. the phone call case that maysontroke soon be coming to an end as the last witnesses are called to the stand and the fate of the campaign manager will rest in the hands of the jury. we are live downtown at the courthouse. derrick? >> don, the jury heard today from nine more character witnesses on behalf of the defendant. they said he was an honest man, this is one day after the jury heard from the defendant's former boss, the former

governor -- i'm not pleased to be here, but it is the right thing to be here. the governor was the last in a parade of character witnesses this is a man that he called a good guy, he trusted him with the decisions, he said that he and the campaign cult ant wanted to suppress the voter turn out that suggested that there was no need to vote because the democrats had victory before the polls closed. >> i hired paul because i wanted a democrat on my staff a long time ago. i had a staffer leave at the time and we formed a employee and employer relationship that

turned into a personal friend. >> the jury heard from former governor man del. >> never had a problem with him, not under any circumstance. >> they will have one expert witness and after that, if the jury gets through that testimony today, it is possible that we could hear from the defendant himself as he takes the stand in his own defense. >> thank you. derrick. >> the judge called this fraud, but said that the decision will be in the hands of the jury. a developing story from high school this morning because of the leaders informed that there would be weapons there today. no report of weapons, a student was interviewd and said he made

that threat. no word if he will be charged. letters will be sent home to tell what happen. a judge said that the family of a former university of virginia la cross player cannot testify if he is in the courtroom for a murder trial. if convicted, the trial and sentencing would be a separate proceeding. he is said to have killed yard relove in may of 2010. al qaeda said that they are responsible for the capture of a rockville man and said that they will only release him from the united states stopped air strikes in afghanistan and pakistan. >> good afternoon. al qaeda released an auto message saying that they are holding that u.s. aid worker

and said that they would expect the united states to stomach air strikes -- stop air strikes in pakistan, afghanistan and somalia. he was kidnapped near his house in august. >> he has a home in rockville and worked there in pakistan for years. he is in poor health and needed medicine, many for heart medicine, that he hopes that they will give him. job workers have either found work or gave up looking. >> the unemployment rate dropped to the lowest level in over 2 1/2 years, down to $8.6 in november. it is a step in the right direction after being stuck near 9% for most of the year, but one reason for the drop,

hundreds of thousands of people gave up looking for work and are no longer said to be unemployed. >> you want to get out there and produce and i have to fight to keep my own head straight. >> he lost his job at a pharmacy company, his third layoff in ten years. >> when i went into the conference roomy thought it could not be happening. >> employers stepped up hiring, but only 120,000 new jobs and that is a drop in the bucket for the americans looking for work and the president knows that this is critical. the stores are gearing up for the holiday season, but the wages are slightly lower, and that could be a bad sign for

customer spending and with christmas just a few weeks away, he said that this will be a year to focus on the spiritual side of the holiday, not the material. the united states unemployment rate had an impact on wall street. the dow is up 35 -- . some retiring police officers are hitting the time with high retirements. they will have to delay their retirement and pay into a special fund to feet up to a

half million lump sum. there is more on a charge on your monthly phone bill if you decide to give a campaign contribution in that manner. clean up under way after one of the most severe wind storms in a decade. the powerful winds downed power lines and trees and and hundreds are without power and facing millions in damage in california. high winds are in effect for utah, nevada and wyoming. now taking a look outside here, the conditions are just right. much different situation than out west fortunately for us. a nice day out there. what is in store for the weekend?

tim? nothing like that here, just a mild breeze. in the short run, the radar has that story. we are clear here, but a front will move over the area over the next few hours, 24 hours, this front will come through and has no moisture associated with that and the temperatures will take a bit of a hit. we are at 52 now. 53 in ocean city. with that hit, we will go into the low 50s tomorrow and up in the upper 40s for much of the day and low 50s and with the high pressure in control, even after that front moves out, sunshine and blue skies through the weekend. more on the first look at weather coming up. and yardly changes with new concessions, a roof viewing area and retail place at the

stadium costing 1.8 million that could have the project open all year. cleveland will play right here on sunday at 4:00 on wjz and today is a purple friday. >> still to come at noon, the presidential can at this time -- candidate is set for a meeting that could determine his bid for the white house. the next american idol. hear him showing off his vocal talent. and more on the first morning weather forecast. it is nice out there, stay with us. ,,,,

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children that have been sexual assault ya'llly abused. a woman said she had a 13 year affair with herman cain. he admitted yesterday that his wife did not know they were even friends. >> it may appear now that i should have told her about this when it was going on, but that does not change what is happening now. >> he said he just helped the woman with her finances and he will decide if he will continue with the campaign next week. in the consumer watch, g m is offering to buy back all chevy volt cars after a government study found that they could catch on fire after a side impact crash. they said that the cars are safe, but just wanted to keep the customers happy.

the president has taken to the stage and showed off his singing. (singing). >> wow! a nice "walking in a winder wonder land "at the lighting. he tried to get his daughters to join in, but that was not much of a success. >> if i started to sing, your television screens would pop! >> i would lip-sync in a group! coming up on eyewitness news at noon, another look outside. stick around, the complete weather forecast is 2 1/2 minutes away. a look at the stocks and the last night winning lotto numbers -- ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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he can andtroke he needs a home. >> maybe he is trying to tell you his name is not chocolate chip! >> if you are allergic to a pet, the noon puppy has a tight- knitd coat and do not shed and are not a problem if you have allergies. we have a dog, i'm not concerned about putting up next to a black sport coat. >> a nice time for the pets to be outside, a great weekend to do what you do. the temperatures, at marshall, in the 50s for the weekend

pretty much. tomorrow, right at about 50. we are at 47 and on kent island and the winds from the north now, cool wind itself over the area now, calm today, about a 10 mile-per-hour wind over near the east and from the southwest. this is one of the higher amounts, the winds right around oakland, that is coming from the southwest. we have a front that will move through the area and all that precipitation will be over to the great lakes and northeast. that front will come in and move on through. no real moisture with that. you don't have to be too concerned about the rain. about a 10% chance of rain tomorrow and that is about it. after that moves out, the high pressure will kickback in and the temperatures will start to reflect a pull from the southwest and the temperatures will go back up to sunday, monday and tuesday and back to the mid 50s to 60. our next chance of rain will come from the west and we will

see the clouds increasing on monday and then a better chance of rain on tuesday and wednesday. the showers through the day on both days until they move out on wednesday night. we are in the high tide, that is just after midnight, up and sunny and then tonight, down to about freezing. saturday, 40s most of the day and the temperatures near 50 as the high. then for sunday, we will have a forecast for the raven's fans, the people making the trip into cleveland and there will be a temperature much like us in the mid 50s and 45 around game time with the clouds and cool and the chance of showers and the action at 4:00. thank you. still to come on wjz at noon, a new finding on what women need to eat more of if they want to reduce their riffings of having a stroke. more on us, always on, what

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