the new ipad mini unveil today but in true apple fashion, the company has another big surprise. good afternoon. i'm pat law son muse. >> in the palm of his hand, the worst kept seek in technology for the past few months is now a reality. >> today apple unveiled the new ipad mini. it is a tablet, small enough to be held in one has not. now looking at the tablet and the other big reveal. >> it came as a double. along with the introduction of that ipad mini. the company also debuted a faster fourth generation ipad six months after launching the most recent version. now to the mini. here's what you need to know. light as a pad of paper. thin as a pencil. and a boast ten hours of battery life. it comes with an hd front camera for face time and a five mega

pixel camera on the back. the mini screen, 7.9 inches, slightly larger than google's and amazon's tablets. now apple says that gives you more screen space while browsing the web. especially in portrait mode. the biggest difference they said is in the apps. >> we have these amazing applications for ipad users and we've learned, we have over 700,000 applications that can run in ipad. customers love the ones written for ipad. design for that screen. over 275,000 of them. what does the other platform have? phone applications stretched up. not tablet application. >> the new ipad mini will start at $329. preorders for that and the fourth generation ipad start friday. the first minis will be shipped, starting november 2nd. get it while it's hot. minutes ago, police have identified the driver accused of ramming her car outside the naval support facility in bethesda. it is now part of the walter

reid medical center. chopper 4 when police say they finally caught up with 27-year-old angela kabul near white flint mall. it all began on i-66 in virginia where officers spotted her car going more than 90 miles an hour. they chased the car into maryland. officers say the driver tried to run over officers at bethesda naval and officer fired but didn't hit anyone. another officer was injured when he tried to stop the car. his injuries are not serious this afternoon. police say she is being treated. pat collins is on the scene. the possibility of banning large sugary drinks is now being debated here in washington. the controversy already made a huge splash in new york city. and as news4's megan mcgrats is reporting, it is creating a whole lot of buzz in the nation's capital.

>> reporter: they are large and packed with calories. new york city super sized sugary drinks have been banned in restaurants, movie theaters and other venues. here in the district there is renewed talk of restrictions as well. >> i think we have to have a serious discussion about it. i think that is part of a full nutrition conversation we need to have. >> i did want the excise tax on soda. i think that would have made a big difference. >> reporter: mary proposed legislation in 2010 that would place an excise tax on sugary drinks but the measure was defeated by one vote. she thought her colleagues would support such a tax now, chase said she would consider proposing new legislation. >> we have an obesity epidemic. i'm very open to looking at seeing how this is working in new york and if it is something that really could make a difference in terms of obesity epidemic, i'm quite open to looking at it. >> reporter: but sugary drink rules have their critics on the council it is and unclear if such legislation would pass.

on the streets of washington, opinions are also mixed. >> we are a country built on freedom of what we want to do. we shouldn't have the government telling us what we want to do. >> reporter: before she introduces any new measures, the councilman said she will talk to her colleagues and see if she has the support that she needs. in the district, megan mcgrath, news4. we have some breaking news on a hazmat situation causing a traffic nightmare at this hour on the chesapeake bay bridge. these are live pictures as chopper 4 is on the its way to the bridge where a tanker carrying several thousand gallons of propane fuel has sprung a leak. the transit authorities have shut down the bridge in both directions as crews try to drain the tanker. it is not yet clear what caused the leak. again, route 50 along the bay bridge is now shut down in both directions as the clean-up effort continues. in his first public response to getting banned from cycling, today lance armstrong removed all references to the tour de france from his twitter account.

early this morning, armstrong's biochanged, eliminating the fact that he had won seven times. the international cycling union stripped his titles, you'll recall, for the involvement in what the anti-u.s. anti-doping agency called a massive doping scheme. later they will decide how much prize money he has to pay back. armstrong has denied the allegations. if you thought things were heating up, get ready for tomorrow. >> would you believe we could be in for near record heat? storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has details from the storm center. >> good afternoon and good afternoon, everybody. what a nice tuesday it is to be in the great outdoors. temperatures way above average. this is going to continue around here for at least another day before some only slightly cooler air comes our way as we get toward the end of the weekend. for now though, still 77 degrees at national airport. 79 in manassas. 82 in culpepper. part of the, are you kidding me

it's october regime. nothing showing up on doppler right now. we will be dry for the remainder of your tuesday evening. nice and mild around. temperatures still in the 70s, through 7:00 tonight. a few fairweather clouds around but only slightly by 11:00. mid 60s in town. flirting with records tomorrow but what about the weekend? all that in a few more minutes. ♪ we made a promise we swore we would always remember ♪ ♪ >> this is new video just in of bruce springsteen campaigning for president obama in charlottesville, virginia. with just two weeks to go, both campaigns are doing everything they can to sway swing voters,

especially in battleground states like virginia. steve handelsman joins us from another battle ground state right now. he is in deerfield beach, florida. there campaigning to the music, steve. >> reporter: hi, pat. thanks. good evening from deerfield beach, florida. it is a battleground state, not a war zone. in this, the biggest of the swing states, la night's debate helped make up some minds and helped motivate supporters of both candidates. president obama tried out his closing campaign argument in del rey beach. charging romney can't be trusted. >> everything he is doing right now is to hide his real positions and try to win this election. and florida, you know me. you can trust that i say what i mean. >> attacking me is not an agenda. >> reporter: but at the debate, the president did. >> both at home and abroad he

has proposed wrong and reckless policies. >> reporter: he mocked mitt romney's concerns about a shrinking u.s. navy. >> we also have fewer horses and bayonets. >> reporter: that angered the previous obama opponent. >> he seem to take these cheap shots. that's not presidential. >> reporter: but former governor romney health his ground. >> i don't see our influence growing around the world. i see our influence receding. >> reporter: and republicans in florida were pleased. >> i think mitt romney had a tactical decision to look presidential, look above the fray. that was obviously an appeal toward moderate women and independents in general. >> reporter: still, outside the obama event today, a floridian who says he was leaning toward romney is leaning away. >> obama has a legitimate experience as commander-in-chief. >> reporter: you're more likely to vote for him now? >> it is definitely a coin toss. >> reporter: the election looks like a coin toss. romney romney went to a key swing state. nevada. hoping last night's debate tips

the balance in this close contest. >> reporter: at this point any way, the battleground math still seems to favor obama/biden. they can lose this state, win ohio and still win the election unless the numbers get reshuffled again. live from deerfield beach, florida. i'll steve handelsman. news4. more reaction to the third and final debate still pouring in this afternoon. our political reporter joins us. it has been debated whether the president really won or anybody won last night. >> i think it is pretty clear when you look at the instant poll and the polls out today that people think the president won that debate. i think on substance you would say definitely the president probably scored a victory there but i think that tactically as we saw in steve's piece, that the romney people went into this thinking, we don't want to sound too bellicose. let's make sure that he doesn't

sound too dangerous. that it doesn't sound like sabre rattling iran. has the war weary nation. they understand that. and they put their candidate in what they think is position where with the momentum on their side, they feel that this will be something that can help close the deal. i'm not sure that's the case. specially next day when people are looking at mitt romney's record, and the number of things that he shifted on to moderate his views which seemed quite close to the president's. >> can the president get any momentum out of last night? what do we have left besides campaign commercials? >> there's not a whole lot. you see them just out there everywhere. you see now the president out in all these swing states and i think i think that will be this ground game. the turnout of that vote. are they able to finally close the deal? it will be, we are headed toward a rae really close election. the ad spending has just gone berserk. >> the number of swing states,

domenico, has shifted somewhat. >> we only have about seven toss-up states. we've now classified north carolina for mitt romney. iowa is back to toss-up and nevada, because of that large hispanic vote, both campaigns starting to feel like that's moving toward the president. especially with early vote. they've banked a lot of these early obama voters. rerk he won it by 12 points. he doesn't need to win it by that many this time around. it is a hot race. >> a busy two weeks in the stretch. good luck to you. >> ellen's big honor in d.c. coming up. the talk show queen gets honor for something she doesn't do. >> i was down the barrel of a gun. >> the fashion accessory that saved a woman when thieves opened fire. and what you don't want to happen during a live shot on tv. a roach interrupts a reporter.

cain of hot 95.5 has the video. and the chesapeake bay bay bridge shut down in both directions because of a taenk accident.

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. a creepy crawler visits a report he and a dog with an unusual best side. >> those are just two of the topics for discussion with cane from hot 99.5. first off, you have a huge lineup for the jingle ball and you have some news on how to get in on a really good presale. >> yeah. so jingle ball was announced last week. first year we've ever done this. justin bieber, flo rider, julio

iglesias. we have a face book thing where you can get tickets early. watch this experiment. if you take a picture of this with your camera phone and have one of these qr readers, bam. you can get all the information right there. technology is crazy. >> i just did it with your iphone. >> so through the tv screen? can they do it? >> yes. that's how you get information for jingle ball, december 11th. it's a tuesday night. >> a tv bar code. >> and i'm holding his phone. >> i want that back. i can trade it in for the new ipad mini. >> reporting live can be challenging at times, even tougher when there is a creepy crawler paying you a visit, pat, on your shoulder. take a look at this. it has gone viral, folks. >> whoa! >> is that your sister station? that's ktla in los angeles. >> knbc. >> so they're doing a live shot

for the 11:00 news last thursday and there it is. the cockroach. robert kovacik. a cool report he. then people were tweeting things like, nothing bugs robert. >> does he know it's happening? >> yes, he knows it's happening and he's totally fine. >> calm under pressure. >> good reporting until it crawls into your ear, you know? >> do you ever feel the itchiness on you? that's what i feel. >> wow! viral video of the day today if you go to hot 99.5.com. there's an old phrase. sleep on it. it might work for solving some of your problems. >> if you have a tough decision to make, whether it is buying a house or i wonder if i should quit my job and get a new one, sleep on it. i never thought about this. they asked 1,000 participants to think about a tough emotional decision that they had and then

they weighed the outcomes. those that made the decisions on the spot were found to be far more emotional and did not make the right choices. those that went to bed made the ride decisions. the reason why is your subconscious needs to get involved in the decision-show. that's a whole other show than just this one segment. if it is a big powerful emotional decision, sleeping on it help your subconscious weigh into the decision. >> makes sense, too. >> it does. >> look at the dog costumes. the second most viral video of the day today. if you have a dog with a little stumpy tail, are you ready for this? this is the best video that we have found. the halloween costume of this little dog. >> oh, no. >> that is so cute. >> until you figure it out, that's just wrong. what are we looking at? >> that's a butt, jim. a dog butt. >> the tail is the nose and figure out the rest. >> that's a wig. >> and a boxer, right?

if i'm not mistaken. >> you're a dog person. wearing a wig. absolutely adorable. so a two-faced dog. >> you now have your assignments. i want pictures of your dogs with glasses and wigs on their buns. and of course you can send those to me at hot 99.5. >> what will they think of next? >> you'd better give me that. >> your alarm goes off at what? 3:00 a.m.? >> it does. >> see you tomorrow in. >> at 3:00? [ laughter ] let's get the word on the weather. another gorgeous day out there, chuck. >> no doubt about it. you cannot be complaining with temperatures this delightful, this late into the season. although some could argue that it is keeping the mosquito season alive a little bit longer. i would be one of those people. still, nothing but skiers in my backyard. 77 degrees in washington. our average high this time of year is back into the mid 60s. we're plus ten, plus 12 degrees.

all courtesy of the south breeze. a few fair weather clouds. we did have a few rain drops across northern maryland today. those are now long gone. and check out how mild it is. near 80. 85 degrees in fredericksburg and stafford. 73 in martinsburg, west virginia. really mild outside. if you think it is warm today, add a couple more degrees to your tomorrow. temperatures on the mild side. upper 50s to near 60 first thing in the morning. toasty, warm tomorrow. 79, almost 80 degrees by lunch time. our high tomorrow, about 83 in washington. again, no real let the for rain. the other thing we're keeping a very close eye on. not for the short term but for the second half of the weekend. tropical storms, sandy is born in the caribbean. still, only a mid level tropical storm but it is expected to reach hurricane strength by the

time it reaches cuba. and then start to make the turn becoming extra tropical meaning it is losing some of that warm core center on the inside because it is moving over the colder waters. nonetheless, a big storm in the ocean that close to us this time of year will enhance a very strong northeasterly breeze around here. and it looks like sunday, monday time frame could be really windy around here. how much rain we'll get probably won't be dependent on that storm. so in the short term, high pressure is in charge. nice, mild and a fairer start to the day tomorrow. tomorrow, another day with a decent amount of sunshine and temperatures within a degree or two of the record. we could actually break the record in washington tomorrow. a little back door cool front sliding down the eastern seaboard, promises to cool us down ever so slightly. we'll still be well above average. your fall foliage report, passing peak across northern pennsylvania. near peak to peak conditions right through the heart of the district right out to the blue ridge. so very good weather for anything you want to do outside

looking at the leaves. partly cloudy. mild this evening. temperatures in the 60s. temperature into the 50s by tomorrow morning. we make yam or better tomorrow, it will be our latest 80-degree day since 2003. 83 tomorrow. that would put us in the books as one short of the record. the other days on the four-day forecast, nothing wrong there. i'll come back in a few minutes and we'll talk about the sunday, monday, tuesday time frame which will include wind and rain chances and of course, the big marine corps marathon is on sunday. a little concerned. >> you're running. >> that could be an awful lot of wind to be running into but you'll get 50% tail wind as well. >> good training weather this week. >> toasty warm. and expanding scandal. another numb accused of people's phones to get a scoop. >> also, the racial controversy over the newest disney princess. and the kennedy in court

disney is facing back lash from latino advocacy groups over a new character. this is the trailer for sophia the first. it is a tv movie set to air next month. sophia's mother is from spain making her the first princess with hispanic-inspired roots. but they say the fair skinned,

blue eyed character may not be an adequate repation. they say she is a mixed heritage princess living in a melting pot kingdom. the world of comedy officially has a new queen. ellen degeneres usually spends her time us laugh on her daytime talk show. but she found herself in the kennedy center audience here in town last night. she is this year's recipient of the mark twain prize for humor. it honors social commentary embodied by twain's work. >> do i what i do. i don't do it for any other reason other than making people happy. >> it is the observational type of humor that is kind of lost today. and she is one of the few that still does it and does it so well. >> she kind. lays it all out there. the stuff that we're ashame of and she just says it. >> she has done so much for so many people and i think we're all here because we're honored to be here. >> people celebrate her

positivity. >> it is not mean. i'm not into mean comics and mean women comics. she is a class act. >> last night's show will be broadcast on tbs. >> a whole lot of stars there. a monster lawsuit coming up. five deaths linked to a popular energy drink. the fda isn't sounding the alarm just yet. a company tries to win customers by scaring

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on the chesapeake bay bridge. these live pictures where a tanker carrying several thousand gallons of propane fuel has sprung a leak. >> trangs it officials have shut down the bridge in both directions as crews try to drain that tanker. it is not yet clear exactly what caused the leak. again, these are live pictures from the scene. route 50 along the bay bridge has now shut down in both directions, as the clean-up effort continues. we'll continue to follow this story. a wild chase across two states ends with a woman under arrest. a police officer in the hospital. it all began on i-66 in virginia and ended just off rockville pike near white flint. officers fired shots after it tried to run through the bethesda naval facility. the officer wasn't seriously hurt. beginning friday, you can preorder the new ipad mini. apple reveal the new smaller tablet today, along with a new fourth generation of the full size ipad.

the screen of the mini pad is 7.9 inches. it is said to be as thin as a pencil. prices start around $329. the d.c. councilmember trying to see if there's support to ban or tax large sugary drinks here. she introduced a similar measure a couple of years ago but it was defeated by a single vote. new york city recently passed a ban on super sized sugary beverages. just two weeks to go before the presidential election day and they are shifting into their final gears. they hit the campaign trail right after the debate last night. er in both campaigning in toss-up states today. meanwhile, bruce springsteen has racked up another concert on behalf of president obama. today's concert took place in charlottesville, virginia. we'll have a report in about 30 minutes. a sell-off on wall street for the stocks of monster

beverage. the monster beverage corporation. >> it follows an fda probe into whether the company's energy drinks are responsible for the deaths of five people. >> as chris clackham reports, it all revolves around the amount of caffeine contain in the drinks. >> reporter: the fda's decision to investigate monster energy drinks is based partly on what happened last december to wendy croslin's daughter. >> i visit the cemetery every day. >> reporter: 14-year-old anais fortunier went into a coma after drinking two large cans of monster energy and died a few days later. she ingested in one day an am of caffeine equivalent to 1412-ounce cans of soda. the official cause of death, cardiac arrhythmia due to caffeine toxicity. her heart condition, a mitral valve prolapse was not referenced but health experts said it might make her and others susceptible to too much

caffeine. >> they haven't established a direct link. what we do know is that toxic levels of caffeine can cause pretty dangerous heart rhythm problems. >> if you are very young, very old, have heart conditions. if you take certain medications, you have to beware. you have to look for this information. >> reporter: finding that information is part of the problem. energy drinks aren't regulated and aren't required to post caffeine could not ten or warning labels. >> they need to be regulated. they regulate ice. they regulate band aids. >> reporter: lack of disclosure is partly behind a wrongful death lawsuit anais's family just brought against the monster cooperation which said it is unaware of any fatality anywhere that has been caused by its drinks. still, the fda is looking at five such deaths over the last three years. all involving mop sister energy. nbc news. >> the fda said i had

investigates all deaths related to food but that their investigation doesn't necessarily confirm there's a risk from a certain product. a woman says her purse may have saved her life during an armed robbery. dolly o'day was attacked and shot several time near her houston home. she was returning home early sunday morning after visiting family. o'day said two men came up from behind and went for her purse. one of the robbers opened fire. she was shot in the leg but one of the bullets could have hit her in the chest if it weren't for that pocket book. >> there is a bullet hole there. i think hanging on to the purse saved my life. i had it over my chest. >> the suspects got away with an iphone before jumping into a waiting getaway car according to witnesses. investigators home a gps tracker on the iphone may help lead them to the suspects. a local dad is resting a little easier this afternoon after having to help his wife deliver the baby on the side of

the beltway. stacy ann bryson was scheduled to be induced yesterday but little baby aron had other plans. the whole family jumped into the car and headed to holy cross hospital. they ended up getting stuck in traffic on the beltway, forcing the dad to call 911. with the right instructions, baby aron mason was born a healthy 7 pounds, 6 ounces. the family says even his big brother helped with the delivery. >> he's crying. he's breathing. >> generally wipe off his mouth and nose and dry him off with a clean towel. you want to tie the shoelace around the umbilical cord. >> i was really tugging on my shoe string. >> both mother, baby, big brother and father are doing fine. i know that shoe string came off the little brother-the big brother's sneakers. >> okay. >> he took them off to tie that umbilical cord off.

>> we got some fine weather shaping up out there. how are we looking? >> doing great. we're back here having a conversation. what would you name the baby born on the beltway? tahoe? any of those good names? a good looking baby. all that matters is he is healthy and happy and has a big brother taking care of him. 77 degrees in town right now. absolutely no weather concerns for the remainder of your evening. temperatures at or above 70 for the next several hours and then drifting only back into the mid 60s for this evening. tomorrow, generally sunny. near record, absolutely gorgeous. in the 80s. enjoy it. >> thanks, chuck. there is a premium that comes with being popular. and it tends to show up in the paycheck. this is according to a report by a group of economists in massachusetts. they examined 4,300 high school graduates from the class of 1957 in wisconsin. those considered to be the most popular earned between 2% and 10% more than those considered to be the least popular students. the report attributes the

difference in pay to social skills and popular people's ability to build positive relationships. getting the story by breaking the law. still to come this afternoon, the second newspaper accused of headaching into people's phones. >> does that voice sound familiar? scientists say that's the sound

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the hospital? >> good afternoon. just after 4:00, montgomery county fire rescue was call to suburban hospital on old georgetown road in bethesda. they found it was our hazardous materials team that responded and they located a freon leak in the lower level of the hospital. the emergency department is located on the first level, as well as the administrative offices. the administrative offices have been evacuated as a precaution. the emergency department has been placed on bypass for emergency medical services. they're still taking care of the patients that are in there currently. they won't be accepting any new patients. however, if a critical patient arrives by a personal vehicle or emergency medical services, we will work those patients in to a different treatment area of the hospital. we're going to the operation has decided to allow the leak to drain off. we figured that was the safest way to do it. then we'll evacuate the area

using different ventilation techniques and draw that out. right now, suburban hospital is our regional trauma center in montgomery county. however, we are surrounded with level one trauma centers around the region in washington, d.c. and baltimore. so we're okay there as far as transporting of patients. >> and chief graham, so we're clear. no patients have had to evacuate, is that right? >> that's correct. no patient has been evacuate from the hospital. there's no plans to do that. we're able to move patients to different areas in the hospital where they're continuing their level of care so there has been no injuries, no risk to any of the patients or the staff that are there taking care of them. >> very quickly because we have to go, what is the biggest risk from a freon leak in a hospital? >> well, certainly you have a dense population in the hospital and people aren't as mobile. if we had this in an office building, and if we needed to evacuate the office building,

everybody could just leave the office building. we're very closely with suburban hospital staff to be able to shelter in place. take patients to a different area of the hospital. so that's probably your biggest concern or your biggest thought in preparing for or conducting an incident like this. how mobile are the occupants of the building? in a hospital we're certainly less mobile than an office building. we're able to work closely with suburban staff and move patients to a safer area of the hospital. >> all right. scott graham with montgomery county fire rescue. chief, thank you for taking time with us. we appreciate that. turning now to the weather and an update. >> no complaints from me about this weather. temperatures, upper 70s and low 80s. it would be nice to see a little more in the way of a change of seasons around here. but tone you worry. the change is coming, my friends. it arrives here the second half of the week into next week. for now, some late afternoon sunshine out there. it is a very pleasant day.

temperatures now 81 in college park, maryland. 81 in rockville, maryland. 79 in camp springs. 77 in calvert county. no rain on the radar. no rain in the short term forecast either. high pressure remains large and in charge. most of the rain riding along the top edge of the ridge. dry tomorrow and into the weekend as well. i wanted to give you one more check of our fall foliage. state college northbound. near peak conditions just on the northwestern side of the d.c. metro area. peak conditions across the panhandle of west virginia. the skyline drive, shenandoah valley toward mt. jackson, virginia. send us those great fall foliage pictures. veronica has a couple of them coming up on the 5:00 and 6:00 show. passing clouds for the overnight. temperatures dropping only into the upper 50s to near 60. then tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. getting close to record warmth tomorrow so be ready for that. 83 tomorrow. 74 on thursday and then cooling

down and turning windy with a chance of rain late sunday into monday. that could be a windy change. back to some much cooler weather. four alleged phone hacking victims are now filing suit against the publisher of britain's daily mirror newspaper. one of the claims relates to the daily mirror while piers morgan was still editor there. >> good day to you. a lawyer for a number alleged phone hacking victims says they are suing the mirror newspapers in london where piers morgan was once editor. among those who claim their cell phone messages were illegally listened to by journalist is a former nanny to david and victoria beckham and an england national soccer coach who claims it happened while piers morgan was in charge at the newspaper. he has always denied any wrongdoing and the details of the claim are not clear. the phone hacking scandal which has rocked rupert murdoch's

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researchers say that is the sound of a beluga whale trying to talk. scientist say they first noticed it back in 1984 when nosi was 9 years old. that led to a study to find out whether or not the whale was trying to mimic the voices he heard outside of the enclosure where he lived with two other whales. a new ad by south korean electronics maker lg is taking viewers on a frightening ride. take a look. the ad is for the company's new

computer monitors. it shows office workers step into an elevator where the floor is covered with nine of them. suddenly there is a creeking. the floor appears to give way. the office workers jump boo the corner before realizing they're not actually falling into darkness. no word on if the people are actors or unsuspecting office workers. the company says the ad is supposed to show off monitors' clarity and color like the real deal. coming up next, a kennedy in court

on trial for a scuffle involving nurses in a maternity ward. the son of the late senator rob f. kennedy is accused of harassment and child endangerment. >> reporter: she is one of the nurses at the center of this maternity ward scuffle with douglas kennedy and monday, anna lane tearfully recalled that day

on the stand. she testified that kennedy twisted her arm and kicked another nurse to the ground as he tried to leave northern west chester hospital with his newborn son. lane's colleagues were in the courtroom. >> we're here to support the nurses who were assaulted. it is a felony to assault a nurse while on duty. >> reporter: the youngest son of the late robert f. kennedy is charged with harassment and child endangerment which he calls absurd saying he was taking the baby out for fresh air. >> i'm feeling ready for this to start and i thank you very much. hopefully everything will turn out go okay. >> reporter: lane testified the baby was not dressed proemtly for january and said when she tried to discourage kennedy from going outside, he moved to the elevator and stairwell. she sobbed when describing the alter indication claiming he grabbed her and twisted her left arm so he could open the stairwell door. ken's attorney argues the nurses provoked the incident. >> it has been very difficult for douglas and his family. so that's why we have trials.

>> reporter: news4 new york. a woman leads police on a wild chase through two states. chopper 4 catching it all on video. a young boy avoids jail time for the murder of his 2-year-old foster sister. ♪ >> that's right. thunder road and the boss. bruce springsteen using his star power to stump for president obama in virginia. good evening and what an evening we have tonight. i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. steer clear of the bay bridge for a hazmat situation creating a traffic nightmare along maryland's eastern shore right now. >> this started with a tanker truck that was carrying several thousand gallons of propane fuel. it sprang a leak on the bay bridge. that truck is just now being moved off of it. and they are just starting to let traffic move on one of those lanes. it was closed in both directions.