victory for the so-called weathers memphis 3 in a notorious murder case.ay, the arkansas supreme court ordered new hearings for them. the hearings will decide whether newly analyzed dna evidence, not available at trial, could exonerate them. the arkansas attorney says he'll continue defending the guilty verdicts of the three men in the 1993 deaths of three second graders. eckel's wife, though, hopes the state will just skip the hearing. >> we're going to get a new trial anyway. it's absolutely the case, we will. so, let's just -- let's just move this along. >> she says her husband, who has been on death row for 17 years, is thrilled with the court decision. the case has gained widespread attention after celebrities like johnny depp and eddie vetter rallied support for the defendants. >>> former president george w. bush answered questions from oprah winfrey about the next election and one candidate in particular. >> do you think that sarah palin is the one for the republican party in 2012? >> you know, i -- i am not a political pundit. i'm really not. and s

weather. fog shrouds cities from indianapolis, to memphis, to new orleans, louisiana. gusty winds in the northeast, but milder temperatures. warm temperatures in much of the south. and the stormiest weather is in the west, as we were talking about, with a large area of heavy snow and rain. mr. john berman? >> thanks, ron. >>> "dancing with the stars" has

tornado watches are expired and now we're watching areas of heavy rain along 40 from memphis to nashville. the worst weather will be found in areas like utah and salt lake city, gusty winds and blowing snow. billings, montana, only 5 degrees today. everyone on the east coast, enjoy the warm weather. cold conditions will arrive sooner or later. that's a look at your forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. rain today in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. not a lot of it. it will move through mostly this morning. some of that rain will head to the eastern seaboard and weaken during the day today. but even areas like philadelphia, new york city will have a chance for showers later this afternoon. lynn, travel forecast coming up. >> all right, bill. thanks so much. >>> also coming up, hedge fund raids. possible recalls and the man cave option for husbands on black friday. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, on a mission to save animals, leonardo dicaprio faces a potential tragedy and ends up making a lot of friends. >>> phillip rivers leads the charge. the heat con

philadelphia reporting flight arrival delays but you can see that wall of weather heading towards atlanta. that means delays there, memphishis afternoon and our flight tracker will have them at abc7news.com. here's eric. >> mike, it's 4:48. a lame duck congress returns to work this morning following the midterm elections. for some members it's their final few weeks at the capital. the replacements sworn in in january are arriving. for current members there's a lot of legislation to consider in a very short amount of time. emily schmidt has more from washington. >> this monday morning means back to work for many in congress soon to be out of work after democrats lost dozens of seats in the midterm election. voters didn't give them a mandate for gridlock but there's plenty of division especially about tax cuts set to expire the end of next month. i don't think there's room to negotiate raising taxes particularly on smaller business. >> we moved it up to a million. everyone below a million dollars will get a tax cut but the millionaires and billionaires won't. >> other challenges, lifting the "don't ask, don't tell" policy f

to the south, rough weather of memphis to nashville and progressing to the east and this storm beginningd cascades. low valleys of the puget sound. check out this video of seattle yesterday a. couple of inches of know in seattle proper. enough to slow things down in a hurry. folks not used to driving in this stuff. they don have the facilities to really clear it out that rapidly and can turn to ice quickly. we have been seeing similar scenes this morning so both the airways and certainly on the roadways, to ro fare thoroughfs illinois. raw stuff from the affiliate out there i believe in chicago. this is caledonia with damage done because of the tornado that was a half mile wide and did some injuries to kids but minor, thank goodness. look at this damage and think, wow. that could have been certainly a lot, lot worse. all right. let's get back to the maps now. give you an idea of what we expect to see with snowfall out west. heavy snows in the mountains. this blizzard which it will be in utah heads towards the great lakes and important keeping the warm air east in place so any precip that

weather. fog shrouds cities from indianapolis, to memphis, to new orleans, louisiana. gusty winds in the northeast, but milder temperatures. warm temperatures in much of the south. and the stormiest weather is in the west, as we were talking about, with a large area of heavy snow and rain. mr. john berman? >> thanks, ron. >>> "dancing with the stars" has already seen its fair share of on-screen drama this season. but the drama became very real when a threatening letter containing white powder showed up at the show's production office. mike marusarz is here with the details. mike? >> reporter: john, good morning to you. a staff member of "dancing with the stars" discovered the letter late last night. now, the fbi wants to know, who sent it? the scare forced the evacuation of the los angeles studio used to shoot "dancing with the stars." someone discovered the threatening letter covered in a white, suspicious powder in the mail room. show spokeswoman, amy astley, issued a statement, saying measures were taken to secure the area and ensure the safety of personnel. ultimate

weather. fog shrouds cities from indianapolis, to memphis, to new orleans and louisiana. gusty winds in the northeast, but milder temperatures. warm temperatures in much of the south. and the stormi forecaster david zahren here. this weekend before thanksgiving starting out chilly. 43 in annapolis. 39 in laurel with very light winds out there. the big picture high pressure on the storm scan over the washington area. that bodes well. plenty of sunshine today and tomorrow. our forecast for today temperatures around 60 degrees, tonight down into the 40's and tomorrow temperatures a bit cooler in the low to mid 50's. then look for much colder air mr. john berman? >> thanks, ron. late last night. now, the fbi wants to know who sent it? the scare forced the evacuation of the los angeles studio used to shoot "dancing with the stars." someone discovered the threatening letter covered in a white, suspicious powder in the mail room. show spokeswoman, amy astly issued a statement, saying measures were taken to secure the area and ensure the safety of personnel. ultimately, we were a

and memphis, there's some winter weather advisories out tonight into friday. you may be 78 today.in the upper midwest, the twin cities at 15 degrees. it's the coldest thanksgiving there in 20 years. in chicagoland, you're going to be dropping today, from the 30s, into the 20s. here's a close-up, mom and dad, for you. we'll be marching a little later on in philadelphia. >>> right now, cameron mathison is in new york city, with a special guest. good morning again, cam. >> oh, good morning. macy's thanksgiving day parade. it's got it all. it's got the massive balloons. it's got the floats. it's got the bands. everything you could want in a parade. big-name celebrities. kanye west, jessica simpson, and kylie minogue, as well as the one and only gladys knight, here with me. >> thank you. >> happy thanksgiving. >> same to you. >> tell me about the float you're on. >> i'm on the apollo float. i came there in 1961. this is the 75th anniversary. i can't believe that. and the first time in this parade. as i am. first time in this parade. and i'm excited about it. it's meant so much to new y

memphis, st. louis, nashville, the cross hairs if for threat of severe weather.uld see possibly damaging winds and very heavy rain. so this is going to be one of the situations we're dealing with as the system moves out of the east and another one starts to move in here. a chance for some thunderstorms taking us into thursday. taking a look at what we're talking about as far as the other side of things. we're going to take you back now and talk about the cold, cold temperatures we are expecting to see. so this is for today. temperatures with highs only in the 20s for seattle. this low could potentially cause problems in the middle part of the country. it will be making its way further and further east on thanksgiving. back to you. >> the weather channel's chris warren. thank you. here's what i'm going to guess. freezing rain. snow is fun. freezing rain doesn't help anybody. >>> is america going to hell in a handbag? according to my next guest, all is not lost yet. after all, we have been here before. the civil war, the depression, the world wars, the vietnam, civ

in between, we're looking at some spectacular weather for chicago, kansas city. 75. 75 degrees in memphis, tennessee. so we go from talking about snow and ski resorts opening to maybe putting on the sun sauce there across the midwest. >> a little bit of everything. are you a snowborder? >> i can do it. my ego doesn't allow it. i'm horrible. >> it is very challenging,n't is it? >> when you fall, it's embarrassing. >> i can surf and snowboard, no. whole other issue. you need a lesson. maybe we'll hit north carolina. >> let's do that. road trip. >> road trip. that would be interesting, wouldn't it? we'll bring the cameras. thanks, rob. >> you bet. >>> elizabeth smart made national headlines when she was kidnapped and then found alive. now years later, she is on the stand being able to recount that nightmare and her testimony is today's talker. it's powerful. and we'll talk about it straight ahead. [ male announcer ] introducing listerine® zero™. we removed the alcohol and made it less intense. ♪ it still kills bad breath germs for a whole-mouth clean. and it's never felt so good. new less in

weather. gusty winds, isolated tornados and heavy rain in houston, new orleans, little rock, jackson, mississippi, and memphis. downpours from the twin cities to st. louis. 6 inches of snow in the dakotas and cascades. snow showers in the rockies and rain in the pacific northwest. >> 45 in seattle. 27 in boise. 30 in salt lake city. mostly 40s from omaha to detroit. also 40s from boston to atlanta. 83 in miami. 78 in new orleans. >>> talk about your fine dining. a billionaire casino mogul from macao has paid $330,000 for a pair white truffles weighing a total of just under three pounds. >> that matches the record price he paid for a single truffle three years ago. white truffles are the rarest and most sought-after pungent delicacies found mostly in northern italy. >> they're only available during the fall season and can only be dug up by specially-trained dogs or pigs. money well spent. >> i suppose, if you like that kind of thing. all right, we'll be right back with more "world news now." ♪ every time it's so right ♪ well, it feels so good [ female announcer ] when you have a softer bath tissue, you can enj

weather. you just said -- you asked. >> i know. >> i know. we have this. here's the issue. one degree in billings. 70 in atlanta, 74 memphis. that happens with a front, cold air this way, warm air that way, along that front where severe weather pops up. >> in general, how is the weather going to be come -- because wednesday is the busiest travel day, i think. >> yeah, big. >> what do you think? >> snow. slow. passes. stephens, 90, all those slow. snoqualmie slow because of the snow and you have to watch maybe even logon t your local tv station because some passes may require chains only for bigger vehicles. some bigger vehicles may not be allowed. i just got an e-mail from lake tahoe, six feet of new snow at some of the ski resorts in tahoe. they are happy in the sierra because of all the snow. it just depends are you just traveling to grandma's to go get turkey or somewhere to ski and play in it because you certainly can play in this as temperatures are cold. the ice is here. the snow is this way and the severe weather is possible there. >> it is not going to stop people, though, getting to thanksgiving turkey. >> 42 millio

memphis. san francisco, seattle, because of that weather pattern out west, be prepared if you're heading out therey. it will be 66 degrees. rebounds currently in atlanta. 57 degrees better today in new york than yesterday. >> it was so unbelievable windy yesterday. it was flipping over small planes. >> yeah, it just accelerates when it gets squeezed through the building passes, especially downtown and the canyons of wall street. >> thanks. >> see you in just a few minutes. >>> this morning's top stories just a few minutes from now, including one of the greatest comebacks of all time, lisa murkowski on the verge of the tea party. and how did they do it? the senator coming up in the next hour. >>> and witches for a pirate? the new "harry potter" movie leaked online. those stories and more at the top of the hour. >>> hi, i'm alex sweeney i'm on "days of our lives." and i travel about 150 days of a year. i don't get on a plane without serious preparation. people sit down next to you, ready to chat. i have plans. i have my laptop, my kindle, magazines that i subscribe to. my script. most that i travel

weather now. lingering morning rain in the ohio valley and from d.c. to boston. scattered showers from wichita to st. louis and memphish up to 2 feet of snow in the cascades. up to 1 foot of the white stuff in the colorado rockies. >> a wet 49 in seaeale. 52 in salt lake city. 68 in sacramento. 40s in kansas city, omaha, and chicago. 85 in miami. mostly 60s for the rest of the east coast. >>> now to the other big news story of the day besides the royal engagement, a jaw-dropping, emotional farewell on "dancing with the stars." >> despite those consistently high scores, brandy is done. the singer was speechless and it did not take long for the tears to flow. that means bristol palin will be facing off with jennifer grey and kyle massey in the season finale. >> no one predicted that. the mirror ball trophy will go to the winner of next week's, anything goes, freestyle dances. it will all end next week after weeks and weeks and weeks of this. and of course, bristol is the controversial finalist in all of this. shocker last night. >> i have to say maxim had that heated exchange with carrie-anne inaba, you wonder if that m

memphis is the ugh least city in america followed by baltimore and philadelphia. >> charleston, south carolina is ranked as the hottest city in the country. is that temperature or looks? >>> howard bernstein has your weather and day planner. here's what else coming your way in this hour. a four-legged feast. we'll tell you about one really bad dog. >>> fast food classing it up. who is putting sea salt on your french fries? oh wow, look at that. calm down donkey. it's vacation time! ohhhhh, who says ogres can't surf? nice moves fiona. ha, ha, ha, i love 3d. wooo hooooo! [ shrek ] gingy? [ laughs ] do the roar. roar! marty, what's shrek doing on a cruise ship? looks like he's having fun! [ female announcer ] join the dreamworks experience for the ultimate vacation, only on royal caribbean. >>> all right, howard, just got another great day for us. >> we're looking at sunshine, it'll come out in a little while. 6:45. we're looking clear to partly cloudy. 30s and 40s this morning. temperatures going to 6:45. all right. >>> time for your time saver traffic, we are looking all clear at fox hall and canal. up next in your next traffic report at 6:18. we're going to take a live drive of 66 and other virginia roadw

lot of wet weather making its way up the eastern seaboard, we have got tornado watches in the panhandle of florida, heavy rain anywhere from one to two inches of rain from as far west as memphisup into buffalo and parts of new england. and you can see in the west, we have got a storm system coming onshore, a clipper will be bringing some snow to the cascades, wasatch mountain ranges, all the way down to colorado we're talking about anywhere from six to 12 inches of snow and this young lady, 80 years old today. what's your name? >> manilla? >> we are off to a wet start this tuesday. to yourself as much extra time as you can read the rent will be with us off and on all through the night. >> and another bit day girl. all right. ann? >>> all right, al, thank you. as you may have heard, the world is waking up this morning to the news that a royal wedding is in the works. britain's prince william is set to wed kate middleton next spring or summer. the royal editor of the sunday express, camilla, good morning. >> good morning. >> i know this news has been out for several hours, gauge for us the reaction so far in britain. >> well, i would say it's been somewhat frenzied. we're down

memphis. 15 to 25 degrees colder than the same time yesterday. the cooler air is starting to win the day. at least parts of the mid south. for us the weathermaking ever so slow progress. high pressure has been in charge the last couple ofays and it's only given up the fight ever so slowly. this will make it here but it's going to take a long time. a look at our ture cast. high pressure in charge. beautiful, warm day outside. temperatures in the mid-60s. but not quite the sparkling blue sky that we had yesterday. clouds on the increase later on this afternoon, overnight tonight that weather front hangs up on the appalachian mountains and as a result wel have a cloudy start tomorrow. any rain chances will hold off. i think by the time we get into monday night, especially tuesday morning, tuesday afternoon, that's when the rain chances start to go up. so for today mostly sunny, mild, clouds. sun goes down at 4:55. highs today, becoming cloudy. clouds possible as we get to sundown. i think we just bw a fuse or something. a check of your extended forecast here, mostly sunny. 66 today. 62 tomorrow with a 30% chance of rain late in the day. most

memphis you will be one of the four cities, not looking good. dallas, a few problems, also, with light rain, back to you. >> dave: weather will not be your only problemsrd a time or two, the tsa changed their security procedures, and they are intrusive now and pat-downs are raising a few eyebrows and making people unhappy and the tsa not backing down, if you don't elect to go through the body scanner you'll get the pat-down, if you do not comply, big trouble, clayton. >> clayton: look at these numbers, here's the new law and it keeps changing every day. stick with us. it happened yesterday, the tsa warning everyone that if you go into the check point area and they tell you you either can do the scanner, or the groping... >> alisyn: body pat-down. >> clayton: i call it groping. either one, choose one or the other and if you say you don't want either and you are past the checkpoint they'll call law enforcement and if you flee the airport you get an $11,000 fine and you have to wait for law enforcement to show up for them to question why you didn't want to go through the procedureses. >> alisyn: hold on, flee the airport like a fugitive? what if you deci

weather making its way up the eastern seaboard. we have tornado watches in the panhandle of florida. heavy rain anywhere from one to two inches of rain from as far west as memphis from six to 12 inches of snow and this young lady, 80 years old today. what's your name? >> manilla. >> manilla? >>> well we have seen some pretty beautiful weather aund the bay area this week. it should continue as we go into today at least. temperatures in the 70s for most places around the bay area today and out to the coast. 60s and 70s for one more day but things will cool off as we head into tomorrow and thursday, the sea breeze picks up, that's the opposite of the offshore winds we've been seeing, leading to cooling as you wrap up the work week. chance of showers arriving friday, cooler and unsettled for the weekend. >> and another bit day girl. all right. >>> and another birthday girl. all right. ann? >>> all right, al, thank you. as you may have heard, the world is waking up this morning to the news that a royal wedding is in the works. britain's prince william is set to wed kate middleton next spring or summer. the engainment was officially announced this morning. the royal

memphis down towards the gulf coast. we got plenty of sunshine up and down the eastern seaboard, a little on the chilly side, a few showers in northern minnesota and, again, that wet weather coast and san francisco. look at those temperatures. even after the patches of fog and chilly fors for the morning, afternoon looking pretty nice. high pressure keeping us try dru thursday. inland temperatures may climb over the next couple of days. friday, the clouds come back in and we'll probably see some scattered showers moving into this upcoming weekend, along with much cooler weather. your latest weather. >>> a hollywood legend is getting a makeover. we're talking about the hollywood reporter after 80 years as a daily trade magazine is now becoming a weekly publication. janice mims is the new editor. we're going to talk about all the changes there at the hollywood reporter coming up in just a little bit. but of course, i think the big news out of hollywood today, it was a shock to a lot of people who followed her very young career is this news about demi lovato. just 18 years old and apparently left her concert tour with the jonas brothers and is now in a rehab facility. what m