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this time not the actor in trouble, but his ex, brooke mueller. she was arrested in colorado on assault and drug possession charges. nbc's george lewis has details. >> this is the booking photo of brooke mueller arrested early saturday after an incident at an aspen night spot, the belly up. a woman complained she had been assaulted by mueller. after investigating, officers arrested muleller for the assaut and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. >> she seems a mess. it's not just the assault, but the cocaine with intent. that is a felony. >> reporter: sheen, whose bad boy behavior got him fired from "two and a half men" seems to be cleaning up his act while his ex, she's still getting into trouble. >> in comparison to her, he looks like the normal one at this point. if you can say that about charlie sheen. >> the couple battled for custody over twin sons. mueller awarded primary custody. could her arrest cause her to lose custody? >> it's not automatic that anything would happen. that the children would get placed into child protective

. >> today on "tmz" -- >> brooke mueller and cocaine are keeping the aspen police really busy the last few years. >> we got video of brooke mueller right before she was arrested for her cocaine possession and assault. >> she's dancing with such a coked-up a-hole, by the way. >> whatever, i'm coked-up, allegedly. >> we got david spade at the grove. we ask what do you think of a "tmz" the movie? he goes the cranky girls, love

. >>> brooke mueller's recent arrest for cocaine possession has checked into rehab. >>> newly single lindsey vonn took to twitter to shut down rumors she dating tim tebow. >>> jessica simpson's last laugh on weight critics signing a $3 million deal to be a spokeswoman for weight watchers. >> i'll take $1 million. >> postpregnancy. >>> finally, we bought a zoo co-star scarlett johansson tells people her scariest moment on set around the animals was, quote, watching matt damon cry like a baby and rock back and forth when the snakes were on the set. >>> this comes to us from nbc washington in the nation's capital where in nearby frederiksberg, virginia, after years one family will finally know what it's like to have their whole brood home fort holiday. patina is back home after eight years, being returned after found 2800 miles away in california. the reunion was set in motion once the dog's microchip traced back to virginia, giving the family a stunning gift they'll always remember. >>> i'm lynn berry and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station.

they look to protect them physically first. >> that's brooke mueller. mindy mccready, they find her and this little boy in this closet. her mother who has custody of this child obviously wanted the child whack. what does mindy mccready have to do to show she can be a full-time mom? mind you she is pregnant with twins. >> she has to mind her ps and qs and do whatever the court says, abstaining from drugs and alcohol, following all the court visitation exactly as it says in the documents. i fully believe, brooke, the thing that prompted her to take her child is the fact she's

they look to protect them physically first. >> that's brooke mueller. mindy mccready, they find her and this little boy in this closet. her mother who has custody of this child obviously wanted the child whack. what does mindy mccready have to do to show she can be a full-time mom? mind you she is pregnant with twins. >> she has to mind her ps and qs and do whatever the court says, abstaining from drugs and alcohol, following all the court visitation exactly as it says in the documents. i fully believe, brooke, the thing that prompted her to take her child is the fact she's pregnant and the pregnancy hormones make attachment issues come up high in women. my heart goes out to her, but she has to follow the court if she wants the child back. >> do you think it's more difficult or not if you're famous?

police arrested brooke mueller in aspen over the weekend for assault and cocaine possession. mueller was in rehab earlier this year. she will be back in court later this month. sandra hughes, cbs news, hollywood. >>> good morning and thank you for watching 9news now. >>> it is here. 2 days until christmas. >> i only have one thing left to get. i'm mike hydeck. >> you said the 5th of december. >> i could still get it today and i could be done. >>> weatherwise, you will be able to get out and about. >> i had to change. so late in years past i had to change my stripes and i did it. >>> we have two school closures to tell you about. these schools are close this had morning because of power outages. howard? >> we have fog south and east. calvert, st. mary's county under a follow advisory. the fog is creeping up the bay skin land a little bit. i want to start this morning talking about the issues that are out there the fog. let's go to graphics. i can't remember where my first graphic and i need the help. 42. mostly cloudy right now. mid-50s

. >>> brooke mueller's recent arrest for cocaine possession has checked into rehab. >>> newly single lindsey vonn took to twitter to shut down rumors she's dating tim tebow. >>> jessica simpson's last laugh on weight critics signing a $3 million deal to be a spokeswoman for weight watchers. >> postpregnancy. >>> finally, we bought a zoo co-star scarlett johansson tells people her scariest moment on set around the animals was, quote, watching matt damon cry like a baby and rock back and forth when the snakes were on the set. i thought there was some kind of code between co-stars that you don't tell people you cry like a baby. it's like george clooney in the background waiting to pop out and have like -- >> what eat deal with the weight watchers? what if you don't lose the weight? >> she still gets the $3 million, i think. she signed on the dotted line. >> for $3 million, i could lose the weight. >> definitely. i'm lynn berry. this is "first look." "way too early with willie geist" starts right now. >>> the republican dilemma. new nbc polling shows newt gingrich with a good sized lead

. >>> brooke mueller had a bad weekend, arrested for assaulting a woman in an aspen, colorado bar and police reporthood i found cocaine in her purse. >>> finally last night all washington turned out for the kennedy center honors. paying tribute this year to actress meryl streep, saxophonist sonny rollins, cellist yo-yo ma and neil diamond. >> i could listen to some neil diamond. >> me, too, "september morning"? >> wow, you're a fan. >> i am. i'm aditi roy, and this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned, "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> newt gingrich continues to pick up steam on the way to the iowa caucuses, just 29 days from now. with new polls showing him leaping ahead in a couple of early states. the question is, can the gingrich campaign that didn't see this burst coming itself organize to hang in for the long nominating haul. >>> it looks like gingrich is bringing in supporters of herman cain, who are now looking for a new man after cain dropped out of the race on saturday. the question is -- would you have had cain's improbable run in any other way, than wi

now brooke mueller is in trouble again. the nightclub confrontation that ended with her arrest. wait until you hear what was found inside. >>> a police escort for some special kids, the story of how santa is wearing a badge in prince georges county. >>> sunday might be even nicer. but how long will all the sunshine stick around? [ male announcer ] for andy, tracking his spending with citibank is as easy as... making breakfast. omelet? sure. scrambled eggs. [ male announcer ] actually, it's easier. citi financial tools. easier banking. standard at citibank. in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. [ beep ] hi. dave here. [ male announcer ] for dave, using citibank's online bill pay is as easy as setting up voicemail. hi, it's dave. [ male announcer ] actually, it

. >> let's move on to brooke mueller. she was arrested for assault and cocaine possession. >> one is a felony charge with cocaine possession. apparently, she slugged a woman at a night club in aspen, then moved on to another club where she was then arrested. >> what is going on there? >> that picture tells it all, too. >> she is clearly not in good shape. it was in aspen two years ago at christmas she originally called police and said charlie sheen assaulted her. here she has been in rehappen -- rehab four times. now charged again. her parents have the kids, apparently. they didn't pay her bail, we hear. >> charlie paid her bail, $11,000, according to a source on radar online. her parents wanted her to stay in jail. >> news from madonna. she is going to be performing halftime at the super bowl. >> big show. >> she had an event last night. her movie "we" was appearing. have you heard how that went? bonnie and i were at the stephen spielberg. >> it's a movie about the duchess of windsor. i heard different things. i heard it

brooke mueller was rested in aspen, colorado for assault. >>> she will be back in court later this month. >>> that is your eye on entertainment. sandra hughes. >>> boom, i'm andrea roane. >>> and i'm mike hydeck. >>> don't hide my sweater. >>> howard bernstein will have our weather first in just a moment. we have some school closings to tell you about. thomas higdon elementary school and howard has some school delays. >> reporter: queen ann's county. we are still waiting to hear anybody else my delay due to the fog. the fog has been very thick. would not be surprised if talbot joins them as well. it will be a mild start to the week but not a mild finish to the week. next weekend you are going to need heavy coats on saturday. temperatures in the low 40s in town. 30s out west. mid-50s by noon. there is our dense fog advisory. no problems metro or west. but along the bay, southern maryland and eastern shore northern neck all dealing with visibility. a lot of quarter mile visibility reports from baltimore. down the eastern shore to pack river, prince frederick. some of this has been sneaking

. >> could be a better day for brooke mueller, ex of charlie sheen. she had a warrant for her arrest for cocaine possession. though she had the warrant, decided to get out, party, live it up at a nightclub in aspen. tmz caught the video. out in public, having a god time. just making friend. folks. a warrant out for her arrest. took her in. booked her. out on bail for $11,000. >> she just can't really get the together. >> friends are very concerned. in all seriousness. >> she has the two twins. she's got to take care of them. father being charlie sheen. people are feeling for the children. >> the charlie, father being charlie sheen. >> madonna. i am a madonna fan. hope you are. >> material girl. >> super bowl, halftime show performance has been confirmed. indianapolis. >> a big one. >> a big one. that will be amazing. she will perform at halftime. the game will take place february 5, in indianapolis. we are going to see the pop legend team up with cir quuchlt e -- cirque and on a telecast on nbc. i think it will be amazing. hopefully no wardrobe mall f

brooke mueller was arrested friday night and dax holt has more. we're learning more about what happened before she was arrested. telling us -- tell us what you know? >> she was out partying friday night and went to a bar and allegedly assaulted a woman and in the meantime, out of that bar, she walked down the street and into another one and we got surveillance video of her dancing into the club and she's been on the dance floor and bumping into people and looking look she's out of it. and the copies ended up finding her and tracking her down and arresting her. during the time that they arrested her,thy found -- they found four grams of cocaine on her and that didn't help the situation and took her into the jail and she was later bailed out. this is the secondim -- second time, if you remember, it's been two yearsness is her and charlie sheen were arrested in aspen for domestic violence. and she needs to stay out of that town. >> she needs to stay out -- and looks like she needs to stay out of trouble altogether and amanda knox, a bearently, signed

some celebrity news, charlie sheen's ex-wife, brooke mueller was arrested for cocaine possession on friday night. which is really bad, 'cause charlie's supposed to have custody of it on the weekend. so that's why -- [ laughter ] that's not hers. [ applause ] >> steve: that's not good. >> jimmy: this is amazing. a dog that went missing from virginia eight years ago was recently found in california. yes, you can tell the dog has been living in california, 'cause now he only sniffs organic butts. [ laughter ] i don't know if you've seen this. apparently there's a new line of angry birds-inspired fruit snacks, or as most americans put it, you had me at angry birds. you lost me at fruit. [ light laughter ] then you had me back again at snacks. so that's a deal. [ applause ] we're in. i'm in. and finally, i heard about a woman who is trying to get facebook to recognize her hometown of effin, ireland. [ light laughter ] still, she doesn't have it nearly as bad as the people in her neighboring town, mutha-effin, ireland. we have a great show tonight. give it up for the roots. [ cheers and applause

. >> could be a better day for brooke mueller, ex of charlie sheen. she had a warrant for her arrest for cocaine possession. though she had the warrant, she decided to get out, party, live it up at a nightclub in aspen. tmz caught the video. out in public, having a god -- having a good time. there she is just making some friends, folks. a warrant out for her arrest. took her in. booked her. out on bail for $11,000. >> she just can't really get it together. >> friends are very concerned. in all seriousness. >> she has the two twins. she's got to take care of them. father being charlie sheen. people are feeling for the children. >> the charlie, father being charlie sheen. >>> well, madonna, i am a madonna fan. hope you are. >> material girl. >> that's right. well, super bowl halftime show performance has been confirmed. indianapolis. >> a big one. >> a big one. that will be amazing. she will perform at halftime. the game will take place february 5 at the stadium in unemployed. we are going to see the pop legend team up with cirque du soleil and on a tel

. >> could be a better day for brooke mueller, ex of charlie sheen. she had a warrant for her arrest for cocaine possession. though she had the warrant, decided to get out, party, live it up at a nightclub in aspen. tmz caught the video. out in public, having a good time. just making friends. folks. a warrant out for her arrest. took her in. booked her. out on bail for $11,000. >> she just can't really get the together. >> friends are very concerned. in all seriousness. >> she has the two twins. she's got to take care of them. father being charlie sheen. people are feeling for the children. >> the charlie, father being charlie sheen. >> madonna. i am a madonna fan. hope you are. >> material girl. >> super bowl, halftime show performance has been confirmed. indianapolis. >> a big one. >> a big one. that will be amazing. she will perform at halftime. the game will take place february 5, in indianapolis. we are going to see the pop legend team up with cirque du soleil and on a telecast on nbc. i think it will be amazing. hopefully no wardrobe malfunction

. >> brooke mueller busted with cocaine. the mug shot. did charley bail her out? could she lose custody of their twins? >> who's home with the children? >> mindy mccready pregnant with twins. in court today for kidnapping? where she's caught hiding her 5-year-old son. >> >>> i'm attracted to young people, boys, girls. >> he needs to stop talking. my stomach can't take it. >> outrage over jerry sandusky's latest interview. did the disgraced penn state coach's wife force him to fess up. >> he said he wanted to talk to his wife about it. j. lo's soccer stunt. >>

. >>> charlie sheen's ex-wife brooke mueller has been arrested for assault and cocaine possession. mueller is accused of assaulting a woman at a par in aspen, co corks late friday night. she was recently in rehab for cocaine shoes. mueller and sheen got married in may 2008 and divorced in november 2010. they have two children together. >>> later today the kennedy center is going to celebrate the contributions of five entertainment eye conscious to american culture. ♪ sweet caroline >> tonight is the 34th annual kennedy center honors. neil diamond, meryl streep, yo-yo ma and barbara cook will all walk the red carpet for the black tie gala. a number of dignitaries and artists from around the world typically come in town to attend the star-studded event. >>> police invaded a maryland mall but it's not what you think. they weren't there to investigate a crime. police cruisers with lights, sirens and all headed to prince george's plaza for shop with a cop. they escorted 80 underprivileged children for a mini shopping spree. they were recommended for the program by their schools. many

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. >> let's move on to brooke mueller. >> one is a felony charge with cocaine possession. apparently, she slugged a woman at a night club in aspen, then moved on to another club where she was then arrested. >> what is going on there? >> that picture tells it all, too. >> she is clearly not in good shape. it was in aspen two years ago at christmas she originally called police and said charlie sheen assaulted her. here she has been in rehappen four times. now charged again. her parents have the kids, apparently. they didn't pay her bail, we hear. >> charlie paid her bail, $11,000, according to a source on radar online. her parents wanted her to stay in jail. >> news from madonna. she is going to be performing halftime at the super bowl. >> big show. >> she had an event last night. her movie "we" was appearing. have you heard how that went? bonnie and i were at the stephen spielberg. >> it's a movie about the duchess of windsor. i heard different things. i heard it's fabulous, then i heard it's terrible. the movie is going to open two days before the super bowl. that will be