thank you, kate. it's a privilege to work together over the last number of years to actually have this network monthly event bringing together outstanding women leaders and future leaders, mostly women, but the occasional man who is welcome too. now we'd like to 1k you to join us for lunch autoin the lobby, and thanks for the interns who had the microphone today. >> the book signings. >> oh, yeah, kate has books and happy to sign. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> here with craig smith, author of "counting the days: pows and strag leers of world war ii in the pacific." look at six different p.o.w.s in the pacific theater. tell us about that. >> thee were president of the japanese or presidents of the americans. it was of interest to talk about both sides of the conflict. >> how long were they held and where? >> the americans were held for the duration of the war so that was less than four years. a young gentleman captured in guam, was in japanese prison examples. the other was a slave labor in a steel mi

kate? >> kelly o'donnell on capitol hill again tonight. >>> many of the people who live and work in areas devastated by sandy are frustrated and furious tonight that they have to wait even one moment longer to get the help they desperately need. nbc's anne thompson reports from new york's hard-hit long beach. >> reporter: where the reminders of sandy are still all too vivid, today frustration turned to fury. >> we need funds, and we need help. >> reporter: stephanie and elliot zuckerman are fed up. they learned today their once meticulous home in long beach, new york is crawling with mold left by sandy. >> this is mold. >> that's mold. >> reporter: facing a $75,000 expense and what they say is the run-around from fema and insurers, the house of representatives' failure to vote is just one more body blow. >> no matter how together you try to keep it, it's an emotional thing. and then to know that you're not backed by the country that you live in. >> the pace of congressional aid is glacial c

>> reporter: good evening, kate. well, congress is out of time, and frustrations are really running over. and while democrats and republicans say they want to find a solution and they are working toward that, they don't have a deal yet, and that means for now there is nothing to vote on before tonight's deadline. with your money on the line, tonight washington can only claim progress. but not success. >> it appears that an agreement to prevent this new year's tax hike is within sight. but it's not done. >> we're very, very close. >> reporter: close comes after intense, closed-door negotiations that kept even most members of congress in the dark. the white house and senate leaders have been trying to beat a deadline they created to stop massive tax increases and automatic spending cuts that could trigger another recession. but one breakthrough did come today. >> i can report that we've reached an agreement on all of the tax -- the tax issues. >> reporter: a genuine compromise on taxes. most notable, rates would go up

kate cameron. i'm reading law and my father's a judge. bully for him. so i know a little about how the police are meant to behave. and how is that? kate: you told him once where you were; his asking a second time tends towards oppressive questioning. could we have a word miss cameron? no, no, that's very useful thank you. what did you say to her? she wasn't doing you any favors with her impression of lady muck. you're not doing yourself any favors, either. your swipe card was used at the observatory last night. 10:29, sir. which fits the estimated time of our suspicious death, jez when you and kate told us you were here. i lied. it's what you do when the busies ask you a question where i'm from. kate doesn't know. and what were you doing at the observatory? chatting with prof. crompton. i went to fetch a book. what were you talking about? the transit of venus; when you can see the planet venus crossing in front of the sun. anything more down-to-earth? did he mention something that was happening on friday afternoon? no. and it was just you and him there?

kate obenshain and robert costa. kate, besides talking about how republicans hate the sick, hate the young, hate everybody -- >> disabled. >> yeah, disabled. sorry about that. he also made sure to include that he wants more taxes. more taxes. obama care taxes are already kicking in. we just had a tax increase on investors and small businesses. can you beat that, more taxes? >> this should come as a surprise to nobody, larry. obama's goal is not some sound economy when he -- as his legacy, his goal is as to fundamentally transform america where we have a vastly expanded size of government. he won't talk about cuts except little ones on the side. but he wants to continue to expand government. he doesn't care about deficits. he's not going to deal on this. >> you know, a couple of times during the news conference, i was interested in this. president obama said to congress, go ahead, give me the power and i'll issue more debt. that's really what he wants. he wants the power to issue unlimited debt so he can have unlimite

kate upton had a different story saying i found out that lisa marie benson has a phobia of throwing up. it's funny the guy next to her is hung over. she was referring to danza but kate missed reruns of "taxi" and "who's the boss" and didn't recognize him. >>> amanda bynes resurfaced with her cheek piercing. >>> charlie sheen is going to be a grandfather now that his 28-year-old daughter is pregnant. her mother is sheen's high school girlfriend. >>> elton john sewn husband david furnish welcomed a baby boy to their family on friday. the second son completes our family in the most precious and perfect way. >>> river phoenix's last film "dark blood" will make a debut at the miami international film festival 20 years after the actor died of a tragic drug overdose. >>> finally, prince harry was named town and country's most eligible bachelor. he topped that list that included tim tebow, jack nicholson and george clooney. >>> finally, vatican city is home to a cover model. his personal secretary is promoted not only to archbishop but also to the front page of italy's vanity fair magazine. he

kate is still taking it easy. she has no public engagements planned in the coming weeks, but we are expecting to find out her baby's due date. back to you. >> she even kind of had circles under her eyes. kind of odd. what do you have for us weatherwise? >> not much sleep before the portrait. >> perhaps. >> chilly temperatures around the bay area today. high temperatures only near 50 in most places. oakland, though, the warm spot, 54. 50 san jose. now that the sun has set, temperatures quickly cooling. mid-40s outside right now. and compared to 24 hours ago, we're already cooler at this hour than this same time yesterday. so as the dry air sets up and we see cloud-free conditions, our dew point temperatures sometimes can hint at how cold it's going to get tonight. this is the temperature the air will try to cool towards by sunrise before we wake up tomorrow morning. you see 20s on the board. many places in our inland valleys do have a chance of getting into those 20s by 5:00 and 6:00 tomorrow morning. a freezing ni

kate hudson? >> it established through scientific fingerprinting that the methane, certain types of methane does come from the drilling. they were able to identify where it was in pennsylvania that ground water was contaminated because of drilling. i think it is a complete red herring. i think the whole issue of focusing on whether or not fracking is contaminating groundwater is a way of diverting attention from where 90% of the environmental and health problems exist, and that is on the surface. that is because of the poor way, from the perspective of the technology and the way in which the gas companies are conducting their drilling -- poor construction, spills, leaking pits that have waste and fluids in them. truck accidents. the fracking fluids in streams and pennsylvania, which was going on before the "new york times" series occurred. also the compression, the transmission lines. we are looking at a 9% greenhouse gas emission rate in the study we saw come out yesterday. these are where the pr

the president clearly, kate, savoring this. this is a special time. i think he'll find out the next four years will go very quickly. he's going to want to take advantage of every day, either hour. >> he definitely does seem like he is trying to savor every moment of this day. we're getting some information about who all is joining the vice president and the president sharing a private moment. we are getting some information about who's joining the obamas and the bidens. they're joined by congressional leader, supreme court justices, governors, the joint chiefs, white house staff, as well as area elementary school students and some of the tusogee airmen. >> the tuskogee airmen, fought for the united states in world war ii. they are being honored as they should be. especially on dr. martin luther king jr. day here. >> there is a tuskogee airmen float that will go by today. >> they were discriminated against, world war ii, the military was still segregated. it took harry truman to integrate the armed forces. but they fought heroically. mostly in europe.

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afirma que kate y su esposo el prÍncipe williams y su familia estÁn encantados con la pintura. dice que la duquesa es una persona amigable calidad y generosa y quiso reflejar esto en el lienzo que ya se exhibe en londres pero la obra difÍcil dio opiniones de inmediato, un columnista dice que esta kate parece salida de la pelÍcula... porque tiene unas ojeras pronunciada y que a su sonrisa sÓlo le faltan los kolo mi colmillos. para el director de la galerÍa la mirada de la duquesa cautiva y se siente atracciÓn para mirarla a los ojos. >>> pero en redes sociales abundan crÍticas y bromas porque muchos consideran que la hizo lucir muy vieja a la duquesa de 31 aÑos, el artista manifiesta su satisfacciÓn porque los duques de cambridge agradecieron su trabajo y porque sabe que el retrato es parte de la historia del reino unido. >>> y es que originalmente se planeÓ un retrato sin sonrisa pero luego se decidiÓ que mostrarÍa una enigma tica, la Única peticiÓn que hizo la duquesa al artista que hiciera lucir como un ser humano natural y no como en servicio oficial. >>> quÉ q

and earlier today, kate, you did hear the president -- i want to bring kate in for a second. the president did make a very powerful statement calling for equal rights for gay and lesbians, including the right to marry. >> it was an historic statement. >> you make up a good point. >> go ahead, lisa. >> a good point, which is diversity. as you go through, whether it's this particular band that we're seeing right now, the gay and lesbian association band, or whether you see native americans, or we saw, you know, the state of hawaii represented with two schools. obviously, the home state of president obama. but punahou and kamehameha, but just in terms of the diversity, the states, and also cultural diversity. we saw the chinese-american dancers. so that's the theme you're going to continue to see as this parade continues on, wolf and kate. >> interesting development. and the line that the president said, kate, you have it there. >> in his inaugural speech today, in referencing gay rights, he said, our journey is not complete till our gay brothers and sisters are treated like any

kate and william will steal som private time for her y. th may be her most precious gift right now, as the birth of their royal hr approaches. the world watching their lives about to change. as thrifty and norma as kate's image s been, she'sbout to make a major princess move, literally. in just a few months, she and lliam are expected to move in a 20-roo apartment her at kensington palace. for kate, that means a major redecoration project, inclin of course, a nurser butnother enormoussent is expected come from the queen. another dream home. this ten-bedroom country estate, giving will and kate,lus one, one more escape from anver brighter spotlight. it tracking all of e duchess' fashion. she seems to fav ue. and the average diameter of her curls, 2.5 centimeters. does perfectionatter to anne? why does anyone care so much? >> because she represents us. practically unlike any other womanr a other pern in the world we have accesso twitter account or weite, s h no public voice. her clothes are often one of t main ways she has of mmunicatin >> r

. >>> and kate's baby fashion. the maternity looks for that royal baby bump, all coming up live, on "good morning america," live in times square. for months, i had this deep pain all over my body. it just wouldn't go away. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and for some people, it can work in as early as the first week of treatment. so now i can plan my days and accomplish more. lyrica is not for everyone. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior, or any swelling or affected breathing or skin, or changes in eyesight, including blurry vision or muscle pain with fever or tired feeling. common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain, and swelling of hands, legs

um, kate cameron. she's an undergraduate. lewis: we know miss cameron. lewis: she was already angry before she left the rehearsal, according to dr. hobson. think jez is serious about her being a killer? he wasn't joking. here we are. kate cameron. "left rehearsal and went straight to my room. i did not see dr. ransome or anyone else." i was pleased that your husband had decided to return to the church. don't take this the wrong way, father, but... he wasn't in his right mind. he had a brain tumor. you knew. what else did he tell you that he didn't tell me? i'm afraid i'm not at liberty to reveal what the penitent may confess. the penitent? (crying): he was my husband. i'm sorry. look, there she is. hathaway: kate? sorry. what? you filled in a witness questionnaire after dr. ransome was shot. yes. in which you said you went straight back to your room after rehearsal and didn't speak to anybody. so? you were seen arguing with dr. ransome. who saw me? why did you lie? i was upset. about splitting up with jez? yeah. and what's that got to do with dr. ransome

did kate really sign off on the picture? kate seems to enjoy art. she's been spied at galleries so maybe she realizes some portraits aren't about looking perfect, you know, like the mona lisa. today we reached out to dennis geronomis. he's an associate of art history. kate and her advisors would have been familiar with and probably admired paul emslie's very realistic tile before he was hired. even though many people are panning the picture, the portrait might have been exactly what kate had in mind. that we celebrate because after all the fact is this. nobody looks perfect like on air brushed magazine colors. their eyes have bags, and all that just gets fixed in edit. the little brown spots under your skin, they wipe it out. real women have lines on their faces, they have freckles, dark spots. kate looks great without being air brushed. she's doing us all a service. she looks beautiful. what do you think of her portrait? let us know on facebook and twitter. have a wonderful weekend. get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to

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but kate, do you know who else will be here? >> usher will be performing, momentarily, we're very excited about that. we're also excited about katy perry, she was out there campaigning for the president, not that long ago. we have some video, there she was, you see the president of the united states. she is campaigning for the president of the united states. this was late october, the las vegas rally -- you notice the skin tight white dress, designed to look like a presidential ballot. that was the box -- see the name barack obama, she -- joe biden. there she was supporting the president of the united states. very, very, very cool. >> i think it is starting right now. >> something is coming up. >> we're watching people come out right now, the kids' inaugural concert. >> looks like dr. jill biden, and some of her grandchildren, as well as the first lady and their daughters. and this is, i believe, the first live performance of the new michelle obama bangs. >> you can see there, there is sasha and mahlia over there, they will have

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kate, everybody's here. of's here. >> everybody's here. >> we got everybody. >> you are a queen and worthy of a crown in our eyes. that's all i have to say about that. suzanne, we'll check back in with you. thank you so much. >>> big question is, can a divided country come together in president obama's second term? well, that is a very big question and that's ahead in our continuing coverage of inauguration weekend. >> but first, thousands of americans are traveling here to washington, d.c. from all around the country. a lot of them are behind us right here on this mau. our tom foreman meets one man making that journey. >> all across the nation by planes, trains and automobiles, the faithful are converging on the capital. from georgia, maurice madden made the journey last time to see barack obama take the oath. now it will cost him about $3,000 and a couple of days vacation, but he's going again. >> i knew on the night that he was re-elected, as president of the united states, that i wanted to return to wash

kate? >> i'm telling you, i've never been a judge of marching bands but all of the marching bands that we've seen throughout the afternoon and this keeps going and going. we're not even done yet. >> these folks are all the way from south dakota. the amount of prep that goes into this, the amount of travel, being away from their families, the cost that's involved. they raised money through bake sales and what not, i imagine. it's a true american parade. >> and it happens quickly. >> it does. >> if you think about the time between the election and now, they don't have a ton of time for preparation to get ready and get here and get going. >> it's a good thing they are playing a lot of parade favorites. that helps, i'm sure. >> yeah. >> these are the military spouses of michigan from detroit, michigan. it's a group of military spouses building support and services. >> look at those kids. >> they are adorable. military families, some of them black families, they make them available to family mem

kate kelly here with more. hi, kate. >> hi, tyler. i was where john paulson and challenges and solutions was title of it. but the interesting take away is he sees this as one of the most positive periods for housing. the most positive for since the lehman crisis. he notes that home prices are up. at a decade low. he thinks factors like that will stimulate builders to create new inventory and says mortgages are at an extremely low level. and if so if you are an individual investors in his view, the real estate is at his single best opportunity. he doesn't like stocks. 2012 a great year in the stock company. good start for 2013. strong in equities though he is known for credit opportunities strategy as well as merger arbitrage. he thinks credit expansion is happening. i think we will see more credit cards, more auto loans, et cetera. but he says think about residential real estate. think about energy, and petrol companies. and we see growth in those areas. but stay away from credit for now. >> kate, lot of ideas there. thank you very mu

. >> stephen: threat number 4: kate middleton! [ laughter ] she's princess zero! typhoid queen mary! her royal hurl-ness! [ laughter ] thanks to kate, this winter vomiting bug could become a global pandemic. because kate is the ultimate trendsetter because if she can make people want to wear a plate on their head, she can make you want to wear your lunch. on your sleeve. [ laughter ] and don't think science is gonna come to the rescue. >> british researchers have created a projectile vomitting robot that mimics the symptoms of norovirus. resereachers created the projectile robot to test how far the dangerous contagion spreads everytime someone throws up. >> stephen: because if you want to study vomit spray patterns, you have two options: build a robot that pukes, or ride the subway after 2:00 am. [ laughter ] which brings me threat number 3: vomiting robots. [ laughter ] really, science? you know we haven't cured cancer yet, right? [ laughter ] you might want to put some of this energy into that. because once our robots are womiting, who's going to clean up after

william and kate are expecting their first child. we take a peek into their future home and a look back at the year that was important the royal couple. here's nbc's michelle kosinski. ♪ >> reporter: this past year, virtually every time duchess kate stepped outside there was a photograph or hundreds to document. no doubt a long way since the first nervous speech. >> i'm sorry william can't be here tonight. >> reporter: kate now owns it. unique elegant style and her confidence. she mastered her first complicated christmas with the royals. traveled as the queen's companion. the jubilee, olympics, not afraid to handle events solo or kick back and do with the whole world watching. her one embarrassment photos snapped as she sunbathed topless in france on what was supposed to be a private holiday with william. she quickly came through with a successful lawsuit, a brave face, trademark natural smile during the foreign tour in asia. >> beginning of the year we saw kate as a shrinking violet and now has become a blossoming flower. she had

kate is still taking it easy. she has no public engagements planned in the next couple weeks, but we are expecting to find out her baby's due date. >> thanks very much. more than 9,000 people have commented on kate's picture. what did you guys think? >> she's a beautiful woman. but i do think that the pictures look a little more like the photographs. >> they seem a little lifeless. it seems a little lifeless. >> i do think it ages her a little bit. but remember in grammar school, you get your school picture back and you saw it and you're like, oh, that's not good. that's how i feel. >> lester, retake, maybe? >> i think she is -- i think we're out of time. still ahead, we'll find out why women are saying no to a lifetime of dieting. >> this is "today" on nbc. "toda. >> run with it. oh! progress-oh! -oh! -oh! oh! oh! ♪ what do you know? oh! ♪ bacon? -oh! -oh! oh! [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying "progress-oh!" share your

if you want to be a true copy kate, wear blue. from cobalt, to cornflower, it was huge. 24% of the time. classic kate almost always carries a clutch. holding it with both hands almost 50% of the time. and wear drop earrings, about 1 1/3 inches in length. smile showing almost an average of nine teeth. and that fascinator, tilted a stylish 50 degrees, shows off the cheekbones. you know why "british vogue" has only done a similar spread once before, it was on the queen. and it wasn't so in depth. but still it was so successful, they decided to do it all over again with kate because they believe she is such a great style icon. amy? >> indeed, lama. you can see kate middleton's top 31 looks at "good morning america." get it? 31. she's turning 31. >> i totally did. >> wait. now i do. i thought maybe -- >> how many teeth? >> i was counting. i think i have the nine-tooth smile. i'm hoping. >>> can we jumpstart our january? time to do it. we're jumpstarting january, with secrets today of the supermodels. heidi klum revealing her health and

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. >>> the first official portrait of kate middleton was released. it's a bit controversial, they arrived at the gallery this morning to see the painting. it was created by a scottish artist, he said that kate asked to be portrayed as her natural self, instead of a royal. he used two live sittings to capture the painting. the painting toob 3-1/2 months to finish. >> there's always critics. >> she likes it, that is what matters. >> it's beautiful. >> she is stunning. >> okay, jeff, as we go to the weekend, we know layer up we know it is going to be green bay around here. >> it will be chilly, if you headed to the 49ers game, wind chills up to the upper 30s. dry saturday and sunday, and daytime highs topping out near 50 degrees. so, bundle up and also get ready for the frost in the morning hours too. >> you know what? i had three comforters on my bed last night. >> oh, my gosh. >> i was roasting by the time i woke up. but i was warm. >> stay warm this weekend, have a great weekend, see you at 6:00. >> see you soon. >>> on our broadcast tonight, the dee

i'm kate snow in for brian tonight. it is almost hard to overstate the mess washington finds itself in tonight and the disbelief many americans are expressing on this holiday. as congress fails to agree on taxes and government spending measures that have a direct impact on every single american. this new year's day started right after the ball dropped with a lot of hopeful language. the senate voted after 2:00 a.m. on a bipartisan deal that the president praised. but now an impasse. we'll begin our coverage tonight on capitol hill with more from nbc's kelly o'donnell. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, kate. congress is in overtime. after missing the midnight deadline, they are trying to work something out before the next two hurdles -- the financial markets opening and their own terms here in congress running out on thursday. even though the white house and senate made a deal, it is tough to get it through the house. at a bleary-eyed 2:00 in the morning, senators actually did what many constituents loudly

kate, kate, ackman was personally attacked. >> no, no, i hear you. >> icahn was -- >> saying he was a liar and -- >> the first stone was thrown by ackman, not icahn. >> how so? >> he said horrible things about him right in the beginning of the interview. >> ackman came back swinging with his statement. >> back and forth. >> he sounded nervous and angry. but he was fact-based. he had the facts on when icahn did a similar thing to make a sort presentation. he had this whole eliot spitzer thing. looking into the merits of the situation. can you bring him on your show. he add point by point rebuttal. and you're right, it was emotional. >> who do you think he had boater case today? >> obviously having done research, i believe ackman's research was very deep. that is what is required when it comes down to this entire story. herbalife. you can't just -- as jim would say, do it because the -- [ inaudible ] >> herb, we got a bad connection there. you got 20 put the tin can and string down. we will get you back when you have a real connection. scott, let's get back to you. were you surprise bid

did kate sign off on the picture. kate seems to enjoy art. she has been spotted at galleries. maybe she realizes some portraits aren't about looking perfect like the mona lisa. today, we reached out to dennis jeronimas and he told us that portrait commissions are products of an exchange between patron and painter. kate and her advisers would have been familiar with and admired paul emsly's very realistic style before he was hired. it might have been what she had in mind. no one looks perfect like those air brushed magazine covers. their faces are not perfectly smoothed. their eyes have bags. all those imperfections get lined. kate happens to look great without being air brushed and she is doing us all a service by being confident in her real skin. let us know what you think. have a wonderful weekend. piers morgan tonight is next. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile. not random statistics. they even reward me for addressing my health risks. so i'm doing fine... but she's still going to give me a heart attack. we're more than 78,

princess kate always looks fabulous. doesn't she? she seems to never take a bad picture. i mean ever. but somebody might have just painted one of her. duchess of cambridge first official port rate unveiled today in national port rate gallery of london and the artwork is coming under scrutiny from critics. we put it on facebook page. facebook.com/thefivefnc. most people were not fond of it. people love her. she is gracious and warm and kind in her interviews and way she interacts with people. what is up with this photo? the person that painted this not like her? that is not flattering. i don't even think it resembl resembles her. >> eric: we talk about it in the editorial meeting and porter said let's talk about this. why are we talking about kate middleton's picture and portrait. i saw it, and then oh, that's why? she looks 20 years older. that is not a flattering picture. >> kimberly: i don't in this 20 years she will look like that. it doesn't resembler if features --be resemble her feature. >> andrea: if i'm her, doesn't she say go back to the canvas and try again? >>

official portrait of britain's kate middleton. it is panned by critics. it was unveiled in the national portrait gallery. the duke and duchess were on hand to look at the piece. artist paul insley spent seven months painting it the prince and kate praised it others say it is a rotten portrade and everybody is saying poor kate, she has to pretend she likes itine if she doesn't. >> it does look different. >> she is a beautiful woman. >> eye - beauty in the beholder. >> some like it cold.t( >> they like it cloudy. and we'll show you what is going o. we have clouds midlevel cloud try to -- it is evaporating and it is dry today. and maybe not as sunny as we hoped before. the winds calmed down considerably and back to the coast we still have issues with the pretty large waves we have east bay hills cam. and in the east bay valley. you can see the cloud level there above the 3800 foot point. there is nothing to have that. and here's a look at live doppler hd. you can see shooting in the clouds and seeing the limited moisture in there and nothing is going to reac

well model kate upton was also there in first class. she had a different story. she tweeted, "i don't want to laugh, the guy next to her is hung over." well apparently kate upton missed reruns of "taxi" and didn't know who danza was. >> interesting parts to that story. >>> amanda vines has come up with cheek piercing. prompting fans to ask why? it's not too bad. charlie sheen is going to be a grandfather as his 28-year-old daughter cassandra is pregnant. cassandra's mother is sheen's high school girlfriend. >>> elton john and david furnish welcomed a baby boy to heir family. the couple says their second son completes their family in the most perfect and precious way. >>> river phoenix's last film "dark blood" will make its u.s. debut at the miami international film festival almost 20 years after the actor's tragic drug overdose. >>> and finally, prince harry was named town and country's top bachelor. the prince topped that list with tim bebow and george clooney at number 23. jack nicholson he's still got it. >> don't know. >> we can only hope to make the list. >>

thank you. >>> kate's here with more of the day's top stories. what else is going on, kate? >> first, a groundbreaking move by the u.s. military. it is ending its policy of banning women from direct combat. officials confirm that defense secretary leon panetta will make the formal announcement tomorrow. it's expected to open up a number of new jobs for women in the armed forces. >>> and "new york" magazine reports real estate mogul donald trump has been holding meetings about possibly buying "the new york times," although all indications on wall street are investors aren't taking the reports seriously, at least yet. the company, which isn't commenting, has been recently hit with the same financial problems plaguing much of print media right now. trump's office also isn't commenting specifically on the report. >>> and mitt romney, poor mitt romney's portrait now hanging in an unofficial gallery of presidential campaign losers. it's an unusual museum, you could definitely say, on the upper floor of a bank in kansas. romney is the 60th quote/unquote also rand to make it into th

>> kate. >> jimmy: kate, very nice. kate, welcome. where you from, kate? >> new jersey. >> jimmy: new jersey. oh, we love new jersey. good. welcome. new jersey. now, how the holiday season just ended. what was -- what was the best gift you got? >> the best -- the coat i wore here, actually. it's under my chair. >> jimmy: let's take a peek. let's see what the gift you got. it's a special coat. >> this coat. >> jimmy: whoa. [ cheers ] >> my red coat. >> jimmy: now, this is a very fancy coat. >> thank you. >> jimmy: leather strappings on the side there. >> it was a new year's eve pickup -- no, christmas eve pickup. 60% off at macy's. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's what i'm talking about. yeah, that's a good move. 60% off. >> right, right? >> jimmy: sure. why 60% off? >> couldn't say no. i don't know. >> jimmy: all right. oh, you can't say no. >> nobody else wanted it, i guess. >> jimmy: the magic, the mystery of macy's. [ laughter ] is that the slogan? i have no idea. it's a great coat, though. >> thank you. >> jimmy: now, what -- what was the worst gift you g

official portrait of britain's kate middleton. it is panned by critics. it was unveiled in the national portrait gallery. the duke and duchess were on hand to look at the piece. artist paul insley spent seven months painting it the prince and kate praised it others say it is a rotten portrade and everybody is saying poor kate, she has to pretend she likes itine if she doesn't. >> it does look different. >> she is a beautiful woman. >> eye - beauty in the beholder. >> some like it cold.t( >> they like it cloudy. and we'll show you what is going o. we have clouds midlevel cloud try to -- it is evaporating and it is dry today. and maybe not as sunny as we hoped before. the winds calmed down considerably and back to the coast we still have issues with the pretty large waves we have east bay hills cam. and in the east bay valley. you can see the cloud level there above the 3800 foot point. there is nothing to have that. and here's a look at live doppler hd. you can see shooting in the clouds and seeing the limited moisture in there and nothing is going to reac