million-dollar bail was set for him. 50x agents supported him showing up in blue suits white shirts ritter blue ties and surrounded him as he walked down adams street to the supreme court. a scene like you have never seen pushing people a way. killed look-alike hooligans from the soccer match protecting him while reporters tried to ask a question they called it bodychecking chuck grassley actually mention this even retired fbi agents should be so quick to protect somebody that is presumed innocent but it was wild. is started october 15, 2007 headlines every day like this. agent of death they basically convicted him but one star witness was linda and it was alleged by these reporters when a the most famous contemporary reporters he even played himself with "the sopranos." , tom robbins worked with him a daily dues in they had interviewed linda in 1997 it is suspicious they claim they look for those tapes but whenever. on the right to is might. i am half italian at least half of my book is accurate. but mike was the prosecutor so jerry although by the way at the height of the colombo war 14

bill ritter, abc news. >> and we thank bill and we thank you for watching. we're always here at abcnews.com. "nightline" of course will be here later and i'll see you right back here again tomorrow night. have a great one. >>> tonight, the realtime reenactment of an accident that claimed two live autos new developments in the death of a sun bather. a hit and run suspect offers his side of the story. >> tonight a man witnessed an officer shooting. a 13-year-old boy, he tells abc 7 news the boy never had a chance. >> and the face book flip flop. tonight why face book changed it's mind, again, about sensoring a gruesome video >>> these are the mannequines being used by federal agents to help determine what happened when two bart workers were killed by a speeding train. >> this is part of a reenactment of the deadly mistake done on the same stretch of tracks where it happened between pleasant hill and walnut creek stations. abc 7 news was there and is live tonight with the story. laura? >> hi, dan. national transportation safety board already revealed this week

bill ritter, abc news. >>> well, tablets are taking over in the bedroom. a lot of people watch tv before bed, maybe you do but now fewer and fewer actually turning on the television. more people are switching on their smart phone, tablet or ipad for a few minutes of bedtime viewing and motorola says, 41% of people watch tablets. people are watching more tv shows than ever before. the survey found people are watching about 19 hours a week, compared to 10 hours just two years ago. they are just watching on different devices. >>> if you're looking to get a new tablet, you can trade in your old ipad for a new version. the retail giant offers shoppers up to $300 in credit. you can use it to purchase the ipad air or mini which both sell for over $300 as a starting price. >>> well, obviously, starbucks conquered the world of coffee but now taking on tea, too. they will open the first specialty tea house in new york tomorrow. a new specialty tea bar is called teabonna. starbucks bought the companies last year but only sold tea leaves and accessories. starbucks wil

bill ritter, abc news. >> and we thank bill and we thank you for watching. we're always here at abcnews.com. "nightline" of course will be here later and i'll see you right back here again tomorrow night. have a great one. >>> on "the list" hold the pickles and everything else because the mcdollar menu is going mcbye, bye. >> plus, it's the controversy of the season. candy corn. delicious or disgusting? and the marching bands with the year's best moves. watch them shake that. it's wednesday, and you're on "the list." tonight, in honor of the world series, we went to the news dugsout, ran the bases looking for the story's home runs. here are top five. >> and i'm matt gallant ats number one, a sure sign the holidays are hitting. >> we're telling you this because online shopping has never been bigger. amazon has added $10 to its order for minimum shipping. as of yesterday, it's 35. the online bow hee mouths will get you to buy oots section.úd[ >> some of those looks? a few of these that you cheer with. >> they'll also get you more time to buy am som prime. >>

. >> elliott gould, jason ritter, julie white, it just goes on and on. he was mixing the sound, and the woman running the sound department there says, i have never seen so many talented people in front of and behind the camera come together for a script because they believe in it. he wrote such an incredible you build it it will come kind of moment, and it shows. tavis: it's a good movie, and leland survived the a kick out of the bedroom for 20 days. -- 21 days. that is our show for tonight. we will see you tomorrow. inc. for watching, and as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with jessica lange about the new season of "american horrors ven.": co that's next time. we will see you then. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs.

chris conley, tom ritter, the referee. >> gary: that's not aaron murray. that's connor norman, the other side. don't faint. >> referee: georgia wins the toss and elects to go on defense. tennessee will have the ball at the 25 yard line. first down. >> verne: overtime rule. ball will start at the opponent's 25 yard line. you keep possession until scoring or failing to make a first down. you must have an equal number of possessions and key in all of this is that teams must attempt a two-point conversion after a touchdown starting in the third overtime. tonight on cbs begins with "the millers" >> gary: if you're calling plays for tennessee, they cannot afford to put murray on the field, the way he's moving the ball, they're going to have to -- they cannot play conservative. they're going to have to give justin worley every chance to win this football game. >> verne: neal on first down. two. ramik wilson, number 51 with the tackle. >> gary: they're going to have to look at him and say "you've got to make the play." >> verne: four wides. georgia rushes four. in

. >> elliott gould, jason ritter, julie white, it just goes on and on. he was mixing the sound, and the woman running the sound department there says, i have never seen so many talented people in front of and behind the camera come together for a script because they believe in it. he wrote such an incredible you build it it will come kind of moment, and it shows. tavis: it's a good movie, and leland survived the a kick out of the bedroom for 20 days. -- 21 days. that is our show for tonight. we will see you tomorrow. inc. for watching, and as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with jessica lange about the new season of "american horrors ven.": co that's next time. we will see you then. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs. many of us are trying to find ways to build a more sustainable world for future generations. we're concerned that our planet's wellbeing isn't as sec

. >> elliott gould, jason ritter, julie white, it just goes on and on. he was mixing the sound, and the woman running the sound department there says, i have never seen so many talented people in front of and behind the camera come together for a script because they believe in it. he wrote such an incredible you build it it will come kind of moment, and it shows. tavis: it's a good movie, and leland survived the a kick out of the bedroom for 20 days. -- 21 days. that is our show for tonight. we will see you tomorrow. inc. for watching, and as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with jessica lange about the new season of "american horrors ven.": co that's next time. we will see you then. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs. ♪ >>> hello and welcome to "this is us." i'm beca king reed. this week we're at the emma prush farm park in downtown san jose, a working farm from

. >> elliott gould, jason ritter, julie white, it just goes on and on. he was mixing the sound, and the woman running the sound department there says, i have never seen so many talented people in front of and behind the camera come together for a script because they believe in it. he wrote such an incredible you build it it will come kind of moment, and it shows. tavis: it's a good movie, and leland survived the a kick out of the bedroom for 20 days. -- 21 days. that is our show for tonight. we will see you tomorrow. inc. for watching, and as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with jessica lange about the new season of "american horrors ven.": co that's next time. we will see you then. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs. >>> funding for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by -- mfi foundation, improving the quality of life within our community. and from the

neil: chris christie said john ritter was withholding these funds. and by the time they got these funds, it was like may. so the bottom line is he saying that vital times of this money. i would really put it back to the program and in the implementation of this program. >> is being expeditiously out the door. neil: getting absconded and take them, you can understand that, but with a too cautious here? >> they are too slow. whether it is the incompetence, this should be available for people. >> and they all go against each other or your insurance company has written us off and then after that, no one really knows those who are affected. >> there is no reason why the federal government could not have been moving on a parallel path. some say the people who were applying for grants were told that they have to apply for small business loans and it wasn't until a couple of months ago and it really doesn't make a lot of sense. neil: said some do take it away. i saw one of back slapping a year ago and commending themselves for great jobs and all of that. i w

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that cruise ship packed with celebrity guest stars like scott baio, suzanne somers and the late john ritter, in drag. >> i know what you mean. >> always wanted to be isaac. i was like, i want to be the black guy, make the drinks. >> you're too tall. >> gavin now looking back at his life in a shocking tell-all. "this is your captain speakin speaking"," sharing never before seen photos and revealing his darkest secrets. us were stwratd the small role on "mchale's navy," he started to drink. >> it was worse. >> his life spun so out of control, he attempted suicide. >> tried to go the top of the mulholland drive to end everything, but something stopped -- put my foot on the brakes >> now he is sober and happily married for nearly 40 years. online now, the surprise tv star who helped gavin the night he almost took his own life. >> you've got to come to my shrink. >> that's at extratv.com. >>> so having won his show on tv is amazing but having four, man, that's down right unbelievable. >> chuck lori is living that dream now with "two and a half men," the big bang theory, mike and molly and his ne

john ritter, robert palmer and one other person. and i remember that, and that's why they get that thing. hey, barbara. >> hi, how are you? >> oh, ah! sneak up on me. merck out with quarterly results earlier this hour. joining us onset is barbara ryan managing director of fti consulting. i'm kind of cursed with -- i remember like unimportant things. and what i remember is that you were never that excited about merck except as maybe a yield stock and i'm wondering whether you're more excited now or is it still just a yield stock? >> well -- >> do you remember when you were saying that? after vioxx. >> yeah, high-coupon bond. >> yeah, what you said. and that's not worthless, that's pretty good information. that's the one thing i remember. >> for merck. >> yeah. >> merck has had a long and very strong history in drug development. and has been an invader in a lot of different categories, not the least of which cholesterol, osteoporosis, vaccines. but they go through their cycles. and so merck has had a very difficult time with generic c

aqualyn laury and stacie ritter, thank you so much. there's millions of stories out there. today is a big day for america. "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. >> good evening, ed. thank you for handing it over. >>> and thanks to you for tuning in. it's a historic day. millions of americans starting to sign up for insurance under president obama's health care law. it's a transformative moment for america. and we'll talk about it a lot tonight. but we begin with the government shutdown. for the first time in 17 years, republicans forced the federal government to shut down because they refuse to pass a budget that funded obama care. taking a stand to try to deny millions of people's insurance. last night, a gop lawmaker explained to me why he's not worried about federal workers losing their paychecks. >> if history is any indication, they will be made whole and will receive their back pay and it will basically be a paid vacation. >> republicans think a shutdown is a paid vacation. no big deal. few days off to relax. easy for them to say. members of con

i'd say this is the best time in a 16 years since the dean ritter acquisition that they're getting it all together. >> you have to feel pretty good, like the colts drafting andrew luck and having the number-one pick perform up to expectations, right? >> well, it's not over. they're just midstream. and i pressed the ceo on the conference call, james gorman. he said it's just beginning in terms of the pickup and the benefits from the acquisition of the joint venture. and if you look at the last year, they've certainly taken out a lot of cost in terms of downsizing branches by 8%. but on the other hand, this was confirmed on your show two times ago, scott. the attrition in financial advisors have gone down, and they've actually added financial advisors this quarter. they actually got $20 billion additional deposits that they're redeploying and the margin improved during a weak seasonal quarter, so i think there's more good news to come. >> mike, simon here. great call on morgan stanley. i read your know on goldman sachs, where does goldman go from here. at this stage, do you get out of g

stewart ritter, certified financial planner at t. roe price what he advices investors to do is make sure they save enough to be able to replace 75% of their gross income before retirement and that way you will have the same amount of spendable income that you need when you retire. back to you. >> thank you, sharon. samsung's new smart watch goes on sale today. critics hate it. will consumers like it? next blockbuster sex drug. what do you say, jane? >> michelle, i say you are going to want to watch this. a new small line of products on the market to treat a condition for men that i'm not sure i can say on the air. first this quickly break. >>> coming up on "street signs," it is a friday. it is also national tucker day. there are a multitude of plays in the stock market. rocking debut for potbelly. probably the best of the year so far. herb is here and he says not so fast. coveted soft drinks on the outs. that's good news for our health. isn't it? bad news if you are a pepsi or coke. look at the impact on stock like those. those thing

because you've got this 149-year-old, we don't know if he's a sund, what the relationship was to colleen ritter, the 24-year-old math teacher. you've got five elementary schools, one middle school and you've got the high school which is an active crime scene right now. so i think the school system decided to go ahead and shut it down probably out of abundance of caution because we don't know if maybe there is any other person who might have been involved in this. as they carry on their investigation, you know, they might want to interview other folks who would be at home and who could possibly be involved, but then again, we don't know. but they say that there is no threat to public safety. so you know, the investigation continues right now. and you know, the big question here is though, suzanne, you know, what brought this 14-year-old boy to go to the school to allegedly kill this teacher. they found blood in a second floor bathroom of the school and found her body outside in the woods just outside the high school. so you know, they wanted to put together a timeline. what exactly happened. we

i eventually -- >> stacie ritter in harrisburg, pennsylvania, this has been a gut wrenching time for you. and to see this, what's it mean? >> it means that we're on the right side of history. like you i've been fighting for health reform for years now because i don't want things like what happened to aqualyn to happen to my children. i have three girls, two who have pre-existing conditions. we shouldn't have to worry. and thanks to the affordable care act, we don't have to anymore. >> i remember some really hard times. >> we had. and we had full employ-based insurance, too, at the time of our bankruptcy. don't be fooled. even people with insurance can go bankrupt on it. and eventually once things go into place here, we're going to see the leveling out of the costs. and people aren't going to have to fear bankruptcy anymore. my girls had stem cell transplants when they were four years old for a rare kind of leukemia, and they will forever have a pre-existing condition. but now they're protected under discrimination. we also lee out an important part of the affordable care act. it's pa

our sports producer person ard ritter - fancy editing. montgomery getting the party started. any way you want to say it, you can kiss him goodbye. montgomery 99 yards to the happy place. heath price, love the way they played. kevin smith, price throwing 250 yards. the huskies putting up majorly against cardinals. stanford with revenge. kevin dies in. stanford holding on for victory. >> time to follow the bouncing ball. in the nba derek rose made a much-anticipated return from a nasty knee injury. he tore his atl in the play-offs and missed last season as he recovered. some chicago fans were not happy, but are happy with the highlights bus the former nbt is as good as ever. he was explosive and lightening quick. it was an exhibition game, but big for chicago. 80-76. the bulls opening their regular season in miami on 29 october against ley bron james and two tv time defending champsons. >> it doesn't get better than that. >> sunday, fun day. >> speaking of sports, diana ni add, long distance swimmer is ready for another swim, this time to raise money for victims of hurricane sa

bill ritter has more. >> reporter: san quentin is one of the toughest prisons in the world. rasheed is here for two years of an eight year stint for robbery. he's been in and out of the system since he was 15 but for the first time in his life, he has a diploma, a gardening diploma. >> i connect spiritually with something as simple as a garden. >> reporter: dozens are turning to gardening as authorities rethink the strategies of warehousing prisoners instead of rehabilitating them. take dennis, he is serving 22 years for burglary and becoming an expert in soil composition. >> i'm sitting next to this guy that i would have been fighting on some other yard and it amazed me i could prune plants and dig in soil. that's what -- it really touched me. >> reporter: these gardens represent a back to the future movement. not long ago, a few decades prisons had gardens and farms. beth is the johnny appleseed of the movement bringing gardening back to these prisons. >> if i can find humanity here i can find it anywhere. >> she is a former city kid who found refuge in soil, planting tuli

you got it >> andrew ritter, the senior, 41 yard field goal attempt. it's barely good. ole miss upset 6th ranked lsu 27-24. i am mark morgan. >> exciting day. we appreciate is it. >>> we want to go back now to the wildfires in australia which are continuing to rage throughout new south wales. the fires have prompted officials to declare a state of emergency. one man is dead and hundreds of homes have already been destroyed. andrew thomas has more from the blue mountains right there near sydney >> reporter: despite all efforts, the fires are still burning. the blue mountains west of sydney now orange and gray as they are progressively blackened. this is a situation likely to get worse. weather forecasts which had predicted rain on the coming days were wrong. the most up to date suggest it's about to get hotter and windier. >> this is a continuing, volatile, difficult, dangerous fire fighting environment and based upon the forecast, based upon the sides of these fires, it's expected to become a whole lot worse yet. >> in sparsely populated areas people are receiving warni

. >> senator ritter? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thanks to all of our panelists. i know all of you agree that the debt limit should be extended because disruption would occur otherwise. i understand that. i do think it is important to be precise about what we are talking about and what were not talking about. for instance, senator reid started his comments saying, if we default next week. i want to pick it up there. by default, we mean nonpayment or late payments on u.s. government securities is that right? does anybody disagree with that? that is what default means. in light of all of your testimony about the impact of that, would you all agree that if the debt limit were not extended immediately -- i understand that you think it should be -- if it were not, those payments should be top priority? does anyone disagree with that? >> senator, i would respond this way. i don't disagree with what you are saying, but the premise is that there are other payments that will not be made. i refer to what i said. the effect on confidence in the treasury markets will be signi

. >> senator ritter? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thanks to all of our panelists. i know all of you agree that the dent it should be extended because disruption would occur otherwise. i understand that. i do think it is important to be precise about what we are talking about and what were not talking about. for instance, senator reid started his comments saying, if we default next week. i want to pick it up there. by default, we mean nonpayment or late payments on u.s. government securities is that right? does anybody disagree with that? that is what default means. in light of all of your testimony about the impact of that, would you all agree that if the debt limit were not extended immediately -- i understand that you think it should be -- if it were not, those payments should be top priority? does anyone disagree with that? senator, i would respond this way. i don't disagree with what you are saying, but the premise is that there are other payments that will not be made. i refer to what i said. the effect on confidence in the treasury markets will be significant

. >> senator ritter? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thanks to all of our panelists. i know all of you agree that the dent it should be extended because disruption would occur otherwise. i understand that. i do think it is important to be precise about what we are talking about and what were not talking about. for instance, senator reid started his comments saying, if we default next week. i want to pick it up there. by default, we mean nonpayment or late payments on u.s. government securities is that right? does anybody disagree with that? that is what default means. in light of all of your testimony about the impact of that, would you all agree that if the debt limit were not extended immediately -- i understand that you think it should be -- if it were not, those payments should be top priority? does anyone disagree with that? >> senator, i would respond this way. i don't disagree with what you are saying, but the premise is that there are other payments that will not be made. i refer to what i said. the effect on confidence in the treasury markets will be signific