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Tips at restaurants across the country. well, that person strikes again. this week, this time in washington state when the bartender read the receipt and saw the $5,000 tip. $5,000! he double-check wed the tipper to make sure it wasnt a mistake. the man has been signing each tip with the instagram user name of tipsforjesus. so if you passed a homeless man on the street would you give him a dollar or just keep walking? one computer programmer had a different idea. instead of money he gave one h...

Never met. but the white house press secretary now says this -- >> the president said that he, in fact, had met omar obama when he moved to cambridge for law school and he stayed with him for a brief period of time until his -- the presidents apartment was ready. >> reporter: in recent days the uncle said barack obama stayed with him for three weeks in the 1980s. why the differing accounts? >> back when this arose, folks looked at the record including the presidents book and there was no evidenc...

A partner. he wants to return home and say look, you voted for me. ive produced results. all of that together meant both sides wanted to get a quick deal. >> jim walsh, thank you so much. >> thank you, fredericka. >> now, from a major deal to a major storm now dumping miss and snow on much of the southwest. and its marching east threatening to become a thanksgiving week noreaster. well tell you which sis may get hit the hardest next. but, first, the philippines is the location for the current ...

Video of this rendition of david bowies space oddity. theres someone who tweaked the lyrics for you. were you immediately on board with this? >> if someone asked you to sing space oddity -- >> he had to talk me into it. originally, the astronaut dies in if end of that song. but he rewrote the lyrics. i like how my voice standed on top. it really came out bigger and better than i thought it would. and the video, i think really, fredericka, the video links fant si and art with reality. of what the...

Of companies theyve spent building. whats going on here is the owners of the kacompany are of catholic faith but the suit was filed in the name of the company. and, of course, a company itself cannot express religious believes. the courts said that the suit could not be filed in the name of the company but in two-to-one decision, they also said forcing the owners to provide birth control would challenge their religious believes. so for now, theyre allowing the suit to proceed to challenge the bi...

Listening to u you. and even more than that, the american people have the sense, for good reason, that the system is rigged. >> lets talk weather now. its getting pretty chilly across parts of the country, kneeling very fall-like. samantha moore is in the severe weather center and says you can blame canada. oh canada. >> well, fredericka, some of the coldest air is spilling out of canada into the northern and sen central plains. and then this whole trough is going to usher that air out to the ea...

We could end up seeing our first measurable snow of the season. high temperatures, not too high at all. well below average for this time of year. the average is 61 degrees. so well below average. so heres our pattern with that frontal system moving through. some snow associated with it as we move ahead into our monday and all of that cold air will be marching to the east as we head through that workweek. so it looks like we need to dig out the sweaters and the jackets, fredericka. >> all right...

Thankfully, the rest of the week just might be clear. but folks there still have to make flu the rain form. . >> meantime, lets talk about new york. two women, bystanders, getting shot by a bystander. margaret. how did all of this happen in the first place? >> fredericka, it was an intense scene saturday night right near the heart of times square.

Something like this does happen. >> looking at this watt other here, its called four mile creek. its not a creek right now. it is a river. theres no crossing it. when you consider the debris in there, its dangerous for any car driving over standing water. thats another thing. officials want us to get that word out. if you see standing water, it could be really risky. really dangerous. but, again, fredericka, were seeing these communities cut off again. >> all right, george howell, thank you for ...

Caught with its guard down. one point here, to make as we conclude. that this is the last week of ramadan, a time for prayer and reflection for muslims. the security officials suggest a moment for al qaeda to regroup and perhaps attack. and this is also weighing heavily on the minds of those who made the decision in washington. fredericka, back to you. >> thank you so much, john. moving to cairo where the u.s. embassy was also closed. arwa damon is there. >> reporter: fredericka, behind this bla...