4 Officers Shot In Washington State
WORLD NEWS SUNDAY OUTLOOK DAN HARRIS ANCHORS FROM NEW YORKSunday, November 29, 2009
SHOOTING IN WASHINGTON (KARLINSKY)
Four police officers were shot and killed in a coffee shop today in Parkland, Washington. The incident happened just east of McChord Air Force Base. No suspect has been identified as of yet. Details are developing. Neal Karlinsky files from Washington with the latest details about the shootings.
TIGER WOODS 911 TAPE (JOHN BERMAN)
The tape of the 911 call made by a neighbor following Tiger Woods's car accident was released today. Florida police will again try to interview Woods and his wife who so far have refused to discuss Friday's pre-dawn accident. Also, Woods released a statement saying the car accident was solely his fault. John Berman files for World News Sunday from Windermere, Florida with all the latest details on Tiger Woods's car accident.
RETAIL SALES (ANDREA CANNING)
The crowds didn't disappoint throughout the weekend as bargain hunters stormed stores across America. The weekend's first spending data showed shoppers spent $10.66 billion, according to the research firm Shoppertrak RCT Corporation. Experts say with the economy on the minds of many and an unemployment rate of over 10 percent, this weekend's shopping is a strong start to the season. Some shoppers were disappointed with deals in stores on Black Friday but Cyber Monday promises huge sales. Nearly nine in ten retailers will offer a special a special promotion. Andrea Canning looks ahead to Cyber Monday from New York for World News Sunday.
JOBS SUMMIT (JOHN COCHRAN)
This week, President Obama plans to address the nation's growing unemployment rate by holding a job summit. On Thursday, the president will meet with economists, CEOs, academics, small business owners, financial experts and labor leaders to discuss how to create jobs and reduce the nation's current unemployment rate of 10.2 percent. John Cochran files for World News Sunday from Washington, D.C. on President Obama's upcoming jobs creation summit.
MORTGAGE RELIEF PLAN (RACHEL MARTIN)
Tomorrow, the Obama administration plans to announce a campaign to pressure mortgage companies to reduce payments for many more troubled homeowners. This comes months after the Obama administration tagged $75 billion to help struggling homeowners pay their mortgages. Top U.S.Treasury officials now admit that program has fallen short. The government's plan, called "Making Home Affordable," was supposed to provide incentives to banks to get them to modify loans for struggling homeowners and reduce their mortgage payments. But the incentives haven't worked.
Rachel Martin files for World News Sunday from Washington, DC on the Obama administration's upcoming announcement to help bring relief to homeowners.
MARINE EMBED IN AFGHANISTAN (MIGUEL MARQUEZ)
This Tuesday, President Obama will reveal his new war strategy in Afghanistan. Just days after the President makes his announcement, as many as 9,000 Marines could begin final preparations to deploy to southern Afghanistan to renew an assault on a Taliban stronghold that slowed this year amid troop shortage and political pressure from the Afghan government. Miguel Marquez continues his embed with the Marines in Helmand Province, Afghanistan where he talks to Marines who are preparing to pull out of Afghanistan.
WHITE HOUSE GATE CRASHERS (YUNJI DE NIES)
Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the couple who crashed President Obama's first state dinner, will talk for money. The couple are shopping around an interview with them to the broadcast network willing to pay them the most. The couple's success in getting into the state dinner and being photographed with both President Obama and Vice President Biden, embarrassed the White House and Secret Service. Michaele Salahi wants to be on the reality show "The Real Housewives of D.C." Yunji de Nies files for World News Sunday from Washington, D.C. with the latest on the couple who crashed the state dinner at the White House.
HAPPINESS INC: WAYNE DWYER (DAN HARRIS)
World News Sunday continues its series "Happiness Inc" today with a profile of self-help guru Wayne Dwyer. Dwyer's central message to his fans: You can have whatever you want through your thoughts. Dwyer overcame a childhood spent in orphanages to write over 25 books, sell millions of DVDs and cavort with celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi, who he married. Despite his philosophy, there are also questions about why despite his philosophy he's faced such harsh personal challenges, like a pair of divorces and recently, the revelation that he is very sick.
Dan Harris talks to Dwyer about his message of positive thinking and a personal life that sometimes seems at odd with that message.
