and what is wfaa's excuse? according to the letter i received from their sales manager, quote, here's an explanation of what happened. i can't explain why it happened. (laughter) i can. they're trying to silence you, nation. are you going to take it? >> no! >> stephen: wfaa, i call on you to air our ad tomorrow on a prime spot like good morning america. it will be a dose of hard truth between segments on keeping your pet happy and cocktails inspired by dancing with the stars. (laughter) because folks, this right here is clearly an elaborate nefarious conspiracy by wfaa, unless, this is really an elaborate nefarious conspiracy by me! (applause) think about it. think about it, folks. put it together. mark cuban comes on my show the same night my superpac gets an anonymous donor. then suddenly my superpac makes a tv commercial about the nba lockout, that-- were cuban paying for the ad would violate nba commissioner david stern's gag order and remember that's a basketball gag. (laughter) so the question is, the que

the crack news team of wfaa. talking about anchor ron corning, greg fields on weather and alexa conomos on traffic. channel 8, dallas news ader has won seven peabody awards, two edward r. murrow awards and 20 regional emmy awards just last year alone. 20! five more and they get a free foot long. (laughter) basketball's in your court guys. we'll be right back. >> stephen: thank you very much, well come back, everybody. my guest tonight is a musical legend whose new book is called my song. which is great because i have a song called my book. please welcome harry belafonte. (cheers and applause) lovely to meet you. what a pleasure to you have on. >> what a pleasure to be on, at least, to be on stephen colbert. i can't believe it. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: would you like a moment to drink me in. >> yes. >> stephen: now you're an artist and an activist. your 1956 album call insurance so made you the first-- calypso made you the first art tois sell over a million albums. you have a tony, emmy, national medal of

the crack news team of wfaa. talking about anchor ron corning, greg fields on weather and alexa conomos on traffic. channel 8, dallas news leader has won seven peabody awards, two edward r. murrow awards and 20 regional emmy awards just last year alone. 20! five more and they get a free foot long. (laughter) basketball's in your court guys. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] a batman: arkham city bundle, some slim jim monster sticks, and...a steel cable. [ cellphone rings ] hello? did you get batman: arkham city yet? yeah, i'm so more batman than you. not true. you won't believe where i'm about to zip-line into. no, i won't believe it. ahhhhh... [ thud ] did you try to zip-line into my apartment? [ crickets chirping ] why? [ male announcer ] rated t for teen. get batman: arkham city with a bonus copy of batman: arkham asylum only at walmart. the fastest way to play. ford fusion hybrid emerges as the clear fuel economy leader over camry hybrid. kimberly? the fusion hybrid holds a 10 mile per gallon advantage

and tomorrow morning, we are debutting this commercial, which will run in dallas on abc affiliate wfaa during good morning, texas, which is running between good morning america, and shooting guns in the air with rusty. jim? >> the nba season is dying. and commissioner david stern is doing nothing to save it. but mavericks owner mark cuban has a game-changing solution. >> just replace the salary cap with a punitive luxury tax in lieu of the dollar for dollar fine bringing both player closer to the proceedsed pri. >> finally a simple plan to bring the contractual rock to the arbitrated rim. you heard about this plan? because david stern has placed mark cuban under a gag order. what is stern hiding? starting now colbert superpac stands behind mark cuban who may or may not stand behind us. we must speak for him. call your local sports radio and say, i am mark cuban. >> i am mark cuban. >> yo so, mark cuban. >> i am mark cuban. >> -- responsible for the content of this advertising, made possible by a generous donation of colbert superpac. >> stephen: yes. (cheers and applause) yes, ladies a

we want to thank our dallas affiliate, wfaa. there it is right there. they won't forget. at this hour, sfpd has montgomery street shutdown between california and sacramento expect delays in that area. california cable car suspended service at this time too. avoid the area if you can. >>> good morning. a lot of sun this afternoon. a few high clouds now that's the warm air coming in that bill bring us into the low to mid 80s. 50s and 60s

you're looking at affiliate pictures wfaa. this is a fire that is growing. this is at a chemical plant. this is out of waxahachie, texas. a fire broke out about 11:00 this morning, we are told. you can just see what kind of condition the billowing smoke, black smoke and fire that's spreading. there is an elementary school nearby. they're keeping those kids inside because of what looks like a very ominous and dangerous situation. we'll have more about this chemical fire, talk to our own chad meyers about it after the break. americans are always ready to work hard for a better future. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ >>> want to bring you back to this chemical fire that we are watching. this is a dangerous situation here. i want to b

look at this video coming in from wfaa, our affiliate there.re live pictures of this chemical manufacturing plant that's on fire in waxahachie, texas. we spoke with neil white, the editor at "the waxahachie daily" there and he said a college has been evacuated nearby. you can see why as you look at this plume of smoke coming to us as well from ktvt. the fire is growing, he said. they've already evacuated navarro college and wedgeworth elementary and also a nursing facility has been given evacuation orders. this is a major industrial fire that seems to be growing and we will continue to watch it for you around bring you the very latest there from texas. >>> moving on now, michael jackson was already clinically dead when he arrived at ucla medical center. that's what an er doctor who tried to revive the pop star testified in court on friday. and today we are hearing more from dr. richelle cooper in the conrad murray trial. she says dr. murray never told her about the propofol in jackson's system. something both paramedics who were first on scene

we want to thank our dallas affiliate, wfaa. there it is right there. they won't forget., except for days when permits have been issued for other events. >>> michele obama led hundreds kids in jumping jacks outside white house yesterday. this was the start of an attempt record for thed doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period. it seems like they are doing well. >>> now on to the roads with baden. we had two separate racks at george washington parkway. i have a couple of pictures for you. to our camera across street bridge with the normal backup into town. next camera we go into maryland, 270.bound on look get father hurley boulevard. the beltwaymera is at river road. >>> there are more showers down the south. of rain from winchester andapproaching charlestown the blue ridge. here is the rain approaching richmond. will continue to march northward. today in the 60's. >>> thank you. thank you for watching. >>> thank you. thank y[ female announcer ] can a health insurance company be ahead of the curve and stilill completely behind you? dave thinks so. he's putting two kids thr

we want to thank our dallas affiliate, wfaa. there it is right there. they won't forget.t over we are at 57 bel air. 60 from chesterin totown and rock hall and back towards glen burnie and feel the uniform conditions and regional. leftover hours near aberdeen but the bulk of it pushed up to the north a good chunk of rain redeveloping across virginia and embedded heavier showers lifting to north and swinging through giving us a chance of return of maybe storms this afternoon. we will highlight that during the early to mid afternoon hours and another surge overnight. and this is the first wave of this system. there will be a break tomorrow and another surge of rain redeveloping with more storms tomorrow evening overnight and lingering showers on friday. today however we are looking for temperatures to remain fairly steady a slow climb to 66. and periods of rain some heavy with a thunderstorm and winds at 10 to 20 miles per hour breezy overnight with heavier storms. down to 60. overall an inch, inch and a half rain as the on and off showers continue. 70 or low 70s. for the b

now, according to one local report, again, from wfaa, this was one reporter that was flying over theicopter and he said he saw a man on a forklift, trying remove containers away from this massive fire, but the fire moved so quickly, it actually engulfed a fire truck at the scene when firefighters were responding, so that goes to your point, jon, we were saying look, we don't have control over the shot but we don't see emergency responders and you said maybe they're trying to decide what to do next. jon: you can see the potential problem on that rail spur line there, at the lower part of the screen. i'm guessing our affiliate, and we thank kdfw for bringing these amazing and tremendous pictures, they are focusing on those tank cars because those tank cars very well could include the same kinds of chemicals that are already on fire, and if they do, you've got, you know, high pressure containment, you've got the steel walls of a tank car, and very potentially explosive material inside. and i'm not saying that i know that those tank cars have explosives, potential, inside them, but based

the bill is going to go wfaa governor martin oh formally. for his where you lineup in the districts, go to our website. we have a map of the old districts and then the new ones once they are approved by lawmakers for consumer news for you this morning the fda says the deadly listeria outbreak in cantaloupe was probably caused by pools of water on the floor and dirty equipment on the colorado farm. the agent found positive listeria samples on the equipment at jenson farm. the farm had recently purchased used equipment. so far 25 people have died and 123 have been sickened by the outbreak. >>> a voluntary recall of bag salads this morning because of possible salmonella contamination. taylor farms has recalled 3200 cases of salad. no illness has been reported and the products include those with a best buy date from october 18 to october 21. the bags were distributed across the united states but none in maryland up to now. >>> severe weather across the south has many in clean up mode this morning. we are going to head down to florida, where peop