. >> reporter: for us so far so good pleasantly surprised to discover kids can keep their shoes on during the screening process and all u.s. airports have special family lanes. and it was totally smooth. >> yeah, the family lanes are really just a brilliant idea to get you through those security checkpoints a lot faster. >> reporter: no sooner did we get through security that we realized the airline had seated our family of five in four separate rows. we've got seat 25, 40, 30, 23. when we checked in. >> reporter: apparently that's a common complaint. >> reporter: a bit of a nightmare but the extremely nice guy at the delta counter. >> i have three of you together in a whole row. >> reporter: all right. 25, 25, 25. 25. >> reporter: of course, our journey was just beginning. >> i need to go to the bathroom. >> reporter: 3-year-olds struggle with bladder control as it is. >> you can't go yet because the seat belt sign is gone. >> reporter: to them the fasten seat belt sign doesn't seem like a good reason to wait. >> please. >> reporter: and just try changing a diaper in there. >> this is ki

us? >> so far, so good. you will not like it. >> i do not like what i see on the screen right now. >> showers on wednesday and medical -- gets colder wednesday night. rain could mix with snow by thursday morning. breezy, chile, and dry and sunny as we headed to the weekend. it will feel a little bit more like december. >> it is december. thanks for joining us. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- --www.ncicap.org--

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authorities say $830 million of the funds have been used so far, and some of the borrowers acquired the rights to develop liquefied natural gas in australia and new guinea. it will help japan secure more than 4 million tons of the gas, or 6% of annual imports. domestic demand for liquefied natural gas is growing because many of japan's nuclear power plants went off line after the fukushima daiichi accident. >>> japanese retailers plan to hire talented people from other asian countries to expand their businesses in the region. the move reflects a shrinking domestic market. a subsidiary of fast retailing, the operator of the casual clothing chain set up scholarship funds for chinese university students. fast retailing wants 80% of new recruits to be nonjapanese to open more stores outside the country. they hope the scholarships will encourage the brightest graduates to work for the company. >>> meanwhile, super market operator eon signed a contract with universities in vietnam in september. the retailer will provide scholarships and accept interns. they hope to make arrangements with othe

hormuz deadlock will evolve which way do you think it's going to go this is what you've been telling us so far that we go forty five percent of you just under half of you voted so far think the u.s. will use the standoff as a pretext to attack iran but a third of us saying a world of media consequence is just the latest move in a long game fourteen percent of you think that ramble to the west last if you go through while you are telling all vital supplies six percent believe we'll achieve the goal of preventing sanctions and the task you over still i don't see the. egyptian rights groups have accused the military rulers of using what they describe as mubarak era tools of repression that's after soldiers and police raided the offices of ten non-governmental organizations including some foreign ones. is just across the sea in turkey she's got more. thursday gyp carried out unprecedented armed raids on at least seventeen high profile human rights and pro-democracy organizations all across the country and it's been done in a very brutal and very unpleasant way policemen and soldiers swept into off

they tell us so far this year, there were 154 suicides among active duty troops, about the samals the national average. the f.a.a. today issued new rules that will require airline pilots to get more rest. the rules have been fended off for years by the airline industry but they grew more urgent after a tragic accident in 2009. we asked transportation correspondent mark strassman to tell us about that crash and what the new rules will mean. >> reporter: 50 people were killed when continental connection flight 3407 plunged into a house outside buffalo, new york, nearly three years ago. crash investigators later found the two pilots had come to work exhausted. neither had slept in a bed the night before, napping instead in an airport crew lounge. and the copilot had commuted cross-country from celtics to newark. both were heard u-conning on the cockpit voice recorder. the pilots accidentally stalled the plane while trying to land. the n.t.s.b. blamed the crash on pilot error, not fatigue, but the accident renewed a call to require for rest for pilots, especially at smaller regional airli

matt, what can you tell us so far. i know the traffic has been a mess. >> reporter: it's hard to believe that this has happened on the same day as the virginia tech shooting, but it has. it was right around 3:30 this afternoon, 3:24 to be precise, accord be to state police, when a trooper was shot right at mile marker 116 on i95 south. the trooper was taken by ambulance to mary washington hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. the suspect in the case was also shot. he was flown to mary washington hospital with what are described as life-threatening injuries. both were gunshot wounds. we're not sure at this point whether gunshots were exchanged between the trooper and the suspect. we are heading to the scene, derek, as you said, but it is a slow crawl at this point. i 95 south was closed for about two hours from about mile marker 118 or 120 all the way down to mile marker 116. the road is opened now, but there are significant residual delays. we have gone about three miles an hour for about the last ho

economic orders may be hard to change, and policy strategies -- no matter how good, can only get us so far, we all have to make a choice, not simply to remove barriers but to really fill this field with an active investment and involvement from all of us. those of you who are here today are leaders from across the >> aye. >> region, and it is your choice to come here, it is your choice to focus on women and the economy that will send a message rippling across >> aye. >> -- rippling across apec. the callous decision that will be taken by leaders and citizens to encourage young girls to stay in school, to acquire skills, to talk to that banker, to understand what it means to give a loan to a woman who will work her heart out to produce a result for herself and her children. and when we do that, we're going to really make a big difference in helping to elevate the age of participation for women. and there are many other areas we have to be attended to. our medical research dollars need to be sure that we are equally investing in when men as men. our tax systems have to ensure that we do not e

our school if you think about the recent protests here in russia this is what you've been telling us so far just over a third of you see it as a warm up for bigger protests after next spring is a presidential election almost the same number this saying it's a few dissatisfied people behind the rallies end quote i first see it as a sign of the developing civil society the rest of their say it's just politicians lobbying for attention what's your view still plenty of time to have your say at our team dot com. and occupy protest camps been cleared out in san francisco with around one hundred tents being taken down place arrived at the encampment in a central square shortly after one am local time gave the campers just a few minutes warning to pack up and leave before sweeping in to clear the site seventy people were arrested and some of the protesters belongings were reportedly disposed of that says police face an investigation in the claims of excessive force being used during the nationwide crackdown on the. corporate movement when important reports. when the very people employed to protect

they tell us so far this year, there were 154 suicides among active duty troops, about the samals the national average. the f.a.a. today issued new rules that will require airline pilots to get more rest. the rules have been fended off for years by the airline industry but they grew more urgent after a tragic accident in 2009. we asked transportation correspondent mark strassman to tell us about that crash and what the new rules will mean. >> reporter: 50 people were killed when continental connection flight 3407 plunged into a house outside buffalo, new york, nearly three years ago. crash investigators later found the two pilots had come to work exhausted. neither had slept in a bed the night before, napping instead in an airport crew lounge. and the copilot had commuted cross-country from celtics to newark. both were heard u-conning on the cockpit voice recorder. the pilots accidentally stalled the plane while trying to land. the n.t.s.b. blamed the crash on pilot error, not fatigue, but the accident renewed a call to require for rest for pilots, especially at smaller regional airli

. >> let's hope he does go easy on us so far this year. >> knock on wood. >> exactly. >> one girl is going easy on her boyfriend, a green bay fan, uses her prime time seats to get revenge on her exboyfriend. >>> pretty funny. >> residents of a tiny village had to climb stories of stairs to get to their homes their new ride coming up. annie. >> hello tony, 2012 yet? please says the we have had a lot of fun out here but it is not over yet. did you know the omni has a lot of history this is where the beatles first stayed when they came to america in 1964 we have a tonne more history facts after the break pgh >>> >> annie get me some artifacts from that room please. >> first today's trivia question, what is the official state beverage of massachusetts. >> what? >> is it tomato juice, milk, cranberry juice or orange juice. the answer coming up later but if you want to take a guess now head to our facebook page fox 5 morning news back after the break 9:20 a.m.  >>> people in columbia's second biggest city are finally getting relief with an outdoor esculator in one of the po

so far. of course, the frontrunner wants that. is romney finding vulnerability in gingrich in the attacks he used so far? >> i think, lawrence, with newt gingrich, when he buries the hatchet, he buries it, then takes out a rake and shovel and hits him with it the next day. that's the way gingrich has been behaving. i think both of them, i am in iowa, been here the last week, and it is pretty clear gingrich and romney are suffering from the war. there's a concept in iowa, it is iowa nice. going negative here has real consequences. both seem to be dropping a little. that could be to the benefit of ron paul, or also to rick perry or michele bachmann. you could end up in iowa with a mess, where you have five people bunched up close to each other, and that's good news for mitt romney. anything that is not a decisive gingrich victory, expectations are so high because he is polling so strongly here, anything not a big win for newt gingrich is a loss for newt gingrich, and a loss for newt gingrich is a win for mitt romney. that's an okay outcome for him. >> is local television drowning in campaign ads? >> you ca

>> it does, but it hasn't limited us so far just something we do keep in mind. >> yep well, you guyse trusted me to sit here and take this little baja for a ride steven can you help me suit up here what is involved with the whole process. >> first we will put on your lap belt. >> safety first. >> lap belt. >> okay. >> shoulder belt. >> really interesting. >> oh, my gosh. >> and harness. >> really i will be safe even though this thing goes how fast. >> 30 miles per hour. >>> all right. >> okay. >> clipped in. >> after that put on the helmet. >> you get out. >> okay. >> how do we start this puppy up. >> i will pull it starlets like a lawn mower -- starts like a lawn mower. >> okay. >> put on the brake system. >> which one is the brake. >> okay. okay oh, mimeoedness. >> you ready? >> -- oh, my goodness. >> you ready? >> yep i'm ready. >> hit it hard, hard, hard. >> woo, oh, my gosh. oh, wow. this is such a neat experience. wow. all right so if you want to find out more about university of maryland racing team log on to myfoxdc.com back to you in studio. >> go annie go. just be careful.

so i don't know what to do. how do you not? don't buy us a gift if you are watching and coming, don't buy us a gift. >> jimmy: what have they sent us so far about the crock pot i got already. but i didn't want it, i didn't, you know -- >> jimmy: when you get it. >> it would be rude to return that, specifically. i got that. >> jimmy: okay. so, you are going to keep the crock pot. >> i'm going to make dinner the morning for that night. >> jimmy: you're really taking to this marriage thing. you -- your fiance, correct me if i'm wrong, has two girls? >> no. he has one girl and one boy. a 15-year-old and an 11-year-old and the 11-year-old is the boy. so i'm going to be a step-mom soon. >> jimmy: will you be evil or regular? >> i'm going to try to keep them guessing. i think that's the better way to go, you know? i don't want them to count on anything. >> jimmy: are they impressed that you're in the movies? >> not at all. but this cool thing happened, because i do "two and a half men" sometimes. i was really excited about the first time i met ashton kutcher. we had the christmas party for the show, and i brought the kids, and they got to meet a

all they've told us so far, knee injury, nothing more than that.ut he was sitting in a cart, taken to the locker room. grimacing on the sideline for quite a while, in considerable pain, it appeared. phil: samson satele, the center, coming back. when you score 36 points in an nfl game, hard to do, you said it, though, jim, the story's going to be greg jennings. jim: to the 26. that will be fourth and 4 coming up. that was an eight-yard run. good time to be buying stock in the green bay packers about right now, wouldn't you say? phil: i think it's always a good time to be doing that. jim: the only publicly owned franchise in professional sports. back in 1922 some local organizers moved to cancel the $2,500 debt of the packers founder. became a nonprofit corporation way back when in the 1920's. masthay. by the way, they had their fifth offering on tuesday of this week. there's the original stock. there's what five shares looked like right there. five shares on the right, certificate number 31. one of the originals. $5 each. you wondering about the new

the port open so workers can continue to make a living and the port can create jobs and we can all take steps for economic opportunities for -- opportunities for us. >> good afternoon. so far this morning's demonstrations were peaceful. we want to thank the port, police and demonstrators for keeping it that way. we will continue to work hard throughout the evening to keep things smoothly. we urge demonstrators to respect the rights of the 99% who are working out at the port and downtown and urge them to keep their protests peaceful. >>> good afternoon. just about 20 minutes ago we were asked to remove -- or to clear the gates in front of the american terminal. there were about seven people there blocking the trucks from entering. we asked them to leave. five of them left. we arrested two of them. this was done in order to keep the ports of america terminal operational. we'll continue to have a presence down at the port throughout the day and throughout the evening. we'll continue to facilitate peaceful demonstration and allow everyone to exercise their first amendment right. there were no reports of violence. there was one minor vandalism which i'm not privy to discuss rig

almost a decades on ukraine still mourns those who died in the 1930's famine in the us is so far known here as the whole of the more and it's a rare example where political forces more used to in fighting put aside their differences to unite in common cause now the ukrainian diaspora in the united states is joining in remembrance in a rather peculiar fashion to the application for there is a whole of the modern credit card remember you'll be able to fill out the south occasion and transfer up at any one of the other branches the catastrophic nine hundred thirty two nine hundred thirty three famine claimed at least three million lives in ukraine alone with several more million british ng across what is now central russia and stand. someone give insist it was an act of genocide directed against ukrainians most school says it was caused by criminal agricultural policies of stalin's government but those behind the credit card project claim they're driven by remembrance motives only putting all the story debates aside you know what it's another good mechanism to have all of them or remember

so many employees. >> now, we did contact customs enforcement about this audit and they don't comment on them when there is no criminal action taken. they did share, however, they use this strategy. so far this year there have been 2500 companies audited across the country and they have filed charges against 221 employers and managers. >>> investigators want to find out what started a fire that killed a man in east oakland this morning. fire broke outside a home on 79th avenue about 7:40. took ten points in put the out the fire. they found the 55-year-old victim's body inside a room he rented from a landlord. >> there are no signs of foul play. >> at this time we wanted to make sure to get the body out of here. there is family we need to contact. >> the flames did not spread but it damaged other parts of the home. >> san pablo were cleaned up after a busted water main washed away the earth causing a huge sinkhole to open up near interstate 80. it starred when the water main broke yesterday morning. millions of gallons of water spilled out and a foot and a half of water flooded the homes. >> they are cleaning all the damage. >> the huge sinkhole exposed an oil pipeline that ran past a sh

gradients that's why we have the breezy conditions as the front flies south it going to open us to the driest air so fargh pressure to move in keeping us clear and calm and why it will be so cold tonight. with such a cold start in that cold air mass tomorrow temperatures will drop two to four degrees if the afternoon. will quickly modify that air mass saturday and sunday slight warming trend monday increase in clouds and cooling trend begins tuesday and once day slight chance of rain with the better chance wednesday. want to show you something really neat. beautiful picture from monday from marina county park, gorgeous. if you have weather video or photos you would like to share we would love to see them. just upload them or e-mail them. thanks a lot everybody. >>> it is light this thursday before christmas weekend -- we have a -- records of an incident in the fremont area northbound 880 north of dakota union city fremont in between we are going to check on that not sure if it is an accident or what is happening we have a little bit of slow traffic in the area. if you are just heading out now highway 1'

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can share your opinions on this story tell us how you think the strait of hormuz deadlock will evolve let's bring up the numbers and see how you're voting. so far the u.s. will use this as a pretext to attack iran. so you have immediate consequences being just the latest move another long ongoing game only eight percent think iran will teach the west a lesson by cutting off vital supplies and even fewer thinks iran will achieve it and the goal of preventing such cast your vote. coming up a little bit later in the program it is the final countdown. when these lines of police started. running towards. our direction started tear gassing my cameraman with tear gassed i was injured that's when. we bring you the view from inside the occupy movement we show it from a new up close and personal perspective. this is. history making. testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand and eleven. he is coming to you live from moscow egyptian rights groups have accused the military rulers of using what they describe as mubarak era tools of repression that's after soldiers and police raided the offices of ten non-governmental organizations including some foreig

our storm system looks to stay offshore next week so rain is still going to escape us at this point. so as fars our chances go in the seven-day, it's about 0% right now. >> woke up this morning, the lawn was frosted. >> you've got to tweet me that picture next time. >> oh, gosh. >>> lowering your risk. the lifestyle factors that impact the risk of breast cancer. >>> also speaking of tweets, millions of tweets each day. a look at the topics that made the biggest impact this year. [ male announcer ] steak & lobster is on the menu at sizzler. a fresh cut tri-tip sirloin served with a succulent lobster tail... just $15.99. sizzler. >>> worry less about cell phone radiation and more about things you can control. that's the advice from a uc davis doctor releasing a new report on the top breast cancer risks that women face. the report from the institute of medicine looks at so-called environmental risks, those that aren't governed by genes. >> medical radiation, the use of combined progesterone/estrogen hormone therapy, oral contraceptives currently being used, as well as alcohol and obesity and over

according to the law of the land, i am supposed to be able to use my old date for filing for immigration to the country, but so far immigration is refusing to let me use that old date, so i am in a month now. i cannot go back to fiji because i would have a 10-year ban on me. my mother has a small cleaning business she need help with. when i was in college, i used to spend the day talking about the political and economic agendas, and then at night, i would be a janitor. that was my life. in 2007, the dream act, which would give undocumented citizens like me the opportunity to stay in the country, -- me and a group of other students looked at this group of undocumented students. we are fighting for the dream act to pass. we want to stay in this country to fight to stay where we call home. [applause] >> good evening. i am not a resident, an alien. small businesses are the heart of the american economy, they are responsible for half of all private-sector jobs and create roughly 70% of new jobs in the past decade. small-business this are not only job generators but are at the heart of the american dream. how does the u

determine the makeup of the country's parliament for the next five years joins us live now with more so what do we know so far bring us up to date. well the central election committee are announcing that it is also the moment so we should have these final results shortly of course we already know the preliminary results of what is expected to look like united russia in front of the communist party second day russia says the liberal democratic policy in full the president had said yesterday that the results could it be postponed for some time due to the claims of violations in the election process that as he said that doesn't seem to be happening in the final results expected fairly soon but of cool stays claims violations and vote rigging in the process postpone this post-election debate and he said a lot of international voices wading into that prime minister piece it has slammed the u.s. through interfering in russia's internal affairs he also accused hillary clinton of encouraging the opposition by cooling the vote is rigged before she had any official information from the international observers on what a

deadlocked is going to evolve now where is it going to go with what you've been telling us just under half of you voted so far think that the u.s. will use the standoff as a pretext to attack iran but a third of you see there just over say one hundred leading a consequence is just the latest move in a long game forty percent of you think iran will teach the west a lesson by cutting off vital supplies. six percent think to rand would achieve its end goal of preventing sanctions with all this cast your vote no doubt don't call. coming up in the program the final countdown. when these winds of police started living started running towards starting shooting towards our direction started tear gassing my cameraman was tear gassed i was injured that's when it really changed for me to bring you the view from inside the occupy movement as we show it from a new up close and personal perspective. witnesses. to history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand and eleven on our t.v. . egyptian rights groups have accused military rulers of using what they describe as mubarak era tools of repression th

ktvu's lorain joins us with what we know so far. lorain? >> reporter: seeing from the outside, it's hard to tell that a deadly fire happened here this morning. the only sign is a notice to keep off the property and a little smoke damage near the roof of the home out here. al a regular basis. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a man says smoke detecters saved man's life overnight. >> i got my family and that's what counts. the house can always get repaired. >> him and his family were settling down after a big christmas celebration on river pine circle. he saw a wall of flames when he opened the garage door. he got the family and dog out of the home. fire officials say there is a lesson to be learned here. >> working smoke detecters is important. they've saved people's lives. >> one person was slightly hurt when she was trying to run from the fire. >>> we have new information about the woman that threw her son out of a 2 story window. lou pita on charges of deadly weapon and child abuse. by the time officers could break out the door, she jumped out her

. >> reporter: at union square this man showed us what he purchased so far under pressure. >> i got some ugs and my mom and sister some lev sweaters. >> reporter: he is not done yet. >> i have given myself two hours and have five people off my list and hoping that i can finish them off. >> reporter: the holiday spirit may be the force behind spending, but this vendor hopes 2012 is more profitable. >> the economy is going down, you know? that is why the customer budget, budget. >> reporter: this shopper happened to snag a spot in a parked parking lot. department stores planning to close their doors at 6:00. in emeryville. >> today is easy. >> reporter: one shopper proves that point. >> i guess i will get my mom something from banana republic and an iphone. >> reporter: what was the hardest part about shoning today? >> the hardest part was getting out of bed. [ laughter ] >> reporter: down the road at target, jennifer sailed through the line with her snowglobe in hand and also brought some extra supplies for a late-night wrapping session scheduled for tonight. luckily for the shoppers behi

far away. >>justine: good morning in what is r. higgins the law to use your so far to talk or text while driving, unless you have a hands free device that changes could becoming across the nation. the proposed ban would apply to the hands free devices although it does allow devices that already built into cars. officials say cellphone and cars have always been a dangerous mix. >>reporter: back in 2008 california band talking on cellphone while driving chp says at first they seem to get the message but now several years later they say complacency has said in. >> since 2011 at this time, we have issued many citations about texting while driving there is definitely a need for high level enforcement because there is a high level people disregarding. some of the merger is rolling the dice as though they will not get caught. >>reporter: sam morgan said the chp support a nationwide ban on all cellphone use while driving. he says the they support any measure that will keep drivers from being distracted on the roadways. >> it will definitely help the general public. if y

also, you can summarize for us what has been achieved so far in terms of new programming in new fundingst to summarize that again before the close of the hearing. what do you see as a challenge to make sure we're reaching more families as well? >> thank you for having the hearing and the families coming out and taking the time to share their stories with us. at times uncomfortable, but important to hear. you ask me about ensuring families get connected to the system, and we will make sure that happens. there was testimony about the mayor's not meeting with families. the mayor is well aware of the concerns of the

they also plan to use generators for heaters and electricity through the night. so far, some have been using platforms to raise their tents off the cold ground. the group has also received donations of food and blanket as well as tarps. >>> when we return, it could all fall apart. what we thought was a done deal may have hit a huge road block on capitol hill. the late st on a tax cut plan i peril. [ female announcer ] at verizonfios.com, you can choose your channel package. ♪ you can choose your own internet speeds. ♪ you can even choose to chat with a live person. ♪ now you can choose to save $35 a month for fios tv, internet and phone for just $79.99 a month, plus get a $300 verizon visa prepaid card with a 2 year agreement. but hurry, offer ends soon only at verizonfios.com. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >>> what looks like a done deal on extending the payroll tax cut is now threatening to come undone. house republicans are upset with a compromise that their colleagues in the senate negotiated. nbc's brian mooar has