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come to grips with this one, folks, whether you like her or not, sarah palin, she is here to stay. she is building, by the way, a media empire, redoing the brand that can't be matched by any other republican candidate in the field. governor ed rendell sounds off and the strategy about fighting sarah palin coming up in the battleground story tonight. you about this is the story that has me fired up tonight. the conservative media basically is just stoking paranoia about airport security screenings. to hear them tell it you would think that every preschooler in america is getting sea...

just off the left side of the screen, rain into the mountains. and that tries to hold off until the afternoon. look at start in town and i cross easton at 54. let's check it out to see what he happening on the roads with kim. >> reporter: we are in the calm before the thanksgiving holiday travel traffic storm. you are not going to find a lot of problems or delays. light to moderate volume up and down 95. 695 moving well. we are dealing with an accident in the area. that's in rosedale. that's involving a bus. and this has the eastbound lanes of philidelphia road closed at ridge road. ...

does it threaten to blow up to a full-blown war, or is it contained? >> all we have to do is listen to the response from u.s. military officials who called it provocative and alarming and the state zeept called this action stunning. will it lead to a full-blown war? the u.s. military and pentagon officials i've been talking to say that every effort is going to be made to try to avoid that. and they are counseling their south korean partners in the military ramifications and that -- not that the south koreans don't realize it, but also the possibilities. i can tell you this. we are to...

bad situation there getting worse. jim miklaszewski live from the pentagon. you've been covering this all night. let's tee ake it from the top. what happened? >> reporter: what happened was that south korea had this planned military exercise and they informed the koreans of the date and sxaexact time when the exercise would begin as required. as soon as they started firing their artillery at a range on this island off the west coast of the korean peninsula, north korea opened up with about a three hour barrage of more than 100 artillery shells said to have struck the island killing t...

television. this is good stuff. you got to see it. you will in a moment. first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. facing protests from travelers and pressure from the white house, even, the head of the transportation security administration is softening now his stance on invative new airport screening procedures. in a statement out last night, tsa administrator john pistole said in part this has always been viewed as a program that will adapt as conditions warrant and we greatly appreciate the cooperation and understanding of the american people...