how one man's brush with death is helping to teach others the importance of health. the trial against michael jackson ames -- jackson's personal doctor. why she was so sur praised to see jackson brought to her. >> reporter: another maryland family gets a home from extreme home makeover.

i'll have that story coming up next on abc2 news. it's healthy city days in baltimore, a week long effort to help people get a move on. the city wants people to learn about prevention and not wait for the sickness to show up. we have more. >> reporter: this week is about encouraging people to get their health tested, find out if there are things like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other factors that can cause illness. ask someone who learned a hard lesson about the importance of healthy living. it's a message they're hoping to get out loud and clear. you really can't miss it. they've got big signs, sponsors, t shirts. there's even a table full of healthy snacks. if you want to fall into a

healthy life-style, it's as simple as this. >> it's a personal responsibility to go to the doctor and she what condition your heart and lungs are in. >> reporter: robert hall said he wishes he knew more about his own health. in 2007 he had a major stroke at the young age of 58. he's got paralysis and walks with a cane but said he's getting around okay. hall says what he didn't know four years ago did hurt him. >> i had a stroke. i didn't know what high cholesterol meant. i never knew what it means. i know now. >> reporter: hall says high blood pressure and high cholesterol took a big toll on his body and he hopes people will listen to this. baltimore, like many urban areas faces a lot of challenges when it comes to getting people

access to good food and exercise. >> the sky's the limit. we can come up with so many creative ways to really demonstrate that where we live, work, learn and play doesn't have to make us sick. it can make us really healthy. >> reporter: the city has a big list of events ranging from free screenings and exercise classes. to find out what's going on you can call the hotline 311 or go to our website for a link to some of the activities. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >> if you're looking for another way to get healthy, register for the susan g. komen race for the cure. the 5k starts at 8 a.m. there are tons of activityings that get started before that, including the survivor's walk.

abc2 will be broadcasting it live from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. we have a special section dedicated to supporting breast cancer research awareness. i think i'm going to toss it over to wyatt. >> decent fall weather, which is something we're acustommed to we haven't had it for weeks. this weekend no exception, murky gray was about it. this pattern beginning to shift, though. yes. there's a few showers on maryland's most powerful radar. these temperatures unbelievably cool. upper 40s. eastern shore making it in the mid-50s. the rest of this evening we'll hang out in the 40s, but there is significant improvement and it all begins tomorrow afternoon. we talk about that. how warm and how long coming up. >> well, the trial against dr.

conrad murray continued with testimony from another doctor who saw michael jackson on the day he died. she gave permission for the jackson home to pronounce him dead but said the body was still brought to her in the emergency room department. show said that never happened before and murray wanted to continue resuscitation efforts. demonstrators were on wall street. now the group calling themselves occupy wall street are protesting their treatment. about 700 were arrested trying to cross the brooklyn bridge and many are crying foul. >> when you have seven or eight police officers standing at a block wade and start walking with the procession across the bridge, 250 people are going to assume it's shave to follow. >> police warned them not to

walk in the roadway. the protesters were arrested or charged with disorderly conduct. a 9-year-old boy is in critical condition after a terrible car accident in pennsylvania. we'll tell you what witnesses saw behind the wheel. more than a dozen people in 2002 flights --

a 9-year-old pray pa by is in crit create after wrecking a car. he was driving the family's car when he flipped the car and crashed into a tree in northeast philadelphia. witnesses who watched this ran over to troy to help the boy and called 911. the boy was taken to the hospital with head injuries. police are still trying to figure out where his parents were. as many as 18 we will were injured on two flights that ended up landing in boston because of severe turbulence. one was bound for germany. the other was headed to boston from puerto rico. six were treated for head, back, neck injuries and one person was

spilled -- was burned by spilled coffee. they call this the great wall of fire and explosion are part of the miramar air show. the fiery blast can go as high as 2500 feet. the, stream makeover crew -- the extreme makeover crew is busy. and controversy surrounding one of the front-runners for the republican presidential front-runners.

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the extreme makeover: home edition is helping the family get a new home. neighbors are jumping in to help and getting a gift in return. >> reporter: with the extreme makeover: home edition in maryland, there will be weather involved. 24 hours from now it's going to be a whole different story. >> friday, downpours, nightmarish conditions. >> reporter: they've gone from this on friday top this today. >> a little rain will not stop us. we've seen much worse. we'll plow through all of this. >> reporter: this week, extreme makeover: home edition is not just helping a family. they're changing a whole

community. tommy is his grandfather. new landscaping for the front lawn. >> trying to get power in here. >> reporter: and a new work shed. this whole week has been surreal for him. >> it's overwhelming to know that a couple of my residents of which are elderly ladies and the one lady suffered from lyme disease for a year and didn't know it. they put a ramp in for her. i don't know what to say. >> reporter: george johnson is the uncle. he came up from north carolina to be part of this life changing event for his family. he can see the impact it will make. >> this has given the community a face-lift. a lot of houses -- a lot of good things, the whole street and other streets in the community. >> reporter: so in 24 hours you won't see the construction activity. you'll see a big bust a family

and a community all with bright future. in mar dellous springs, i'm don harrison. >> walmart made a big donation to the meals on wheels program. members of the community and representatives of the program were on hand at the towson walmart and present meals on wheels with a $100,000 donation. the program supports home bound seniors. they said it couldn't have come at a better time. >> we see our clients monday through friday regardless of holiday, providing them with two thirds of their daily nutritional requirements. >> we know walmart is the largest retailer in the world, and the fact that they are making this commitment locally

really mean last lot and we're appreciative of that. >> meals on wholes staff prepare nearly 750,000 meals a year. talking about the big abc extreme home makeover. you see sunshine braking through. the lower eastern shore had sunny breaks. mostly cloudy, though. dreary in baltimore, gray skies. that's out here in the west side of town. again, it's one of those deals where we'll have a tough time breaking out of this pattern. they had a little sunshine early saturday mornings especially -- morning especially on the eastern shore. we've got 51 now out at bwi.

that's unseasonably cool by nearly 20 degrees. humidity is still high. winds west, northwest, a chilly breeze. when you compare how much worse this could be, depending if you're a snow lover. west have va had early october snow -- virginia had early october snow. that will reverse itself. there's not much rain out there, a few light areas of rain up and down i-83, central and northern pawk buccaneer -- baltimore county. most of us seeing drizzle. temperatures unseasonably cool, close to 60 at the beach. nobody in the 30s tonight and the high mountains of western maryland. highs today never above 60 degrees. again, unbelievable for october. if this is early november, par

for the course but that's not the case. here's that low beginning to shift north and east. that's going to allow much drier clear weather to between settle. big bubble of high pressure. it's going throb slow to change -- to be a slow to change weather pattern, still could see light rain in patches. look at the temperatures. low to mid-70s throughout the rest of the week into the weekend. again, you see what happens courtesy of that low pressure area right over the mid-atlantic holding temperatures down big time way low normal. it keep has couple passes of drizzle through the morning. skies begin to break up. i think we'll see a mix of sun and clouds. wednesday crystal clear, sunglasses. you're going to need them again for several days. again we have to get through early tomorrow.

partly cloudy. tomorrow sun and clouds, more sun late in the day and tomorrow night we begin to clear out. it will still be cool tomorrow night. the seven-day forecast shows that dry sunnier trend settling in wednesday, thursday, friday. it will last into the weekend. >> some controversy surrounding rick perry and speculation about chris christie. things are getting pretty interesting with the republican candidates. we have a look at today's big campaign headlines. >> reporter: there's a lot popping on the campaign trail today. we are going to start with the texas governor rick perry getting a lot of heat because of an article that appeared in the "washington post" it. said for years perry and his family hosted events at a camp that contained thed in" word on

a rock. it was painted over. governor perry never owns controlled or managed the property but it didn't take long for it to become a hot topic. yesterday herman cain says it show last lack of sensitivity. well, today a reporter says what do you think of governor perry's statement. here's what herman cain had to say. >> i'm satisfied with it. next question. >> reporter: shorthand sweet but the perry cam -- short and sweet but the perry campaign wanted to put this behind him. the new york times is reporting that chris christie's advisers are trying to see in there's enough time to build a campaign. all christie has to do is decide if he is. we're told he mr. make that decision -- will make that

decision sometime soon. we told you last week about some upset in the republican party that florida's primary will be moving to january 31st. now south carolina officials said they plan to hold their primary even earlier. south carolina will now hold theirs on saturday, january 21st. i'm jamie costello. coming up all new at 6:00, can your home make it through another winter. why this weekend was a warning sign to see if it's all wrapped up nice and tight. and you are going to jail if you don't follow the online messages. we'll tell you why you're not going to serve anytime. we'll sew -- see you then. woman: we love ordering sushi, but it was getting expensive.

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a gunman forces the social security administration on lockdown. do you want neon? do you want revolving? know this. it's going to be huge. we'll show both sides of the sign. eat right and exercise. you can make baltimore healthy. are you up to the challenge. right when social security breaks, there was a shooting. it did not happen on the social securitied a strags campus, offer, the campus was locked down. bien kuebler is there. >> reporter: for the better part of the afternoon, the social security administration was on lockdown. baltimore county police are