stuck gas pedals, stuck floor mats and operator error which they believe was tonya's case.t? why settle? this is what the legal officer said in a statement today. this was a difficult decision since evaluations and evidence have confirmed the safety of toyota's electronic throttle control systems. however we concluded that turning the page on this legacy legal issue through the positive steps we are taking is in the best interest of the company, the employees, dealers and customers. the court trials are creeping up on toyota a lot of lawyers asking for a lot of documents and depositions and this settlement keeps all those records a up of the public just like the records we found on "ac360" in this fast february. it's a way for toyota to say we're keeping this out of court. >> who gets the money from the settlement? >> the bulk will go to customers past and presence and that includes a brake override system for all the vehicles that had a problem with floor mats getting stuck. for owners who sold their cars during the crisis when the sales and values of cars plummeted, toyot

tonya peterson, director of the san francisco zoo. i will start with october. we finished with slightly over 50,400, versus 48,000. the report is overbudget by 2,400 visitors. happy to announce november attendance is commencing well, especially on veteran's day. for the month of november the zoo was overbudget by 7,000 visitors. year-to-date attendance is 335,000 visitor, versus budget of 319,000 visitors, approximately a 5% lead. will position in case of heavy rains this winter. i have been asked at times why the zoo attracts attendance. simply put it informs us how much funds we have to spend on animal care, conservation, education, facility support as we go through the fiscal year. the same is also true for members, supporting conservation and education programs. don't forget the donors. they restrict projects to certain projects and animals. the funds from attendance and membership that supports mainly the facility, thank you. with that, speaking of attendance, i'm going to go to the slide show here. we are thankful local groups help raise the awareness of

. >>> other bay area head license, the man and -- lines, darnell and tonya washington, are accused of killing coe during a spree in october that included a jailbreak. >>> and san jose investigators are looking into a fire that closed two restaurants. pasta pomadora, no flames were visible but the fire did produce a lot of smoke. investigators traced the source to a crawl space near the outdoor electrical sign. >>> in a church group in oakland, they are missing luggage and thousands of dollars after a tv broke into their van in south florida. it happened yesterday as the group ate lunch at a fort lauderdale restaurant. the station did not name the name of the oakland church, though. >>> a crab scab who buzzed into town as local crab fishermen furious about crossing a picket line. fishmongers want to lower the price to from 3 bucks a pound to 1.80. they say no deal. things got hot when a boat came in from oregon with with a catch. >> i'm just trying to move a little product. you have to go fishing and nobody's making money. >> negotiations are still going on but for now, local fish mark

1407ing mall u in shanghai, check out this video, there it goes, it captured the moment when that 33 tonyaquarium shattered, it burst without warning last week, sending glass and fishing flying into that crowd, several bystanders suffered cuts and bruises from the glass, three sharks and dozens of tour tells and small fish were killed, officials say they have no plans to rebuild that. >>> a special light show in thailand will help ring in the new year, take a look, people are viewing these huge light displays at the la lantern festival there, the theme is that, with them coming from there, thousands are expected to visit that display and the exhibit is going to be open until and 30th. >>> more than school spirit is on the line when stanford and wisconsin meet in the rose bowl on tuesday, palo alto mayor has a bet with the mayor of wisconsin, the losing mayor has to wear the hat and that for a full day and has to plant a tree in the loser's team. the last time they met was 2000 when wisconsin won 17-9. >>> the yacht commissioned by steve jobs is now free to sail to the united states, the de

. >>> my name is tonya and i'm married to max. we've been married for 17 years.ng time ago. actually 20 years ago. so we have been together a long time. and we met through some friends, and then he was a student and he asked if he could stay with me while looking for a place to live. he came to stay on my sofa and gradually moved into my bedroom and has never left. >> yeah, i think i probably did claim i was going to stay on the couch. if she didn't want to get with me -- well, i guess we just found that we had something in common. i'm just very lucky, i guess. >> we live in oxford permanently but we're here in boston for two years because max has a fellowship at m.i.t. and we have two children, zach who is 3 and aaron who is 2 months. >> well, i was born in scotland and then we moved down to the south of england and i grew up really there. >> max's mom, when she talks about him, she says he was quite an independent child. she says that his bedroom, he had a desk, which was a very large desk, and it was always covered in some pieces of electronics and wiring and

joining us now is someone who knows this field, tonya is from team investments.ving me. stuart: you have four houses to show us. you have four foreign people -- foreigners who bought these houses. >> yes. stuart: tell us all about it. let's start with house number one. it is in atlanta. it sold for 825,000. >> exactly. stuart: can we put it -- do we have a picture of it? >> we do. stuart: let's look at this. sold for 825,000. the asking price was almost a million, 999. who bought it? >> it sat on the market for 152 days and a canadian buyer who had family in the area that had lived there for ten years, they are buying a house to be close to their other family. stuart: that place that we're seeing? that's a nice house. >> it is gorgeous. stuart: you're saying a canadian walked in here with a big bag of money and stole it from under the noses of americans. >> that's right. they are the number one foreign buyer right now. stuart: canadians? >> yes. stuart: next house, arizona, it listed for what 550,000. >> it did. stuart: sold for how much? >> 500,000 in july. and

. >> our hold friend tonya rivero. i still got to chew.'t know about you. >> i don't know if he makes a potato chip vapor. >> i'm still going for it, though. >> you can still inhale those. >> that's how charlie sheen eats. >>> this morning on "world news now," holiday horror at the mall. a gunman opens fire on crowds of christmas shoppers in a portland, oregon, suburb, where mall santa drops to his knees to stay safe. >> three people, including the gunman, are now dead and stunned survivors are left asking why? it is wednesday, december 12th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everyone. i'm paula faris. >> on this 12-12-12. interesting date. the last time we'll see a day like this for 88 years, until january 1st, 2101. good morning, everybody, i'm rob nelson. serious news to get to this morning. holiday festivities turned to bloodshed and fear when that masked man went on a shooting rampage. >>> also this morning, north korea makes a bold military move, launching a long-range ballistic missile. what that means fo

republican state senator tonya schuitmaker joins us from lansing.w, tell us -- >> good morning. >> good morning to you. in your opinion, how would this make michigan's economy improve? >> well, this will certainly make michigan's economy improve, if you look at other right to work states, they have, take indiana for example they have 74 new projects since they got their right to work law on the books and if you look at our competitors we're losing jobs to those right to work stalts and as states and as a mom i want to keep my children in michigan and this is incumbent in terms of job growth. >> if it has merit why not go through the normal legislative process with the folks elected in november? >> this has been a discussion ongoing. i know when i ran for the senate two years ago i was asked substantially on the campaign trail about this, and this has been the discussion in fact in senate bill 116, one of the bills we are talking about right now, that was introduced at the beginning of the term, so this has been a discussion that has been evolving th

adam: tonya, we appreciate you being here on a holiday.sh you all the best especially in phoenix. we know the housing market there has actually turned around and people are optimistic about that. >> it has. happy new year, adam. adam: thank you. a high-stakes meeting between gop senators is now over. we'll get the latest where things stand. when you look over the fiscal cliff don't look down because it is a far drop because at the end of the day it is all about money ♪ . adam: all right. lawmakers in the house just finished a meeting about what else, the fiscal cliff. peter barnes is at the white house with the latest. peter, do you know, was this a meeting of the house or was this a meeting of lawmakers from the senate? >> there have been meetings of both going on, adam, on the republican side. most importantly the senate republicans have been meeting and the house republicans have been meeting and we have just learned that the house republicans do not plan any vote tonight. they are going to go back into session now tomorrow, new year's

darnell and tonya washington are expected to enter pleas of charges of murder. they are accused of killing 55- year-old suzie ko. the washingtons were later arrested in the seattle area. police say they spotted them in suzie ko's family car. >>> joseph naso will not be tried until april. he is charged with killing four women in northern california between 1977 and 1944. he was initially scheduled to go to trial in october but that was rescheduled for january when naso said he needed more time to prepare because he is representing himself. last week in court naso said he cannot be ready next month because of the volume of reports that he's received. >>> the latest jobless numbers are due out in 15 minutes. as alison burns reports some natural and manmade disasters will have an impact on the report. >> reporter: pam, economists expect this report is going to show fewer people were hired last month compared to october. the fallout from hurricane sandy is continuing to disrupt businesses and their hiring and fear of the fiscal cliff is keeping employers from bringin

darnell washington and tonya washington killed the woman in her house during a robbery in october.ouplee series of crimes ended in seattle when the washington's allegedly rammed a police car with the stolen suv. >>> a 23-year-old has been arrested for the shooting death of a teen in san jose but police say they don't believe she acted alone. the 17-year-old was found shot on pacific avenue in west san carlos on november 130th. >> the radio station behind the prank call to a london hospital is speaking out after a nurse tricked by the hoax committed suicide. two hosts called the hospital pretending to be the queen and the prince. they were asking about the dutchess of cambridge who was staying for severe morning sickness. the nurse was transferred -- did transfer the call to the dutchess's ward and she committed suicide and now the station is responding. >> the house have decided that the show will not return until further notice out of respect of what can only be called a tragedy. >> the palace said the prince and his wife are deeply saddened about the nurse's death saying they wer

here's abc's tonya rivero. >> reporter: this charlie's angel has her own little angel, drew barrymoreon the cover of "people" and opening up about the best role of her career so far -- being a mom. telling the magazine, it's positively the best moment of my life. as life gets shorter, the stakes get higher. and this is the most important thing i will ever do. >> she wants to be the mom that's going to be there every day, picking up her kid from school so that the child knows when she needs mom or dad, they are there. >> reporter: the 37-year-old actress even wiping away tears as she spoke about her husband, art consultant will kopleman, whom she wed in june, and his role as a father. saying he provides a strong family. for people who didn't have the strongest families, if you can create that, you have a second chance. it's like a miracle. >> he has very traditional family values and they cannot wait to raise their child together. >> reporter: her own childhood was very from conventional. the star of "e.t." at just 7 years old. [ screaming ] >> reporter: she later battled addiction to

. >> tonya harding? >> i competed against her in 1984 -- 1994. it was just that mentality about being the best that you could be. makes small improvements. gradual process, working on the small details. >> it is not about beating them, but improving yourself? >> yes. is about improving your performance. people say, i think about the job interview and it is so competitive. the job interview is just as competitive as figure skating. you have four minutes on the ice. you have the attention of nine judges looking at you. make the best of it. you are not competing against anyone else. these are your four minutes. own it. >> the pressure -- is it the ninth part, not the physical part? >> i think it is preparing four years for this one moment and is saying, i ate well, i slept. i did not go out to parties. this is my four minutes. this is my 16 minutes. this is my four minutes. it is nerve wracking. i think that mentality of what i had and what i just said has made me too nervous. i should have approached it like, hey, give it your best shot and see wha