you cannot take the giants out of him. i joined the military out of the bay area and i retired in west texas and i've been here ever since the last 17 yaers (ken) military give you a raise? haha no no no this is my giants this is what i want my giants yeah we found them, lots of giants fans who >>> so it is now a 2-1 series, and it was interesting tonight, there were a couple of times >>> a lot of giants fans came from the greater dallas/fort worth area and came from the bay area. there were definitely giants fans in the house. >> the exact minute the giants won their game, i got online and got my tickets. >> you might be able to take the san francisco out of san anglo texas, but you cannot take the giants out of him. >> i retired in west texas and have been here ever since, the last 17 years. >> did the military give you a razor, or what's going on here? >> no, no, no. this is my giants, what i want, my giants. >> we found them, lots of giants fans who made the track to the bay area, because this is the wind advisory. >> last chance for me at my wage to make it to the wind advisory and do i

by a dozen head of black angus cattle and as the sun set in only the way a west texas sunset can, i out two rings and put one on j.d.'s hand and asked him to spend the rest of his life with me. i would take the 13-year-old joel to election night in 2007 in a room filled with countless family and friends erupting in cheers when it became clear that i would win my first election so they could see the love and support for me that was in the room that night. and i would take the 13-year-old me to just a few days ago at baylor hospital to see our d dad -- our dad who's no longer the 40-year-old tough cowboy that he was when i was 13 who i thought would never understand me, but is now the 67-year-old dad, still a pretty tough cowboy, who's grown older. and the 13-year-old me would see me today holding my dad's weathered hand and seeing my dad as he woke up from his operation and him squeeze my hand and look up at me and say, joel, i'm so glad you're here today. and me say back to my dad, i am, too, daddy, i am, too. to those who are feeling very alone tonight, please know that i understan

. >> anthony armstrong, west texas a&m and ayed in the little known intense football league which is indoor football. but now he is a starter in the nfl because he is always ready too at game time. >> i like to get to the stadium early. i try to be there a good while early just so i can start my warmup. take me a little while to get the engine runnin i have a long process i go through in stretching and different exercises i do. earlier i get there the betr it is for me. i go out and run aap and go through a series of workouts. work up a good lather. get the feeling good by the time i'm done with that, donovan is getting there and start running routes. once i run my routes i'm de. go back in with 30 minutes to go. pregame song, kanye west "monster." i listen to that. that gets me hyped up before the game. get dressed and it is game time. pregame drills, trying to get everybody in unison one more time. getting everybody there together at once. you go there and do simple drills, loosened up. timing and spacing with the quarterback and rest of the offense. everything is slowly but surely

. >> your weather, stormy in west texas and hail the size of golf ball.ico to neff hef. windy with showers around detroit, pittsburgh, cleveland, buffalo and new york. >>> boston and new york city hover around 60-degree mark and noefrs cliems to 83. 50s in the twin cities, fargo and indianapolis, 64 in seattle, 71 in billings and 68 in colorado springs. >>> she has barbie doll good looks but may give g.i. joe a run for his money. >> a power packed right arm, 120 pounds the 14-year-old is an accomplished arm wrestler. and she just earned a spot as one of only two americans heading the arm wrestling world championship. >> molly's dad is out of work so she's selling candy and trying to come up with other ways to raise money for her trip. talk about having it all, beauty, brains and brawn. i watched her technique. >> are you inspired? >> the key is -- >> there it is. learn from molly. need to join in. >> let me win. he's so nice. >> would never do that. >> very strong. e we'll have you back soon let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i

gusty winds and flash flooding from san diego and los angeles, to vegas, phoenix, albuquerque, and west texas. thunderstorms also from houston to new orleans. scattered showers in south florida. and from d.c. to new york. light rain around detroit, chicago and green bay. >> it's 63 in the twin cities, 63 in omaha. and 67 in minneapolis. phoenix will warm up to 80. sacramento, 87. and salt lake city, 66 degrees. >>> and when we come back this morning, the author who is a best-seller again. a century after his death. >>> plus, what senate candidate christine o'donnell said that made a debate audience gasp. >>> and a twist on the dance floor. voters keep bristol palin, despite her low score. (announcer) if you think all batteries are the same, consider this: when a tornado tore through holly, colorado, air life denver took to the air... their night-vision goggles keeping them safe on a perilous flight... and powering those precision goggles--- is the only battery air life trusts: duracell. broad daylight or the darkest night... it just has to work. duracell. trusted everywhere. [ female announce

. >> i joined the bill area in the bay area and retired in west texas and been here ever since. >> did the military give you a raise or what is going on here? >> no, no,. this is my giants. this is what i want. my giants. >> we found them. lots of giants fans who made the trek from the bay area, because, hey, this is the world series. >> last chance in my age, to make it to the world series, and see the giants do it. >> ben baez and his daught -- daughter candice came here from all the way from rancho cordova. and they are waiting. >> i have been waiting for 58 years from over at field stadium when they played the first games there. >> we can wait another 50 years, right? >> no, no, no i don't want to do that. >> and for those who couldn't make it out here to texas, a big thank you from cody ross. >> i want to thank you you guys for all of the support you have given us throughout the year and it inspires us, and we're trying to do it for you guys. and we will take it back to san francisco. >> cody ross, nice enough to spend a little time with us exclusively on cbs 5. i might add. befor

severe storms across west texas with golf ball-sized hail from amarillo to el paso. rain from albuquerque to phoenix and vegas. showers later on from northern california into the pacific northwest. wet and windy from detroit into the ohio valley and upstate new york. >> a high of 58 in boston. 61 here in new york. 77 in atlanta. 80s from miami to dallas. mostly 50s across the midwest. phoenix gets up to 75. sacramento, 73. and salt lake city, 66. >>> and when we come back, apple takes the wrap off its newest product. >>> plus, paying more for the most important meal of the day. why cereal prices are going even higher. >>> and sarah palin, facing new heat. did she mistakenly desecrate the american flag? ♪ i hate suburbia and the bourgeoi-sie ♪ ♪ but i really love my bank ♪ i hate-- didn't quite catch that last bit. i said i really love my bank. right... is there a problem ? it's not really raging, man. uh, we were hoping for more raging ? well, you said write from the heart. yeah... don't do that. at ally, you'll love our online savings account. named the best of 2010

i write a little bit about the experiences that forced my character growing up in west texas being the son of a president meaning. oh i have missed that people like you didn't get the memo that movies are the things that have trailers right exactly and it looks like a lot of his p.r. folks were either like on to new jobs or on vacation because him in front of a black screen with a look at me with a messed up hair just doesn't work it's not becoming of an espresso here is my stuff but that man he quit drinking so he says but i want to i want to see what i'm doing now you know he may have had a few shots so i don't really feel all right a lot of this in itself but everybody that every time i've seen him since he left. that morning to me answer is like i don't care i don't want to hear about your drinking problem i don't want to know what it was like to be this son of a president because oliver stone already made all of us feel bad for you and i was movie w one of the on here about iraq i want to hear about your big decisions one of the big things that was coming out today was that his bi

. >>> massive hail hammered parts of west texas. take a look at this video.there and it made the roads look like driving ranges. the ice chunks fell near lubbock. it did do damage to the region's cotton crops and trucks on the road. bill karins has a bit more on this. can you imagine being outside and walking in that? >> actually, there was a picture a couple of months ago with a jogger who was jogging and had no shelter, and he had welts all over his body. >> this morning, texas is still the center of our weather. that's where we have severe thunderstorm warnings. the worse of it right now, san angelo, abilene. look at the strong falls, pushing through wichita falls. further to the north, another complex of rain, some isolated storms, that's going to move into chicago here shortly. look for about a three or four-hour period of soggy, gloomy weather in peoria, springfie springfield. thunderstorms just outside of central. also, that heavy rain is moving up towards milwaukee and green bay for a soggy saturday for you. we have tropical storm richard out there ri

ments massive hail hammering parts of west texas. you'll see golf ball-sized hail. the huge ice chunks fell right near lubbock. the hail cost damage to the cotton crops. for a look at today's forecast, we'll go to bill karens. >>> good saturday morning to you. we are watching tropical storm richard. who days ago there was a chance it could head near florida, but that's no longer the case. it is pretty much etched in storm it will stay further to the south down near nicaragua and honduras. it will head for baa lee in the days ahead. it will be so close to land it won't become a hurricane and should dissipate over mexico. when it gets into the gulf, it doesn't look favorable to redevelop. that's good. all the action is away from the united states. tropical storm richard is a problem for honduras or belize, but not the u.s. >>> we have two huge storms through the middle of the country bringing rain for chicago and areas of wisconsin early this morning. and thunderstorms down near oklahoma and texas. then a monster storm on the west coast with strong, gusty winds, high

growing up in west texas. being the son of a president. quitting drinking at age 40.e the path that led me into politics and ultimately to make one of the toughest decisions of my life, quitting drinking at age 40. and i describe the heroism of september 11th, 2001. 9/11 changed the course of history. and led to the hardest decision any president can make, quitting drinking at age 40. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: good for him. you know, he quit drinking at age 40 so -- [ applause ] started right back up about an hour before he made that video i think. some more terrific news out of afghanistan. yesterday, "the new york times" reported that afghan president hamid karzai, who the united states backed thinking he'd be a good ally for us, has been receiving plastic bags full of money from the government of iran. which i think is a conflict of interest kind of, right? one bag reportedly contained as much as $6 million in cash. that had to be -- couldn't be a zip look for that much money. karzai's aides initially denied the story. today, he himself admitted that yes, iran does gi

west champion texas rangers host the wild card new york yankees tonight in arlington. sabathia, 21-7 in the regular season takes on the rangers' c.j. wilson, a 15-game winner. >>> in the national league, it will be two of baseball's best pitchers in game one tomorrow night. san francisco ace tim lens come goes against the phillies' roy halladay who threw a no-hitter to start the playoffs. the giants arrived in philadelphia last night and will spend today getting ready to take on the defending league champions. >>> and when we return, another look at this morning's top stories and the faulty foreclosure crisis. disturbing details about shoddy paperwork. ♪ triple-chocolate-swirl brownie? ♪ [ sk sampler ] crunchy, berry, nutty, chocolatey goodness? [ female announcer ] when watching your weight, the more options you have, the more likely you are to stay on track. special k® cereals. in nine delicious flavors like red berries, chocolatey delight and fruit & yogurt. ' cause variety equals victory. taste all nine. did you know up to 50% of new cavities form between teeth, in

gusty winds and flash flooding from san diego and los angeles to vegas, phoenix, albuquerque and west texastoes, so to speak. there is always, you can't leave them for ten seconds because he'll climb up the furniture, up the stairs and open the ovens or finding knives. >> reporter: welcome to the utopian land of the do it all dad. sweden. here, the government gives both mom and dad equal parental leave. more fathers, 85%, take more time off when baby arrives here than anywhere else in the world. swedish men say their bosses expect them to take so-called daddy leave, and it would be frowned upon if they didn't. i admit i have a bit of a personal interest in this story. if i had this baby in sweden my husband and i could split up to 14 months off of work, jobs guaranteed at 80% of our salaries and get this, dads have to take at least two months or they forfeit the pay. in the u.s., some lucky dads can take a week off unpaid but there are no specific guarantees of paid parental leave for either mom or dad. i wondered, how much can american dads learn from the super swedes? >> being a dad is no

giants now two wins away from their first championship since moving west in 1958. texas coming off a series victory over the yankees. watch this. see this? you know this isn't going your way. hits the fence but bounces back. >> ground rule double? >> no, ball is in play. matt cain, again. anyway, matt cain got out of trouble. nobody scored till edgar renteriaiacs one out. the san francisco giants, just that ball bouncing, you have a feeling, this is going to be their year juan uribe cluck hit. there it is. 2-0 san francisco. matt cain, big, big ovation, taken out after 7. 4 hits. no runs. not allowed a tally in 21 post season innings. bottom of the 8. poor texas. their bullpen falls apart. starts walking everybody. edgar renteria two run single. rowand, left for dead, making $13 million a year, sitting the bench. second half of the season. he gets a chance. two run double. 8-0. sanchez who pitches on saturday and cain having a good laugh here. mota pitches and jeff francoeur flies out. bruce bochy and the giants in dominant fashion win 9-0. game three, saturday in texas.

storm chasers in west texas ran into tennis ball sized hail i don't know if you can here in this video but you can see it. massive hailstones. it's crazy. not far from texas reporters they as a state trooper had managed minor damage due to the tail. football games were delayed. cotton cropone witness said 2 if rain fell in just minutes. we will take a break back with more in a moment. a live look inside and shot westbound 80 making right through albany traffic westbound 80 making right through albany traffic moving without much delay. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] new real fruit smoothies from mccafé have taken center stage at mcdonald's. spun from real fruit -- in strawberry banana and wild berry. experience the intense and spectacular burst of fruit, starting at just $2.29. the simple joy of real fruit smoothies. ♪ looks like a live shot of the toll plaza traffic headed from richmond. get but not bad >> rain showers are passing through the bay area drying out of it today forecast for the second wave tonight and tomorrow then looking at more in the way of rain. that will be the big wall lot.

again, stormy for texas with severe weather working its way through much of west central texas rightow. be careful, i know it's early in the morning and you want to run your errands, but wait until the severe weather passes before you do that. let's take a check on richard. the storm bearing down on honduras right now. this storm could produce 3 to 5 inches of rain for honduras, guatemala, belize, and parts of mexico. if you are traveling to this part of the country, i would say watch out, there's going to be a lot of cancellations for flights. not affecting areas to the north, though, just yet. and it may dissipate. that's good news. stay tuned, we have a lot more coming up on cnn saturday morning. >>> 16 minutes past the hour now. usually you got all kinds of other things on your mind in the voting booth. you know your future, things like that. but you've got to be worried about what you're wearing, guys, when you go to connecticut. linda mcmahon, as you know, the candidate for the senate there and the state of connecticut. and she is -- okay. you see some wwe stuff. guys, i think

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of that, you're talking about in the west texas area, when i was in charge , we had it coming through the laredo area, the same drugs we're talking about from puerto rico going over that far west and coming up north and continuing, and then it goes on out into the san diego area and california and does the exact same thing, tony. >> what's next in this investigation? would you expect some of those arrested officers to begin speaking and talking and giving up some of the information that they have on this? >> well, i don't think the fbi's changed for a bit, tony. that's what they're going to be looking for now is more information because even though this is a vast number, 130-something people in higher up ranks, that's just the icing on the cake there. there's a lot more going on. they are going to be looking to talk to these people for information as to what's going on because the next group is right behind them and seeing if they can prevent that from going any further. >> don, thanks for your time. >> always a pleasure. >>> the toll of america's longest war

as you head out the door this morning, in west texas, we're concerned about the storms.e-per-hour wind. that moves into central texas in the afternoon, over the next couple of days. on the west coast, there's a brand-new rainy system that moves in. on the east coast, there's a brand-new cold front that drops down and makes it chilly and all that weather was brought to you by advil. robin? >>> and the judds. the lady judds. >> i like how that sounds. i always wanted to be a jud. five-time grammy award-winning, mother/daughter icons are here. naomi, wynonna. reuniting for the first time in ten years. the farewell reunion tour. that's what they're calling it. they're going to perform, don't worry. in a moment. first, they talk about what it's like to get back together. and wynonna's latest cd. i think you just saw it. it's called love heals. >> amen. >> can i get an amen? >> don't you know. >> i do know. you know my momma. it's great to see you both. >> you are a friend. >> it's great to be out of the house. >> what she means is off the bus. we have separate buses for this

>>> the first pitch in arlington, texas takes place just before:00 p.m. west coast time. major league baseball are hoping earlier start time will bring in more viewers, especially younger fans. just a reminder, you don't have to budge. you can watch game three of the world series right here on ktvu channel 2. fox coverage begins at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon. >>> some fans who thought they bought world series tickets never made it into the ballpark. instead, they were ripped off, victims of scam artists. police say they bought from private sellers online, only to be turned away when they showed up to the game. some people paid as much as $1,000 for those bogus tickets. >>> a teenager from tracy is scheduled to testify against a man accused of torturing him as he was held ptive more than a year. anthony waiters is charged with false imprisonment and torture.

le-digit heat across the west, albuquerque basking in lots of sunshine talking about heat from west texas right. now let's take a look at your weekend weather. >> all right. that's your weather at this hour. rebecca, i'll be practicing my air guitar wind mills. >> i love it. thank you so much. up next, we are going to have a fashion show right here on the plaza. two looks, which one is the designer. which one is for less? that's all coming up on "the early show." stick with us. plus two entrees equals chili's $20 dinner for two. share one of five appetizers, like our famous texas cheese fries. then choose two freshly prepared entrees from 14 chili's favorites, like our chicken crispers with new sweet & smoky sauce, our new slow-smoked honey chipotle baby back ribs, or grilled all-white meat chicken fajitas served over a bed of sizzling peppers and onions. grab a friend and get one appetizer plus two entrees with chili's $20 dinner for two. but my allergies put me in a fog. so now, i'm claritin clear! claritin works great on all my allergies like dust, mold, pollen, or pets without making

storms, they will be in west texas, oklahoma, new mexico where they were yesterday and spread a little east today so dallas is involved in this. san angelo, oklahoma city and dodge city. there were about five tornadoes reported yesterday. it's likely we'll see some today and again with some of that baseball-size hail. quick look at the big chill this morning from detroit to cincinnati to nashville. can you believe early morning temperatures got into the 30s into the nashville area as far south as that? those will warm up during the day. and we have all of america's weather, including a little bit on tropical storm richard, coming up in the next half hour, live from houston. >> sam, thank you. >>> this morning, an alarming report from the cdc, about the skyrocketing number of people with diabetes. dr. richard besser is here to break it down for us and tell us what it means for our health. give us the details. >> i read an early copy of the report. it is staggering. the cdc estimates that by 2050, one in three americans will have diabetes and all of the complications that go with that. c

watch it through sections of west texas. and into northwest texas as well.nto the northeast and the great lakes and the ohio valley today. meanwhile, in the caribbean we are watching look at this tropical depression 19. it may become hurricane richard. we'll keep an eye on it. grand cayman you're going to see rough weather, jamaica. where will it go? spaghetti goes all over the place like a 2-year-old eating a pasta dinner. we don't know at this point. that's a quick look. did you like that analogy? thank you very >>> this weather report sponsored by chrysler. >>> got a great crowd out here. see you again at 8:30 or so. weather picture at the top of the hour. >>> up next wouldn't you love to sleep like a baby? not so easy as we get older, but this morning we have tips on getting more shut eye. you're watching the "early show" on cbs. hey, parker, want to race home? bet i could beat you there. [ male announcer ] with its 43 safety features, like the parkview rear back-up camera... hi, sweetie. there you are. [ male announcer ] ...electronic vehicle informatio

doria >> star and chaser in west texas area, ran into those tennis size excuse me 10 this size balls hell. listen to those, >> yet, being pelted like little cannonballs is that not crazy? this happen not too far away from lubbock texas, i would imagine you should not be out there, but storm chasers this is what they do. they're all gathered out there, and here we are in october at looking for some right to take cover. >> father is that going on also nasa to reporting or water on the moon covered than they ever expected. that's our crushed a satellite into the move last year, it turns out that impact kicked up 41 gal. of ice and water vapor. about as much as a washing machine would lose for a load. it is almost twice as much of the researchers expected to find. nasa expects there could be billions of gallons of water in the crater of a loan. >> and our away from lindsay low and going back to court, apparently she is joined to confess to failing a drug test, she confessed on quarter. this time it will be at the superior court, she has been to court five times now the judge will determi

will happen this week, it's going settle in across the southern california, new mexico and maybe west texas for the next number of days, and not all of that bad of news. take a look at the temps today. warm across parts of texas into arkansas and you warm up nicely and a little cooler than yesterday. across the northern tier and take a look at your temps for tomorrow. we are going to continue to see things cool down a little bit up across parts of the north and up to 54 tomorrow in denver and 61 in new york city. >> all right, guys. >> all right. thank you so much, rick. a new study out this morning, and i don't know if it's one of the no duh studies or not. >> a new study out this morning, have couples grow older you become more ignorant. couples 18 to 32 year old range. what meals you like, favorite food and as they got older in the 60, 70-year-old range, i don'ten what mom likes to eat anymore, they can't figure it out anymore. >> this is from the university of-- indiana university professor and professor-- they studied 16 different couples, some young newlyweds as clayton said. some old

>> we do have some showers and thunderstorms, a risk of strong orms, west texas into parts of the southwest. we're looking at large winds, damaging hail, and an upper level low spinning around, bringing more moisture to southern california, rainfall amounts generally along the west coast, through parts of albuquerque and down to el paso, >>> here's a very foggy view of san jose this morning. in fact planes taking off to the south out of san jose airport, changing the flight pattern. may see some delays at san jose airport. let's show you what's going on in terms of the temperatures today. mainly 60s to low 70s for most of the inner part of the bay area. the warm spots will be out by livermore, mid to upper 70s around the tri-valley. tomorrow clouds fill in. chance of rain comes back for thursday night into friday. more rain due in especially for the second half of the weekend. >> and that's your latest weather. >>> now to that sad news out of hollywood on tuesday, tom bosley, lost his battle with cancer at the age of 83. >> whenever you do something exciting on television, you become famous

we look out to the west, we've got a risk of some strong storms stretching from new mexico into west texas from amarillo down to sanderson and out to roswell. we have showers and thunderstorms already firing up. rainfall amounts generally about one to two inches. especially in northern texas on into oklahoma and here in the east we've got a cool front moving through. that will bring showers into the northeast. rainfall amounts generally an inch to two inches of rain. bigger deal is the temperatures. temperatures anywhere from five to ten degrees below normal. normal. that's what's >>> here's a look at san francisco right now. clouds overhead and plenty of clouds that upon keep the temperatures down for most of the day. game tim is close to 60 and may have a few sprinkles heading towards the evening thanks to the system you see that brings in a chance of showers late or tonight. temperatures looking at upper 60s and low 60s in oakland and north bay in the 60s and for the weekend, keep the umbrella nearby come sunday. moderate rain moves through the bay area. now to the voice mail left for a

we forecast the average price of west texas intermediate crude will be about $80 per barrel, which is $2.50 per barrel or 6 cents per gallon, higher than it was last winter. we expect this will show up in heating oil prices. one note is that the projected average cost of crude oil the u.s. refiners will be higher than the wti price, so the price will be 8 cents higher compared to the 6 cents higher just for wti. we have heard a presentation on global oil markets, and some other quick notes. oecd mentors for commercial stocks tend to be high, but flooding will has been declining somewhat. we expect world oil prices to continue to rise as global economic growth, led by asian economies, is rebounding from where we had been globally in the last couple years. this leads to higher global demand for oil and products. we expect opec production to increase over the next year or two to cover increases in global demand for oil, which should keep prices from rising dramatically. we expect heating oil prices, u.s. residential prices that averaged $3.60 per gallon this winter, which is 23 cents per

west. your forecast today, minneapolis, chicago, down to texas looks just fine. cool and chillier today. we'll watch out for that heavy rain down in south florida. that's a look at your wednesday forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. there's a chance of stronger storms near cincinnati today, maybe even areas of west virginia cld get a strong storm or two. could get some small hail would be the biggest minneapolis, 64 and sunny, a great day for you along with salt lake city. enjoy. thomas, we're going to talk about a stormy thursday and friday coming up. >> okay, bill. talk soon. >>> encouraging signs for the tech sector and you need a gift idea? we have a perfume with quite a twist to tellou about. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, who david arquette is blaming for his split from courtney cox. you mig be surprised. >>> historic hits for the range and the big three is now down to one after another injury. you're watching "early today." >> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm thom roberts. here are some of your top he

central part of the country, one storm is bringing severe weather this morning, and just to the west of texas, a severe thunderstorm watch until 1:00 o'clock this afternoon, and heavy rain up toward the north areas like chicago and get ready for a blockbuster storm, pulling in across northern california toward washington and that storm, guys, will have big implications for a lot of people this week. >> thank you. coming up on the show, when this 15-year-old sports announcer he will make a call even though he cannot see the field. oh, i'll get them to eat veggies. "how?" you ask. i have a way. it's deliciously clever. and they'll be none the wiser. new prego veggie smart sauce gives them 50% of their daily recommended amount of veggies. [laughter] be smart. veggie smart. you'll never go back to your old mop. [ funny voice ] hey, mop! wanna suck up dirt and grime like swiffer wetjet? then try the absorb-a-straw! now you're gettin' it. [ female announcer ] sorry, mop, but swiffer wetjet has a dirt dissolving solution and super absorbent pads that trap and lock dirty water deep inside the gradien

west are warming up nicely. mid-80's through oklahoma and texas. some of this warmth is coming here for sunday. we are still in the 60's. we will be -- there is a combination of low pressure and south -- high pressure. the wynns mold -- winds will be stronger. clouds are gone and the sun is shining. on top of that, warmer wind pushing as up to about 70. a nice day and temperatures about 70 degrees. an ideal weekend. sunny and breezy. 65 tomorrow. maybe highs of 70 or 72 for sunday. i will make mention of the weather for sunday night. it will be in the 50's. partly sunny and pleasant weather on tuesday and showers on wednesday. >>> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving it forward. >> who is more distracting? it is a toss of but we will see. if you are a wizard's fan and upset about gilbert arenas faking an injury, you are not alone. he was fined $50,000. he admitted faking a knee injury so that his teammates could get more playing time. last night, gil did not see too much playing time. in his official return, he played three minutes and left the game with a

here we are in arlington, texas, 20 minutes west of dallas. the cowboys stadium is right here.we are here at the ballpark. let's get to the giants. they were on the field about 90 minutes ago. just a light workout. at this point in the playoffs, everyone is pretty exhausted. you are running on fumes and adrenaline. the giants are here and it's that whole deal, just cool, calm and collected. in theory, they've been playing the pressure situations for the last few weeks, not just in the playoffs. the giants ready to go while the texas rangers still stunned about what's happening in the series. it's a special homecoming for one of the giants' biggest stars. we're talking about aubrey huff. here he is on the field tonight, this evening, very special why? because he grew up just about 60 minutes away from where we are, in a small town called mineral wells, went to high school at nearby ft. worth. aubrey huff, raised by a single mother after his father was murdered. he put his energy into sports, into baseball and basketball. they didn't have much money growing up. he was a sports st

weather is back here towards kansas and we have pretty good storms that separates texas into oklahoma. as far as the west coast goes, traveling out there yesterday, not many problems. a front goes through the northwest with showers. as far as the wet weather goes, it's right with this weak storm system through kansas and oklahoma. the white out here is lightning strikes. there's a lot of active lightning heading down through sherman, texas. dallas, only showers for you. oklahoma city, you look okay, also. as far as the temperatures go, it's a warm day. it's going to be very mild this afternoon. highs today, about 85 degrees in d.c., charlotte, raleigh, all the way down to atlanta. chance of a thunderstorm or two and showers in dallas. another mild day. not quite as warm, but mild from minneapolis to chicago. even in new england, we're going to be sunny. it's amazing how warm it's continuing. we keep waiting for once you get to the mid to late fall, you can get frofts and freezes. we start talking about our first snows here, but we're not even close to that. >> traders await the next step from the fed. th

. >> how cows are making one texas suburb look like the wild west. ay, october 14th. >> you grew up in texas is that your neighborhood? >> i really hope not. it's gone crazy. always a pleasant morning topic isn't it? >> yes. good morning, everybody, i'm rob nelson. >> i'm vinita nair. what a good morning for the 33 miners and everyone around the world who watched their amazing rescue. >> just after midnight this morning, the last man, a rescuer himself, was pulled to the surface above the san jose mine. it was the final act of what has been a month's long drama. >> diana alvear was there. and joins us now. good morning, diana. >> reporter: vinita, rob, good morning. after the planning and the preparation and the precautions and the test runs, it's amazing to be able to say all 33 miners are finally free after more than two months under ground. less than 24 hours after it started, the rescue was complete. meticulously planned and precisely executed. >> we have experienced a night that we will never forget. full of emotion. full of joy. >> reporter: it

the first pitch in arlington, texas, will take place just before 4:00 p.m. west coast time. major league baseball and the fox tv network are behind the shift. they hope the earlier start time will attract more viewers. check the game right here on ktvu channel 2. coverage begins at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. >>> a hazmat on the peninsula. chopper 2 is on the way. >>> a lot of excitement this morning at a bart station. >>> the bay area is right on the edge of a storm front. some areas may get rain today, some may not. we'll tell you if you'll see showers in your neighborhood. also -- >>> some people will say it's for sympathy. >> this is for the public to see who i am. i'm not asking for any sympathy at all. the fbi is trying to track down the person that fired shots at the marine corp. museum overnight. investigators say the same person might be responsible for three similar incidents recently, including an earlier shooting at the museum and shots fired at the pentagon and a marine recruiting center. the fbi say the first three shootings were connected and the fourth could be.

known about and which i really enjoyed writing about was the one from louisiana and texas to california and the entire west coast. tavis: you tell this wonderful story through the individual stories of three people which i'll get to in just a second. but i'm curious at the outset what made you devote so much time and attention to this particular subject matter. >> well, i'm a daughter of a great migration, as really the majority of african-americans that you meet in the north and west are products of the great migration. it's that massive. and many of us owe our very existence to the fabt that people migrated. and my own family's case, my mother migrated from georgia, from rome, georgia, to washington, d.c., and my father migrated from southern virginia to washington, d.c., where they met, married and here i am. and had it not been for the great migration i wouldn't exist. and yet i felt that the story wasn't really being told from the perspective of the people who had lived this. we didn't know why they left or how they made the decision to leave. what were their lives like before they left? how did they

texas. just to the west of dallas. now, these storms are on the move.ugh the rain's kind of i would say spotty right now, look for heavier thunderstorms to roll on through the city later this afternoon. and the areas you see highlighted in red, counties near san angelo, texas, flash flood warnings. some of the roads this morn having been impassable due to water coming down. we even had hail an inch and a quarter in diameter. and northward into oklahoma, if you're leaving oklahoma city, driving eastward on i-40, you're going to encounter wet weather. for those traveling, there's wet weather in the midwest affecting chicago. thunderstorms rolling from the southwest. all of this rain is likely to affect air travel. the only delay we have right now for those flying right now, san francisco, that's where we're reporting delays. overall still look agent stormy conditions across the nation's midsection. let's het hed down to the tropic. tropical storm richard an active hurricane season for 2010. notice the burst of convection. this storm has intensified a bit

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districts you see they are in red states and swing states, in places like ohio, indiana, texas, tennessee, westlaces where you get more moderate democrats who are more often prolife, who are opposed to the president's health care bill, opposed to his cap and trade plan for global warming. so the net effect is if republicans do very, very well, you could be looking at a wipeout for democrats in regions like the south and midwest, then the question is this: who comes back to washington next in the democratic caucus and it's probably going to be these people who are more like nancy pell and less like the blue dogs in jeopardy now. jenna: we talk about moderate democrats, some of the southern states you mentioned, are these moderate democrats going to vote at all, i mean, will they come and vote for a republican or are they sort of uninspired and not looking to vote this year? >> you can take a great example down in louisiana, where you have in the third district, which is the charlie mellasau runs against david vitter, that's 2-1 democratic registration down there but the republican candidate look