santa himself even made an appearance down from the north pole. they set up shop in the greeting and reading store from until until he has to get to the north pooing on -- pole on christmas eve. >>> the day after thanksgiving and lots of people have fridges full of leftovers. coming, what best ways to store your holiday favorites and how to tell whether it's still safe to chow down. and if you have a teenage at home, chances are they are nevermore than a few inches away from cell phone and they are texting in their sleep. and if you didn't brave the black friday lines, you are not -- there are plenty shopping days before the holidays. what's on this year's hottest toys list. the hottest when abc2 returns in 60 seconds. >>> in our consumer later there's no more avoiding it. the holiday shopping season is officially here. 30 shopping days until christmas. what are you going to get everyone who is on your list? today it was thing about day for electronics and appliance. but things like clothes and toys will stay on sale throughout the next several wee

that's why he outsourced everything to the north pole. doesn't want the labor department asking questions about his seasonal migrant non-union elf laborers who, let's be honest, are probably guatemalan. hard to tell, they're all so small. this year there will be no christmas. (audience reacts) unless i save it. (cheers and applause) so suffolk county, colbert superpac is willing to cover that $660. (cheers and applause) that's right, kids. i saved christmas and all santa has to do is come on my show and say that corporations are people. (laughter) and not naughty people, nice ones. i want to check the list. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome back, everybody, thanks very much. tonight is the anchor of "saturday night live's" weekend update, i can't wait to hear him say "jane, you ignorant slut." please welcome seth meyers. (ches and applause) >> what what a pleasure, i'm a huge fan. >> thank you very much. >> listen, this interview is going to have a honeymoon period and then there's going to be hammer time. you

that's why he outsourced everything to the north pole. doesn't want the labor department asking questions about his seasonal migrant non-union elf laborers who, let's be honest, are probably guatemalan. hard to tell, they're all so small. this year there will be no christmas. (audience reacts) unless i save it. (cheers and applause) so suffolk county, colbert superpac is willing to cover that $660. (cheers and applause) that's right, kids. i saved christmas and all santa has to do is come on my show and say that corporations are people. (laughter) and not naughty people, nice ones. i want to check the list. we'll be right back. like so many great pioneers before me, guided only by a dream. i'm embarking on a journey of epic proportion. i will travel, from sea to shining sea, through amber waves of grain, and i won't stop until i've helped every driver in america save hundreds on car insurance. well i'm out of the parking lot. that's a good start. geico, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent, or more on car insurance. (cheers and

that's loud enough for santa to hear you at the north pole. and folks, this christmas we are playing to win. jim? >> door buster sales turned violent across the country. an armed robber confronted a man and his family demanding their black friday purchases. >> shoppers in a near riot. you hear the screaming, trying to get their hands on some $2 waffle irons. >> stephen: now that sounds outrageous but remember, a $2 waffle iron can be used to bludgeon others. when are you going for that $50 flat screen. but folks, if that's too violent for you, there are more peaceful methods. >> in l.a. a woman sprayed fellow shoppers with pepper spray to try and get her hands on an xbox. >> stephen: good for her! i say the xbox people should turn that into a game. call of duty, black friday off. (applause) >> stephen: the point is-- (cheers and applause) the point is you have got to get your gift by any means necessary. but it is the holiday season, celebrating jesus, the prince of peace. so please use nonlethal force only. pepper spray, tear gas, bean bag bul

the fairmont guaranteej a speedy delivery to the north pole for those letters. the gingerbread house will be in the hotel lobby through the holidays to enjoy. ws at 5:00.watching nbc bay a a. we'll see you at 6:00. good night. pakistan lashes out, closing a major supply route for troops in afghanistan after a deadly nato strike on the border. >>> and liftoff. mission to mars. tonight's nasa's high hopes for a trip in search of life on the red planet. >>> making the grade. facing new rules that could cost them millions, hospitals race to make patients happier. >>> and making a difference. for military families, capturing cherished memories to hold onto when they're serving far from cherished memories to hold onto when they're serving far from home. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. the already strained relationship between the u.s. and its wartime ally, pakistan, has been further stretched toward the breaking point after a nato air an attack killed 24 pakistani soldiers. it happened this morning in a pair of border outposts. the circumsta

champion's league zuni take a step closer to the north pole stage following a narrow victory over ukrainian archery chuckled the nets. in russia the team in the top european football competition prepared to play away to the troubles in group b. . czech tennis stars talk about their chances of reaching russia in this weekend's that cup final. so we start with the champions league have boosted their chances of qualifying for the knockout stages a narrow one zero victory against the nets in st petersburg last night keeps them in second place in group g. belgium nicholas but with their only goal but at the end of it it was in its second victory of the campaign and their point behind sensational leaders called nicosia. to want to remember the suit from each group progress in its remaining pictures will see them well which point to a trip to the course of. action continues this evening to come last hour preparing for a crucial game in turkey the men take on jobs on sport where they beat three nil in moscow last month both sides are four points in group b. two behind inter milan. in the other game

and seven the russian explorer after chilling got out of planted the flag on the seabed under the north pole and with international competition increasing for gold in the cold rushes turning back north. some mines had to be shut down and many settlements were abandoned therefore today we have to do some reconstruction its oil and gas companies that will played a major role here. with an estimated cost of five to seven billion dollars the larry wants to get oil companies interested in investing but to see what they'd be getting into i decided to go and look for myself sort of says this plan seems ambitious some would say wildly so it's no secret it's part of a territory grab up here in the frozen north but we'll have to wait a long time to find out whether we'll see an arctic blast. or just a very cold damp squid. r.t. . well there you can start or more about the ins and outs of the ambitious project . deed information technologies being developed to construct this futuristic city on a website called also unlike the royal rescue prince william tries his best to save the lives of a sinking rus

>> i never saw the north pole but i believe then that. the jury is out. i am a ghost agnostic. but i believe in this story heidi thing the ninth feels about always being second best? [laughter] first of all, i don't think that he does. he is a terrific guy and beyond that i don't want to comment. [laughter] this is the real briar patch tonight. [laughter] i selected these four entertainment values tranfor maximum discomfort on my part. >> we will shift gears. who inspired you to write? >> there were a lot of people that i read. in some ways the biggest motivating force were the horror comics from the '50s i was terrified i thought maybe i could do that but for most writers, would you are wrong with you read a book that is not that good to say i could do that then you feel inspired to try. i don't know. i was inspired that i loved reading so much it became almost second nature. >> a follow-up to that are you ever worried they you well put somebody else's words into your own work? >> no. that is called plagiarism actually. [laughter] it is difficult to believe that and when i do

howard's dressed like he's ready for the knot pole though. -- nor the north pole. lder than yesterday. >> i have a heavier jacket than that. that was not north pole gear. >> those were ski gloves. >> my hands are nice and comfortable. thank you very much. if i were in michigan, you wouldn't -- you wouldn't be making as much fun of me. >> what's going on in michigan? >> they're getting the brunt of the storm. check this out. about four to eight inches of snow across michigan. one snow total in peru, indiana, ten inches from the system. they got it. and those ski gloves as well. maybe some boots. got temps down in the 20s. they'll have a slow rush hour there. isn't that pretty, guys? >> it is. >> we'll get some of that eventually. pretty because it is there. >> nothing too soon. our bus stop forecast here in the washington region, it is chilly. if you need some gloves and a hat with temperatures starting in the 30s and 40s. sunrise at 7:06 this morning. it will set at about 4:47. today, sunshine. temperatures in the mid-40s at 9:00. upper 40s by 11:00. winds southwest

all our reporters were at the north pole covering the drug testing of the elves at santa's work shop which takes a long, long time. but the kids nestled all snug in their beds will be traumatized by the sugar plum fairy dancing in tun employment line or peeing in a cup for that matter. a merry ridiculist to all and to all a good night. that's it. thanks for watching. erin burnett "outfront" starts now. thanks for watching. >>> good evening, everyone. tonight, as more accusers comes back, there's more news on the penn state scandal. the breaking news, assistant coach mike mcqueary, speaking out for first time about the child rape he says he witnessed as a graduate assistant back in 2002 allegedly at the hands of retired coach jerry sandusky. he's been e-mailing former teammates telling them the grand jury got it wrong when they concluded he did nothing to stop the abuse. quote, i did the right thing. you guys know me. >>> occupy wall street protesters here in new york. like pictures from zuccotti park. the verdict came down as dark descended this evening. the tents were removed and pr

when you get your elf, he comes like this from the north pole. >> he gets his magic when he goes to ahey give him a name. >> so then every day, he usually comes out around thanksgiving. >> right. >> every day the elf will be in a different location. >> yes. >> and the elf tries to find the elf -- >> not a good idea to touch the elf, because christmas magic is fragile, and so are the elfs. if he lost his magic, he wouldn't be able to tell santa how good you are being. >> you have a wonderful story, too, about how to get this published. >> we got rejection letters from everybody we could think of down to no one likes rhyming books. >> we just said, no, we think this is something people would like and need and we're going to give it our all. one daughter maxed out her credit cards, one daughter sold her house and she and her husband moved in with us and we cashed in our 401-k and we all went into it together. >> it is amazing. you actually co-authored this book with one of your twin daughters and it was your other twin daughter who you formed this publishing company together to get this

for the gold, yeah going all the way up to the north poleber ♪ ♪ the colder it gets the harder to remember ♪ ♪ and the colder it gets i got to throw on the flannel ♪ ♪ so cold somebody light the candle ♪ ♪ yeah, i think i'm feeling little better now ♪ ♪ yeah, now i got my sweater now ♪ ♪ oh, about to make a movie like revo ♪ everybody in the audience do it for the people ♪ ♪ yeah [ buzzer ] >> oh. >> jimmy: close. if they had more time there to get that herman cain in. that was good. pretty good. [ applause ] dolan, you're good, buddy. >> thank you. >> jimmy: rhymewave, how did dolan do? >> don't quit your day job. >> jimmy: all right. thank you. [ light laughter ] go over there, dolan. you're a good man. thank you so much. bring out our second mc. ♪ how are you doing, buddy? >> doing great. doing great. >> jimmy: good man. now, do you have an mc name? >> yeah, the master mel-kwan. >> jimmy: yeah, i like that. master mel-kwan. >> that's right. >> jimmy: i like that a lot. rhymewave what are master mel-kwan's three words? >> calculating. [ ro

check out gazer, the 35-foot elf that delivers wishes to santa in the north pole. en pond showcasing children skating and practicing their hockey moves. that will be the 85th annual parade. >>> thanksgiving day just one week away. if you're still looking to snag a last-minute travel deal, we know just the right person who might be able to help. gabe segali, a senior editor with travelzoo.com. gabe, you're here just in the nick of time. i just can't believe there are still good daeleals out there. >> for my fellow procrastinators, we certainly are pushing it. the trick to finding a last-minute deal, particularly airfare, that's the thorn in the side this holiday season. airfare is trending 10% to 20% higher. the trick is flexibility. most people want to fly on wednesday next week and come back on sunday. that's where the fares will be the highest, airports the most busy. flexibility is going to be your friend. i was checking how fares look for that busy period. on an l.a. to new york flight out of l.a.x. wednesday coming back on sunday or thanksgiving, will run you $

all our reporters were at the north pole covering the drug testing of the elves at santa's work shop

in addition to a look at santa's high tech operation hidden beneath the north pole, arthur must deliverith his dysfunctional family to complete his christmas mission. >>> there is a little more holiday magic on display this morning at metro center in the macy's store. the beyou won't high school band helped celebrate the unveiling of the store's holiday last night. the display titled make a wish. it shows holiday wishes and dreams being tran formed into festive holiday ornaments. there are 14 designs in the celebrity ornament collection. macy's is donating 10% of the sales to the make-a-wish foundation. >> we shouldn't just leave the windows to new york city. >> exactly. >>> good morning and thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> thanks for being here. i'm mike hydeck. beverly farmer is in for monika. >> howard has our forecast right now. >> still not done with the rain. >> the heavy rains yet have left the region. couple of showers can't be ruled out. nice break midday. more rain possible this afternoon. after today though, we'll be done with the rain. by 9:

. >> aren't you supposed to be on the north pole around this time of year?i'm scouting out landing areas, and it this looks like a good place to stop over and get a breather in san francisco. >> santa looks like he had a facelift eechlts so young. 'tis the season for science opens at the museum tomorrow. there's a life-size snow globe for kids and a christmas spice forest and a par trij in a pear tree. >> he's scouting out the traffic, the traffic on the new bay bridge. >> turtle doves. >> the reasindeer are like, hey >> what do we have. >> i'm doing good. we have rain coming in, but the good thing is some of the rainfall totals are slackening off a bit. it means a wetter holiday for some of you than others. we'll detail a time line in a few minutes. >>> in sports our countdown to the hard bowl continues. make no mistake about it. this mistake was scheduled on thanksgiving for a good reason, on or perhaps our nation's most cherished family holiday, the harbaugh brothers go head to head. how the 49ers and ravens arear n prepares for battle nextex from the xfi

you know who is not going to benefit from the oil, maybe over, the north pole. s are not going to win. the oil industry and oil companies will win from this. that's why we shouldn't be paying attention to their figures for jobs, 20,000 jobs. cornell did an independent study that said only -- fewer than 5,000 jobs created. who wins? people who invest in and make money off the oil industry. who loses, consumer? >> 401(k) invest in the oil industry. the oil industry wins either way. >> gas will go up and jobs temporary. >> speaker john boehner, put out a statement after this delay was announced by the president. here's what he said. quote more than 20,000 new american jobs have been sacrificed in the name of political expediency by punting on this project, the president made clear campaign politics are driving u.s. policy decisions at the expense of american jobs. will cain? >> pete just illustrated the reason being given for delaying this pipeline approval is a complete farce. the reason being given it's environmental damage to the aquifer, which we just saw on the

. >> that could be the north pole for all we know. >>> this is it. dr. conrad murray set to be sentenced today. we'll have a live report from los angeles. >>> the iphone does just about everything even catching on fire. how the apple gadget went on fire in the middle of a flight. coming up. [ female announcer ] dry, cracked hands? gold bond ultimate concentrated cream heals and protects like lotion can't. gold bond concentrated therapy. real medicine, ultimate healing. its first home basketball game since an assistant coach was fired. the school fired bernie fine sunday night after a third >>> welcome back. syracuse university plays its first home basketball tonight the first time since an assistant coach was fired. bernie fine was fired sunday night after a third allegation of sexual abuse as well as an audio recording surfaced. on the tape, fine's wife acknowledges that her husband's adding sexual abuse while speaking with one of his accusers bobby davis. davis says he secretly recorded the conversation in 2002. fine denies the allegations against him.

reporter: an elf floats above the macy's parade studio, gazer, delivering messages to santa at the north poleom the looks on these children's faces their wishes call true already. >> i didn't know they can make them this big. >> reporter: macy's unveiled five new floats for the 85th annual thanksgiving, the zuzu pets includes a zuniverse and a slide. and children ice skating on a pond and a wooden turkey. and this float high lights the statue of liberty's hand holding a torch. >> they start toout as ideas on your head. and then the macy's parade studio build them. >> reporter: amazingly all these floats will be disassembled. school children toured the workshop to learn more about how the floats and balloons go from an idea to reality. >> i think this is amazing and -- i just love it. >> reporter: new balloons include julius the monkey and sonic the hedgehog. the gazer balloon, is designed by a graphic artist from queens who won a contest, this elf with a wishing star. >> my balloon, the character is up there with mickey mouse, buzz light-year and spiderman. >> reporter: this tough guy will be

you know who is not going to benefit from the oil, maybe over, the north pole.t going to win. oil company and oil industry will benefit. we shouldn't pay attention to their figures for jobs. cornell did an independent study that said fewer than 5,000 jobs created. who wins? people who invest in and make money off the oil industry. who loses, consumer? >> 401(k) invest in the oil industry. they win either way. >> go up and jobs will be temporary. >> hang on a s.e.c., speaker boehner put out a statement after this delay was announced by the president. he said, quote, more than 20,000 new american jobs have just been sacrificed in the name of political expediency. by punting on this project president made clear campaign politics are driving u.s. policy decisions at the expense of american jobs. >> a complete farce, the reason given it's environmental damage to the aquifer, which we just saw on the map is massive. horrible impact. i'll use visible aids, too. right now 8,000 wells through the aquifer. surely laying a pipeline over the aquifer won't have the impact of

years from now this oil business will be over, and you will be -- you will have to drill under the north pole. you know, he spoke about solar power and wind power and, in fact, he was a visionary on that. >> um, thank you for your remarks. i'm a bit confused about the lessons of history here because the fact is we have an ecological crisis for the use of oil. people have defined the paradigm of energy security in different ways. one way is to simply get more oil, and as you're pointing out, the new oil is more expensive, and it does have ecological costs that are rather severe. the history of dependency of oil in this country is tied into certain very powerful interests in the auto industry, in the oil lobby and oil industrial complex. robert engler in his books outlined that in the early '60s, and that's part of the sustained history. presidents of the united states have largely accommodated these interests, and there's certainly military interest as you're pointing out ratherrer in a sophisticated fashion or part of the equation. so my question is, you know, how can we respond to this? beca

we caught santa after his last stop and he actually kicks back a bit before returning to the north pole. so, we have the theme which is merry christmas in hawaiian and my tree has handmade shells and starfish that a snowflakes. the tree topper is handmade with the hawaiian style. so, everyone is enjoy a taste of hawaii here at the tree. >> now, the light went out above the tree. hopefully, we can see the beauty of it. you made everyone of the decorations and a lot of them are from hawaii. that is perfect, i'm from there. >> yes. that's true. i wanted to share a little bit of the islands with everyone. it means a lot to me. because, hawaii was our home 22 years ago when the festival of trees first started. i'm hoping that everyone will enjoy the taste of the islands right here. >> we know having lived in hawaii, they celebrate christmas in hawaii. >> yes. very much so. and the tree uses white lights because they are prevalent in the hawaiian holidays. i even put a muumuu on the treetopper angel, because it is hawaii. it is just hawaii. >> if you are wondering if you purchase this tree, u

they can happen at the north pole, at the south pole. they can happen any spot you can think of.k about that place that was earthquaked by the earthquake and how the ground may be shaking soon due to severe weather that may pop up over parts of oklahoma, texas, and maybe even arkansas later tonight and into tomorrow. could be a very active time ai there geologically speaking. >> reynolds, thanks, we'll talk to you in a minute. >>> at six minutes past the hour we'll transition to politics. and the republican presidential candidate debate said -- i don't know if this lived up to the billing really. this was supposed to be a one on one, newt gingrich versus herman cain facing off in texas. was supposed to be a lively one-on-one debate in the style of the legendary lincoln douglas debates. it turned out they sat and complimented each other's ideas but went after president obama. at one point gingrich likened president obama to bernie madoff. >>> herman cain, the fireworks for him started after the debate. the rule was that no one could ask about the sexual harassment claims during th

. >> you want to wake up the whole north pole? >> good idea. >> who cares about one single child? >> santa's high-tech operation to deliver toys to good girls and boys in time to reassure the night goes off without a hitch. look for this in 3-d. >> who are you? >> hugo. >> where do you live? is it a secret? >> yes. >> oh, good, i love secrets. >> also in 3-d is hugo based on a children's book set in the 1930s in paris. an orphan is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and the robot he left behind. >> you can quit this. forget marilyn monroe. forget hollywood. >> a couple in limited release, my week with marilyn is about an assistant on the movie set who introduces marilyn monroe to the pleasures of british life. michelle williams is getting oscar buzz about her performance. >> tell us about the first time you remember being beaten by your father. >> based on true events is "a dangerous method." dr. carl young takes on a young patient. he, along with his master fall under her spell. if you want more buzz on the latest entertainment, fashion and the rest of your lifestyl

mission in fifteen years back on track they've been trying to reestablish connection with the probe which was north pole when the state was you to head to the biggest martian moon for boss but technical problems mean it has become stuck in orbit. as the details. at the moment the theories around which probably what problems caused the probe to be stuck in orbit around the earth after its takeoff split into two camps whether it's a problem with the software of the probe or a problem with the hardware of the probe now it's a problem with the software that's something that potentially can be fixed now one theory that's been put forward is that it's a problem with the navigation system of the probe these type of probes when they're launched initially use the sun as their main focus point for navigation and then that navigation system switches over towards the stars now they some people believe that this probe has failed in switching from the sun to the stars and if they can send a software patch and upload that to the probe it should be able to go about its mission just a few days late now the big problems