jackie spear a strong advocate for this project. you have three great champions, and i will also tell you that in working with senator boxer on the transportation bill this project was always at the top of her list. [applause] so i am delighted to be here. i don't know of another place i would rather be, and i know that all of you are so thrilled with the opportunity that this will create. every one of you sitting out there deserves credit. you've all played a role in this in some way or another. this is not about you. it's about the people. it's also about the next generation of transportation for the next generation for san francisco. that's what this is about. this is your vision. it's a clear vision, and so i am delighted, and very proud to announce today $942 million to the san francisco -- [applause] for the san francisco mta to extend the central subway light rail system from the downtown business district to chinatown. thousands of people will be enabled with good transportation as a result of this project. now, i have a lon

thank you very much mayor lee, leader pelosi, jackie spear, david chiu. most importantly i think the finest secretary of transportation we have had, and nancy said what he has done for san francisco. i can tell you this is a secretary for california as well. [applause] whether it's riverside county, whether it's los angeles, whether it's the central valley, whether it's the san francisco bay area secretary lahood has been responsible. he's been available for phone calls. he's listened to the reasons for projects and he has moved ahead. would you give him a big round of applause please. [applause] >> well, it's time to say a prayer. it's bottom of the ninth. they have two on and one out, so everybody -- if the giants win this i think they can win the series but they need to win this so let it happen please. i can't tell you how important i feel this project is. i also can't tell you how hard it is to build anything in san francisco, so this project must move ahead. i think commerce depends on it and i think people depend on it. nancy said it very well but

spears who he claims punched him and defamation against lynn spears who said he was a svengali and generalion i don't think so. unfortunately, i've not read her book. i know you guys have read her book. i will not read that book. >> sure. >> but i don't know what the defamation is going to be in the book so that claim is going down the toilet. whether or not he was really her manager or not, that's going to depend on how had he can corroborate that with actual events which took place which confirm the terms of his agreement with her, oral agreements will be enforced and the question is, are there enough corroboration factors to show that there was actually a contract and he was actually her manager. >> yeah. >> now of course britney will have to testify here. it will be interesting to see what happens. >> she's not going to. >> even though, avery, it's lufti, i'm mispronouncing his name, is suing the parents -- >> lufti -- >> what's that? say that again? >> sam lufti. >> lufti. even though the parents are being sued because apparently they were kind of the managers of her estate at a time

mayor lee, leader pelosi, jackie spear, david chiu. most importantly i think the finest secretary of transportation we have had, and nancy said what he has done for san francisco. i can tell you this is a secretary for california as well. [applause] whether it's riverside county, whether it's los angeles, whether it's the central valley, whether it's the san francisco bay area secretary lahood has been responsible. he's been available for phone calls. he's listened to the reasons for projects and he has moved ahead. would you give him a big round of applause please. [applause] >> well, it's time to say a prayer. it's bottom of the

says that spears and her parents unfairly blame him for britney spears' meltdown four years ago. now, his attorney says his client worked hard to keep spears off drugs but says she liked to use amphetamines. the judge says spears can't take the stand since she's under conservatorship. >>> a pakistani teen shot in the head by the taliban. we're showing the first photo of malala in her hospital room. doctors say she stood up for the first time today and communicating freely by writing notes. but they also say there is some damage to the brain. not out of the woods yet. the teen was flown to britain earlier this week for treatment. she was targeted by the taliban for defending the right of girls to go to school. made headlines around the world and triggered massive rallies in her support. the taliban vows they will come after her again if she survives. and also threatening reporters covering her story. the massive demonstrations condemning the attack have been on the news almost every day. and taliban militants have accused journalists of passing judgment on them. pakistan is alread

. >>> and from there to britney spears.'re getting an inside look on how she really spends her millions. the jaw-dropping amounts of money that she can spend. believe it or not, it's in places that all of us koond of shop, george. >> not at that scale. >> not at that scale. but the same stores. >> i dropped that much at target last week. >>> a different story. switching gears. a chilling story out of california. a top real estate executive was arrested, accused of killing his wife. the police went to the family's multimillion dollar home and found signs of foul play but no signs of a victim. abbie boudreau has the latest. >> reporter: peter chadwick, the husband and father of three is behind bar, awaiting arraignment later today. this morning, he stands accused of killing his wife, qui, but also accused of hiding her body. >> we're searching for her. we believe she was the victim of a homicide. we're searching for her body. >> reporter: officers were called to the couple's home last week in newport beach. on wednesday, a ne

our number two show business mouse breaker britney spears whose disturbing break down a few years agos front and center in the trial that continued in los angeles. her former manager is suing britney and her parents for libel and breach of contract and he testified and made wild accusations about britney. i want to bring in commentator noelle nikpour. should britney's family settle instead of letting the trial play out and letting everyone know how troubled and fragile she was back then. >> i don't think they need to settle. as far as i am concern he is an enabler and he never had a signed contract. it was all verbal by britney meeting him at a club saying she was going to give him 15% of what she took in. he had done nothing but actually drive a wedge between britney and her parents. he was one of the biggest, like i said, enablers of her career. if you remember, she had her big meltdown with him at the helm. >> yeah. i guess it is important for the family to be standing their ground right now. carlos, this trial is really giving us a new glimpse in to just how troubled britney was d

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. >> robert spears was your typical convict. he had done a lot of time.ry distinctly by the convict code and he was very accepting of his situation. he didn't complain. he didn't blame anybody. he was a tough guy. >> when i came to prison, i was a kid. i had to do what i had to do to survive and i'm not proud of the things sometimes that i had to do. some people has to be hurt, i've been hurt. you know what i mean? but that's just the way of life here. >> spears has tangled with the law for most of his life and is serving 28 years for dealing a controlled substance. >> i got plenty of regrets. for one, is that the time that i've lost, i regret leaving my kids, you know what i mean? i had to make my son believe that i was in the army because i don't want him growing up thinking my dad was in prison. if i could go back and change time, i'd live a whole different life. but this is what i done. and, i mean, you can regret it every day, but the only thing you can do is change it, you know what i mean? this is no life no more. see what i'm talking about? just l

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lufti is suing spears' parents over breach of contract. life and career seemed in turmoil. her father, jamie spears, was named her conservator in 2008. tmz tracked down a nanny who worked for britney at this time. >> he's not a manager. nothing. he has no capability to do any of that stuff. he's a low-life loser. seems like a wannabe in every sense possible. >> reporter: she denied lufti's claim that britney was using drugs, including crystal meth. >> i was there 24/7. worked around the clock. and i had never seen meth in that house or any type of drugs. >> reporter: the pop superstar has not attended the los angeles trial. instead, focusing on her life with her two boys and her continued comeback as judge on "the x factor." just last night tweeting that she'll appear on "the tonight show," with jay leno on monday. please try to behavior yourself for once, simon. she is also a cover girl again, smiling from the cover of "lucky" magazine's december issue. >> to come from a place where we feared for her life, to become one of the highest pai

. >> coming up next big court case surrounding britney spears. the trial looking back to her darkest days. >> later in our newscast texting may get new trouble in most churches but not this one. one pastor encourages tweeting during services. >>> reality star flava flav tries to avoid jail time. >> the x manager of britney spears is taking her parents to court today is the start of testimony. the case stems from a book her mother wrote on grit britt any's darkest days her manager portrayed as a destructive force in her life. spears will not testify. a judge told her not to participate in the case. flava flav's lawyer says he plans to fight criminal battery and assault charges filed last week. police arrested the 53-year-old. his fiancee says he pushed her to the floor and chased her teen-aged son with knifes. major a listers hit the red carpet to show support for motion picture and television fund providing services to people in the entertainment industry it's an organization done so much for and throughout the years to people and it's and there

britney spears' comeback is translating to her checkbook.s spending her millions. >> it's good to see brittanebri coming back. had a rough few years, the meltdown, kind of her dad took control of her finances. and then the marriages and all that. it's good to see -- >> and then four other meltdowns. >> yeah, she got real famous and real rich real fast. i think that's tough. good to see her. >> and young. >> yeah. kind of really young. that's a lot to handle. good to see her getting back to her a-game. >>> first on this tuesday morning, days of intense preparations will give way to 90 minutes of presentations tonight as the presidential candidates spar for the second of their three debates. >> and this time foreign and domestic policy issues will be in play, and the event comes exactly three weeks before election day. abc's karen travers is at the debate site in hempstead, new york, with the latest. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, paula. remember before that first debate when both campaigns were bending over

representatives george miller and jackie spear both are with us today. our delegation has the pleasure of entering into the permanent record the life, service, legacy of ambassador stevens. additionally, a flag has been flown over the capitol by democratic leader nancy pelosi, represented by her daughter christine pelosi. this flag has been presented to the family. in celebration of ambassador stevens life and in honor of his tremendous legacy. as i mentioned, we entered into the congressional record our testimony honoring the life of ambassador john christopher stevens. in the interest of time i won't read the entire congressional record but only an excerpt. it said mr. speaker, i rise with my colleagues to honor, celebrate and remember ambassador john christopher chris stevens. a son of northern california and the bay area, ambassador stevens tragically lost his life in the greatest service to his country. selflessly and courageously representing american values in a foreign nation he knew intimately and cared for deeply. in his diplomatic capacity, am

no response from britney spears or her parents.tatement some time later today. >> thank you, bianna. >>> now, we're here with the guys from hetextedit. you translate all the texts that guys send to women when they're trying to be -- as noncommittal as possible. you do the translating. amy robach went out and put this to the test. >> this website is started by two women. too good to be true? we're going to talk to the bros in a minute. but look at how the website actually works. >> it's not just texting. it's e-mail. it's voicemail. it's snail mail. >> that's regular mail. >> whatever. none of it's working. >> reporter: movies depict it, in like "he's just not that in to you." so often, your girlfriends give you the advice you want to hear, not what you need to know. so, where does a girl turn? how about hetexted.com? >> it's like an advice column on steroids. >> reporter: at the site, you take a screen grab of your conversation, post it and wait to see what people think. like here. >> he sends her a picture of the toaster. at 2:00

. >>> a lawyer for britney spears family said in court today her break up with timberlake was to blamefor her meltdown. her former manager is suing spears and her family for breech of contract and 15% of her upperrings during 2007 and 2008. in the los angeles county court today he said amfedimen use was well documented. >>> getting a lot of love, the message, hardy swimmers hope to deliver it while braving bay area watersism fall weather is tkpaoeupbly finally on itsway. (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash... (phone rings) that's a step forward. with chase quickpay, you can send money directly to anyone's checking account. i guess he's a kicker... again, again! oh, no you don't! take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> swimmers went womenning in the bay waters, the swimming with shark -- went swimming in the bay waters, the swimmers, swimming with sharks, went to alcatraz and back. one third of open ocean sharks are threatened with extinction. >>> our meteorologist mark tomayo is here, we talked about changes today. >> yes. a big drop off in the temperatures.

>>> is britney spears being censured in her own home? even her internet use is monitored. >>> a criminal takes aim at his own lawyer in a >>> nicole kidman on her relationship with katie holmes. >> chris brown and rihanna together again, that's a question mark. joining us with the latest hollywood headlines, cohost with the russ parr daytime show. georgia, celebrity watchers across the big apple have been tracking down chris and rihanna for a while now. now we're hearing that chris brown has broken up with his girlfriend. >> sooner or later he would have to release a statement. chris brown and rihanna were at a new york hot spot holed up in a restaurant together, making sure nobody came in. they were at ji-z's concert. somebody tweeted a picture all over the internet last night hugging and kissing and looking very together. then the two were seen leaving a hotel together. staying at the same hotel, leaving the same hotel. then there were the tweets between chris brown and his girlfriend. why tweet for everybody in the world to see. but i

this is a spear. and as you can see, it's pretty rigid. this inmate lodged a metal screw for the tip. when the officer or inmate walks by the cell, the spear is thrust out. >> you wouldn't think that a rolled up newspaper or magazine would be -- make that good of a handle and it does. very effective. >> this is known as a zip gun. this portion of the zip gun is filled with match heads, ground-up match heads. a plunger is used to push shrapnel, pieces of metal, ground up zippers, packs it down. when his target walks by, the inmate would light those two fuses. basically what you have is a double-barreled shotgun. >> what's particularly scary is once an inmate finishes making his weapon, he finds a clever place to hide it for quick access. >> it's an old joint. you can hide stuff anywhere, like the i-beams up here. i'm going to check these. it's just a beam. you walk under it every day. somebody is walking to the chow ow where it is. but they won't tell because they don't want to get killed, get hurt for ratting. i guess you can't reach up th

you have britney spears and her mom and dad on one side and lin spears written a book accusing him of five years ago when she shaved her head and ultimately taken away in an ambulance and her dad ultimately got a conservativeship over her. on the other side, sam lutfi saying i'm the good guy here and trying to rescue her from drugs. so which is it? he is on the stand. they're taking a break but essentially his time to testify and he's giving us insight in to the life of a superstar. he testifies he met her in 2007 and she liked him because he was the first person to say no and she had asked him for his hat and he said, no, because he wanted to cover his balding head. and she said, you know, i like a person who says no to me. that i think right there, that anecdote, vignette, if it is true, is a real insight in to what it's like to be a superstar that you actually make friends and invite a person in to your life just because they had the audacity to say no to you over giving them a hat. and then there's the whole issue of the paparazzi. lin spears had called sam lutfi, the general of t

britney spears, cameron diaz, fergie, alyssa milano.reak up. are you surprised? >> he has a little bit of a reputation as a ladies man. that might be unfair. they've been together five years. but even when they broke upper he said she's the most important person in his life. it didn't take very long for them to get back together. he got serious really quickly. so obviously she's the one for him. >> before we leave this subject, there's a ring on her finger the size of a small child. nicely done. >> she says that he has great taste. she let him go forth and pick a ring. he custom designed it. he really has amazing taste and she was thrilled with it. >> i feel like justin timberlake is picking out a ring, it's like whatever you like is fine with me. i really, really appreciate it. >>> let's move on to justin's ex britney spears. a little bit of courtroom drama this week. there was a civil lawsuit that was brought on by her ex-manager sam lufti. he accused her of drug use. not just recreational drugs, some pretty hard drug use. what can yo

the lawyer for spears former manager claims britney spears was addicted to prescription drugs. she shaved her head to keep the courts from finding drug residue in her hair. he wants a big chunk of her fortune saying they had a deal that he would get 15% of her earnings as her manager. >>> almost three years after that shooting rampage that killed 13 people at fort hood, texas a lot of those effected want the government now to declare it a terrorist attack. they want that designation so that wounded soldiers and relatives of the people killed will get the same benefits as those in a combat zone. like eligibility for the purple heart. >>> the number of harassment and discrimination complaints by congressional employees rose sharply over the past five years. that is according to a new report. the congressional office of compliance review shows 142 people claim discrimination, harassment, and hostile work environments in 2011. that compares to 52 in 2007. the report is designed to see if a law enacted in 1995 is having an effect. >>> two new nation-wide polls show mitt romney is ga

britney spears will marry within weeks. the buzz anyway.tor" third time the lucky charm? she has two failed marriages. happiness may be on the way for the x facto judge. 30-year-old pop star, spotted in a hair salon, saturday. got engaged to jason within weeks of wrapping up the filming of the tv contest. they have been dating for three years. >> i don't know about, about britney spears getting married again. she has had a lot of issues, you know her father, sort of. >> seems to be in a belttter place. >> her father, the trustee. why get married? >> wrap your marriage counseling brain around this one. ryan seacrest, hinting, that kanye west will propose to kim kardashian. not divorced from chris hkris humphries. made some comments while discussing the story on his kiss radio show. kim is demanding an engaugement ring for her 32nd birthday sunday. >> she should not get married again. >> uh-huh. >> we all went for that ridiculous ride with her, two-minute wedding, marriage, to kris humphreys. now going to get married again. she need a ring? s

he testified against the spears family yesterday. her mom accused him in her book of drugging britney and isolating her from family leading up to her meltdown in 2008. he says he protected her. the family's attorney will cross-examine him today. britney spears has not commented and will not be testifying. >>> a senate candidate from indiana says pregnancies that result from rape are god's will. republ republican richard murdoch says that during a debate last night he was explaining why he's against abortion even in cases of rape and incest. >> i believe that life begins at conception. the only exception i have to have an abortion is in the case of the life of the mother. i just struggled with it myself for a long time, but i came to realize life is that gift from god. even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, it is something god intended to happen. >> murdoch later wrote he didn't mean that god wants anyone to be raped. his opponent democrat called the statement disrespectful of rape survivors. >>> if you bought somet

. >> -- when the fish's spear-like snout came right at them. >> oh, my goodness. the marlin struggled for a few seconds, then managed to shake itself free and take back off. the marlin is one of the fastest fish on earth. get this it can reach speed of 80 miles an hour. >> they must have been going did that just happen? what? >> look how big it is. >> man, oh, man. >>> well, coming up next, did you see that debate between michelle obama and ann romney? no. neither did we or anyone for that matter. but it still znlt didn't stop people from having an opinion on that. >> you've got to love that. >>> but first, dvr alert. our music correspondent bruno del granado is here with a look at the top new shows. you're watching "world news now." ♪ 57 channels >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by covergirl two-in-one foundation. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by covergirl two-in-one foundation. get two miracles in one product. covergirl makeup, and olay advanced hydrating serum. it's tone rehab 2-in-1 foundation. one pump covers spots

. >> steve: it's a fishing spear.y: yeah, no, i understand. 20/20 vision. yeah, inside the thing, he's doing it again. >> steve: oh, good. >> jimmy: this guy just loves his slingshots. got a good look. he wants to flaunt it. i don't know what to say. so, look, just because the album cover is good -- [ laughter ] doesn't mean the song is good. >> steve: right. let's hear it. >> jimmy: song could be bad. could be a bad song. i don't want to judge it. i don't know. let's take a listen. see if we dig it. ♪ >> jimmy: this is "slingshot." ♪ ♪ uh hey uh yeah ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: stop, stop. [ imitating song ] ♪ >> steve: sounds like a mya song. ♪ >> jimmy: slingshot. ♪ >> jimmy: what was he -- i didn't hear what he was saying. i don't know. i don't know. i don't know if that's -- ♪ slingshot >> jimmy: i didn't even get up to the part -- ♪ talking 'bout a slingshot ♪ >> jimmy: i got a copy -- i got a copy of the lyrics. first part we listened, he said, "uh, hey, uh, yeah." [ laughter ] >> steve: yep, got that. >> jimmy: i don't even