u.s.a. reporting 29 million u.s. citizens have cast ballot, that includes 34 states and district of columbia. you are looking at what is happening in florida during the weekend. a judge extended voting hours in orange county during the weekend after a polling site was shutdown for a number of hours. miami-dade county, voting didn't wrap up until sunday morning, because voters were standing in line when the polls closed and allowed to hang around and vote. i talked to friends of mine, they said what we experienced in maryland is not uncommon with them. people saying they waiting more than 2 hours to cast ballots. even with sandy and extended hours handed down by martin o'malley, lines are wrapped around the building. people are casting early. makes you wonder in the lines won't be as long tomorrow. >>> ems crews from maryland are headed to new jersey to help victims from sandy. going to newark, new jerseym main job is going to be to coordinate ems resources that are there. they are helping with the hurricane relief an

u.s.a. today's money reporter jayne o'donnell. this week pulitzer prize-winning reporter david cay johnston's new release, "the fine print." in his latest exposÉ, the best selling author of "perfectly legally" and "free lunch" deals with ways corporations systematically exploit their customers and the government. >> host: it seems to me the basic intention in your book is we're all getting taken by

u.s.a. today" report that up to 250,000 cars were lost due to flooding and other problems.urse they need to be replaced. before the storm prices had been drifting lower so that's a good thing. sandy also affected car supplies with toyota losing up to 4,000 new vehicles awaiting shipments to dealers and ford losing 8 hundred. >>> investors will be watching shares of jcpenney today. they were down nearly 13% alone yesterday, the biggest percentage drop among the big companies in the s&p 500. s&p ratings moved to lower jcpenney's credit rating deeper into junk status on friday. that day the company reported its third conl secretive quarter -- consecutive quarter of big losses in sales declines. penny's decided earlier this year to get rid of hundreds of coupons and sales in favor of predictable prices but so far that strategy has for the led to higher sales. >>> if you're working thanksgiving like we are here, we all have a lot of company and hopefully you're going to make some more money. a bloomberg/bna study says 36% of employers impose holiday shifts on at least some worke

u.s.a. today" report in the world of facebook and instagram the pictures in front of the generic blue backgroundsre aren't cool anymore. sales have dropped 2% in 2001 to 1.61 billion last year. some school districts are scheduling photo shoots ties a year -- twice a year and we're not touching on senior class pictures for the yearbook. some families are going into debt to get $1,000 photo shoots for their graduating seniors. >> really? >> yeah. everybody wants to look air brushed and kardashian like nowadays so they go out and get these fancy photographers for the yearbook picture. >> photo shop. >> a thousand bucks. >> i was thinking maybe a nice amusement park for the class picture. we're talking photo shop and whatever. >> amazing. >> thanks, jess. >> you've got it. >>> question of the daytime. 10% of americans will see on their table this thanksgiving day one of these. is it a, cranberry sauce, b, fruitcake or c, a restaurant bill? >> katherine hernandez says b, the everlasting pass around and never ending fruitcake. >> the answer is 10% of us will see a restaurant bill on the table. i though

. >> reporter: this is turkey town u.s.a. >> it's a year round thing in ozark. turkey is year round. >> reporter: and turkey pays the bills. from the butterball plant, which employs 400, to the area's 76 farmers. >> reporter: here they all come. >> reporter: the state produces a third of the nation's country. >> people all over the country, you know, is going to eat these turkeys. i've got to take good care of them. >> reporter: michael walker could feed a city the size of chattanooga, tennessee, all by himself. he produces 150,000 a year. >> reporter: in this farm alone there are more than 11,000 turkeys. mike has three others like it. these hens are about six weeks old. that's halfway through the growing process. >> that is thanksgiving dinner for a family in america. >> reporter: so close to thanksgiving there's no down time at the plant. >> it's 34 days straight, about 48,000 birds a day. >> reporter: only fresh turkeys come off the line now. >> by day 26 or 27 everybody's pretty tired and dragging. >> reporter: norma yates has worked in the turkey industry a

in-- in bell town, u.s.a., it means a lot to me. >> reporter: east hampton, connecticut, is called bell.a., because there were once more than 30 bell makers here. beven was the last one. beven brothers made the first bicycle bell in 1865. in 1923, bevens bells started calling children to the good humor ice cream truck, and one of its bell hlz a starring role in the christmas classic "it's a wonderful life." >> look, daddy. teacher says every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings. >> reporter: today, matt bevin is starting over. 14 of his 27 employees are back at work in this temporary factory trying to refill their biggest order, 25,000bles for the salvation army's kettle ringers. >> we aren't just making widgets. we're not even just in the bell business. we're in the memory business. we're making memories. >> reporter: since the fire, hundreds of those memories have made their way to his mailbox in the form of handwritten letters, all from people who wanted to share their own bell story. >> i'm going to start crying. "i am glad your bells are still made in the united states of ame

. >> reporter: the u.s.a. is monitoring efforts to end the bloodshed.sifts say if there isn't a cease-fire in the next 48 hours, it is all but certain, the situation will escalate. >> israel credits its missile intercepter system, known as the iron dome with intercepting missiles. the israelis say the system has a 90% effective rate so far, including intercepting one missile last night over tel aviv. some israelis say it's because of the success of the iron dome that israel has not escalated the conflict, or ordered a ground invasion of gaza. >>> here at home, hostess executives and union representatives are set to meet tomorrow with a mediator. the last ditch effort to avoid liquidation came as the urging of a bankruptcy judge. employees remain cautious out on the picket line. >> we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. we'll see what news we get from up above, if it's good, or if it's negative. >> the ceo of hostess indicated if mediation does not show progress within 24 hours, it is likely hostess will return to court monday and renew its effor

. >> reporter: the u.s.a. is monitoring efforts to end the bloodshed. an sifts say if there isn't a cease-fire in the next 48 hours, it is all but certain, the situation will escalate. >> israel credits its missile intercepter system, known as the iron dome with intercepting missiles. the israelis say the system has a 90% effective rate so far, including intercepting one missile last night over tel aviv. some israelis say it's because of the success of the iron dome that israel has not escalated the conflict, or ordered a ground invasion of gaza. >>> here at home, hostess executives and union representatives are set to meet tomorrow with a mediator. the last ditch effort to avoid liquidation came as the urging of a bankruptcy judge. employees remain cautious out on the picket line. >> we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. we'll see what news we get from up above, if it's good, or if it's negative. >> the ceo of hostess indicated if mediation does not show progress within 24 hours, it is likely hostess will return to court monday and renew its e

u.s.a. turned into a hot destination for travelers from other countries during the summer. foreign visitors spent a reported $13.8 billion in august alone this year, up 3% from last year. the historic address of 1600 pennsylvania avenue is worth more as of late. the value of the white house is up - to $284.9 million, from $280.8 million in 2008. that's according to zillow.com. its jump is said to be due to higher momentum in the d.c. housing market. still to come, a very public exit from a tight-lipped financial firm made this man infamous. we'll talk to him later on. but first, bill moller tackles the numbers. what the jobs data could be telling us about tomorrow's election. that's next, after this "in the know" message. w election is tomorrow, and if job creation is a key component to which party will do best tomorrow, a lot of people are paying attention to the numbers that just came out on friday from the bureau of labor statistics. let's talk with brent schutte. he is the market strategist for bmo global asset management. once again a split decision: we have the unemployment rate ticking up 1/10th, but

they're here again: stuart rothenberg of the rothenberg political report and roll call, susan page, washington bureau chief of "u.s.aoday." and andrew kohut, president of the pew research center. andy, i'm going to start with u because y have exti new poll numbers orish say poll numbers which finally end this poll madness. where have we ended up? >> at the end of the madness, we have 50% saying they're going to vote for obama, 47% for romney. that's a statistically significant lead given that the sample is 2800 likely voters. about a week ago it was tied 47 to 47. an important message from the polls i've been watching including ours is the mow ten item seems to be going to obama over the course of the past week. >> ifill: does this last-minute trending in the direction of one candidate or another does it traditionally mean something or can it flip back the other way between the time you get out of the field and the time votes are cast >> when people's attitudes are in transition, one of a number of things are possible. it could be like 1980 where we're underestimating the obama vote. i don't think so. i think that t

reporting live, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> america's cup officials are considering smaller catamarans. this comes after last month's accident on the san francisco bay. team u.s.a.'s boat flipped. the boat is built for speed but some people wonder if the boat is just too big to handle. they are rushing rushing to complete repairs for the finals. >>> new pressure to extend federal unemployment benefits. the benefits are helping 2 million people who have been out of work for more than six months. unless congress passes an extension the benefits will dry up 4 days after christmas. a think tank says it was only supposed to be temporary. >> we are borrowing this money to pay the unemployment benefits. >> the federal extension of unemployment benefits was something passed in 2008. >>> forget black friday, lines are starting to form on thanksgiving. how are small retailers protecting themselves or do they need to? >> i am back here in 10 minutes, nice day today, clouds are thick, you will need umbrellas again. i will let you know when the rain starts and when it ends. >>> black friday sales are starting earlier and earlier and some are opening now on thanksgiving. wha