south. charleston, you're included in that with a high of 78. that is a look at your wednesday forecast. christina? >> all right. thanks so much, ginger. >>> consumers are glum. home prices rise. and toyota says oops. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, he's out on of his marriage and now he's looking for a job. jon gosselin's ongoing mid life crisis continues to unfold. >>> how can a team lose and really win? we'll show you. you're watching "early today." >> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm christina brown. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> in a sign of thawing relations a top state department official has held talks with senior cuban officials on a host of issues, including migration and drug trafficking manipulate it happened two weeks ago when the two sides met to discuss restarting mail service between the u.s. and cuba. >>> in new york yesterday, suspected terrorist zazi pleaded not guilty to planting a bomb attack in manhattan. he's being held without bail. he may have been planning to launch an attack on the

we had a $600 million -- investment in south charleston.you don't want to show up looking bad and you don't want to fall asleep and afternoon meetings. >>>>> don't people want to fly e governor where he needs to go? >> it has been that way for 30 years. the comptroller general of the state looks at every budget with regard to spending for every governor. for 30 years, they have not had a problem with it. that's where it  strange in that they have been watching this for 30 years and there legislative audit find no -- no material wrongdoing and now they're saying is a huge problem. it is very selective. it is the world of politics. >> is it worse here or in washington, d.c.? >> i don't know. that is in the eye of the beholder. >> was it worse in d.c. before june? >> again, i want to offend you guys. in fairness to obama and i have thought about him recently and the storm that exists around health care. whether you disagree or agree with it, if you want to find a guy who most loudly object to his proposal and you throw that guy out on tv, tha

and i'll start pointing out that i was born here in charleston, south carolina. so i can refer to some of the things that have been said by south carolina outside this state. and one commentary after the governor sanford business, someone observed that south carolina is the state that's too small to be a nation but too large to be an insane asylum. [laughter] there are probably times when people felt they were proving that apmorism true. gina set the table very well and i'll offer thoughts. if you recall the clinton years, we invented a different scandal it seems like every month. the most famous one, the one that i probably got more prominence for was of course le faire monique. most of the students here are probably -- they were too young at the time to know the full glory and zesty quality of that scandal. which i won't go into because that would turn this into an x-rated program. [laughter] but one thing about that matter, and one thing about the list, tucker, that you gave us, look how many of those things involve sex. human misbehavior. something that i thi

. >> i grew up in the holy city of charleston, the south of roy. it's the center of civility in a civil state. so i truly support civility. >> wilson answered only a few questions before choking up and heading for the door. >> that is my life. supporting the people of south carolina. >> leaving behind the question of whether he and his party can move past the distraction and back to health care reform. joe johns, cnn, washington. >>> the man considered a godfather of american neoconservatism has died. he passed away at the age of 89 after complications from lung cancer. irving kristol started as a liberal and switched to conservatism. he's the leader of the conservative movement. he worked in think tanks and received the presidential medal of freedom. >>> check out the video out of mexico city. people are in a crowded subway station here. this is yesterday. shots suddenly rang out. you can see people scatter. trouble started when the police tried to stop a man from writing graffiti. a man shot and killed two law enforcement officials. you can see t

he's in charleston, south carolina. >> good morning to you all. my question is this. 12 time to eliminate the agree garian-based education -- gregarian-based education system and condensing the hours of schooling during the day? in this particular area you have young children who start kindergarten age at 7:30 and they don't get out until almost 3:00. and that duration of time and the lack after tension span -- of attention span as those children grow up can be a debt meant. they're getting up -- -- up at a point where their brain may just get tired so if we eliminated the summer break and just had a year-long system like other countries have, do you think in this country it's time to seriously look at that across the board? host: dwayne as two very important questions. one is on sleep. there are school districts that are now making the school day start later, recognizing students aren't functioning as well early in the morning. equally important is about the time. do we eliminate the 180-day schedule? a number of school districts are. we happen t

. >> you kind of listen to it on the radio when growing up in charleston, south carolina, right?i listened to a lot of country music. >> who inspired you the most? >> i think the older guys, buck owens, lyle lovette, randsy foster, dwight yoakun. >> you had george strait, brad paisley, keith urban, kenny chesney. what do you get from them when you see them on stage? >> it's awesome. to be honest with you, every time i've seen a concert from one of those guys i stole something from it i want to use in my show. i would say something and go i'm going to do that. yeah, those guys are great. >> what are you going to wear for the k -- cma? >> basically what i am now. >> here he is, darius rucker. again you're her september 27th at meri weather post pavilion. what are you opening with? >> probably with "forever" but it will be a great show, i promise that. >> good luck to you. >> thank you. >> cma awards coming up hosted by brad paisley and carrie underwood. that is wednesday night november 11th, 8:00 p.m. right here on abc2. we'll be right back. explain. oh yea, well for 6 months, cust

. >> i grew up in the city of charleston. south of broad. it is the center of a stability and a civil state. and so i truly support civility. >> joe johns and tony perkins of the conservative family research council and on the liberal side, jennifer palmieri. jennifer, you heard what the president had to say. you heard what joe wilson had to say. is this conversation over now? i mean is next week the story actually going to be about health care? >> i think that barring any other developments that, you know, any other outbursts from congressman like joe wilson, i think barring that, you'll turn back to health care and, you know, it is -- i'm sure the white house is -- >> republicans are saying that democrats want this to be the conversation. >> i promise you, i think it's pretty clear the president does not want that to be the conversation. it doesn't -- i mean it's not a huge problem in terms of affecting the health care debate. but it does distract from it a little. you know, does distract from it a little bit. but, you know, moreover, i do

this is hosted by the college of charleston in south carolina and is about one hour. >> good evening.ome to the college of charleston. let me begin by asking everyone to do our panelists an audience a favor by turning off all of your electronic devices to the off or silent position. we are pleased to welcome you tonight to the college of charleston. on behalf of the department of communication, the school of humanities and social sciences, and the department of communication advisory council, i am delighted to invite you to a conversation about political scandal and communication. let me begin with a story. in 1832, what we might call a political scandal erupted in south carolina. a state senator and brother of two famous abolitionists, a trustee and graduate of the college of charleston wrote john callaghan to shift positions and defend the union rather than persist in the defense of state rights. when the latter became public, an angry mob appeared at his home where he proclaimed his willingness to die for the union. fortunately, the mob disbursed. the story ends badly. the pro-unio

charleston, south carolina, 85. but 80 in atlanta. we'll see more storms across the southeast in the northern gulf coast states. unfortunately the flooding problems continue. down to mika and joe. >> he is so much better. >> he has a nice voice. >> refreshing voice. >> wow! >> just waking up this morning. >> bill was a great guy, though. >> no, he wasn't. see, that's the problem. >> really? >> no. no, he wasn't. he wasn't a good person. no, he wasn't. >> you know what? here is the thing. when you go after -- seriously, repeatedly, he went after joe's wife on the air. it's embarrassing. she's very pretty. >> oh, that's a joke, that's funny. but when he was off the air -- >> well, when he started calling her. >> call her at home in the middle of the night. yeah, forget about me. >> high pressure area? >> yeah. let's just say this. when you call, if you've been sexually harassed, press two. >> what's number one? >> barnacle, of course. so they fired him. >> thank god. >> it had to be done. >> coming up, the finance committee -- >> i hope

this<@q& is michael smith down charleston, south carolina. speaking of the truth without piling on to go back to your original trip to argentina. in 2007 i attended a south carolina world trade center dinner hosted in honor of the argentina ambassador to the united states. during that dinner the ambassador administrationed he had met with you during his visit to south carolina and when asked if strengthening trade ties between argentina and a south carolina would be a priority among those among your economic development agenda, the ambassador said that you  that that would not be a priority. so i'm curious about what changed your mind a year later when you decided to add the argentina leg of your trade trip to brazil? >> let me let the governor tackle that? >> you are there. you're in brazil. you're in that neck of the woods. i think it was completely true to say that the dominant trading partners with south carolina were -- with about a 50-year history had been europe, predominantly tied to germany with the bmw hub, and other firms, and tha

host: from charleston, south carolina, this is police. -- louise. caller: thank you. i have a question and comment. first, sir, did you vote for the iraq war? guest: i was not in the senate then and i have not voted for the supplementals for it. caller: did you look for the $686 billion budget there will be passed for 2010 for the department of defense? guest: no, i did not. caller: thank you. i do agree with the previous caller concerning the republican party. but i don't think it applies to you personally. americans voted to give republicans out of office because we had some much government control that led to a house tax -- i am sorry, a huge tax cut for the wealthiest 2% of americans and has cost the jobless situation now. you have been in office eight years it and have done nothing to help -- and have done nothing to help concerning health care. republicans have no credibility right now. guest: well, we have been out of control for two and a half years. look, the claim that the republicans could have done more is a legitimate. it is spot on. it does not deny the

charleston, west virginia had yesterday. heading out through across the area, we'll take it down to the south as we show you on the eastern shore to hang on to a little bit more clouds. tonight we slip back into the upper 50s but clearing things out. kim, how about the traffic? >> traffic looks great to start off your friday. no real problems on the belt wi and west side. traffic is building as you make your way down from the 795 area through past the baltimore national pike. in rosedale, the outer loop at 95. the two left lanes remain closed because of construction. also, southbound in the harbor tunnel, they are still working on a project there. southbound on the harrisburg expressway at timonium road, the left lane remains closed and all will be opening by 6:00 a.m. at least. this is at cold frick lane on the jfx. everything looks fine. >>> we are learning more about what may have led to a yale graduate student whose body was stuffed inside of a wall. officials are investigating whether the suspect, raymond clark iii's work attitude led to the confrontation. people interviewed by police painted him as a controlling man who v

host: charleston, south carolina. democrats line. caller: thank you very much.oming out to tell us the truth from the inside out and people like us taxpayers, we don't know what is going on in the pentagon and the white house and washington and how these people spend our tax money. and also as a speechwriter, this is his power -- profession, just as someone needs a secretary. i applaud you for you to take the action. so i can read and understand what is going on and who is behind the doors and who is spending money and putting it out for the taxpayers. host: portland, oregon. roger. caller: how are you doing? guest: fine, how were you? caller: fine. somebody had criticized you earlier about how she can believe you. well, people like that need to wake up and realize that everybody in government is hiding something so that as the past that now. my question for you is, and when you are in the white house, did you see any interesting squabbles about how policy should be made. how did they resolved that? and if you had one instance where you can tell us maybe -- give

recently he invited us into his south carolina home to do what he does best, tell a story. the setting is charlestonant to tell how that city affected me when i was a child. when i was an adult. and now that i'm an old man. how that city has kept its hold on me. it's a magical, wonderful place. >> they call it the low country of south carolina. pat conroy is famous for taking readers there in his stories and many have waited 14 years for a return visit. >> i feel badly that i do not type and that i still write by hand. it makes it slow. >> conroy's latest novel is not just a love letter to the historic city but follows the life of character leo king through three decades. dealing with the aids crisis in san francisco and hurricane hugo. many families are familiar with his epic style of writing, they may be surprised to hear that the father is a good guy. >> i've seen him. it moves me when i see a dad, you know, embrace the child. take the child. >> all of conroy's books have a tone to them of an autobiogra y autobiography. his work is filled with characters that are very real and very personal for h

south carolina. if you live anywhere near charleston down to savannah, you'll see fog and low clouds for the rest ofde. got the fog out there. here's what it looks like now. poor visibility in savannah due to the cloudiness and you'll see that off and on for the rest of the day. we have a north rain coming in. watch that to be the case later on today. you have rain coming in off the atlantic ocean. jersey, maryland, d.c., virginia, too. a stiff wind is going to help beaches. when you get down to virginia beach, it's coming inland in atlantic city. more showers moving in through lower parts of jersey. that's one thing you'll notice. the other thing will be the wind out of the east. it will slow you down at the airports, philadelphia, d.c., boston and new york city as well. rain getting in through arkansas right now. flash flood warning from yesterday. this is all texas, all rain. you're going to see this in the southern half of texas over the next couple days. exceptional drought. this should help them a little bit. more in half an hour. >>> police at an ivy league college need your help. they're try

charleston. heavy downpours. we have them now and will con to spill in through the myrtle beach. the tail end of that is now affecting areas as far southnland as porl. you can see showers just offshore. now moving inland, too. around melbourne. that's all going to be out there for the better part of the day. scattered showers and thunderstorms south of there. basically west palm all the way down to the keys. just scattered showers for you. rain also around the jersey shore. breezy around new york city later today. and more down towards on cleveland, akron. ontario as well. you can dry out temporarily tomorrow. beneficial rain. we have it once again. lower parts of texas. weak wave of low pressure to the north. energy rotating around that. check it out. looking at decent rain now out of san antonio, austin, all the way up towards basically the waco area of the afternoon. then the rockies. winter type storm developed overnight. you see the rain coming in and going upslope turning into snow. warnings for you looking for seven to 12 inches of snow. mainly above 7,000 feet. that's the elevation just west of denver. that's what we are watchi