good morning, america. it's monday, november 16th and overnight, the president champions freedom for chinese students, even touting twitter. the chinese government blocks the show from chinese tv. really going rogue. sarah palin and a war of words with the mccain camp. they fire back at her this morning as she appears all week on abc news. sidekick to a killer? did major hasan have an apostle? we track the odd cast of characters with him before the ft. hood massacre and abc news investigates. is it justice. the parents of a murdered tv news anchor react to the jurors who spared her killer's life. a "gma" exclusive. and viagra for women? the new pill doctors say may be the new rage for the other sex. and good morning, america. diane sawyer with robin roberts. happy to begin a new week. overnight the president took questions from the chinese students and challenged his chinese hosts about free speech. >> chinese censureship dominated the conversation on the president's first trip to china also trying to push them with global problems. a tricky balance. he knows, of course, china holds all the cards as america's largest foreign lender so our yunji de nies is traveling with the president and joins us from shanghai. >> reporter: good morning, diane and robin. this was one of the few unscripted moments on the president's visit. it was supposed to be carried live on chinese state television but at the last minute the chinese government changed its mind and so only local television stations in shanghai and the white house website carried it live. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> reporter: the president opened with a short speech saying the rocky past shouldn't influence the future. >> our relationship has not been without disagreement and difficulty. but the notion that we must be adversaries is not predestined. >> reporter: still, he did not shy away from those disagreements including the issue of human rights. >> these freedoms of expression and worship of access to information and political participation, we believe are universal rights. >> reporter: the white house said they wanted this forum to be just like those back at home. no prescreened questions, a free-flowing dialogue. >> shut we be able to use twitter freely? >> reporter: so it was fitting when the president was asked about their internet censureship policy. >> the more freely information flows, the stronger the society becomes, because then citizens of countries around the world can hold their own governments accountable. i have a lot of critics in the united states who can say all kinds of things about me. i actually think that that makes our democracy stronger and it makes me a better leader. >> reporter: spiking to 400 college students dubbed china's future leaders, the president was asked twice to explain why he won the nobel peace prize. >> in some ways i think they gave me the prize, but i was more just a symbol of the shift in our approach to world affairs that we are trying to promote. >> reporter: apparently questions from the press to students were not welcome. abc news was asked to shut off our cameras when we tried to interview people in the crowd. the president is now on the ground in beijing for some much more formal meeting with president hu. >> thanks. we turn now back here at home to the political brawl as a result of the book by the political force of nature that is sarah palin, the upcoming book is called "going rogue" as you probably know by now and this morning, the mccain camp is firing back. let's turn to abc's kate snow. kate? >> good morning, diane. the blitz has begun and so has the fact-checking. our own barbara walters spent several hours with palin on friday, and she tells me the former governor was extremely outspoken and addressed her critics, and there are plenty of those. this week's "newsweek" cover, evidence that sarah palin may not always get the kind of coverage she wants even conservatives are on the attack. >> yeah, she's a joke. i mean i just can't take her. the idea that this potential talk show host is considered seriously for the republican nomination, believe me, it'll never happen. >> reporter: she certainly has people talking. in her new book she describes aides not listening to her even yelling at her. >> towards the end of the campaign, the press reports quoted unnamed mccain aides calling you a diva. you know, a whack job, a narcissist, why do you think these people were trying to destroy your reputation? >> for some people this is a business. and if failure in this business was going to reflect poorly on them, they had to kind of pack their own parachutes and protect themselves and reputations so they wouldn't be blamed. i'll take the blame because i know at the end of the day what the truth is. >> reporter: but already some of those former staffers are fighting back. one former aide sent e-mails to abc news to prove that some stories in the book don't match the facts. for example, remember that prank radio gag where palin thought she was talking to french president nicolas sarkozy. >> yes, hello, mrs. governor. >> hello, this is sarah. how are you? >> fine and you? >> reporter: in her book she says top aide yelled at her over the phoning. how could anyone be so stupid. staffers say there was no yelling. just an e-mail saying who set this up. then there's "saturday night live." in her book palin says she wanted to appear on the show. let's go on and neutral lyze some of this and have fun but in an e-mail palin writes "these folks are whack. what's the upside in giving them or any celebrity venue a ratings boost." fact check as side, sarah palin is the most visible, most provocative republican the party has right now, even hillary clinton seems intrigued. in the book palin mentions having a cup of coffee with the secretary someday. >> you know, i've never met her, and, look, i'd look forward to sit down and talk with her. >> and what about senator john mccain? there was a conference call we've learned on friday between mccain and many of his top former aides. on that call mccain essentially told them he would prefer they stay out of the palin book coverage and not engage her. he apologized that they were going through this and told them he understood if they needed to refute factual errors or protect their reputations but said something like this will pass and will pass faster if you all just keep quiet. he, by the way, does have a copy of the book signed by palin but i'm told he hasn't spoken to her in months. >> as far as we know has not read the book. >> don't know. >> okay, well, all of this seems ripe for a comment from our political observer abc's cokie roberts. cokie, come in this morning. governor palin firing from both barrels at her own former camp, they're firing back. ever seen anything like this before? >> no, this is quite remarkable. and she will be out, you know, in her bus which is covered with her picture, the cover of the book out around the country expecting to draw huge crowds and she'll have -- she'll have the loudest voice on this, for sure. >> we have a brand-new abc news/"washington post" poll that shows 60% of all americans do not feel she is qualified to be president. do not feel it, but it seems that it's gaining ground among republicans. our poll shows her numbers are up, 61% of republicans do think she's qualified. go out on a limb here. do you think she's running for 2012? >> i think she's finding out if she's running for 20126789 i think she'll see how this goes. she'll see how -- whether people take her seriously. whether, you know, she is the joke that you just heard david brooks saying of her or whether she's the new ronald reagan which newt gingrich says she might be. >> that's right. what about a hillary clinton/sarah palin, what, coffee summit, i think they're calling it instead of the beer summit this morning. think it'll ever happen? >> wouldn't you and i like to be there with them? >> oh, please invite us. >> well, i think it might happen someday but it's not likely to happen while sarah palin's running as a republican and hillary clinton is in the obama administration, but they could share some true stories about the sexism during the last campaign aimed at both of them. >> i want to ask you about something going back to this "newsweek" cover that kate showed in her piece because the cover picture was a picture that governor palin did for "runners' world." a lot of the guys have done running shorts pictures for running magazines. was it fair of "newsweek" to put that on their cover? >> we haven't seen those guys in shorts on "newsweek's" cover, have we? look, she posed for that picture. so it's fair game, but it is a way of saying, don't take this person seriously. she's just a chick in shorts. >> all right. well, thanks to you, cokie. checking back in with you later and a reminder to everyone, see barbara walters' exclusive interview with sarah palin this week on abc. and, of course, you know, she's also appearing other places this week and beginning tomorrow on "gma," be sure to tune in to see barbara's interview and, of course, on friday night on "20/20." >> we are learning new details about the alleged ft. hood shooter from one of his closest friends. an 18-year-old who recently converted to islam whom hasan took under his wing. even after the shooting he called hasan his "brother in the end." our chief investigative correspondent brian ross is in killeen, texas, with much more on this. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, robin. well, our investigation found that in the weeks before the shooting, major hasan spent a lot of time not evenly here at ft. hood and at his mosque but also at a strip club, a shooting range where he practiced squeezing off hundreds of rounds and with the 18-year-old convert who seemed to share major hasan's contempt for u.s. soldiers. the girls at the strip club starz remember him well. the devout muslim brought his own beer and did not hesitate to pay the $50 cost for each nude lap dance. right next door to the strip club is the gun store, guns galore where he bought his semiautomatic pistol and bullets and in the weeks before 13 extra ammunition clips that could hold up to 30 bullets each. investigators also tell abc news that as the shooting date neared he became a regular at stan's shooting range nearby. >> you can't park at all? >> nope. >> have you been told not to talk? >> yep. >> reporter: he was last here two days before the shooting and fired off more than 200 rounds according to the investigators. the fbi is also investigating hasan's regular dinner meetings at this restaurant with two men who seemed especially close to him. one of them is this 18-year-old recent convert to islam, duane reasoner jr. whose parents work at ft. hood. on reasoner's own facebook and web pages he takes the name of a famed islamic warrior, describes himself as extremist, fundamentalist, mujahadin muslim. there are videos of the same radical cleric in yemen with whom major hasan was in contact, anwar awalki. reasoner defends hasan's actions when interviewed by a bbc radio reporter. >> i'm not going to condemn him for what he did. he's my brother in the end. i will never condemn him. >> what are your thoughts towards those who were victims? >> they were in the end they were troops who were going to afghanistan and iraq to kill muslims. i honestly i have no pity for them. >> reporter: the mystery teenager remains secluded in his parents' home where his mother ordered abc news off the property this weekend. investigators tell abc news that hasan took two guns with him for the shooting. one was the automatic weapon which he used. the other a .357 magnum revolver which they found unused. that was meant to be his suicide weapon, they surmise. >> brian, as always, thank you for your investigation. 7:12. chris has the other news. at least four were killed this morning when a suicide bomber blew up a truck in front of a police station near peshawar. this comes as the u.s. is putting pressure on pakistan. "the new york times" says the u.s. is urging the pakistani government to expand its fight against al qaeda. and the taliban. police in north carolina are in a frantic search for a little girl policing for nearly a week. surveillance tapes show shaniya davis being carried into a fayetteville hotel room last tuesday. the man on the tape and shaniya's mother have been charged in connection with her disappearance. a new study is questioning the effectiveness of zetia and vytorin taken by millions to lower cholesterol. researchers found that zetia failed to shrink plaque buildup in artery walls backing up the findings from two earlier studies. merck is defending its medication saying the latest research is limited. and finally the game between two of football's best, the indianapolis colts and the new england patriots came down to one play. the pats had fourth and two deep in their own territory. they go for it. come up short. the colts wind up scoring, game over. final, 35-34. 13 minutes past the hour. one of those calls were if you make it you're a genius, you don't, you wind up in my newscast. >> they're 9-0. the colts are 9-0? >> the colts are up there. >> who else is 9-0? >> there is a team in new orleans called the saints who showed how to manage a game properly at the end and wound up staving off -- >> all stories back to the saints. not that nor'easter in new england, though. sam champion is here. >> yeah, that was a bad one. and remember started as ida and ended as a nor'easter. some are calling it nor'ida because it went on and on forever. new jersey, ocepictures of ocea city. some of the drop-off of the coast losing 15 feet of sand. remember, homes flooded. cars flooded. power outages so this is the time. six counties in new jersey under that declaration of state of emergency. that clears the way for federal funding to help with the cleanup but today, and this week, whole different setup. gorgeous out there. 64 in washington. 59 in new york. 59 in boston as well and it looks like we'll be on the higher side of normal by a few degrees for much of the week in new england. there is a heavy hit of rain from jeff city in des moines today. this is that system that stepped out of colorado after getting 7 to 10 inches of snow. mostly rain event. gusty winds, as well. local forecast 30 seconds away. all of america's weather in the next half howing as sloppy as it was in the east coast, the northwest will have bad storms this week. >> their turn, right? all right, sam, thank you. now to the economy. general motors expected to announce its first promising earnings report since getting a $50 billion bailout from the government. a bailout gm says it will start paying back at the end of this year but some critics are wondering whether gm's investments in china are coming at the expense of jobs right here in the u.s. our senior white house correspondent jake tapper is traveling with the president in shanghai. >> reporter: this morning in shanghai the communist party secretary told president obama that for general motors, chinese operations, sales are fantastic. a boost to gm in the u.s. >> gm is an american company with tens of thousands of employees in this country and responsibility for its future ultimately rests with us. >> reporter: some critics wonder if gm is not focusing enough on the u.s. especially after gm's ceo fritz henderson announced plans to send cash from the u.s. accounts which have received $50 billion in government aid to help restructure a european unit. said henderson "we certainly need to be prudent about it, be very careful about it but we do have the ability to run a global business." it means u.s. taxpayer dollars would help shore up jobs overseas at the same time it is cutting tens of thousands of american jobs. raising eyebrows. >> not wise or helpful that our taxpayer dollars are being used to support the global efforts of these companies. >> reporter: and outraging some members of congress. >> i don't think most americans believe that when the taxpayer bailouts were happening it was intended for that purpose. it was intended to protect the american economy, not take the money overseas. >> reporter: in a statement a gm spokesman says the best way for the company to ultimately repay taxpayers is to be strong internationally. "as much as some people might wish that it were not so, the reality is that the auto industry is global and no company can survive without a strong global presence. any dream of a u.s.-only carmaker is just that, a dream." >> gm is trying to make a profit. they know best how to do that. we should not infringe upon their decisionmaking. >> they might legally have the right to do this, but politically and from an optics perspective, i can't imagine a more bone-headed move. >> reporter: this controversy comes at the same time as a government accountability office study that indicates it's unlikely taxpayers will recoup all of their $50 billion investment in general motors. gm is announcing today that they will begin repaying $1 billion per quarter beginning in december. robin and diane? >> all right, jake, our thanks to you. before we leave the topic of the president's trip overseas i've often thought the hardest subject, what do you do with royalty? we're not trained to greet royalty since 1776. the president as we saw with the emperor went the full way, lots of comment about that. but we look back over the years and you have, of course, george bush, former president george bush sr. there, head nod. there was ronald reagan, headshake. >> always good. >> richard nixon went from the waist and bill clinton, what was that? kind of yoga thing there. anyway who can blame them for not knowing what to do? allegedly teddy roosevelt said once if i see another king i'm going to bite him. it's just too confusing when you're american. >> that it is. still to come here on "good morning america," we have an exclusive interview with the parents of a murdered anchorwoman anne pressly. they'll speak out for the first time since the jury spared the life of their daughter's killer. dr. mehmet oz is in the house this morning. he's going to talk about cell phones. what is the truth about them, and what precautions does he want you to take? that's ahead. ahh... then we will all do it together. treats! teets... teets... teets! yeah! look at this! oh! it seems like the best family traditions... you want some? always start in the kitchen. 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we will find out. as we turn to our computer to find deals this holiday season, watch out for those fishing for your private information. and we will answer your mortgage questions along with making sure that you are planning a retirement without social security. those stories and more coming up this morning at 9:00. we will see you in a half hour with another morning update. until then, back to new york and more of good morning america at 7:30. the shuttle "atlantis" scheduled to blast off this afternoon, but one of the astronauts already over the moon if you will because he's about to become a dad. while he's up in space, trust me, he is up in space somewhere, he will be soon. his wife will be here on earth giving birth. we'll show you how they're handling this blessed event and the -- well, the timing could be better. >> yeah, can you send messages from space, breathe, breathe? i don't know. anyway, good morning. >> hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. >> sure do. and also want everyone to know this program note, wednesday robin has her interview with janet jackson breaking her silence about the death of her brother michael for the first time letting cameras inside her home and an interview everyone will be talking about. now a jury in little rock has sentenced a man to life in prison for the brutal murder of local television anchor anne pressly. she died in october of 2008 after being viciously beaten in her own home. in just a moment i'm going to talk to her parents live in a "gma" exclusive. get their reaction and tell you about a wonderful new book honoring their daughter, but first here's the latest on the sentencing. for many of anne presslypresslyd friends it came as a surprise. curtis vance was given life without parole avoiding the death penalty. >> when the sentence came down i know there was some disappointment that went with that. but he's never going to hurt anybody again. >> reporter: the violent death of pressly, a well-known tv anchor left little rock reeling and had the trial and the city transfixed. the psychiatrist said vance showed signs of paranoia. jurors heard from pressly's mother, patti cannady who pleaded for the ultimate punishment for vance telling jurors about losing her only child, a daughter loved and admired by co-workers and friends who had just begun to fulfill a dream of a journalism career. two of her colleagues have written a book in tribute. proceeds of which will fund a journalism scholarship in anne's name. >> there was so much media attention surrounding her death and how she died. we don't want people to remember that but the way she lived. it was such a positive vibrant beautiful life. and we want that to be carried on. >> her life to be the focus. anne pressly's parents patti and guy cannady join us now in a "gma" exclusive, the first since the sentencing. >> good morning. >> good to see you both. >> so nice to see you, robin. >> it's been such an ordeal. how are you holding up? >> well, we are very blessed. we are just -- we're holding on. we have hope. our hope is in the lord. and we have a lot of friends and family that have just prayed us through this past year. >> oh, you've had a lot of support. >> right. we really have. >> guy, the initial reaction from you and the family when you heard it was going to be life without parole instead of the death penalty. >> it was a little bit unexpected at first. although after we thought about it, we have complete faith in the criminal justice system. we knew that 12 people, you know, had convicted him which was by far and away in our mind the most important aspect. convicted him of capital murder, the rape, the burglary and the theft. and then the sentencing itself was, again, the decision of the jury and in many ways it may, in fact, be a harsher sentence in the long run than death. >> being there in jail with no chance of ever getting out at least he will never be able to hurt anyone ever again. >> right. >> when you were walking out, patti, you were the momma, and you had some words for the defense attorney. >> yes. >> what did you say to them. >> well, first of all, anne did not have a voice and we are her voice. and i know that it was a tough time for them, as well, and i looked at them and i asked them to please look at me in a whispered voice and i said, you protected the murderer of my daughter and she had no protection. she was slain like a lamb and then i turned and i did ask them if they would kindly look at me because i felt like i needed to look at them in the eye and they needed to look at me and see just what they had defended, you know. >> you were her voice. >> i was her voice. >> you have been. you have been and we have been thinking about the entire family but especially you since you were the one who found her that morning in her own home. >> right. >> but as her colleagues and her friends said, let's focus on her life. >> right. >> now we're able to and should focus on her life. i'm wearing one of her little bracelets and it says -- has her name and it says love you, mean it. love you, mean it. that's how she -- >> that's how she lived her life and she told everyone, love you, mean it, all the time. that was anne, full of life, full of joy, full of fun, laughter. she just deserves to be here rather than us. >> and the book is just -- it's beautiful, guy and patti. it's absolutely beautiful and it is a tribute to her and the proceeds will go to fund a scholarship. tell us about the book. >> the book itself to me there is no better way to honor somebody or to be honored than to have your colleagues and friends put together a book, you know, on your behalf so i think that's a testament to anne and the way she lived her life, the type of woman she was, and one of the things that she was always extremely passionate about was broadcast journalism. so the proceeds from the book are going to fund the anne pressly memorial scholarship fund which will help to provide college opportunities for young women who are wanting to pursue a profession in broadcast journalism. >> and she absolutely had a bright future. i had the privilege of being interviewed. >> and she loved it. oh. >> very, very talented. extremely talented. met her in texarkana in early october. the fact that it is going to help others. >> yes. >> to do what she wanted to do must have special meaning. >> oh, it's wonderful. it is absolutely wonderful. i can't think of a better way to honor anne than to give someone else an opportunity to have education and to be educated and her name will live on forever. her colleagues did a great, great job putting this book together and they worked tirelessly to make it happen. countless interviews, anne's final facebook pages are in the book as well as your picture, robin. so -- >> something like this happens and it just -- i can't believe it's just been this past year. and you always try and -- you can't learn anything in the tragedy but you can learn something from her life. >> yes. >> what is the message that we learn from anne's life? >> just to -- in her particular case she lived life to the fullest. she was passionate and compassionate. one of the things that everybody always says about her is regardless whether you're the president of the united states or a person on the street, she treated each and every person with the same degree of acceptance and with regard and with compassion towards everyone and i think that's one of her standing legacies in this particular case. >> for you, patti? >> i think that the importance of family, the way you raise your children, love, never forgetting to tell the people that are closest to you how much you love them. those were my last words to anne as i chased her down the driveway to kiss her one final time on the forehead and to say, i love you, anne and she said i love you too, momma. >> i'm so glad you have that memory. >> i am too so for every parent that's out there you can't love your children, your family enough as we approach this holiday season, thanksgiving we have so much to be thankful for and we have hope in our lord. and we have, you know, hope of seeing anne again. >> you will. thank you. faith, family and friends. >> yes, absolutely. >> good to see you both. >> thank you again. >> do keep in touch. we'll keep in touch with you. and you can go to our website at abcnews.com and find out how you can also get this wonderful, wonderful book honoring their daughter. time now for the weather and sam. >> good morning, again, good morning, everyone. we'll start with picture, bbc pictures out of cornwall england. see pictures of this storm all day long. why? they're calling it england's worst storm of the year, 100-mile-an-hour wind, 40-foot wave, flooding all over coastal areas. look at that. just amazing pictures captured that storm as it blew through. the northwest will have a series of storms through the next few days and could pick up easily within 5 to 10 inches of range, in some cases a bit more along coastal area, winds and waves that are pretty tough along those coastal region, as well. all will turn into some mountain snow and each storm that moves through will get colder and colder. the first one starts out fairly mild with rain. another place getting mostly rain from jefferson city to des moines, additional 2 to 4 inches of rain. wintry kick back off to the west of that. northern, that kind of northeastern corner of kansas, also southern nebraska can pick up a little light coatin nation. >> all that weather brought to you by royal caribbean. thanks, sam. the space shuttle "atlantis" is set to take off for the international space station. six astronauts on board with eyes firmly fixed on the stars, but for mission specialist randy bresnick, he'll be listening for something else. his wife expects to give birth to their first child. something doctors feared she'd never be able to do. with one father's story ryan owens has more. >> two, one. >> reporter: for astronauts timing is everything. except for randy bresnick. this astronaut may have the worst sense of timing on planet earth and soon far beyond it. randy's wife rebecca is about to give birth to the couple's first baby girl. dad is scheduled to be in space. >> if you have to miss it, that's a pretty good. >> pretty good reason. >> reporter: rebecca was told she'd never be able to have a child. the couple adopted a son. he's about to have a sister. >> after being told that, i can't squabble about a delivery date. >> reporter: this isn't the first time her husband's timing has been off. take the day he became an astronaut. >> does the president care -- >> he missed that because it was also his wedding day. >> when you're floating an the heavens and get the call back on earth you have a baby daughter, what will you think? 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"good morning america" continues with cell phones and your health. how concerned should you really be? dr. mehmet oz is here to change the way you use your cell phone and to put your fears on hold. plus, from part time to full time. how to turn a temp holiday job into a career that keeps giving all year round. ♪ and i don't know how >> she has shelves of grammys. now back with brand-new music and a brand-new look. norah jones performs live. ♪ >> hello. >> wow! hi. thank you. >> good morning, america. i know people come to your place of work and do the same thing. wouldn't it be nice if everybody had they went to work had crowds like this. hope everybody had a great weekend. >> great weekend in new york city. coming up as we said dr. mehmet oz here to talk about cell phones. we keep hearing, yes, we keep hearing that there are grounds for anxiety about the effects on our health. he has some precautions and a reality check coming up. what is it next week is thanksgiving? next week is thanksgiving! >> we're nervous about this stuff. >> well, sandra lee is here. slow, be easy. your best thanksgiving ever she guarantees with money-saving slow cooker recipes. sweet potato turkey bowl, french garden chowder. here's your apple-pecan bread pudding, okay. she'll show us how to make it all. >> head up to the real cook in our family. chris cuomo has the news. good morning again, everyone. censureship is looming large on president obama's first trip to china. the president held a town haul meeting with students in shanghai where he stressed the importance of basic human rights and internet access for all. the chinese government refused to broadcast his remarks on live television but the white house put out this feed online. >> these freedoms of expression and worship of access to information and political participation, we believe are universal rights. >> a few hours later the president arrived in beijing for meetings with chinese president hu jintao. general motors is beginning to show signs it's turning around. they just reported a $1.2 billion loss from the time it exited bankruptcy protection through september but believe it or not that's far better than previous quarters. gm also says it will begin repaying part of its government bailout next month. several years ahead of schedule. well, men have viagra and cialis. so women could soon have their own drug to boost libido. stephanie sy has that. >> reporter: in three separate studies of nearly 2,000 participants women taking flibanserin went from having no sex to having on average two sexual encounters a week. it was taken daily for three weeks. >> viagra works at the performance level of sexuality. this drug works at the desire level of sexuality. a step before performance. >> ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. >> reporter: unlike viagra, this drug affects brain chemicals in a way that surprised the researchers. >> we've known for years that other anti-depressant molecules have a negative impact on female sexuality. >> we don't know specifically why this one has a positive impact. >> reporter: despite years of testing, there is still no fda approved drug for female sexual dysfunction which is difficult to define. more than 40% of women have reported symptoms of the condition ranging from lack of arousal to pain during sex. >> women are much more complicated than men when it comes to our sex lives and our sex desires. we don't have a simple on/off switch that helps us get it right. >> reporter: after all, the key to female desire may be all in a woman's head. for "good morning america," stephanie sy, abc news, new york. >> how about this bun for a little newscast ender. know the movie "2012," about the end of the world. not that mixed. $65 million across the country. 225 million worldwide. can you believe that? what a huge opening. "a christmas carol" slipped to second place. "the men who stare at goats" finished a distant third. i just like saying that. time for the weather. mr. sam champion, the man who stares at weather. >> hi, chris. chris, the only thing i can think of is a reason to go see that film is to take notes on what happens in "2012" like how did they survive it? did they survive it what? what did they do? take note. >> that's good. let's do that. i'll bring a paper. >> we'll go this afternoon. good morning, gang. i have to say i didn't recognize the flag right off top -- i'm looking at it. i don't know how many of you in the audience will know. >> newfoundland, canada. >> all right. >> i'm staring at it, no, can't think of it. not it. to the boards. one or two things going on as you make your way outside the door. one of the nicest places after a little cool morning would be the southwest. l.a., 65 degrees. palm springs coming up to 73. this is nice pleasant weather. sunny the entire time. in the eastern half we've got a gorgeous week going up and we deserve it. last week was so difficult. that flooding will go right up through the middle of the country with this low that spun out of all of that snow and sitting right in the middle of >> and how do i look in the white hat? >> you look great. >> made me look good? all right. because we're standing in the middle of texas. no, don't go close. more from times square in the next half hour. >> oh, keep that. i want that for my wall. will somebody please give that to me for my wall? and now there are 307 million americans and 270 million of us have cell phones spending an average of 12 1/2 hours on them each month. despite the ongoing anxiety about the effect on our bodies so dr. mehmet oz host of "the dr. oz show" is joining us with a list of dos and probably don'ts and it's great to see you again. >> well, thank you very much. >> now, we think of this as radiation, but this isn't radiation that you're getting from your cell phone. it's something else. a radio frequency. >> wave. and so they're not just x-rays. not a nuclear radiation fallout from a bomb. these are simple radio frequency waves. that's -- there's been concern for awhile that radio frequency waves could affect cells in the brain especially if you ar skul is thin if you're a child. most people think their cell phone receive waves but they don't. they send a wave out in order to find a cell tower near you. that is an important clue for us about simple things we might be able to do to prevent any changes if, in fact, any are occurring. that's how the device works. >> we are 20 years into the use of them with some intensity and we have from the american cancer society a statement that in general expert agencies agree most agencies agree that most evidence to date doesn't increase the risk of tumors and also an fda statement, so far studies have not shown any bad effects from anyone for cell phone rf. the bottom line on the studies so far? >> until recently i think those were pretty good encapsulations of what was found which is over the period of times examined, three to five years of cell phone use you weren't finding differences. there have been recent studies th thatre alarming. radio frequency waves affecting brain cells, you have to study them over a decade. because of some of these britain, france and israel have now offered advisories cautioning us not telling us not to use them but to be smart. >> let's run through these precautions. under the age of 14? >> i think children ought to be texting if they can. believe it or not for the first time on tv we're endorsing texting. if they are going to use them it's important for them to use them on a speakerphone or courtless headset. here's why if you even move the phone four inches from your head instead of holding it plastered to the skull, 1,000 times less a fact of radio frequency waves. >> can you hear me now is just fine. headset also with the wires on them a good thing. let me ask you about this. this surprised me. if the signal is poor or if it's interrupted when you're driving, you're getting more of the radio frequency waves inside your head. >> you are. remember that animation i showed. part of the problem we have those waves have to boost up from your cell phone to find the tower so if you're traveling in a car the highest intensity of those waves is when the cell phone shifts from one tower to the next. if you're in an elevator, same thing, into a poor part of wherever you live you need to be cautious about using the cell phone there. >> interrupted and has to power back up. >> hold it further from your head. these are by the way simple changes. i'm not getting rid of my cell phone. i don't think you are either. >> do you like the wireless earpieces we see people walking around with like big earrings in their ear. >> here's an example. using them like a piece of jewelry, no. so these wireless pieces. >> don't wear all the time. >> they do reduce the radiation effect -- the radio frequency effect quite dramatically but if you're wearing them all the time they're always putting waves towards you. >> something else i think intuitively you wondered about, don't keep them in your pocket. don't keep your cell phone in your pocket. why? >> because the effect of the radio frequency waves resides no matter where it is. a study from the cleveland clinic showing, guess what, you can affect the sperm in males with these devices, so if you have an option of putting it in the purse or not keeping it on your body take advantage of it. if every once in a while you have to put it on your belt, fine. this should not be a part of your dressing. >> before we let you go, i know coming up later you're tackling something that is deep, high in the list of ick and that would be bed bugs. here's a clip. >> when it gets dark because the bed bugs hate the light they start coming out and start to swarm. they love the heat and they love the darkness and as they swarm they come up on your skin. they look for an open patch where they can realize their nutrition is an inch away and they bounce. as they pounce in, they begin to suckle and take out the blood. >> we'll do that tomorrow. >> yes, so cell phones are -- >> cell phones are tomorrow. >> bed lugs later this week. >> guess who called me yesterday? my eldest daughter from a manhattan apartment saying guess what, daddy. they called from upstairs, there are bed bugs in our apartment. believe me, this is an epidemic and increased by 70%. know about bed bugs. >> okay. thank you, dr. oz again. check your local listing for "the dr. o's show." turn a part-time holiday job into full time employment. that's ahead. ahh... then we will all do it together. treats! teets... teets... teets! yeah! look at this! oh! it seems like the best family traditions... you want some? always start in the kitchen. 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" it's time for real. we're back at 8:16. we have our inspiration coming from an article in "the wall street journal." how to turn a part-time job into a permanent position. can it be done in this current economic climate? workplace contributor tory johnson ceo for women for hire already told us which employers are looking for seasonal employees. now she'll tell us how to hold on to that job throughout the year. >> yes. >> you have given us four examples of people who have done just that. so we have let's see kevin with u.p.s. >> that's right. >> remains a full time job. >> kevin last november started in what was supposed to just be a seasonal job for two months as an unloader. went in determined that he was not going to leave and it worked. the company hired him on permanently and since then he's actually been promoted to a supervisor and his big lesson is to really to focus on the potential of full time advancement, advancement from a part-time opportunity and it's really important to think that way because he didn't go in thinking this is just another holiday job. he went in thinking this is a real opportunity for me to shine. i'm going to make sure that every manager knows that not just for my performance because i'll talk to them and let them know i don't plan to leave and u.p.s. plans to hire between 20% and 30% of its 50,000 seasonal workers into permanent positions starting in january. and plenty of other companies use their seasonal talent as the best pool for making their long-term hire. >> people who are making the most of that opportunity. a young woman who moved here to new york last december, didn't know anybody, moves here, gets a holiday position, turns it into a full time job. >> she did. that's right. so ariam allen decided the container store was the place she loved more than any other company. that was first on her list. got a job that was supposed to last for two months. she is still there and the company decided to keep her permanently. what i think was fascinating about her that she told me was to pursue holiday work at companies that you admire and it's so important because it's not just about applying to the jobs you see advertised but come up with a list of maybe 20 companies whose products, services, reputation and culture are those that really matter to you a lot. go in and talk to them. cold call them. let them know what a fan you are and try to see if there's a chance to move your way in there because usually what everybody knows, you know, if you work at a place you love you're going to shine. >> you're going -- because you have an interest, a genuine interest so you'll be able to shine. volunteer work. and i know you hear this a lot from people saying, hey, if i'm not getting paid how will it turn into a paid position. >> the reality is when you're out of work, you have a lot of time on your hands. karen's position was eliminated september 1st and she was devastated because she loved this job and thought she would retire from this job and so when a lot of time on her hands she decided to give her time and talent as a volunteer to a food bank and by spending a lot of time there, she recognized the real devastation with homelessness and hunger and decided that she wanted her next position to be one with real purpose. and it worked. today she starts a paid position at that food bank as a coordinator in virginia. and her real passion that she sort of expressed to me was to volunteer at a place that you'd want to work full time and so think about places that would appeal to you in your next career path or volunteer in an opportunity that you know could potentially either give you experience or lead to a paid position and most importantly she said give of your time and talent as if you're already being paid because it's really the best way to show the organizers that you take this seriously. >> these are really good suggestions and they're really being put to work by these people. permanent positions, you know, people are like saying i would love to volunteer or do something that's free but i got bills. >> i got bills. >> they feel like if they take that position, that it's going to prevent them from finding that full time job. >> and i say you don't have to do it full time. you can volunteer two days a week and pursue temp work. another one, great example i love is this woman wanda matthews in houston and she lost her position at the end of december. since then she's taken a bunch of temp jobs that were a week here, week here, nothing really substantial but in june she started a two-week temp job. she went in, shined. made it permanent and she's there right now. and the message that she has, her big lesson is don't be afraid to take temp work even though everybody really wants the full time job with benefits, many times temp work is your path to that long-term, permanent position and that's the one area in the economy right now where we're seeing actually an increase in hiring is 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good things come to those who wait. goes for your thanksgiving dinner, as well. sandra lee is here to show you how to slow cook your way to sweet potato turkey bowl, french garden chowder, apple-pecan bread pudding. a little something to make the holidays easier. >> what is it about bread pudding that just makes you -- aw. we showed you that biggest ship ever coming in last week. now if that amazed you wait till you see the inside of it. get ready. because the biggest ship of the world, longer than three football feels, it all happens right here on "gma" on friday. it's our biggest getaway ever when we take you on board that thing. >> look at that. >> i'll put it on twitter later but we got up under the hull of this thing and it just goes forever. >> we're so proud he came back. we didn't think he would come back on friday. >> i might not is after the big vacation. >> it is because look at this. it's the climate quilt -- wait. can i get it out? >> take two. >> it's at climate quilt project. how is that? was that better? hi, no, dillon, you're with me. tolena, tell me about the climate quilt. it started out a school in new york city put it together and it's kind of spread out. you're the first ones to do it. if kids want to make a patch for it, what do they need to make sure is on it. >> all they need to make sure, they make sure to have a refurbished shirt from their own home and put a statement they would like the world to know what to do. >> and the thing is going to be in copenhagen for that big climate summit thing and unveil the biggest quilt, our anniversary of earth day, right? 40th anniversary. thank you, lisa. hey, dillon, a lot of countries involved in this. can you name me some the countries. >> philippines, israel, new zealand and australia. >> wow. that is a lot of countries. dillon, i think you did an excellent job. it's the climate quilt project. want to know more about it and get your school involved it's going to be easy to do. we'll link you to everything on our website at abcnews.com. just go in there, look for it. it'll show you what schools are involved. how the project got started. what the goals are and what you can do to get your school involved. get to the boards. one or two things we want you to know. thank you all very much for even making the quilt. watching the quilt. holding it up for us this morning. i know it was a lot of work even though some are leaning on the wall a little bit. everybody else is doing the hard work. it's okay. it's all right. here's what's happening this morning, one or two things as we said. on the big flyby on the eastern seaboard nice and quiet. right up the middle of the country there will be some rain and some of that rain from memphis all the way into kansas city area and we think it's >> all >> all that weather was brought to you by burlington coat factory. oh, robin, bread pudding contest. who can eat the most? >> bring it, bring it, son. now your best thanksgiving ever. add in the most affordable and you'll be living large on turkey day. our good friend sandra lee with tasty inexpensive recipes from "semi-homemade." money saving slow cooking. oh, we love it when you're here. >> finally we get to cook together. >> we're always cooking. >> he hogs you. >> he's a good cook. >> enough about me. >> let's talk about just for a second before we start, a new contest that anybody can -- you can nominate anybody you want. it is to end childhood hunger so if you go online to championsagainstchildhunger, the website or go to my facebook page, facebook.com/sandralee. nominate the person in your community or few people who best represent giving back to the community food. every nomination that you do 10 bucks goes to share a strength. it feeds 12 million people in this country every single day. so -- >> wonderful. champions against child hunger. >> champions against child hunger. >> information on the website. go to abcnews.com. >> if they don't -- okay. so in this bowl let's talk about apple-pecan bread pudding. >> smells good already. >> can you bake in a slow cooker. a lot of people think you can't. it's not just for savering. he's already eeth. in this bowl, well, i mix the stuff in this bowl you take some -- this is cinnamon bread. apple pie filling and pecans. put it together. >> you'll munch. you'll do the work. you'll put evaporated milk, half and half, all the pecans. oh that. you guys just relax. this is -- these are egg beaters or three eggs. >> how about that. >> brown sugar. all spice and salt. all right. now we got to mix this baby up, right? you normally would do all the wet ingredients first and then all the dry ingredients together. >> but not this time. >> but it's all good. >> we did it together. >> can you just use your hands too. >> chris, you want to roll your sleeves up? >> no, you can use your hands. we're not going to use our hands. >> in the slow cooker. that goes inside. >> you do the wet first and then the dry the dry gets more coated with the wet. >> exactly. >> science involved here. >> here's the trick with baking. this is the most important thing if you remember nothing else. you have all the recipes on the website anyway. so when you bake there's so much moisture look at all that moisture on the lid that drips down on whatever you make, brownies or cake don't want soggy bread pudding. put this on here. these are going to absorb all that. so take this, this goes on. >> if it's hot, the seal is there but the water doesn't drip down. 3 1/2 hours on slow and you have desert. >> how long? >> 3 1/2 hours. >> sleeves take out and put another sleeve in and do merlot. this is a beautiful -- over here we have sweet potato and turkey bowls. this is great then this is a gorgeous french garden soup. now, this starts with a creamy potato soup base then it's all sorts of vegetables. you've got green bean, asparagus, artichokes. who doesn't love that? then this, by the way -- >> so economical, isn't it? >> let's talk about money. that bread pudding is 2.$2.31 a serving. this one, 2.35 and the french garden chowder, 2.94 a serving. look at this. these are big servings. >> big, hefty servings. >> do you want to eat? >> can i tempt you? >> don't be afraid of using the slow cooker. >> i'll use this one. >> you can use it for other things. there is a whole baking chapter. go ahead and take out your turkey leftovers or fresh turkey and saffron rice, veg footballs. >> abcnews.com, it's all nice and easy. right there. >> slash recipes. slash recipes. ñ so what comes to mind when we switch the tv from cable to fios? um. tv looks like new. uh, awesome? actually, i want to talk about how i get $150 back? oh, well you get $150 back if you switch to fios. i was curious why we're listening to customers. oh, boy... seems dumb. (announcer) switch to fios now, and get $150 back. plus a free multi-room dvr for 3 months. record shows in one room. watch them in up to 6 other rooms. and with 100% fiber optics to your home, you'll get hd picture quality that beats cable in customer satisfaction. america's top rated internet and phone all together for our new low price of just... call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v and get $150 back plus a free dvr for three months. don't wait. get all three amazing services for just... hurry, call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v years old and one day your father simply disappears. then your mother. that's exactly what happened to this girl when she was growing up in communist hungary where the secret politician were everywhere, in the walls and in the malicious motives of your best friends. she's written about it and what she uncovered years later. one of the most celebrated books "enemies of the people: my journey to america." friend of ours here. former abc journalist herself. i want to put up a picture of these remarkable people. this is your mom and there you were with your mom. >> oh. >> and then your dad. this is your favorite picture of your dad. >> yes. why? >> well, it just showed him in all his dignitary when we reached sanctuary in the united states and he has that kind of armer of dignity which is what enabled him to survive the two most cataclysmic events of the 20th century, the nazis and the commune ifs and you can see that armer in that photograph. >> he was imprisoned by the communists for two years by the secret police. >> yes, didn't see him for two years. didn't know where he was. >> and your mother for one year yet they did not talk to you about it. >> no, i think this was -- this was the cruelest thing among many cruel things that the communists did to my family was that they -- they broke my parents in prison. they were never the same afterwards. and they walled off our personal history so when they passed away four years ago, the taboo on the past was lifted and that's when i began my digging and went straight for the files. >> not just digging, yes, getting the secret file on your parents in prison, 2007 you are there, you open it. >> yes. >> and discover who all betrayed them. >> yes. >> who all betrayed them. >> yell, well, starting with your baby silter who turned out to be among the most treacherous informers but that -- that's a photograph that tumbled out of the secret police file of me. along with my artwork. i mean there was -- pretty -- >> artwork tumbled out of the file. >> yes. >> so everybody betrayed from the baby-sitter to the dentist, they were all -- >> yes, there were many shocks in these files. i think possibly the greatest one was that it was an american, a mole inside the american embassy in budapest who ultimately provided the key evidence that led to my parents' arrest. >> and your worst fear you might find in there. >> well, you know, these files i was warned this is very risky business. you're opening up pandora's box people kept telling me. what if you discover that your parents like so many other people during this awful period were turning in other people and when i found the one document which said that during hours, days of the most brutal interrogation, my father never compromised another hung garrian, that was my eureka moment. i rushed out to kinko's and laminated that page so i wouldn't lose it among the thousands and still tacked to our kitchen bulletin. >> not only did you discover that but later on, a former jailer. >> yes. >> of your parents took refuge in your home when he was in trouble. they let him in? >> well, this was during the bloodiest days of the hung gatherian revolution when the freedom fighters were lynching former secret policemen including my father's interrogator and my parents just didn't think that -- they didn't believe in mob justice, so this guy was given shelter in the maid's room in our apartment for two days and, of course, i had no idea what was going on. i was 6 years old. but now in retrospect, i think that it took tremendous courage for my parents to have done that. >> to learn about your parents' courage is not just a political story but it is a love story. i just want to read one thing that you wrote which when you discovered that in prison the prisoner who was with your father said that only his children are his vulnerable point. you write "so now i know that if my father did not express his feelings for us, it was because they were too strong, not too weak, how ironic that the deepest proof of his love for us was provided by an informer." >> yes. >> it's an extraordinary book as we said. so celebrated and our friend, kati marton. go to abcnews.com/books to read "enemies of the people: a discovery of discovery and love." emergency performs next. ♪ nothing would be funny honey norah jones has sold many albums since 2002 and now she's trying something new. her latest cd "the fall" comes out tomorrow. we are so happy, so proud to have back with us the one and only norah jones. >> thank you. >> wow. nice to see you all. new look, new sound, the same great voice. you've gone through a lot of changes recently. >> well, you know, i turned 30. >> it happens. >> it happens. >> yeah. >> but it is all about trying new things and doing different things, but the core of you staying the same. >> this album has a lot of different sounds compared to my last one but i think it's good. >> any motivation behind that, the particular reason you did that. >> i think just time and it just was time to try something a little new. >> we're so glad you did not that there was anything wrong with the old stuff. this is a new sound. it's coming out tomorrow. would you like to hear norah jones. you will. let's hear now performing "chasing pirates" from her brand-new cd, norah jones. ♪ in your message you said you were going to bed but i'm not done with the night ♪ ♪ so i stayed up and read but your words in my head got me mixed up so i turned out the light ♪ ♪ and i don't know how to slow it down ♪ ♪ my mind's racing from chasing pirates ♪ ♪ now i'm having the squeems while the silliest thing's flopping around in my brain ♪ ♪ and i try not to dream but them possible schemes swim around want to drown me in sync ♪ ♪ and i don't know how to slow it down ♪ ♪ oh my mind's racing from chasing pirates ♪ ♪ ♪ and i don't know how to slow it down ♪ ♪ oh my mind's racing from chasing pirates ♪ ♪ my mind's racing from chasing pirates ♪ ♪ oh my mind's racing from chasing pirates ♪ >> thank y >> thank you. so what comes to mind when we switch the tv from cable to fios? um. tv looks like new. uh, awesome? actually, i want to talk about how i get $150 back? oh, well you get $150 back if you switch to fios. i was curious why we're listening to customers. oh, boy... seems dumb. (announcer) switch to fios now, and get $150 back. us a free multi-room dvr for 3 months. record shows in one room. watch them in up to 6 other rooms. and with 100% fiber optics to your home, you'll get hd picture quality that beats cable in customer satisfaction. america's top rated internet and phone all together for our new low price of just... call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v and get $150 back plus a free dvr for three months. don't wait. get all three amazing services for just... hurry, call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v we w we want to thank norah jones. >> and norah is going to sing another song on dotcom. >> also sarah palin tomorrow here on "gma." have a great day, everyone. >> bye. good morning maryland. looks like another nice start for us this monday morning. taking a look, mainly clear skies across the state. we're going to see that throughout most of the day today. just a couple of high thin clouds into the afternoon hours. we have a cold front that is coming through region, but we are going to barely notice that passing. take a look at the sunrising there. looks beautiful. beautiful weather out there for us. temperature there is 57 degrees. wind is out of the north at 6 miles per hour. certainly no rain in the gauge today. we're seeing anywhere from maybe 6 to 11 miles per hour winds. temperatures across the region, they are very comfortable. looking at 59 edgemere. looking at winds comfortable at this hour. they are going to increase into the afternoon hours. you can see anywhere from 7 miles per hour or so to calm conditions in rockhall. things are very nice for us and bright and sunny. if we take a look at expanded, detroit and columbus, cooler. and the wind is shifting, out of the north and northwest. so that means our temperatures will not continue to increase so much this afternoon like we saw on sunday. but we will see cooler conditions this afternoon and the same trend continues into tomorrow. here's what you're looking at for today. 60 by noon. lots of sunshine. 65 this afternoon. breeze picks up a little bit. and now onto the show. getting something back in this economy? that's hard to find. ♪ earn holiday rewards at giant, every time you use your card. earn one point for every dollar you spend. good for up to 20% off a future shopping trip. redeem your points and start earning again. only with your giant card. makes me feel great when i find a rewards program that really works. i love seeing all that savings racking up. that's my favorite part of the trip.