what's going on with south carolina? i love south carolina, but they have problems with the governor. remember, he was supposed to be somewhere on the appalachian trail, and he was in argentina with his mistress. now the chief prosecuting officer for the state is with an 18-year-old hooker? a cemetery? >> and this is also very embarrassing because this south carolina attorney general, in other words this guy's boss, has tried to make a name for himself cracking down on online prostitution, so once again it's a case of the pot calling the kettle black. >> i don't understand, you know, in south carolina you go to the drunk of the car, the black & decker, the wrench, the flares for emergencies and the viagra, too. it's one-ston shopping. whenever you need it, it's available to you in south carolina. >> unbelievable. >> stay right there. we're going to have more in a moment. they said it would never last. but it's been two months, and you're still going strong. glade lasting impressions. two fragrances alternate to keep thin

more rain coming in across south carolina and north carolina. this is wilmington radar, picking up rain coming out of that state line with north and south carolina. big showers also towards hilton head towards bluffton, that will be all for the morning. by late this afternoon should begin to break up a little bit. rain around tallahassee, big thunderstorms possible today. most of the thunder is near mobile and biloxi stretching down towards new orleans. you can see it there on the radar. that's where it's going to be again for the morning. lake-effect rain for the morning. then over towards the rockies, here's the low around wyoming and here's the snow lower parts of montana. lots of that action starting in early october. let me show you video from yesterday morning. major flooding in san antonio texas, more than 5.4 inches of rain. caused massive street flooding. that broke a record for the daily amount of rainfall. this area was in exceptional drought, they are obviously whittling that away. more rain in the future but scattered showers, nothi

and john mccain won the south carolina primary. these talk radio guys couldn't control republican voters in primaries in south carolina. they have actually no power over real americans. it's a media circus. most americans are where they've always been, sort of center right independence. >> what's happening is we've created -- there's kind of a freak showbizness now of each side. which amplifies the shrill voices. we have one-party cable networks now, one of each. everything is by noise, by hot language, and by anecdotes. you know, so facts and more complicated debate is pushed out because it's not loud and colorful enough. >> show that a one-party network? >> i would take your prime time and fox prime time and say it is kind of the same dance toward the dumbing of the base. >> you know, i think that the media does play a role in the wacky part of this. there's a good left-right debate to be had. a lot of bad things will happen to people over time. when grayson goes on the floor, suddenly he gets that point across, because that's wh

>> south carolina or here, that's way away. >> this is out in montana. this is aroundÑi bozeman, monta. they're happy to have thexd fir snow. it's october. these things happen out in the rocky mountains. our temperature Ñiaroundçó here the other hand, and it's still snowing out there, about two to three inches of snow. many of the high spots have seen someÑi snow-skiers. our temperature outside right now -- there we are. we made it. 69 degrees. dew point, 41. southerly wind at 6 miles an hour. here's what's happening around the east. look at the temperature outside now. we are at 69 degrees right herg in washington. 60s to our north. 59 degrees up aroundÑi buffalo. chicago's xd51 degrees. in the lastÑiÑiÑi 24 hours, tha storm that brought all the winds has moved on out. here's the next wave in the atmosphere and onceagain, this storminess moving to our west so we'll be really on the frin ngs of it. earlier, miami, 92 degrees, a record high temperature. look at the areas that are having flood watches while we've been very dry. flood watches and f

what's going on with south carolina? they have problems with the governor. he was supposed to be on the appalachian trail and he was in argentina with a mistress. now, the chief of the state is with an 18-year-old hooker in the cemetery? >> this is embarrassing because this south carolina attorney general, his boss, has tried to make a name for himself cracking down on online prostitution. it's a case of the pot calling the kettle black. >> i don't understand, in south carolina, you go to the black and decker power tool box, you have the wrench and flair for emergencies. oh, yeah, the viagra, too. when ever you need it, it's available to you in south carolina. >> unbelievable. >> stay there, we'll have more in a moment. >>> we don't see any impropriety by the officers. we don't extend other courtesy's to folks with badges. >> that was the columbia south carolina police chief saying he didn't get special treatment. roland corning was pulled over in a cemetery with a stripper. i have to ask you, you are the reporter covering this, was there a controversy about

just a soggy morning for everyone down there in georgia and south carolina. here's the forecast for today. very nice boston, new york, d.c., philly. big cities, no problem. okay from detroit to chicago. still on the cool side. but the wet weather is definitely here in the deep south. that's a look at your monday forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. we're going to continue to watch partly cloudy skies through michigan. maine not too bad. the leaves are pretty much at peak from vermont, new hampshire and maine. hopefully you can get out and enjoy it with temperatures in the 60s. well, christina, that's your monday forecast. i'll show you what tuesday looks like a little later. >> all right. thanks, bill. >>> asian stocks tumble, greenspan spews, and the lucky lottery embezzler. your early morning business headlines straight ahead. >>> lindsay lohan tries to shake off her karma by trying something new. it didn't work. >>> saints and jets battle for perfection. sometimes 162 games just isn't enough. you're watching "early today." >>> go

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i respectfully reserve my time on behalf of the republican leader who shall be here shortly. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentleman from missouri ready to close? mr. skelton: i am not. the majority leader will be with us momentarily. mr. speaker, i yield one minute to my friend, my colleague, the distinguished majority leader, the gentleman from maryland, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: i thank the chairman for yielding. i thank the ranking member for his leadership. and i want to say particularly as i start that the distinguished chairman of this committee does america a great service. this is a critical bill for our nation, for our men and women in uniform. and there is no greater advocate of america's readiness or the quality of life of our serviceperson ell than the gentleman from missouri, -- service personnel than the gentleman from missouri, mr. skelton, and i want to thank him for his leadership. mr. speaker, i rise to su

a good chunk of south carolina out there for that. chicago getting back in towards madison, wisconsin, even towards green bay, too. it's all going to stretch quickly through ind inld and ohio getting to west virginia and virginia for later this afternoon but check out indianapolis. heavy rain is out there and that's the way it's going to be. a quick look at atlanta if you're traveling in or out. temperatures 65 degrees. rain in the morning. scattered showers in the afternoon. more details on that in a bit. >> okay. looks so dreary. you just want to stay in bed right now. i know you do. all right. an 8-year-old girl was attacked and left for dead but now this has been 20 years ago, and all that time later there is an arrest in the case and you will hear from her about her stunning story. >>> it is time right now for a salute to the troops. and today's salute comes from adrian martin to her brother marine corporal eric martin. she says that he's been in the marines for five years now and when all of his friends were getting ready for th

and john mccain won the south carolina primary. they couldn't control voters in south carolina. they have actually no power. it's a media circus. most americans are where they are always been. and one of each. >> and what that does is tell the debate, and the language and anecdote, and so facts and more debate, colorful debate and i would take your prime tame and fox prime tame and say that the media does play a role in the whacky part of this. there's a good left right to be had. if you don't reform health care, a lot of things will happen over time. but when grayson comes on and that is what the media covers. david, democratic congressman of carolina, a thousand people in durham, really a good town meeting and it didn't blow up. a a tv producer told him before the meeting, if your meeting doesn't blow up and doesn't get on television, i think if we're going to be moan a certain kind of harshness, we've got to ask our serves, what gets reported and it doesn't take alan grayson to get to that. >> it always bled if it bled. we have always covered conflict and it always happens to

again, that is coming from the south carolina governor mark sanford. vinnie, are you with me that this is probably the last person dave needs speaking out in sympathy? >> yeah, he really doesn't. it's incredible. it's absolutely incredible. here's the problem, though, for dave letterman, is, you know, if, in fact, this extortion case, this blackmail case goes forward, a.j., you're going to hear more and more about dave's life. because as you've seen this defense attorney go around, making the rounds, talking about what he wants to do, it's clear what he wants to do and just about any criminal defense attorney wants to do. find another villain. and the case for this halderman guy is to make david letterman look worse than he is. and that's what's going to happen. >> and sadly, he's already gotten that job accomplished, just by all of this coming out in public, you know, in a way, he sort of one. but let's talk about that for a moment. because the attorney for the suspect is ready to force letterman to stand trial. a lot of people have been saying, you k

this is a guy from south carolina. and as always, it's less the infraction, it's less the violation than the judgment surrounding it. chris: hmm. when we come back we'll talk more about the letterman case, is it more about the charge of blackmail and less about what letterman did? are scandals not to scandalous these days? tell me something i don't know. be right back. chris: welcome back. for the last 10 days the big david letterman focus has been the charge of blackmail, more than his admission of affairs with miss own staffers. we were wonders, are scandals tougher to come by these days? how do americans think of late-night stars? is letterman in the entertainment world where affairs are definitely not so much big news? could you argue that he's more of a public figure, however? early on, johnny carson was hosting the likes of richard nixon and martin luther king from his desk. you may recall that john mccain actually did his formal presidential announcement on letterman's show. and three weeks ago letterman hosted

welcome back to the real world, senator from south carolina. it's coming up on "the ed show." e >>> welcome back to "the ed show." president obama is about to leave for copenhagen to help chicago win the 2016 olympics. i think it's great that the president is showing his patriotism in pushing to bring the olympics back to the united states. but proving that they can find a negative in absolutely everything, the republicans are still jumping all over the president for his 18-hour trip to denmark. for more, let me bring in journalist stephen a. smith on this one tonight. good to have you with us. >> always. >> do you think the american people are okay with the president getting involved in this and trying to seal the deal for his hometown? >> of course they are. i don't think there's any question about it. obviously you're going to have a few million people that have a problem with it, but that's only because they have a problem with him. of the 69 million votes he got to win the presidency of the united states, there were 59 million people that

heavy downpours around that south carolina coastline. big wave of low pressure that's sliding due eastward. it will take that rain out with it later on today, beginning to dry out a bit. thunderstorms by biloxi and thunderstorms by new orleans. something we're watching. lake-effect rain. still coming up lake ontario, in towards the adirondacks. south of here, it is drive and nice. new york city with your sunrise, relatively cool day for you. look at the tower cam. i'm thinking 62 degrees will be the high temperature when you get toward nyc. east side looking extremely lovely this morning, rob, i would say. >> just like you always do, lovely. >> it's going to be absolutely lovely up there. >> that's code word for bob when he doesn't want to say everything is good looking. it's just lovely. >> lovely. >>> foul weather we have yesterday out of washington state. big-time wind event, 45-mile-per-hour wins got a dust storm, closing i-90 by rittsville. visibility less than a quarter mile, less than a third of a mile. just rough. that snow storm

he attacked a 77-year-old man in south carolina on a golf course and bit off part of his arm. authorities say the man was just picking up the ball when the 10-foot, 400 pound gator pulled him into a nearby pond. his golf partner rushed over to free him. wildlife officials had to come in to try to capture the alligator. >> he was sitting close to the bank. we were going to try to put a noose basically, a snare cable over him. hen we approached him and almost had it over his head, he went under the water. we played cat and mouse for about 30 minutes. then we were finally able to get a snag line on it, a rope with a trouble hook. we brought him to the shore to dispatch him, pull him up, opened him up and removed the arm. ems was standing by to take it. >> the man was taken to the medical university of south caroli carolina. >>> three scientists say they've had their cars and homes fire bombed and flooded a spokesman for the north american animal liberations press office says the researchers are the terroris terrorists. >>> elvis presley's prescription pill bottle was already on t

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina. mr. wilson: i yield myself two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. wilson: this prohibits increases in tricare cost shares, approves the ability of service members to vote and have their votes counted. as a veteran myself and the father of four sons serving in the military, i know this is an important bill. however it falls short of what should be done on behalf of our military and military families. i am disappointed the report failed to adopt a house provision to a-- provision to allow for receipt of retire pay regardless of disability rating percentage or rating. there are numerous reasons we didn't adopt this pay-for provision, including that the president did not approve it or the senate didn't allow for the offset. these reasons do not justify inaction on this issue. it sends the wrong message that this was kept out of the conference report. it is past time we stop talking about concurrent relief and indemocratnyity compensation, offset. the tragic wid

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina. mr. wilson: i yield myself two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. wilson: this prohibits increases in tricare cost shares, approves the ability of service members to vote and have their votes counted. as a veteran myself and the father of four sons serving in the military, i know this is an important bill. however it falls short of what should be done on behalf of our military and military families. i am disappointed the report failed to adopt a house provision to a-- provision to allow for receipt of retire pay regardless of disability rating percentage or rating. there are numerous reasons we didn't adopt this pay-for provision, including that the president did not approve it or the senate didn't allow for the offset. these reasons do not justify inaction on this issue. it sends the wrong message that this was kept out of the conference report. it is past time we stop talking about concurrent relief and indemocratnyity compensation, offset. the tragic wid

. >> we have learned a maryland soldier has died during training at fort jackson in south carolina. he was pronounced dead at a local hospital wednesday afternoon. in autopsy has been performed, but authorities are awaiting other test results. we will have more on this developing story coming up tonight. in this afternoon's consumer alert, retailers got an early christmas present last month. according to a survey of 30 retailers, sales increased by 0.6% at stores that were open more than a year. this is the first monthly sales increase in more than a year. it could be signaling the bottom of the year in terms of retail stagnation. the wii fit is getting fitter. it is adding a tracker to track the calories burned during a workout. you can also select to work on specific body areas. nintendo has sold more than 21 million wii fits. traveling at 6000 m.p.h., and on and rocket slammed into the mona. part of an experiment to determine whether there is water on the moon. >> the spectacular show that many expected never really made it to the big screen. >> it is hard to tell what we saw the

. >> reporter: the memorial caught the attention of the wilson family from south carolina as they tour d.c. for first time. >> it was sobering. it's not an easy answer. you know, but life is never good when it is a loss. >> reporter: military families speak out hoping the president notice the display too since he is considering a request with his top war commander who he met with to talk about the war's direction. mccrystal is requesting 40,000 additional troops be sent to the region. >> general mccrystal expects that the president and others are going to ask him questions about the assessment that he made. >> reporter: but there is debate within the administration on how to proceed. joe biden favors reducing the overall levels and concentrate on limited counter terraism issues. the president is considering a change of ideas from pulling back to staying the course to sending thousands more troops. protesters will continue overnight and the boots will remain in place on sunday. >> thank you for that. >>> remembering the brave men and women who died in the line of duty. the nation paused

the people of south carolina are rallying around mark sanford. their christian governor, who somehow mistook an argentinian woman's [ bleep ] for the appellation trail. how fabulous is that? next time, if sanford wants to win in a landslide, maybe he should have an affair with a swede and tell his wife he is snowboarding in minsk. let's face it. sex sells. it may ruin marriages, upset families and become national embarrassments. but so what? the main thing here is americans are transfixed. they don't want to miss one salacious detail. it's a ratings bonanza. you know, this is a new show, and i could use a little leg up, you know? maybe it's time for me to have my own the at work here. you know, this studio is crawling with men, you know? hank, i don't mean too much offense, but there is no frigging way, okay? even i have standards. but that's just me. >> you can catch the "joy behar show" k p.m. eastern time here on hln. >>> add your 9:00 to 5:00 job on top, and it could be down right exhausting. so just how happy are working moms. what a new sur

her great-great-great grandmother melvinia shields was about eight in south carolina when listed in this 1852 property inventory. she was valued at $475. >> she's listed along with other household items. she's bequeathed as property, just the way you would bequeath a table or a house or a candlestick. >> reporter: melvinia had a son, dolphus, liste listed in ts 1870 census with an "m" for mulatto, a mix between white and black. his unnamed father was white. by 1900, dolphus shields owned this home in birmingham, alabama. and helped to cofound two local church upon his descendants would eventually include michelle obama. to what extent did michelle obama know about her roots. >> the robinson kids were raised with the vague sense their families had been slaves. pretty much all african american are descendants of slaves. >> i don't believe she knew all of this but enjoyed reading about her family history. >> reporter: the first lady's story is the story of many african americans in this country, and it may show in one lifetime how much the shame of slavery is changing. >> even though the sa

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it's called serenity place again in south carolina 678. it's particularly helpful in this state because south carolina is the only one in the nation in which the state supreme court actually upholds prosecution of pregnant women for harm that drugs could cause to their unborn child. some of the women are actually sent here by the courts as a last chance to try to avoid jail. others go there by choice. a lot of the people in treatment are full of guilt and fear. they say that they know that their addictions can do harm to their babies but a lot of them sill have trouble staying clean. >> i've been going to jail since i was like 15 and up. >> i didn't know if i was going to live from day to day with the amount of drugs that i was doing and i didn't really care. >> now the center includes a communal kitchen there's a playground for the kids. also includes some pretty strict rules. no phone calls or internet access. plenty of security cameras and a tight schedule including therapy and parents classes. for some women it has proven to be too muc

unearthed by "the new york times" it all unfolds with this 1850 will, drawn up by a south carolina slave owner. in it, they found the first noun record of mrs. obama's maternal great, great, great grandmother. a 6-year-old slave girl. in the will, her master decides it will be his descendants that inherit the use of her. the value set at $475. >> she was treated like a piece of property in a will, and when she was only 8, she was sent across the south. >> reporter: she was moved to a new farm in georgia, and it was there that she met the white man who would father her first child. that child was named dolphus shields, michelle obama's great great grandfather, and he would become a carpenter in birmingham. by 1900, he owned this house. by 1911, he had his own business. his family part of the middle class. >> you get the sense of him pulling himself up, step by step into economic stability, which is all the more amazing considering he was born a slave. >> reporter: and one of his sons, robert lee shields, married a seam stress named annie. they had a sun who would move to chicago. he and h

a south carolina prosecutor is out of a job. authorities say he was discovered with a stripper. the "associated press" is reporting a police officer spotted an suv in a columbia cemetery. the car sped off, and eventually the officers pulled the driver over. and according to the police report, inside was south carolina's deputy assistant attorney general roland corning and an 18-year-old stripper. also inside? wait for it. viagra and sex toys. according to the police report, corning says he always has those things in his car. the two are not charged with anything, but corning was fired yesterday. >>> speaking of relationships, broken or not, one of the most popular articles right now on cnn.com raises this question, is monogamy doomed? a psychiatrist and her husband, who is an evolutionary biologist say staying faithful to a single mate for a lifetime doesn't come easily to humans. they suggest more realistic is serial monogamy, or a series of committed relationships, rather than one that lasts for decades. the authors, by the way, though, have been married for 32 years. on the o

heather is calling us from charleston, south carolina. all right, heather, what's your take? >> caller: in my opinion, i do believe it's genetics. that has the reason for obesity. the boy should not be blamed. i have two children already, myself, i'm pregnant again, and i weigh 112 pounds and cannot gain weight. boy should not be blamed for his obesity when i do believe, in my opinion, it's due to genetics. >> okay. >> caller: and also -- it's also -- >> quickly, heather. >> caller: it's discrimination towards the boy that he is being blamed for it when how would you feel if someone was going to take your kid because you thought they were ugly? >> okay, heather, thank you for your phone call. and i think we have one more quick phone call. phyllis from arkansas. phyllis, where do you think the blame lice or do you have a solution? >> caller: okay. i feel it's a personal decision when you overeat. no one is forcing you. you may the not have learned the right way to eat, and the proper way to prepare things. and you should be taught if not by parents, then outside influences sho

. >>> at least one south carolina lawmaker could bring up impeaching the governor during a special session about employment benefits today. lawmakers adjourned in june, just before governor mark sanford secretly went to argentina to be with his mistress. one said he would have been impeached sooner if they were in session when he got back. >>> a police officer accused of pulling a gun on a chain saw wielding character, an actor. police say the actor chased the off-duty officer and others into the parking lot, trying to get an extra scream out of them. that's when they say the officer pointed a gun at the actor. the police report says, hmm, alcohol may have been a factor. >> about three to four feet apart and he held his arm out like this with a gun in his hand. and the whole time, his child was pulling on his arm. >> callers said he seemed to be very intoxicated. in fact the people inside the house of screams noted that. when he was again being processed, two of the officers noted his speech was slurred, there was a moderate odor of alcohol from his breath. he didn't seem to be taking it q

host: angie and south carolina. -- in south carolina. the next caller is from chicago, andrew, independent line. caller: i was excited to see this this morning. i was in d.c. last night and just got home, i wasn't the doctors rally in lafayette park and i'm really -- i was at the doctor's rally in lafayette park. i don't think he should be sanctioned. if he is, it does not really matter. this is a moral issue and we have to decide that everyone needs to be covered in this country and everybody deserves health care. the last phone comments, columbia, tenn., will on the republican line. caller: thank you so much for allowing me to speak to you this morning. i want you to realize a bad senator grayson said it honestly to the american people as well as to all the senators there, democrat and republican. what i want the people to realize, too, is i made my goal this last week to call all the senators in the united states and tell them they are responsible for this citizen's, to provide a health care plan that would be reasonably affordable an

mike in south carolina. mike. >> caller: jim. what's going on, man? >> not much, getting ready for a couple big games. what's up? >> caller: i hear ya. a warm boo-yah to you. >> fantastic. we love clemson. go ahead. >> caller: a solid utility to pick. what's your take on aep. >> american power is 5% yield. i'm concerned with that. they don't raise their rates a lot. a coal based company that has a lot of coal base in the year 2010 is not what anybody will want to be in. let's go to brett in illinois. >> cramer, this is brett from chicago, calling with a big northwestern kellogg school of management boo-yah. >> i think northwestern is terrific, how can i help? >> caller: the citibank of scotland, do you think rbi is too risky? >> yes, there's so many others i like. they stubbed their toes and did a lot of wrong things. michael in new jersey. michael. >> caller: a big oktoberfest boo-yah to you. >> wow, oktoberfest boo-yah. that works for me. >> caller: i want you to be my clean up guy for verizon. hold or sell? >> someone said to me, verizon does nothi

yesterday, representative joe wilson of south carolina was formally reprimanded for shotting at president obama for his address to congress last week. he's the guy who yelled "you lie" in the middle of president obama's speech. while most people condemned his behavior, some people at these health care rallies are embracing him as a heroes. >> i had yelled it a number of times. when he finally said it, i thought someone had finally said it. >> he did vote in the past for some level of health care for illegal immigrants which makes what he yelled ironic. >> joe wilson supported that? i am not supporting joe wilson for president. >> jimmy: yes. i'm just holding this sign for a friend. he said he'll be back in five minutes. even though joe wilson himself apologized, believe it or not, since the incident, people have been sending him check. he's raised more than $1 million for his campaign. other politicians seeing this, in this economy, it's tough to get money, are trying to get money sent their way, too. >> it's time to give every opportunity to americans that americans give them. >> that's

here is charleston, south carolina. take you live right there and scattered showers off and on for the morning and the heavy rain won't get there until later this afternoon and when it does, watch for one to two inches of rain in chuck town. that's what it looks like right around the coast of south carolina. what about the rest of the reengen. up towards the north, heavy snow being reported towards minneapolis and snow advisories out there and winter-type weather is definitely going on and all the area shaded in blue looking one to two inches of snow. out west another storm headed in with lots of wind and rain for california and i'll touch on that in the next half hour. >> plenty of rain in the plains too. >>> a strange cloud formation had a lot of folks talking. take a look at this picture here. people in moscow thought it was a ufo. something divine or something of that sort. it was a blast of arctic air being hit by the sun's rays and reject environmentalists claims that pollution caused the effect, bob. what do you

his family and he went to south carolina for a tournament but he never made it home. >> it was a team party at the beach. he was there with his team. >> rip currents were very strong we were unaware of it at the time. his parents speaking only to wjz recall the moment their son was swept out to sea. despite a massive search effort he was never found. >> they don't understand why my son has not come in because he should have. you know, he should have come in, but it's in god's hands. we don't know. we don't know. >> reporter: your faith has helped you guys get through this. >> if had not been for the lord on our side, i don't know what we would do. >> reporter: ronny's father broke his leg during the search. >> there was a lot of people that offered to help and their condolences and prayers. q. one of the things that we always instilled in lonnie is say thank you, thank you, be appreciative of what you have and who you have there for you. >> reporter: his son's number is being retired by the patriots. >> i miss my son dearly, i really do. >> reporter: so after going through this, what

south carolina senior senator took on several right wing fling issues on racism. he said he disagreed with president carter, but said, quote, there's people who are having a hard time reconciling the fact that we have a black president. he decried what he called a lack of civility pervading our media. when he turned to old lonesome, the senator pulled no punches. >> what do you think of glenn beck? >> only in america can you make that much money crying. glenn beck is not aligned with any party, as far as i can tell. he's aligned with cynicism. and there's always been a market for cynicism, but we became a great nation, not because we're a nation of cynics, we became a great nation because we're a nation of believers, that on the other side of the mountain is worth going to look at. >> cynicism was on full display yesterday with beck and his ongoing effort to -- decided to use a can of snuff to bring the point home. >> i want to talk to you tonight about copenhagen, two different kind of copenhagens, remember this, copenhagen, this is the first one. i'll tell you a

the people of south carolina are rallying around mark sanford, their christian governor who somehow mistook an argentinian woman's vagina for the appalachian trail. how fabulous is that? next time if sanford wants to win in a landslide, maybe he should have an affair with a swede and tell his wife he's snowboarding in minsk. let's face it, sex sells. sex scandals may ruin marriages, upset families and become national embarrassments but so what? the main thing here is that americans are transfixed. they don't want to miss one little salacious detail. it's a ratings bonanza. you know what? hey, this is a new show and i could use a little leg up, you know. maybe it's time for me to have a dalliance of my own at work here. this studio is crawling with men, be you know. i don't mean too much offense but there's no way, okay? even i have standards. but that's just me. >> you can catch "the joy behar show" at 9:00 eastern on hln. they said it would never last. but it's been two months, and you're still going strong. glade lasting impressions. two fragrances alternate to keep things... fresh and ex

cdc says there's widespread flu activity in every state except connecticut, new jersey and south carolina. every other state you see there in original orange. since april there, more than 1,000 people in the u.s. have died from h1n1 and at least 20,000 have been hospitalized. robin, as you were mentioning earlier, we want to answer folks questions, viewers questions about h1n1. post your comments on our facebook page or send us an e-mail of the cnn.com/robin. >> maybe it's a question or whatever your thoughts are, we'll take those. richard, thank you. >>> a church janitor is accused of stabbing a priest 32 times with a kitchen knife. jose feliciano killed reverend ed hinds at the church after an argument thursday. a prosecutor says investigators found the cell phone, bloody clothing and bloody towels at the suspect's home and in a park across the street. >>> students from a college in st. louis have filed complaints of racism against a chicago nightclub. nearly 200 students were on a class trip and every african-american was refused admission. they say that they were told that they didn't

. >>> thousands of new jobs for south carolina, though. boeing is going to open a new assembly line in north charleston, building its 787 dreamliner, which of course is way behind schedule but, still, it's coming. it is a big loss for the seattle area, though. boeing has traditionally had its manufacturing there. boeing says the new plant should be up and running in about two years. natasha, back to you. >> all right, jen. thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> so the new york jets' rookie quarterback caught a lot of flak for eating a hot dog during a game. well, be now he's turning an embarrassing moment into a good cause. plus, a chicago bar was accused of discriminating against african-american students. now they are working things out and even planning to join forces. >>> authorities are asking for help finding the killer of a 7-year-old somer thompson, the florida girl who disappeared on her way home from school and was found in a landfill. >> we have reason to believe that there are individuals who have information pertinent to this i

. >>> taking you to charleston, south carolina. the police department there has released video of a city councilmember's dui arrest. deb be ra moore nelly's car ended up in a ditch back in june. police say they smelled alcohol when they arrived and had to carry her out. the video shows an officer taking many bottles of wine from that car. also, she pled guilty and says she will not run for re-election. probably a good idea, bob van dillen. >> mini bottles of wine. little half ones? it's better than a box, i guess. air traffic. let's take a look. we do have one delay. de-icing delays, real short in denver. a couple minutes if you're sitting there. temperatures right now in denver 28 degrees so it's cold. here is with a we have for the rest of the day. dallas with thunderstorms an hour or more. showers and thunderstorms heading to houston as well. watch for about hour long delay there and then across midwest, the rain is still out there. delays when you get on towards memphis and also cleveland. more on that in a bit. >> thanks a lot

let's go to eric in south carolina. none of that. >> caller: thanks for taking my call. this is eric. greenville, south appalachian gamecock boo-yah. >> i bet the barbecue is good there. i smell that smoke. go ahead 37. >> caller: i'm looking for some medium to long-term investment opportunities counting on the global recovery. can you give me your opinion on honeywell -- >> you couldn't get a better company to play with. a dynamite ceo with a fantastic plethora of business a great mosaic afghan a pastiche of industrial companies which is why i own it for actionalertsplus.com, my charitable trust where someone praised it earlier. good yield. solid company. i say honeywell is terrific. let's take one more. i say we take one more. i say we go terrapins. david in maryland. >> caller: jim cramer, a big fat chesapeake bay maryland ba-ba-ba boo-yah. >> i give you a national bo bohemian beer boo-yah. that's how old i am. brewed on the shores of the chesapeake bay. >> caller: i'm trying to figure out what to do with my position in -- >> tnp. it used to stand for take no prisoner

i am tracy walsh, and i am from north augustus, south carolina. i am here today with my husband richard, and our five children, they are right down here in the front, would you please stand up? thank you. [applause]ç i would like to thank america for prosperity for pulling me out of obscurity. home school our five children. i sent my story into their patient's r>united çnow websi and they said your story is compelling, and do you think you can do a commercial for us, and i said, i can do that. and i did, and richard and i arried 24 years and we have five children. before making the commercial, we were not politically active. we just voted and i think we both got tired at yelling at our tv. and we were able to come up to the rally on 9-12 and that was awesome. ç my mother died from melanoma in 2003. so last summer, june, 2008, when i went in xdfor a routine mammogram and called back for a repeat, it concerned me. and the doctor called me in and showed me that i had several white spots on my right breast, and i needed a needle biopsy on a tue

they hit each other near the south carolina coast last night. one of the jets landed safely but the location of a pilot and the other plane is still unknown. now the air force has been doing tests at night so the pilots can train with night vision equipment. you need to see this frightening video from a security camera in an australian train station. that is a baby stroller. a train hits the baby stroller. now it's a miracle the baby just had minor injuries. you see the stroller roll off the platform. the mother rolls after it as the train rolls in. rescuers say the baby was strapped in the stroller and that's probably what saved its life. i cannot imagine what that mother did after that. >> wow. >> yeah. >> 35 minutes past the hour. a couple of stories between the boy in the balloon story and the kid stroller makes you go i like my calm, boring life. how about you? >> my son goes to pre-k and kindergarten and doesn't say a word. just goes back and does his work. that's all i want. hey, our first winter type storm developing right now, really de

we have visitors from nebraska south carolina. later we'll meet folks from scotland. but let talk a little about our u.s. weather. over the southeastern pattern part of the country, it will be soggy. one to twonches of rain from alabama up into the carolinas. and it will be it thunderstorms in the afternoon but the system should finally move away. and across the nation sunshine? america's middle and we will see some rain moving ashore in the pacific northwest, we'll also have some soggy weather in the northern >>> good morning. in our area, quite nice. this day started as very, very sunny but there will be some high clues meanderring around. let's take a look. outside is totally clear. a few high clouds will try to meander. mainly clear. a couple of patchy clouds overnight, 48. tomorrow, those patchy clouds will turn out to be partly sunny tuesday. temperatures again in the low >>> it's a kind of chilly monday in manhattan. that's the weather outside and here's maggie. >>> coming up next dave's on his way back home but how did he make to albuquerque? he'll take us --

i grew up in south carolina. i know what utility bills are there. the thought that these guys are going to drive up utility bills on southern families and western families in these hot summers we're not want to let that happen. we're joined to win on cap and trade just like we are in health care. [applause] -- we're going to win p on cap and trade just like we are in health care. sometimes these things are so crazy it helps us to talk about it. think about this on cap and trade. under their plan, their scheme, it will ration energy, cap how much energy our economy can admit, which will kill jobs, then it will have the government run a market where energy permits are traded in seoul. think about this -- the same guys who brought you cash for clunkers, who could not run a $3 billion program to subsidize car sales to try to help of the union friends they blew that one. how on earth are they going to get the government -- how are they going to have the ability to run a market that will actually control our energy emissions? think about that. if millions

south carolina. >>> david bush is 6'2," 25, a teacher and coach, and describes himself as driven, athletic and caring. number 9 is 31-year-old chad bower who works in publishing sales. and says his touch-me spot is definitely his earlobes. he is 6'1." number 8 is charlie vargas. >> please check me out in the november issue of cosmopolitan. >> he says he is 6 feet tall, always trying to prove a point and a pushover for a girl in a red dress. three down, seven to go. who will be our number 1 cosmo bachelor? there is only one place to find out. >> et has the exclusive. >>> also tonight, my brand-new interview with john gosland as he fires back at kate. did jon really drain their bank account and leave kate broke. plus, more in the david letterman blackmail scandal. >> you can see that on entertainment tonight here on wjz 13. >>> an indiana couple proved positive that some couples are made to hast. paul -- to last. paul and georgia celebrated 80 years of marriage. paul followed georgia to work one day so he could meet her. their story is filled with romance and humor. >> looks like they had a

more rain today, i think most of it should slide down south of atlanta in towards lower south carolina. look at the showers coming in toward chicago, heavy at times past indianapolis, stretching in towards cincinnati. let me show you the atlanta tower cam. if you are trying to get in or out of this region low clouds once again. this is a scene we've seen repeated for the past month, month and a half. just a foul weather start for the morning, delays at the airports because of this and we'll see flood concerns once again through friday morning. more in about a half hour. >> soupy. >>> police have arrested a suspect in the rape of a little girl that happened 19 years ago. this is her back then. this is her now. hear what finally helped police track down the suspect that she described so long ago. >>> plus -- this girl ran away from home thinking she would be killed because she changed her faith. now a judge is telling her she has to go home. >>> let's salute our troops. the today's come from adrian martin to her brother eric martin. he's been in the marines for five years. for example, w

one south carolina republican says that impeachment would have been explored sooner if lawmakers had been in session when sanford returned. >>> get this story -- a police officer is accused of pulling a gun on a chainsaw wielding haunted house kashgcharacter, an actor. police say the actor chased the off-duty cop and entered the parking lot to get an extra scream. that's when he pointed a gun at him. the police officer says alcohol may have been involved. >> we were about three or four feet apart and he held his arm out like this with his gun and his child was pulling on his arm. >> callers said he seemed to be very intoxicated and people inside the house of screams noted that. again, when he was being processed two of the officers noted his speech was slurred, a moderate odor of alcohol coming from his breath. he didn't seem to be taking this quite as seriously as he should have been. >> moderate odor of alcohol. the officer is charged with assault and reckless endangerment. he will find out this morning if he will be suspended without pay. so far there's been no response from him o