rob and vinita? rob and vinita? >> so, votesers were obviously upset with the current policies. what else do we know about voter sentiment? >> reporter: we looked at exit polls. it was very interesting. one in four voters identified themselves as angry. of those voters, 84% chose the republican on the ballot. that's going to be a strong message republicans will bring,i as the newest lawmakers begin to go to work in january. rob and vinita? >> interesting times. all right. emily schmidt on capitol hill this morning. thanks, emily. >>> whether they are celebrating or licking their wounds this morning, both sides are preparing for the changes. >> outgoing pennsylvania governor, ed rendell, is giving his take on what exactly went wrong. while mississippi governor, haley barbour, is looking toward the future. >> the next step on the political agenda for republicans is defeat obama. this election has been a repudiation of president obama's policies. >> i think this was a reaction to the worst economic times this country has been going through since the great depression. when you look

. >> vinita! >> that's how we spent our thanksgiving. >>> all right, when we return, the legal dispute involving courtney love and someone else's jewelry. >>> and the dramatic finale of course to "dancing with the stars." all that and more coming up in "the skinny." >>> well, there's been just a tiny amount of coverage on this for the last few months. so one more time. the finale last night of "dancing with the stars." of course most of you watched the show, probably know by now that jennifer grey pulled out the victory last night. she takes home, what's it called, the mirror ball trophy. she was the big winner. i think most people kind of expected and predicted that. she got so many perfect scores along the way. she and her partner, this was the big moment on the finale last night. >> champions of "dancing with the stars" are -- jennifer and derek! >> it was funny, she had some back injuries throughout the thing, she had survived cancer, an emotional moment for her. she really put in a great perf

vinita. >> emily schmidt in washington this morning. thanks, emily. >>> secretary of state hillary rodham clinton and u.s. defense secretary robert gates are in melbourne, australia, this morning for high-level meetings. among the agenda items, security. secretary clinton says she hopes baghdad is finally close to forming a new government, eight months after the election. and secretary gates told reporters traveling with him, he wants congress to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the military by the end of the year, but his new marine commandant is hesitating, and gates says he isn't sure how this will affect the action. >>> a surprise shutdown affecting two nuclear plants on the east coast. the transformer exploded at indian point north of new york city about 6:30 last night. about a half hour later, a radioactive water leak was detected at vermont yankee plant. no serious consequences were reported at either site. >>> well, the clock is ticking for new york's first responders of the 9/11 attacks. thousands of firefighters, poli

rob and vinita? >> what exactly is happening to those evacuees right now? >> reporter: the evacuees are coming off of boats to the port we're at right now. the port of incheon, just outside of seoul. they've been loaded on to buses. many will be spending time with family or in temporary housing, as things play out. one person we saw come off a boat was on a stretcher. he went into an ambulance. so, despite the relative calm, it's clear that they're preparing for the worst. >> all eyes on the korean peninsula. alex marquardt in south korea this morning. thank you. >>> and you can see barbara walters' interview with the president and the first lady on friday night, at 10:00 eastern. >>> many of us are packing up and heading out this morning for the big thanksgiving holiday tomorrow. and it's too early to tell if the planned protests over airport security measures will have an effect. one of the organizers of the protests says he's not flying today. >>> on the roads, it is another matter with a massive

rob and vinita? >> as mentioned, democrats did manage to maintain control of the senate, thanks in large part to some big wins out in the west. in nevada, senate leader harry reid did beat back a strong challenge from tea party star sharron angle. reid, of course, struggled for months in a state with the nation's highest unemployment and with voters extremely angry at washington insiders. and in california, barbara boxer will return to the u.s. senate for a fourth term. boxer defeated former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina after a hard-fought, multi-million dollar campaign. president and mrs. obama were among the high-profile democrats who campaigned for boxer's re-election. >>> it could be weeks before we know who has won the alaska senate race. write-in ballots hold the early lead, which is considered a good sign for incumbent republican lisa murkowski. she lost the primary to republican joe miller. all the write-in ballots must be counted by hand. >>> several minority candidates rode the republi

rob, vinita? >>> as we told you yesterday morning, all 23,300 employees at google are getting a 10% pay hike next year, along with a $1,000 holiday bonus. all but one, the worker who leaked word of the windfall has apparently been fired. the former employee was canned hours after leaking the memo that told the staff about their good fortune. a lot of debate as to whether the memo actually told people, don't tell anyone. >> oh. >> one person who doesn't like google very much right now. >> yeah. >>> here's a look at your thursday forecast. rain from portland to seattle. snow across the central and northern rockies. parts of south dakota and nebraska. afternoon showers from oklahoma city and st. louis to chicago and summer-like in the southeast. >> 81 in miami. 73 in atlanta. 77 in new orleans. 50s in the northeast. 52 in the twin cities. 56 in omaha. 64 in the windy city. a mild 71 in phoenix. sacramento at 65. >>> it's the kind of bling you don't see every day. it's incredible here. one of the most

rob, vinita? >>> as we told you yesterday morning, all 23,300 employees at google are getting a 10% pay hike next year, along with a $1,000 holiday bonus. all but one, that is. the google worker who leaked word of the windfall has apparently been fired. the former employee was canned hours after leaking the memo that told the staff about their good fortune. a lot of debate as to whether the memo actually told people, don't tell anyone. >> oh. >> one person who doesn't like google very much right now. >> yeah. i smell a lawsuit. >>> here's a look at your thursday forecast. rain from portland to seattle. snow across the central and northern rockies. parts of south dakota and nebraska. afternoon showers from oklahoma city and st. louis to chicago and summer-like in the southeast. >> 81 in miami. 73 in atlanta. 77 in new orleans. 50s in the northeast. 52 in the twin cities. 56 in omaha. 64 in the windy city. a mild 71 in phoenix. sacramento at 65. >>> it's the kind of bling you don't see every day. it

vinita and rob? >>> two of disgraced financers bernie madoff's long-time office workers are waking up in jail this morning. annette bongiorno was arrested at her florida home yesterday. joann crupi was taken into custody in new jersey. both are charged with helped madoff carry off his massive ponzi scheme and lining their own pockets with millions of dollars. they face up to 20 years in prison. >>> the attorney for a seattle teen known as the barefoot bandit says he is negotiating a plea deal with prosecutors. colton harris-moore is accused of more than 70 crimes, including leading police on a cross-country chase in stolen cars, boats and planes. his attorney says profits from potential books to movie deals to help compensate victims could figure into that possible plea deal. >>> when general motors' stock begins trading this morning it will cost $34.19 a share. that's up from $33 when it hit the market yesterday. >> because of that increase, most analysts call gm's government rescue a success. diana

vinita and rob? >>> two of disgraced financers bernie madoff's long-time office workers are waking up in jail this morning. annette bongiorno was arrested at her florida home yesterday. joann crupi was taken into custody in new jersey. both are charged with helping madoff carry out his massive ponzi scheme and lining their own pockets with millions of dollars. they face up to 20 years in prison. >>> the attorney for a seattle teen known as the barefoot bandit says he is negotiating a plea deal with prosecutors. colton harris-moore is accused of more than 70 crimes, including leading police on a cross country chase in stolen cars, boats and planes. his attorney says profits from potential books to movie deals to help compensate victims could figure into that possible plea deal. >>> when general motors stock begins trading this morning it will cost $34.19 a share. that's up from $33 when it hit the market yesterday. >> because of that increase, most analysts call gm's government rescue a success. diana

vinita, rob? >> what a vacation. >>> in other news now, the money was supposed to help cash-strapped survivors of the holocaust. now 17 people here in new york have been charged with raiding two funds of $42 million. among those charged were six employees who were supposed to pay out claims. prosecutors say they created thousands of false applications and duped people into applying who were not eligible. >>> for a while he was the most hated man in the country. now the former chief executive of bp, tony hayward, is speaking out about the company's response to the gulf oil spill. his comments confirmed what so many people thought during the crisis. bp was completely unprepared. david shukman of the bbc reports. >> horrifying images of wildlife suffering -- >> reporter: the news flashed around the world. headlines of a disaster that brought bp to the brooke and let the figure at the top, tony hayward, to be described as the most hated man in america. time after time, bp failed to stop the leak. mr.

rob, vinita? >>> as we told you yesterday morning, all 23,300 employees at google are getting a 10% pay hike next year, along with a $1,000 holiday bonus. all but one, the worker who leaked word of the windfall has apparently been fired. the former employee was canned hours after leaking the memo that told the staff about their good fortune. a lot of debate as to whether the memo actually told people, don't tell anyone. >> oh. >> one person who doesn't like google very much right now. >> yeah. >>> here's a look at your thursday forecast. rain from portland to seattle. snow across the central and northern rockies. parts of south dakota and nebraska. afteoon showers from oklahoma city and st. louis to chicago and summer-like in the southeast. >> 81 in miami. 73 in atlanta. 77 in new orleans. 50s in the northeast. 52 in the twin cities. 56 in omaha. 64 in the windy city. a mild 71 in phoenix. sacramento at 65. >>> it's the kind of bling you don't see every day. it's incredible here. one of the most d

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rob and vinita? >> karen travers in seoul for us. thank you, karen. >>> a study about the repealing the effects of the don't ask, don't tell policy, is due on secretary gates desk in about three weeks. we're already learning some of the details. "the washington post" says the report finds that repealing the policy would cause minimal and isolated incidents of risk to the current war efforts. more than 70% of troops who were asked about doing away with the policy said its effect would be positive, mixed or nonexistent. >>> outgoing house speaker nancy pelosi finds herself under new pressure from rank and file democrats. a growing number of them are publicly and privately questions if pelosi should be elected to lead house democrats next year. it's coming from conservative districts who barely won re-election last week. the vote is scheduled for next week. >>> pelosi's former colleague, rahm emanuel, will make his run for mayor of chicago official on saturday. he's been raising money since leaving the

from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. >>> vinita, i'm not sure how you and your husband met. my wife and i met the old-fashioned way, in college. >> the kids are doing something a little bit different these days. they're not meeting on campuses, they're not meeting at bars, they're meeting online. as jeremy hubbard reports, these sites do it a way only a true geek could love. >> reporter: you are about to be a voyeur, an eavesdropper on that excruciatingly awkward ritual known as the first date. >> yes, if he is not a serial killer we will have raised the bar. >> reporter: it's friday night, a new york city bar. two young singles eyeballing each other for the very first time. >> hi. good to meet you. >> how are you doing? >> good, great. >> reporter: pam is an actress. ruben is an e.r. doctor. they met online. now comes the hard part, breaking the ice. clumsy conversation and all. >> as a girl we don't sweat a lot. >> reporter: will their online hopes and winks translate to real-life love? it is a cringe-worthy quest repeated all over the country and around the world. >> it's

rob and vinita? >> karen travers in seoul for us. thank you, karen. >>> a study about the repealing the effects of the don't ask, don't tell policy, is due on secretary gates desk in about three weeks. we're already learning some of the details. "the washington post" says the report finds that repealing the policy would cause minimal and isolated incidents of risk to the current war efforts. more than 70% of troops who were asked about doing away with the policy said its effect would be positive, mixed or nonexistent. >>> outgoing house speaker nancy pelosi finds herself under new pressure from rank and file democrats. a growing number of them are publicly and privately questions if pelosi should be elected to lead house democrats next year. it's coming from conservative districts who barely won re-election last week. the vote is scheduled for next week. >>> pelosi's former colleague, rahm emanuel, will make his run for mayor of chicago official on saturday. he's been raising money since leaving the white house last month. emanuel ne

vinita and rob? >>> two of disgraced financers bernie madoff's long-time office workers are waking up in jail this morning. annette was arrested at her florida home yesterday. joann crupi was taken into custody in new jersey. ponzi scheme and lining their own pockets with millions of dollars. they face up to 20 years in prison. >>> the attorney for a seattle teen known as the barefoot bandit says he is negotiating a plea deal with prosecutors. colton harris-moore is accused of more than 70 crimes, including leading police on a cross country chase in stolen cars, boats and planes. his attorney says profits from potential books to movie deals to help compensate victims could figure into that possible plea deal. >>> when general motors stock begins trading this morning it will cost $34.19 a share. that's up from $33 when it hit the market yesterday. >> because of that increase, most analysts call gm's government rescue a success. diana alvear has the latest. >> reporter: vinita and rob, good morning. i

. >> reporter: vinita and rob, good morning. michael jackson is proving to be as prolific an artist in death as he was while he was alive. in fact, he has not one but two songs making the rounds and making major waves in the entertainment world. ♪ >> reporter: the voice is unmistakable. michael jackson singing "hold my hand," a duet with rapper akon. ♪ hold my hand >> reporter: originally recorded in 2007, it's the first single released from his new album "michael" since the king of pop's untimely passing in june of last year. ♪ >> reporter: another song "breaking news" was leaked a few weeks ago and immediately sparked controversy. was it really michael jackson singing? ♪ >> reporter: even members of his own family had doubts. tmz caught up with jackson's sister la toya. >> i listened to it. it doesn't sound like him. >> okay, thank you. >> reporter: still, it's listed as a track on the new album. an album entertainment insiders say could be a monster seller. >> sales for michael jackson's new album will be so high beca

the fondue was very good too. >> thank you, rob and vinita. and don't forget, chocolate is its own food group. >> jace henderson brought back a lot of different things to happen. this one is a chocolate peanut butter fudge brownie. this is something that you might have heard of but there's a good chance you've never seen a peanut butter and jelly truffle. a truffle or just a candy? it's a truffle, okay. you can see it. i cut it open on the top so you can see it. there's a little touch of jelly. >> you can see that. >> there's really cool flavors. >> oh, yeah. this is the apple pie. this is the apple-tini. there are a few other good ones here. you had the jalapeno in it right here with the spicy chocolate kick. what are some other ones down here? anything really good? >> i think you covered them. >> covered the highlights here. >> the cool thing is this show was founded in '97. they have really branched out. you're always hearing about certain flavor profiles like fondue or spiciness in chocolate. it's cool to see a show that just celebrates ch

hi, vinita. >> let's get to the big question off the bat. who was the big winner last night? >> the undisputed big winner was justin bieber. 4 for 4. he was nominated for four and took home four awards including the coveted artist of the year award. he's the youngest performer in the history of the amas to win an award so it was his night tonight. >> so much fun, it was fun to watch. seems like the crowd had a great time. how is this award show different than the grammys? >> the difference between the grammys and the american music awards is that the grammys are nominated and voted by your peers, by the recording industry, by musicians. in the case of the american music awards it's by the general public. so this is what they call a people's choice or viewers' choice award, if you will, a popularity contest, if you will. >> we're looking at a subtle performance by keisha as always. curious to know what were some of the big winners from last night? >> the big winners in my mind, they were not really nominatedr. christina aguilera, who was not nominated but she used the american

. >> vinita and rob, good morning to you. if the midterm election sent a message to lawmakers, today's beginning of the lame duck session is the first to see if that message is actually sinking in. this monday morning means back to work for many in congress soon to be out of work. after democrats lost dozens of seats in the midterm elections. president obama reflected on the vote on air force one. returning from a ten-day trip from asia. >> in that obsessive focus on policy, i neglected some things that matter a lot to people and rightly so. >> reporter: the president said he will tell republican leaders voters didn't give them a mandate for gridlock. but there's plenty of division, especially about tax cuts that expire at the end of next month. >> i don't think there's any room to negotiate on raising taxes, particularly on smaller businesses. i hope we can get a permanent extension. >> what if we moved it up to $1 million? everyone below $1 million will get a tax cut. but the millionaires and billionaires won't. >> reporter

hi, t.j. >> reporter: rob and vinita, good morning. the yemeni woman arrested over the weekend in connection with the bomb plot has been released. police say it was the case of stolen identity. they're now looking for a 28-year-old al qaeda bombmaker and any other package bombs which could be out there. u.s. intelligence officials were fearing al qaeda was preparing a bomb attack since early september, when they discovered what now appears to be a dry run shipment. like the real bombs, the packages were sent from yemen to addresses in chicago. >> they wanted to follow the packages, using the tracking system, to know exactly when they got to a point. how long a timer had to be set for. so, that the bomb would go off at the right point, which presumably was over chicago. >> reporter: investigators still don't know if the latest al qaeda bomb plot targeting america has been fully containe. as a result, the u.s. has frozen all cargo shipped from yemen. the u.k. has extended that ban to somalia, another country al qaeda is believed to be us

good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. some airline passengers say new airport security measures simply go too far. they're calling it government in our pants. one passenger even uttered a line that could be the don't tase me, bro of the year. john tynor recorded himself saying what might be the quote of the week. >> if you touch my junk, i'm going to have you arrested. >> reporter: he said that after he refused a screening by a full-body scanner and was offered an up close and personal pat-down at san diego international. >> it is aimed specifically to ensure the safety of the public. >> reporter: tynor's rebellion is part of a growing showdown at the security line. with a theme song usually reserved for darth vader. ♪ >> reporter: the uprising is over full-body scanners critics say deliver a digital undressing. a charge homeland security secretary janet napolitano had to address. >> they in no way resemble electronic strip searches. >> reporter: it's also over the alternative tynor was offered, intimate pat-down. >> i

vinita? >> emily schmidt in washington this morning. thank you. >>> meanwhile, the presumptive next speaker of the house, republican john boehner, says the president is in a sort of denial of the message that voters sent in tuesday's elections. in an exclusive interview with diane sawyer, boehner said the president's agenda was, quote, clearly repudiated. and he was asked about president obama, mentioning him so much on the campaign trail. >> it's politics. you know, when you get into the election season, there's a lot of things that get -- a lot of hyperbolists running around. >> the president has extended an invitation, to come, meet together. what's the first sentence you're going to say to him? >> hello. nice to see you. i have no personal animosity at all towards the president. i get along well with him. >> well, boehner told diane he supports extending all current tax rates to all americans. and he said one legacy from nancy pelosi's time as speaker is increased partisanship. >>> well, as for pelosi, democratic sources in the hous

rob and vinita? >>> a russian arms dealer known as the merchant of death is now in a new york city jail this morning. viktor bout is accused of selling weapons to third world rebels for decades. he was arrested two years ago in a sting operation led by u.s. narcotic agents. he was then extradited from thailand and faces terrorism charges here in the u.s. >>> federal investigators are releasing new details about an internet hijacking incident involving china. a report released today shows 15% of the world's internet traffic was sent through a computer server in china. while the incident was previously reported, federal investigators now admit u.s. government and military traffic was affected. the hacking incident happened in april, impacted web traffic for about 18 minutes. >>> congressman charlie rangel is waiting to find out how exactly he'll be punished now that he's been convicted of violating house ethics rules. the new york veteran democrat says he was treated unfairly and as wabc's dave evans r

good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, vinita and mike. scientists and diplomats have long known that north korea was pursuing a nuclear program. what they didn't know is just how far it's come. behind the military pomp, north korea is advertising a stunning nuclear development. >> it's going to drop like a bombshell. >> reporter: robert carlin and two other stanford university experts were recently invited to north korea's nuclear facility. what they saw there rocked them on their heels. >> we walked over to the window and we were suddenly stunned to see row after row after row of centrifuges. >> reporter: nuclear centrifuges, designed to enrich uranium. in an exclusive interview with abc news, carlin says the facility is vastly more advanced than he or any other nuclear expert expected. >> and this was way beyond anything anybody had imagined. >> reporter: the north koreans insist the site is designed only for nuclear power. american experts fear the facility could be quickly converted to make highly enriched uranium for nuclear weapons.

vinita, rob? >>> a man behind one of the most horrific crimes in connecticut's history has been sentenced to death. steven hayes was convicted of rape and murder in the brutal home invasion that claimed the lives of jennifer hawke-petit and her 17 and 11-year-old daughters. dr. william petit, who was nearly beaten to death in that same attack, said the sentence was justice, not revenge. hayes' alleged accomplice will be tried next year. >>> turning to the president's ten-day tour overseas, mr. obama is meeting with indonesia's president this morning on the second stop of his asian trip. they will hold a news conference then the president and first lady will attend a state dinner this evening in jakarta. indonesia is considered an important stop in u.s. relations. it is both a democracy and the most populous muslim country in the world. >>> before leaving for indonesia the president endorsed india's bid to become a permanent member of the u.n. security council. the move is strongly opposed by india

rob and vinita? >>> a top lawmaker in the senate now says there are enough votes to repeal the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. connecticut's joe lieberman is a senior member of the armed services committee. he, along with a dozen democrats are pressuring senate majority leader, harry reid, to strike a deal with republicans on the issue before the end of the year. >>> police in hollywood say the murder of a veteran publicist, ronni chasen, was a targeted attack, not just a random shooting. chasen was shot to death early tuesday morning in beverly hills, driving home after the premiere of that new film "burlesque." police are examining security video from nearby homes and following up on tips from motorists who may have seen a suspect on the run. >>> an update on the natalee holloway case. the fbi says dutch authorities are now comparing holloway's dental records to a jawbone found last week in aruba. that's where holloway disappeared during a graduation trip in 2005. joran van der sloot remai

rob and vinita? >>> a top lawmaker in the senate now says there are enough votes to repeal the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. connecticut's joe lieberman is a senior member of the armed services committee. he, along with a dozen democrats, are pressuring harry reid to strike a deal with republicans on the issue before the end of the year. >>> police in hollywood say the murder of a veteran publicist, ronni chasen, was a targeted attack, not just a random shooting. chaisson was shot to death tuesday morning in beverly hills, driving home after the premiere of the new film "burlesque." police are examining security video from nearby homes and following up a tip from most rist. >>> an update on the natalee holloway case. dutch authorities are comparing holloway's dental records to a jawbone found in aruba. that's where holloway disabeered in 2005. joran van der sloot remains the prime suspect in her murder. but prosecutors maintain there's still not enough evidence to charge him. >>> a homeles

vinita, rob? >>> real estate analysts paint a grim new picture this morning of the american dream. average home values are down 25% since their peak back in 2006. an estimated 23% of homes are worth less than their mortgages. experts say the downturn is almost as bad as the real estate declines in the great depression. >>> much better news now. we've done stories before about google employees playing games at work, eating great food in the cafeteria, so on. now there's one more thing for those folks over there to be happy about. a significant across the board pay hike. jealous yet? google says starting in january, every one of its workers will get a 10% raise, and they are all getting $1,000 cash holiday bonus. that will cost the company about $20 million. the raises will cost google about $1 billion a year. >>> now here is a look at your forecast. heavy mountain snow in the rockies from colorado to wyoming. lingering snow showers in the cascades and northern sierras. rain from boise to portland.

rob and vinita? >>> president obama is trying to drum up support for the nuclear treaty with russia at a white house meeting later today. former defense secretaries and secretaries of state from both parties will be there. the treaty was put in jeopardy earlier this week when a key republican lawmaker came out against it. secretary of state clinton says it is an urgent matter. >> this is not an issue that can afford to be postponed. so we think once we take that message with the urgency that you've heard from the three of us, we will get the votes and we will pass this treaty. >> the treaty would reduce the u.s. and russian arsenals of strategic warheads. it is one of the president's top foreign policy objectives. >>> when the new congress meets in january the leadership of both parties will be the same. current speaker of the house nancy pelosi was elected by her colleagues to be the new minority leader yesterday. moderate democrat heath schuler challenged her, getting a few dozen votes. but there w

rob and vinita? >> emily schmidt, reporting. thanks, emily. >>> the loss of the house means a big change for nancy pelosi. diane sawyer sat down with the speaker to talk about what she does now that she's lost one of the top jobs in washington. >> now, i'll have a conversation with my caucus. have a conversation with my family. and pray over it. and decide how to go forward. but today isn't that day. >> pelosi's staff is knocking down reports that she will step down before her term officially ends next year. she says being the first woman speaker was important. but it is time to move on. >>> and two races that were too close to call last night are a lot clearer this morning. in washington state, incumbent senator, patty murray, appears to be pulling ahead of her republican challenger, with roughly two-thirds of expected ballots counted. murray leads by about 51% to 49%. and in alaska, lisa murkowski's write-in candidacy appears to be a success. but there appears to be a long legal fight before it's officially over. >>> for a few

rob and vinita? >> ju hee, of course this is a long-disputed border between the north and the south. the timing is interesting in the sense it's been a month since kim jong-il unveiled the heir apparent, his youngest son. in addition to that we're now seeing a new uranium-enrichment facility. any of this connected to what's going on now between the north and the south? >> reporter: yes, well, north korea as we all know is infamous for their brinksmanship and this is a carefully drawn out plan to up the stakes in future negotiations, and they are trying to make a glitzky debut for the heir apparent, kim jong-un, along with the show-off to american scientists of their upgraded and strengthened nuclear facilities. >> also tell us a little of what has been south korea's military response after being fired upon by the north? >> reporter: the south korean navy was conducting maritime training in that area this morning. analysts believe north korea could have fired in protest to that exercise. after the she

rob and vinita? >>> one of those political robo calls triggered the evacuation of several buildings at ft. bragg. army officials apparently mistook the automated call, which was in a haitian creole language, to be a bomb threat. the military and federal investigators looked into the matter and concluded the call appeared to be a call to vote from a haitian political action question. >>> former reality tv producer bruce bear redford read man has been ordered to remain behind bars until his hearing. he's accused of killing his wife at a resort in mexico. court documents unveiled tuesday reveal they argued in the hours before her murder. miriam hernandez reports from los angeles. >> reporter: hollywood producer bruce beresford-redman appeared before a magistrate in the same t-shirt and blue jeans he had on when he was arrested. his only words in the hearing, "yes, your honor," to confirm his name. mexican federal police accuse bear redford redman of aggravated homicide in the death of his wife monica. h

good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. if you've been to a major airport lately you might have noticed the full-body screeners airport security is using. if you refuse that or get lucky enough to get selected you can have a full-body pat-down some passengers say is too close for comfort. some air travelers are using a new word in response to heightened security measures -- no. john tyner gave the quote of the week. he was about to get an airport pat-down. he said, if you touch my junk i'm going to have you arrested. that was at san diego international after he refused a screening he considered an electronic strip search. >> i didn't intend to go through the machine or be groped. >> it is aimed specifically to ensure the safety of the public. >> reporter: homeland security security secretary janet napolitano denied the scanners amount to digital undressing and she defended the intimate pat-downs some pilots equate with sexual molestation. napolitano says the department of homeland security might alter its rules but suggests

vinita and mike? >>> all right, the president won't be getting any criticism from the man who held the job before him. former president george bush sat down with oprah winfrey to talk about his new memoir which is due out next week. mr. bush told oprah he has no comment on the current president, and he also has no plans to return to the political limelight. >> i'm through with politics. it's hard for people to believe. i already said, that i am through. >> is that why you haven't commented on what obama is doing or how he's doing it? >> no, because i want to treat my successor the way i'd like to have been treated. i don't think it's good for a former president to be out there opining on every darn issue. he's got a plenty tough job, trust me. there's going to be plenty of critics and he doesn't need me criticizing him. i don't think it's good for the presidency. other people have a different point of view. >> you can catch the entire interview with former president bush next tuesday on "the oprah win

rob and vinita? >>> when shares of general motors hit the market tomorrow, there will be over 30% more of them offered than first expected. gm says high demand has forced it to expand its initial public offering to 478 million shares. that could make gm's ipo the largest in history for an american company. the shares are expected to begin trading at $33 a share. >>> now here is a look at your forecast. rain in the pacific northwest. windy with up to 2 feet of snow in the cascades and up to 1 foot in the colorado rockies. great skiing. much lighter snow in montana and wyoming. scattered showers in wichita, st. louis, and memphis. and morning showers in the ohio valley and the northeast. >> 60s from dallas and new orleans up to boston. 42 in omaha. 54 in detroit. phoenix at 76. sacramento 68. 34 in billings. 47 in colorado springs. >>> it looks like elves aren't the only tiny creatures spreading holiday cheer this year. >> an amusement park in south korea has enlisted a dozen penguins to serve as santa

good morning, omar. >> reporter: rob and vinita, good morning. the force of this blast was so strong, so powerful, it sent debris flying onto the front lawn of this luxury hotel which is popular with north american travelers. several were there for a wedding and eyewitnesses say many of them had sat down for breakfast about 9:30 when all of a sudden they heard a large boom. at least one eyewitness says he thought that it was a terrorist attack. >> everyone shared the same fear. you know, the fear is, was this deliberate? so when we started hearing that it was an accident, everyone was quickly latching on to that as a means of comfort. >> reporter: mexican officials believe it's likely a natural gas explosion. what they say is that there's a swamp close to this hotel, that the swamp emits natural gas, and that somehow this gas collected under the floor of the hotel lobby and then ignited. >> it was always -- kind of a pungent smell, smelled a little bit like sulfur, rotten eggs, whatever, in the air, in and around the kitchen area. >> reporter: ce

. >> vinita and rob good morning to you. today's beginning of the lame duck session is the first to see if that message is actually sinking in. this monday morning means back to work for many in congress seem to be out of work after democrats lost dozens of seats in the midterm elections. president obama reflected on the vote on air force one. >> in that obsessive focus on policy, i neglected some things that matter a lot to people and rightly so. >> reporter: the president said he will tell republican leaders voters didn't give them a mandate for gridlock. but ms. plenty of division, especially about tax cuts that expire at the end of next month. >> i don't think there's any room to negotiate on raising taxes, particularly on smaller businesses. i hope we can get a permanent extension. >> what if we moved up to $1 million. everyone below $1 million will get a tax cut. >> reporter: other challenges, lifting the don't ask, don't tell me policy. voting on a strategic missile deal and banning earmarks. >> it's time to finally h

rob and vinita? >>> those hitting the road for thanksgiving can expect to pay an average of $2.88 a gallon. that's about 24 cents higher than at the same time last year. analysts blame the increase on temporary shut-downs at refineries, as well as weakness of the u.s. dollar. >> we just can't get a break. >> no, man, not this time of year. >> that is, unless you go on "the oprah show." >> lots of breaks. >> she did her favorite thing and we loved it. >> our favorite thing as well, her favorite show. oprah gave away her favorite things not once but twice this year. friday and on monday. >> jimmy kimmel shows us oprah may have been more excited than even her audience. >> it was a deeply spiritual experience. and no one was more filled with the spirit than oprah. >> it's a trifecta favorite things and you get it all! whoo! >> she's having a seizure. someone turn the safety valves, oprah's about to blow. >> i could just watch her on loop, i love it. >> she needs to be a little more excited, a little more

vinita, rob? >> during the course of that interview of course there was more than what was actually aired and andrea canning who did the original interview went on to say that being around the two of them it's obvious that they are very, very much in love and finish each other sentences and at one point he says, will you please shut just up. independent of everything going on, at the end of the day they are two people very much in love. >> you have to wonder how that will play out and how that sits with people. their image and what have you. want to see more of that that will be on "good morning america" later today, be sure to check it out.at that will be on "good morning america" later todbe sur >> that's the news for this half hour. more news coming up. s coming up. that's the news for this half hour. more news s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

rob and vinita? >> ju hee, of course this is a long-disputed border between the north and the south. the timing is interesting in the sense it's been a month since kim jong-il unveiled the heir apparent, his youngest son. in addition to that we're now seeing a new uranium-enrichment facility. any of this connected to what's going on now between the north and the south? >> reporter: yes, well north korea as we all know is infamous for their brinksmanship and this is a carefully drawn out plan to up the stakes in future negotiations, and they are trying to make a debut for the heir apparent, kim jong-un, along with the show-off to american scientists of their upgraded and strengthened nuclear facilities. >> also tell us a little of what has been south korea's military response after being fired upon by the north? >> reporter: the south korean military was conducting maritime training in that area this morning. analysts believe north korea could have fired in protest to that exercise. after the shelling

. >> reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. it turns out that extra attention you may have noticed at the airport security line isn't routine at all. the nation's top transportation security official says his agency has recently discovered major gaps. the federal government now says there's good reason for heightened airport security. in government tests, transportation security administration chief john pistol told congress federal agents have routinely been able to smuggle banned items on planes. >> so the intelligence coupled with the repeated covert testing led me to conclude that we needed to be more thorough. >> reporter: that explains the rise in the use of those full-body scanners which some critics call an electronic strip search, and intimate pat-downs that pilots equate with sexual molestation. that prompted passenger protests like this one. >> if you touch my junk i'm going to have you arrested. >> reporter: after a flood of complaints one group won't have to undergo intensified searches. >> children 12 and under ar

rob and vinita? >> understandable why some don't want to go on a cruise again. do we know how the passengers themselves are doing? >> reporter: the most important thing is we know no one was hurt during the fire. beyond that, we don't have firsthand accounts. the power failure knocked tout phone systems, the communications systems with the internet. passengers can't get the word out. the ship has a backup communication system that has been used to coordinate the rescue effort. rob and vinita? >> emily schmidt, thank you. >>> we have breaking news out of iraq this morning. a series of bombings and mortar attacks in baghdad appear to be the latest to target christians. at least four people were killed in the violence. more than a dozen explosions were heard all in the city's main christian neighborhood. last week, a bombing at a kath lidge church killed 58 people. >>> the president was on the move overnight. his latest stop in asia, an important summit of the 20 largest economic powers. air force one left jakarta, indonesia, for seoul, capital of south korea. that

rob and vinita? >> understandable why some don't want to go on a cruise again. do we know how the passengers themselves are doing? >> reporter: the most important thing is we know no one was hurt during the fire. beyond that, we don't have firsthand accounts. the power failure knocked tout phone systems, the communications systems with the internet. passengers can't get the word out. the ship has a backup communication system that has been used to coordinate the rescue effort. rob and vinita?hmidt, thaly sch. >>> we have breaking news out of iraq this morning. a series of bombings and mortar attacks in baghdad appear to be the latest to target christians. at least four people were killed in the violence. more than a dozen explosions were heard all in the city's main christian neighborhood. last week, a bombing at a kath lidge church killed 58 people. >>> the president was on the move overnight. his latest stop in asia, an important summit of the 20 largest economic powers. air force one left jakarta, indonesia, for seoul, capital of south korea. that's where wor