what a new report says about the gender [inaudible] >>> scare for mariah carey as she tales a tumble during a performance. bob ehrlich's real record on energy. lobbyists helped write utility regulations. we got stuck with a 72% rate hike. but martin o'malley got tough on bge, forcing them to pay back $2 billion to consumers. and what's bob ehrlich been doing the past four years? he got paid $2.5 million at a lobbying firm, a firm representing special interests and casinos right here in maryland. that's bob ehrlich-- a 72% increase for us and $2.5 million from special interests for himself. nice work, bob. four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a bank that took billions from a taxpayer funded bailout. ehrlich sides with corporate executives again and again and again tell bob ehrlich big banks and billionares don't need help. middle class marylanders do.

mariah carey took a spill singapore over the weekend. she recovered quickly, and then she had her assistants take her stilettos off. she finished her t barefoot. handly says he's ready to take my shoes off if i ever become unstable. aren't you? >> i'll do it. >>> the street sign that marks joey ramon place has been stolen four times since it was insta installed in '03. the city replaced it aga and put it 8 feet higher. >>> a fisherman in costa rica is best friends with a crocodile. there's reason why they're so chummy. the fisherman's name is chito. continue years ago he found this crockear death on a beach. someo shot it. he took the animal home, nursed it back to health, and now the two are little buddies and are inseparatable. there you go. >>> right after the break, what makes a good teacher. bill gates is hoping his millions can answer that very question. we'll explain how with a live report from tom brokaw next. >>> i'm jane watrell, a high school community is in mourning over the untimely death of an unpu popular team. >>> why a j

. >>> mariah carey's sx÷@÷@÷@÷@÷@÷@÷@÷@÷@÷@÷@÷@÷@÷@÷@>> ♪ ♪ welcome to ultimate rewards from chase. no blackouts no restrictions on airfare and hotels, no limits to what you can get with ultimate rewards. no wonder it's called ultimate. available on chase credit, debit, and business cards. chase what matters. >>> welcome back, everybody. time for "the skinny." we have divorce news to pass on this morning. comedian george lopez apparently is splitting up with his wife after 17 years of marriage. they've been together a long time. they have a 15-year-old daughter named maya. they have the lopez foundation which they run together. apparently they're calling it quits. they said they've been working out details of the split for a long time. this has been in the works for a while. the interesting part of the story, you may remember a couple of years ago back in 2005, she actually gave a kidney to george to help save his life. he had some kind of disease. kind of saved his life at the time sayi

. ♪ >> that's mariah carey who fell onstage, right there, over the weekend. it happened at a concert in singapore. and a wardrobe malfunction is being blamed. carey, rumored to be pregnant, said, quote, obviously heels and fishnets are not my thing. she actually had an assistant remove her shoes onstage, and finished the show barefoot. now that's a trouper. >>> a planned airline merger may hit a sour note with passengers. as we reported earlier, two discount airliners, southwest airlines and air tran plan to join forces in a $1.4 billion deal. if approved by regulators, the two will merge in 2012. some, though, fear the marriage will only boost the rising cost of flying. mark strassmann reports. >> reporter: whenever susan buckles flies, price means everything. she's the target traveler for today's announced merger of southwest and air tran. the new discount carrier juggernaut in america's skies. >> will join forces with southwest airlines in the potential to spread low fares farther is even greater. >> reporter: discount carriers typically stimulate competit

i love mariah carey. >> you hope that they are because nick cannon i feel like is always aggressively spreading that rumor that she is pregnant. >> yeah, yeah. >> you hope for them because they've been trying, haven't they? >> awhile, yeah. >> she needs to avoid the heels, though. >> yeah. baby stilettos don't mix. jim carrey and jenny mccarthy, they're calling it quits. jenny's going on "oprah" to kind of explain a little bit as to why the relationship didn't work out. take a listen. >> tell me, when did you know it was over? you talk a little bit about this in the book. how do you know it's over? >> the simple word i can give, and there's a few so let me say a few. the first thing is, when it's not fun anymore. you need to start investigating and do inquiry into the relationship. >> wasn't funny anymore. she said a couple of days after they broke up, she was spotted about a month kissing a man in vegas. mystery man. she was asked about the guy but gave no details. she said, i'm not getting into anything too serious right now. so that's it. >> we have one other quick breakup to tell

." >>> we'll begin in singapore where singer and hello kit ty fanatic mariah carey is performing her song "make it happy." hoisted back on to her feet by her backup dancers, she soldiers and sells -- she sells seashells by the seashore through the remainder of the song but not before calling not one, but two assistants to remove her $10,000 pair of stilettos. >>> and down goes -- wait, nobody's falling. the track was 80 meters long and the events -- why don't we just watch. okay. finished the relay in one minute and four seconds. also set a record here for time and blisters. oh, that's the end of the tape? all right. down under to luna park, the highly anticipated finale of australia's "next top model." sarah murdoch then has a surprise for the contestants. >> oh, my god. i don't know what to say right now. this was not -- this was a complete accident, i'm sorry. it's amanda, i'm so sorry. it was read to me wrong. >> i want to say thank you. >> i still think that sophie should've won. if only someone had turned around and noticed the large poster that announced that amanda ware was t

mariah carey's slipup on stage. down goes mariah. >> president obama said if we just give these policies time, more job also come. you know what? in two years there is going to be an opening at the white house. [ laughter ] >> brian: and lopez will have a new lead in shortly. mr. conan o'brien. >> steve: and the band leader won't be with him. >> brian: he's not going to go? >> gretchen: you're so on top of things. >> steve: it was in the paper. some other headlines for you and we're starting with korea. new video shows members of a workers party being bussed to the country's first party meeting in 30 years. don't worry, folks, on the bus, they're not going to be busted. north koreans celebrated the occasion by dancing in the streets. >> brian: look at that. it looks so natural. >> steve: it's not -- >> brian: take it from me, it's hard to master the dance. >> steve: you would know. before the meeting kim jung-il promoted his youngest son to a four star general. experts say the move guarantees that his son will succe

>>> before we go, christmas is coming a little early, we're doing it mariah carey style. putting touches on her new holiday album "merry christmas to you." out november 2nd. here is the first look at her album cover. >> christmas comes earlier every year. looking good mirai yacht that will do it for us tonight. >> until then, good night from will do it for us tonight. >> until then, good night from hollywood. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, helps cover some of the medical expenses... not paid by medicare part b. that can save you from paying up to thousands of dollars... out of your own pocket. these are t