when the father resisted, the robber used a stun gun knocking him to the ground. police are still looking for the robbers. and the man planning to keep our city safe is facing tough questions. anthony bats is the former police chief of oakland california. council members want to hear his goals for keeping our city safe and sound. >> comfortable, sunshine and low 60s after a day in the mid-60s. just dropped to 59 in sparrows point. 65 in denton. 63 in gaithersburg. you can see the setup, a few passing clouds. further north and west a significant rain maker that will bring showers, maybe a few

thunderstorms tomorrow night and rafael, at least what's left of the hurricane passing offshore. this evening down to the 50s, clear and cool. >> do not call. that's the simple request made by many of you. >> but some of you are still getting the unwanted calls. the problem was, posed back if february. >> reporter: when they first came out with the don't call list, i thought great, get on it. but after years here i'm realizing it don't work. >> reporter: she would hang up her phone if she could but it's tied to her alarm system. >> i have been getting probably around 50 calls a month. >> reporter: many are recorded

messages or robocallers. >> most of them are from credit card companies. the worst one is card services and credit services. >> reporter: the federal trade commission took action against the robocalling operation in 2010. one you've probably heard. >> hello this is rachel from card holder services. >> reporter: that was two years ago. how is rachel still calling? >> it's almost certainly a different attorney. >> reporter: he is staff attorney and is responsible for tracking down violators. it's a tough job because technology is making it easy to fake the number you see on caller i.d. it's a time consuming process. >> they've freed up the market, so the telephone company that had it originally probably sold it to another company. so there may be three or four

down the line before you find the person. >> reporter: robocall complaints are up, so the federal trade commission is holding a brainstorming meeting on thursday. >> we hope the summit will result in ways for us to find solutions and got more of the robocallers. >> reporter: she said when she blocks the number, she changes one digit and gets through the next time i'm desperate now. >> so what should you do if a robocaller calls you? don't follow the prompts to get off the list. it tells the computer your phone number is legitimate. report it to the website. remember, if you're on the list, some groups are still allowed to contact you. we have political groups, charities, telephone surveyors,

business -- companies you have done business with over the past 18 months. more fallout from the ruling that lance armstrong used performance enhancing drugs. >> reporter: today might have marked the final fall from grace. he announced that he's stepping down hams chairman of his -- as chairman of his cancer fighting company. nike's president said due to the seemingly unsurmountable evidence that armstrong participated in doping, it is great sadness that we have terminated our contract with him. his name will be removed from the fitness center. nike had faced pressure and in

portland, demonstrators took to the streets. >> they made someone else, other people take the drugs. >> reporter: in august the u.s. antidoping agency band armstrong for life, a move that's expected to ultimately strip harm strong of his seven tour de france titles and his sole olympic bronze. he denies it but almost all of his teammaters have said he doped. >> to deny the report would be like denying gravity. >> reporter: armstrong's announcement comes as the organization gears up for the 15th year. reporting for abc news washington.

terrell shuggs is back. and ray lewis was put on the injured reserve list. ray was supposed to have surgery today. he told his close friend, shannon sharp he will not make a decision until he goes through rea. >> all right. is college actually worth the price tag? >> which majors pay and which one cost leave you in the red. >> meet one woman who tricked breast cancer and turned it into a gift. that's a lot of money. my classroom. games and a new casino for maryland. million more for education every year. the money goes where it's supposed to. it's the law. this is about our kids. this is about better schools. seven. i'm voting for question seven. i'm voting for question seven.

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...carrying families with more luggage. thanks. it's like he's out here with us. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i approve this message. college is a huge investment, so when you send our kids off to school, you want to make sure it's worth it. engineering majors are high earners. they'll make $1 million more than the average college student over the course of a career. education earns the least. terms of getting hired, business math and science majors are month most likely to be employed while art, language and literature majors are least

likely. money problems continue for the u.s. postal service. the cash strabbed agency is barred from borrowing more money. they reached their debt limit in september. congress band the treasury department from lending the post office more than that at one time. the post office is only allowed to borrow from the treasury and can't take money from private banks. more trouble for american airlines. the holding company said the company posted a net loss of $23 million in the third quarter. the company said it would have been profitable if it weren't for charges related to the bankruptcy filings. the charges include more than $200 million in severance payments. american airlines is still encouraging people to retire to cut back on some of the costs. when you're battling breast cancer, that is one time to be selfish. we'll meet one woman who's giving back.

these lifeguards were unemployed after they went gangnam style. why they may be back felt pool.

beautiful day. the sky has been clear. we're looking at a noise stretch. there's one,ception to that. 64. winds have turned southerly. last night we were flirting with the 30s. mid-40s. tomorrow night down in the mid-50s as the clouds begin to roll. no clouds today. clear over baltimore. look at the fall time large, beautiful, beautiful day as we begin to see the sun go down.

laurel, st. vincent you can see the fall foilage in effect. dundalk, always love to see the fall foilage here as it begins to break out. a nice shot of the key bridge today. visibility unlimited. most spots down in the low to mid-60s. winds are southerly. that will help keep temperatures up, a warmer breeze. and across the area skies clearing. a few clouds over the eastern shore. most of the skies clear but we are watching a new weather system brewing off to the are in the and west. that's dpepg to make its way into our state by tomorrow afternoon. we should have a clear morning. as we go into the overnight showers, maybe a few embedded thunderstorms toward 11:00. some shower activity through

5:00 friday morning. that would mean the possibility of some wet roads. after that weather improves through the day. it looks fantastic. this weekend it will be cooler and winds go north again but skies look clear saturday, sunday into early next week. here's that brief weather maker. you seat showers over missouri, pretty big storms over parts of areas south of chicago, western illinois. this is our weather maker. tomorrow the main system will drift to the north in new england. we'll catch the southern edge, the trailing front, likely to bring some showers in here by tomorrow night. here's what's left of rafael. after making a close call, you can see it being downgraded. winds still 75. this is out of tropical waters, no chance for strengthening. the storm will shear apart. 45, less chilly. tomorrow a nice day.

two-degree darn tee 70, wetter -- better chance for showers tomorrow night. they could linger into your early friday morning. we'll put the shower for early friday morning. tomorrow starts out dry. tomorrow night we could see rain. cooler and drier saturday for komen race day. gorgeous day, sunshine, but it will be a cool start down in the upper 40s, so maybe put an extra layer on when you're headed out to walk. we'll put it back in real quick. again, next week you're going to like this. next week temperatures into the mid-70s for the rest of the outlook here. don't forget to check out the iphone app. again, on your iphone and or droid. check them out, wmar in the search bar. that will pull up the stormno c0

>> reporter: instead of attributing it to the controversial youtube film. say.'s what the president did >> no acts of terror will shake the resolve of this great nation oar despite misstepped by both, their running mates call them both winners. >> a man of principles, gumtion, a steady hand. >> what we saw in governor mitt romney was a leader who has the solutions, who has the ideas on how to turn this economy around. >> reporter: no surprise that those two men are split on who

watch. debate watchers are relatively split. take a look among debate watchers. they gave the edge to president obama but it's within the margin of error. the same people who were surveyed said though they thought president obama did better, they thought mitt romney won on domestic issues, particularly the economy and that is the issue that drives people to the polls. >> two down and one to g i imagine they're back on the campaign trial. >> they are in the swing states. take a listen. >> so let's row cap what we learned last night. his tax plan doesn't add up. his jobs plan doesn't create jobs. >> i think it's interesting that the president still doesn't have an agenda. he has to come up with that over the weekend because there's whom one debate left on monday. >> a lot of people thought that president obama had more speak

time. a clock showed him getting three minutes and 14 seconds more speak time. but mitt romney said more with the time he had. 478 words to be exact more than the president, just another way to look at how closely people are slicing and dicing what is said in these debates. the third and final one will be monday, focused on foreign policy. >> we'll see you tomorrow. in the age of social media, anything a candidate says or does can cause a stir. now a remark that mitt romney made has started a website, binders full of women. romney said while governor of massachusetts, he was given binders full of women who were qualified to serve. a super pac bought the domain

less than two minutes after he uttered the name. here's a woman who was diagnosed with raise breast four years ago -- with breast cancer four years ago. >> reporter: she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. >> when you're diagnosed, you have nothing but a choice to survive or give up and i didn't choose to give up. >> reporter: she fond out through a mammogram. >> the reason i did this was i wanted to make my sisters a necklace to remind them to get their mammogram. i put it in my heart that you have -- that you need this make something out of the mess, out of the mush.

breast cancer is not fun. >> reporter: out of the mess and mush of cancer came the beauty of jewelry. she started pink ribbon gifts. each piece takes on a life of its own, often placing alice, not in the role of creator but facilitator. >> i guess when i put the piece together, i think of the person who's going to get it. a lot of time i will set out to make a certain piece and a completely different one comes out. >> reporter: alice donates 10% of her profits to causes but the komen foundation has a special feeling. >> just crazy. it gives such an inspiration. every person there has 10 people who love them and supported them. >> reporter: the jewelry that comes forth in a variety of colors, each color representing a different type of cancer, telling us if he's not a death

sentence. there is hope and? >> to build awareness and also to encourage them and let them know that there's a light at the end of the tunnel. >> reporter: in timonium, i'm a month williams, abc2 news. >> check out her website at www pink reb bones dot bis. visit us her on abc2. we will be in the main stage area. this year we'll bring it live on air, online and your mobile device until 10 a.m. it will reair on our digital channel the live well network from 4 until 7 that night. >> coming up all new at 6:00, hundreds showed up this morning to weigh in on a new wal-mart in

bel air, why so many are against putting the super store in their neighborhood. baltimore county school officials are keeping students safer. those stories and whole plot more coming up in minutes on abc2 news at 6:00.

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we've got an update on the california life guards who were fired. they will get their jobs back after the local city council voted to rehire them. 14 were canned for making the

video while in uniform. the lifeguards said they were off the clock when they made the video. coming up next, a new study looking at how autism affects boys versus than girls. >> why researchers believe it could make a difference. >> we as a committee do not want a walmart here and want to reject the development. >> hundreds protest a new walmart in bel air. why they're against the falling prices. >> new security measures starting tomorrow. >> we have an update to an investigation into katz insurance. why one vaster calls -- investor calls him bernie madoff. the protests were