, to south dakota as well, robin.ore details on that in about a half hour. >> i thank you. so what's going viral on the internet? a german invasion of her country in this video. some people are so talented. more than 1 million views on this one. we dug it up for you on youtube. a mom reported her 14-year-old son missing only to find out he was on a cross-country flight. you have to hear the high-tech way police tracked him down. ♪ on a nice day ♪ on a nice day >>> so what a story here. a 14-year-old boy made it through airport security with a ticket with his mom's name on it. his mom says that he used her credit card to book an airport shuttle and a one-way flight to chicago. when security questioned him he said his name was virginia and let him pass. other passengers were surprised. >> i think there needs to be more security. >> i think there should probably be some type of i.d. required for that. if you don't have that proof, how can they prove it's you? >> people under 18 do not the need an i.d. to board a plane. t

it is up here in the northern plains and you see the blue on this, on south dakota. that is snow. getting snowfall on the backside of this as we get in to okay now and a lot of rain on the front side with that front lining up there. this front is still well to the west. this front isn't even to chicago yet. high pressure is in michigan. front will be by late afternoon, east of indianapolis heading this way and by tomorrow morning is when the front will on top of us. we will have a couple of showers here. a better chance of showers in the lighter green area up to new york and albany and boston. the seven-day forecast shows temperatures up and down a little bit. 70ish the next couple of days. watch for the wind tomorrow. thursday and friday look nice. warm on friday, should be a shower friday in to saturday morning and windy and blustery and wet by monday, 64. join us at the convention center this weekend at the green festival. angie goff has a long list of traffic. >> overall not so bad. we are talking about the slough goes setting in across the region. it is slow from the prince w

look at the know coming down from nebraska, south dakota, northwestern part of iowa, lower minnesota. right now has a three-hour weather delay because of low clouds and snow. that's what it looks like at their airport. heavy rain marching thereonon through northern alabama. squall line developing around the stateline with alabama and georgia. it will be for the entire day. squall coming out of birmingham headed in toward georgia. more rain today. 3 to 5 in areas shaded in dark green. flash flood watches here. warnings are counties shade in bright green which means flooding already occurring. next couple days. 48-hour rain totals coming in between 3 and 5 where you see yellow shaded areas. it's out there. more rain coming in but it's evaporating before it does so. freeze warnings are around. back across the midwest, plains here come the snow. northern parts of nebraska in toward lower parts of south dakota. 1 to 2 inches for today stretching in toward minneapolis. advisories are out there live to atlanta if you are trying to travel in or out on a busy monday morning, that's the situati

a cold front is stretching from south dakota all the way to mexico. a lot of action ahead of that.t is pushing our way. increasing clouds heading our way. off and on rain showers on saturday. temperatures mainly in the 40's. 50 degrees downtown. even some upper 30's out west. a lot of sunshine today. by saturday, expect a few rain showers. but sunny. >> we will keep that in mind. things are rolling in nicely now. pretty decent right here at cole's hill road. good on 95, 66, 395. northbound traffic out of newington. a noticeably heavier volume. >> thank you. >>> a slew of new laws hit the books for drivers in maryland. >> speeders and drunk drivers will face tougher penalties. pamela brown is live in rockville with more on these changes. good morning. most of these laws are intended to make the roads safer. drivers will have to break some bad habits or pay up. listen up toward dig deeper to dig into your pockets. it will cost you $500 if you're caught texting. >> officers will be vigilant. we know this is a threat to public safety. >> texting can be dangerous and deadly. nearly 6000

another one near minneapolis and parts of south dakota, too. it's a soggy start, robin. up in a half hour. >> gosh, it is, isn't it? >>> the fbi just added a man accused of dozens of murders to its most wanted list. the measures he took to change his appearance. >>> it is time right now to salute our troops. a long-awaited visit is coming up for the family of christopher foley, husband and father of three is coming home from afghanistan for system r&r and his mom wants him to know how proud she is of him. >>> good morning, robin. this is joan foley. i'd like to send out a salute to my son, sergeant christopher foley. i want to tell you how much i love him and miss him. i want to say how proud i am of him. >> well, thank you so much. i can hear how much it touches you. and your message has touched us. if you have somebody in the service go to cnn.com/robin. >>> a man described as a ruthless kill certificate the latest addition to the fbi's top ten most wanted list. eduardo ravelo was initially wanted for racketeering but is also responsible for dozens of murders and assau

. >> he would open acorn braff in texas and south dakota. by 1980, it was in 20 state country . by 2008 rafte built a vast organization he told us he envisioned from the beginning. >> i could make it happen in arkansas. we'll makes it happen anywhere. >> is acorn good for america? >> acorn has been rotten for america. >> fox news reporting the truth about acorn. we'll be right back. cheez-it® bakes so much real cheese... in such small bites, people are wondering, how does cheez-it® do it? - i know! - three, two, one. ( beeping, whirring ) ♪ - baking complete! - ( bell dings ) cheez-it®! where do you come up with this stuff? hi, dad! lots and lots of cheese baked into little, little bites. cheez-it®. the big cheese. rooster crow. still tired the next day too? when you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, remember 2-layer ambien cr. the first layer helps you fall asleep quickly. and unlike other sleep aids, a second helps you stay asleep. when taking ambien cr, don't drive or operate machinery. sleepwalking, and eating or driving while not fully awake with memory loss fo

we're out in the road ♪ drop our pants, we take a big load ♪ >> texas, colorado, dallas, amarillo, south dakota itching, it's the fire abouts ♪ ♪ ♪ my name is ryo, i love big trains ♪ ♪ >>> okay. it gets worse after that. and i'm leaving out the part where you have the sex slurs on women. i want to go back to patty, richard heene's ex-wife. you alluded to the fact that you got out of the relationship because your children were in fear. what, if anything, did mr. heene do allegedly that caused your children to be afraid, your two little girls? >> well, they watched him verbally throw fits and throw things at us. he was like a master of mental warfare. he put us down, hollered at us a lot. he pushed me one time over a couch and then flipped the couch with me and the children on it, threw things at me, and sometimes you know, the things would not hit me but hit them. i filed a police report in lake arrowhead, california. and that was the night he flipped us over the couch and flipped the couch and he left marks on me from throwing things. >> with me is patty. this is heene's ex-wife. giving a litt

we're out in the road ♪ drop our pants, we take a big load ♪ >> texas, colorado, dallas, amarillo, south dakotaants ♪ ♪ our flies are itching, it's the fire ants ♪ ♪ ♪ my name is ryo, i love big trains ♪ ♪ >>> okay. it gets worse after that. and i'm leaving out the part where you have the sex slurs on women. i want to go back to patty, richard heene's ex-wife. you alluded to the fact that you got out of the relationship because your children were in fear. what, if anything, did mr. heene do allegedly that caused your children to be afraid, your two little girls? >> well, they watched him verbally throw fits and throw things at us. he was like a master of mental warfare. he put us down, hollered at us a lot. he pushed me one time over a couch and then flipped the couch with me and the children on it, threw things at me, and sometimes you know, the things would not hit me but hit them. i filed a police report in lake arrowhead, california. and that was the night he flipped us over the couch and flipped the couch and he left marks on me from throwing things. >> with me is patty. this is heene's ex

back side of that, ilts cold enough it's producing snow in northern nebraska now and parts of south dakota. ahead of it, though, it's going to be warm and humid, and it's the real delyineation line. south of kansas city, look where it's headed, though, right toward st. louis. looking for three to five inches of rain near and around st. louis over the next 24 to 36 hours. it's going to be a problem for you. look at rain coming in basically toward indiana and falling apart in some dryer air, but the whole mass is going to continue to move to the northeast, so chicago, be prepared for rain, troi detroit, indianapolis, cincinnati. they extend all the way from central indiana to indianapolis all the way to texas. rain for the next day and a half is what we're going to find. the real track of the heaviest rain looks like it will be right across lower missouri. that could be six to eight inches of rain over the next few days. that's something we'll definitely watch. severe thunderstorms, we'll have them later today, right in that cold front in toward texas towards the lower part of illinois. then

moving across the mountain west as well as the rockies, look at these pictures, the black hills of south dakota getting the first taste of winter, get your ski boots out, julie! the snowfall could pile up, spelling trouble, though, across the region, and meteorologist domenica davis is live in the fox weather center, with more on that. hi, domenica. >> really could. and they'll be looking at over a foot of snow, come the end of sunday. so, really, the storm is just starting to get going, through the cass skadz and the northern rockies by tomorrow and will filter in cooler air, all the way down to the south as well, and place likes arizona, and the western parts of arizona, and you are going to be looking at windy conditions and unfortunately, that will not be great for the fire concerns that are going on there right now. but, here's what we are looking at as far as the snowfall go, temperatures are pretty cool out here, and that is translating to snow in the highest elevations and through parts of oregon we'll see over a foot of snow, as i mentioned, by sunday, and then, this system will shut o

. >> by 1975 he would open acorn brafrpbls in texas and south dakota. by 1980, acorn was in 20 states across the country. by 2008, he had managed to build the vast organization he told us he envisioned right from the very beginning. >> if i could figure out a way to make something happen in arkansas we thought we might make it happen everywhere. >> has acorn been good for america? >> i would say acorn has been pretty rotten for america >> fox news reporting the truth about acorn will return right after the break. megyn: what drives an organization like acorn, a desire to help the poor or a desire to organize radical change in america? and are acorn's efforts even good for the poor, or for that matter for this country? after 38 years in the community organizing business, wade rathke defends his life's work in a new book called "citizen wealth" because he writes, his goal has been to help the poor find a measure of financial security. rathke says acorn took a major step towards that goal seven years after he launched the organization. >> 1977, one of the

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it hits north dakota and stretches down into south dakota but the rainfall totals from yesterday have been pretty impressive. here's the way it looks. paynesville, minnesota, 2.91 inches of rain. the rain continues to fall today. no flash floods or warnings but an area that will be waterlogged this afternoon. high pressure over the rocky mountains brings real cool air so if you're traveling to the rockies today cool start, temperatures approaching the average numbers, though, but right now you're in a freeze warning, denver, with your temperature hanging in there about 28 degrees. so below freezing for you. we'll have details coming up in a little bit. natasha, getaway friday. >> yes it is. thank goodness. it was like 20 degrees. my gosh. >> it was cool. >> thanks. >>> so is internet access as important as highways and railroads? one need ya study shows what they have to say about the use of broadband. also ahead -- >> he'll be counting the days until he can get on a pair of skis. >> a teenager came a long way to get his brand new leg. hear about the accident that changed his life. >>

but we'll continue to follow it and we have found it in south dakota. back in 1992. >> julie: i am not like that! like a t-rex. >> gregg: you have no idea! >> julie: that. >>> i'm bret baier in for chris wallace and this is "fox news sunday." two global hot spots test the obama administration. afghanistan, what is needed, more troops or a new strategy? and iran, it says yes to inspectors but can it be trusted? we will discuss these challenges and more with four influencal members of the senate, republicans lindsay grahame and sax by sham bliss. chambliss a republican from georgia. lets gate to yeerngs we have seen significant developments overnight and senators, the front page of "the new york times," this morning, has this story, and reports say iran has data to make a nuclear pom and an analysis by the iaea, and, the times writes, quote, most dramatically the report says the agency assesses iran has sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable implosion nuclear device. and based on highly enriched uranium and the excerpts also su

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north dakota south dakota, nebraska, utah, virginia, montana, wyoming are all the states with the lowest unemployment rates right now. and it's a fairly long list of states that have below average unemployment rates. >> some idea of consumer confidence. i think it is so easy, dr. hall, for us to say that the sky is falling. and if we say the sky is falling, it has a tendency to make people believe the sky is falling. and i think it has a tendency to add to the problems. that is, i don't think we should be over opted mystic but i think we need to call it like it is. if we are moving in the right direction, we need to say that to the american people will be clear on that. but we also need to keep in mind as ms. klobuchar has eloquently stated when we have come from. and i think it's fair to say that we have come a pretty long way, haven't we? >> yes we have. >> why do you say that? >> well, we really have moved into, at least right now, we have moved into a period where the job loss again as i said, somewhat like a normal recession. we really did have a six-month period of job loss that wa

southern parts of south dakota and north dakota, too, you'll see about a foot of snow tomorrow.hat whole system is moving over to the east. as it does that, it will drag a lot of rain and a lot of severe potential out there for lower parts of texas. look at the winter storm warnings, all the reds, white-shaded areas all winter storm watches, the blue-shaded areas advisories, little less snow but it's still out there. wind of course is going to be a factor. wind advisories in yellow, warnings in red, 55 miles per hour around vegas, something we're watching. more in a bit. snow already starting in denver, the big story out west today in the rockies. >> gorgeous. i thought those were holiday lights or whatever. they're stop lights. >> it's beautiful. >> look at that. oh, i love it. incomeses, bob. >>> a little girl dying of cancer wanted her mom and dad to know that she loved them. >> that was just her way of letting us know that everything would be okay. >> her gift to them, though, could help other cancer victims. >>> the parents of a little girl who died, they never intended to

that moves toward south dakota today.is week. it will stall out across much of the south and bring the beneficial rain in towards texas, but not as much needed rain across the southeast. that will be with us for much of this coming week. then this week, our big story is going to be out west. it's been very dry. we had a typhoon that hit japan earlier this week. some of that energy is making its way in across parts of california and very heavy rain will fall this week. some areas up to eight-inches. we'll see snow into the higher elevations and it will bringen an end to the fire season. southern california not as lucky. i don't think they'll see as much rain. temperatures for your day today, still cold in across much of the rockies. just getting to 33 in muzzola. florida has a heat wave. 91 in tampa. record high temperatures tomorrow, that's just one spot. really all the cold air will be towards the northeast and the coldest temperatures we've seen so far this year. back to you. >> thanks, rick. >> famous reality couple jo

sioux falls, south dakota, kansas city. >> my god, you're like an atlas.w what i'm doing this saturday? i'll plug myself. i'm doing a benefit at your favorite theater. >> that's good for you. >> i'm going to do it to help them raise money. because the arts must survive. >> they've got to because we need to make -- you know, that's our livelihood and i'm still a playwrite. >> you're a playwrite and you write your own material. >> i've got a play out. >> thanks so much for doing this. >>> "stark raving black." lewis stark's new movie is in theaters this thursday. >> check those facts. >> check them. >>> remember when mel gibson got stopped for drunk driving and started spewing anti-semitic remarks at his audiences. today gibson's lawyer got the dui conviction expunged. here to explain how that works is judge larry shine lynn. he said the jews are responsible for all the wars in the world. he then asked the deputy, are you a jew? is this a normal procedure? >> this is a motion to appeal. some states have motions to expunge. they're going back in time. they're

red, two to four inches of snow in the band, located right over north platte stretching towards south dakota. more details on that plus a look at the heavy rain, another major thing we're catch watching, a couple of minutes from there. >>> dentists, pharmacists and other health care workers are going to be able to give h1n1 shots in new york state at least. it's part of a state of emergency that the governor declared yesterday to keep hospitals and clinics from being overwhelmed with swine flu patients. h1n1 cases have grown, 75 people have died. >>> police have made another arrest in the attack on a california high school girl outside her homecoming dance. there are now six sl suspects nz custody, four in court yesterdayed for the first time. 3 of them wor$3 of them wore bu vests. one told his aunt that he watched it and didn't do anything to stop it because he was afraid he'd get beat up, too. >> i don't believe any of the charges, none of it. >> the juveniles are being charged as adults and could get life in prison if convicted. police won't say whether any of the witnesses recorded the a

south dakota in towards north dakota, minneapolis, you're going to get snow, too.he winter weather warnings are off towards your west. all the areas you see shaded here in red, winter storm warning. i think the bulk of snow is going to fall above 5,000 feet. that's going to be right by i-90 in western parts of montana and northern sections of idaho. rain showers, snow showers, we have them up there for the rockies. we're looking at basically two to four feet of snow here, then it drys out. with the snow underground, cold temperatures in place, below freezing is wa you're going to wake up to. western montana, big story across the deep southeast. this low, it's steering a lot of rain through the carolinacaroli. in charlotte, north carolina, it's going to be a rough go. you're going to see delays out of this. also, we have flooding video from san antonio from the weekend. more than 5.4 inches of rain fell in san antonio from midnight last night through 8:00. that was yesterday. unbelievable amounts of rain coming down. this was an exceptional drought. more details in

a little light snow across south dakota, too. how about the bad weather for the east coast. big thundershower now moving ashore. that's what it looked like. the rain around the region. you can see off and on showers all morning long. haven't seen a delay at the airport yet. if one sets up shop right over you, you definitely will. better weather up towards the north. a decent south wind for you coming up around new york city. the high about 71 degrees. that's the high temperature in central park. sun looking very nice. >> that is a beautiful day. >> that's a beautiful october sky for you. >> thanks. >>> i wanted to do a little correction here. i was saying the kids in the last story who are charged with the death of darrian albert that they are due in court today. they aren't due in court until friday. want to correct that. >>> do you eat a lot of fish to stay healthy. some may not be as heart healthy as we've been led to think. >>> also ahead, two people get on their knees in prayer in a business office. one thing, though. police say the guy in the hooded sweatshirt was actu

north dakota, south dakota, nebraska, utah, virginia, montana, wyoming. those of the states with the lowest unemployment rates right now. it is a fairly long list of states that have below average unemployment rates. >> this whole idea of consumer confidence, it is so easy for us to say that the sky is falling. if we say that the sky is falling, it has a tendency to make people believe that the sky is falling. i think it has a tendency to add to the problem sometimes. i do not think we should be overly optimistic, but i do think we should call it like it is. if we are moving in the right direction, we need to say that so the american people will be clear on that. we also need to keep in mind as ms. klobuchar has so eloquently stated, where we have come from. i think we have come up very long way. >> yes, we have. >> why do you say that? >> we have moved into a time where the job loss is somewhat like a normal recession. we did have a six-month period of job losses that was unprecedented. our benchmark revision come january will add to the job loss over th

and south dakota parts there, too. cold air is definitely behind it, and cold air in the mid-level parts of the atmosphere, watch these thunderstorms attached to them and we could see some hail makers out there from now till noon. heavy rain going through missouri. remember about three hours ago, it wasn't even on the screen. now it's blazing past st. louis. thunderstorm delays out there for the morning. at least at the airport today, and then more showers develop this afternoon around that front again. chicago, look at the rain all around you. that's all moving in here in the next hour, so watch for racin t affect you, especially in that morning commute. severe thurtsz, we're going to have them today as well, then up to the north, it's all snow. you can see there all the white. we had some advisories out there in bismarck. watch for it to finally taper off early this morning. earlier we had a lot of snow in wyoming and montana as well. look at the video coming in from northern wyoming. a foot, foot and a half in that

i'm talking about virginia, delaware, north dakota, south dakota, and colorado. and before you answer the question, let me just mention here for our viewers that we're going to turn positive on the dow. in fact, we just did. just wanted to alert everybody to that situation. hugging the flat line here. the situation in the markets has clearly improved. please, i'm sorry, the question there. >> is this to me? >> keith, about some states have lower unemployment rates than the national average. >> well, it's no racket science that when you create a situation that's friendly to business, business will go there. we will respond and succeed. that's what we need to have, i think, in an overall perspective in this country. >> gentlemen, thank you very much for your time. al and keith. again, as scott mentioned, with we are positive. as we mentioned before, the tales in the financials, we're up strongly actually when it comes to the financials. the xl, tracks the s&p financials by more than one full percentage point. also seeing strength in technology across the board. app

cold enough to produce light snow for northern nebraska and southern parts of south dakota, too. you channel into the rain. it's heavy at times. we see the yellows and reds popping up on the radar, that's an indication of extremely heavy rain right now. that's right around eastern kansas through missouri, stretching in towards illinois and in towards indiana and now edging towards ohio. so it's all spreading to the northeast at a slow clip. and since it's moving so slowly, you see tremendous amounts of rainfall continue to pile up. rain out of amarillo has been basically loosening up a bit. then it picks up in intensity around kansas city and down to the south. more heavy rain down i-70. you can see the flashing lightning going on here. that particular rain squall, that thunderstorm squall line has been here and just training due eastward over the last few hours. lots of rain right there. so flash flood watches, warnings. they're all posted around that region. look at the rain shield extending into indianapolis. pull the picture out, get a bigger picture. headed towards chicago l

sioux falls, south dakota, kansas city. >> my god, you're like an atlas.w what i'm doing this saturday? i'll plug myself. i'm doing a benefit at your favorite theater. >> that's good for you. >> i'm going to do it to help them raise money. because the arts must survive. >> they've got to because we need to make -- you know, that's our livelihood and i'm still a playwrite. >> you're a playwrite and you write your own material. >> i've got a play out. >> thanks so much for doing this. >>> "stark raving black." lewis stark's new movie is in theaters this thursday. we will be right back after this. >> check those facts. >> check them. >>> remember when mel gibson got stopped for drunk driving and started spewing anti-semitic remarks at his audiences. today gibson's lawyer got the dui conviction expunged. here to explain how that works is judge larry shine lynn. he said the jews are responsible for all the wars in the world. he then asked the deputy, are you a jew? is this a normal procedure? >> this is a motion to appeal. some states have motions to expunge. t

so look at this, when you get towards wyoming in towards western nebraska, south dakota, winter storm warnings. those are the red-shaded counties. again, an additional maybe 20 inches of snow in some spots. that's what we are watching. the big picture shows a lot of rain moving into k.c. but we have seen the rain over the last couple of periods of hours really tapering off in that region. get over towards denver, the snow continues. let me show you video. the last 24 hours i have seen reports of as much as 38 inches of snow. that is across places in northern parts of colorado, even cheyenne, wyoming, the snowiest october, richard, on record. 24 inches of snow and still falling. >> i could be a dufus when it comes to snow, but 38 inches just seems huge. >> between laramie, wyoming, and cheyenne, wyoming, i-80 closed down because of snow and accidents. there's your global warming. >> you could be walking down the street and see somebody. >> naturally being sarcastic. >> thank you, sir. >> you got it, buddy. >>> live now, house democrats showing us their health care bill. nancy pelosi co

also notice more showers coming in across south dakota. another wave of weak pressure but it will go down to new mexico today. temperaturewise, different story. we have high pressure sitting over the eastern seaboard and we have all kinds of frost advisories out there, especially when will you get to the coast of the carolinas. frost advisories out here, freeze warnings in purple, including metro atlanta just to the west and getting into chattanooga, too. pretty impressive from mid to late october. we'll have temperatures below freezing in some places you see in the dark shades of blue. 36 degrees in charlotte right now. outlying areas outside of the heat islands, below freezing. 42 in atlanta, 40 in birmingham, 42 in nashville. you get west a little farther, look at the temperatures warming up. dallas 62, houston 64. that's one thing we're watching. the other thing we're watching is out across the tropics. tropical storm rick losing some characteristics now. 65-mile-per-hour sustained winds. the track takes it to the north today, bends it

and pakistani intelligence and made these comments, following a speech in south dakota.ped by a knife-wielding woman posing as an immigration agent was briefly reunited with her baby boy. put, only to see him and her three other children, put into state custody. tennessee child services say the kids were taken from their mother, purely for safety reasons. though they would not detail why the state deemed they were in danger. and the kidnapper is now in police custody. a court date tomorrow for michael barrett. he is this man accused of secretly videotaping the sideline reporter erin andrews in her hotel room, a judge will decide whether he'll get bail or remain behind bars and barrett, a divorce insurance company worker faces up to five years in prison on interstate stalking charges for allegedly using a cell phone camera to photograph andrews through peep holes at a pair of hotels. those are your headlines. >> clayton: she looks happy there. >> dave: part of this american dream is believing that your kids will have a better future and life than you had. so, why do 62% o

to south dakota where the winter storm warnings are going on right now.he other event for you today is the potential for severe weather. i won't talk about this long but we have tornado watches and warnings, through arkansas, louisiana and parts of texas. if you live here keep a radio on. chuck. >> chad, thanks so much. >>> house democrats have come together behind a plan to overhaul the health care system. speaker nancy pelosi says this integrated bills in three separate committees. it will require businesses to proid insurance for their employees. if the bill is enacted 36 million more americans would get health insurance coverage. >> the bill will expand coverage including a public option to boost choice and competition in the health insurance reform. it covers 96% of all americans and it puts affordable coverage in reach for millions of uninsured and underinsured families lowering health care costs for all of us. >> this house bill represents a compromise among democrats. some are still pushing for a more robust public option. republicans didn't take

western nebraska, lower parts of south dakota, be prepared for about a foolt of snow also and now we'll develop an essence tomorrow morning and last through tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening. salt lake city, you're drying out now. get down across southern parts of utah, more snow. severe, we have weather right there. that's what it looks like all of those are winter warnings. >> you said remnants of strong storm. i'm thinking of your lingo velocity soon and air mass. >> 500 millibar level. we know. >> yeah, whatever that is. thanks, bob. >>> fans and celebs got their first glimpse at a movie showing michael jackson's final months. "this is it" debuted at simultaneous showings around the world last night, including a star-studded premiere in los angeles. the film showed jackson's exhausting rehearsals for his comeback concert series that never happened, as you know. his brother jermaine spoke from the red carpet. take a listen. >> i think he would have loved it, only because it showed that there is a person in him throughout all of the rehearsals and everything you see when he's focus

south florida. >> the midwest and the dakotas are in a pocket of unusually ol air. angeles is warmer than usual, in the mid-80s. seattle is cool and damp in the mid-50s. >>> coming up on "america this morning," overseas stocks are following the dow's 200-point plunge. we'll check the latest numbers. >>> then, tales of terror. elizabeth smart on her abduction ordeal. making revelations even her parents never knew. >>> and the grandmother who fought off a bear, inside her own bedroom. ♪ save up to an extra 30% on beautiful and affordable fall style at jcpenney. come in for your extra savings card... ...to get an extra 15, 20, or 30% off all sale and regular prices when you use your jcpenney card. stores open early saturday with doorbusters. st. john's bay sweaters for her are just $14.99. st. john's bay sueded polos are $12.99. save 70% on all gold jewelry. go to jcp.com and see everything on sale. style, quality and price matter. jcpenney. >>> a stock plunge marked the opening of the year's fourth quarter here in the u.s. and the selling has continued overseas. tokyo

south florida. the southwest remains dry with a high fire danger. >> the midwest and dakotas are in a pocket of unusuallythwest as well as seattle at 56 instead of the usual 65. phoenix has cooled off to 91. >>> you know how we love to talk about animals, show animals, cute little baby animals and so on. this friday we have more of that for you. look at these cute siberian tiger cubs making their public debut at the milwaukee zoo. that is cute. you have to admit it. they were born in summer, they weigh 25 pounds but they're going to top the scale eventually at about 300. >> of course, this is a rare sight. there are dwindling number of siberian tigers, only 500 in the wild, another 500 in captivity. so the cubs are an important part of the species survival. >> they're just darn cute. me to death. there's so much to learn. i just shut down. but liberty walked me through it all like when i test at night or after i eat makes a big difference. a good diet and testing your blood sugar regular can help you manage-even reduce-the risk of complications. that's why liberty offers a wide selection of most brand-na

south bronx in the house. all right, let's check your weather, see what's happening. got a vigorous storm system, double-barrel low from the dakotas down into the plains and it's bringing a lot of rain, back behind it come snow, windy, too. we've got high wind warnings and advisories from goodland, kansas, all the way up to bismarck. winds right now gusting anywhere from 20 to 25 miles per hour with very strong sustained winds. and then we've also got a risk of strong storms down from texas, louisiana, on up into >> mostly sunny skies and a comfortable temperature range in the mid-to-upper 60s. not tonight, up to 50, and 74 tomorrow. >> and that's your latest weather. ann? >> all right, ann, thanks. >>> phillip garrido is back in the headlines this morning. the california man accused of kidnapping and holding jaycee dugard hostage for nearly two decades has sent a letter from prison to a local nbc reporter in sacramento. nbc's michael okwu now has the details. >> reporter: the letter is handwritten and full of misspellings and musings about how authorities have mistreated jaycee. "she's been repeatedly denied access to have an att

south florida, you'll see a little bet of rape and cold temperatures. idaho, montana, the dakotasand it is going to be kind of gray and dreary as you head up to portions of upstate new york and into new england. that's a quick look at our national >> announcer: this weather report sponsored by the makers of zyrtec. zyrtec, love the air. >>> so the big adventure begins tomorrow, dave price in way home oig. follow us on twitter or right here on our own website at cbs news. >> we're making you some snacks you you can take to go. you have seen the infomercials, the devices that say set it and forget it. we'll set the chef and go oig hen we come back. show and tell... with all the pet hair in the air my eyes would really itch. but now i have new zyrtec® itchy eye drops. no other allergy itchy eye drop works faster or longer. zyrtec® itchy eye drops work fast i can love the air™. (announcer) find it in the allergy aisle. the best way to tell how great you look... is in your jeans. drop a jean size in two weeks... with the special k challenge™. with more delicious options than ever. jean

dakota. not very heavy, but the energy is out there and it is driving down towards the south. it is going to form into another coastal type storm overnight tonight and then move up to the northeast where we already have one sitting in place. look at this low, just off the coast of cape cod, all the white is all snow. it is coming down pretty well, also, you talk about central parts of pennsylvania, lower parts of new york state too, beginning to thin out a little bit right now. a little lull in the activity beginning to develop. more energy coming in, more rain, more snow on the way and we have the warnings and watches out there with mostly rain for the coast from boston all the way down through new york in towards philadelphia too. philly, all liquid, no snow today. more on that coming up in half an hour. >> if you didn't -- if the whole balloon boy thing wasn't embarrassing enough, are we going to show this? >> we have to. this is like the icing on the cake. >> he had some upsetting moments on live tv already this morning. >> have to stick around to see it. >> there is a ful

to be there for the better part of the day through tornlt and then transfers into nebraska and south dakota oefr the next two days. here's what it looks like now. heavy snow out there by ft. collins. rye now cheyenne wyoming heavy snow t.'s closed i-80 cheyenne to layer my because of the snow. be prepared for stoppages. cheyenne the snowiest october on record. 24 inches of snow southern wyoming, continuing right now. look at denver, the metro look at the sweep as it goes on by. that's denver, a lot of snow out there for the morning. by later this afternoon beginning to taper off, moving to the east. but we still have the winter storm warnings all the areas shaded in red. 20 inches or more still a pobltd across eastern colorado. here is your thunderstorm line from kc through oklahoma city into dallas. there were tornado watches, now a severe thunderstorm watch for the eastern half of oklahoma. take you down a little farther south to dallas. let me show you the way it goes. right now, dfw the airport looking at a 67-minute delay. tower cam shows the gray skies low clouds. no heavy rain right