new york state bans using student test scores to evaluate teachers? >> well, they did in terms of tenure and that was a mistake. that law will end pretty soon. i think what the secretary and the president are doing is so important. they are really trying to inject true accountability into public education, and they're saying that if you don't hold teachers, schools, school districts accountable for student performance, forget about it, and that's the message, and it's very, very powerful. i give both the president and secretary great credit. these are the things we've been doing in new york, like the bonus program and we've been looking every one of our schools. we look at how much progress it makes. we give them a grade based on the progress. these ideas are now starting to catch on nationally. >> let me ask you about this state of education today. what worries you most in our urban school districts right now? >> i think what worries me most is that our urban school districts are falling behind the rest of the world, that we've had these racial and e

"new york times" reporters have been following three small businesses around new york city to see howoping with this economic crisis. >> reporter: six months ago, mike manna of manna's meats in the bronx was hopeful about the prospects for the summer. >> it is starting to come back, maybe the nice weather is one thing. >> reporter: with a sizable energy bill hanging over his head, the stakes were high, but the summer was unusually cold, dampening prospects for a good barbecue season. >> we lost all of june, half of july with the weather. but we saved it. >> reporter: located near blocks from wall street, mohammad's restaurant was hit hard by the financial collapse. >> comparing the last six months, i see a little bit of improvement as far as lunch but like i said, dinner is still the same thing. some months it's even worse. >> reporter: now, unemployment is the biggest concern for these small business owners because when customers tighten their purse strings, affects their bottom line. you can see this video and more at video.nytimes.com. >>> and coming up, hear what john mccain's a f

we're seeing new york schools have made great headway. baltimore has a chef now.as a chef now. i think a lot of schools are starting, but it's taken us a while to really understand that we do have to feed kids better and that we should really be working on it. >> okay. how much more expensive is it for a school to switch from something like tater tots and fried chicken mcnuggets -- or chicken nuggets to roast chicken? >> i think we really need to add a dollar. the federal reimbursement rate is $2.70, and i think we really need to add a dollar to that. now, in our country we're feeding 5.4 billion lunches a year, so adding a dollar would be $5.4 billion. we're spending $260 billion, a quarter trillion on these diet related illnesses. if we could start to see or kids health as a health initiative and school lunch as part of food that we feed our kids and that is healthy foods that will make a difference, weshd we could see school lunch as proactively taking care of this health care crisis that's impending on us. >> you have got to have a way to get average families

this is a hidden gem in new york. people don't know about the musical programs, the outreach to the community the cathedral offers and just the beauty of it. we're here at the hudson river parks pier 54. it's actually the remains of what's left of a magnificent pier. for me, it's the place where i end my bike ride on that little bench there, and it also has a very historical significance, because this is where they brought the survivors of "titanic" when they came back. welcome to coney island, usa, this is where new york city ends. this is one of the world's most famous amusement parks. what makes this place very special, it's like stuck in time. i mean, the attractions are the same from years ago. the whole feel, the atmosphere of the place is very old-fashioned, so those are the secrets of my new york city. i want to see your secrets. go to ireport.com/mycitymy secret, let's see them! >>> one woman is proving that age shouldn't keep you from doing what you want to do. that's how she's reaching new heights and teach

into western new york.00 jobs and added another 500 by keeping cannon on long island. i'm going to meet with a company today that somebody is making a better offer but we're going to make them an offer they hope fully won't refuse. and the whole idea right now is that people were leaving new york state because the jobs were being relocated and quality of life was better in other states. now that the whole country is in recession, we're taking advantage of new york's workforce and this whole innovation economy that everyone is talking about because new york state lost a number of jobs in the manufacturing industry upstate and also lost jobs from financial services down state. the reason we are ground zero for the economic recession is because 21% of our resources come from wall street taxes. when that went off the cliff, our budget deficit quadrupled last year. what we're recognizing now is what everybody recognizes in their own portfolio. you can't overinvest in one area, because if it fails you'll have a d

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then look at the rain developing across western new york towards central new york. that cold air and wind comes right over the lakes. you can see the winds continue to howl today at about 50 miles per hour. all the areas you see in yellow, a good chunk of michigan in northern indiana and ohio, stretching down through d.c. in towards north carolina mountains. trying to get in or out of the beltway area, it's going to be tough. currently, winds are gusting at about 20 miles per hour. to the north, it's going to be worse. boston, the rain, fog in place. there it is. winds today about 45 to 50 miles per hour. >> i can't see. >> could be the bottom of my shoe. you don't know. but that is in fact boston. new york city, the playoff game. philadelphia, windy conditions, but try. >>> so, tom delay no more on "dancing with the stars." his doctor say he has stress fractures in both feet. on monday, delay ignored his doctor's advice and did this little shimmy. is he not counting? i think it's because the shoes they put the poor guy in. >> he broke his feet trying so hard. >> th

in new york, i have contacts in new york. i'm proceeding to do other career things. i mean, if i had to buy a hotel room, no one's footing the bill for that. it's expensive enough. i have to move further with my career to afford my kids as well. >> do you think joint custody will work for jon and kate? >> i hope it does because even if we disapprove of the way he's behaved, those children love him and they need their father. >> both parties in court just hours ago, and it ain't pretty. straight to maxine paige, senior news editor, radaronline. what happened? >> they met at judge arthur tilson's quarters, and they met privately. jon was ordered to pay back $180,000 that he'd taken from their joint savings account, and kate was ordered to account for $55,000 that she took that she says was for household bills and expenses. >> so let me get this straight. unleash the lawyers. susan moss, raymond giudice, richard herman. he is ordered to pay back nearly $200,000, and she is ordered to account for money. what about it, sue moss? >

so long from new york. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- bill: good morning from new york city. close the bank account, hide the cash. new questions about whether or not an already giant federal deficit is about to get bigger. >> i am working closely to explore any and all additional options and measures that we might take to promote job creation bill: what does that mean? the budget sequel that nobody wants to see. good morning, everybody. patti ann: friday morning, we got the bleak jobs report showing 9.8% of the workforce is now on unemployment. right after, stu varney made a prediction here of this show, watch for calls from made -- for a new bailout. three hours later, the president made those remarks that you just heard. bill: stu varney les our coverage again this morning. it came up a lot on the sunday talk show. >> they do not want to call it stimulus two. extend unemployment benefits, and extend the homeowner's tax cred

in new york. >> d.c. has exactly the same problems in new york. >> kristin rand is with the violence policy center. >> people bent on buying guns go to gun shows, buy the guns and bring them back into jurisdictions with strong gun laws like d.c. and new york. >> police point to gun shows in virginia. >> virginia is clearly a primary source of prime guns in the district. that's well documented by atf trades data. >> the video highlights private sales, not those by dealers of bloomberg's sting says if he's serious about cushing crime he would have cooperated with local law enforcement authorities. >> and at at that press conference, he hopes federal legislation can help solve the problem he says the sting reveals. >> thank you. >>> on rest tonight as the war in afghanistan reaches an eight year milestone. and those feelings overflowed in the streets of northwest d.c. demonstrators walked from thomas circle to the white house chanting "no justice, no peace" and recruiters lied but soldiers died. >>> meantime

york. we're inside the cathedral church of st. john the divine. this is a hidden gem in new york because people don't know about the musical programs, the outreach to the opportunity that the cathedral offers, and just the beauty of it. we're here at the hudson river park's pier 54. it's actually the remains of what's left of a magnificent pier. for me it's the place where i end my bike ride, on that little bench there. and it also has a very historical significance because this is where they brought the survivors of titanic when they came back. welcome to coney island, usa. this is where new york city ends. this is one of the world's most famous amusement parks. what makes it place very special, it's like stuck in time. i mean, the attractions are the same from years ago. the whole feel of the atmosphere of the place is very old fashioned. so those are the secrets of my new york city. i want to see your secrets. go to ireport.com/ ireport.com/mycitymysecret. let's see them. >>> so the 20th

and new york, sunny today and 61 degrees. finally in florida, still hot, in the mid 80s for tampa and miami. that is a look at your forecast for "hln." i hope you have a great weekend. >>> there is some precious jewelry sitting out there that nobody wants to claim. we're talking diamond rings here, platinum watches. so, what happens to it if no one says, hey, that's mine? >>> okay. this is a little hard to believe. but there are diamonds and jewelry that nobody wants to claim of their own. they're amongst some 40,000 items the florida state government auctioned off yesterday. the stuff had been left behind in unclaimed safe deposit boxes and was turned over to the state. some people got themselves a bargain. >> these are early notes. some are fractional notes from the civil war. there are several confederate bills. i saved these items for my grandsons when they get older and they want to go to college. maybe this will be a good investment in their college education. i was expecting to pay more. i figured this would go for ove

. >> good to be back in new york. >>reporter: man responsible for the miracle on the hudson goes back to work. who he is thanking tonight. >> hello. >> 17-year-old that escaped from the hicky school is back in custody tonight. >> police say he had help from a very surprising source and uncovered a second crime. >> karen live at the golden ring with the latest tonight. karen. >>reporter: 17-year-old jordan is being held at the chesapeake treatment center on the grounds of charles h.escaped this past monday. now state police tell us this monday he was helped by a youth counselor at the facility. both have been charged. but then there's more. youth counselor 26-year-old from white marsh charged with harboring and sexual child abuse. police arrested jordan in delaware yesterday. investigators say dupont used her cell phone to contact family members. it was also learned that dupont and greenville had sexual relations the night prior to their arrest. now coming up on the news at 10:00 more details about this case from maryl

we'll see you tomorrow night back in new york. good night.

robert joe halderman had a court hearing in new york. he's facing larceny charges that could land him in jail for 15 years. after the hearing, halderman was released on $200 bail. he reportedly demanded $2 million to keep quiet about letterman's affairs with co-workers. letterman admitted on thursday to having sex with female staffers. his production company says he didn't violate the harassment policy. >>> so who is this man, robert joe halderman. his uncle said he's not the kind of man who would blackmail people. susan candiotti dug deeper and found out more about it. >> robert joe halderman is making headlines in a tawdry blackmail case. prosecutors say he tried to shake down late night talk show host david letterman for $2 million to keep letterman's sex life quiet. letterman beat him to it, surprising his audience by announcing he had affairs with co-workers and told the grand jury about it. >> the creepy stuff was that i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. >> his production company says the affairs happened before

toward lower new york state. state college, 2 1/2 inches of snow on the ground, earliest snow of the year. the warnings are located in roughly the same spot as yesterday. here's what it looks like, the areas shaded in red, a total of about four to ten inches of snow, mainly above 1,000 feet, including i-80. the white counties are winter storm watch. the bluer the advisory, less snow. . the snow will continue and taper off and pick back up overnight tonight as more energy approaches you from the south. here's what it looks like across the region by boston, little travel problems up here. the rain heavy at times around the region for the last couple of hours. it's going to shuttle in off and on all day. winds gusting out of the east. light snow out there for northern pennsylvania and lower new york state. but the wind advisories for cape cod are up there. martha's vineyard for a wind warning, winds gusting for about 60 miles an hour. coastal flood warnings watches up and down the eastern seaboard because of the win

ah, new york. it is the bottom of the hour. now for the top of the news. the holdup in the health-care battle. the head of the senate finance committee hoping to vote on his bill this week. there is just one minor detail, and that is how much is it all going to cost? the people in charge of figuring that out are still crunching numbers. let's go to capitol hill. carl cameron is there. any time it will be done? >> it may be some time. they're waiting for the cbo's non-partisan cost analysis, and it could come tomorrow and set up the finance committee being able to vote on thursday on the bill that they were working on for the last eight months. it still is a long ways away, and a lot of democrats insist now they have at least 72 hours to take a look not only at the specific price tag of all of this, but also the legislative language. 72 hours before the final vote, and nobody knows where that is going to be. if they get these numbers tomorrow and meet with everyone's liking, perhaps, but here is the hook. whenever the cbo numbers seem to be slowed down, it

>> why do you feel like you have to be in new york? >> i have business in new york. i have contacts in new york. i'm proceeding to do other career things. if i had to buy a hotel room, you know, no one's footing the bill for that. it's expensive enough. i have to move on with my career to support my children as well. >> do you think joint custody will work for jon and kate? >> i hope it does. even if we disapprove of the way he's behaved, those children love him. and they need their father. both parties in court just hours ago, and it ain't pretty. straight to maxine page rngs senior news editor, radar online. maxeen, what happened? >> they met today privately with the judge. jon was ordered to pay back $180,000 he had taken from the joint savings account, and kate was ordered to account for $55,000 that she took that she says was for household bills and expenses. >> let me get this straight. let's unleash the lawyers. susan moss, ray giudice, richard herman. he's ordered to pay back $230,000 and she is ordered to account for money. what about it, sue moss? >> return

new york yankees' high-priced talent is paying off. cc sabathia won game one of the american league champion series. last night, alex rodriguez, the highest paid player in the game, big hand in winning game two. yankees and angels in near freezing temperature in the bronx. a-rod on fire. home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to tie the game, and keep his team alive. and then bottom of the 13th inning, yankees catch a break. the throwing error, right here, allowed the winning run to score from second base. yank yankees lead two games to nothing. the game ended 1:07 local time. ouch. >>> college football, flash back to oklahoma's first game of the year, sam bradford slammed to the turf, hurt his shoulder. missed the next three games. he returned last week, looked great. yesterday, in the sooners rivalry game, slammed to the turf again. who knows how long he'll be out. without him, oklahoma struggled. his replacement, landry jones picked off not once, but twice. texas wins 16-13 and stays unbeaten. >>> it was a classic between notre d

it was here in new york city. and one of my favorite stars, "curb your enthusiasm" star, susy esman, told us she thought he handled it perfectly. >> i think he's been handling it brilliant it. it's not such a big deal. he's not like somebody that has been the arbitrator of morality. he's a comedian. he's not a senator or a priest or a minister. he's a comedian. >> okay. i'm hearing that from a lot of people. i totally understand what she's saying. letterman's not a senator or a priest. but, pat, he's still at the end of the day the boss having sex with staff members. is that ever appropriate? >> and the same guy who's made a lot of noise about sarah palin's children, okay, so let's talk a little bit about hypocrisy. but here's the deal, a.j. yes, it's a free world. he's another sleazy guy with power who used that power to have sex with a lot of young women. there's a lot of frat-type guys out there going, whoo-hoo, yeah, go dave. but let me tell you who i'm really mad at here. i'm mad at the women in the workplace

marching through the allegheny and western new york, a heavy batch of rain pulled through new york city about an hour and a half ago. now that rain is sliding down long island. you can see it there in to montauk. light showers behind me going to be there for the morning and then the give tonight, talking yanks/phillies, looking at some drizzle patches. that's about it. the heaviest rain will be gone by then. the rain filtering in through boston. you see the heaviest downpours in the western part of that state and then in cleveland you're seeing the back edge of that low as it moves away from you so you get the rain showers and clearing skies for the afternoon. and that is going to be true chicago through detroit down through cincinnati. the clouds you have now, they will erode for you. then the other big story, this major winter type storm that's developing. it's an area of low pressure at the surface of the it's right around new mexico and colorado. that bombs out over the next couple of hours and look at the snow beginning to develop around denver. winter storm warnings, we have them

new york city metros here are the hour ones.hiladelphia also looking at las vegas and san francisco, robin, with gusty winds. more on that in a little bit. >> he breaks into -- ♪ let luck be a lady tonight >>> a man says he was drunk when he said threats against president obama. >>> two northwest pilots say that they were using flair personal laptops when they overshot the minneapolis airport by 150 miles last week. the pilots tell the ntsb that they were focused on a new computer program that arranges crew schedules. delta, which owns northwest, suspended the pilots. but this could cost them their jobs. >>> we're getting close to the first test launch of nasa's ares rocket. this is a live picture. they are just a few minutes behind schedule, apparently. so we're looking a little after 8:00 a.m. eastern if they're going to go ahead and launch it. nasa hopes to use the ares rocket for flights to the moon and mars. it's kind of a forerunner for what will eventually do that. >>> a turning point in the health care debate. yesterday

what we are now learning from the "new york times," was the extent to which senator ensign leaned on friends to hire hampton. and did favors for those companies that did him favors by hiring that guy. senator ensign directly contacted the secretary of transportation to try to resolve a d.o.t. investigation. another one n.v. energy. ensign contacted the secretary of the interior to get them to move faster on an n.v. energy project. the implications here are potentially criminal because senate ethics rules and federal criminal law prohibit senior senate aides from lobbying the senate for a full year after leaving their jobs. doug hampton went right from his job in senator ensign's office, to a job lobbying the senate. john ensign not only knew that, if these new allegations are correct, senator ensign essentially got him that illegal job. and according to doug hampton, senator ensign knew what was happening might be illegal. quoting from the times, mr. hampton says he and mr. ensign were aware of the lobbying restriction, but chose to ignore it. federal ethics rules say criminal law ha

a unit faced in new york was supposed to relief another unit in january. military officials say iraqi forces will be able to handle the patrol. >> reconciliation is a tough business. i mean, i've been in some of these meetings with people. they don't like each other. you have to get them to work together, get them to understand their futures are together. then you've got a bombing which makes it even tougher. again, i think the iraqi people have really signaled that they are really sick and tired of this stuff. >> yesterday's iraq security forcesor were the targets of militant attacks. at least nine people were killed, four soldiers died in an assault against an iraqi army convoy. in ra mahdi, a suicide bomber blew up a key highway bridge. the u.s. military used the bridge to transport equipment out of iraq. >>> after spending nearly four months imprisoned in iran, a ""newsweek" reporter is free. he was arrested in the aftermath of opposition demonstration's protesting the reelection of ahmadinejad. he was among more than 1 you 00 journalists and reformist

new york city's mayor is urging congress to stop illegal sales at gun shows. he spent more than a million dollars on an undercover investigation to highlight how rampant the problem apparently is. and correspondent richard lui is joining us now with more on what they found in this investigation. >> good morning to you, robin. yeah, at gun shows private dealers do not have to do background checks but it's illegal to sell to people they think may not pass one. now the undercover investigation in this case found that nearly two-thirds ignored those rules but not everyone. >> do you do background checks? >> no. >> well, that's good because i probably wouldn't be able to pass one. >> why wouldn't you be able to pass one? >> oh, i just wouldn't. >> if you're basically tell me you wouldn't pass a background check, then i wouldn't be about to. >> i don't want to jam you up or anything. >> yeah, well, i think that's what the rules are. >> all right. our investigators also tested licensed dealers. they found 16 out of 17 sold guns to straw purchasers, someone with a cle

but everyone else in the top ten sank, from walmart's waltons to new york's mayor. when the winfreys, trumps, and jobses of america are losing hundreds of millions, who could possibly be up? well, there's jerry jones, further enriched by selling out his new cowboys stadium. and facebook founder, mark zuckerberg, worth $2 billion at age 25. and texas banker, andrew beal, who tripled his worth by bottom-feeding on cheap loans from desperate banks. >> he's done a tremendous job of making his fortune out of other's misfortune. >> reporter: millionaires are smart, they say. but billionaires are smart and lucky. that may apply to all of the forbes 400. but one new member also carries the label of suspicious. jeffry picower is worth at least $1 billion after investing with bernard madoff, and cashing out right before the ponzi scheme collapsed. a lawsuit may knock him off of next year's list. but either way, the 2008 red ink bloodbath makes this list one to forget. even for those who can afford to lose $1 million an hour. bill weir, abc news, new york. >> lots lost. >>> st

you put him in the new york traffic.rop him in and he has to run and not get hit. >> well, can you catch "the joy behar show" right here on hln for a lot of funny moments like. that. >>> now to anarchologyist that calls a discovery of another stonehenge absolutely incredible. in this picture you'll see here this is an artist's drawing based on what scientists think the site looked like. it's called bluestonehenge. it is a mile from the original. scientists saying the finding supports the theory that monument is part of a prehistoric funeral site. >>> halloween decorations or death threats? check these out. why these phoney tombstones you see are way too scary for some folks. >>> all right. we're just getting this in to hln. you're looking at a police standoff in mt. vernon, washington, north of seattle. it is just about 7:45 a.m. officials will only say that the situation started at about 5:00 a.m. local time. so that's about 2 1/2 hours -- or greater ago. a witness on the scene says police want someone inside to call 91

hammer in new york.ht, the brand-new astoni astonishing revelations from mackenzie phillips about her incestuous relationship with her father and why her younger half sister now says she's lying. that's just one of two stories with big news breaking today. just hours ago on cnn's "larry king live," mackenzie phillips exposed yet another bombshell today, claiming her father is the one who paid for her abortion. and now her half sister, actress bijou phillips says, don't believe her. >>> and in more big news breaking, john travolta took the stand today in the extortion case. he explains how he was shaken down for $25 million. joining me tonight in new york, ben whitcombe, a editor for stylist.com. and kim serafin with "in touch weekly." mackenzie phillips speaking out again today about new claims of an incestuous relationship with her father, john phillipses of the mammas and the pa pass. just hours ago on "larry king live," mackenzie claims the relationship ended when she got pregnant and her father paid

the new administration, the restaurant scene is almost rivalling new york now. there is lots of really good things happening in the district of columbia. >> reporter: the ranking certainly gives d.c. some serious bragging rights but the ultimate compliment will be if all the positive publicity turns into tourism and more industry relocating to the region. along the new wall street, claudia coffey, fox 5 news. >> d.c. tied with seat follow the top spot. new york, portland and also opportunity being texas round out the top five. >>> coming up in our 7:00 hour, "washington post" style writer monica hess and lifestyle consultant selena gil will be joining us to talk about what makes d.c. so hip. >>> some people waking up to a flooded mess this morning. >> a water main break is impacting basements, neighborhood streets an large commuter routes. we'll take you there live just ahead. . ♪ mmm. oh gosh. oh dear. big deal. you're delicious. so what. i've got news for you. there's no such thing... ...as a bear sheriff. you think i'm afraid of you? hey what? you don't have

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i love new york. >> she is so good and sharp. chris: think about it, in all seriousness she's been really good at these transitions and went down south for her husband and developed something of a draw and was authentic and went to new york and became a new york politician, probably the number one politician and now is a woman of the world, a global figure. i think she makes these transitions effectively. >> no one works harder at it. i saw her at the state department the other day and looked every inch the all-serving, all-knowing secretary of state. she's made another transition. chris: when we come back we'll look at another hot spot that makes the president say up, iran, israel has been insistent they won't tolerate a nuclear iran. our question, will the u.s. help israel attack iran? plus scoops and predictions from the notebooks of these reporters. >> life, liberty and the pursuit of politics. chris: i hate to teach politics to the experts but it's fun. >> hardball with chris matthews. chris: welcome back. as if afghanistan

drew levinson, cbs news, new york. >>> an amazing story. not a bad day to fly. >> not at all. >> good visibility. the winds have died down from yesterday. and, you know, must be good for him to get back in and have a regular flight, no unscheduled stops. >> anything is pretty much regular after what he has been through. >> everything is a piece of cake. >> we're in good shape. a mixture of clouds and sunshine and a cool day. it is october, finally and almost on schedule. temperatures have gotten a little below average. average is 74. we will be lucky to get in the upper 60s. and as we head to tomorrow we will see a mixture of clouds and sunshine. could be a cloud or a rain drop or two late in the day. tomorrow night in to early saturday. by saturday afternoon, if not mid-morning, i think we will see some sunshine returning and at least salvage the second half of saturday and the rest of the weekend. as we look at the forecast for this afternoon, mostly sunny to partly cloudy highs near 70 to the upper 60s. northwest winds five to ten. clear

we're in new york city. and i want to show you some of my best-kept secrets in new york. we're inside the cathedral church. this is a hiding gem in new york, because people don't know about the musical programs, the outreach to the community that the cathedral offers, and just the beauty of it. we're here at the hudson river park's pier 54. it's the remains of a mag any of send pier. for me it's the place where i end my bike ride, and it also has a very historical significant. this is where they brought the survivor of the "titanic" when they came back. >>> welcome to coin island usa. this is where new york city ends, one of the world's most famous amusement parks. this place is like stuck? time. the attractions are the same from years ago. the whole atmosphere, the place is very old-fashioned. those are the secrets of my new york city. i want to see your secrets. let's see them. >>> some car wash customers can see what they think is the virgin mary while they wait for service. you won't believe how the image ended up in such an unlikely place. >>> it's a bit early, isn't

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tom costello, nbc news, new york. >>> that's our broadcast this thursday night.nk you for being with us. i'm brian williams, we'll see you tomorrow night back in new york, good night. >>> jon gosselin's revenge. he bans

which is number eight on "the new york times" best sellers list?indsay, you win a trip to atlanta so we can all meet you here. thank you to everybody who sent a story to win the contest. you were very inspiring. >>> seven minutes past the hour. we're learning more about the man accused of trying to blackmail david letterman and his alleged money problems. >>> plus, you probably think you paid too much in taxes. well, this year almost 50% of us won't pay a dime in federal taxes? how is that legal? >>> you know, it's our honor every day to salute our troops. today the salute goes to sergeant major glenden oakley. he's on a second tour to iraq. i think you can hear how much his wife misses him. >> i'm becky oakley. my husband is sergeant major glenden oakley. i want to say, i love you, dear. i miss you. it's really been hard here trying to keep it all together. i'm holding it together. i just miss you being here to take some of the weight off my shoulders. but i'm doing it. we miss you so much. hurry home, dear. love you. >> you sound like a strong la

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hammer broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. i have to be wondering whether the 9-year-old twins of jon and kate got sung this song today. today on the birthday of their twins, jon and kate acted like stubborn children themselves. what jon did was caught on tape. we are going show it to you. if i was jon's parent, i would be telling him, jon, go to your room. no reality for you for a month! the big question is how low can jon and go? it made for big news breaking. let's face it. jon and kate enjoy a good public fight. >> okay is what you say every time i confront you about it. >> they did it for four years on the tlc show. >> it will fit on the ceiling. >> so will this. >> they are fighting on television tv pretty much any chance they get about financial woes. >> i have a stack of bills in my purse i can't drop in the mail. >> about whether they should go on. >> i don't want them to film anymore. i don't think it's healthy for them. >> they're reached a brand-new low. fighting over custody of their kids today on their twins's bi

new york city metro, watch for an hour delay to pop up shortly. the current one is philadelphia with that hour or more delay because of the rain and the wind. more delays coming at you, talking about d.c. metro. a half hour delay. san francisco, morning fog. just like yesterday, right around an hour. ground stop at 7:30 this morning, low clouds. more on that in a little bit. >>> call it preseason training for the snowplow drivers. hundreds of truck drivers in ohio took part in the annual snowplow rodeo to get their skills ready for the winter. drivers were judged on skills like avoiding mailboxes, very important, and parked cars, even more important. they also have to show they can inspect their own vehicles to make sure they're ready to go. >> got to make it fun somehow. it's a tough job. >>> all right. a simple gesture at a high school football game is causing a whole lot of commotion in one small town. rafer, what's going on? >> it's a polarizing issue, robin. we want to know what you think about this. 17-year-old r.j. davis from fitzgerald, ge

we're in new york city. and i want to show you some of my best-kept secrets of new york. we're inside the cathedral church of st. john of irvine. this is a hidden gem. people don't know about the musical programs, the outreach to the community that the cathedral offers. and just the -- the beauty of it. >> we're here at the hudson river park's pier 54. it's actually the remains of what's left of a magnificent pier. for me, it's the place where i end my bike ride, on that little bench there. and it also has a very historical significance. this is where they brought the survivors of titanic when they came back. welcome to coney island, usa. this is where new york city ends. this is the world's most famous amusement parks. what makes this place special, it's stuck in time. the attractions are the same from the years ago. the whole feel of the atmosphere, the place is very old fashioned. so those are the secrets of my new york city. i want to see your secrets go. to ireport.com/mycitymysecrets. let's see them. >>> so check this out. brand new dramatic video of last month's ts

jeff glor is at the ed sullivan theater here in new york. jeff, what's the latest? >> reporter: katie, the late zest that this afternoon prosecutors said they will seek a harsh punishment in this case. what could land that producer up to 15 years in prison after what prosecutors say was a series of& desperate and dangerous acts. the stunning announcement came 15 minutes into the taping of last night's show. >> i just want to reiterate how terrifying this moment is. >> reporter: today 15-year-old robert joe halderman was arraigned on first degree attempted grand larceny. the only words he uttered inside court: not guilty, when asked to it err plea. >> new york will not tolerate the coercion or extortion of anyone be rich or poor, famous or anonymous. >> reporter: halderman is a 27 year cbs news veteran, an emmy award winning producer for "48 hours mystery." prosecutors say he waited outside letterman's manhattan home on september 9 and left a package in the backseat of letterman's car, details letterman described to a surprised audience. >> and there's a letter in th

fifth. >> very surprising. >> in last place auburn, new york. now why are you going to hate on auburn, new york? they have the minor league team. they're 22 miles from syracuse. that's a look at sports. >> what about boston? >> boston was number three. >> okay. that's expected. >> chicago was fourth. >> chicago was four. thank you, rafer weigel. we'll be back with more. >>> today could be crucial to the future of the war on afghanistan. president obama and his top national security advisers will meet and they could start to talk about troop levels today. a white house official says the president wants to focus on fighting al qaeda and isn't as concerned about going after the taliban. a top u.s. commander wants up to 40,000 more troops. now we told you about levi johnston, the father of sarah palin's grandson, and, well, the revealing spread his attorney says is going to be in the works for "playgirl" magazine. that upcoming appearance got joy behar's attention and she has a lot to say about it in her "not for nothing commentary." take a listen.

you have new york and you have philadelphia. good morning to you, robin. >> good morning. >> somewhere mr. burns is saying excellent. i kid the yankee fans. you guys should be happy. biggest spenders in baseball, most expensive team in america going to the championship. interestingly, it was exactly at 12:01 eastern that they defeated the cinderella angels, whose $116 million payroll is half of new york's. it all comes full circle for alex rodriguez. he started the year embattled with the steroid scandal, but rose from the ashes to be the hero in the playoffs and now the yankees get the phillies. i'm actually rooting for a. rod to get the world series mvp. we'll see what happens. >>> comeback for the new orleans sta saints. they were down by three, over, finished. the saints' defense marched them back. they're known for their explosive offense. drew brees, definitely reason to celebrate. >>> brett favre was in the middle of leading his team to another fourth quarter comeback, just like every other game, but the super bowl champi

so my question -- >> "the new york post" -- i'm sorry. >> go ahead. >> "the new york post" reported she was the only one drinking at the party. so there had to have been a lot of adults around saying yes, we're all drinking soda and juice and look at her put down the vodka. >> but in her defense, let me just say this, or the defense of others at the party, she was at an alleged .13. that doesn't mean she was .13 at the time that she left the party and many times, people are functioning, walking, talking, not falling down, and so in defense of those who might have seen her leave, they might not have seen those significant signs that would have led them to say wait, stop, don't leave. >> let me just say this. seven young girls in a car when there's not enough seat belts for all of them, right there, that's a huge problem even if no alcohol was involved. but let's go to dr. reef karim, addiction specialist. this is what perplexes me. in the case of the other wrong way driver, drunk driving mom who killed eight, in this case, as well, these moms do not have a history of alcoholism. so this

in new york, i have contacts in new york. i'm proceeding to do other career things. i mean, if i had to buy a hotel room, no one's footing the bill for that. i mean, it's expensive enough. i have to move further with my career to afford my kids as well. >> do you think joint custody will work for jon and kate? >> i hope it does because even if we disapprove of the way he's behaved, those children love him and they need their father. both parties in court just hours ago, and it ain't pretty. straight to maxine paige, senior news editor, radaronline. maxine, what happened? >> they met at judge arthur tilson's quarters, and they met privately. jon was ordered to pay back $180,000 that he'd taken from their joint savings account, and kate was ordered to account for $55,000 that she took that she says was for household bills and expenses. >> so let me get this straight. unleash the lawyers. susan moss, raymond giudice, richard herman. he is ordered to pay back nearly $200,000, and she is ordered to account for money. what about it

through new york city.ook at the big rain shield towards western p.a., western new york state, also. this low across the surface right around ohio will merge with this one off the shore right around long eye hand and will sit there for a little bit. basically drizzle for the game. new york showers off and on for the morning. more steady rain around boston. winds gusting out of the east probably about 20 miles an hour. something else we're watching. cleveland beginning to dry out. that's the back edge of that circulation. but then by denver, you can see already beginning to get the speak and it will be heavy at times today. specifically this afternoon. so we have winter storm warnings out there for denver and the rest of colorado. boston tower cam, we will see some travel delays. look at the gray clouds, hoe advilow advi visibilities. high today only 50. we'll have the full travel forecast in 15 minutes. >> thanks, bob. >>> in an emergency room, seconds can mean the difference between life and death. how one