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without her makeup on. [applause] >> no, no, no. there i am. craig: am i right? >> there i am with prince -- i don't know if it will earn a place on -- craig: sure, i'll put it up next to the rhino. [applause] >> can i just -- craig: yeah, all right. there you go. >> can i just see what else you have going on here? craig: betty white. justin beesh. someone dropped it. paul mccartney. paul mccartney. some other stuff. >> that is the future king of england. craig: he'll never be the king. >> the queen is never going to die? craig: no, i don't think so. i believe they developed some kind of special thing. she jumped out of a helicopter at the olympics. >> i love her. she is so bad ass. craig: she is like come on. let's do it for britain.
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>> you know she is reading "50 shades." i guarantee you. craig: there was a photograph of her last week. she was wearing a hoody driving a four-wheel drive car. >> she is gangsta. craig: she's like i'm the queen, bitches. >> are you saying she is going to have a dance mix? why not? we all do. can i ask you something? are you going to hit me? you look like you're going to hit me. it is your show, you can. but it probably would hurt. ok. so you and i actually are doing a similar gig. you did it last year. i have to ask you about this. i tour all the time prk large venues, small venn use. wherever they will pay me for my inpropet jokes. i'm doing something called powwow. i've never been tweet so much. what am i walking into? it is florida state university.
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>> you walk on the stage and there are thousand s of kids and all you to do is say crikey the gators and they will love you forever. that's all you need to do. [applause] kathy, we're out of time. we're out of time. >> i will try do powwow justice. craig: i know you'll have a good time. >> called strike dwri gators. craig: it is a slang word. >> here's my genitals. craig: we're out of time. but i got you a shiny red apple. >> thank you! [laughter] [applause] craig: we'll be right back, everybody. [ berman ] one appetizer and two entrees for 20 bucks is a crazy deal!
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what's in your wallet? [ all screaming ] watch the elbows ladies.
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♪ what did we learn on the show tonight, craig? ♪ [meow] [laughter] craig: tell you what i learned. we have a whole new career as disco divas. let me get that out and then we'll get started. as you see, one of them sits a
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little lower than the other one. [laughter] this is perfectly normal. [laughter] geoff: you found them. craig: no, no, no. these are props. there you go. you ready? geoff: yeah. craig: ok. ♪ here come the players send in geoff: ♪ here come the players ♪ craig: i'm distancing myself from you. good night, everybody.
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breaking on 9, our camera crew has just arrived on the scene where another vicious beating went down on capitol hill. also topper is tracking if the rain will mess up your morning commute. and the second oldest almanac in america is predicting a very snowy winter. >> so what does topper say about that? this is 9news now.
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but first, neighborhood uneasy. tonight residents up on capitol hill are on heightened alert after another violent armed mugging on their streets. >> a man was robbed and beaten. now another attack has happened. our ken molestina is live there tonight with some neighbors that are pretty concerned about this. ken. >> reporter: yes, derek, i want to show you just how close these attacks were in proximity. this one happened right here at 2:30 this morning. the one that took place about two and a half weeks ago. the one that left a man practically in a coma took place about two blocks away. the investigation is wide open in both of these attacks and tonight police are hunting for the suspects. >> i'm very concerned. we walk around here at night all of the time and it's scary because this is generally a safe area. >> reporter: fara and tony live near the spot where the man was robbed. the unidentified victim was
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approached by two men when one of them pulled out a gun. the pair of muggers demanded he hand over his things and began beating him. he suffered minor injuries and is expected to be okay. but neighbors here are now left wondering if this second attack could be the beginning of a violent trend on otherwise quiet streets. >> we're obviously concerned. and it's pretty close to the capitol. so this doesn't happen very often. >> i definitely hope it gets figured out soon because it's very uncomfortable. it's pretty close to where we live. >> reporter: now, police are saying they do not believe that both of these attacks are linked. they don't think they're related. but they do need the public's help tonight. they're asking anyone who has any information on these attacks to give them a wall. again, the investigations are are -- call. again, the investigations are wide open. they hope somebody can give them a tip they need to close the cases. for now we're live at capitol
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hill, ken molestina, 9news now. >> the victim last month is getting better. he has been upgraded from serious to good condition. he came out for a drink on capitol hill and was found unconscious a few blocks away from his home. more than a dozen neighbors, fellow soldiers turned up to spourted an iraq war vet -- support an iraq war veteran who is accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl for sex. this is nathan portnoy. portnoy met the girl online and he believed she was 20, not 12, that he never had sex with her and that he let her out of his car at her request. >> no attempt to restrain her. no threats. no nothing. he lets her off right at her house. there is not one element of kidnapping. it is, if anything, the opposite of kidnapping. >> . >> at i hearing today, the judge lowered the bail from 1 million
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to $300,000. a car sitting in the middle of the road. the engine running and nobody behind the wheel. but get this, in the back seat police find an 8-month-old girl strapped in her car seat. all of it went down in the wee hours of the monday morning. they tracked down the driver, a relative from woodbridge. he is now charged with child neglect and drunk driving. a 15-year-old in maryland accused of shooting a classmate on the first day of school has now been indicted. robert gladden junior was indicted on nine counts of attempted murder, first degree assault and reckless endangerment. he facials two handgun charges. -- faces two handgun charges. he fired two rounds from a shotgun at perry hall high school. a 17-year-old was critically injured. democrats launched their convention tonight with an appeal by the first lady to keep her husband in office and an evening of attacks on mitt romney. gary nurenberg watched it and is here with the excerpts. gary. >> reporter: it was the first
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lady who talked about women's rights, her admiration of military families and a man who she says truly cares. a week ago ann romney talked about bad apartments and eating on an ironing board. the first lady had similar stories. >> he was still the guy that picked me up on a date in a car that was so rusted out, i could actually see the pavement going by in a hole in the passenger side door. >> reporter: she spoke of growing up poor and how that influences both of their world views. >> so in the end, for barack, these issues aren't political. they're personal. because barack knows what it means when a family struggles. he knows what it means to want something more for your kids and grand kids. barack knows the american dream because he's lived it. [ cheers and appuse ]
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>> and he wants everyone in this country, everyone to have the same opportunities no matter who we are or where we're from or what we look like or who we love. [ cheers and applause ]. >> reporter: the president campaigned in virginia tuesday. >> governor romney and congressman ryan want to take us back. >> reporter: but he wasn't there for his wife's speech offering a family value explanation. >> it's because the first daughters have their first day of school today. >> reporter: the convention's key note speakr sent delegates to school on the romney plan. >> it doesn't pummel the middle class, it degenerates it. >> reporter: the senator is one of the conventions parl men tear partment reins -- parliament yins yins.
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>> reporter: both of the party's rise ing stars. >> being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare. it's patriotism. >> reporter: and a tribute to a fallen party. >> the first conviction since 1956 that we meet without senator kennedy. >> reporter: but on video, he took on mitt romney in the senate race. >> i believe abortion should be safe and legal in this country. >> i am pro choice, my opponent is multiple choice. >> reporter: a new poll showing the race visually tied. >> it may well be the reason is there is so few undecided voters. most americans have already made up their minds. >> reporter: it is the ones who haven't made their minds up yet that are the focus of both campaigns, the ones who haven't made their minds up yet that democrats will target this week,
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even as they try to convince their base it just had to turn out if president obama is to be re elected. >> and there is much more ahead. coming up at 11:15, we will talk to brian moran. hear what he has to say about tonight's convention speeches and his state being one of the biggest battle grounds of them all. anita. well, new tonight at 11:00, derek, a book that has gone to the top of amazon's best seller list has created quite a fire storm here in washington. as matt jablow tells us, the pentagon is considering all of the options in the course of a former navy seal who wrote about the military operation that took out none other than osama bin laden. >> reporter: pre praised the quiet profession alsz -- president obama praised the quiet professionals. >> it was kill or capture. >> reporter: they're criticizing one of the professionals for not being quiet enough. >> it is the height of
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irresponsibility not to have this kind of material checked for the possible disclosure of classified information. >> reporter: before retiring from the navy a few months ago, matt was a member of a team that shot osama bin laden to death. >> everything happened. i missed this wall hit. >> reporter: he is now a best selling author having co-written no easy day. his account of when bin laden died. >> we banked 90 degrees. >> reporter: in the book, he gives some details about the raid but nothing, he says, that would compromise national security. but the defense department has a much different view saying the book does, in fact, contain sensitive information and he did not clear the book with the pentagon before it was published. >> there was a requirement for prepublication review in this
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instance. it wasn't followed. and the author is in material breech of his secrecy of the united states government. >> i think this guy might be in some big trouble. >> reporter: john mahoney is a dc lawyer. he says from everything he knows about this case, he could very well have broken the law. >> for him to publish a book frankly that could possibly disclose national security secrets without getting cleance, could lead to criminal charges and lead to a court martial. >> reporter: if the book does include national security secrets, he may not be the only one in trouble. the co-author and publisher could also face criminal charges. anita. >> we'll have to wait and see what happens. thanks, matt. scott broke to him, and you can see that entire interview on sunday on 60 minutes right here on wusa9. new tonight at 11:00, a memorial service is planned for
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neil armstrong next week right here in washington dc. it will be next thursday at the national cathedral and it begins at 10:00 a.m. and it's open to everyone. it will be streamed live on the cathedral's website and that sa's website. arm -- nasa's website. armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon, and he died last month at the age of 82. let's find out if we have to worry about any storms affecting the morning commute tomorrow. chief meteorologist topper shutt on the weather terrace tonight. >> i think we'll be okay in the morning. we're tracking a couple of showers west of town. i want to start with temperatures. it is indeed human and summer like. 79 in gaithersburg. 79 in manassas and leesburg and frederick. now, remember those numbers. what does it feel like if you factor in the humidity? it fields like it's 87 downtown and it feels like it's still in the low 80s in manassas, gaithersburg, frederick and leesburg. so, yes, we have a heat index tonight. we'll keep it dry.
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some breaks in the clouds by 9:00. we'll talk about the chances for more storms tomorrow and hotter air moving in. well, do you think you ought to have to pay for an inmate's sex change operation? a federal judge thinks you should. a story that has everybody talking is still ahead. and up next, a former police sergeant accused of murdering his wife waits
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tomorrow jurors will begin deliberating drew peterson's fate. he is the former chicago area police sergeant accused of murdering his third wife. her body was found in a bathtub in 2004. peterson wasn't charged until after his fourth wife stacey disappeared in 2007. she is still missing. prosecutors say he killed savio because he feared a pending divorce settlement will wipe him out. you have to hear a story out of massachusetts. taxpayers will foot the bill for
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a prison inmate to get a sex change. michelle kosalak was born a man but now is a woman in an all man prison. he is serving a sentence for the murder of his wife. surgery is the only way to treat him. a sex change can cost up to $20,000. well, the big story tonight is the democratic national convention going on right now in charlotte, north carolina. and joining us now live from charlotte, brian moran, the current chair of the democratic party of virginia and a former candidate. >> it's great to be with you this morning. i'm glad all of you viewers are staying up and having watch michelle obama's speech. i'm sure they're all fired up. >> i'm glad you brought up the speech because that's my first question. a lot of emotion and a very personal speech. i'm wondering if the polls already show that they like
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president obama's personality, what's the purpose of going over that ground again? >> well, she knows the president's values best and ultimately this election does come to values. and she laid out the case why the president believes in universal health care for every man, woman and child and taking care and working with our veterans when they return home making sure they have educational opportunities. so why does he feel so strongly about these issues? why is he passionate about it? and i think she made that case. because this is who he is. who he has always been. andho he will be during his next term in office. >> well, now, tonight begins the democrat i go effort to close the deal to -- democratic effort to close the deal to make president obama the president again. they saw the expectations and excitement from 2008. >> oh, excitement exists. i just finished a two-week tour all over virginia from virginia
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beach to southwest virginia. and the offices are buzzing with activity. people feel real strongly about making sure we identify both, get it to the polls, we have a great message and a tremendous messenger. so i have not seen that terrific excitement. it exists, it's well organized. and stakes are high. these issues are extremely important. and there was a wide divide between the two candidates on these issues. so i expect a big turn out on november 6th. and i'm confident we'll return our 13 electoral votes to barack obama. >> in virginia, that state hasn't been won by democrats before the last election since 1964 and the johnson land slide. what makes you think that same kind of excitement and get out to vote effort is going to work the second time around? >> well, because we have barack obama. he's a charismatic figure. and he has a litany of accomplishments. young chair of the democratic
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party. i want them to leave at the end of this convention being able to list the litany of accomplishments, in addition to health care job growth. 4.2 million jobs. we saved the auto industry. gm is alive. we have a litany of accomplishments. we're going to leave here to go back into every community and make sure that everyone is aware of that. and also the president is going to lay out a path forward. not only looking past but also looking forward to keep that economic prosperity and making sure that everybody in america has an opportunity to succeed. >> i have to stop you right there. you're making the case. we thank you for it. we'll talk to you again before this is all done. >> thanks so much. thanks for having me on. and we had a great night tonight and i look forward to several more. >> well, apple is gearing up for a big announcement. the company has invited members of the media to an event next wednesday in san francisco. apple will introduce the iphone
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5. new features are a slightly larger street, a faster processor. it's possible the new phone will include technology to make it easier for shoppers to make payments through their smart phones. >> go the to love the smart phones. >> yes. so we've been hearing this hagerstown almanac saying, okay, bad, snowy winter, what do you think? >> i hope spring is eternal. i hope they're right. >> you would. >> but we have to put that into perspective. i tweeted about that, and you can go to the link and read about it. what they're doing is banking on a week to a moderate el nino, which right now looks like that is going to happen. so we get more snow when there's a weak or moderate el nino. now, that said, that's for hagerstown. they can have 40 inches of snow and we can have 5. they average about 36 inches a year. they're calling for 50. >> but the pattern is there. >> but the overall pattern is possibly there. we can only hope for an

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