for the liberal democrats, sarah, for labor, the cabinet minister, the olympics minister, and of course as ever on state opening day, we have the bbc's political editor. thank you all for coming in. it is a great event to be part of. we are going to enjoy the event, but i am going to pick up on david cameron's thought because he is making a very strong political statement, saying it is a waves of time. >> that will be the oppositions statement. we get to see whether the party's spin doctors have inserted their phrase into her majesty's speech. i think i can predict with some confidence that my lords and members of the house of commons, the big priority is to get them re-elected. let's say this on behalf of ministers. of course they believe that giving guarantees to school children and their parents will make a difference to people's lives, that it is a good thing to regulate the financial sector. there are a series of things that we won't talk about, but will be in the queen's speech, such as a flooded water management bill. what the opposition will be able to say is there is hardly any

for labour, the olympics minister, and as ever on state opening day, we have the bbc political editor. this is a great event to be a part of. i am going to pick up david cameron spot. he made a very strong political statement about content. a waste of time? >> that will be the insistence of the opposition throughout the day. we get to see what the party have inserted the odd phrase into the majesty speak. i can put it with some confidence that she will not say, my mom or 10 members of the housing,, my government's priority is to be reelected. but let's say this on behalf of the ministers, of course they believe that giving guarantees to school children and to their parents will make a difference in people's lives. it is a good thing to regulate the financial sector. there are a series of things that will be in this great queen's speech. the possibility of a flood of water management bills, which can be described as a lectionary. but what the opposition will say is that there is hardly any time left. they're just big gestures designed to say that we will have the deficit but not how. w

some people there are concerned because you know the olympics and the world cup are coming there. >>>ent that caused major diplomatic problems between the united states and iraq. a shoot-out that killed 17 iraqi civilians. now startling new reports about what an american company alleged ly did after the shootings. >>> the nation is honoring its military members past and present on veterans day today. president obama will take part in the wreath laying ceremony at arlington national cemetery. many other countries are honoring their veterans as well. for them the holiday primarily marks the signing of a truce to end world one. vaccines have arrived at guantanamo bay military prison. no detainees will be getting them until the facility's high-priority troops and health care workers have been vaccinated. but so far there aren't even enough doses available to do that. >>> good morning, sunshine. i'm robin meade. so glad you're with us today. 30 minutes past the hour. let's move ahead now to some of our other stories that we're talking about. thousands of people gathered yesterday to rememb

we're going to get as much as three feet of snow across the cascades and parts of the olympics. more on that in a bit. let me show you some video. this is right around the oregon coastline. video of cannon beach. winds gusting to about 40 as a high-wind warning in the area for today. winds gusting this afternoon to 60 and above. so the wind is back, the rain is back as promised. a better look at that coming up, robin -- robin? >> hey, i -- >> did robin think today was thanksgiving? kind of odd to just take off a thursday. >> it is kind of odd actually. probably just having a good day. all right, thanks, bob. >>> we told you about a new mammogram guideline but new the health and human services says there's something even more important than the new recommendations. a woman held hostage at t.j. maxx says she prayed and prayed while hiding from gunmen. what she did to make sure they did not find her during that ordeal. >>> keep talk iing to your doct. that's the big message from health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. this week a federal advisory board said women in t

the olympics, the world symbol of sport and competition, its motto of peace and harmony, would never be the same. >>> for a complete list of the show or for comments and questions regarding this program, send your e-mails to program, send your e-mails to bestdamn@foxsports.net. caption funding provided by fox sports net -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> welcome to macon georgia. university center is sold out and why not. the about bears are here and florida state is in town. s university center is sold out, the mercer bears have a pension for knocking off big names. florida state would qualify. the seminoles are off to a 2-0 start. it's florida state, mercer. hi, everybody. i know there's a lot of then going on in sports right now, but keep us on speed dile for the next two hours. i think this has the potential to be a very good college basketball game. >> i don't think there's any question this is a ter l. team that is experienced. a florida state team that is one of the intriguing teams in the atlantic coast conference. >> weapon number one for mercer and a guy that plays b

. >>> president barack obama couldn't bring home the olympics but he's bringing tourism to his home state. the united states will host the apec summit in hawaii in 2011. president says he'll explore with the other leaders decked out in flowered shirts and grass skirts. >>> some guantanamo bay detainees could be transferred to this prison in northern illinois. two obama administration officials tell cnn they will visit the thompson correctional center tomorrow, 15 miles west of chicago. illinois governor designed the prison as state-of-the-art and virtually empty. the obama administration promised to close guantanamo by january 22nd, but it's having trouble meeting that deadline. >>> we now know after many months in office that there aren't nations out there who will take the 200 detainees or so left in guantanamo. so the idea of relocating these prisoners in the united states is a reality that the obama administration is confronting. >> a republican lawmaker from chicago is already saying that would invite terrorist attacks on illinois. and obama administration officials said the prison w

. >>> president barack obama couldn't bring home the olympics, but he's bringing home some tourism tois home state. the united states will host the apex summit in hawaii in 2011. the host gets to dictate what guests wear for the summit's official picture. the president says he looks forward to seeing the other leaders decked out in flowered shirts and grass skirts. >>> some guantanamo bay detainees could be transferred to this prison in northern illinois. two obama administration officials tell cnn federal officials will visit the correctional center tomorrow, about 150 miles west of chicago. illinois governor pat quinn described the prison as state of the art and virtually empty. the obama administration promised to close guantanamo by january with 22nd, but it's having trouble meeting that deadline. >> we know now, after many months in office, that there aren't nations out there who are going to take these 200 or so detainees left in guantanamo so the idea of relocating these prisoners in the united states is a reality that the obama administration is confronting. >> a republican la

the all-star center and olympic gold medalist was complaining after he fouled out of a game in detroit after playing 16 minutes. let's call them air jordans for the ladies. just in time for christmas. come on, your gal would leave these. the famous sneakers are an inspiration for these colorful high heels. robin is online. that's the ones robin is looking at there. >> $65. just a fraction of the real air jordan sneakers. >> are these on an auction site. >> they are selling these. >> i've got to say they are ugly. >> think so? fashion statement. come on, be the first on your block. trip down the street. try to walk in these things. >> looks like high heel moon boots. >>> a woman went to mcdonalds and came home a rich woman. how she turned a cup of tea into a million dollars. i hope there's not a lawsuit involved. >>> some banks are letting their customer spend as much as they want but money expert clark howard warns it may cost you way more in fees than you're willing to pay. >> a lot of people because they've been burned by credit cards have switched to debit cards. that's where it has

the whole history of the olympics the u.s. won 75 olympic medals. >> viewers are generous in many ways we should point out. we love our viewers. >> we certainly do. >> i know we have all used the phrase monkey business. who knew there was business going on among monkeys. i didn't know the main form of currency is back rubs. >> i want to live in their world. i will take a back rub over cash any day. >> really? >> yeah. strange. researchers have found out that is their currency. the more back rubs someone receives in the jungle, the more they're held in high esteem. you are at the top of the food chain if you get a lot of grooming from other monkeys. what is interesting is what they are exchanging these back rubs for. of course, as you might jump to immediately, mating, that is one of the things you get in exchange for a back rub. sometimes being allowed to hold a baby. researchers found females would mate after receiving 15 minutes of grooming and would stay loyal to that male. all that social climbing and trading of goods point

avalanche watches for the olympics and cascades. the rain and thunderstorms really arrive overnight tonight and the wind picks up right around that time as well. a tough couple of days. back to the map, light rain, light snow. cascades, olympics, rain across the valleys where it's going to be all day. portland picking up the rain pretty well around i-5, all moving inland. to the northwest we go, flash flood watches in effect because of all that rain. those are the dark-shaded counties. still warnings up in some of counties because of the rain you had over the last couple of days. a real big concern. down to the south farther, sierra nevada, a lot of snow for the morning, three to six ifrmgs in the highest elevations, advisories out there just expired, which is great. the snow will be back for you later on in the weekend. more on that in just a little bit. how about st. louis real quick? show you what it looks like the low clouds are in for the midwest. there's the arch. that upper-level low, a different storm system from the pacific

. >>> president barack obama couldn't bring home the olympics, but he's bringing some tourism to his me state. the united states will host the apec summit in hawaii. >>> some guantanamo bay detainees could be transferred to this prison in northern illinois. two obama administration officials tell cnn federal officials will visit the thompson correctional center tomorrow, it's about 150 miles west of chicago. illinois governor pat quinn described the prison as state of the art and virtually empty. the obama administration promised to close guantanamo by january 22nd, but it's having trouble meeting that deadline. >> we now know, after many months in office, that there aren't nations out there who are going to take these 200 or so detainees left if guantanamo so the idea of relocating these prisoners in the united states is a reality that the obama administration is confronting. >> a republican lawmaker from chicago is already saying that would invite terrorist attacks on illinois. an obama administration official says the prison would be even more secure than the nation's only supermax

he hopes to improve his times and compete in the 2012 olympics. be a true champion any day of the year. today's true champion today for us is ricky sanchez. a new yorker got a local businessman to buy 40 world championship cap pz and plans to send them oversees to his brother serving in afghanistan with the 82nd airborne digs. there he is, daniel sanchez. we thank him and his crew for the service. unique souvenirs for a very special group. imagine wearing those with great pride, yankees world series champions and ricky sanchez, our true champion. >> thank you. >>> where do you see the problem spots today? a lot of you may be getting back home or taking off for the weekend. >> morning, rob. boston logan airport was in a ground stop because of the rain. now it's opened back up. no delays posted yet. we'll get some, though. for the day, new york city metros, morning clouds hanging around, the winds out of the west at 15 to 20 miles per hour, maybe a delay right there. hopefully your chances are better seeing a delay in dallas. dallas/ft. worth, dfw,

the two sicientists have researched the effect he does hope to compete in the 2012 olympics. e of the great stories. today's true champion, our man ricky sanchez. he got a local businessman to buy special new york yankees caps and plans to send them overseas to his brother who is serving in afghanistan with the 82nd airborne division. there is daniel sanchez. certainly unique souvenirs for a very special group. our true champion. love that. >> i love your stories aren't all sports related. i mean, it's kind of related but he's a true champion even though he's not someone competing. >> trying to prodden the horizons. >>> the house is trying to make sure the house doesn't lose money on a medicare. it stopped a 21% cut next year. republicans say it's payback for getting doctors' help for health carry reform. >>> you never know what might happen when you get two comedians together. check out what comedian george lopez told joy behar last night about former president george bush. >> other people during the bush administration, myself included, took many shots at george bush for bei

also, robin, the olympic mountains, cascades in washington, winter storm watch tonight through tomorrowt coming up in the next half hour. >> at least there's some light on it. >> emergency power. interesting. >> thank you for that. >>> can you imagine buying expired medicine, food, even baby formula at a store? one major chain is paying a lot of money because of claims just like that. >>> well, that wasn't country music you're listening to, but at the country music association awards last night, it didn't take long for people to start referencing kanye west. remember when he interrupted taylor swift at the mtv awards? co-host bad paisley and carrie underwood opened and had a little medley. ♪ mamas don't let your babies grow up to be kanye ♪ ♪ let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks ♪ ♪ cuz cowboys have manners they don't interrupt ♪ i'm shoe the audience loved that. another big moment last night, the guy who used to be the head of the hootty and the blowfish rock band, pop band, darius rucker, is now named new best country artist, the second time an african-american has ever won

from the olympic mountains all the way across the coast. we're looking at about three, maybe four inch lgs of rain today and then you get a little bit of a breatheer again and it comes right back into for thursday as another cold front approaches the region. the grant total near the olympic mountains, but it's mostly rain. >> that means it's got to be tough to get on a plane too. >> we have got a lot of pictures coming out of cairo, we're looking at the affects of a mud slide, kiro in washington state, this is the result of all of that rain you have been telling us about. >> there's been so much rain there for the last 36 hours. we're going to see more rain in this area, probably a grand total of about that to four inches of rain. it's not going to end until probably this weekend. >> thanks a lot, bob. >>> there's a big change if you use gift carts that affect the value of the cards you got. >>> plus a real warning about fake money, you may be passing counterfeit cash a and you don't even know bit. >>> a woman went to work and found a note

cascades towards the olympics. iving on down through colorado and wyoming, lower parts of colorado itself so that's something to watch for a couple of days. a lot of snow, again, skiers are loving this. then the east coast, traveling to the northeast today, the mid-atlantic, be prepared for major delays. newark right now, two and a half hour delay with the winds off the ocean. rain showers are out there. here's the coastal storm. continues to build with the big swells across long island to cape hatteras. that rain is going to pick up in intensity later this morning. coastal flood warnings, too, for areas in bright green. it is another mess and show you how much wind they got in areas like virginia coming up in a little bit. hurricane strength. >> wow. no leaves. >> yeah. >> people are still buzzing and i know you love this story. >> it's one of the best ones. >> people are like buzzing about carrie prejean. and the sex tape she says she made for a former boyfriend. well, last night on jimmy kimmel live, jimmy said h

winter storm watch in effect for the cascades and the olympics. levels are going to start to drop from about 2,000 to only 1,000 feet. colder air slamming on in. you're going to see that snow level come on down. look at the bay area. light rain this morning. getting some snow in sierra nevada. next 48 hours you can see the snow come on in. the purple shaded colors around montana, that's about a foot, maybe a foot and a half of snow over the next two days. you're starting to get more of that coming through. the big story, of course, that big low pressure center off the coast of the carolinas. high wind warnings are the areas shaded in red. winds gusting to 50 miles per hour. the areas shaded in yellow, those are advisory areas. see the rain across the outer banks. go up farther in towards norfolk and virginia beach area, winds sustained at about 34 miles per hour with heavy rain. take you live to norfolk. here's that tower cam. it is going to be rocking. you're going to see the streets that are flooded. this is the way it's going to be. this is fro

the seattle metro area, three or four inches of rain, pink shading is the olympic mountains, eight toh thursday evening. so the rain is definitely going to be out there. the wind will pick up again tomorrow toward thursday as well. how about the wind from yesterday? wallport, oregon, 95-mile-per-hour wind gusts, incredible. gair bald di, 89, tillamook, 82 miles per hour. these are all over hurricane strength. hurricane strength is right about 75 miles per hour. that's what you have. look' rain northern california, western oregon, that gets into washington state, too. it's all snow across the highest elevations. you're looking at heavy rain portland stretching up i-5 into seattle. then you'll see the flash flood watches and warnings in place for the next couple of days. here's seattle, all the green counties, those are the flash flood warned areas. we'll look at that, plus the midwest snowstorm, now winding up, nor more in a half hour. >>> here is a piece of video that will make you smile. you'll see a soldier coming home from afghanistan. watch as his dog recognizes him. >> oh, my god

the cascades, in towards the olympics. watch for a lot of snow to pile up here over the next couple of hours. three to six inches above 4,000 to 5,000 feet. maybe even a little bit lower than that. more details in a bit. that is your forecast. richard, have a good weekend. >> you, too, man. >>> a teenageary show of support for his favorite football team is causing a bit of a buzz. his school gave him an ultimatum about his bengals haircut. you might be surprised what his folks think. plus bernie madoff's personal possessions are hitting the auction block. and this isn't anything like your neighborhood yard sale. >>> right now live to the courtroom. we believe the hearing has just begun for the heenes. these are the parents of the balloon boy. you remember that story that we were following for you. very intensely, this silver balloon, and they're going to admit, we expect, both the father and the mother, richard and mayumi, that they are guilty. so we're going to be listening in to that. stay with us here on hln all afternoo

the purple shaded area right by the olympic mountains west of seattle, about set to ten inches of rain. poor that reason, the flash flood watches out there. watch for that later today. rain comes in overnight tonight, so does the wind. away from there, south further, light snow across the sierra nevada range. and upper level low stacked vertically on top of the surchs low. all the way down to the deep southeast. rain is in there for chicago. probably get air traffic delays out of that. tell you all about that in about 20 minutes. richard? >> a good size, midwest to the east? >> huge storm. getting here tomorrow. >> slow mover. >>> you really may not want a lego of your eggo, you'll be hard-pressed to find these frozen delights. well into next year. plus, it may be president obama's most memorable closed door meeting during his asia trip. what his half brother said about their reunion in china. >>> new this morning, two people in ski masks broke into a store last night and held several hostages. the sheriff's office says she used dogs but have not found the suspects. in this local media

that movie miracle depicts the usa's hockey team win a gold medal at the olympics. >> larry, thank you> the army now says it will give the media a little bit of access to sarah palin's visit to ft. bragg on monday. she will be there to promote her new book. it had previously said it would not let crews in because it might turn into political grand standing against president obama. still supporters will not be able to ask palin any questions. >>> how a shot some of you might have gotten last year could be giving your bodies a fighting chance again the swine flu, come up. >>> hey, oprah winfrey fans, big news coming out this hour. she is set to officially announce she is ending her talk show. winfrey's last show will be in september of 2011, which means the show will have been on the air for 25 years. >> i don't think anyone can fill oprah's shoes. she has maintained such incredible integrity throughout her career. that's the thing i admire most about her and i'm really proud of her for that. >>> and the man accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old girl will be charged with murder and rape. ma

that includes the cascades and olympic mountains of washington state. here's the northern california radar right out of eugene or out of eureka with the rain showers there. eugene, oregon getting rain showers. same in portland. it's been heavy at times there as well. about an inch, maybe 1.5 inch of rain over the last 36 hours. the rain continues to spill in through western washington state, through seattle. see a nice little downpour over the city itself and then get back toward spokane and it's liten ing up a bit but more rain this afternoon. an upper level low throwing light rain and cloud cover right around san diego. a morning event. by this afternoon it's okay. right about tropical depression ida? might turn back into a tropical storm and head to the gulf. we'll have full details in a bit, richard. >> and the east okay for us? >> just a windy day in the northeast. delays at the airports there, as well. we'll have the full airport delay list in about what, 15 minutes. >> thanks a lot. >>> the owner of a convenience store near fort hood says he often

"the new york times" reports walmart hired crowd experts who have done events like the olympics and the super bowl, mega events to get this under control. now, the biggest change -- and this is important if you're somebody who really likes to strat jie, who is up and out on line at 4:00 a.m. those hot, hot door busters, the tvs and pcs, the ones everybody runs for, instead of waiting outside in the cold and stampeding in when the doors suddenly open on friday morning. walmart will be open thursday night overnight, meaning you can come in whenever you want and get online inside the store. plus, the line is going to be supervised. that means no cutting in line, which is actually a really important element because people can get very aggressive. you get mad when somebody cuts in front of you. then when everybody is suddenly mad you have different emotions going on. >>> 5:00 a.m. when the bell rings and the big sales start, you're already going to be standing in line in a calm supervised line, no need for anybody to run anywhere. >> shopping can get very emotional, yeah. >> it is especially

basically, right along the northern cascade mountains, also the olympic mountains. i think the snow level right now is about 2500 feet, but later on today as the warm air begins to move on through, watch for those to rise to about 4000 feet. you're looking at about three feet of snow over the next three days in the areas shaded in red, mainly the northern part of the cascades. let me show you the radar picture. most of the rain you can see is around the coast. once it hits the mountains it goes p up there, cools down, you're looking at that to be be heavy snow, all east of seattle and portland. portland radar picture, picking up lots of heavy rain for the morning, right around i-5 stretching in towards the lower part of the puget sound, bellingham is getting rain heavy at times. across the mountains is where it's becoming snow. full details in a bit. live in atlanta, we still have that glitch going on at the airport, a ground stoppage here until 9:00 this morning. remember you have a glitch so all flight plans are being typed in manually by the air traffic controller

are the candidates for an important position, the mayor of a big part of athens, where they held the olympics -- and the deliberating microcosm made the official decision as to who the candidate would be. that is, after they finished the poll, they voted. here is what we wanted to show you. i have five minutes to show you. online -- we have done several online projects. here we had 1300 people, 300 the liberators and 1000 people in the control group. they deliberated for one hour per week with a voice rather than text. they came up with key questions responded to by experts. those answers were recorded and given to all the groups. just like the face-to-face poll -- it was only four hours. we had special software that allowed the small groups to be moderated. now we are struggling with an interesting question. we're about to do another one. we have video available. should we allow video or should we make it just audio, the way this is? well, there are interesting thereeithe. the audio works extremely well. about 70% of the attitude items changed significantly. and all these changes held up wit

that and that cold air is making that snow range at about 3,000 feet in the cascade mountains in the olympicsas well. you have the rain in northern parts of basically california. you get up to the north further, the rain really gets heavy at times. down south of here, san francisco live picture for you. the clouds are going dobb in off and on most of the day. light showers are a possibility. right now, looks like broken sky cover and seeing a couple of delays because of the rain. mainly to the north and talk about that in a bit. bay bridge looking fantastic. i think that's the bay bridge. yeah. >> gorgeous. >> more in just a bit. >> thank you. >>> you know, this morning, military officials are still trying to figure out what caused a u.s. soldier to allegedly open fire at ft. hood yesterday. he, the suspect, is in stable condition after being shot himself several times at the scene. coming up, we'll hear from the families of some of the victims of the shooting who survived. >>> more on the breaking story today out of texas. the u.s. soldier suspected in the deadly shooting at ft. hood is in c

we have avalanche warnings in the cascades and olympics and heavy rain is out there. snow slippage is a possibility. av ladies and gentlemen warnings out for the northern part of the mountains. rain slides down to the south. five inches is a possibility around the coast where you get towards washington state down towards oregon. that's not the only thing we're concerned with. it's the wind as well. specifically along the coast. look at that plus a lig snowmaker for kansas. that's shaping now up richard in a couple minutes. that's snoqualmie pass. that was yesterday. that snow ought to be changing to rain shortly as that wrm air comes on true. that was outside of seattle down 90. more in a bit, rich? we're hoping it turns to rain. makes it tougher to get around. he will be back in five minutes with the rest of the country's weather. >>> president obama in beijing. it was part of his eight-day trip to asia. he met with hu jintao earlier this morning. and in a sense president obama is checking in with the u.s.'s biggest banker. china's government may need assurance its hu

rain, snow for the cascades in towards the olympics. be looking at that for later this morning. the mid-atlantic, the white house, pretty decent start. temperatures into the 60s today. should be pretty nice. the fall foliage still there, rob. even with all the wind they've had. hanging on tough. more on that in about a half hour. >> just depends on what kind of tree it is. >>> did you know one of your fellow viewers in the morning is stephen king whose new book is called "under the dome." he's stopped by to talk about that and a couple other things we asked him. "under the dome" it's called. it's set in maine. a tiny down. this bubble comes down. boom. people are locked inside. this becomes a problem how so on so many different levels. >> well, it becomes a problem because nobody can get in. nobody can get out. and so the food supplies that are there are the food supplies. there's no electricity. because when the dome comes down it cuts all the lines. the government cuts the phones. they do have some internet. and they have some tv. one of the things that i had fun with is there

of those mentioned are likely not to be in the party anymore come hegel, the boss of my boss at the olympic council is in the private sector. he is probably as likely to work in the democratic administration as to seek office again. bill iis right that it is hard for them to get the general nomination. the first half to get past your true believers in the party, those who show up in the primaries. the powells and hegels -- olympia snowe is sort of at the left edge of the republican party, but even the moderates, they do not have a huge support base. guest: the religious right took over the machinery of the republican party 10-15 years ago and that is an argument for people to get active at the local level of their parties. host: belafonte, ohio, sunny on the independent line. caller: good morning. i would like to know when we put all these troops in afghanistan -- [inaudible] guest: i don't know if it would affect afghanistan as much as iraq, but it is a wild card. there has been talk for gears about bombing missions on iran. i think we have gotten to the point with obama in there now that

olympics. it's like the gold medal. we have a low largest to get into the competition, that's to make the olympic team but now it is about winning the competition. so there is a very high bar. we hope to work with a relatively small number of winners who can demonstrate to the country what's possible, and they shall in dredging capacity in all these issues. everyone who doesn't win the first round will get an individual letter back about what things they need to do to improve and there will be a second round that will follow in the fall. and so this is a process we want to continue to learn and grow and folks who don't get in the first time shouldn't be discouraged. we hope those numbers will increase as we go into the second round. there should be probably north of of billion dollars in that round as well. so again, huge amounts of money for the two rounds of the funding. >> terrific. mayor bloomberg, so the states are responsible for putting together the biggest to the top application. have you and the chancellor star

olympics. it's like the gold medal. we have a low largest to get into the competition, that's to make the olympic team but now it is about winning the competition. so there is a very high bar. we hope to work with a relatively small number of winners who can demonstrate to the country what's possible, and they shall in dredging capacity in all these issues. everyone who doesn't win the first round will get an individual letter back about what things they need to do to improve and there will be a second round that will follow in the fall. and so this is a process we want to continue to learn and grow and folks who don't get in the first time shouldn't be discouraged. we hope those numbers will increase as we go into the second round. there should be probably north of of billion dollars in that round as well. so again, huge amounts of money for the two rounds of the funding. >> terrific. mayor bloomberg, so the states are responsible for putting together the biggest to the top application. have you and the chancellor star

he won the silver in the 2004 olympics. but this was his best race at 34 years old. 26 miles in a two hours and nine minutes, proudly hoisting the american flag. brooke. >> 26.2 miles. >> 26.2 miles in two hours and nine minutes. that's five minutes a mile roughly. >> exhausting just thinking about it. that's amazing. rafer, thank you. >>> seattle police, they need a break to find whoever shot a veteran officer to death inside of his squad car saturday night. they say officer timothy brenton was coaching a student officer when a car just rolled up and suspects started opening fire. police say brenton died instantly. a bullet also grazed that trainee officer, but she tried to fight back. >> the student officer exited the patrol car and began shooting and returning fire to the suspect vehicle. >> i heard the shots and i was thinking that it was fire crackers. >> police say there had not been a threat against officer brenton. he had a wife and two young kids. awful. >>> the coast guard says there is no hope of rescuing nine peo

he made a few mistakes, on the olympics, for example, as far as mass construction was concerned. he got himself into politics with that. what should our strategy or tactics be in regard to the weapons of mass construction -- mass instruction? >> i would suggest a challenge to john mueller's argument. people frame their intentions with an eye towards their capabilities. the only record we have of soviet intentions is a record in which they faced the capabilities that the west arrayed against them. in the absence of those capabilities, they may have had different intentions. the big point of your argument is that you describe a world in which america consistently exaggerates threats. the new measure the level of threat. the level of threat is the level that exists in a world where the united states exaggerates threats. we can never know what the threats would be in a world where the united states did not exaggerate threats. to make your argument stick, if you would have to argue that the united states has been a terrible failure in international politics. we are constantly getting i

a star at ucla and a silver medalist in the 2004 olympics. race. 27 miles in two hours, nine minutes. >>> on halloween night, a bat got into the at&t center in this first kings game. a bat flying around. how does that happen? check out the coyote with a net wearing a batman shirt. coincidence? swat the bat, stun it and pick it up. >> he could have been bitten. >> he picks it up and wants to give it to somebody. here, will you take this? i don't want that. later the team said the bat was just stunned and they set it free. >> so it lived? >> that's what the team is saying. that's a look at sports. >> all right. thank you. >>> all right. bob, what's your opinion about the person being kicked off of the plane? >> i think people should mind their own business. you want my personal advice, mind your own business. seriously. are you going to listen to it? this is how you click your seat belt. everybody knows. look around where the exits are. >> you're the person with children. >> i'm the minority. i understand this. >> i'm the person who doesn't hav

the center of last year's olympic games in beijing. officials are struggling to figure out what to do with the thing. these days only a few thousand a day pay to tour it, that's down from 50,000. sports teams have not been able to move it into the nest because it costs too much. >>> the family of that connecticut woman who was attacked by a chimpanzee in february wants to sue the state for $150 million. nash was mauled and blinded when she went to help catch the chimp. her attorneys say that the state's environmental protection department had been getting warnings about the animal for several years before the attack. connecticut's attorney general is reviewing the claim but says the amount seems unprecedented. >>> a new clue may help police find a cop killer. one of the stories that richard lui's working on for you in the next hour. >> good morning, natasha. the first clue in this story, dash cam video, it may show a suspicious car plus a note threatening police officers' lives reportedly found at an arson site nine days before he was k

. >>> remember, the bird's nest, the center of last year's olympic games in beijing.now chinese officials are trying to figure out what to do it. now, only a few thousand a day pay to tour it. that's down from 50,000. sports teams have not been able to move into the nest because it costs just too doggone much. but it looks, great, rafer w weig weigel. >> but doesn't look good empty. >> it was not empty last night. people looking forward to the victory parade, when that happens. we're talking about the new york yanks. >> the empire fights back. it is the first one for the yankees in their new $1.3 billion park and their first in nine years. oh, how they've just suffered so much and how sweet it was. >> yankees win, the yankees win! >> incidentally, when the yankees opened old yankee stadium in 1923, they won the series that year too. every time they open a new park, they win. as richard said, victory parade is tomorrow. >>> michael jordan's song, marcus, played in his first game and already cost his school millions of buck. wore his dad's nike air jordans. that's nice,

the caps have a great young russian net minder right now. semyon says there's three things he wants to accomplish. he wants a stanley cup, he wants to win an olympic gold and he wants to win rookie of the year. he is on his way for all three things, the way he has been playing, 25 saves versus the sabres. the caps kept the volume of shots down and to the outside. he records his first regular season shut-out. >> joe: of the russians who have tended goal in the big leagues varlamov's career is off to a great start. >> craig: through 17 games for any russian net minder. >> joe: well said by you. bruce boudreau chimed in with this review of his 21-year-old net minder. >> the ottawa game where he gave up four goals and he was great. there were three deflection goals. i don't think he's given up more than two in november. he's really getting comfortable, i think, in the nhl with the lifestyle of the road, and at home and the media attention. so, his future is so bright. >> joe: so the goalie has been a big hit. while alex ovechkin definitely makes part of his living throwing his weight around. sometimes good, sometimes for bad. >> craig: alex ovechkin d

scholarships on the line and all kinds of things out there that are potential incentive to be tough and work hard, professional opportunities. but i think going back to tanya harding 1994 olympicses. >> caller: think of serena william at this year's u.s. open and the wnba had i big brawl. bench-clearing brawl last year in 2008. so these things happen now and again. and i don't think we should be surprised when they do happen. >> but you're not giving it a pass. i mean, what's wrong is wrong. what we saw with elizabeth lambert. that was brutal. someone could have got hurt. whether men or women, we don't want to see dirty play, do we? >> caller: no, i'm not giving a pass. i think the reality is though it's going to keep happening. we should not be surprised and i hope it's not we think that girls and women are daintier and therefore they should do this. i would love to say, mike, that women's sports would be different than men's sports, but as i said in the world of figure skating that what we call, we still call them ladies, you know that happened back in 1994. >> all right, let's hear from you. call in, 1-877-tell-hln. >>> tonight, seismic development npts case of the cleveland

olympics here i come. oh, sorry, sorry. never mind. >> we don't want to see them grabbing people by the hair. i don't have a problem with it. it's the next level of sports for women. >> i'm appalled that you're saying this. i'm not sure i like you anymore. >> they would have never gotten in a bowl game. >> i noticed you started the show off with an attractive woman that's smarter than us. it's good for ratings. >> i would rather score touchdowns. >> yeah, i know and i would rather make five more times money. >> we'll be coming back to you in a little bit. thanks for joining us, man. congratulations. >> hey, you said ken right. good for you. i was worried about ken. >> if i ever need a lawyer, can i call you? >> my man. >> i disagree. let me tell you why, i hate to agree with wise about anything. >> my hope is that the bills and redskins both are winning and both come to a super bowl. >> go tackle the guy with the ball. he made a good point. >> wise made a point. >> dan snyder joins me and you're not a big fight fan but there's a -- >> did you say dan snyder? >> we'll go back to the tape and l

the defender. everybody was asking mike green about team canada, how much it would mean to him if he could make that olympicake motorring in. blake still with it. motion, fires, blocked. good read by eric fehr, doing his best quintin laing impression. laing on the shelf with that broken jaw. one thing we know about quintin laing in washington. you know he will be there >> joe: as soon as he can be fitted for the aquarium, he will be in it as long as it's not too threatenning to him. greene, nice passing for steckel. beagle trying to deke to the back hand. the capital are going to a power play now >> craig: all because of a change by the beagle. good play by beagle. >> getting a step, joe, looking leak a greyhound >> joe: oh, oh, oh. and schenn goes on the nice >> joe: 15 yards un-annual lift- like conduct >> craig: here he is, getting the position, schenn has to grab him with the left arm, good speed by beagle >> joe: looking like a greyhound. >> craig: you can buy it off me >> joe: yeah, sure. >> joe: power play packaged by the ups store. brooks laich now firmly ensconced in front of the net in that mike k

after it doubled the number of primary belt laws substantially increased belt use, we had an olympic closing ceremony and closed our doors when we met the objective. we are very pleased to say that the number of air bag fatalities to kids has reached the proper number. which is virtually zero. this is a model that could be followed. employer/parent policy, one the people today mentioned that was an occupational issue. the leading cause of death of workers in the united states is motor vehicle crashes. whether else do we let people be around 4,000-pound machines? we think employer policies and parent policies are a good clearing house for that. madd when i became ceo five years ago, we had a number of employees all over the country. thousands of volunteers driving, going the monitoring and other things. we did not have a policy -- a mandatory policy on seat belt use and cell phones. i can tell you one the first things we did was to adopt the policy. this year i added texting as a specific provision of that. employers, i think, need to carefully consider a policy banning not just textin