they haven't got ahold of them yet. abc 7 tried to call, did not get ahold of them either. possibly a mistake by the construction crews or the other option, environmental terrorism. we're looking into it. terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you. let's check our other top story. south san francisco police asking for the public's help in finding three gunmen who shot three people to death in an ally last night. a third victim is critical and three others suffer non-threatening injuries. gang activity in the area but wouldn't reveal if this shooting is gang-related. weather and traffic. a gorgeous morning. >> a gorgeous morning. however, we have to deal with pretty thick fog in the north bay. novato, napa, santa rosa and fairfield. moist ground, cool air. but it should clear by 10:00 this morning and then we'll warm up nilesly to the 50s, mid-50s for the most part with lots of sunshine. look forward to that. dry tomorrow as well. look for upper 50s as well. we head through the monterey bay area, mid-50s for you. the next storm moves in christmas day. get ready for a w

they'd like to talk to the owner but they can't seem to get ahold of him. in marin county officials say 600 gallons of sewage overflowed to the creek because of a storm water surgeon tuesday night. it follows two spills last week in kentfield that sent nearly 3 million gallons of sewage into the creek. the ross valley sanitary district filed a report informing them of the latest spill. it states that the system overflowed for about two hours at a rate of about 5 gallons per minute. san francisco's police chief is holding a community meeting tonight regarding the fatal shooting of a man involved in a confrontation with police. it happened yesterday afternoon on bacon street. a woman called police saying she had been stabbed. when officers arrived they say the suspect approached them with a knife. they shot him, he died at san francisco general. >> we have absolutely no reason to believe that the officer did anything wrong in this case. >> it is unclear how many officers fired their weapons. the woman who was stabbed was not seriously injured. victims of the

eventually police detectives got ahold of joe and told him his wife may be dead. as they were leaving the hotel for the police station, someone says someone from "america's got talent" stopped him and asked if he still wanted to audition. >> he said, in fact, if you want to go in right now, we'll let you go in right now. and i thought of laura. i thought, i'm going to go in there, i'm going to be as brave and as courageous as i possibly can for laura. and so the police escort me in there. >> reporter: moments after learning his wife may be dead, with guitar in hand, joe says he sang a song he used to sing for laura. >> i got through almost to the end and i broke and i just dropped my head and i took my sunglasses off and i said, i'm sorry, i can't do this. that's the best i can do. and one of the police officers said, that was a really good job. >> reporter: because most people would think, what are you thinking? >> well, first of all -- >> reporter: auditioning when you just found out your wife is possibly dead. >> yeah. it was a very emotional moment for me and

we tried to reach him for a comment but haven't been able to get ahold of him. live in san francisco, amy holyfield, abc 7 news. >>> thanks. >>> belmont police are alerting neighbors to a mountain lion attack that occurred sometime overnight. a deer carcass turned up on ral ton middle school. san mateo county has seen an increase in cougar sightings this year. >> the picture was taken by the belmont patch. >> fish and game was able to determine that based on evidence left at the scene including footprints. >> in fact, there were two, a female and its cub that killed a deer grazing on the fields behind ralston middle school. the carcass was discovered this morning. >> after we became aware of the incident and confirmed that it was a mountain lion we sent out both a reverse 911 type telephone message to the area as well as text message alerts to citizens. >> the school borders a canyon, deer are always present but because mountain lions are nocturnal, police are not concerned that it may attack a student. still, people who use the nearby water dog trail say they w

posed for pictures as a thank you to the mayor but they are curious how the celebrity website tmz got ahold of the pictures. both mayors deny their offices have any leaks. >> as we know all good things must come to an end and what a good thing it has been, sharing these last 2 1/2 years with lisa kim on this desk. truly, it has been a privilege. >> it's been a privilege working with you. i've never had so much fun before. seen people go through the station and said good-bye to people but today is my last day. i want to thank everybody out there. i don't want to break up, here. for putting up with me for more than 11 years. and i am humbled and very appreciative of letting me into your living rooms, your homes, every night. i'll still be around the bay area but -- >> you know what we're both grateful for? >> we got the cover the giants, the postseason, and especially the parade day when we were at the ballpark. i think we both agreed that in all the decades we've been in this industry that was one of the top two or three days in our professional lives and it will be a great memory that i hav

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the magazine got ahold of 100,000 documents from of all people a disgruntled he will of. -- disgruntled elf. the song "i saw mama kiss santa claus." a previous base to that, the elves were wried for years about santa's philandering. which began only recently after mrs. claus discovered an illicit message from an arizona school board member. also in that stack of leaked documents, a reported mixup in 2004 that brought a young 11-year-old named jack howard, a book of math games, instead of a football that he asked for. and no accident according to these leaks. sanda was sending a message. also it can be revealed that senior north pole officials were astonished with an elf actually proposed holding the long-standing program to monitor pouting and crying. and that enormous document dump, a north pole study exposing santa's extreme pickiness. the study shows photos that proved that long-standing rumor that santa feeds most of the cookies that we leave out for him to his reindeer. when we come back, is the president watching afghanistan, the decision forced by the military? will he give defer

thought they'd come in the house. >> they had ahold of her was pulling back and off like this with the little dog in their mouth. >> it's the tenth raccoon attack this year. most of the cases involving attacks on small dogs while they're being walked. four of the pet owners have been bitten. raccoons on alameda are more concentrated with nowhere else to go. >> let's talk about the weather situation. you've got a lot to discuss. this morning's chilly weathered and then the big storm. >> yeah. one big mess isn't it. with rain and snow and even may throw thunder in from time to time. good morning to you. 6:16. a live look from ballmer peak looking back to the west. see the fog developing around san francisco. thickest in the north bay, the east bay valleys. with these type of temperatures 32 santa rosa, napa to 29 fairfield. you may see some of that fog freeze on objects. probably too late to freeze on bridges and overpasses because of the fact the morning commute is picking up and that tends to warm the roads. scattered frost throughout the bay area even the bay shore, mid to upper 30s t

so i got ahold of sister helen, and i said i'd like to talk to her, and i hadn't even finished the whole book, and she went out and saw thelma & louise and thought i was the other one. and i came highly recommended by some friends of her in amnesty, but that was about it, and you know, it was love at first sight, and she was relieved that i was the other one, and i was relieved that she was an eating, drinking, joyful nun as opposed to some of the ones that i had in school. and so she gave me the book. i mean, it was just very kind of loose. tim had a production company, and i kind of showed it to him, and he's a lapsed catholic also, and he was interested in the death penalty, but nothing really happened for a year, and i started to get really antsy. and i was turning down all these parts, and then finally, i had a little meltdown on sixth avenue and said, "but why are you holding onto this one? "why can't you-- if you're not going to do it, let's give it to john sayles or something." and he was writing cradle will rock, and he could not get the money for that, and his company, you know

alive images from southern california, they got ahold nasty storm system moving their way. on the right-hand side cycling through the camera's in l.a.. i can tell you it's packing a lot of powerful winds, rain, snow. from l.a. into the mountains, at this point no damage in those areas appeared risk of mud slide. authorities keeping a close eye on highland in december and dino county were they have 50 homes evacuated after last week's mud in a dated a drain canal. it was nasty. we are following that let you know if we learn more. america's cup oracle racing says german automaker is ending its sponsorship at the into the air. by mutual agreement. bmw has been part of it since 2002. it is owned by larry ellison this ceo of business software oracle. gov. schwarzenegger state supreme court has blocked his request to allow selling estate property and buildings. they had petitioned to allow the sale in hopes of raising money for this year's budget deficit. it included several buildings including pacific center in san francisco. in means a cells cannot go through before january 3rd

in the lawsuit lucky chances claim the people who got ahold of this video filmed it directly from their card room surveillance cameras. lucky chances says when the youtube posters -- posted this online, they were essentially stealing from them. >> this is a big area of internet law and privacy. >> reporter: and the law professor says there is will be many more lawsuits like this -- >> if you are normally taking out -- if you normally take out your phone and film whatever is there, you may be filming something you don't have authority to do so. >> reporter: now the openers of lucky chances don't know the identity of those people who posted the video. a youtube spokesperson said over the phone, that the company would reveal the identity if a judge ordered them to do so. live in colma, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> late this afternoon, a number of people living in pittsburg were evacuated from their homes because of a bomb scare. around 3:30 this afternoon, residents were evacuated from an apartment complex from meadow brook. residents said they saw a grenade and called the police

but i finally got ahold of the gentleman that owned the hotel. i have would stop by there all the time. so much he just gave me a key and said you can't hurt it. you can do whatever you want. one day i stopped by and he was there. he said are you going to buy my hotel? i said boy, i would love to. i'm a nurse and my husband is a firefighter and i don't think it's probably something that we qualify for but it's beautiful and i would love to help you find someone who can buy this. he said, "ah, you look okay to me." i said sir, you don't know my last name. you don't know my social security. what if i'm a bad credit risk or not who you think i am? he goes honey, i know people. you look fine. i said okay, but i don't have financing for that. he goes oh, no, i'll do it. 6% okay? he goes honey, you ought to take this because that's a great commercial rate. i said really? he said, "yeah." i said okay. he said shake on it. we did. then i called my husband and said, "mark, i think i just bought a hotel." [ applause ] >> glenn: there is her husband. look a

we've not been able to get ahold of animal control all morning lock. they are still looking for these two gray full-bred pit bulls. she had some major injuries that she's going to have to recover from. it's going to ache a little while. she said she may have to go back to a specialist to attend to the injuries. reporting live in san jose, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 n ews. >> hopefully they can find those dogs. thank you for the update. a man is now fighting for his life this morning, after being shot in the head and moved -- shoved from a car in antioch. police found the victim, a man in his 20s lying on the street at about 5:15 last night. the victim apparently went to the area to meet a group of people. police say he got into the suspect's car, was shot and then pushed out of the car before the suspect sped away. the victim is now in critical condition and police are s earching for several suspects. now, their car is described as a 1990s model dark green ford escort with two doors. police are also investigating the victim's relationship to the suspe

i guess i will hang out here and get ahold of friends. >> reporter: amtrak was also effected by the major snowstorm. they are canceling flights into d.c., baltimore, chicago, carolinas and heard of delays as far as south as atlanta as the winter weather is going south as well. still they will see cancellations. in fact, we had a football game an nfl game set for philadelphia last night. they canceled that game because of the heavy snow there. and clearly it's effecting the airports as well. we hope to check with the duty manager here about how it will effect sfo and how you should plan your day if you are traveling. reporting live at sfo kraig debro. >> thanks. we'll learn how the travel conditions are shaping up on the east coast this morning with a live report from la guardia airport. some are calling it hotel la guardia with hundreds of stranded passengers. >>> we now know the identity of the body found days ago. casey speed of santa rosa was found near the community of strawberry. he went missing december 10th. his wife said he fell overboard and he was not wearing a life jacket. a bi

we will continue to try to get ahold of a muni spokesperson so we can get their response. a lot of numbers we are getting are the fact that the end juda line had 236 turn arounds last year. a lot of the numbers are coming from muni and we want to get more clarification and details. reporting live in san francisco kraig debro. >> thank you. >>> 6:07 is the time right now. let's go back over to sal. the commute has not been smooth in a couple of areas. >> yeah this whole week the wet weather has been a factor in all of the commutes. the traffic will be busy on 80 westbound. you wonder what those blue and white lights are those are the end of a police chase that happened in berkeley. that vehicle crashed just off the freeway on virginia street on the frontage road there. the fire department was there for awhile. they are still doing an investigation. fortunately this has not effected the traffic very much. if you look to the left you can see that people are kind of slowing down. thank you very much. the crew got rid of that for me. people are slowing down and looking over the

if you have updates you can get ahold of me by going to ktvu.com. right now traffic is moving a long pretty well getting up to highway 17. and again on friday's we normally do have a better than usual commute. you can tell looking at 237 right now on a normal day we already have stop and go traffic. i'm not saying it's going to be a complete walk in the park but it should be better than normal. as we look at the toll plaza it's backed up to the middle of the parking lot area which no longer exists. they are building a new building there. 6:37 let's go to mark. >>> thanks. we are taking a look at the south bay. the clouds still in place. mostly cloudy skies patchy fog and currently san jose in the upper 40s. right now on live storm tracker we can show you this a little by of activity as we do zoom in. nothing too extreme here. fairfield recent observation reporting light rain. probably with these cells shooting out to the north and east. as far as current temperatures most areas are in the 40s. san francisco right now 51 degrees. oakland 51. in fact

i have not been able to get ahold of anybody at robbery homicide to see if they have gotten anybody off of that video tape. this store is opening in about an hour from now. reporting live in oakland kraig debro ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco police are investigating the shooting of a teenage bay in the fillmore district. officers responded to the corner of fillmore street around 10:15 last anything. reportedly that boy had been arguing with four or five other teenage boys. >>> oakland police have a warning for craig list users. police say the ads usually offer deals on expensive cars. the robbers set up a meeting place in east or west oakland where they are robbed. plisses he was robbed of nows of dollars and severe beaten. >>> all three of new york's major airports are up and running again. they were shut down because of that huge snowstorm. thousands of stranded travelers hope today is the day they will get on a plane and get where they are going. all because of the east coast blizzard. it caused a snowball effect even for passengers on flights not bound for new york or boston

they can't get ahold of him. >> i think they need to pare down because eventually it's going to erode and fall into the ocean. they might as well take care of it the right way. >> the city has not condemned the building yet but officials think something needs to be done to prevent the erosion. they'd like to talk to the owner but can't seem to find him and the owner has not returned our phone calls either. victims of the pg&e pipeline explosion in san bruno could start getting long-awaited checks. the city is expected to release funds totaling nearly $400,000 in donations that came in after the disaster. some are frustrated the donations have not been distributed. more than $2 million has been collected since the september 9th blast that killed 8 people and seriously damaged 55 homes. 5:36 now. lisa argen in for mike nicco this morning with the cold weather news. >> yeah. at least it's clear this morning so it will look nice later on. >> while you're shivering. >> we have a windchill factor in napa and livermore. it feels like the upper 20s there. a live look outside. warmer spot here

i think depression took ahold of him and that was something he could never -- he just couldn't grasp it back. >> police say duke was likely upset over his wife being fired from the school earlier this year. >>> defense lawyers in the uva lacrosse murder case want to seat victim's medical records. george huguely of she have -- seat victim's medical records. george huguely of chevy chase maryland was accused of the death of love. detectives say huguely forced his way into love's bedroom where he shook her and slammed her head repeatedly against a wall. >>> an arrest just days after a fox 5 investigation. tonight on the edge why a d.c. firefighter is facing charges after years on paid administrative leave. >>> plus the wikileaks hackers exposed, mass cyber criminals revealing how their organization works and why they're attacking certain websites all at 11:00. >>> hello, everybody. welcome back. you know this is what -- the official, you know, like start of winter? >> getting there. next week it will be. >> next week will be the official start of winter, okay. what a way to welcome in t

he knew that once the honest media got ahold of the bill, he was toast. just to refresh your memory, the bill allotted about $10 million for a foundation honoring the late congressman john murtha. $8 million for a ted kennedy institution. 36 million more for the corrupt public broadcasting corporation bringing that outlet up to 500 million bucks a year of your money. there is no way we are going to stand for that kind of waste. total pork about 9 billion in the bill. so reid is humiliated, not that he cares, he doesn't. but the country is obviously wising up fast. the u.s.a. now owes about $14 trillion and the head of the fed ben bernanke says we better start paying that debt down or there is going to be a fiscal disaster here as there is in california right now, in greece, and in ireland. that brings us to people who feel the government owes them stuff, riots throughout europe this week have demonstrated there are plenty of folks who want other people to pay for their lives. if they don't get that, they will turn violent and disruptive. just look at thes

they're getting ahold of busy signals. reporting live i am christine, kron4 news >> ok are tv coverage moves on. i jonathan. >> hi vicki. we are here again here. to varying degrees, this is the inside. all lot of people want it to 08. pleven simple they're offering travel vouchers that a good for the next two weeks to but the flights. they also said that wet weather is the factor that causes canceled flights. they did offer hotels. jack blum says they give them to the end of the month. it is not a general rule to a hotel venture beyond excruciating circumstanced call them and they have in some instances given people hotel rooms for a very extenuating circumstances that are rather related. other airlines and continental are offering people up to one year to rebut their troubled the penalty. it is a lot more liberal than the other two carriers. delta is even offering cash refunds. something that other airlines are specifically it sank their not. we tried to get in contact a dozen injured each rebut your flight did now. other

see where they'd tried to bite ahold of her arm. >> sophie found self out matched. >> they had a hold of her and was pulling back and off like this with the little dog in their mouth. >> that's why we like to inform the public not to walk the dog after dark. >> the alameda county environment health department represents locking your dog door at night. they say the raccoons are losing their fear of humans because too many are feeding them. on alameda they're more aggressive than mainland raccoons. >> this is kind of an island, if you have more animals, it doesn't have release to go to other places. >> less territory means more competition for food and sophie may have been the intended meal because there was no food in the dog bowls. health officials say controlling the raccoon population is not the solution. it's controlling the human population that feeds them. in alameda, allen wong, abc 7 news. >> it's 5:06. thieves have again struck a popular neighborhood home display in alameda. somebody has been taking decorations put up along christmas tree lane. last weekend they hit dozens of

. >> jimmy: are you looking -- are you planning to exact revenge on the otter when you get ahold of it? >> no, no, i'm not going to take revenge on it. >> jimmy: if you ran into an otter holding a video camera, would you attack it in retaliation? >> yes. >> jimmy: you would, all right. do you feel like you have any super powers, you know, because this is how spider-man got started. >> oh, yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: you could turn into otterman or something, you know? >> i could be otterman. i don't know what kind of super power i would have. >> jimmy: you really have to be safe. and this is why i say, if you see an animal in any situation, run. well, thanks for talking to us, william. i hope you learn and valuable lesson from all of this. william begin sgibbons, everybo. please, never try to have sex with an otter. is that what we learned? okay. our first guest tonight is one of the greatest athletes ever to pull on a pair of extremely tiny basketball shorts. he's a hall of famer, a five-time nba champion, an olympic gold medalist and, perhaps, a future nfl team owner. please welcome earvin

. >> or healthcare information when the government gets ahold of that. >> exactly. >> sean: new york giants safety antoine rolle says booing nfl players is the same as booing soldiers coming home from iraq. >> i think it's different. with this guy's logic, he needs to quit his job and get a job in the obama administration, because with logic like that he'll rise to the top very quickly "o'reilly factorquickly. >> a self-centered athlete who's mouthing off about things he doesn't know about. >> sean: ouch. >> anybody to get paid more, it's our troops. >> sean: what is it about athletes? we're paying good money, you don't perform, we have the right to boo. that makes it fun. >> that's part of the game. >> it's a game, sean. it's a game. >> sean: there's some liberal out there booing me right now, and i -- >> and a few conservatives maybe. i think i know who they are. >> and a few rhinos. >> sean: thanks a lot, doug.

i am concerned about wikileaks getting ahold of the good and naughty lists. >> terrifying list. >> we know which one mike would be on. >> that was in the 70s. experimenting with toys and my brother's property. in the south bay where i grew up, minor flooding. highway 87 and downtown with reports of the slow lane with standing water. a big puddle. further north you look at 880 and standing water there and minor flooding for 101 as you come through mountain view. the volume is holding up. nice speeds through here into the area. 880 and 680 through the newark area. the fun zone right here. it's looking nice right now. right there at the top of the screen, you see sunol. we will show you the grade. the volume of traffic through the area amount of nice flow southbound with the tail lights and an easy drive northbound through the area. your east bay times are looking goodas well. let's get a look at the 880 through oakland. that's slower than we have seen and also in the 50s as you come out of the tunnel. the east shore freeway off of the bridge shows you that 18-minute drive. there is the

and as a result, fundamental tax reform is really the lynch pen of getting ahold of long-term economic problems in the country. so i genuinely believe you'll see a development on both sides of the aisle of the congress coming together. >> i want to ask you about the health care law. are you one of those that believes if the mandate is somehow struck down, that it unravels the entire health care law, or that it simply, okay, the mandate will be stuffed aside and congress will have to fill the gap. >> well, most of the health care bill pivoted off the mandate. now the business side mandate was not struck down. the individual side was. i don't know how this is all going to sort out, and i don't think anybody really does. but it's pretty obvious if you read that bill, that most of the policy in that bill pivoted off the individual mandate. and it's going to be difficult to see how this bill, which i think was going to be a disaster anyway, is going to work at all without that element in it, which was actually at its core. >> right. well, i have to ask you about the mandate in particular, b

and i was looking for a way to get ahold of him. bob doyle, my manager calls and says, hey, steve wynn is looking for you and i'm thinking, here it is, divine intervention. and so i think i know why he's looking for me, like other people in his field have looked for me before to come out of retirement and play music. i wasn't going to do it, but it would be a great window for me to open the philanthropy options with him. so the plan was, i would get steve wynn to give me a lot of money for my charity, while letting him down easy to say i'm not going to come out of retirement, i can't play your place. and how it ended up was, he never gave me a dollar for charity and now i work for him. so it's just -- >> larry: i know steve very well, and he's very persuasive. >> he is. but he's a very, very, very nice man. >> larry: why didn't he give you a dollar for the charity? >> oh, he's got so many things going himself and you know him, he's very head-strong, believes in what he believes in, and he knows our charity is fine without him. >> la

we will tell you how to get ahold of some of the things and they are gorgeous and one of a kind. we will introduce you to her next on "good morning, maryland" at nine. oh, i see. a throne for the tv... room for movies... your workout gear... non-stop football... it's a man cave! the boys next door will never leave. who says we want them to? >>> we have a treat for you because today our home for the holidays local shopping segment is a unique one. three stones steps offers handmade goods that are gorgeous and they are gifts for the conscious. everything from scarves to ornaments and bags. ellen is the creator and designer behind this unique business. thanks for coming in. >> thank you for having me. >> three stones steps what does the name mean. >> according to chinese lor it means solid footing for a good journey and it could be a baltimore marble step thing. >> it could be. absolutely. so we have lots of gifts here. i guess let's start with the ornaments. what's the story behind them. >> they are wonderful. these are made by a woman's collective in the philippines made of recycl

officials say he needs to do something and they'd like to set up a meeting with them but they can't get ahold of them. 6:38 is our time. resevoirs are benefitting from this week's storms for just the third time in the last 20 years, the marin water district seven water supply resevoirs are all at 100% capacity in december. they're usually only at 70% capacity this time of year. this should mean plenty of water for the district's 195,000 customers this summer. that's the up side to the rain we've been getting and the winds and stuff. >> a little break today. more rain tomorrow. did you get that already? >> i listened to your forecast. i cheated. >> yeah, you cheated. >> i have lisa argen cliff notes right here. you knew 150% of normal. it's been a rainy month. a live look outside. clear, beautiful start to the day. san francisco sun up at 7:25. the clear skies, it's cold but look at the windy. you see the flag blowing, a northwest wind at 20 mph. we're still in that northwest flow and that has allowed the cooler temperatures in. livermore 29 degrees, 30 napa, santa rosa. 35 redwood city. a lit

. >> a party who claims they were spending 80% of their time at home during the day and by getting ahold of that party's bridge records, we could prove that that person was traveling across the bridge in the morning and coming back 8 hours later in the evening five days a week. >> reporter: today the metropolitan transportation commission renewed its efforts to keep fastrak customer information private. joined of the terms of the new policy. >> under the terms of the new policy, once a customer closes his account, it will be eliminated after 4.5 years. >> reporter: the mtc only shares it with specific companies such as the one that runs the customer service center and the golden gate bridge district. do you sell the information? >> we do not, never have. >> reporter: you may not know your fastrak transponder plays a role in the travel time estimates you see on variable message boards on bay area freeways. receivers along the freeway pick up your transponder signal. >> it's entirely anonymous because the information is encrypted so we know that the same tag has gone from point a to point

i mean, this guy really needs to get some help and get ahold of himself, doesn't he? >> making sure that these kids have a shot at the american dream -- it's important. >> the guy can't be around schools, that's too bad. >>> also coming up, sarah palin's grandstanding tour in haiti is over, folks. and i've got pictures to prove that she's exploiting people for media attention. >>> plus, a bush-appointed judge rules against president obama's health care law and the beckster is freaking out over global warming. you're watching "the ed show." >>> coming up, we've got the news today that this year will be the second best ever on wall street. the fat cats are raking in at a huge amount of cash but they're still refusing to invest to create jobs. such great folks, huh? i've got a chance to ask former president bill clinton on friday about all of this and he got into it. we'll talk about that. somewhere, is >>> welcome back to "the ed show" and thanks for watching tonight. the fat cats on wall street are raking in massive products, as 15 million americans who are just strugg

. >> wait until the airport screeners get ahold of him. we could plug into you and send out a live shot? >> absolutely. >> his project is called the third eye, but when the planet of space ball got beamed in with his head on backwards, it's not always great to have eyes in the back of your head. >> why didn't someone tell me my ass was so big. it's like a bald spot only not. >> jeanne moos, new york. >> john king usa starts right now. >>> thanks, and good evening. tonight fascinating new research that forces us to rethink fundamental questions about the building blocks of life. it was a discovery right here on earth, but the scientist says it's much more likely she thinks there's life elsewhere too. >>> crackling exchanging as the defense secretary and top military officer make the case for repealing don't ask don't tell policy that preventing gay americans from serving openly. >> i've been serving with gays and lesbians my whole career. i went to war with them aboard a destroyer off the coast of vietnam. i knew they were there. they knew

government is not enforcing the illegal use of marijuana and make it too easy for the young people to get ahold of it. >> i think we have to look at and president obama released his national drug control strategy in may of this year in a much more balanced way frankly for the last number of decades we've talked about a war on drugs. we've looked at using the criminal justice system as the end-all and be-all. what we're talking about here is also a public health problem. it's an education problem. oh, and it's also a public safety problem. if we combine a lot of those resources, we get parents to be much more involved, we look at prevention as working and we look at treatment as being effective, we can make a big difference in these trends which are disturbing. >> your background in seattle was in public safety. i don't hear the term war on drugs at all anymore. is there still a war on drugs in. >> no, what i tried to do and when i took this job in may of last year was to say we shouldn't talk about it as a war on drugs. frankly my colleagues from all of those years, sheriffs and police chiefs,

but if you don't get ahold of the things that ought to be easy to fix, you're never going to attack the big spending that's tougher to fix. so the earmark -- >> good to have you on, gentlemen. joe madison, ernie istook. thanks so much. >>> coming up, sarah palin sounds like she's aiming for 2012 presidential run and she thinks her debating skills will take her over the top. you won't able when caribou barbie said about president obama this morning. mike papantonio ring of fire talk show host, he's after it next right here on "the ed show." [ female announcer ] clear some snow. ♪ or spread a little warmth. [ cellphone rings ] [ wife ] honey, where are you? i have no idea. [ female announcer ] maxwell house gives you a rich full flavored cup of coffee so you can be good to the last drop. try maxwell house coffee and cappuccinos in the tassimo single cup home brewing system. with crest 3d white professional effects, you'll start seeing a whiter smile after just three days. for a smile that's sure to stand out. ♪ crest 3d white professional effects whitestrips. >>> it's not too late to

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