>> going to be in wichita.nd it's going to be just like it's been for the past 84 years. >> reporter: all that lobbying paid off. boeing was awarded the $3.5 billion last february. no one here heard another word until november when boeing suddenly announced it was rethinking its plans. the company decided its production costs in wichita were too high. it was moving the tanker work out of kansas to other u.s. plant and was closing its wichita operation next year. do you feel duped? >> well, you can't help but feel that way because the fact-- you know, by 2013, i'll have 2100 workers that are out there that are trying to figure out what's going to happen in the future. >> reporter: plus 7500 jobs that never came here. >> plus 7500 jobs that will not come here. >> reporter: brewer, who worked for boeing for 20 years, would love an explanation from his old company. trouble is, no one's returning his calls. jim axelrod, cbs news, wichita, kansas. >> pelley: air force one was built in wichita. snow hein seattle. a ra

jim axelrod, cbs news, wichita, kansas. >> pelley: air force one was built in wichita.now storm in seattle-- a rare storm blankets the northwest when the cbs news continues. >> pelley: people in the pacific northwest woke up today to a distinct change in the weather. heavy snow began falling overnight, and it's already broken records for this date. in olympia and at seattle's airport. ben tracy is in seattle to tell us what's behind the rare snowstorm. >> reporter: a city normally used to drowning in rain is now covered in snow. even four inches is enough to wreak havoc in a place with few plows and salt trucks. seattle's buss have found themselves in need of a lift, and its steeps hills are now only fit for snowboards and sleds. further south in olympia, more than a foot of snow has fallen, forcing morning commuters improvise. how is this walk to work compared to your normal walk to work? >> it's slower. ( laughs ) >> reporter: in an entire winter, celtics normally gets eight inches of snow. cca stevenson is keefe meteorologist at kiro, our cbs affiliate in celtics. re

the company decided its production costs in wichita were too high.was moving the tanker work out of kansas to other u.s. plants and was closing its wichita operation next year. do you feel duped? >> well, you can't help but feel that way because the fact -- by 2013 i'll have 2100 workers that are out there that are trying to figure out what's going to happen in the future. >> plus 7500 jobs that never came here. >> plus 7500 jobs that will not come here. >> brewer, would worked for boeing for 20 years, would love an explanation from his old company. trouble is, no one is returning his calls. jim axelrod, cbs news, wichita, kansas. >>> the transportation security administration has apologized to two ailing elderly women who say they were strip-searched by tsa agents at new york's kennedy airport. but the women say that is not good enough. in a letter, a homeland security official admits tsa screeners violated some standard procedures, but it goes on to say there is "no evidence to support the claims that tsa employees conducted strip searches of any p

he never got the attention, because he lived in wichita. done any of this in los angeles, it would have been a different story. >> even more chilling, btk threatened he was bearing down on murder victim number eight. >> he said he was stalking the victim right now. he picked his next victim. he indicated how he was going to kill that person. and then the last sentence was, maybe it's you. >> he was trying to frighten people? >> oh, definitely. and he succeeded. >> it turned out the wichita police had been intentionally denying btk publicity for some time. profilers had warned them against caving in to the killer's demands for attention, on the grounds that if he got it, he'd kill again. but that tactic clearly hadn't worked. btk kept on killing anyway. now, faced with the strangler's written threat to take yet another life the police abruptly changed strategy. >> at that point we need to step up and say, yes, we recognize you as btk, and we do have a serial killer here. >> so police chief lamunyon and news director ron loewen appeared on tv

one hundred sixty people will have to look elsewhere for work although if you know anything about wichita there really isn't anywhere else to look and some of those jobs are going to be going to other factories in other areas but here's what the company says in a statement it said in this time of defense budget reductions as well as shifting customer priorities boeing has decided to close its operations in wichita to reduce costs increase efficiencies and drive competitiveness all right so this is happening but guess what last year the chairman and c.e.o. of boeing jim mcnerney got a little bit of a raise just about one and a half percent but that puts him in the nineteen point seven million dollars range and only twenty million in salary for one person well more than two thousand people who build airplanes lose their jobs what is going on here. well i mean i think sadly that wichita boeing decision moving some of those jobs to illinois and washington state will be will hit particularly hard in part because he did point out boeing jobs are very good jobs in there very few high paid manufa

boeing has announced it will shut down its factory in wichita kansas beginning later this year the company says the move is forced by the declining defense contract market more than two thousand workers will lose their jobs. now with today's numbers the mainstream media very quickly forgot about the plight of these workers in wichita that just yesterday they were so concerned about but they also don't bother to point out the absurdity of boeing's reasoning for this factory closure being the market shrinking for contractors because of defense cuts as we pointed out to you yesterday on the show our defense budget is really shrinking as the president himself said despite the four hundred fifty billion dollars in cuts that will be applied of the next ten years we will still be spending more on defense than we did at the end of george double. bush's second term and if you think about this new strategy that was unveiled yesterday which includes shrinking down our troop numbers relying more on new technologies that probably means that the contractor market from security to developing new technolo

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jim axelrod, cbs news, wichita, kansas. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight.s all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs >>> this is the 9news now. >>> tonight police hint at a mysterious suspect. they are not offering any details. bruce leshan says they did tell reporters they have nabbed the main guy, kevin ray, who has a long criminal record. >> a banged up kevin darnell ray arrested in north carolina after allegedly trying to flee the fugitive task force and now in jail in rockville. at police headquarters, recounted how detectives workday and night to capture a man whose violence just seemed to escalate. >> both police departments understood the threat and also the terror that was caused in the community and we worked around the clock to make sure

seeing everywhere right now but very few people are talking about it it's a pretty major story in wichita kansas boeing will be shutting down its manufacturing plant there now you know there's very skilled workers there here's a look at them these are airplane manufacturers who will soon be out of a job two thousand one hundred sixty people in fact now this is big news for a lot of reasons this plant was eighty years old it was central to the region in terms of being the provider and the industry and jobs for families there and while some of the jobs will move to plants in other cities many of them will be gone for good and people will have to look elsewhere for work and if you know anything about wichita there's not a lot of other places to look so here's what the company says in a statement the company says quote in this time of defense budget reductions as well as shifting consumer priorities boeing has decided to close its operations in wichita to reduce costs increase efficiencies and drive competitiveness. while this is happening but last year the chairman and c.e.o. of boeing jim m

irritates 33 in amarillo, wichita -- it's 33 in amarillo, wichita 32. cold air is in canada and the cold air is going to invade the u.s. and primarily the east coast before it's all said and done. 35 at the airport, relative humidity 39%. the skies are clearing now to the west and southwest and we got most of the snow down to the south and southwest, fauquier county, fairfax county, prince william county got 1 to 1 1/2 inches there and then it moved across to charles county, prince george's county. so that's where most of that was and again, if the temperatures tonight settle down to freezing or a little bit below freezing, we could have some slippery spot. keep that in mind overnight tonight and early tomorrow morning if you're out traveling. give yourself a little extra time. sunny tomorrow. we'll start off with perhaps a few clouds and break into sunshine quickly, 46 by noon, 51 at 4:00. tomorrow's numbers should be right up to the lower 50s. futurecast shows a few clouds tomorrow morning. the next weather system comes in on wednesday and you can see

. >> reporter: if the sculptures in downtown wichita are designed to salute a certain pioneering spiritan this bronze soda fountain. were you thinking to yourselves, hey, we're going to make history here? >> no, we were thinking we were going to sit until we were served. >> reporter: 54 years ago this july, carol parks-hahn led a group of 30 students from the local n.a.a.c.p. into dockums drugstore where they could get food to go but not eat at the counter. >> i simply went in and i sat down and the waitress behind the counter came up to me and she took my order, actually. and she leaned forward and she said "you're not colored are you dear?" and i said "yes, i am." >> and the lunch counter was about here, wasn't it, galyn? >> reporter: we brought parks- hahn back to what's left of dockums along with galyn vesey who was the 21 at the time and haunted by the hatred of the civil rights movement. were you feeling while there was going on that in your opinion the process of making history? >> well, i don't think at the moment you had time to capture that. because looming not far away was li

please help me welcome back to wichita tony horwitz. [applause] >> thanks for that kind@ñ introduction and historical museum and watermark books, it's great to be back here in wichita. i realize this is my second consecutive book with a strong kansas connection. i don't know what ha means, but i seem to be drawn to your state or at least the darker chapters of your history. [laughter] um, i'm going to try and be reasonably brief tonight and leave lot of time for questions because this is a topic that tends to arouse strong feelings, and i like to hear those and have some discussion. so, please, don't be shy when i'm done. maybe if we can dim the lights a little bit for the pictures? anyone near a -- great. yeah, i brought some pictures for your entertainment. i have to say first, i had a lot of fun writing "midnight rising," and one reason for that is i got to spend a lot of time in harper's ferry which is really my kind of town. it's this very picturesque, history-haunted place where strange things still happen. on my first research tr

it's closing plaint in wichita, kansas, specializing in -- a plant in wichita, kansas, specializing ining planes. it's not a pretty picture for kodak, a report saying the one- time photo giant preparing to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy, kodak still employing 19,000 workers. forget the night before christmas. the night after got shoppers buying. sales rising more than 5% the week after christmas. stores getting a boost from some mild weather, people using those gift cards that they got under the tree boosting those numbers and apparently america really does run on dunkin' donuts. the donut and coffee chain looking to double its stores over the next 20 years bring being the total number to 14,000. that's business. i'm neil cavuto.   >> this fox 5 stock market report is brought to you by your lexus dealer. live life heroically. it's the perfect time to find great deals on the 4g lte devices you love. like the droid bionic by motorola for $199.99. or the pantech breakout for $49.99. our lowest price ever. get the technology you love, on the network you deserve.

it's a huge blow to wichita, which will lose over 2,000 at the facility. it also hopes for an additional 7500 jobs that boeing plans to bring to the city with its air force contract. 2011 was a good year for u.s. autopakers. -- automakers. chrysler's sale jumped 26% last year. general motors sales rose 14%. and ford sales climbed 11%. consumers feel confident about the economy. in all, u.s. auto sales were up nearly 10%, compared to 2010. consumers continue to shop in full force, even after christmas. a trade group says retail sales jumped more than 5% in the final week of december. a rise in the use of gift cards, mild weather and a federal holiday on monday, all contributed to the spike in sales. >>> and yahoo has a new boss. former pay pal president scott thompson will take over as its ceo. the company has been under fire since assessment after it fired carol boss. that's the latest for more, go to cbsmoneywatch.com. in new york, i'm alexis christoforous. >>> she grew up in baltimore and is now on her way to making feature films. monique griego has more

. >>> this comes to us from ksnw in wichita, kansas, where even in the dead of winter america's pastime played a vital role in one couple's wedding plans. they decided to get married where it mattered most to them, the couple met on the baseball diamond after a game in which their daughters played on the opposite teams. six years later, the bride and groom stepped onto home plate and made the commitment to take a swing at life together. that is so sweet. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. this will likely be the coldest day we have seen so far this winter season. we are around 30. you say that is not bad. it cannot move. that will be the high temperature in the day. it is a little breezy. the wind chills are running in the upper teens. a mixture of sun and clouds. a chance for some snow flurries. we will come back and check the forecast going into the weekend. >> 4:57. a baltimore city native has passed away. >> i am kate amara. repub

rain near appear leeb but the rain from wichita falls to the dallas area and downpoured around dallast. worth. we like to get the rain like this in texas but don't want to see the flooding like yesterday in houston. today as our storm heads to the southeast on and off heavy rains in the forecast from lake charles and especially new orleans and any coastal areas of mississippi and alabama and backup to birmingham, montgomery and atlanta. then the rain will head to the east coast. that is a look at the forecast. washington, d.c. enjoy the nice little warm trend. i really think this is one of the last significantly warm trends that is going to head through the ohio valley, great lakes and new england. much colder air coming this way as we go towards the upcoming weekend. kind of nice to talk about snow for once. it's been a while. >> no, it's not. we don't need to talk about snow. >> i like a little snow. >> i feel like we keep dodging a bullet. >> you buy the boots and the sled, you might as well use them, right? >> no. i'm a sunshine california girl. >>> netflix flies and your early mo

well if you're getting ready to watch ksn news at its new time in wichita, kansas, enjoy habitat where you can watch tigers prowling, behaving as they would in the. at the tiger trek at the sej women county zoo. >>> here's a look at this morning's headlines and entertainment. the stork paid a visit to beyonce and jay-z this weekend in new york city but heavy security ruffled many. they're the proud parents of a new baby girl named blue ivy. reports say she checked in under the name of ingrid jackson, renting out lenoxville's hospital's entire floor for more than a million dollars. but he complained that the security hired by the couple restricted movement in the hospital, quote, like an exclusive club. >>> elsewhere, kiefer sutherland says a movie based on his 24 series will begin shooting this spring. >>> finally "the devil inside" confounded the experts scaring up a monstrous $34.5 million opening more than doubling expectations and bouncing tom cruise out of the top five. i'm not into scary movies. >> you don't like them? >> no. >> you don't like them? >> no. >> she thinks the trail

boeing has announced it is closing a facility in wichita, kansas next year, leaving more than 2100 people of work because defense contracts are drying up of the national unemployment average and account people who have given up on finding work or those forced into part-time jobs. the national underemployment rate is over 15%. wbal-tv 11 news. >> next, details on a public memorial plant in honor of wbal radio talk-show host ron smith. plus, a major supermarket chain is looking to get hire hundreds of people in the baltimore area. and a piece of good and is falling tragedy in montana. meet the dog who definitely has more than just one life. more than just one life. >> attorneys for utah doctor charged with murder for a botched abortion in cecil county are meeting with prosecutors. lawyers are asking prosecutors and police to be held in contempt for disclosing contents of a sealed indictment. dr. raley was arrested last month accused of transporting patients across state lines to form late term abortions in cecil county. his colleagues, a 52 -- 55-year- old, with extradition thursday, allowi

more than 1200 boeing employees will be out of work when it stops operations in wichita, kansas, by the end of next year. at&t has agreed to pay tivo $215 million plus monthly licensing fees to settle a patent infringement suit. adele shows u.s. album sales were up 3%, the first rise for the music industry since 2004. >>> good news for you tax deadliners. the irs has pushed back its filing deadline to april 17th this year. april 15th falls on a sunday. and then the 16th is a holiday in washington, d.c. lucky you. >>> big name trade in baseball. a big name upset in college hoops. and the rarest of goals in soccer. plus, west virginia grinds clemson into puchlp at the oran bowl. >>> we have record temperatures in the middle of the country but will that warmth head to the east coast next? your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." ♪ [ female announcer ] everybody loves that cushiony feeling. uh oh. i gotta go. [ female announcer ] and with charmin ultra soft, you can get that same cushiony feeling you love while still using less. charmin ultra soft has extra cushions that a

. >>> this comes to us from ksnw in wichita, kansas, where even in the dead of winter america's pastime played a vital role in one couple's wedding plans. instead of getting married in a traditional setting, they decided to get married where it mattered most to them. the couple met on the baseball diamond after a game in which their daughters played on the opposite teams. six years later, the bride and groom stepped onto home plate and made the commitment to take a swing at life together. that is so sweet. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> some canadians chose to start the new year cold and wet. cheered on by spectators, more than 400 people took an icy dip into lake ontario for toronto's polar bear plunge. it was expected to raise $40,000 to $50,000 for a toronto charity. >>> australia, resident at one zoo are fighting unusual summer heat with temperatures soaring over 100 degrees, animals got the ultimate cooldown treatment. staff spent the day spraying cold water and handing out blocks of ice. experts ex

. >>> this comes to us from ksnw in wichita, kansas, where even in the dead of winter america's pastime played a vital role in one couple's wedding plans. they decided to get married where it mattered most to them, the couple met on the baseball diamond after a game in which their daughters played on the opposite teams. six years later, the bride and groom stepped onto home plate and made the commitment to take a swing at life together. that is so sweet. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> our time is 4:28. we have, appropriately enough, 28 degrees out there. yes, 28 degrees. what a change from what we've seen lately. good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this tuesday, january 3rd, 2012. >>> they've been on the campaign trail for months, but today decision 2012 officially begins. iowans will head to churches, meeting halls, and schools tonight to caucus for who they want to take on president obama in november. >> but that's still up in the air with what seems l

a new study out conducted by wichita state says we tend to lie more when we text rather than face-to-facee study says you don't lie as much face-to-face or with video messaging but when it comes to texting, we are liars. >>> take a look across the central part to have state here. you know, radar indicate snow showers but a lot of this is evaporating on its convey down. certainly not a dufrpg of snow down. we're probably seeing flurry action in this heavier band. 83 in the county. a lot of it might be light sleet. a light coating at best and quickly gone overnight. surface temperatures above freezing from a kay in the mid-40s. breezy as that front comes in and that is the breeze along with this front that will change our wind direction. it's now west, northwest at 25 spark snow showers ahead of the front burt it's a quick moving line. we won't see flaks long that's for sure. 48 was the high today. yesterday was in the 50s. it was an awesome day out on the chesapeake once again. very little chop on the water. a beautiful sunset. gorgeous weather out there today. temperature wise you can see

and elsewhere, more than 2100 boeing employees will be out of work when it shuts operations in wichitakansas, by the end of next year. at&t agreed to pay tebow $215 million plus monthly licensing fees to settle the patent i think fringement dispute. and thanks in part to nadel new data shows u.s. album sales were up 3% last year. the first rise for the music industry since 2004. >>> finally some good news for you tax dead liners. the irs pushed back the filing deadline to april 17th this year. april 15th falls on a sunday. and the 16 st. a holiday in washington, d.c. lucky you. >>> a big trade in baseball, a college upset in hoops, and the rarest of goals in soccer. plus, west virginia grinds clemson into a pulp at the orange bowl. the early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> we have record temperatures in the middle of the country, but will the warmth head to the east coast next? your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> very good morning to you. if we're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, the west virginia mountaineers barely eked int

researchers at wichita state university found 95% of people were more likely to fade if they were notikely to be deceived when talking to someone by text. or citrus say people can easily fly through text because they do not feel scrutinized. -- researchers say that people can easily fly through text messages because they do not feel scrutinized. >> all right. in addition to texting, the contest will you are watching golf. bu>> counting down the days, winter is winding down, march madness on its way. see how the georgetown hoyas performed today. and the only john wall >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers, moving you forward. >> not that you need any more disappointing statistics, but here is another for the wizards dayjohn wall and co. it finally trying to get a victory in charlotte. of the wizards good defense. wall with the huge slam. late in the fourth, why not give nick young a shot? drive the lane, scores. less than three seconds to go, here is a chance. trying to get look no good. check out randy whitman, looks like they just won a title. their f

that kind introduction and historical museum and watermarks books and cafe, it's great to be back in wichita. this is my second consecutive book with the strong kansas connection. i don't know what that means,dow but i seem to be drawn to your u state, or at least the darker chapters of your --i' [laughter] -- history. i am going to try and be brief g reasonably brief tonight andor leave lots of time for questiona because this is a topic thatnds tends to arouse a strong feelin haand i'd like to hear those and have some discussion,, so please don't be shy when i'mb done. the maybe if we could dim the lights a little bit for the pictures. anyone near -- great. yeah, i brought some pictures for your entertainment. i have to say first, i had a lot of fun writing "midnightng,"nd n is one reason for that is that i got to spend a lot of time in i harpers ferry h is really my kind of town. it's this very picturesque, history-haunted place where strange things still happen. on my first research trip there, by us on my -- i was on my way to the archives, and a park ranger told me there was a beard gro

and elsewhere, more than 1,200 boeing employees will be out of work when it shchulterhu shuttes in wichita, kansas, by the end of next year. at&t has agreed to pay tivo $215 million plus monthly licensing fees to settle a patent infringement suit. and thanks to adele, u.s. album sales were up 3% for the first rise in the music industry since 2004. >>> and finally did news for you tax deadliners. the irs has pushed back its filing deadline to april 17th this year. april 15th falls on a sunday. and then the 16th is a holiday in washington, d.c. lucky for you. >>> a big-name trade in baseball, a big upset in college hoops and the rarest of goals in soccer. plus west virginia grinds clemson into pulp at the orange bowl. your "first look" at sports is straight ahead. progresso. it fits! fantastic! [ man ] pro-gresso they fit! okay-y... okay??? i've been eating progresso and now my favorite old jeans...fit. okay is there a woman i can talk to? [ male announcer ] progresso. 40 soups 100 calories or less. >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm veronica de la cruz. in sport now, the west virginia mo

the facility in wichita, kansas upgrades and supports military jets and maintains air force one. just over 2,000 workers will lose their jobs when the plant closes. lawmakers from kansas are crying fowl, they say the aerospace giant promised to expand the facility last year after winning a coveted pentagon contract. >> tom: turns out there is a santa claus, and he visited wall street. over the past five trading session of last year and the first two of this year, the s&p 500 is up more than 1%. tonight's "street critique" guest keeps track of these types of market phenomena. jeffrey hirsch is editor-in- chief of the "stock traders almanac." with us tonight. happy new year, welcome to the program. >> happy new year to you too. thanks for having me. >> tom: what kind of predictions can we draw for 2012 due to the visitation of santa claus. >> actually santa showed up at the new year and it's the beginning, the first positive sign of the year. and it's a bit of sigh of relief but some indicators we will be looking at the first five days is the barometer. generally when santa claus s

chemicals acquiring other companies in recent years there worldwide based here in the united states in wichita kansas davies and green can assert that americans for prosperity are essentially just a low being tool for koch industries david koch deliberately founded these groups to intervene in the government to reduce taxes on corporations to reduce the impact of environmental laws. that intersected with what became the tea party movement and uprising against the government and against governments writ large against taxes and against health care regulations so they're basically use this public sentiment to forward their corporate agenda this charge of profiteering was especially evident i have pains opposition to a proposed climate change bill that would have come profits of oil industry players like koch industries. in two thousand and nine after the obama administration came on there was massive momentum towards climate regulation suddenly there was a real possibility of getting new good law passed and they went into high gear attacking obama from day one even started before the obama admini

people are much more likely to lie when they are text messaging according to a new study conducted by wichita state university and the university of british columbia. the researchers say that it's probably easier to lie in a text message than in person or even via video because you don't feel as scrutinized. >>> a film won three of the five big awards including best cast. octavia spencer best supporting actress, viola davis best actor. it's about popular novel about african-american maids in the civil rights era. >> such great expectations were already there for this book that was so beloved and it's been such a labor of love. >> french actor jean dujardin took best actor honors for his performance as a silent screen star. and christopher plummer won for his role in beginners. the grey brought in plenty of green at the box office. the alaskan survivalist thriller starring liam neeson did better than expected earning $20 million as well as a first place spot. last last week's number one dropped to second with more than 12 million. one for the money, red tails and men on a ledge rounded out the