central georgia. but then you get out west, look at the rain coming in, that's all the cold front, that's cold front number one, moves on ashore today, look at the wind gusts coming out of here. waldport, 90 miles an hour an hour. you're going to get a breather overnight tonight and then tomorrow. the rain comes back on strong thursday with more winds. look at that shot, that's absolutely majestic looking almost. >> we see the camera headacshak little bit. >> the winds have died down. but then on thursday they pick back up to 450, 45ib 55 to 60. you have a break through tomorrow, but then back at it again. >> new year's eve, they gouds at a shot on that needle. >> getting close. >> former basketball star dennis rodman allegedly skipped us on a party tab. you'll hear about rodman's huge drin

not much going on when it comes to snow.ve a clipper type system dropping out of the upper midwest, rolling through the great lakes, throwing light rain into central ohio. all the blue you see is all rain. the white shading is supposed to be snow, but that's not reaching the ground. i don't think you'll see much in the way of that stuff. you get into central and southern indiana, they're getting decent the rain right now. picking up a bit. here's the radar picture coming out of central ohio, little batch of rain north of columbus. that should stretch into cleveland, western p.a., virginia, maryland. it will be on the light side. off to the west a little farther, here is your indianapolis radar, just a few streaks of lighter blue, the light rain, dark blue, heavier rain. clipper storms move fast, don't have a lot of moisture with them, but the wind can pick up behind them. here's the chicago radar. you guys are dry. into milwaukee as it swings on through, more rain coming in from the west. that's a backstage of it. once it pa

when prince charming left snow white, she missed him, too. there were just the dwarfs. of course she misses him. she needs a personal assistant. she has eight children. first of all, people don't know this, but i don't know if you have children yet. >> not yet. >> not yet. >> but your libido is in your placenta and it's removed at birth. and very smart mammals eat theirs. i don't know how after -- >> where are you getting your information? >> i have a baby. and after eight children? there is just no way that they-- >> maybe her brain was in her placenta, not her libido. >> i feel bad for her. >> okay. she said that she's still in love with jon. listen. >> do you still love jon? >> a part of me always will. it's hard to be married to somebody, i think, for ten years and try to say, no, i don't love them anymore. it doesn't really work really well. i love the memories that we have together of the good times. >> oh, the good times. i'm sure she meant good times like these. >> the white sandals. >> no, i'm saying flip-flops. just let them wear what they want to wear so i do

a lot of clouds, a lot of rain and snow.now levels right now at the cascades, the olympics, 3,000 feet. so relatively low. it's going to be there through tomorrow with about a foot of snow just south of seattle. >> folks will be heading to the hills. >> i think so. skiers will start to like this. a little breezy though. >> fresh powder is always good. bob, have a good weekend. >> you, too. >> thanks. >>> this guy is a hero to a lot of folks in the northeast especially new york. manager joe girardi went from winning a series to being a hero of a different sort. a good samaritan. >> how many times have you driven by and saw somebody stranded on the side of the road. >> right. >> maybe i'll make a call, maybe i'll stop. not only did the yankees manager stop to help, the person who he helped had no idea who he was. >>> as you can imagine arab and muslim americans are concerned about possible back lash from the fort hood shootings. the association of patriotic arab americans in the military says their thoughts are with the victim

. >>> heavy snow has killed 21 in china. snow caused thousands of buildings to collapse. almost 160,000 people were evacuated from their homes or stranded vehicles. >>> and several victims of the ft. hood shootings will be laid to rest today. services will be held in indianindian indiana, wisconsin and utah. >>> the attorney for the alleged gunman in the ft. hood rampage says major nidal hasan is paralyzed from the waist down. ed lavandera has more on where the investigation stands now. >> his family describes him as a good american, but several who knew him say the high-ranking army officer expressed extremist islamic views. one says he openly pledged allegiance not to the united states, but the koran. when asked if the constitution was a brilliant document, he said, no, not particularly. our source asked not to be identified. >> we are doing everything possible and we are looking at every reason for this shooting. we are aggressively following every possible lead. we are collecting, analyzing every piece of critical information pertaining to this case. >> hasan has been

. >> senator rockefeller and senators kno snowe pushed throue program i mentioned before. we welcome the push by senator rockefeller to make sure we have a plan that really pushes the ball forward in a significant way on meeting the goal of congress and the president. i think everyone understands that in a changing landscape, the last thing we want is to have a plan that is written and is interesting that gets put in a drawer and then looked at a few years later. we have senator rockefeller's support on developing a living, breathing plan that makes progress, says milestones, and has mechanisms built into continually improve the plan and technology changes to promote universal broadbent in america. >> our guest is the federal communication commission chairman, julius janikowski. moving on to another topic, this is the reason coverage of information article. you were not quoted in the article, but you were featured on the front. the opening line says that you use genachowski is scared about a spectrum shortage. >> we have a looming issue, a looming crisis when it comes to s

i come in and we try to talk about what do we snow? what does science tell us about this? what do we know about what might be possible, and i hope i come across not overselling but this is possible, this is hard, this is unclick -- unlikely. this is unlikely to occur five or 10 years from now. this is -- we have a good shot at it. and also to open up things where, because of my connections in the research community and because i'm a techy. i like to know what's going on and what's going on in the minds of the most innovative companies and universities that i can give them a glimpse of what might be possible. this is good because it makes it seem like we don't, you know, some people say we can't do there. it's impossible. it would require a miracle. i say well, not really. but it's going to be lard but it's possible. and so what i like about this is -- now there are certain people who just decide they're not going to come around and that's life. i'm not so wildly optimistic that i think i can convince everybody. but a large, actually bipartisan group, are willing to listen

mary snow new york. >>> seattle police say a car pulled alongside a patrol car last night opened fire killing the officer in the passenger seat. >>> even as hope dims of finding survivors, rescuers are searching waters off southern california for a third day today. overnight thursday, a coast guard plane collided with a marine helicopter. witnesses say that a mass tifive fireball fell into the water after the collision. those on the craft are now feared dead. all nine had access to heat-retaining dry suits and were in excellent physical shape. there were problems with halloween night last night as far as the world series goes. we're talking a lot of rain. what about today? how's it looking for the world series? hey, reynolds. >>> if you're a phillys fan, hopefully it will be better than the homeruns they gave up last night. one of the issues we had last night were scattered showers. we see the move in through the philadelphia area. we expect the frontal boundary to drive on through and we expect a little bit of drier air moving in for the series. for the series tonight we expect tempe

, reducing the winter snow pack which is the biggest reservoir that we rely on if he will.see printer low temperatures rising in the snow pack melting earlier in the spring and collectively these transfer precipitation and temperature producing earlier making it harder to use the precipitation leader in the summer and affecting all of our assumptions about how we're going to deliver water to the millions of americans in the west and at the same time i should say western united states has accounted for 50% of the nation's population growth from 1990 to 2000. with the fastest growth in the united states being in the driest areas, arizona, nevada, southern california. so we are concerned about the impact of climate change. and i will tell you the example i gave earlier about the delta system quite apart from the colorado river where we are seeing very severe drop likewise we are seeing it in central california and affecting our ability to deliver water through the delta. these are changing all of our assumptions about what will be available in the future and putting a premium

senator rockefeller and senator snowe pushed through the e-rate program that i mentioned before. senator rockefeller is very focused on making sure that our communications infrastructure serves all americans, and, you know, we welcome the push by senator rockefeller to make sure that we have a plan that really pushes the ball forward in a significant way on meeting congress' goals and meeting the president's goals on universal service. i think everyone understands that in a changing landscape the last thing that we want is to have a plan that's written and that is interesting that gets put in a drawer and that's looked at a few years later. what we want to do and what i know we have senator rockefeller's support on is develop a living, breathing plan that makes progress, that sets milestones and that has mechanisms built in to continually improve the plan as technology changes and as we learn what works and what doesn't work to promote universal broadband in america. >> host: this is "the communicators" program on c-span, our guest is the federal communications commissions chairm

up to the north of us, they've been getting a little bit of snow flying through western sections of pennsylvania. it's trying to move in our direction but notice as it gets to the border, the mason-dixon line, it all kinds of -- kind of dries up and falls apart. that's what i expect it to continue to do. we'll become partly cloudy overnight. the winds will come down a little bit. it's going to remain breezy and chilly all night long. i should say breezy and cold all night long. a fantastic weekend is coming our way. details on that coming up. >> see you in a bit. >>> it has taken a lot of work but crews have finally finished repairing a water main break in arlington. the big pipe burst on monday flooding the area near gliebe and zitmar -- ditmar roads. on monday a worker was electrocuted at the site. another remains in serious condition. >>> d.c. police say they spotted a suspect breaking into a car and started chasing him on foot. but the man jumped into rock creek and floated away. police caught up with him still in the water near a boathouse. he was taken to the hospital with signs of hypothe

. >> you mentioned senator snow from maine, are there any moderate republicans that might step forward to support this bill? >> the only small possibility is probably the other senator from maine, senator collins, and i think that you'll see senator snow join the bill before you will see senator collins do so. they have worked together and joined together on issues like this in the past, especially because of their moderate politicapolitics and their intee often closely aligned but other than that that the list is too long and not getting any bigger. >> should we look for republicans to offer health care alternative during this debate? >> i think that you'll see a lot of points of debate but a lot of it is in disagreement or objection. so far, you know, one of the biggest priorities for republicans has been trying to do something about medical malpractice, and the problem is that even with a lot of the changes that republicans might want to get in this bill, it doesn't necessarily mean that they'd support it, you'd have to see and an entirely different product from what we have right n

the only boat was olympia snowe. -- the only vote was olympia snowe. >> although chuck grassley was negotiating all summer with max baucus. while he was doing that, they were publicly suggesting there would be a challenge. at the same time, tom harkin took that occasion to tell one of the newspapers that maybe we should start voting every two years on whether chairman keep their cavils. -- on whether chairman keep their gavels. is it a question of individual leaders or is there now a structural force represents the kind of things that baucus and crassly seems to know what to do -- grassley seem to know what to do? >> with the democratic majority in the house and senate, he does not have to reach across the aisle. he does that have to present legislation that is acceptable to mainstream republicans been. i think the main thing we can do is take away the majority. >> when you alluded to something earlier, any time a republican tries to be bipartisan, he gets crushed the next day by sean, rush, o'reilly, they automatically start rallying a candidate to run against them. it is a structural impedime

ice and snow already?>> "atlantis" astronauts are using the first full day in orbit to do inspections. they plan to check the shuttle's thermal shielding to see if it was damaged. nasa officials say it doesn't appear there's anything to worry about. today's survey should give them conclusive answers. they will hook up with the international space station tomorrow. some of our lucky i-reporters got a close-up view of the space shuttle "atlantis" as it was blasting into space. allen walters lives near the kennedy space center. took that amazing picture. look at that. just seconds after the launch. he says it was perfect. he says he goes to as many shuttle launches as he can. and repeat i-reporter adriana of georgia was among 100 twitter followers at the launch. it was sponsored by the space agency. she took a lot of pictures, including this one of the count down clock. 101 participants were invited to the tweet up event. send us photos of any cool happenings in your part of the world, breaking news. safety f

she dressed in fancy little dresses and would go run in the snow and play in the mud. was just a beautiful little girly girl, nancy, that had everyone's heart.  >>> breaking news in the case of 9-year-old elizabeth olten whose body was found in a heavily wooded area behind her home. abc news reports the teen suspect who was reportedly female is the older sister of the little friend elizabeth was last seen playing with. law enforcement will not confirm this report with hln. the teen will not be allowed to go home while waiting to find out if she will be tried as an adult or juvenile. an attorney representing the teen waived the detention hearing today. the teen suspect will remain at the juvenile detention center until the certification hearing november 18th. kmiz reports the home searched shortly after the body was found is the same home the suspect lives in. yesterday we learned from neighbors the home searched is also the home of elizabeth's friend she was last seen playing with. police will not say how these two reports are connected. >> we are taking your calls li

olympia snowe is a good example. she has a great feeling about the center in maine. we have seen this since 1978. this number, this is 176. the republican vote came after 2018. he was with the leadership because he would not be there for 218. the public auction is the same thing that means that this is too much government health care. this is not acceptable for what we think should happen. mitt romney passed a mandate, and it said, you do not need this for public out -- for a public auction -- public option. >> is it possible for a president to have a robust approval rating? something close to 50? or is this something of the past? >> does this work? i have been told by the microphone does not want you to listen to me. >> we did that earlier. >> it is possible for this president, right now, to be popular with republicans. it takes no more to be popular among independent voters. the obama who talked about budgeting during the campaign, he supported that. if that came back, he would score points. if obama said today, my girls go to the best school in washington. every a

a little bit of white snow. adirondacks stretching down into the mid part of the hudson valley.ight rain showers possible around boston early this morning but if you're going to check out the ticker tape parade, looks like it's going to be breezy for that yankees celebration about 45 degrees. 39 currently in ny. 30 in buffalo. only 29 degrees when you get to detroit. 42 in chicago. winds out of the south today. it's going to warm you up just a bit. cool temperatures down through roanoke, charlotte 32. atlanta 39 degrees but cold air basically halts right across central parts of florida. 60 in tampa. 70 in miami. winds offshore again today coming right inland. you're going to see more showers. we'll talk about that and a look at tropical depression ida. it's down by nicaragua in about a half hour from now. >>> sing er rihanna is speaking out for the first time about her assault by ex-boyfriend chris brown and last night on hln's "the joy behar show" joy spoke with a star about her experience with domestic violence. >> a lot of women blame themselves. did you blame yourself? >> of

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

as mary snow reports, the advice has some parents divided. >> want to get a class out or something? >> reporter: laura wellington says she does what she can to keep her 10-year-old daughter izzy healthy along with the rest of her family. but when it comes to the h1n1 vaccine -- >> i'm absolutely not getting the children vaccinate, no. the worth is not risk it. >> reporter: laura has four children and is pregnant with her fifth. she's not against vaccines in general and has paid close attention to information about swine flu and talked to her doctors. is your main concern side effects, the speed of the vaccine? what's the main concern? >> it's side effects, it's potential down the line. you know, you put something new into your body, people react very differently to different things that they put into their body. one person, it might be fin fe for, another person, it may not. >> reporter: and while laura not worried about her kids getting the swine flu, amy my sanny is. she's especially worried about her 9-year-old son who was hospitalized as a baby because of the flu. >> i am really

we're seeing low temperatures rising and snow back melting earlier.ger -- producing the earlier runoff. they are affecting all of our assumptions about how we are going to deliver water to the millions of americans in the west. and at the same time, i should say, the western united states has accounted for 50% of our nation's population growth from 1990 to 200. --2000. with the fastest growth with in arizona, nevada, southern california. we are concerned about the impact of climate change. and i will tell you, the example i gave earlier about the bay delta system, apart from the colorado river, where we are seeing long-term, severe droughts, likewise, we're seeing it in the central california. and affecting our ability to deliver water. these are changing all of our assumptions about what water will be available in the future. and putting a premium on our ability to down scale global models to more regional levels to be able to get better data and predictions about what we'll have to deal with in the future, in order to deal with the water supply need

he shouted the enemy, the haitians poured out into the snow storm in their nightclothes firing at monroe and his men. he felt wounded. the haitians pounced. he and his men fought them off until washington and his troops could fight their way of king street and for stations to surrender. it was sheer luck that a surgeon happened to wander by, type of an artery, stopped the bleeding and monroe's orman and saved his life. thanks to monroe and washington gave him an official accommodation and promotion to captain. thanks to monroe washington won the battle of trenton. the victory revived the morale of the american troops and of the american public and saved the revolution. for the first time our citizens soldiers with little or no training defeat to a professional army from europe. congress returned to philadelphia and abandoned thoughts of surrendering. and when monroe was well enough he rejoined washington's army, fought heroically and he won where lafayette was wounded and monreal helped save the frenchman's life. monroe went on to survive the winter at valley forge and then served heroic

snow caused thousands of buildings to collapse, apparently, almost 160,000 people were evacuated fromtheir homes or stranded vehicles. and several victims of the ft. hood shootings will be laid to rest today. services will be held in indiana, wisconsin, and louisiana. >>> and that's a quick check of your saturday headlines here on hln, i'm virginia cha. >>> so the attorney for the alleged gunman in the ft. hood rampage said nidal hasan is paralyzed from the leggings down. where the investigation stands now. >> reporter: nidal hasan's family describes him as a good american, but several who knew him say the high-ranking army officer expressed extremist islamic viewsment one says hasan openly pledged allegiance, not to the united states, but to the koran, and when asked if the constitution was a brilliant document simply responded, "no, not particularly." our sources asked not to be identified because of the ongoing investigation. and the investigators wouldn't comment on the details they offered. >> we are doing everything possible, and we are looking at every reason for this shooting.