. >> also, the bellagio bandit caught on video. very good. >> cold night. dry tomorrow, get ready for an extended period of wet weather. i'm jand patel. i'll detail this out in the accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. >> and there is giants world series trophy in the city it this holiday season, chevy's giving you more. like a 100,000 mile/5-year powertrain warranty. that's 40,000 miles more than ford. and now we're giving you our best offer of the year. 0% apr financing... plus $1,500 holiday allowance... plus no monthly payments until spring. on most chevy models. but hurry, because your chance to get our best offer of the season ends soon. see your local chevy dealer now. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> las vegas is buzzing and will be about yesterday's hold up in the bellagio hotel this, shows the bandit running and authorities say he stole $2 million in chips at gun point from a high rollers craps table. the casino claims the chips are embedded and worthless unless they're redeemed at the bellagio. police believe he m

dave, i've been to the bellagio. i've only been there for half a second. it's a pretty ritzy spot. agine that the security would have been on him. instead, we see him racing out with no security guards. from you surprised that security did not act faster? >> no, i'm not surprised. first of all, it happened so fast. i don't think anybody foresaw somebody coming in and robbing a table that way. second of all, once they were on him, they were not about to start a fire fight with him in the casino. i think once he showed that he had a gun, their concern was getting him out of there as quickly as possible. >> their priority making sure that everyone was safe and not chasing out after that guy. he has $1.5 million in chips and that means nothing until he cashes them in. does he have to go become to the b echl llagio to cash it? ? >> yes, he does, or a give them to a friend. they are just little pieces of clay and plastic. he's got to cash them in at the bellagio. >> would they have serial numbers? would they be able to track him back to these chips? >> well, eventually they might be able

and las vegas police say the one that took place at the bellagio behind me yesterday really takes the cake. and in terms of how brazen and unusual it was. as you said, a man pulled up on a motorcycle to one of the valet parking areas of this high-end casino, and he walked into the craps area, bypassed the cashiers booth where the cash was and took casino chips. here's how police say the robbery went down. >> he then entered the casino and went directly to a craps table where he confronted several patrons with a firearm. he told everyone not to move and took approximately $1.5 million worth of casino chips. the suspect then ran back out of the casino following his original route. jumped on his motorcycle and exited westbound on flamingo at a high rate of speed. >> reporter: as you mentioned a few days ago there was a robbery at the sun coast casino which is off the strip about 20 minutes from here. in that case, the robber walked in also wearing the motorcycle helmet, a different-colored one, a silver one. but police suspect it was the same robbery suspect. in this robbery previously h

. >>> the bellagio resort in las vegas is down about $1.5 million in casino chips after a hollywood-styleeist. there goes the armed bandit early tuesday morning on his way to a getaway motorcycle. he was only inside three minutes. police say he was apparently interested in taking as much loot as he could easily grab. >> he didn't confront any of the customers with the exception of moving them back away from the craps table. he simply took the casino chips that were -- i don't know what you call the area, the box they keep on the craps table. >> police also say the same guy who held up the bellagio also got away with $20,000 cash last week from another casino. the bellagio is keeping an eye out for anyone trying to cash high-denomination chips. >> a real-life "ocean's 11." >>> more than two dozen states are locked in a deep freeze that continues to menace the eastern portion of the country as the southeast braces for another morning of record lows, that arctic blast is also taking a toll across the border. more now from matt gutman. >> reporter: a freak blizzard just 60 miles from detroit

the bellagio yesterday morning. he pulled up, walked over to the craps table and took the chips. he sped off minutes later and has not been seen since. >> imagine they keep good track of the chips. how is he going to cash them in? >> he couldn't cash them in anywhere else else. he would have to go back to the bellagio. >> news 4 continues at 5:00 a.m. >>> caught in the cold. another frigid morning. and tom is tracking what could be the next round of snow. >>> also, foiled by facebook. investigators say online messages led them to a man plotting terror attacksin d.c. good morning. i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to this december 15th, 2010. on a bitter cold night,ozens of people were forced out into the bitter cold overnight. fire crews were called to this apartment building in t 400 block of muddy branch road for an electrical issue. when they arrived they realized the problem was caused by a water leak in the basement. fifighters condemned the building after determining it was unsafe. buses were brought to keep the residents warm. there is no word when the residents will

this is the bellagio conservatory and botanical gardens right here. he penguins in the back. the dancing fountains. there's 16,000 flowers and plants here. and it takes 100 people 7 days to set this up. one of the things i wanted to show you. look at this polar bear. there's two polar bears here. the mother polar bear has 10,000 carnations. the water spreads out through the carnations. when we light this up, there's a fir here. it's going to be incredible. look at the boards. we'll show you what's going on with the weather this morning. one or two things we wanted to talk about. in the west, we're watching the pattern of rain that goes through thursday. elsewhere in the country, it's pleasant in the middle. it's dry in the deep south. and the northeast has the cold the bellagio. it's a holiday spectacular. you would expect no less from vegas. all that weather was brought to you by allied bank. george? >> look at that smile. sam's having a good trip. >>> when we come back, the gift of a new face. and an emotional thank you.e boe ♪ ♪ but i really love my

bandit dashes across the casino at the bellagio after parking his motorcycle outside near the valet just before 4:00 a.m. >> he entered the ka soon know and went directly to a craps table where he confronted evidently several patrons with a firearm. >> reporter: metro police tell us the heist took no more than three minutes. took off heading west on flamingo. >> that quick. >> reporter: employees called 911 before the man even left the property. yet he managed to get away with over $1.5 million in gambling chips. ranging in value anywhere from 100 bucks to $25,000. but police believe this isn't his first holdup. in fact, they say he's the same suspect that robbed a sun coast casino poker cage last thursday, stealing $20,000 in cash. >> the speck is described as a white male adult, 510 tnch, 220 pounds. he was carrying a handgun in both of them and was last seen wearing a white motorcycle helmet with multiple stripes on it. >> reporter: authorities say six casinos were robbed in 2008, nine last year, so far ten this year. and while the number of incidents has gone up slightly they point o

why the man who stole more than a million dollars from the bellagio won't ever get to cash in. even wrote a song about it >>> and it is known for its vivid colors and was so popular paul simon even wrote a song about it. why the end of the year is bringing the end of what many say is the best film in history. >>> meteorologist lorne carney, the weather center, a frosty night indeed around the bay area, we've got a storm brewing. how that could factor into your new years eve plans. we'll talk about that coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, courtesy of th >>> for the first time in decades marin county reservoirs are overflowing and it's all courtesy of the recent storm which has brought all county reservoirs to capacity. it is only the third time in 30 years that has happened in december. there is so much water the district opened relief valves which sent an earth-rattling or the rent downstream. so far the wet weather is outpacing marin's rainfall compared to last year. now at this time last year lake la bo nita was at 57% capacity. >> that's a beautiful sight. >> that's amazing. >> a

surveillance cameras caught the man running out of the bellagio resort early tuesday. way with at least $1.5 million in casino chips. it's believed that just last week the same bandit held up another vegas casino and stole $20,000 in cash. >>> wikileaks founder julian assange is still in custody this morning even though a british judge has granted him bail. the international legal battle over sexual misconduct charges in sweden, though, is far from over. lama hasan has the latest now from london. >> reporter: julian assange was declared a free man and granted bail on tuesday. but just for a couple of hours. a number of prominent figures, including socialites, journalists and a british film director all offered to post bond worth over $350,000. until this. the latest twist in the case. >> finally, after two hours, we've heard that the swedes won't abide by the umpire's decision. and they want to put mr. assange through yet more trouble, more expense, more hurdles. they clearly will not spare any expense but to keep mr. assange in jail. >> reporter: the swedish authoritie

>> back here at home, police in las vegas say an armed bandit needed just three minutes inside the bellagioino in order to pull off a major heist. a surveillance camera caught him running out, after stealing $1.5 million in chips. it's believed the same guy stole $20,000 fm another casino just last week. luckily, nobody inside was hurt. >> he didn't confront any of the customers, with the exception of moving back from the craps table. he took the casino chips that were -- i don't know what you call the area. the box that they keep on the craps table. >> the chips that the gunman got away with, had values ranging from $100 to $25. the bellagio is monitoring gamblers using high-value chips. >>> four bodies have been found on a barren beach on long island, new york. and police say they may have been dumped there by a serial killer. they made the discovery when searching for a missing prostitute. two of the victims were women. but it could take weeks to find out who they are. >>> and in oklahoma, volunteers are scrambling after a skunk sprayed thousands of dollars wortd of christmas gifts. the

the chips taken at the bellagio can only be cashed there. a spokesman said quote at some point they who have to be redeemed. >> some of the upscale casinos have microchips. belarge yoap isn't saying -- bellagio isn't saying whether it uses that. >> can the dow continue its winning streak. the dow was down 19. the s&p off six. the nasdaq off 10 1/2. let's go to alexis christoforous. >> the senate has passed a sweeping tax cut package that would spare millions of americans higher taxes come january. the house is expected to vote on it tomorrow. the government is outlawing drop side cribs after the death of toddlers. all drop side cribs will be banned from being sold or resold. manufacturing and assembly problems have caused the frame to pull away from the mattress. mcdonald's is being sued over the happy meal sues. one mother wants the fast food to stop using the toys to market to children. they claims it targets the child's vulnerability. and dannon will pay $21 million and drop health claims for the dairy drinks. its ads claim it helps reliev

famous for its dancing water fountain the bellagio was a top tourist destination and has also been the backdrop for several hollywood films. >> casino security cannot be beaten. >> reporter: including the,0001 casino heist "oceans 11" starring george clooney and brad pitt. the robbery in the film was a high-tech who done it requiring nearly a dozen men, whereas tuesday's lone gunman required just a helmet, a motorcycle, and about two minutes to pull it all off. >> he then entered the casino and went directly to a craps table where he confronted several patrons with a firearm. he told everyone not to move and he took approximately $1.5 million worth of casino chips. >> reporter: this is the tenth casino robbery in las vegas this year. police believe tuesday's crime was committed by the same man who made off with an estimated $20,000 from the sun coast casino on december 9 ptth. >> he was carrying a handgun in both events and was last seen wearing a white motorcycle helmet with multiple stripes on it, black jacket, black pants and black gloves during both events. >> reporter: unlike mone

how did he get them out of the bellagio? the place in a flash at 4:00 a.m., he rode off on his motorcycles. how do you get your hands on them in the first place. trace knows and he will tell you in four minutes. the host of another network recently made critical remarks about new jersey governor chris christie and his weight, and he was not the first person to do so. all this inspired neil cavuto to weigh in in a figure way yesterday. >> for those who love to quota visionary who ask we judge men not about it color of their skin but by the contents of their character it seems weird they still judge theweight of that skin before they even get to their character which makes them characters and pathetic ones at that. judge our leaders not by the quality that matters but the nonsense that does not. where greatness is defined by not who you are but how you look. that's racism with a scale. that might give some a tingly feeling up their leg, i prefer they first look in the mirror themselves and stick their condescending comments up

only $20,000 there as compared to the million and a half from the bellagio. p denominations go higher. the more likelihood they either have tags inside them, radio tags or they are marked in some way. thus raising a red flag. so when you talk to casino experts, they say these chips in the end may be worth nothing. >> the casino puts the value on the chip. so there is cash backing the chip. but as soon as the casino said it does not have value, it doesn't have value. >> now, back to the suspect who is a suspected of taking these chips and grabbing and running them out in a matter before 2 or 3 minutes, cops say they have a couple of very good leads on him. they say that mel met he was wearing. the jumpsuit are both very telling. the second casino expected of hitting the sun coast is frequented by a lot of locals, shepard, they hope that someone there may be able to add to the couple of good leads they already have. shepard? >> shepard: adam housley live in los angeles. adam, thanks. the father of three brothers missing since thanksgiving facing a judge today. s

other rare but serious side effects may occur. >>> the bellagio. you been there? it's one of the most recognizable hotels and casinos in all of las vegas. and what happens there this motion sounds a little bit like "ocean's 14." we have just turned this around and got this in. at least this looks like the camera hopefully taking pictures of this guy, a man wearing a motorcycle helmet. here he is. here he is. a man wearing a motorcycle helmet walked into the casino wee hours of the morning pulls out a gun at a craps table. police say he got away with, get this, more than a million dollars in chips and then gets away on a motorcycle. these are the first pictures we have gotten from the bellagio. able to quickly turn them around for you. i know some of this is blurry but this is what they're hoping to get out there so someone can recognize this guy. he didn't hurt anyone when he walked in and did this but police most definitely want to finds him. >>> want to show you this piece of video. wait until you see this. first let me set it up. routine traffic stop dayton, ohi

. >>> high rollers who like to gamble at the bellagio hotel are facing a deadline. that resort is discontinuing it's $25,000 chips after a robbery at the casino earlier this month. this is surveillance video from that crime. the bellagio is giving the public until april 22nd to education change the chip for money to prevent the thieves from cashing in. after that they'll just be very pricey souvenirs. >>> looking for a lift after your new year's eve party? we're going to show you how to find one. >>> find out how the sweep operation took way today -- and a dui round up operation . >>> bay area transit agencies are gearing up for new year's eve crowds. in san francisco, nummi is expanding it's evening service and is offering free rides between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. b.a.r.t. will extend service until 3:00 a.m. caltrans will add four extra trains after midnight. >>> alameda county's biggest dui crack down of the year is gearing up. ktvu's jade hernandez has the story. >> the livermore police officers found their man at the first address they tried. officers say this 3

this is really quite a story and all happened here at the bellagio casino in las vegas. a lot of people come to vegas to push their luck at the gambling table but it's an entirely different gamble to think you can run into a casino and make out with more than a million bucks in chips. but, that's exactly what this guy did. with his helmet still on, he looked more like an astronaut than armed bandit but he brazenly held up a table of gambles at the bellagio casino making occupy with $1.5 million in chips. famous for its dancing water fountain it is a top tourist destination and also the back drop for several hollywood films. >> casino security cannot be beaten. >> reporter: including the 2001 casino heist "oceans 11" starring george clooney and brad pitt. the robbery in the film was a high-tech whodunit requiring nearly a dozen men, whereas tuesday's lone gunman required just a helmet, motorcycle and about two minutes to pull it all off. >> he then entered the casino and went directly to a kraps table, where he confronted several patrons with a firearm. he told everyone no

. >>> an armed robber swipes $1.5 million in chips from the bellagio in vegas. escapes on a motorcycle. run, guy, run. did not escape the security camera. police are laying low, waiting for him to try to cash in his chips. guess he would have had better luck going to the vault. the bellagio says the chips won't work. >>> a "wall street journal" story posted all over, the air force is blocking news sites that publish the wikileaks cables. military users who try to log on to the newspapers, "new york times," "the guardian" and other world newspapers got this, access denied. internet use monitored. they could get punished for logging on to news websites. >>> no gay sex at the world cup. a 2022 world cup will be het in qatar which has strict laws against homosexuality. >> i would say they should refrain from any sexual activities. >> critics are demanding a full apology. >>> the mailman showed up, the bad news, he showed up naked. >> the mailman just showed up at the door delivering our mail completely naked. >> the mailman was naked? >> yeah. >> he said he was just

the robbers -- the robber's running into the bellagio casino shortly before 4:::00 yesterday morning.y he cleaned out the c hips from a craps table. and took off on a motorcycle. those chips can only be cashed in at the bellagio. >>> there is a new car-sharing option in san francisco. is called relay rides. the company allows car owners to sign up and rent their cars to neighbors for crash. car owners set their own price, usually $6 to $12 an hour. insurance coverage is taken care of. >>> volunteers are at the toys are us in hayward. they are spending $45,000 buying up toys for the local toys for tots program. the sara and ginny radio show and the u.s. marines raised all of the money. we're happy to say all of the toys purchased today will go to bay area children who can really enjoy and need them. it's kind of neat to see the g uys in uniform going through the aisles. >>> let's check in with sal and see if there are any problem spots on the road. well, the toll plaza is busy today. it could be part of the delays on the span because of the new tower going up. some people will be looki

a robber wearing his motorcycle helmet pulled out a gun at the bellagio casino. he took off with a million and a half dollars in casino chips and got away. the san suspect pulled off a similar crime and other casino less than a week ago. >>> the red cross is helping 30 people displaced by a fire that killed six members of the same family. an elderly couple, the granddaughter, and the woman's three children died yesterday in a row house that caught fire in baltimore. the windy weather helped to spread the fire to two other homes. the space heater may have caused >>> the fire > a man convicted of killing the mitchellville music producer will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. the 24-year-old alexis was sentenced to 130 years in prison for the murders of raymond brown and a key witness. brown was shot and killed in 2006. alexis also ordered his brother to kill a witness. alexis goes on trial in march. >>> an army doctor who disobey orders to deploy to afghanistan because he questioned president obama's citizenship pleaded guilty to one count. the lieutenant

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a man walked into the bellagio with a helmet on. may have a tough time cashing in on the robbery. those chips are only good at the bellagio. >>> 11 people are left homeless after a massive apartment fire in north carolina. dozens of firefighters battled the three-alarm blaze in an apartment building in south charlotte. smoke from that fire could be seen from miles away. at one point, a section of the roof collapsed. no one was hurt. fire officials are still trying to determine how it started. >>> over 400 animals were killed when a fire destroyed a building on a farm in south carolina. the owners raised free range lamb and chicken for dozens of supermarkets across the state. the newly-born animals were brought inside because of the weather. the cause of that fire under investigation. >>> a dog thrown out like trash and left for dead. you may find it hard to believe that this playful pup almost died. but four months ago, this was the frail dog named bones. when the woman realized the dog was still alive, she rushed him to a vet. thanks to a good samaritan, bones now has a good home

the chips are only good at the bellagio. >>> in tonight's consumer watch, there is a new way to lock airline ticket prices. continental airlines lets you pay to hold a reservation. that way you get the price you want. even if you aren't ready to book the flight just yet. you can hold a reservation anywhere from 3 to seven days. >>> also in consumer watch. did you know there are more than 160,000 different toys on the market this holiday season? manuel gallegus reports, which ones are topping sales and catching on with kids. >> reporter: bop it bounce. tea cup piggies. >> i'm full now. >> scwirchgies. they're among the hottest toys toys this christmas. but which will captivate your child. >> the average family spends about $300 per year, per child. >> oversized dolls are big this year, from disney to dora the explorer. if your child is past the princess age, there are the kids of monster high. >> these are the sons and daughters of the classic monsters. >> and they text. on the tiny side are scwirchgies. >> this is $9.99. little girls love those miniature things. >> reporter: here's a

not the bellagio. t happened very early in the morning as well. we keep on referencing the $1.5 million of chips. for those of us who are not gamblers, how many actual chips is that if someone leaves with $1.5 million worth of it. >> if you see the surveillance video the suspect doesn't have anything in his hand, it was enough for him to put on his person and walk out with. we are talking large denomination chips, 25,000 and below. martha: with those large denominations is there any sort of tracking device or identification on those chips that helps you if someone tries to now spend them? >> well, you know, i don't want people to forget that the las vegas casino industry has been in business for a very longtime, they certainly have safeguards and protocols in place in the event chips come up missing or are misused or disappeared. they have safeguards in place but it isn't anything we are going to discuss publicly. martha: lieutenant, have you seen anything like this before? >> one thing we got asked yes

the bellagio says it will discontinue its $25,000 chip in april after a man on a motorcycle in a helmet1.5 million in chips at the casino earlier this month. they think the stole lebron james chips were all $25,000 pieces. the casino is calling for all gamblers to redeem the chips before april or they will be worthless. >>> in the middle of recovering from last week's flooding southern california got snacked by yet another storm. high winds knocked out power to thousand kendis gibson reports. >> reporter: a nasty winters storm making driving treacherous in new mexico. prompting blizzard warnings in parts of arizona along the nevada california border icy roads backing up traffic on some interstates for miles. police escorted vehicles across a mountain pass. more than a foot 6 snow is on the ground in lake tahoe. snow is usually welcome for skiers in the area but some people are having a tough time with the unusually frigid temperatures. >> my door is frozen shut. so -- >> reporter: here in los angeles, high winds are knocking down trees and knocking out power to thousands. >> this is unf

practically worthless unless they are redeemed at the bellagio. lerted q,@ñto on high alert. abc news los angeles. >>> amazing story out of ohio tonight. a good samaritan rushed to the aid of a police officer under attack. it was all caught dashboard camera. dayton police officer pulls over for this driver apparently had a burned out headlight saturday night but things took a turn for the worse. the driver 64-year-old out to coleman looks ?l checking for witnesses and suddenly makes his move. the suspect and officer ended 9$ up in a shoving match. the driver tries to grab the officer's gun and taser. for more than a minute the fight continued with punches flying. then out of nowhere back up arrived but p expect. check this out a woman saw the fight and decided to help together with the officer they waylayed the driver until back up arrived and the driver was taken m.vdown for good. police aren't releasing the good samaritan's name and of course they don't recommend doing what she did. admitted it did come in handy. the driver lç#aces several charg

ten-year-year-old not-- >>> this one man bandit made off with at least $1.5 million worth of chips from the bellagio. he demanded the money at gun point and made a swift get away on his motorcycle. but as you point out, matt, those chips need to be redeemed at some point it so there you go. >> hasn't he done this before too? >> there is a report, and it's still kind of sketchy, that he may have had a practice run earlier, and made off with $20,000 worth. but that's still being investigated. >> mr. roker, where's your motorcycle helmet? >> it's still frozen back in dunkirk, new york. let's see what's going on, we have got some snow to talk about, back through the plains, we have got a double barrel low pressure system bringing snow to minneapolis, also snow back through the rockies. snowfall amounts, basically we're looking at anywhere from three to six inches of snow south and west of denver, also from minneapolis down to chicago, just west of chicago. could see about three to six inches of snow, wet weather in the pacific northwest. we have got a record low reading through florida and we're looking

happened i did talk to an international gaming consultant who is really a consultant to a lot of the bellagiod mgm grand and he told me as soon as this happened there was an alert that went out not only to the local casinos but casinos internationally on these particular chips and it is extremely difficult for him to be able, even over a long period of time to take those chips and sort of get money back for them because some of them are $100, but other ones are $25,000. you're not going to be able to walk into a casino and sort of get the money back for that. that's another clue. he also may be responsible for another robbery that happened the week prior where he got away with $20,000 in cash. >> all right, michelle, always good to see you, thank you. >> good to see you a. >>> a routine traffic stop could have turned deadly if not for the actions of a brave samari n samaritan. an ohio police officer being attacked by a driver he pulls over. the struggle goes on for a good five minutes and the driver repeatedly tries to grab the cop's gun and a taser. the woman runs up and starts hitting the d

the robbery took place at the bellagio hotel but it may have been a worthless venture as reported. >> casino security cameras caught the heist. he snatched more than 1.5 million from a gaming table but what he got away with was not cash but plastic casino chips. different gambling tables are if ited with devices but in this case the bhodge yoen on the famous vegas strip is about the only place the robber can cash in the high-value chips and they are looking for someone posing as a big winner. cameras snapped him rehearsing. this time his luck ran out. >> for more on that story, go to our website. along with of course, all the other stories we're covering in the course of the program here on bbc world news. do take a look if you've got a moment. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d

in a scene out of the movies, the daring robber never took off his helmet inside the bellagio casino tuesday. he pulled out a gun at the craps table, grabbed the chips and calmly made his exit. >> the industry has some safeguards in place that make that, i don't want to say not impossible but it makes it extremely difficult. i'm not going to go into -- i don't want to compromise any of the security measures they have in place but that could prove to be difficult. >> so casinos have microchips embedded in their chips to trying to cash them in may set off alarm bills. cbs moneywatch time this morning. asian stocks took a late-day dive. ashley morrison is in new york with that and more. good morning to you. >> good morning to you, terrell a rough day for most asian markets. japan's nikkei down a fraction, while hong kong's hang seng shed nearly 2%. today, wall street gets the very latest on inflation and the housing market. stocks finished higher tuesday even after the federal reserve warned the economic recovery is still not picking up enough speed. the dow gained 48 points to hit anoth

. >>> in just three minutes, one man robbed the bellagio casino in las vegas of $1.5 million. the man came in wearing a motorcycle helmet and went straight to the craps table. he pulled a gun, grabbed as many chips as he could and then ran, jumping on his motorcycle which was parked in thealet circle and away he went. police think he is the same man who stole chips last week rat another casino. >>> a man lost 325 pounds in a local gym, and he did not have surgery. >>> a man watches as the same man commits the same >>> earlier tonight, nbc crowned the newest biggest loser, but the way contestants lose ight on that show can be unrealistic for a lot of people. we're going to meet a man who lost 370 pounds at his local gym without the help of surgery. cheryl heard has our report. >> as straight. get your butt back. good. >> reporter: working out isn't easy no matter who you are. >> i weighed 10 pounds 14 ounces when i was born. >> if you're stephen lee, being a big baby when you're born in his mind may have something to with weighing a lot later in life. that's because he weighed 6

man gambled with his freedom when he ran into a casino and police say he he pulled out a gun at the bellagio craps table and demand casino chips. you can see from the video that he kept the motorcycle helmet on the entire time. police say the man got away with about a million and a half in chips and left on a motorcycle. they believe the man dob the -- to bees toably the same robber of a casino last week where he walked away with an undisclosed amount of cash. >>> okay. the next story we are serious, people. a mailman make headlines for making special deliversy. woman who reported him didn't want to be identified. she said she was work at a law office when the 52-year-old mailman made the first delivery. she mentioned to him she needed to go back to a post office to pick up some mail so kindly or so she thought the gentleman offered to do it and came back ten minutes late wert mail and without any clothes. >> it was the creepiest thing ever. and the last thing i expected on a sleepy saturday afternoon. now i can laugh about it. but when it happened i. was frightened i didn't know what was go

the video caught the bandit running through the bellagio before four yesterday morning. lice say he walked inside with a gun, walked up to a crap's table, robbed it and got away, and got away despite the fact that the security camera was trained on him. >> investigators think the same man pulled a similar heist last week at another vegas casino. >>> forecast for this morning, plenty of clouds out there. we have some reports of fog out there this morning. temperatures ranging from the lower 50s to the lower 40s. >> a mix of sun and clouds across the bay area this afternoon, and these temperatures. mid to upper 50s around the bay. and also inland. here's a look at our satellite and radar. we have some clouds filtering through. but all in all, today will be a dry break with a mix of sun and clouds. but look at what's just behind us, more rainfall coming in. that will be friday, that will be saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday. yes, we're moving into a wet pattern. for today and tomorrow, dry in the bay and the sierra with a mix of sun and clouds. snow and windy conditions c

 >>> a lone man, there he is, running in a motorcycle helmet managed to knock over the bellagio for a million 5, no joke. police released 11 seconds of surveillance video of the man running through the posh vegas casino with a gun in his hand. he held up players at a craps table, then got away on a motorcycle, but here's that catch i was telling you about. he got away with chips, not the cash. chips have to be redeemed. this robbery was very similar to one at the sun coast casino last week. that thief made off with about 20 grand in cash. police say it might be the same guy. >>> an army flight surgeon appears to be willing to give up his career and his freedom because of a beef he has with president obama. >> i will disobey my orders to deploy because i and believe all servicemen and women and the american people deserve the truth about president obama's constitutional eligibility to the office of the presidency and commander in chief. >> lieutenant colonel terrance lincoln refused to deploy to afghanistan because he doesn't think the president was born in the united states. in

that's how much police say an armed gunman got away with from the bellagio casino in las vegas.eve this is not his first casino robbery. casey. hello. it seems em possible that someone could get out with $1.5 million, but this seems like 1.5 he may not be able to lose. >> reporter: well, it turns out when you do it at the point of a gun, it's not so easy to cash those chips in. law enforcement officials and casino officials tell us that because of security measures that they won't disclose in detail, it's going to be very difficult for him to redeem those chips. they were in denominations ranging from $100 to $25,000, and some casinos on those higher denomination chips, they have implanted security devices described as similar to a credit card that make it very difficult for the wrong person to cash those in. there's also agreements among casinos to make sure they don't redeem each others chips in the event of a robbery like this. so one of the theories that police are looking at is this guy may have had an accomplice, a known gambler, someone familiar to the casinos and may hav

this robber pulled up on the motorcycle to the valet parking area of the bellagio behind me. lked into the casino. pulled the gun. walked past the cage where there's cash and walked instead up to the craps table. told all of the patrons about a dozen of them to freeze and then walked out with $1.5 million in chips and got back on the motorcycle and went on to flamingo heading out towards interstate 15 to the west and disappeared from there. one of the issues that investigators are having is the fact is about a dozen people around this craps table when the robbery took place and one police officer told me, you can imagine the relative state of sobriety at ten minutes to 4:00 in the morning and didn't give a very good description of the suspect oh than the fact of wearing a motorcycle helmet. don? >> so why wasn't anyone chasing him? >> reporter: well, what happened is he was carrying a gun and casino employees called 911 while he was -- before he had actually left the casino. i think what law enforcement officers and casino security personnel will tell you is if they were chasi

and even more so now. >> reporter: the bellagio was the prize in "ocean's eleven." it involved ingenious strategy, precise planning. nothing like the hit that happened here. >> the suspect arrived on a motorcycle and parked just outside of the north valet. >> reporter: he went directly to the high-rollers crap table, where he pulled out a gun. told everyone not to move, snatched the chips, and ran through seemingly nonexistent bellagio security, and vanished on his motorcycle. as dramatized in the movie "casino," with robert de niro, las vegas security is supposed to be better than ft. knox. you may not be able to see it. but you're supposed be sure that someone, somewhere is watching. >> the eye in the sky is watching us all. >> reporter: the strip's technology is apparently no match for this very low-tech robbery. police believe the same gunman ripped off $20,000 from the suncoast casino just last week. a possible dress rehearsal for the big one. now, it really gets interesting. will the thief wait a month? a year? two years or more to try to cash those $25,000 ch

what you're watching is at the bellagio, cops are pretty sure they can make a strong bet these two guys are the same person, martha. martha: what's he going to do with these chips, he got a million and a half, $2 million worth of chip? >> that's the thing. they keep saying it's a heist for a million and a half dollars, but keep in mind the chips are only worth what you can cash them in there for at the same casino. the lowest denomination chip he stole was $100, the highest was $25,000, and you know that the casino follows those high chips, martha, so we're watching for the red flags in the coming weeks. martha: i think they'll be watching for them, too. adam, thank you very much. adam housley. bill: good luck cash thank in, right? >>> we are waiting for the full senate to vote on the tax bill that could happen this morning, then on to a very rough ride in the house. can house democrats kill this bill? we'll talk to one of them in three minutes. bill: we have at the moment at least 50 house democrats unhappy with the tax cut compromise. my next guest, leading the opposition to that deal

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tonight, new developments in the robbery at the bellagio in vegas. >>> protecting your heart. ctors raising the importance of family history. >>> bob turk, first warning weather center. some snow coming our way. we'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. >>> here's's today's report from wall street. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> cold weather remains. bernadette woods with a look at your forecast. >> the cold part continues. but something is going to continue to come out of the sky tomorrow. we start out the day. there is's chance snow could a -- is a chance snow could arrive in the morning hours. light snow accumulating. probably a coating to an inch in most of the areas. 30 to a high. and it will be gone by tomorrow night. for the rest of the five-day, here's bob. >>> we talked about another system perhaps to come our way for the later part of the weekend. and that could happen on sunday. all depends on a storm track. tomorrow, chance of a little bit of snow. 33, 24. 38. sunshine returns. partly cloudy on saturday. up to 40. and a chance of snow on sunday. looks like it's

. >> unless you redeem them at the bellagio. the theory is the guy may try to sell them on the streets. the least value is $100 chips. most expensive $25,000. as you move up in the chip category. the higher you go the less they make, the more likelihood you are going to put up a red flag if you walk into a casino and drop down for example a $20,000 chip. right now they are really worth nothing unless he tries to redeem them on sales them on the street, shepard. >> shepard: adam housley in l.a. thanks. chaos on the streets of rome today as italy's prime minister barely survived a challenge to his leadership. [gunfire] >> shepard: kids apparently didn't like the outcome explosions and smoke filled the city square as hundreds anti-protesters filled the streets. shattered windows and torched police vans. tensions even boiled over among lawmakers in parliament as they voted on a new confidence motion against berlusconi. numerous sandals against him have tarnished his time in office. jonathan hunt is with us. like other riots in europe

this taken at the bellagio showing him going towards a motorcycle he sped off in. authorities believe it's the same thief who robbed the sun coast casino. the man is till on the loose. >>> mailman facing charges for ditching his uniform in favor of his birthday suit. mail carrier is accused of showing up wearing nothing to give a woman her mail. her reaction: scream. called police. she still can't believe what she saw. >> he's completely nude. no clothes whatsoever. and the only thing he said was surprise. and it freaked me out. >> mailman in question facing criminal charges. also being investigated by the postal service. >>> you think we had it bad? well, it could be worse. check out what motorists in canada had to deal with. >> we won't have anything like that. but tom's forecast is coming up next. [ male announcer ] earlier today, your living room was game day central. [ cheering ] a place for friends, family, and your husband's trademark victory dance. [ cheering ] now the crowd is gone. and all that remains is the stink. [ dog barks ] but you're ready because f

police say a chief on a motorcycle robbed the bellagio yeerday morning. they stay armed man pulled up to the casino and took the chips. he hasn't been seen since. investigators believe he may be the same man responsible for a similar heist at e sun coast hotel and casino last thursday. >>> travelers may be packing more than just presents when they rid amtrak. starting today, passenger are allowed to check gun an ammunition in their luggage on certain rail cars. there are some restrictions though. first you muste traveling between stations that off checked baggage service and your luggage must be put in that baggage car. the weapons must be unloaded and stored in approved containers. you must make a reservation no later than 24 hours in advance. amtrak had previously banned weapons from its trains after 9/11. >>> speculation is over this morning. "time" magazine disclosed its person of the year. the editor made the announcement on the "today" show. >> "time" magazine's person of the year for 2010 is mark zuckerberg. the founder of place bofacebook that's th

a thief on a motorcycle robb the bellagio early yesterday morning. that is news 4 fd. thank you for starting your day with us. >> the "today" show is next. right back here tomorrow morning at 4:30. hope you'll join us then. until then, have a great day. see you tomorrow. >> bye.