contaminated or said the dna doesn't exist. in the appeal prosecutors accused knox's family of waging a million dollar public relations campaign to let a killer go free. the jury will hear from knox when she reads a statement in italian on monday. >> it's going to be emotional, she is going to be humble, she is going to plead for her life and i don't think it's going to matter. >> reporter: the jury will have three choices, up hold the conviction and the 26 years, up hold the conviction and extend it to life as the prosecution wants, or overturn it. scott goldburg. >> abc news is 2020 has been following the trial since the very beginning and tonight they will talk with her friends and family about what may be the end of this ordeal. >> thinking a lot about court in september. i feel like this will be the end. >> you never know.

>> its been a roller coaster of emotional torture. >> four years. >> and -- she started as a 20- year-old with that kind of pressure on her is the fact she is still okay is amazing to me. >> are you caution or afraid of allowing yourself to go there, to make these plans, to think about that flight back? >> there is always that very small possibility that it could again go the wrong way. >> reporter: you can see the on the trial including why the critics say the prosecutor is seeking redemption in the case. that's tonight at ten. >> now to the trial of the doctor accused in the jackson death. today a paramedic took the stand.

richard said when he first hooked up the ekg to was flat nined and he said he asked murray if jackson had any under lying health conditions. >> the reason i asked was because i saw an under weight patient,iv here and medication on the night stand. he said in no he isn't taking anything, i just gave him a bit of a sedative. >> reporter: murray said he was treating jackson for exhaustion and dehydration. they had no idea that more than 20 minutes passed before the call was made to the police. >> we have sun early this morning and then the clouds start to roll in and now as we look at the radar we are starting to see a few showers, especially down to the south. you know this is working its way into our area. you zoom in and you can see a few showers, mayo, annapolis

and even over into glenn burnie. that will be the situation through the rest of the evening, more showers possible and that will continue through the weekend. temperatures right now not to bad, we are in the 60s into frederick, and york. we will have a chance for a stray shower will talk about a cooldown through time. >> thank you. with all the news about the lysteria outbreak we decided to send our resident farmer out to see what's going on. we found one and asked is there problems? >> reporter: the home base of papa johns produce stand. it's a local favorite for fresh fruits and vegetables. >> we get from the local all the time. they have been around for years and i know they always -- they more or less go and make you sure there is nothing wrong. >> we are picking right outs

of the field fresh and on the stands, or to the stores, fresh that same dame. >> reporter: today there were plenty of peppers, and pumpkins, where are the cantelope? >> the storm lee finished us off, irene hurt. >> reporter: so they lot of the crop forcing produce buyers to be more aware at the store. >> normally i don't look at where things are made or come from but in this case i stop and check out where it comes from. >> reporter: the answer to the question is there a problem here in maryland? >> the rain has ruined a lot of the crops, the pumpkins, we are having a problem, lot of them are rotting, lost a lot of the tomatoes, squash. >> reporter: making lysteria small potato es compared to

irene and lee. >> now because of irene and lee, local growers said say they had up to a 45% loss. and a local brewery will help google make it's own beer. dog fish will help them create a beer that thousands of google employees helped create. they call it you are continent. it's named after the super continent. they say it includes coffee and chocolate covered cherry flavor. a school day drop off takes a scary turn. a 6-year-old is pinned under his grandfather's car. plus out back steak house add sends the wrong message about its wood fired grilled steaks. why. and steps you take to protect your child from getting hurt may do more harm than good.

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. check out this scene. a 6-year-old got pinned underneath his grandfather's

car during drop off at school. the boy's leg was wedged in the engine com partment this is from a dashboard camera from a police car that responded with in minutes. >> he was awake, breathing, alert, he was speaking, he was shaken, he was scared, i told him -- i said just give us a minute. we are going to get you our. >> as you can see the first responders lifted the car that helped free him. he is expected to be just fine. still not sure how he got stuck. a billboard is prompting a lot of 911 calls. the advertisement is smoking that has some thinking it's on fire. out back has alerted the local fire department before it went up but it apparently didn't get to everybody. police and fire truck was dispatched to investigate. and in japan seven months since the worst ever natural disaster someone left a bag

with 10 million yen in a rest room. in the bag was an unsigned note saying should go to help tsunami victims. the town said they will hold onto the money for three months and then it'll go to the red cross. as parents you want to protect your kid, but is something you are doing putting them at risk? >> i was shocked that it was so common. >> details on the stuff one doctor said you shouldn't take. and florida shaking up the primary election process.

. a georgia town is cashing in on baggy pants. officials in the southwest town decided to ban them and fine those who wear them. the ban applies to everybody wearing pants more than three inches below the top of the hip. since it went in its collected about $4,000. they expect to bring in more than $5,500 by the independent of the year. when it comes to your kids you want to wrap them up in bubble wrap before letting them leave. it's hard to protect them from the bumps and bruises they are bound to get. what 23 what you are doing actually hurt them in one doctor said are you probably doing one thing that put them at risk >> reporter: bumps and bruises come with the territory. >> she is two. >> reporter: katie does everything she can to keep her

little girl from getting hurt. like many children she likes to test the limits, but she has learned sometimes as a parent the problems you try to prevent can end up causing pain. >> i was shocked it was such a common accident. >> reporter: it's a surprising playground accident that left hannah with a broken leg. it could happen to any child that takes a ride down the slide with mom or dad. >> somebody says i know somebody whose kid had that happen. >> reporter: a doctor says the spiral leg fractures he sees aren't a freak thing but a trend. he sees ten a year all with the same broken bone. it happens when they ride a slide on the lap of their parent. the foot gets caught and it's made worse by the force of mom or dad. >> the foot is twisted this way, rotated outward and that is what causes the crack to form. >> reporter: after treating

about 200 in 23 years he decided to go public. he wants parents to lend a hand and not a seat. he launched a youtube psa and put together a flyer he wants posted in parks. >> not like -- my goal to eliminate sliding, they are wonderful but i think it's trying to be protective that causes the problems. l. >> reporter: a break that can put them in a cast for weeks. hannah had to wear one for a month. >> she just didn't understand it. she would look at the big orange thing on her leg and just kind of cringe at it and didn't know what it was but it made it so she couldn't walk. >> reporter: this active little girl is now back to running after a playground run in. >> somebody else learn from my

mistakes. >> reporter: sometimes play time is just for the kids. >> the doctor believes it's safe tore let the child use the slide alone though you may want to hold their hand just to keep them steady. if you want to pass the warning flyer, just log onto the website. >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> all right. the clouds are here. we can see as we look outside because we are going to see showers moving in as well. right now we are dry, temperatures in around 69 degrees, the humidity at 55%. the winds out of the north northwest at five and the pressure at 29.1 and rising. the winds will pick up as we go throughout the day tomorrow. with the cool temperatures we are going to feel cooler, bit of a wind chill. the radar, we can see what's going on. we are main ily dry but starting to see showers from

virginia. we zoom in on the desire and you can see the wet weather, into annapolis, even into nayo. as we slide further we can see a nasty thunderstorm crossing over the bay. heading in toas we go through t the evening we have the showers possible in the forecast and that's going to continue through tomorrow. temperature wise elsewhere you can see on this map right now the cold front has passed through oakland, that temperature in around 46 degrees. we are going to get in on some of the cooler weather through tomorrow. your neighborhood forecast into federal hill will be around 58 degrees and into fell's point it'll be at 57. the temperatures about 20 degrees cooler than what we have seen today and felt today. the satellite and radar pick up on what's going on. you can see the upper level low, the counter clockwise spin. that will dive in through tomorrow and that's all we will have the chance again for the

showers to be on us. we had a cold front yesterday. we have another one that's reinforcing the cooler air for this evening and tomorrow during the day. that -- we will have to contend with. as you step out the door you will need the rain gear. you could possibly get wet and also a jacket. satellite picking up on felippe, still a storm, not going to affect us and oplelia, not going to affect us. i have a little bit of good news. if you like the cooler terms that's good news for you as well. the future trend picking up on the rain that we will see through the overnight also into saturday during the day in the morning we could see light showers, by saturday afternoon moderate, off and on throughout the day it would not be continuous and then the temperatures through the overnight. on the chilly side, breezy, temperature around 50, tomorrow, 58 degrees. much cooler, windy, showers will be possible and then by

tomorrow night 46 degrees, shower is possible, mostly cloudy and that's much colder. temperatures are well below what we should be and as we check out the forecast the ravens are playing, the ravens and they are going to deal with chilly temperatures, but you know a lot of people like this for football at kickoff time we could be in the 40s. the seven day forecast showed that warm up. >> i like that. you know people at home when you said snow earlier today looked at tv like what --. >> maybe wet snow but it's a possibility. >> still freaked them out. >> it may be 70 next week so don't panic. okay. thank you. florida shook up the primary calendar by announcing a move to january 31st leapfrogging the first in the nation states like iowa and new hampshire. we are in washington to explain what happens now. >> reporter: this really shook things up. florida knew the chaos it would

cause and did it any way. now this changes everything. the republican national committee was hoping for iowa to kick off the primary season. here is what will likely happen instead. iowa will move to early january, new hampshire and nevada midmonth, south carolina later in the month and florida january 31st. here is why this matters. after the florida condition test it's about another four weeks until the next major primary in arizona and michigan and mitt romney is expected to do well in those. that makes florida especially critical for this guy, rick perry. if he doesn't do well in florida it's another four weeks before he has a good chance to pick up a win. don't forget there are three candidates who are said to still be seriously considering a run. chris christy, sarah palin and rudy giuliani. with the primary season kicking off after the new year it's just three months, that's not a lot of time to build a

campaign. >> a source said that iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, nevada are all going to announce their dates tomorrow at the earliest. >> what about possible penalties that florida could face. could they loose delegates for this? >> reporter: they could loose half their delegates. something they are aware of. when they were making decision today one state official tried to set up why he voted the way he did. >> i know if the situation was -- republicans might loose delegates but i think it's more about the motion of florida than about the parties. >> reporter: the republican national convention will be in florida this year. the lawmakers think the state has more to gain than it may loose. it's a gamble but it's the one they are taking. >> we will watch closely. thank you. >> coming up new, new laws taking effect in maryland

tomorrow. we will tell you what they mean including the one that closes the loophole in the texting while driving laws. also the latest round of assessment results. that's all at six. now a preview of world news. >> coming up, meet the teacher who found her second act in life. she always loved dogs, who knew doings would lead her to a whole new home. be sure to watch.

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reveal moods in 140 characters. researchers looked through more than a half billion tweets and found people's moods were reflected in more postings. optimism is higher in the morning before people go to work and school and fades through the day. it rises again at night. for many of us our pet are just like a member of the family. when an emergency happens we will spend whatever it takes to make them better. why it's support to prepare before costly emergencies happen. >> reporter: jennifer considers her cat part of the family. she came home from work to find something wrong with her she knew she needed help. >> she didn't come down like normal to eat. i thought something is wrong. she was sitting in the middle of the room with her mouth open, seeming like she couldn't wreath breathe. . >> reporter: the normal vet was closed so she took her to the

emergency vet clinic. >> they were very nice and i didn't feel like they were treating me like why did you bring her in, it's not dying. i appreciated it. >> reporter: in a survey, 63% of owners say they have had at least one medical emergency and most spent between 250 and a thousand dollars. >> what happens if there is a problem is the panic and we go to the nearest place that's openful that's a bad idea. >> reporter: she recommends finding an emergency clinic that's open 24 hours before you need it. keep a phone number handy along with one for the regular vet and once you found one have the vet faction the pet records to the clinic and keep a copy for yourself. you may want to look into health insurance for them. >> also some people found it helpful to open a pet savings account so it takes the stress out of situations that happen. >> reporter: and remember to get their pet in for routine

check ups, regular trips can help prevent costly emergency visits. >> for more on how to prepare for a pet emergency head to abc 2news.com. click on the link under the lifestyle tab. it's fall and that means a lot of people have been hit with the first cold of the season. what baltimore city is doing to keep you healthy for free. . >> if you are still texting in the car, watch out, starting tomorrow, you could be pulled over for behavior you used to get away with. the results are in, how maryland's high schoolers doing. what is working in the classroom and hats chats not. finding that perfect dress while helping a worthy cause. how many local brides are shopping for charity. we start with the text