if it were held today. the president does do better against individual names. i think karl rove is right, these debates are helpful. we know that four years ago when barack obama and hillary clinton engaged in that long marathon of the primary and caucus season, the interest in the democratic party, affiliation with the democratic party went up as time went along because they saw two candidates expressing ideas, and they decided that both were better than the incumbent party. heather: all right. so how about the important news. let s talk about thanksgiving. and you, of course, did polling on that, where folks are going to be for this thanksgiving. what did you find out? 48% are going to be like me, at home, 34% with a relative. a little bit down from past years. 83% of us say we ve got a lot to be thankful for this year, and heather, i think there s a real special thanksgiving message that needs to be sent out to 11% of americans who are going to be working tomorrow while the rest o
whether the protesters clash with these five police. one middle east analyst i spoke to today said what we re seeing in tahrir square is almost a mirror image of what we saw in 1979. young, secular kids coming to the streets, demanding regime change. unfortunately, in iran the pend lumbar swung to the pendulum swung to the right, very extreme government, and now people are questioning will egypt be the next iran? heather: thank you very much, reena ninan, live from our mideast bureau. bill: you could almost sense it last spring even after mubarak was thrown out of power. they re going to have to try to figure it out, and they still are, clearly. it is deadly. heather: kt mcfarlane always references it as a three-a play. now we re entering two. bill one to go. the justice department stepping in with a big, fat lawsuit where
become so big that you are now like a hollywood production. what do you say to that? well, i think it s absurd because the way this all started, i was just going out with my friends to shoot a video, you know? i m no hollywood production. reporter: whether he is or not will soon be decided by new hampshire s supreme court which is expected to rule on the case in the next couple weeks. that s it from here, heather, back the you. heather: that was a great story. and i think i spotted bigfoot behind you reporter: was there someone behind me there? heather: i spotted bigfoot. i believe. reporter: good, i m glad. heather: thank you. bill: priceless. well done, douglas. a billion dollar mission to mars, nasa preparing to launch. what we could learn from the curiosity mission. so we re curious where this mission is headed. heather: i think for big things. and the republican candidates sparring over the patriot act, how newt gingrich responds to this from ron paul. i have a persona
heather: welcome back a. new twist to tell you about into the investigation of natalie wood s death 30 years ago. apparently the lifeguard who helped pill the actresses body from the water that he believes wood could have been saved had a search begun earlier. she was vacationing with her husband, robert wagner and christopher walken as well. the investigation was reopened last week. bill: it is the most high-tech spacecraft to ever attempt landing on another planet. nasa is tk to launch it. it is kraol. it s called the mars laboratory. the whole thing cost $2.4 billion. is it worth it?
ever serious topics. heather: it could happen to anyone jon oh, i mean bill. bill: he is the only man with a beard. all taken in fun last night. michelle bachmann, a minnesota congresswoman not backing down yet despite polling which has her trailing. can that debate last night spark some resurgence? we ll talk to her in 2 24 minutes or so. heather: up first right now mother nature not cooperating, no way, on one of the busiest travel days of the year. a storm pushing through the northeast bringing heavy rains and delays at airports. the headaches started yesterday for some fliers at an airport in raleigh, north carolina. the aircraft arrived late in philadelphia, the one that we took, the last one, so i don t know why, maybe because of the weather, i don t know. it s just beginning to get a