. >> además maité perroni saca las garras y defiende publicamente a william levy. >> los españoles estános con penélope cruz por decidir da a luz en estados unidos. >> todavía no me ha tocado estar. >> y le mostramos el video de ximena navarrete que tiene a muchos diciendo que hizo el ridículo (♪ ♪) >> no se muevan, esta tijera está más prendida que árbol de navidad y comienza ya !! (♪ ♪) >> bienvenidos a la tijera el show de investigación periodística de la farándula número 1 muy buenas tardes para todos, hoy tenemos la última controversia de espinoza paz, y lo que pasa con william levy y maite perroni, nos acompaña orlando segura. >> señores, aracelly arámbula supuestamente está saliendo con alguien, y uno de sus compañeros abrió la boca. >> hoy le toca el turno a luis miguel y le diré quién lo tacha de tacaño. >> y penélope cruz tiene molestos a sus compatriotas. >> comenzamos con jennifer lópez y sus nuevos problemas legales. >> bueno comadre, resulta que esta mujer le llueve sobre mojado, es que una nueva demanda se abre paso en el camino de jennifer lópez es que una empresa que pre

. >> el señor se quedó sin trabajo, porque william lo botó >> y a mí me parece una falta grave de este las intimidades de su ex jefe. >> y el también hablo de la obra de teatro donde participo william levy >> dijo que en cuatro ocasiones vio como william seleccionaba a fanaticas y las subía a su habitacion >> y así traemos a colacion lo de carla alvarez. >> yo no estoy convencida, sino que pienso que es una campaña de desprestigio contra el más bello.>> esto es una campaña que le sirve, prontamente empieza una nueva telenovela el triunfo del amor, por univisión >> y esto no es excepcion, siempre que empieza un proyecto nuevo, empiezan los chismes. >> esto no es nada nuevo >> yo no creo que alguien se esté beneficiando con este tipo de calumnias >> pese a quien le pese, hasta el momento william levy sigue pegado a la madre de sus hijos >> y ella es la que sale ganando, porque no puedo concebir que una persona después de tanto chisme y del calibre que son, pueda seguir con esa misma persona >> y nos vamos con el chisme del día, kalimba. >> la procuraduría acaba de emitir una orden para q

. >> william levy, gabriel soto, julián, y todos bailando en un escenario.n y es que meyer quiere ser un solo para mujer y lo tienen para llamarlo y decirle . >> dos cosas me gusta la actitud de sergio porque quiere hacer dinero a como dé lugar. >> le fue mal con garibaldi. >> no me interesa y me interesa la edición. >> te doy ejemplo de lo perseverante que es y volvemos a lo mismo y que tan factible que ellos digan si cuando llegan unos cheques con montos impresionantes. >> mayer siempre ha tenido visión para esto. voy para allá. >> puso a todos los protagonistas. >> de dónde saca el dinero meyer para convencer a un william levy. >> está en platicas con la familia de su mujer de la madre de sus hijos para que pusieran la lana para esto, me preocupa que puede pasar que en perfume de gardenia son muy altos los ingresos que habrá la posibilidad de ir. >> no crees que conseguiremos lo que sea y lo que decías que william levy no aceptaría. we el tiene que aprovechar y está siendo inteligente para hacer dinero y estoy segura que william levy será el primero. >> l

i'm lester holt in tonight for brian williams. while here in new york we're digging out from a blizzard and florida is thawing out from a deep freeze, it's the west in nature's sights tonight. from washington state to southern california, many folks still recovering from last week's storm are now getting hit again with heavy rain and snow. and all eyes tonight are on some of those soggy, fragile hillsides. it's a late december storm system that forecasters expect to head east, making for a rough start to the new year for a lot of americans. we'll begin our coverage in highland, california, with nbc's kristen welker. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. residents are still cleaning up and digging out after that last storm system. this community, like other parts of the west, spent the day bracing for the worst. heavy rain pounded southern california's already saturated streets, this after a week of wet weather that caused mudslides, so damaging about 100 residents had to be evacuated in the highland area. some homes com

prince william, rappahannock, spotsylvania, stafford, closed. fairfax, loudoun, manassas, two-hour delays. frederick on a two-hour delay. prince george and washington on two-hour delays there. >> also the federal government is open today. >> time for a check the on traffic and weather every 10 minutes. let's get right to adam caskey. a busy man dealing with the aftermath. right, adam? >> getting out of the neighborhood will be the hardest part this morning, but definitely doable. 22 in the district. 18 in poolesville. we're going to get above freezing this afternoon so that will help thaw things out a bit. now this weekend, on saturday, still expecting a coastal storm to develop off the carolina coastline. then it will jog to the north and kick off to the north and east, most likely on a path that veers the snow away from our region, but very close to us, so that said, any minor deviation in this track could throw some snow our way on sunday. but should it do that, it will probably be very light with minute ma'am accumulation. -- minimal accumul

at the heart of this threat is william's desire to protect kate.rangement the notoriously unruly british tabloids seem happy with for now, in the pre-honeymoon period. but what happens later? >> my suspicion is that there might be some domestic ups and downs which will still make rather good pictures and rather good words, and therefore will lead to the royal family getting very irritated and on that basis the line may hold, but i wouldn't bet on it. >> reporter: the royals are betting that a happy couple will continue to make good news. >> very nice hat! >> reporter: if not, the law is on their side. mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> mason: there's no better time for caroling than christmas eve, especially if you're joined by one of the world's most famous singers. ♪ and so this is christmas, for weak and for strong... ♪ ♪ for rich and for poorer and the new one just begun... ♪ >> reporter: that's bono of the band u2, of course, leading a crowd in song in his native dublin tonight to raise money for a charity that helps the homeless. coming up n

slick ramps along 95 in prince william counties to get into the expressway. watch it on the bridges, the ramps and overpasses for sure. back to you. >> thank you, jim. not much snow, but just enough for some lingering problems. this morning, the metro vetion getting off to a slow start. >> refreeze on the road is the concern. we have a check on conditions. how is it where you are, courtney? >> we're out here in fairfax and you can see, just take a look at this side street.

william's mother, princess diana. >> i think by choosing the photographer who took those to the -- he's almost bringing her the whole situation around the engagement. >> in the new photos front and center is diana, william's mother's unmistakable engagement ring. she may be gone from the royal couple's life, but she clearly won't be forgotten. elizabeth palmer, cbs news. >>> the 49ers change quarterbacks. will it mean a change of -- i'm dennis. we're up next. >>> title game ♪ [ female announcer ] keurig has over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. ♪ keurig is the way to brew fresh,

. >>> standing naked as she takes on her most revealing role yet, michelle williams talks about fame, co-star ryan gosling and the loss of former partner heath ledger. >>> and holiday bake-off. star tv chef lydia recalls christmases past and shows us how to bake the perfect holiday treat. >>> good evening. i'm terry moran and we begin tonight with a crime. the dimensions of which are still unknown. police believe that lonny franklin junior murdered at least ten people, all african-american women from south central los angeles beginning in 1985. authorities have been hard put to explain however a seeming gap in franklin's alleged crimes between the years 1988 and 2002. this apparent hiatus earned franklin the grim sleeper. but now new evidence has come to light and david wright reports. >> reporter: their faces from the past. 180 of them. some smiling. some sleeping. some may even be dead. images collected by a suspected serial killer. >> all of these people are potential victims? >> i hope not, but they -- they interacted with lonny franklin at some point in their life. >> reporter: d

novia de jorge salinas, elizabeth alvarez estalla en celos por culpa de andrea noli >> y prepárate williamlevy que te van a declarar la guerra y lanzarán calendario >> investigamos rumores, de que pablo montero y cuauthemoc blanco comparten su pasion por la fiesta y las mujeres. >> además josé feliciano enciende la mecha de la discordia eseta navidad, al atacar a varios reggetoneros. que comience ya esta tijera que viene más caliente que el baile del caño que prepara patricia manterola >> buenas tardes, hoy la tijera viene muy polémica. tanto o más que los celis de elizabeth alvarez. >> vamos a comenzar con el veneno de carolina >> josé feliciano, vuelve a atacar, esta vez a los reggetoneros. >> y araceli arámbula parece ilusionada mandándose mensajitos de texto con un ex novio, lo malo, es que este tiene pareja, y la mujer le está armando escenita. cuauthemoc blanco y pablo montero se hacen amigos de parranda, esta mancuerna se lo explicamos más adelante. >> la actriz elizabeth alvarez está que arde de celos señores para que lo sepan >> resulta que como todos saben el actor jorge salinas

prince william won't be there as he is on duty with the rescue squad.ate middleton, whom he is to marry next year, is spending christmas with her family. >> the -- prince william will be absent this year. he's on call this christmas with his search and rescue squadron at r.a.f. valley on anglesea. and zara philips is thought to be spending christmas with her fiance in gloucester shie. kate middleton is spend s christmas for the probably the last time at her family's. next year, of course, she will be spending it with the royal family. the -- >> in the parks of towns and cities and on village greens up and down the country, countless thousands of people every week give up their time every week to participate in sport and exercise of all sports. or simply encourage others to do so. these kinds of activity are common throughout the world and play a part in providing a different perspective on life. >> the choice of subject matter for the christmas broadcast is very much a matter for the queen herself. it generally has a strong religious flavor and in past

william is not a big fan of his father's former valet. charge of this himself. there's no wedding planner. there are four people overseeing the entire operation. and it seems spearheaded by the man he trusts more than anyone else. >> how much flexibility does he have? isn't so much dictated by royal protocol? >> yes. a lot of it is. the ceremony will be very traditional. we have yet to see if she will change her vows at all. but my bet is, it will be traditional. the queen, as we know it, going to host the traditional wedding day breakfast. it's the wedding day breakfast, but to you and i, it's a lunch. they will be doing the wave from the buckingham palace balcony. all of these things are from previous royal weddings. and we saw famously with diana and charles. so, yes the traditional but i think this couple will inject some modernity, a breath of fresh air. they're going to have a party. they're going to enjoy themselves. this is their wedding day. >> what do we know about the guest list for the party? >> we know that sarah ferguson has

. >> william levy copio. >> no, no, pero fue alguien que lo hizo primero. >> mi calendario es el mejor una pared, la mujer o el hombre lo que sea, hasta los perros lo pueden comprar si quieren. >> que compren un libro de motivación. no es motivador es más aburrido. >> vi la portada. >> lo que quiere decir julián gil que su calendario no solo mueve un cuerpo. >> hay que ver y si te deprime y me gusta mucho el concepto y no conocía de calendarios motivacionales. >> me llama la atención que no es solo un calendario para ponerlo en la pared y no es para que te imaginescosas con él. >> es pionero en calendarios, vamos a dar su merito a julián gil. es el mejor calendario para él. >> a muchas mujeres quieren ver a william levy. >> no se pierda a estafanie salas en lugar publico, verá todo en la tijera. >> ninel conde hace impactante revelación con calvario qu qué tal. les saluda adriana rodríguez con las noticias al minuto.autoridades en california mantienen detenido a un hombre después de disparar con una pistola eléctrica o "taser" a una oficial de policia y robarle su arma.cientos de manif

sunday prince william and kate middleton released their engagement photos.s earlier prince charles and his wife were caught in the middle of a violent protest. elizabeth palmer reports. >> reporter: in the shaky video, you can see the windows of the royal rolls royce were open so prince charles and camilla, at least at first, weren't completely shielded physically from the crowd. britain's home secretary didn't specify what kind of contact was made with camilla, but she did hint that the royal couple might, in future, travel in a more secure vehicle. >> i think you are going to see a real sort of upsurge in security and the scrutiny around people that may have got close the last time certainly won't be happening again. >> reporter: british police have released 14 photos of people they want to question in connection with thursday's violence. although it's not clear which, if any, are suspected of attacking the royal car. pockets of demonstrators also defaced public buildings and monuments during a protest against the tripling of university tuition fees. meanw

well this of course is a huge embarrassment for the foreign secretary william hague who when he took office as recently as may this year said that he vowed to improve relations with moscow and him fact went to moscow in november and met with president dmitri medvedev which is quite a rare occurrence for a lower official than the prime minister and then we're going to see the do a visit by david cameron the prime minister of the u.k. which is supposed to take place early next next year now whether that will affect the time this will affect the timing of that visit is obviously not clear yet we're not sure what the repercussions will be but it's interesting to note that that would be the first visit by a british prime minister to moscow since the affair which is now become the stuff of legend in two thousand and six william hague the foreign secretary says that he still wants to have a co-operative and productive relationship with russia within the bounds of this country's laws we saw another tit for tat expulsion in two thousand and seven following the libyan young professor three dip

kate/william.sharing with you, the author christopher andersen has a book about all the background, the things you haven't yet heard. >> hmm. >> it's all coming up right here on "the early show." ♪ hey! wait up! ♪ [ female announcer ] you see a mud stain. but new wisk sees a particulate stain. with our breakthrough stain spectrum technology, wisk is engineered to fight all the major stain groups like particulates and oils. [ girl ] that lip gloss is soooo cute on you. [ female announcer ] you'll never look at stains the same way again. for a powerful clean against a full range of stains, use new wisk. fight stains with science. ,, use new wisk. the moment you feel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. >>> it's 7:55. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. >>> a judge in contra costa county will decide today which defendants will face trial in an alleged gang-rape in richmo

i'm lester holt in tonight for brian williams. the weather has been making this a december to remember for much of the country. and that winter storm system that's been slapping many parts of the west with heavy snow, fierce winds and drenching rains has now proven deadly in northern california's snow packed sierras. as the heavy weather moves east tonight, bringing snows to colorado and threatening the upper midwest by the new year, searchers near lake tahoe have made a grim discovery. a reminder of just how dangerous these conditions are. nbc's kristen welker is in tahoe city with our report tonight. >> reporter: good evening, lester. this powerful winter storm surge is on, bringing blizzard-like to some areas and arctic, frigid air to others. but it has brought tragedy here to lake tahoe where a missing snowboarder has been found dead, a casualty of this forbidding weather. for two days, search teams combed the lake tahoe wilderness in nearly whiteout conditions, looking for 25-year-old chante willis. she was last seen snowboar

have each expelled a diplomat from their embassies amid a row over alleged spying william hague said a russian envoy was asked to leave the u.k. two weeks ago after accusations of espionage surfaced he claimed that russia booted out a british official in moscow a week later moscow has yet to comment or his lawyer any reports from london. william hague the foreign secretary wrote a letter to the house of commons explaining what had happened he said that britain had indeed expelled a diplomat from the russian embassy in london they requested that diplomats expulsion on december the tense after what hague is calling clear evidence of russian intelligence service activities acting against british interests here in london then we are also hearing of course from the other end that there was a tit for tat expulsion from the british embassy in moscow and in response to that expulsion from moscow william hague said that britain rejects any basis for that particular action despite the fact that of course it was only a response to what the foreign office here had done well this of course is a h

i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening.d night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> a border war is brewing over some of the most congested commutes in the bay area and you may be the one picking up the tab. good evening, everyone. welcome. i'm tom sinkovitz. >>> there is a fight brewing on the peninsula and everybody who drives a car is going to get hit. san mateo county says if san francisco starts charging a toll to enter the city during peak hours, then san mateo county is going to do the same

his name is william gibbons. hello, william. first of all, how are you?acked by an otter, but i'm doing all right. >> yeah, good point. >> jimmy: we saw what happened up until the point where you were apparently attacked by the otter. what did we not see? >> you mean before the video? >> jimmy: no, no, i'm sure there's a whole lifetime before the video, but i mean, the moment where it cut out and we heard you screaming and the video was taking and then it just stopped. >> oh, okay, well, i was screaming and shaking my phone and i ran over to my neighbor's house because no one was home and we called animal control. >> jimmy: did the otter bite you? >> yes. >> jimmy: how many times did the otter bite you? >> it only bit me once. >> jimmy: only once. and then, what, you pushed it away and it ran off? >> i'm not sure if it ran off but it doesn't chase me. >> jimmy: i see. >> it got its teeth on me and i ran, i didn't look back. >> jimmy: have you -- have you ever been attacked by an otter before? >> no, i haven't. >> jimmy: what do otters eat? maybe you smell

the first look at prince william and kate middleton's official engagement portraits. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" >> mitchell: and good evening. even for a midwest that is no stranger to winter storms, this weekend's powerful blast is a stunner. the storm is sweeping eastward tonight across the heart of the country with no let-up in sight. besides playing havoc with nfl schedule, the storm is also disrupting air and ground travel across the region. cynthia bowers is in a less-than-balmy chicago this evening. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, russ. it's hardly that. a lot of times winter storms don't live up to the hype, but this one has, dumping snow from the dakotas to nashville, tennessee, an behind that precipitation, bitter cold. wind chills here expected to be negative 25 tonight. first came heavy snow. enough to collapse the 9.5 acre roof of the minneapolis metrodome, hope of the minnesota vikings. it gave way this morning, unable to stand up to the fifth heaviest snowfall in twin cities' history, 17 inches in 18 hours. the v

orange, page, prince william, stafford and westmoreland county schools all closed. schools in fairfax county, loud down county, -- lowdon county. >>> in maryland schools are opening two hours late and these counties in west virginia are two hours lit, berkeley, grant, harding, and schools in ham pshire county are closed. check anytime at wusa 9.com. right now good morning to annie, who is in for howard. she has weather first and we are just hearing prince georges county is also on a two hour delay. >> reporter: good morning guys, happy friday. no surprise with the delays out there. still some areas may see slick road conditions. the major roadways not looking too bad. we are talking about subfreezing conditions on your friday morning, so bundle up once again. here's a look at your day planner today. sunny skies as low pressure has moved off, onto the east. can this morning, looking at 2 degrees. -- 29 degrees. currently in the 20s and teens for your friday morning. our satellite and radar picture showing that system has moved off to the east and we are now seeing pa

meanwhile new officials photographed prince william and his fiance kate middleton were released today taken by the fashion photographer mario tostino. he photographed the royal family before, but is most famous for taking the iconic black and white foe toes of william's mother, princess diana. >> i think by choosing the photographer who took those to the -- he's almost bringing her the whole situation around the engagement. >> in the new photos front and center is diana, william's mother's unmistakable engagement ring. she may be gone from the royal couple's life, but she clearly won't be forgotten. elizabeth palmer, cbs news. >>> the 49ers change quarterbacks. will it mean a change of -- i'm dennis. we're up next. >>> title game ♪ [ female announcer ] keurig has over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. ♪ keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew. [ female announcer ] so with keurig, every cup tastes like it's brewed just for you. ♪ because it is. choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] now everyone can explore t

. >> the bay area comedian robin williams continues his holiday tour. stay with us. >>> take a look at these holiday lights. steve hunter sent this to us by you report powered by youtube. this is in milpitas and involves 7500 lights that move to the music. you can up load videos to you report at abc7news.com or e-mail them to kgo-tv .com. >>> san francisco's own robin williams cracked some jokes for u.s. troops in afghanistan. >> yeah, entertaining soldiers at bagram air force base in kabul. >> if a guy with his song says, obama is a nazi and even hitler is saying, war is not like this. >> this is will yeps' fest uso tour. he will spend seven days touring the country and entertaining for the holiday season. >> and lance armstrong is also there with robin williams. he is helping out as well. >>> if you joined us late, i am in for dan ashley which means colin is filling in for me and making himself quite comfortable in what remains my seat. >> it is a comfy chair, what can i say? let's talk niners. mike singletary offers thoughts of his own job security,

william hague the foreign secretary recent letter to the house of commons explaining what had happened he said that britain had indeed expelled a diplomat from the russian embassy in london they requested that diplomats expulsion on december the tenth after what hague is calling clear evidence of russian intelligence service activities acting against british interests here in london then we are also hearing of course from the other end that there was a tit for tat expulsion from the british embassy in moscow and in response to that expulsion from moscow william hague said that britain would ject any basis for that particular action despite the fact that of course it was only a response to war what the foreign office here had done this of course is a huge embarrassment for the foreign secretary william hague who when he took office recently as may this year said that he vowed to improve relations with moscow and him fact went to moscow and met with president dmitri medvedev which is quite a rare occurrence for a lower official than the prime minister and then do a visit by david cameron

supporting her husband-to-be, william.arry's german, very impressive. >> you were doing a little translating. >> what was he saying there? >> i can't speak it that well. i think he was saying thank you to somebody in the audience. >> frau is mrs. >> yes, something like that. that's the best i can do. >> thank you mrs. -- we'll be right back. ♪ daisy, do-do a dollop our family-owned company makes daisy... with 100% natural farm-fresh cream. no artificial ingredients. no preservatives. and no added hormones. ♪ better with a dollop here ♪ fresher with a dollop there ♪ ♪ wholesome in every way ♪ daisy, do a dollop ♪ daisy, do-do a dollop ♪ daisy, do a dollop [ male announcer ] got a cold? [ sniffles ] [ male announcer ] not sure what to take? now click on the robitussin relief finder at robitussin.com. click on your symptoms. get the right relief. ♪ makes the cold aisle easy. ♪ >>> we're out of time or else i'd give you more german lessons. >> danke. auf wiedersehen. >> stay with abc news throughout the day. >> bye. ughout the

prince william county closed. rappahannock county closed. jefferson county two-hour delay and morgan county two-hour delay as well. we will be scrolling closures across the top of your screen all morning long. let's talk to meteorologist adam caskey. we had that snow that you were talking about. now we're dealing with some of the aftermath. >> yeah, there are some slick spots. it is definitely doable today. here is a look at our temperatures. 25 in the district. 17 at dulles, airport. hagerstown at 17. annapolis at 23. we will become sunny today and that will help melt some of the snow, especially with our temperatures climbing into the mid 30's. as for the weekend, looking rather cloudy on saturday and a slight chance of a few more snow showers on sunday. looks like a coastal system, we're going to keep a close eye on that. we could be talking about more snow but right now just a slight chance of a brief little bit of snow on sunday. >> we have a tractor trailer accident on the outer loop of the beltway. it looks like only the right lane bl

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and william?as going to say with the native american population, unfortunately, domestic violence is very, very high, so gender-specific programs are fundamental to the healing process. it's just amazing to see how on my particular reservation that 99 percent of the domestic violence situations are alcohol related. wow, that is very high. that is very high. what other factors within the native community should other programs be aware of? as far as cultural sensitivity? that is correct. it's been my experience on the reservation, i went to the reservation in 2000. i was raised in the city, i am what you would call an urban indian. so my upbringing was completely different than reservation life. so when i returned to the reservation in 2000, i was an outsider. even though i was a cherokee indian and an enrolled member, i was an outsider because nobody knew who i was. what seemed to work was when i started learning about them. not saying oh, i'm one of you, learning about them, sharing their experien

meanwhile, photographs of william and kate were released today. this photographer has photographed the royal family before, but is most famous for taking the i-conic black and white photos of william's mother, princess diana. >> i think by choosing the photographer, he's so incredibly happy, he's almost bringing her in again to the whole kind of situation around the engagement. >> reporter: in the new photos, front and center on kate's finger is diana, william's mother's unmistakable engagement ring. she may be gone from the royal couple's life, but she clearly won't be forgotten. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >>> 4:55. it looks like union workers will not get the extra money they usually receive this time of year. muni has a speshlt fund set up for the city's transit operators and at the end of the year, each worker normally gets around $3,000 on top of their normal pay. because of the transportation authority's budget meltdown, management says it can't dole it out this year. >> it's a two-way street. the public has been generous in terms o