wichita were too high. it was moving the tanker work out of kansas to other u.s. ant 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 rare storm blankets the northwest. >> 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

wichita were too high. it was moving the tanker work out of kansas to other u.s. ts 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 passengers." well, that angers 88-year-old ruth sherman and

it's about a community. >> reporter: in 2008, boeing asked kansas officials to help win a $3.5 billion contract for 18 air force tankers. wichita'sor, carl brewer says kansas had a long history of coming through for boeing. >> they've received $650 million in tax breaks over the last 30 years. >> that is an awful lot of money. we thought that that really meant something. >> brewer and the kansas congressional delegationxd lobbd the pentagon hard. in return, boeing promised the tanker work would be kept in wichita, saving 2100 jobs and creating 7500 more. >> and somebody looked you right in the eye and said, we're going to be in wichita? >> going to be in wichita and it's going to be just like it's been for the past 84 years. >> all that lobbying paid off. boeing was awarded the $3.5 billion contract last february. no one here heard another word until november when boeing suddenly announced it was rethinking its plans. the company decided production costs in wichita are were too high. it was moving the tanker work to other u.s. plants and closing the wichita operation next year. >> do you feel duped? >> well, you can't help but fe

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

but kansas and wichita was this way. >> reporter: kansas and a lot of other places, until these students to be able to go down and sit down and have a hamburger and a coke. we couldn't do that. >> reporter: just being able to get a hamburger and a coke. >> it sounds simple, doesn't it? >> reporter: sometimes simple ideas are the most powerful-- like standing up by sitting in. jim axelrod, cbs news, wichita, kansas. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org tonight," the most watched entertainment news magazine in the world. brad and angelina. >> i'm getting really annoyed with the cane. >> george and stacy. >> could you have chosen a prettier date. >> no, i couldn't. >> red, white and beautiful. >> "e.t." at the golden globes. >> at the golden globes. >> what a night. ♪ >> george, candid about brad. >> he's a very good kisser. >> i'm a good kisser. >> and our fashion expert, sharon osbourne, candid with

but kansas and wichita was this way. >> reporter: kansas and a lot of other places, until these students to be able to go down and sit down and have a hamburger and a coke. we couldn't do that. >> reporter: just being able to get a hamburger and a coke. >> it sounds simple, doesn't it? >> reporter: sometimes simple ideas are the most powerful-- like standing up by sitting in. jim axelrod, cbs news, wichita, kansas. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news 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 t

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.

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

. >>> 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

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

and elsewhere, more than 2100 boeing employees will be out of work when it shuts operations in wichita, kansasby 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 into a top

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 mountainee

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

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 administratio

district judge died monday in wichita, kansas, at the age of 104. said brown maintained his abilities up to the end. brown once said as long as you perform a public service, you have a reason to live. he was appointed a federal district judge back in 1962 by president john f. kennedy. >>> meanwhile, we're getting fresh perspective into the private moments of president john f. kennedy's life through new audio tapes recorded during his time in the white house. bill plant reports. the recordings show an oval office meeting with the soviet foreign minister could be interrupted by the president's children. >> just open the door there. say hello to my daughter and son. >> come in a minute and say hello. say hello to the minister. do you want to say hello to john? and you know the ambassador. >> in a meeting with advisers about the 1964 campaign, kennedy muses about a problem familiar to democrats today. how to get the support of younger voters in a tough economy. >> what is it that's going to make them go for us? what is it we have to sell them? we hope w

they will shut down operations in wichita, kansas. job cuts at the plant that employs more than 2100 workers. we do get a closer look at the nation's employment picture today. also reports from the challenger gray and job growth. futures this morning looking steady for the start of things. the dow inching to its highest levels since july. sales are still red-hot at verizon. 4 million were sold during the fourth quarter. 21" albums giving digital sales a boost. i'm jane king reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. back to you. >> apparently pepsico losing jobs. >> another major american company cutting jobs. investors looking for some good news on the hiring front. news about pepsi possibly cutting jobs. and some macy's and bloomingdale's stores closing in maryland. >> 30 degrees on tv hill. a teenager falls asleep on a plane and ends up in the wrong city. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. what do you consider to be a stressful job? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook p

that was the question consuming much of wichita, kansas, in the weeks after serial killer btk announced silence. >> i definitely lock my doors at night until i find out more. >> here in the heartland, fear of the unknown monster among them penetrated yet a new generation. >> my mom is going to watch out for my sister more. >> people were learning karate, buying guns, beefing up security systems and looking at strangers with a suspicion not felt in years. in his jailhouse interview, rader now claims he didn't know he was having this effect. >> i didn't realize the city really lived in fear that bad. i saw spurts of it on the news. people came home, looked under doors, under the beds and just really lived in fear. i didn't realize i had that potential. >> i dropped my jaw and i had a pad of paper and i made a note and i just scrawled, "liar." once again, even with the learned psychologist there, he's playing a game. >> at the very least, says criminologist james fox, rader is being completely disingenuous. he says for the serial killer, the fear is all part of the twisted fun. >> part of

use the new budget as the pretext to announce that they would be shutting down their plant in wichita kansas so what does this mean is this really a turning point for the military are just more lip service frank said it's a turning point the military will now be forced to do things more efficiently they will have to turn to smaller defense contractors that can deliver what they need at lower cost now cottle said it just means less money for soldiers and more money for dros mehta told us at turning point never the announcement is just a smokescreen those in power will move to the gold coast and live through their teeth to hold on to their perceived position of global dominance and till their empire collapses just like other empires so for now it's the collapsing economy that is forcing the government to cut four hundred eighty seven billion on military spending in the next decade many say that number could easily be doubled so let's not forget that these cuts simply put us down the amount we were spending in two thousand and eight what sounds a lot more like a haircut than a turning point to

right now in this country max here's a story that we should be seeing everywhere right now in wichita kansas boeing has announced they're going to be shutting down its eighty year old plants there so this means that two thousand 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 s

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 mcnerney

. >> and boeing announced a closing of its wichita, kansas plant.t employees to a large hangar where the decision was announced. 2160 workers will lose their jobs for reasons he can yesed by employers everywhere. >> there is cost reductions not yielding enough savings to maintain and win to do business. >> we're looking to see whether boeing violated agreement was the department of defense. but there is nothing good from the news today. >> boeing said in november it was looking to close the plant in witch ta. the plant's work force will be warmed out to -- work, rather farmed out to three other states including washington. >> the pope accepted a resignation of a catholic bishop from los angeles acknowledging he fathered two children. the boys are now teenagers. the 60-year-old bishop was in charge of 66 parishes in an area stretching from east los angeles to pomona. doors to his pastoral office were locked today. out of respect for the children the archdiocese says it's not releasing the family's identity. >> this is a surprise. i went to open e mai

. >>> boeing will close its massive defense plants in wichita, kansas late next year. 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 baltimor

. >> bret: officials with boeing say they plan to close the company's misive defense plant in wichita, kansas end of next year. that will mean as will of 2100 jobs and dashes hope for additional 7,500 direct and indirect jobs from contract to build air force refueling tankers. >>> factory orders were up 1.8% in november. that is the largest increase in july. demand for so-called core capital goods such as computers and electronic equipment decline by 1.2%. inflation is down among countries using the euro. the desperate of 2.8% was off from 3% in november. today, germany and portugal were the latest connecticuts to borrow with relative ease. ahead of more tough decisions about european debt. back in this country, a man from germany is accused of setting arson fires in los angeles, because of legal troubles for his mother in the old country. the strange story does not stop there. here is correspondent william la jeunesse. >> reporter: prosecutors filed formal charges wednesday against harry burkehart, a 24-year-old german national accused of arson. >> as i pulled up next to him i saw a male, wh

former executive director of catholic charities in wichita, kansas and former d.c.r tony williams. after that, they did a day of service at the harriet tubman day program sponsored by catholic charities. again, thanks to everyone there. it was a beautiful day. beautiful singing by the choirs. >> congratulations. the pictures are beautiful. yeah, really nice. >>> well, all right, president obama got a standing ovation in his first public appearance for the martin luther king jr. holiday. more on that story coming up. >> after last night's face-off, the republican candidates have one debate left before saturday's crucial south carolina primary. >> it is a big day for birthdays today! actress betty white turns 90! actor james earl jones is 82 today. news anchor turned talk show host maury povich is 73. and boxing legend muhammad ali is 70. >> comedian steve harvey is 55. jim carrey is 50. michelle obama is 48 today. singer kid rock is 41. actress zoe dechannel turns 32 today. if it is your birthday today, happy birthday to you as well! >>> welcome back to 9news now. 5: