World News (ABC) - 2006-11-24

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[0:15] newscast after World News Tonight.

[0:18] World news tonight. US and Iraqi forces

[0:21] are powerless to stop revenge killings

[0:24] after Iraq's worst attack on civilians

[0:26] since the war began. Spy story. A dying

[0:30] KGB former agent blames Russia's

[0:32] president for his death as doctors zero

[0:34] in on how and where the fatal poisoning

[0:37] occurred.

[0:39] Shopping frenzy.

[0:42] Black Friday turns stores into buyers

[0:44] markets as shoppers fight for the

[0:46] hottest items before they disappear.

[0:49] Labor pains. The California farmers who

[0:52] say their future is dying on the vine

[0:54] because of the government's war on

[0:55] terrorism.

[0:57] And our person of the week, Paul

[0:59] Newman's newest role. How he's using

[1:02] food to breathe new life into a

[1:04] community.

[1:08] >> From ABC News headquarters, this is

[1:11] World News with Charles Gibson.

[1:13] Reporting tonight, Elizabeth Vargas.

[1:16] >> Good evening. In Iraq tonight, revenge

[1:18] is in the air despite massive efforts by

[1:21] US and Iraqi authorities to stop it.

[1:24] They are trying to prevent new bloodshed

[1:26] after yesterday's insurgent attacks on

[1:28] civilians in Baghdad. At least 215

[1:31] people were killed in those coordinated

[1:33] bombings, making it the deadliest single

[1:36] day in Iraq since the start of the war.

[1:39] Today, the retaliations began. At least

[1:41] 61 people were killed in several

[1:43] attacks. There are now concerns that the

[1:46] next casualty could be the government

[1:48] itself. ABC's Hillary Brown is in

[1:51] Baghdad.

[1:52] The day started with funerals as the

[1:55] victims of Thursday's multiple bomb

[1:57] attacks, mainly Shiite Muslims, were

[1:59] driven through the streets of Sad City

[2:01] on their way to burial. But within

[2:03] hours, the reprisals started. A suicide

[2:07] bomber in the northern town of Talifar

[2:09] blew himself up and killed 23 people.

[2:12] The town was a stronghold of Sunni

[2:13] insurgents. Shiite militia men

[2:16] firebombed four mosques in a Sunni

[2:18] district of Baghdad, attacking

[2:20] worshippers as they fled. 38 people were

[2:23] reported killed, some of them burned

[2:25] alive. This was in retaliation for the

[2:28] terrible carnage in Satder City on

[2:30] Thursday.

[2:32] >> It comes in spite of a joint appeal for

[2:35] calm from leaders of all political

[2:37] factions here and an indefinite curfew

[2:39] in Baghdad imposed by the government.

[2:42] The police and army were out, but

[2:44] according to eyewitnesses, did nothing

[2:46] to stop today's violence. Many people

[2:49] now don't trust either force to protect

[2:51] them. In all this, one of the leading

[2:54] Shiite parties in parliament has

[2:55] threatened to pull its members out of

[2:57] the cabinet if the prime minister meets

[3:00] President Bush in Jordan next week as

[3:02] planned. They hold the Americans

[3:04] responsible for Thursday's attack and

[3:07] for the chaos generally.

[3:10] In a fiery sermon today, their leader,

[3:12] Mktata al-Sader, said the American

[3:14] military has failed to provide security.

[3:19] >> The radical cleric is also the spiritual

[3:22] leader of the Mady Army, the powerful

[3:25] Shiite militia, which is itself

[3:27] responsible for thousands of sectarian

[3:29] killings, a number of them today.

[3:32] Tonight, the US military said that one

[3:35] of its attack helicopters had destroyed

[3:37] a rocket launcher in Sat City that had

[3:40] been firing at Sunni neighborhoods

[3:41] today. It also said that US forces were

[3:44] helping Iraqi security authorities to

[3:47] impose the curfew in the capital.

[3:50] Elizabeth. All right, Hillary Brown in

[3:52] Baghdad. One other note on just how bad

[3:54] the security situation is in Iraq. With

[3:56] the Baghdad airport closed since

[3:58] yesterday's bombings, even Iraq's

[4:00] president cannot leave the country.

[4:02] Jalal Talibani planned to fly to Tehran

[4:04] tomorrow to meet with Iranian and Syrian

[4:06] leaders, but the trip has been postponed

[4:09] until the airport can be reopened. We

[4:11] turn now to our national security

[4:13] correspondent, Jonathan Carl. And

[4:14] Jonathan, we just heard Hillary talking

[4:16] about this threat by Mktata Alsader to

[4:19] abandon his support of the prime

[4:20] minister if he goes ahead with his

[4:22] meeting with President Bush. any chance

[4:24] that meeting will now be cancelled or

[4:25] delayed as a result of this threat?

[4:27] >> Well, the White House is adamant that

[4:29] despite the threats, despite the

[4:30] violence, that that meeting will go

[4:32] forward. In fact, today Prime Minister

[4:34] Maliki met with the top American

[4:37] officials in Iraq, that includes the

[4:38] ambassador, Halazad, and the top

[4:40] military commander, George Casey. And I

[4:42] am told that at that meeting, Prime

[4:44] Minister Maliki said that he would be

[4:46] going to meet with President Bush next

[4:48] week despite these threats. But this is

[4:49] a very difficult position the prime

[4:51] minister finds him and he wouldn't be in

[4:53] power were it not for Alsolder.

[4:55] >> Oh that's exactly right. Solder controls

[4:57] the largest block in that parliament 30

[4:59] seats. There is no question that Maliki

[5:00] became prime minister because he had

[5:02] Solder's support. Uh but it's important

[5:05] to note Elizabeth that today that threat

[5:07] was made by one of Solder's deputies. It

[5:09] was not made by Solder himself. In fact

[5:11] when Solder gave his own sermon

[5:13] afterwards he attacked the United

[5:15] States. He said the US should leave

[5:16] Iraq. but he did not repeat the threat

[5:18] to boycott parliament.

[5:20] >> In the meantime, we've been talking

[5:21] about the fact that yesterday was the

[5:22] single deadliest day in Iraq since the

[5:24] start of the war. You've unearthed more

[5:25] statistics about the level of violence

[5:28] just in the past year.

[5:29] >> That's right. According to the US

[5:31] military's own figures, there has been a

[5:33] tenfold increase in sectarian deaths

[5:36] since January, making uh this these

[5:38] events of the last day or so look like a

[5:40] continuation of a very very difficult

[5:42] trend, but not necessarily something new

[5:44] and different. Unfortunately, it's more

[5:46] of the same. Jonathan Carl in Washington

[5:48] tonight. Thank you. More now from

[5:50] overseas in London. There are new

[5:51] developments in the case of the former

[5:53] Russian spy who accused his former

[5:55] bosses all the way up to the president

[5:57] of Russia of poisoning him. Alexander

[6:00] Livitenko died late last night. Today,

[6:03] British authorities say they know now

[6:04] exactly what killed him. And moments

[6:07] before he died, Liv livetenko dictated a

[6:10] dramatic accusation from his deathbed.

[6:12] Here's ABC senior foreign correspondent

[6:14] Jim Shudau.

[6:16] One day after he died, Alexander Lit

[6:19] Vignenko's doctors finally found their

[6:21] first solid clue, detecting a major dose

[6:24] of the rare and highly radioactive

[6:26] element palonium 210 in his body.

[6:30] Difficult and dangerous to handle

[6:32] ingested in the right dose, palonium

[6:34] causes a slow, painful death.

[6:37] >> As the body organs close down, the pain

[6:39] in the victim, it's very hard, even with

[6:41] paliotative care, to take that pain away

[6:44] from the victim. So, it's the ultimate

[6:46] in revenge. Unfortunately,

[6:48] >> today, authorities found minute but

[6:50] harmless traces in several sites Litenko

[6:53] visited in recent weeks. A sushi bar, a

[6:56] hotel,

[6:58] his home.

[7:00] Signs that his body was literally

[7:02] infused with radiation. Palonium 210 is

[7:05] so powerful that a tiny amount can be

[7:08] deadly. A dose smaller than the size of

[7:10] this ink spot could be enough to kill.

[7:14] It was his last words in a letter read

[7:16] this morning by a friend. Litman Yenko

[7:19] angrily blamed Russian President

[7:21] Vladimir Putin.

[7:23] >> You have shown yourself to be as

[7:25] barbaric as and ruthless as your most

[7:29] hostile critics have claimed.

[7:32] >> Soon after, President Putin strongly

[7:34] denied Russian government's involvement,

[7:36] saying people were playing politics with

[7:38] Litman's death.

[7:41] I hope the British authorities will not

[7:43] contribute to political scandals, he

[7:45] said, that have nothing to do with

[7:46] reality.

[7:48] >> Lifenko's family was not satisfied. His

[7:51] father fighting back tears called Putin

[7:54] a mortal danger to Russia. But for

[7:57] Scotland Yard, the mystery remains

[7:59] unsolved. They have the weapon, but no

[8:02] suspects. Jim Shudo, ABC News, London.

[8:06] >> A real mystery. Turning to news now in

[8:08] this country on this day after

[8:10] Thanksgiving, the main event is

[8:12] shopping. This is Black Friday when

[8:14] retailers hope to start moving into the

[8:16] black for the year. A total of 137

[8:18] million shoppers are expected to hit the

[8:20] stores this weekend. And this year they

[8:22] are finding bigger discounts earlier

[8:25] than ever. ABC's Barbara Pinto joins us

[8:27] now from Woodfield Mall outside Chicago

[8:29] where shoppers are still at it behind

[8:31] you. Huh.

[8:33] >> It's been a crazy one, Elizabeth. This

[8:34] shopping mall opened at 5 this morning

[8:36] with crowds waiting outside before

[8:39] midnight and it has been non-stop here

[8:41] ever since.

[8:43] >> 3 2 and 1.

[8:46] >> At the stroke of midnight, it was mall

[8:49] madness. From Illinois, 40% off, 60% off

[8:54] to LA.

[8:55] >> It's the adrenaline rush, I think, for

[8:57] me.

[8:57] >> To Massachusetts.

[9:00] >> Thumbs up. We got our stuff. The lure of

[9:03] deep discounts was powerful enough to

[9:05] entice countless numbers of sleepless

[9:07] shoppers to crowd into stores for a

[9:10] retail allnighter.

[9:11] >> We have a list and I had to draw math.

[9:14] >> At 1:00 this morning, the trip to a

[9:16] Wisconsin outlet mall was a nightmare. 4

[9:19] hours of nothing but tail lights,

[9:21] electronics, clothing, books, everything

[9:24] was on sale.

[9:25] >> We'll wrap that for you.

[9:26] >> Burning the midnight oil made sense for

[9:28] Candle Mania owner Eric Slappic.

[9:31] Whatever money we make from these five

[9:32] hours is just icing on the cake of uh

[9:34] what we make today.

[9:36] >> For retailers who could do nearly a

[9:38] third of their annual business during

[9:39] the holidays, opening doors early and

[9:42] slashing prices seems to have hooked

[9:44] eager shoppers.

[9:45] >> Many of us, I think it becomes more the

[9:47] competitive thing. You know, we try to

[9:48] see how many bargains we can get.

[9:50] >> With lower gas prices and a good

[9:52] economic outlook, forecasters put

[9:54] holiday spending at its highest level in

[9:56] years. The average consumer is expected

[9:58] to shell out nearly $800.

[10:01] The big winners so far, electronics and

[10:04] toys. Department stores are also

[10:06] bouncing back. At Cole's department

[10:08] store, we found Pete De Jesus. 4 hours

[10:11] into his holiday shopping and almost

[10:13] done.

[10:14] >> We kind of list where where we what we

[10:17] want to buy and we kind of know where

[10:19] we're going to go and just go for it.

[10:21] >> The spirit of giving is apparently not

[10:23] for everyone. Kevin Lou shopped all

[10:26] night long at this San Francisco Best

[10:28] Buy.

[10:29] >> I don't think they're Christmas gifts.

[10:30] They're dressed for my own personal

[10:33] consumption.

[10:33] >> And if you slept through the shopping

[10:35] rush this morning, you are not alone.

[10:37] Perhaps he's resting up for a busy

[10:39] season ahead.

[10:42] There are 31 shopping days between now

[10:45] and Christmas. And that is good news.

[10:47] Christmas falls on a Monday, which gives

[10:49] lastminute shoppers an extra weekend. As

[10:52] one retail analyst told us, this is

[10:53] about as good as it gets. Elizabeth,

[10:55] >> indeed, it looks like it started that

[10:57] way. Thanks, Barbara. So, what's luring

[10:59] those mobs to the mall? Still ahead on

[11:00] World News. This year's hottest holiday

[11:02] gifts and must-have gadgets. And which

[11:05] TV sets are flying off the shelves.

[11:08] Slim Pickings, the California farmers

[11:10] who say they've become collateral damage

[11:12] in a national security crackdown.

[11:15] And our persons of the week, Paul

[11:17] Newman, partners with a chef to bring

[11:19] back that small town flavor in one

[11:22] community.

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[11:57] >> Every year, tar and creassote buildup

[11:59] causes thousands of chimney fires. Help

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[13:29] Every year, the holiday shopping season

[13:30] seems to produce one or more must-have

[13:32] items. The things that drive parents or

[13:35] spouses crazy trying to find and send

[13:37] their makers profit soaring. Just think

[13:40] cabbage patch dolls, Teenage Mutant

[13:42] Ninja Turtles, Walkman, or VCRs. Well,

[13:45] is there anything that dominates the

[13:46] must-have shopping list this year? We

[13:49] asked ABC's Gigi Stone to take a closer

[13:51] look at the hot items of 2006.

[13:55] Remember

[13:57] tickle me Elmo? He's back.

[14:02] >> Everybody loves a little bling in their

[14:03] life.

[14:04] >> And diamonds, which of course are

[14:06] forever.

[14:06] >> Come on, come get your cameras.

[14:08] >> Or the latest in digital cameras. These

[14:11] are some of the hot ticket items

[14:13] bringing out the crowds this season, and

[14:15] retailers are offering big discounts on

[14:18] all of them to spur sales. Normally I

[14:21] try and stay away from all this stuff,

[14:22] but too good of a deal to pass up.

[14:25] >> Perhaps the biggest draw this year, flat

[14:28] screen TVs,

[14:29] >> plasmas, LCDs, DLPs, any kind of flat

[14:32] panel television is what's driving

[14:34] people in this holiday season.

[14:35] >> Also driving shoppers, the price. With

[14:38] the cost of producing the TVs dropping

[14:40] in stores eager to make a sale, the

[14:42] price tag on flat screens is down almost

[14:45] 10% from last year. A couple of years

[14:47] ago, it was the $20 DVD players. Last

[14:51] year, the $300 laptop. This year, you

[14:53] can get a 42-inch highdefinition

[14:55] television for under $1,000.

[14:57] >> Analysts say that's an important

[14:59] psychological threshold for shoppers and

[15:01] one that's boosting sales. With the bulk

[15:04] of the holiday season still to go, more

[15:06] flat screens have already been sold this

[15:09] year than all of last year. Carlos

[15:12] Pelino, a soldier home on leave from

[15:14] Iraq, bought a 60-in plasma for his

[15:16] family. He saved $700.

[15:19] >> I've been holding out for quite a little

[15:21] while on big screen TVs. They've been

[15:23] expensive, but I just came out today and

[15:27] I see a big discount on TV.

[15:28] >> Retailers like Walmart and Target, they

[15:30] know that this is what people want. This

[15:32] is how they can get them into the store.

[15:33] So, they're going to give them a great

[15:35] discount and then hopefully have people

[15:36] buy other things while they're there.

[15:38] >> It's marketing 101. And this year, so

[15:41] far, it's working. Gigi Stone, ABC News,

[15:44] New York.

[15:45] >> We put together a detailed guide for any

[15:47] electronic gadget you might be thinking

[15:49] about buying this holiday season. You

[15:51] can check it out before hitting the

[15:52] stores. You'll find it at abcnews.com.

[15:56] And when we return, so much food is

[15:58] rotting in the fields. Why farmers blame

[16:00] a crackdown on illegal immigrants and

[16:03] Congress.

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[18:35] great gift.

[18:38] You are what you eat. Or so they say.

[18:40] Organic foods are now all the rage, but

[18:42] are they worth the extra cost? Do you

[18:44] know how some organic foods are

[18:45] produced? The truth about organics. What

[18:48] you don't see at the store. The special

[18:50] series breaks Monday on World News with

[18:51] Charles Gibson.

[18:54] A series of powerful early season

[18:56] snowstorms is walloping the Pacific

[18:58] Northwest. It's a nightmare for holiday

[19:00] travelers trying to hit the road, but a

[19:03] dream for ski resorts hoping for a busy

[19:05] Thanksgiving weekend. The Mount Banker

[19:07] Resort in Northern Washington says it's

[19:09] gotten 70 ines of new snow. On this day

[19:13] after Thanksgiving, a holiday that

[19:15] showcases the bounty of America's farms,

[19:17] we have a story about why so much of

[19:19] that bounty is going to waste this year.

[19:22] Right now, tons of fruits and vegetables

[19:24] are rotting in fields. Farmers say a

[19:26] border crackdown has cut off the flow of

[19:28] seasonal farm workers from Mexico and

[19:31] say they can't find anyone else to do

[19:33] the work. ABC's John Kenyonas reports

[19:35] from Northern California.

[19:38] Nick Avis has been growing pears in

[19:40] Northern California for 45 years, but

[19:44] never had he seen as good a crop as the

[19:46] one that blossomed here this season.

[19:48] >> I thought I went died and went to

[19:50] heaven. I kept pinching myself. I just

[19:53] couldn't believe how beautiful of a crop

[19:54] it was.

[19:55] >> But now much of his crop, almost 2

[19:57] million pounds, lies on the ground,

[20:00] rotting away, thanks to increased

[20:02] security along the Mexican border.

[20:04] Thousands of migrant workers who harvest

[20:07] the nation's fruits and vegetables never

[20:09] showed up for work. Ivich's pears

[20:12] ripened and then just fell off the tree.

[20:15] >> I land in my house and I could hear him

[20:17] plop and plop plop. and then I have to

[20:20] look at them out of my window. It is

[20:21] sickening.

[20:22] >> Farmers across the country blame

[20:24] Congress for not coming up with

[20:26] legislation that would grant migrant

[20:28] workers seasonal worker status allowing

[20:31] them to come work here temporarily and

[20:33] legally. It's a matter some say of

[20:36] national security.

[20:38] >> Do we want to become dependent on

[20:40] foreign food like we are on foreign oil?

[20:43] Or do we want to recognize that our food

[20:46] is put on our table by Mexican workers

[20:49] who need a legal way and deserve a legal

[20:52] way to come into this country.

[20:54] >> We couldn't get by without foreign

[20:55] workers in California. We employ some

[20:57] 450,000 workers.

[20:59] >> And as if things weren't bad enough, the

[21:01] farmers here are worried about the

[21:03] pruning season for these trees in

[21:05] December. And then there's the next

[21:07] harvest of not only pears, but grapes

[21:10] and walnuts. If the migrants don't show

[21:12] up for the next harvest, Ivich says

[21:15] he'll have to destroy entire orchards

[21:18] that were planted more than a century

[21:19] ago.

[21:20] >> That makes them 121 years old.

[21:23] So, I mean, how could I take that tree

[21:25] out? But I'm going to have to

[21:30] instead of pears, he says he'll grow

[21:33] hay, a crop that doesn't require too

[21:36] many workers. John Kinyon, ABC News,

[21:39] Lake County, California.

[21:42] >> And we have several deaths to note

[21:44] tonight.

[21:48] >> Betty Condan with collaborator Adolf

[21:50] Green won five Tony Awards. They formed

[21:53] one of the most successful writing teams

[21:55] in Broadway and Hollywood history.

[22:01] >> With an outfit that included the

[22:02] screenplay for the Jean Kelly classic,

[22:04] Singing in the Rain. Their lyrics graced

[22:07] dozens of hit songs. One of them from On

[22:10] the Town was a hymn to their native

[22:12] city.

[22:13] >> York.

[22:17] >> Betty Condan was 89 years old.

[22:19] >> So considering the backlash,

[22:20] >> Gerald Boyd has died of lung cancer.

[22:23] Boyd broke racial barriers at the New

[22:25] York Times, where he was the first black

[22:27] managing editor and was involved in

[22:29] coverage that won nine Puliter prizes.

[22:31] He resigned during a plagiarism scandal

[22:33] involving reporter Jason Blair. Boyd was

[22:36] just 56.

[22:38] And Willie Pep has died. Pep was one of

[22:41] the greatest boxers of the 20th century.

[22:43] A former featherweight champion. He was

[22:46] 84. And when we come back, Charlie

[22:49] Gibson with our persons of the week.

[22:58] >> Chia.

[22:58] >> Chia Pets. The pottery that grows. This

[23:00] holiday, we're celebrating 25 years of

[23:03] fun. It's a Chiaverary with a Chia alarm

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[23:08] >> Chia Pets are fun and easy. Spread the

[23:11] seeds, keep it watered, and watch it

[23:12] grow.

[23:14] >> Grow a collection of fun with all these

[23:15] Chia Pets. And don't forget about the

[23:17] Chia alarm clock in every original Chia

[23:19] Petoxia.

[23:20] >> Chia Pets, 25 years of fun. Available at

[23:23] Walgreens, Target, CVS, and Kmart.

[23:27] An evening in front of the fire can be

[23:29] so relaxing. But there may be danger

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[23:41] time you use your fireplace or wood

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[24:04] Safety Institute of America. This

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[24:12] prices. Get CSL Creassote Sweeping Log.

[24:15] Look for the chimney sweep on the box.

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[24:20] at Target, Raid, Walgreens, Super

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[24:25] True Value, and Kmart. I'll tell you a

[24:28] little secret. Even for simple meals, I

[24:30] use fresh herbs to bring out the flavor

[24:32] of my homemade dishes. Now I can get

[24:34] fresh herbs all year round with the

[24:36] Gourmet Chia Herb Garden. It contains

[24:38] everything you need to grow fresh herbs

[24:40] right in your own kitchen. And with the

[24:42] patented Chia growing sponge, you don't

[24:44] have to bother with messy potting soil.

[24:46] It holds just the right amount of air

[24:48] and moisture for your herbs to grow nice

[24:49] and healthy. Even if I miss a day of

[24:51] watering, it's so simple. Just place a

[24:54] moistened chia sponge in each clay pot,

[24:56] sprinkle on the herb seeds, water, and

[24:58] watch it grow. Keep them growing in your

[25:00] kitchen or transplant them outdoors.

[25:03] It's fresh herbs that make the

[25:05] difference in my cooking. And with the

[25:06] Gourmet Chia Herb Garden, fresh herbs

[25:08] are always at my fingertips. I bought

[25:10] one for my mother, my friend, my

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[25:15] Herb Garden. The gift that grows.

[25:18] >> Chia Herb Garden available at Walgreens,

[25:20] Target, CVS, Kmart, Raid, Eard, Kroger,

[25:24] and Leading Super Centers.

[25:28] I'm Steve Dunn. Next to the Northwest's

[25:30] only all local newscast, jocking for a

[25:33] parking spot or pushing through the

[25:34] crowd. How some survived Black Friday.

[25:37] Plus, city crews prepare for possible

[25:39] snow in our area. The updated forecast,

[25:41] how much and when to expect it next.

[25:46] Finally from us are persons of the week.

[25:48] One has fed her appetite for good

[25:50] stories and great acting for half a

[25:51] century. The other has created meals for

[25:54] some of the world's most influential

[25:56] people. Together they have found a new

[25:58] way to nourish a community. Charlie

[26:00] Gibson has their story.

[26:02] >> I came to Westport 45 years ago and

[26:06] Westport has changed and hopefully this

[26:09] will help us change a little bit back to

[26:11] the way we were. It's fabulous.

[26:13] >> This is Paul Newman's newest endeavor.

[26:16] The actor, entrepreneur, and

[26:17] philanthropist is taking on another

[26:19] role, that of restaurant tour, but not

[26:22] for the usual reasons.

[26:24] >> Any place where you have bedroom

[26:26] communities, it becomes, you know, strip

[26:30] malls and, you know, large corporate

[26:32] shopping. Newman and chef Michelle

[26:34] Nishan want to bring back the small town

[26:37] feeling to Westport, Connecticut by

[26:39] opening a restaurant, an organic ery

[26:42] they call the dressing room. But how

[26:44] does a restaurant save a community?

[26:47] >> I thought we ought to put a really good

[26:49] restaurant in here and it would serve to

[26:53] subsidize the theater.

[26:54] >> The theater Newman is helping subsidize

[26:57] is the Westport County Playhouse. It's a

[26:59] piece of American history. A centuries

[27:01] old converted country barn once home to

[27:04] many greats from the 1930s. Ethel

[27:06] Barrymore, Jose Ferrer, and Henry Fonda.

[27:08] >> I'll take one of those. Okay.

[27:10] >> A farmers market in the theat's parking

[27:12] lot is also drawing people together. And

[27:15] to encourage that, Nishan teaches

[27:17] customers about the importance of

[27:19] organic and locally grown foods.

[27:22] >> For me, it's it's a belief system. The

[27:24] choices that we make and the food that

[27:26] we buy and the people that we support

[27:28] have everything to do with the outcome

[27:29] of our community.

[27:30] >> The whole sense of what people eat and

[27:32] how they eat it and sustainable

[27:34] agriculture and everything has become

[27:36] more important to more and more people.

[27:38] So it seemed a natural

[27:40] >> but they have even more in mind.

[27:42] >> We want to have go-karts. We want to

[27:45] have fashion shows. We want to have wine

[27:47] tasting. We want to use that parking lot

[27:50] as a a way that the community can engage

[27:53] >> and have fun, you know, and just, you

[27:55] know, be good neighbors. And those are

[27:57] all they're all great endeavors. Just

[28:00] don't don't drive if he's driving the

[28:01] go-kart, though. Just don't go out

[28:03] there.

[28:04] >> Just two guys trying to bring small town

[28:07] back home.

[28:09] >> And so we choose Paul Newman and

[28:10] Michelle Nish. Newman has experience

[28:13] raising money for a good cause. His food

[28:15] company, Newman's Own, has generated

[28:18] $220 million in charitable donations. If

[28:22] there's someone you think should be our

[28:23] person of the week, you can email us at

[28:25] person of the week atabctv.com.

[28:29] And that's World News Tonight for this

[28:31] Friday evening. I'm Elizabeth Vargas.

[28:32] For all of us at ABC News, have a great

[28:34] weekend and good night.

[28:49] Tonight, after you've been on top of the

[28:50] world, then fallen hard, how do you get

[28:52] back up or top your own incredible

[28:55] success? From EMTT Smith to people just

[28:57] like you. Tonight, don't miss an amazing

[28:59] hour of life's second acts. Life after a

[29:02] special 2020 tonight.

[29:05] Now on K2 News at 6:30, braving the

[29:08] crowd in quest for the perfect gift. How

[29:11] long it'll take to find a parking spot.

[29:13] Plus, how a local charity group wants to

[29:15] help those who stole a trailer full of

[29:18] donations from them. And city crews

[29:20] prepare for possible snow in the

[29:22] Portland area. The updated forecast on

[29:24] how much and when we might expect it.

[29:28] >> Live at 6:30, K2 News, the spirit of the

[29:31] Northwest.

[29:32] >> Good evening. Thanks for joining us

[29:34] tonight. I'm Deborah N. And I'm Steve

[29:35] Dunn. Our top local story. If you plan

[29:37] to start your holiday shopping this

[29:38] weekend, get ready for some huge crowds.

[29:40] >> K2's Brian Barker is right in the middle

[29:42] of the mess. Brian has the parking

[29:44] situation tonight.

[29:45] >> Hi Deb. Well, I guess the parking

[29:46] situation could be a little bit worse.

[29:48] Take a look. You know, the crowd out

[29:49] here isn't quite as bad as you might

[29:51] think it would be. In fact, we've kind

[29:52] of been doing a survey. The average

[29:54] parking time out here about 10 minutes

[29:56] to find a spot. This mall has been open.

[29:58] He opened about 2 hours.