weinstein. they won't say no. that's totally propaganda. >> with or without the changes you get zero credit for killing bin laden. >> if anyone were to ask me they would say are you for organs killing bin laden? therefore -- >> it was no easy decision for you. >> i am the real hero. it was no easy decision and no easy day. a book i was going to write about the day i was going through all of these things when i took out osama. >> i remember you were doing your laundry and you were short on change and far away. you still made the decision to support them. >> you know why i was so upset, i didn't know if osama was killed yet. but doing laundry is finding drugs day. i didn't find anything in my pockets. i was stressed and then this happened. >> is it one big coincidence, and it has nothing to do with weinstein wanting to re-elect his buddy, obama? >> weinstein has been running obama political fundraisers for a year or two now. now they say the changes were not politically moat vaded, but meant to give the film a stron

with the weinstein backing, they had to figure this was going to raise a lot of questions, especiallyook at this, though, and they think this could be one really long campaign ad. >> yeah, you know, that's what i'm sure the romney campaign and the republicans are saying we don't like this because it could. it very well could. but, here's the thing. it is on the nat geo network. not like it's a theatrical release and not like it's on a major network. it is on a cable channel. a little cable channel but with harvey weinstein's backing, you can bet it will get a lot of publicity. >> can nat geo face any long-term reprecussions as a result of this? >> i doubt it because it is seen to be the vehicle. sometimes, you know, if you buy add space or buy time on a network and they put out a product, then that's what happens. it's not, we haven't seen it and they do call it a fact-based film. so, it's almost like we have to wait to pass judgment to see what it is all about. so, you know, i don't think they're going to get hammered for airing this, but, the timing, well, you could certainly ask qu

now, weinstein, is he doing it to help obama in the last couple days?finally, the truth. i love it. >> bob: why not? if i had charge of a film released two days before the election and i could go in and get my man more prominence, i'd go in an get my man more prominence. >> greg: at least he's being honest. >> eric: you make the best point. what if this insights violenc violence -- incites violence? by the muslim radicals ticked off another victory lap for killing bin laden. >> greg: but it doesn't have to be violence for muslims. it could be violence for anybody. the idea that a film sparks violence could be anything. so if you actually go out and you set fire to weinstein's house, how is that different? how is that different? don't do that, be the way. >> eric: when is the kathryn bigelow moving coming out? >> dana: december. >> eric: she is the one the access to c.i.a. stuff. >> greg: coming up, five more political stories. that you need to know about that. is the standard tease people. for more on standard teases consult the encyclopedia of standard

the new film is distributed by the weinstein company. harvey weinstein is a prominent fundraiser for the obama campaign. they say the timing is not to be believed political. >>> skyrocketing gas places may not come down any time soon. the fire at the chevron refinery at richmond and power refinery lowered supply caused the average price for regular in the state to jump 36-cents in a week. the highest prices are in the los angeles area where some stations are charging as much as $5.69 war gallon. drivers are paying as much as $4.60 in san francisco. $4.54 in san jose. >>> 4:36 is the time. sal, i know when i see the ending number to fill up my car. you know when it's up. >> i know when it's up. it's gone occupy $0.30 in the last two days. i'm walking. >> i'm riding my beach cruiser. >> there you go. good morning, everybody. let's take a look at the commute. traffic is moving along pretty well. i know you can't walk many times so let's take a look at the roads. 80 westbound that looks pretty good. if you drive early if you want to save on

it's produced by harvey weinstein, an obama butler and the film will air on november 4th, national geographic. >> it's going to come out in time before the election and depending on what kind of impact it's going to have, but it's self-promotional and harvey weinstein is obviously close to the president and a number of high profile and has done a number of fundraisers, that's a fact and that's to do to highlight his foreign policy experience. >> if there's anybody who rises or dies from this movie, i expect harvey weinstein to be picked up and arrested on some kind of murky parole violation. >> he must have done-- >> parking tickets, right. >> back in the '90s. >> this doesn't surprise me. remember on september 11th when the navy seal book came out and he was contradicting what the press reports had been and the administration reports had been about the bin laden raid. there was all this have outrage and we had the benghazi attack and the month's worth of blaming the benghazi terror attacks to a stupid video and now moving up the production of this video to basically, i don't know, why? there

team 6 the raid on osama bin laden is from the weinstein company and voltage films. the co-chairman harvey weinstein is a prominent fundraiser for the obama re- election campaign. the president of "national geographic" says the film's air date is not political. owens said the date was scheduled to start the channel 12 season. >>> the u. n. security council condemned syria for shelling a town in turkey. it left five people dead and dozens more injured. >> this is the first time the full security council has agreed to a resolution against syria. the council said the attack on turkey points at how the battle in syria has an impact on the region. monica villamizar has more. >> reporter: turkey's parliament said it's not declaring war on its neighbor. the government can now send troops or war planes across the border to attack syrian targets if turkey feels threatened. the turkish military fired for a second straight day. a rocket launched from syria hit a turkish town killing two women and three children. residents say they feel the war next door has spilled over. he say

and the film is backed by hollywood mogul harvey weinstein, a big-time democratic donor.hose factors have conservatives saying the movie is a political stunt. >> any time you've got a movie coming out two nights before the election and being made by harvey weinstein, a prominent democrat and huge supporter of president obama's, of course it raises eyebrows. >> reporter: the director said it was weinstein who suggested adding more actual news footage, including footage from the white house, after he saw an early version of the movie. >> it was not done to, i guess, play up the president's role or make him look particularly good? >> not at all. we don't pretend to sort of get inside the president's head. harvey weinstein came in to the editing room very early on and his only questions to me were, how did you know this? are you sure this happened? he was attempting to get to the voracity of the story. >> reporter: stockwell says there's less footage of the president in the finished cut than there was in an earlier version. contacted by cnn, harvey weinstein rejected the idea

harvey weinstein came in to the editing room very early on, and his only questions to me were how didappened? he was really attempting to get to the veracity of the story. >> reporter: stockwell also says there's less footage of the president in the finished cut as there was in an earlier version. contacted by cnn, harvey weinstein rejected the idea that the film has a political agenda, saying it's about history. ken robinson has been in both worlds. a former special forces officer, he was creator and writer of e ran, an nbc drama about the inner workings of the pentagon. >> in the production of movies like this, is there often pressure to maybe put in a political slant, subtle maybe? >> i have never seen that. i have been on the fox lot, the warner lot, the paramount lot. i've not seen that. the creative process is pretty prized. >> the timing of the film's release on november 4th still rankles some conservatives who has this suggestion. >> it doesn't have a political position, as they say it doesn't, then simply put it off by two days. >> reporter: now, in response to that, a spokes

it is being distributed the weinstein company co-chair man harvey weinstein. he's a big supporter of president obama. the channel says the air date was picked to help promote the start of the fall season but not everybody is buying that. president obama has been criticized for politicizing that raid. >>> what do you do when many americans still aren't sold on obama care? if you are the department of health and human services, you spend millions more on tax payer money to promote it. hhs signed a $3 million deal with weather shand wick a pr firm to promote obama care. another pr firm got paid 20 million earlier this year to push obama care. the not for profit kaiser foundation found 45 percent had a favorable opinion of obama care. 40 percent had an unfavorable opinion and 14 percent were unsure or they just wouldn't say. >>> a terrifying scene taking place in texas after a school bus runs off the road and plunges 20 feet off an over pass. three people were on board at the time and one of them was a child. reportedly good samaritans broke through the window and

>> i wrote it with jaime weinstein. >> also receiving a catholic honor. >> kenny weinstein.

it is distributed by hollywood heavyweight harvey wine -- harvey weinstein's company.they say the air date is not related to politics. >>> busy weekend ahead. lots of things to do. what is the weather going to be like? >>> it looks good fog is going to thin out so the marine layer not much of a factor this morning we are looking at low clouds and fog many september that nice time of year we get to enjoy more sun still sea breeze, this morning the exception is we get the weekend underway, live doppler 7 hd low clouds and fog to start out, cleared nicely yesterday and once again today we are looking for that by the noon hour over the weekend that boundary layer that inversion gets more mixed out and we'll see more sun and milder temperatures at our coast inland the numbers coming down a couple degrees. 57 in livermore, redwood city 59, 58 oakland, santa rosa 50°. 24 hours ago we were milder, we are cooler this morning you will feel it yesterday 60s, two degrees cooler in oakland partly cloudy over the weekend chance of showers still in the forecast monday and tuesday. he

the second highest grossing film in that sort of range after "the intouchables," released by the weinsteinso $6 million, it's a very good total for a film like that. > > good to have you here. erik childress. > > thank you. just ahead, costco investors are cashing in on the recent rise in the stock. find out what the charts say about the retailer right around the corner. we're taking a closer look at the retail sector this morning with matt cavanaugh of cmz trading. good morning matt. > > good morning. > > yesterday on the down day that we had, costco and wal- mart hit new highs. what do you think about costco stock? is there more room to run? > > well, when i take a look at costco stock, i think it's a great company, but i think it's really priced for perfection here. they really did blow their earnings out: $1.39 a share versus $1.31 expected. they had really nice earnings, but i look at this stock and i say, "hey, new highs, it's pretty expensive..." i think it's probably reached its top, at least in the near-term. > > what does that say to you as a trader when you see a couple of big re

the fill silver medal backed by hollywood mogul harvey weinstein. big-time democratic donor. saying the movie is a political stunt. >> any time you have a movie coming out two might before the election and being made by harvey weinstein who is a prominent democrat and a huge supporter of president obama's, of course it raises eyebrows. >> director john stockwell said it was weinstein who suggested adding more actual news footage, including footage from the white house, after he saw an early version of the movie. >> it was not done to, i guess, play up the president's role and make him look particularly good. >> no, not at all. we don't pretend to get inside the president's head. harvey weinstein came in to the editing room very early on and his only questions to me were how did you know this? are you sure this happened? he was really attempting to get to the voracity of the story. >> reporter: he says there's less footage of the president in the finished cut than there was in an earlier version. contacted by cnn harvey weinstein rejected the idea the film has a political agen

the movie is backed by harvey weinstein supporter of president obama. they say they just wanted to get the movie on the air before another bigger budget movie about the raid hits theaters. >>> in a race for the white house president obama reaches out to younger voters today while mitt romney gives a speech focusing on the economy in an important swing state. president obama is back at the white house today. he has several media interviews scheduled. including a live interview with mtv. they will tell voters about the u.s. economy and he will move on to a campaign event in ohio with running mate paul ryan. >>> opponents of a soda tax have a strong financial advantage heading into the election. more than $2.4 million has been spent in recent months to defeat measure n. if the ballot measure passes richmond voters could become the first to oppose a penny per ounce tax that sells sodas and other sugary drinks. grudge city college trustees are expected to approve budget cuts to close a $15 million short fall and keep the school from losing its accreditation.

i want to thank ken weinstein for organizing this event today.i especially want to thank our presenters, joseph, you're really a hero and inspiration to all of us here. [applause] >> adrian, likewise. it's been a front-line freedom fighter here. and as we know, the pursuit of freedom i guess second only to the pursuit of quenching one's appetite is really a natural human info. and hearing the stories that melanie has written about in her book really reminds all of us, that should remind all of us how fortunate we are here in the united states to live in a land blessed with so much freedom. but with that freedom comes a responsibility. and melanie has outlined for us our responsibility to become part of this cause to fight for human rights for north koreans. when i was working for president bush several years ago, he gave me, and several other members of his staff, a book you just read about north korea called -- i

weinstein, a well known obama fund-raiser and supporter in hollywood and it is only airing on tv onf course, is 48 hours before election day. now, a similar movie dramatizing the bin laden raid called "zero dark 30" has been in production for several months and that's been criticized in some circles as being propaganda for the obama administration. the filmmakers of that movie moved its release in theaters until after the election. but then, carol, this one seemingly just came out of nowhere and landed a tv slot and with the weinstein backing they had to figure that this was going to raise a lot of questions, which it has. >> absolute. let's talk about ann romney. she's going to be hosting "good morning america." good for her. >> she's got a little tv gig this coming week. she'll be co-hosting abc's "gma" on october 10th, wednesday. she'll be appearing in the 8:00 a.m. hour. now, the show has had a series of guest hosts, everybody from oprah winfrey, stephen colbert, all while the great robin roberts has been on medical leave since late august. roberts is undergoing treatment for md

part b 1 stint as a prominent fund raiser for the obama reelection campaign -- harvey weinstein is a prominent fund raiser for the obama reelection campaign. a school bus plunged 115 feet off a bridge. >> you could see the back going over the rail. and 18-wheeler went by. >> it landed at the doorstep of the hotel below. it collided with a car and went through a concrete barrier. there were non-life-threatening injuries. tonight at 5:00, a 4-year-old arlington girl is alive because of the proper use of cpr. she was in an accident at a pool party and because someone perform cpr, she is now recovering. we'll talk with a grateful parents tonight at "abc 7 news at 5:00." >> in fargo north dakota, there is not enough snow to build a snowman. it has caused power outages to 6500 homes and businesses. that area has temperature -- had temperatures in the mid 80's on sunday. six >> o'clock 18 and it is cold this morning. >> but not like that. there was more than 1 foot of snow in badger, minnesota. there is no snow in the forecast here but we have a cool down hitting us. temperatures will drop

the movie is produced by the weinstein company, co-chairman harvey weinstein is a major fundraiser forgn. national geographic channel's president denies there's any political agenda behind the film. >> and if you're a coffee fanatic this is for you. a new study says drinking three or more cups of coffee a day increases the risk of glaucoma, the eye disease that can lead to vision loss. researchers looked at 100,000 american men and women over the age of 40. they found caffeinated chocolate, coffee or soda had no effect on your sight. >> today millions of apple fans will mark the one year anniversary of the death of steve jobs. the death of apple's co-founder raised doubts about the company's future. apple has had a record year. now the most valuable company ever. tim cook post this letter on apple.com overnight paying tribute to jobs. he writes our values originated from steve and his spirit will forever be the foundation of apple. we share the great privilege and responsibility of carrying his legacy into the future. >> anderson cooper is striking back against star jones. she suggeste

. >>> a letter by albert weinstein is set to go up for auction tomorrow.he opening bid is $3 million. it was written in 1954. in it he called the bible a collection of honorable but primitive legends. he took the idea of god or a higher power seriously, elevating it about religious conception. >>> raising money for women battling cancer. >> friends, family and supporters were there to cheer them on. they hosted the swim the mile fund riser -- fundraiser for the 19th year in a row. >> it is just a huge celebration of the human spirit. many women and men are cancer survivors, people being treated for cancer or supporting a loved one. >> organizers hope to pass last year's totals. they provide therapy, home care and financial assistance. >>> we are weeks away from halloween and pump kins are -- pumpkins are ready for the event. >> and a great day to be outdoors, mark tamayo will tell us which parts of the bay area could see some showers. 1 of 4 big 4-dollar meals on the 2-4-6-8 value menu. only at denny's. open all night. >>> the world champion pumpkin weigh

. >> jennifer: seal team six was produced by harvy weinstein who is an ardent obama supporter, but iting to be aired ironically on fox. >> it may welcome down to a coincidence. i think it is the kind of thing that you can look at on the calendar and go hum. but so many of these things are so random that there could be any number of items in play. >> jennifer: there is another film about the bin laden raid and that's directed by katherine biglow, and that movie has been pushed back to december. why is that? >> it's a hard to say. nobody gives a clearance why nay moved it from october to december. some people surmised it had to do with not wanting to go before the election or it could be about the oscar campaign. you never know. you may remember back in '84, there was talk that the right stuff was going to make john glen our next president, and that didn't exactly happen and the movie's box office suffered because people thought they were going to be seeing a political ad. >> jennifer: right. well let's get to the movies here. i want to show a clip of "lincoln." take a listen. >> it is

reporter: harvey weinstein bought the stone for $2.5 million at the time.ma. this, by the way, is not the same film as the one before. it has been recut to beef up the president's role. adding more news and documentary footage from behind the scenes. here's a quick sample. >> the president of the united states. we need to get a green light now. >> by the way, the new behind-the-scenes footage was gathered by a producer for the michael moore film fahrenheit 9/11, that's the anti-bush movie that was work -- backed by harvey weinstein. the filmmakers say the recut version will give some more insight into the presidents rule into killing bin laden. a man named john stockwell who also did top gun several years ago said the changes were not at all politically motivated. he was asked why 2007 footage of mitt romney was put into the film. he said, and i'm quoting here, we were trying to use news footage to give some context as to who was in favor and who is against the raid. national geographic cut out the running part, saying that it was inappropriate and out of c

new reports, the producer harvey weinstein, long time obama supporter had to reach count his prominent to prominently featured the presidents. the president's -- the film entitled the seal team six airs in prime time on the national geographic channel on november 4th 2 days before election day. pure coinciddnce. even the new york times admitting the president's starring role is virtually certain to bolster claims that the approximately 90 minute film amounts to a political stunt. this network is also majority owner of the national ceo channel. i think the moniker is now agio. far from shocking, but the liberal new yorker is endorsing president obama. in the 3600 or endorsement, that is the way the new yorker does these things, there is not a single mention of unemployment, poverty, gasoline prices. it causes to wonder. we brought those missing words up to the editors, do you think they would reconsider their endorsement? probably not. clint eastwood, i'm pleased to tell you, is back. yeah, actor/director appearing in annual ad paid for by the karl rove influenced super pak american cro

two days before the presidential election on national geographic channel distributed by harvey weinstein's company he is a prominent fundraiser for president obama's reelection. the channel says the air date is not related to politics. >>> another note, mitt romney's wife ann has been booked as a guest host on "good morning america" next week she will fill in for robin. the appearance set for wednesday october 10th. abc news is in discussions with the first lady for a similar guest appearance when her schedule allows. >>> mike is off today. meteorologist lisa argen bringing cool weather and morning fog. >>> that's right. i think today out of the next three will be the cloudiest and the foggiest otherwise marine layer mixes out in time for all the events around the bay. right now the sun up, 7:09, sets at 6:46. we are looking at plenty of grey as you head out this morning. temperatures have cooled off for valleys over the north bay, live doppler you can see that solid mass of low clouds and fog this morning. it is at a higher deck, we are not looking at the poor visibilities, three to four

, who is a huge supporter of president obama, of course it raises eyebrows. >> it was weinstein thation of the movie. i asked the director about that. >> it was not done i guess to play up the president's role or make him look particularly good? >> no, we don't pretend to get inside the president's head. harvey weinstein came into the editing room very early and wanted to get to the voracity of the story. >> and he says there's less footage of the president in the financial cut than in the earlier one. >> in the production of movies like this, is there often pressure to put in a subtle political slant? >> i've never seen that andive been on the faction, warner, and paramount lot. >> the timing of the release still wrangles some conservatives who have this to say. >> if it doesn't have a political agenda, and no political purposes, then simply put it off by two days. >> a spokesperson for national geographic says they have a deal with netflix to have it on november 5th and 6th, so they have to air it before november 5th. they deny any political motivations in relating the film on nove

team 6" is scheduled for november 4th produced by the weinstein company.mpaign contributor. >>> if you're a coffee nan nat tick, this is for you. a new study says drinking three or more cups of caffeinated coffee a day increases the risk of glaucoma. harvard researchers looked at more than 100,000 american men and women over the age of 40. they found that caffeinated soda, tea, chocolate or decaf has no affect on sight. >>> today millions of apple fans will mark the one-year anniversary of the death of steve jobs apple's co-founders. apple has had a record year. it is now the most valuable american company ever. apple ceo tim cook posted this letter on apple.com overnight paying tribute to jobs. he writes "our values originated from steve and his spirit will forever be the foundation of apple. we share the great privilege and responsibility of carrying his legacy into the future." >>> anderson cooper is striking back against star jones. she suggested that cooper reveals he's gay back in july in order to boost the ratings for his talk show. on thursday coop

team 6, the raid on osama bin laden is being produced by harvey weinstein.be seen on the national geographic channel. >> plenty of tough talk from republicans on immigration but not a word during the debate. coming up, courting the latino vote and what this crucial voting bloc wants to hear from the candidates. [ male announcer ] there's a better way... v8 v-fusion. vegetable nutrition they need, fruit taste they love. could've had a v8... >>> welcome back to "early start." 42 minutes past the hour. the latino vote will be critical come election day, both democrats and republicans furiously jockeying for their votes. some latino republicans are putting pressure on leaders in their own party, imploring them to do more outreach while focusing less on immigration. soledad o'brien has been following both parties for a year in nevada. >> i'm anderson cooper in las vegas. tonight, the presidential candidates come here to win the west. >> reporter: in october 2011, the republican presidential candidates rolled into town with their money and their message. >> herman

it's backed by harvey weinstein supporter of president obama.he national geographic channel said they wanted to get it aired before another big budget movie about the raid hits theaters. >>> i guess it wasn't phony afterall. scientists have changed their minds about two meteorite pieces found in novato. first they said it was a rock that fell on a woman's house. now they say yeah, it is part of a meteorite. the nasa affiliated meteor scientist says it's a piece from the meteor shower that exploded over the bay area last week. metal flecks that is a key sign of meteors found in a similar rock nearby led him to believe that both of the fragments were meteorites. >>> space shuttle endeavour officially goes on display next tuesday but these kids got a sneak peek at the retired shuttle. they were put through a simulated shuttle mission. they had a chance to see and touch some of the artifacts that were actually on board the endeavour. >>> continuing our coverage of the world series the detroit tigers fan is offering his home in exchange for playoff t

movie that chronicles the operation to get osama bin laden, produced by democratic supporter harvey weinstein told "the new york times" the changes to the film including adding more footage of the president not politically motivated. it will debut november 4th on the national geographic channel. >> tagg romney says he is sorry according to an obama campaign official. romney's son apologized to the president after the debate for telling a radio station he wanted to take a swing at him. the president accepted the apology. special delivery from vice president joe biden. there he is bringing a couple of pizzas to an obama for america campaign office in ohio. the volunteers ate is up. one of the women swooning over biden saying she drinks a cup of joe every morning. he told a story about how his mom once offered him a quarter to punch a bully in the nose, that is joe biden being biden. check this out. a silver calendar paperweight just sold at auction for $95,500. it was giventom defense secretary robert mcnamara after the cuban missile crisis by jfk and marks the date, october 1962. >>> now, if y

it's backed by charlie weinstein.y wanted to get the movie on the air before another larger budget movie hits theaters. there's also a new movie coming out about a new san francisco mavericks tell the story of jay moriarty. the -- a lot of the movie was -- movie was filmed along the coast of the -- here. >> i do remember us covering that story. >>> today, is a happy day for avid skiers and snowboarders. which resort has lifted its lift for the -- has opened its lift for the weekend. thirty-eight. schools. trouble, we all should help out. under thirty-eight they do. more a year. bucks. money for schools. every school dollar must be... spent on student learning. student wins. vote yes on thirty-eight. >>> today is opening day for skiers at borreal. this starting a couple of minutes at 9:00, one lift will open up for early season snowboarding and skiing. lift tickets $15 today, $35 for the rest of the weekend. >>> tactile and law enforcement teams from around the world are coming to alameda for a weekend security drill.

not little hollywood not the independent, not the brilliant producers like scott rudin and harvey weinsteinve broken the contract with the country. they are no longer giving us our soul, our social life, it's become fantasy and time travel and it's essentially marketed for kids all over the world. those movies are not even for us particularly. two third of the box office now is international. our movies have been defoliated of local color. >> are you suggesting they shouldn't make money? >> they can do it differently. they can play to small winners. or they can do what has been said. take down those upfront costs. clooney has done this. pay the directors $750,000. and then divide the take at the back end according to fixed percentages. everyone will get paid. if it's a hit you get an enormous payout. the initial layout will sob much cheaper that it might encourage you to take more interest to it. you're not spending $90 million on an ordinary movie. maybe 50. that's still a lot of money. it would make the system saner. it's a great idea. the trouble is the agents won't go for it because the

. >> isn't this a harvey weinstein film. that's who i want backing me. something >> it's true. he's a bull in a china shop but he's a great bull. >> he's passionate. >> can i ask you about phillip seymour hoffman. what so like to direct? >> you know, like having the keys to a good car. he's -- >> turn it on and let it go. >> he's very -- you know what? it depends on what part he's playing and this part he was -- you know you got call him the master on set every day so he was full of life and energy and fun and the life of the party. i've done films with him where it's not all laughs. >> what was the most one thing you learned from robert altman? >> how to giggle and give in. >> thank you. much success with "the master." that does it for us. we leave you this morning with a look back at what has been an incredible week with debates and much more. we hope you have a great, great weekend. i'm certainly looking forward to it. >> come back on monday. >> see you on monday. >> we're going to win florida, we're going take back the white house. >> for the queen t