that leaves three million cablevision viewers without access to the game. late this afternoon, cablevision agreed to pay the rate that fox- parent news corp charges a larger rival cable company to transmit fox programming. but fox turned it down, calling the offer "unacceptable," adding "the offer is yet another in a long line of publicity stunts." cablevision responded by saying "it's clear that newscorp is operating in bad faith." it's calling on regulators to intervene immediately. joining us now, rebecca arbogast, media regulatory analyst at stifel nicolaus. what a situation, rebecca, what's going on, a lot of unhappy baseball fans tonight. what do you think happens next? >> well, this is a battle that brings in two great american traditions. sports and money. so unless there is some last minute standdown by one of the companies, there will be a number of folks in the cabl cablevision territory who are not going to be able to watch the world series. if the yankees as a home town team had made it into the world series, this would have been a battle of ep

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cablevision says news corp is greedy for wanting to double the fee to carry fox channels. news corp says cablevision won't negotiate in good faith. >> tom: a deal reached today has taxpayers footing the bill to clean up dozens of old general motors plants. the treasury will use roughly $0.75 billion set aside to wind down the automaker's bad assets. many of those former plants contain hazardous waste. more than half are in michigan. the deal must still be approved by the judge overseeing the old g.m.'s liquidation. >> susie: we're just days away from the mid-term election and a potential shift in power on capitol hill. many candidates are campaigning against big government and deficit spending. but as tonight's commentator explains, there's a dirty little secret about election politics and budget deficits. he's allan sloan, senior editor at large at "fortune." >> talk about role reversal. a few years ago, when republicans were in power, democrats were complaining about federal budget deficits, and the republicans didn't care about them. these days, with the democrats in po

internet via cablevision. that's a stake in the ground on how we watch. >> here's what they're saying. in a difficult economy, it is fair and wrong. fox is saying for quality programming, we deserve that money. what is this? some arm twisting? i don't know what's going on. >> at the end of the day, fox is going to get paid. all the broadcast networks are going to get paid something. fox might want a dollar. they might have to settle for 50 cents or 30 cents. tomorrow afternoon, there's a giants game on in new york. people can't access that game, they're going to be literally hundreds of thousands of upset fans, customers are going to try to switch to another provider. that's going to be the first big test. >> in philadelphia, too. folks can't see the phillies in the national championship. >> tonight, and that's blacked out. >> how much longer do you think this is going to go on? >> if they don't have a deal by 1:00 tomorrow, it will go on for the while. they've stopped negotiating for the night. you're not goi

cablevision is saying news c now demanding $150 million. more than double of what they used to charge to air the programming. but programmers such as fox nlyh it's only right that they get a fair share that cable companies are paying. >> now broadcast networks want to be in on that. >> reporter: this particular blackout affects about 3 million people in metropolitan new york and philadelphia. but in less than two weeks, news corp is threatening to pull its broadcast stations off dish network. that would affect 14 million homes across the country. >> we're seeing the spike in fees a lot more often and i think it's because the local stations desperately need that. they can't just exist anymore just on advertising. >> reporter: just this march, cablevision was in dispute with abc. abc returned several minutes into the academy awards as they finalized the deal. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >>> the u.s. is reportedly trying to get chinese companies to stop providing assistance to iran in violation of u.s. sanctions. "the washington post" sa

. >> tom: negotiations over program fees resumed today between cablevision and news corp. cablevision says it currently pays $70 million a year for fox programming and news corp now wants $150 million. fees, cablevision's 3 million viewers have already missed playoff baseball and yesterday's new york giants game. euquu >> susie: with the mid-term elections just over two weeks away, tonight's commentator believes there are really just two issues facing voters. here's glenn hubbard, dean of columbia's graduate school of business and former chairman of the council of economic advisers under president george w bush. >> to listen to the tax debate in washington, the nation is having a tug of war over whose taxes should rise to cover the federal government's large budget deficits. president obama argues that raising taxes only on individuals earning over $250,000 per year will return us to fiscal health. that is simply not true, given the large current and future deficits. many republicans argue against raising taxes on anyone. but what spending reductions would they recommend t

millions of customers of new york-based cablevision spent the weekend not watching fox, including the nfl, and baseball playoffs. as a payment dispute between fox parent newscorp and cablevision enters its third day. >>> keep an eye on shares of apple today. the tech titan is out with its quarterly results today after the bell. >>> and finally, 71-year-old gene epstein is hoping to tackle unemployment one job at a time. through his web site hire just one he's offering to donate $1,000 in charity for the first 250 businesses to put an unemployed person back to work. >>> well, the phillies fight back. everything is okay for oklahoma. but there is big trouble in the big "d." >>> plus, peyton manning and the colts looked good under the lights last night in our nation's capital, but did they achieve a victory? your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> as we head into the second half of october, the mild air continues. your regional forecast is coming up. >>> you're watching "early today." [ male announcer ] carly fiorina. as ceo, she laid off 30,000 workers and shipped jo

about three million cablevision subscribers in new york city and philadelphia have been cut off from fox programming. the blackout will enter its second week tomorrow if a deal isn't reached. >> tom: with the federal reserve poised to try to get more money into the economy, tonight's market monitor thinks that means inflation. mark skousen is editor of the market letter "forecasts and strategies." he joins us tonight from the nasdaq. >> nice to see you, welcome back. >> good to be with you. >> tom: so how much inflation and when do you think we'll see it? >> i think we're going to see inflation down the road. but we have a triple play right now or hat trick, and i'm very bullish. because what we have is low interest rates, we have low price inflation, and we have easy money by the fed. and the fed has deliberately decided to increase inflation to two to 3%, inflation targeting, that's what ben bernanke cut his teeth on, ask he's trying to impose it. >> tom: but we haven't seen any of that inflation really. instead we've seen disinflation. still positive numbers, but very very small.

now, there is no word on how much cablevision agreed to pay fox. >>> coming up next it was a wild day in college football. have the complete run down of cal and stanford highlights. >>> also we are going to go live back out to arlington, texas we hear more from the giants after game three of the world series. joe fonzi and the sports wrap is coming up next. [ music ] [ music ] >> good evening, everyone. welcome to saturday night edition of sports wrap. game three of the world series took an entirely different tone tonight as the texas rangers got back in the middle of things on their home field. the ballpark in arlington hosting the fall classic for the first time in its history. and in desperate need of a win, the rangers got a career effort from pitcher colby lewis who struck out pat burell. at the bottom of the first gets a nice play behind him to guerrero's drive before hitting the wall. burell 8-9 with four strikeouts at the plate. sanchez not a i believe to -- able to work his way out of a jam with two on and two outs. rich morland put it out in the seats. happy about the big mo

newscorp, off of cablevision at midnight due to a dispute over how much cablevision should pay for fax programming. the blackout means 3 million cable customers can't watch phillies games on their local station and they won't be able to watch the world series, either, unless this dispute gets resolved. >>> are cell phone users different from people who have landlines in their home? plus -- >> hi. i'm meteorologist jim corey with the weather channel. we are in stowe, vermont. yesterday, you could enjoy the fall colors. today, it's a winter wonderland here. i'll give you a live report, coming up. >>> and do nice guys really finish last? a new study raising doubts about that. we explore. ♪ [ female announcer ] mousse temptations by jell-o. decadently delicious. 60 calories. it's finally me o'clock. time for jell-o. try new chocolate mint sensation. >>> so you won't be able to see the leaves changing in certain parts of vermont because the leaves are covered in snow. it's a winter wonderland in some higher elevation areas after an autumn snowstorm on friday. jim cantori is live in stowe,

so cablevision says fox is asking for too much money. fox says it deserves more money for the quality programming. so what has happened now is that many millions of folks up in the northeast, in particular, new york, who have cablevision, they do not have fox. i got blacked out midnight last night. and if the yankees make to it the world series, fox covers the world series, you won't be able to see fit you're a yankee fan. can you imagine? >> all i'm saying is new yorkers, outspoken anyway. and my friends in new york who are yankees fans, i can't even imagine how furious people will be. >> yeah, this won't fly. they'll get it worked out. >> there is some poor soul that's going to be in a call center working for a cable company tonight or wherever they're working who's going to be dealing with the most unbelievable language in their ear. and you can totally understand that. if you're a passionate fan, i couldn't imagine not being able to watch my favorite sports teamment we have great weather, great things to talk about and we also have i

cablevision serves new york, new jersey and connecticut. subscribe esh had experienced -- subscribers experience the earlier problems. >>> according to a new study the worldwide sale of luxury items are expected to surge 10% by the end of the year. that's largely due to wealthy americans and newly rich people in china buying up designer clothing, jewelry and cars. >>> san francisco international airport is seeing more traffic that despite the slow economy. airport officials say travelers made more than 11 million trips through sfo between june and august. that's a 4% increase since last summer. sfo's director frequents the -- director credit frequent flying. experts predict a 7% to 18% spike in airfare from last thanksgiving and christmas in fares. travelers should expect more crowded flights because airlines only added a few new planes or routes effort past few years. >>> today, b.a.r.t. unveils a new plan to boost ridership. paul chambers joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning b.a.r.t -- sorry. b.a.r.t.'s on the mind. good morning,

cable because of the dispute between the two companies, news corps and fox. >> cablevision. >> can't come to an agreement about how much money should be paid to fox to carry the program on cablevision. so if the yankees. happen to make the world series, which is a good possibility they can, the world series is carried on fox, new yorkers going to have a problem. >> as you were saying that -- >> people are going to be switching their cable. >> i was think being my family, missing all those sports, especially the giants, my dad. not good. crazy. >> people get -- >> crazy about their sports. >> crazy about their sports. >> the fcc is trying to get them to work it out. nothing yet. you'll have your cnn though, we'll never leave your cable provider. >> that's right. we love talking about sports. >> quick break, folks. ♪ ♪ where'd you learn to do that so well. ♪ the new cadillac srx. the cadillac of crossovers. cadillac. the new standard of the world. this chicken tortilla soup has such a wonderful zesty quality. that's the chipotle and cilantro. it's one of our new mexican soups. it

. >>> negotiations resume between cablevision and the parent company of fox. cablevision cut off fox programming in much of the northeast because of a dispute over fees. >> seeing those more and more often. a lot of people unhappy. >> it's ugly. >>> finally this half hour, if you have been to a really good kids' birthday party then you have probably seen an inflated bouncy castles. >> i still love those. you can say the concept caught on big time. it a lex marquardt shows us a military idea blown into proportion. >> reporter: this is the fearsome russian military might we are used to seeing. this isn't. a dark green bundle stretched out, a pump attached, then fired up. in minutes, there stands one of russia's most famous weapons, the s-300 anti-aircraft missile launcher. there is the t-80 tank which can be inflated in just three minutes. at 200 pounds, easily repositioned. from the sky, it is seemingly impossible to see they're blowups. not only is the shape of this dummy equipment extremely realistic, but there is also a thin layer of metal and heating in dif

they want $150 million now from cablevision. cable vision says they've been paying $70 million and the fee increase is just too much. they want news corp to restore the signal and submit to binding arbitration. of course, what some of the fans up there in new york might miss is a lot of baseball. they were able to see this game last night at least between the new york yankees and the texas rangers. it's being carried by tbs. but the national league championship series between the giants and the phillies is on fox. a lot of people are going to miss that game. last night, the relief pitchers for the rangers, eighth inning was a rough one. yankees scored five runs in that inning. they ended up winning the game. this was just game one. they won it 6-5. but still, the yankees, pretty good showing last night. more of your top stories coming up in about 20 minutes. >>> talking about space just a second ago, the shuttle program was supposed to be winding down. >> supposed to be winding down. but astronauts may get a new mission before t

. >>> and cablevision subbers were unable to atchst night's a leayof game between the phillies and n anv.dispute be the giants won, by the way. talks are scheduled today but if there's no deal cablevision customeld amis today's football game between the new york giants and detroit. >>> and meanwhile, minnesota estbya quarterback bret official this week as part of the investigation into his off-field conduct two years ago whehe wjs. favre is accsediw text messages, photos and voice mails to fema the jets in 2008. >>> finally a rare sheet of ten stamps depicting audrey hepburn sold for $606,000 at a charity auction in berlin. they evoke hepburn's starring role in "charade" in which characters chase a rare set of stamps. two-thirds of the money will go help educate children in sub-saharan africa. >>> time for the weather and chikage windler from our minneapolis/st. paul affiliate kstp. >> thankron. it's mid-october and that means gorgeous leaf n we efallous leaf n we my home minneapolis, a spot that's seen some goll f 30s and 40s on the map. high in phoenix, about 90. a little cooler, 5

thing the yankees lost because some folks could miss out on the world series because of a fight between cablevision and fox. some 3 million subscribers have been blacked out of fox programming for 10 days now. apparently both companies trying to settle this fee dispute by tomorrow but as tracy said, game one of the giants rangers series is tomorrow. >>> not having cable may not be such a problem if you have the right device. on the consumerwatch, julie watts shows us how you can get hd quality tv without cable. >> reporter: ah, hd. an industry game changer. but with the high price of cable these days, getting that crystal clear picture can cost you a pretty penny. >> is she 20? >> $89? >> that's a lot! >> yeah. cable's expensive. >> reporter: well, here's a little known secret that your cable company probably won't like. you can get a picture as good as hd with no strings or cable attached. >> technology moved ahead and digital tv makes this possible with really good results. >> reporter: cnet's brian cooley points to the growing number of portable televisions that pick up local channels over the a

. >>> millions of customers of new york-based cablevision still without fox's channels and programming after a second day of negotiations over disputed rates ended without an agreement. negotiations will resume today. the biggest hit for most affected viewers are sports coverage of the nfl and baseball playoffs. >>> and at the movies, "the jackass" crew pulled off its biggest stunt yet, opening with $50 million in sales to win the weekend box office, far surpassing expectations. the action comedy "red" finished second with less than half of those sales and last week's number one "the social network" slipped to third place. i still haven't gotten to the movies to see "the social network." >> i just saw that this weekend. >> good? >> definitely got to see it. >> i'm going now. >>> thank you. >> new guidelines for cpr, new advice from the american heart association reverses procedures used until now. it says to start with hard, fast chest presses before giving mouth-to-mouth to a victim of sudden cardiac arrest. the old way delayed the start of the chest presses, which keep the blood circ

fox has pulled its channels off cablevision after a programming deal expired and negotiations stalled for the second straight day. an estimated three million subscribers in parts of new york, new jersey and con debt out cut were affected. they missed out on the detroit lines football game and nlcs tonight. shouldn't have to worry about seeing the next game right here in the bay area. game three is a daytime on tuesday. coverage starts at 1:00 in the afternoon right here on ktvu, channel 2 news with the first pitch at 1:19. >>> the race, the snag, the billing area's brightest is heating up between mobile phone companies. at&t has announced it is setting up a millionth billion dollars technology development center in palo alto. the mobile company says its new center will focus on innovations and consumer products and mobile applications. now, meanwhile sprint nextel is going to open a tech development center in burlingham next month. while verizon is planning to open one in san francisco next year. >> tomorrow marks the end of an era in the north bay. the 7up bottling plant is set to cl

. >>> another day of negotiating for the parent company of the fox network and cablevision. there is a big dispute over how much the cable company will pay to carry fox programming. >>> and everyone's favorite flight attendant, steven slater, appears in a new york courtroom today. slater made headlines worldwide over the summer after he argued with a passenger, grabbed a beer and left the plane going down the emergency chute. >> everybody remembers that. >>> finally, our exclusive interview with maybe the most popular member of the 33 miners, mario sepulveda. >> super mario was the second man freed from the mine in chile. john quinones caught up with him during his first days back home. >> reporter: last week, the miners had agreed not to say much about those hellish days below. the first one to break that vow, mario sepulveda. that intrepid reporter who, for so many days, gave the world a view of the miners' life underground. this past weekend, mario was busy falling in love again with his wife. dancing with his daughter, scarlet. and in video he licensed to abc news, we se

pulled the plug on cablevision customers effectively blocking out fox stations to 3 million households. the dispute is over a programming fee. some people want to make that a legal matter but not with our guys. we begin with the challenges to the president's health care plan. richard, have you some serious frequent flyer miles going, don't you. >> on the road again. >>> twenty states can now proceed with a lawsuit challenging parts of health care reform. twenty attorneys general are on board. what does this mean, exactly? >> what it means, fred, is this. in the spirit of opposition that we've seen in the social security act, civil rights act and voting rights act, like you said, defendants -- claimants coming forward all the over the country attacking health care. a federal judge in the northern district of florida ruled this group has standing. proceduralally the case can go forward. in december the judge is going to hear argument on whether or not the case can be heard on a trial on two issues. one, whether the government can compel people to purchase insurance and then fine them if

. >>> some three million cablevision subscribers in new york and philadelphia may miss game one of baseball's national league baseball series tonight. news corps pulled the plug on three fox channels one of which will carry the game after a dispute with cablevision over fees. >>> and the national press club honored bob schaeffer last night, presentsed with the club's top honor for a lifetime of distinguished contribution to american journalism. >> i want to thank the press club. this is a great honor for me. i mean, anytime to get mentioned in the same paragraph walter cronkite -- >> afterwards, bob and his band, yes, his band honkytonk confidential entertained the guests, another side of bob shavchaeffer and ma him very happy. who knew. it will be available on itunes today. five after the hour. let's turn back outside lonnie quinn is here this morning. mr. quinn. >> i knew about bob schaeffer, country and western star. there we go, guys, a lot of people -- raise your hand from ohio. how many -- unbelievable about this, not one group, you just happened to be here at the same time. your name?

. >>> the two-week dispute between fox and cablevision that blacked out the network for 3 million homes in the new york area has ended. those viewers got fox back in time to see the pitching great nolan ryan throw out the first pitch in game three of the world series. ryan's rangers beat the san francisco giants, 4-2. san francisco leads two games to one with game four in texas tonight. >>> and finally, say good-bye to the pontiac after 84 years. the general motors brand name is officially dead as of today when gm agreements expire with pontiac dealers. some of the best-selling pontiacs included the bonneville, firebird and trans am and in the opinion of some, the greatest pontiac of all, the classic muscle car, the gto. >>> hurricane tomas strengthed with winds of 100 miles per hour through the eastern caribbean yesterday and overnight causing flooding in barbados and downed trees and power lines. you don't see it here but it happened. tomas is forecast to become a category 3 hurricane and it heads towards jamaica and possibly haiti. most of the nation is forecast to be dry and sunny.

y recruited by the >>> and cablevision subscribers were unable to watch last night's national league playoff game between the phillies and san francisco giants because of a between the phillies and san francisco giants because of a the giants won, by the way. talks are scheduled today but if there's no dealevi customers could also miss today's football game between the new york giants and derit. >>> and meanwhile, minnesota vikings quarterback brett favre will be questioned by an nfl official this week as his off-field conduct two y ago when he was with th favre is accused of sending lewd text messages, photos and voice mails to a female employee of the jets in 2008., >>> and finally, a rare sheet of ten stamps depicting audrey hepburn sold for $606,000 at a charity auction in berlin. they evoke hepburn's starring role in "charade" in which characters chase a set of stamps. two-thirds of the money will go help educate children in sub-saharan africa. >>> time for the weather and chikage windler from our minneapolis/st. paul affiliate kstp. >> thanks, ron. it's mid-october and that mea

if the dispute isn't worked out today, its football fans who are going to feel the pain on this one, cablevision customers would lose access to tonight's giants game against the detroit lions. >>> relief for the northeast today to tell you about after days of wild weather caused damage, delays and injuries. remnants of the fall's nurse nor'easter packed a punch to topple trees. a tree fell on two women. >> she heard the cracks from the trees and she started running. mom was hit on the head and the side of her face. my mom wasn't expecting that, i could have lost my mom. >> let's check in with the weather channel's jeff morrow. a wild weekend. >> it has been in the northeast. that storm is starting to move away. see the big swirl of it. we're going to say good-bye to that nor'easter. dumped snow in the ski resorts. just an indication of things to come. much of the rest of the nation is quiet on this october sunday. that includes the northeast. now that we've got that big nor'easter out of the way, should have a pretty good day in new york city at 68. boston, sunshine, 65. cooler, the farther nort

there is a fight between cablevision and fox, who has the world series. about 3 million subscribers have been without fox programming since october 16. whoa, baseball fans are mad. both companies are trying to settle a fee dispute. they won't want to reach an agreement by tomorrow in time for the game. >> they need to. >>> all right. it is 6:13. his nickname was the hammer. the former lawmaker who is finally getting his day in court. >> and paper bags might be your only option soon. the bay area city taking action against plastic bags. i'm among 30,000 employees who used to work for hp. i was supposed to retire there. carly fiorina changed all that. fiorina laid off 30,000 people and she shipped our jobs to china and india. i had to pack my bags and i was out the door that night. we even had to train our replacements. she didn't need 5 corporate jets. one hundred million for herself. fiorina never cared about our jobs. not then and not now. i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. >>> delays are possible again for the bay bridge as day 2 of the const

not helping the ratings picture is the dispute of by fox spent cablevision and less that is resolved about 3 million new yorkers will not even have the option of watching the game. as the world turns, right? back with more in a moment, as san jose, 101 right by the guadalupe over across those headlights are headed southbound. we will be right back. david harmer wrote an education plan titled "abolish the public schools." he even called our schools "insidious" and "socialism." as families struggle to raise their kids, to provide a good education, harmer bragged, "we can design a plan to dismantle them." david harmer is just too radical. we need jerry mcnerney. protecting local schools from devastating cuts. he's a moderate, endorsed by the stockton record, the independent, and our local teachers. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. welcome back, here is a look at your 7 day around the bay., hopefully those shares was a chore north for game 2 of the world series we will keep our fingers crossed. rain is in store thursday through saturday and sunday hopefully things will dr

cablevision says it's paying news corp. that owns fox channel $70 million for the programming. they say news corp. now wants $150 million. they say that is way too much. government is trying to get them to work out their differences. so far, those folks right now don't have fox. >>> we have 17 days to go until one of the most important elections in recent memory. midterm elections, anyway. sarah palin and president obama and president clinton o are out from maine to california. >> they are heading out to help raise money for their parties and encourage people to get out and vote. paul steinhauser has more from the political desk in washington. >> reporter: hey, good morning. a busy weekend in politics. barack obama is heading up to massachusetts to help out a friend. i'm talking duvall patrick. he's the governor and he faces a tough re-election this year. the president is on his way up there today. what about the republicans? they are busy as well. let's talk sarah palin. the former alaska governor and john mccain's running mate in 2008. she's teaming up with michael steele in

. >> cablevision and fox are feuding and i am getting all my tv through netflix. >> there are ads -- there is hulu plus that has ads. when we get you, we will get you. >> you can go back to billboards. >> i am wondering if the rise of social media usage might end up smothering itself. how're you going to break out? how will you be something that other people want to follow? there will be a tension between needing to refresh oppose story 20 -- refresh a story or a tweet. >> i think one of the things like people like sam and others who understand this technology, a [unintelligible] what sticks out is at the health care bill signing and som eone took a picture and uploaded it. it is exciting and something we can start thinking about. how would affect some one [unintelligible] who can get to them in a variety of ways. how you can take a temperature on something that something pop up unexpectedly. i think the impact of government is exciting. >> do people learned as candidates and bring it to government? >> i think they learn about it as people. we know you are going to have one of those