Transcripts For KNTV Early Today 20131011

Weapons has won had years nobel peace prize, officials recognize the watchdog for its extensive effort to eliminate chemical weapons, the group works around the world. Including syria. The peace prize was the last of the original nobel prizes to be announced this year. Winners of the economics prize will be announced on monday. We hear theyre still trying to contact that organization. It is day 11 of the Government Shutdown and the American Public is beyond frustrated. New polling says a majority of voters would fire every member of congress. Nbc news chief white house correspondent, chuck todd, has more on the nbc news wall street journal numbers for us. Reporter in our wall street journalal poll 65 believe the Government Shutdown is doing quite a bit of harm on the economy. One in three says it has directly impacted their own lives. Politicly republicans are the losers by a 5331 margin more groups claim republicans than the president. 70 believe they are putting their own political agenda ahead of what is good for the country. Just 51 say the same thing of president obama. The political damage to the gop brand doesnt end there. 53 have a negative view in the survey of the party. The worst rating for republicans in the polls 25year history. And thats giving democrats a boost. They lead the gop by eight points on the question of which party should control congress. Their largest lead since 2009. Nbcs chuck todd reporting for us. The shutdown is approaching the third week as we count it. There was cautious optimism by lawmakers after weeks of icy receptions relations are starting to fall. Nbcs tracie potts is in washington. Good morning to you, is it a little bit less chilly there, would you say, might it get a little bit warmer over the weekend . Whats your thoughts. Reporter maybe a degree or two. The number two in the republican conference did suggest they would want to bring this to an end by monday. But we dont know yet what the clear path to that will be. Republicans offered to raise the debt ceiling and take several weeks to negotiate on the budget. But Senate Democrats rejected that, saying the government has to be open first. But the white house did seem open to discussions. Bottom line. Both sides say they want the shutdown to end. Its gone on too long, we hope the president will choose negotiation over crisis. Leadership over inaction and dialogue over silence. What we want to do is offer to the president today, the ability to move, a temporary increase in the debt ceiling, an agreement to go to conference for the budget for his willingness to discuss with us. So heres what you need to know for today, capitol hill staffers worked late into the night and will work again today to try to come to some agreement, Senate Republicans are meeting with the president at the white house late they are morning. Richard . We will hope for some warming temperatures, thank you, tracie potts. Meanwhile governs across the nation are taking action. Some want permission to reopen national parks. The Obama Administration has green lighted the idea but says those four states, colorado, south dakota, utah and wyoming must use their own money. Parks slated to reopen include Mount Rushmore and bryce canyon in utah. State Officials Say the closings are costing them hundreds of thousands of dollars a day. This morning, the senates famed ohio clock has ticked its last tock. Workers in charge of winding the 200yearold time piece were furloughed. Two rabbis are being held without bail in a plot to kidnap torture jewish men and force them to give their wives religious divorces. The wives, who could not get divorces, paid up to 60,000, including money, for the toughguy enforcers. The fbi staged raids. The rabbis and eight others were charged with kidnapping. They bragged about using cattle prods. The group was alemgd ll lly leg involved in eight kidnappings. Charged with kidnapping in a scheme which they bragged about using cattle prods and plastic bags. U. S. Soldiers in reallife iron man suits may be here sooner than you think. The suit shoots missiles and can fly. The armys suit of armor doesnt fly but it has better ballistic protection. It does give soldiers superhuman strength. Researchers at m. I. T. And the u. S. Army are creating an ex oskeleton suit. It gives soldiers a 360 degree view of the battlefield and expect to have a prototype ready next year. Lets talk weather, dense fog is stopping an entire province in its tracks in asia. Eastern china, visibility as low as 60 feet, forcing drivers to pull over and boats to float aimlessly in the harbor. If you can see them. Surprisingly, the lack of visibility not stopping those scooter users. Bill karins, you got to get where you got to go. Dense fog not fun. I think black ice, you cant see it, so youre unprepared for when you crash. Fog is scary. Lets talk about the west forecast, over the upcoming weekend. We got rid of the storm yesterday, behind it, some of the coldest air in the country is now locked in, albuquerque at 39 this morning. So its definitely jacket weather for yourself and for the kids in many areas. Even vegas down to 54, jacket weather for a lot of people that live there yearround. And the northwest, a decent day, clouds increasing late in the day. Well have a front coming through to bring us showers as we go throughout the night tonight into tomorrow. Overall, it doesnt look too bad, the big storm that affected the southwest is now all the way up into areas of nebraska. So as far as the forecast is going to go, again today looks like probably one of the nicer days, a cool start, nice warm afternoon. 71 in l. A. Is a nice fall forecast. 81 in foex is chilly by your standards, so enjoy that, one of t. E cooler, sunnier days youve it looks like well keep temperatures on the cooler side through much of the weekend. Not a lot of rain to come over the weekend, but there will be a few spots, ill tell you who, coming up later. Straight ahead for you, godspeed, Scott Carpenter. The passing of an american explorer in space and deep beneath the sea. Welcome back, some stories making news this friday morning for you. Disturbing new information regarding the death of cleveland kidnapper ariel castro. A report says castro may have not committed suicide but rather died from a sexual act involving people choking themselves and states Prison Guards falsified logs of how many times they checked on him. The second american to orbit the earth has died, at the age of 88. Astronaut Scott Carpenter was the backup to john glen. And one of the mercury seven. Besides being high up in space, carpenter loved exploring down below on the ocean floor. A new report cites a surge in pirate activity off the coast of west africa. Pilots are estimated to have stolen 100 million in products. A navy veteran is getting a new support system in the form of two happy pups. Guardians of rescue provided her with dogs to help her deal with post Traumatic Stress disorder. Guardians of rescue pretty much gave me two best friends today. Two companions. I dont have that somebody to be there when i am sad. Now i have two of them. Does the dows 323point rise signal that wall street believes the worst is over in washington . Today asia stocks rallied to threeweek highs based on the belief the u. S. Will get its financial house in order. The latest nbc news wall street journal poll Shows Americans are fed up, only 14 say the country is headed in the right direction, about half the number from a month ago. And 78 say the country is on the wrong track. 2 trillion gone thats what a study by the American Society of pension professionals and actuaries says will be lost in retirement money if the u. S. Defaults on its debt. After deliberating for five days, a california jury found toyota is not loiiable in the 29 death of a woman whose camry apparently sped up and crashed as she was trying to stop. Google is saving a bunding on u. S. Taxes. According to the financial times, google funneled royalty fees to bermuda. And one of the best stories of the day involves an indiana waitress, who not only got stiffed on a 44 check, but the customer left her a nasty note using the n word on the receipt. The waitress posted a picture of the receipt on facebook. Someone from california saw that, started a campaign called tips for toni. Jenkins was just presented by the way with almost 11,000. A hot night for verlander on the mound, sports is next. But first, some holiday trivia for you, which u. S. President changed the celebration of the columbus Day National Holiday, from october 12 to the 2nd monday in october . Was it fdr, harry s. Truman, jfk or richard m. Nixon . The answer when early today returns. Before the break we asked which u. S. President changed the celebration of the columbus Day National Holiday from october 12 to the second monday in october . And the answer is richard m. Nixon. He made the change in 1971. Cake walk in the deciding game in the American League division deciding series. Justin verlander nohitter. Into the seventh inning. Then this single for oakland. Take a look. They get the single, but thats it, tigers win 30. Off to the championship series for the Third Straight year. Nfl thursday, the giants eli manning leads the league now in interceptions. Three last night makes 15 total. On the flip side jay cutler connects for two touchdowns. Chicago wins 2721. New york is 06 for the First Time Since the 1976 team. College football, number eight louisville against unranked rutgers, cardinals quarterback teddy bridgewater was middling, but did connect for two touchdowns, rutgers loses 2410. Minnesotas maya moore is named the wnbas most valuable player, atlanta loses 8677. Minnesota with their second title in three seasons. 16, forget about it, thats what teenaged golf phenom lydia cole was asking the lpga to do, the 16yearold wants to turn professional, but the age requirement is 18. The New Zealander has won two tournaments, if she was pro she would have banked 1 million so far. 18yearold kakutu manna, the youngest mls player to score a hat trick. The youngest player in fifa to score a hat trick, pele. In boxing, orlando for the wbo featherweight championship. Orlando cruz will be wearing rainbow colored trunks and pink gloves to support breast cancer. Remember the incredible indy car crash. Dario franchitti has been released from the hospital. He will need more surgery on his right ankle. Look at him here, looking good, smiling, he is alive. Just ahead, bill will have your weekend weather and glee says goodbye to one of their own. Well ive decided where i want to become a weather person sacramento. Why . Youre always going to be right. Look at the forecast, over the next five days, i mean its 77 to 78, lows every night are 50 degrees. How perfect is that . Put your feet up on the desk and im going to do that right now, bill. Put your feet up on the desk . Yes, you do the rest of the show. Theres a lot of great weather in central california. Some of the coolish type weather is in vegas, 73, it doesnt last long. Well start to warm it up a little bit through the weekend. 77 there on saturday. A now showers in the northwest, the storm system coming through, very weak, but we clear it out for a decent sunday. Not bad, richard, right . Im going to do what you told me to do, i got my foot up there. Youre an hour away from lake tah tahoe, too. Do i have to do something now . Im not in sacramento . No. This is Entertainment News right now. Films will be dominating this weekend. Captain philip is competing for the top spot. Big flop . Its him, probably very, very good. A serious movie, right . It is, but hes good with funny and serious. Its top spot in the box office. Along with machete kills where lady gaga will be making her acting debut. Looking forward to that one, too, bill, im sure. And Penelope Cruz and shailene woodley, gracing elle cover this month. Glees tribute to Cory Monteith last night. Here is one of the touching moments. I loved finn. He loved me and he loved all of you guys. I know he did. He will be missed. Daniel ratcliff says it will be unlikely for him to dust off his harry potter wand. For the upcoming j. K. Rowling movie, fantastic beasts. But hes looking forward to seeing what rowling writes next. And going, going gone. Memorabilia from breaking bad was sold at auction and brought in almost 1 million. Some of the top selling items were walter whites tighty whities, which sold for almost 10,000. Plus, the infamous copy of leaves of grass which went for 65,000 and the tighty whiteys got almost 10,000. Think about that. These are used underwear for 10,000. If youre a fan of paul mccartney, it paid to be a twitter user yesterday. It tweeted out details of a popup concert in squinltimes s before an hour before he took the stage. Kind of a beatles undertone to it, dsnt it . It would have been pretty cool to walk by and see sir paul sitting there. Its from his new album, i heard he played like three songs. How do things pop up in times square . Hes got connections. Im richard lui, its early today. Leakers and whistle blowers in moscow to give Edward Snowden an award. Four former u. S. Government officials presented the nsa leak er with the award for integrity and intelligence. And Michelle Obama inspired physical activity stamp series raise safety concerns. The u. S. Postal service may destroy its series of just move stamps, because of images depicting a skateboarder without knee pads. They also have the other one where a swimmer is doing a cannon ball. Our new poll finds republicans have been badly damaged by the on going Government Shutdown and debt limit standoff. By a 22point margin, the public blames the Republican Party more for the shutdown. Just only 21 have a favorable view of the tea party which are at all time lows in the history of polls. President obama has signed a bill that reinstates military death benefits for the families of fallen soldiers. And an ohio man who disappeared decades ago to get out of paying Child Support has been denied a request to reverse a 1994 ruling that declared him legally dead. Probate court judge allen davis cited a threeyear time limit for changing a death ruling there. You cant have it both ways, i guess, huh. Your daily dose of cute. In missouri red panda cubs born over the summer made their public debut at the kansas city zoo. The two males weigh in at 4 pounds each. Were just four ounces when they were born. I think theyre going 0 get huge. Ferocious feline cubs made their debut in a zoo in mexico. The zoo has two jaguar cubs which are an endangered species and three lion cubs. Theyre good when theyre small. Have you ever held one . Like bottle feed . No. Have you . Yes. Time for a look back. On this day in 1975 nbc premiere saturday night live debuted. With George Carlin as the first guest host. Also on this day in 1975 historic wedding. Bill clinton and Hillary Rodham were both married. They were both professors at the university of Arkansas Law School in fayetteville. Do you recognize them, bibl . Happy birthday to Jane Krakowski of dgs 40 rock. Homework wars, a father tries to do his middle school daughters homework. Can matt, savannah and al pass the test . Tonight on date line a woman found dead in her burned out home. Her husband said it was suicide but questions remain. Keep it right here for more news, weather and sports, im richard lui along with bill life support, i mean, beep, beep, beep. Well be back tomorrow at 10 00. Neither side optimistic but at least they are still talking at this point. B. A. R. T. Trains will run this morning as those negotiations continue. Good morning everybody. Its now 4 30. Negotiations ended just before midnight with a promise of more talks today. Union leaders say they will stay at the bargaining table through the weekend f. Nothing is done by 12 01 monday morning workers will strike. Christie smith is live now in