elijah cummings launched the investigation. one medication that brenda frese uses is in short supply. >> obviously it impacts us. i'm fortunate that my son, you know, the drugs have been made available. but just to think as a mother and as a parent that you are limited a drug that could save your child's life i think is inexcusable. >> so does congressman elijah cummings and he has found that a lot of these companies are acting as middlemen and raising up the price as much as 680%. reporting live, jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> help is on the way for the maryland victims of tropical storm lee. president obama has declared a major disaster for four kamenetz. the move frees up federal funding. buildings were damaged and there was some major flooding. >> 6:08. 49 degrees on tv hill. bill gates reacts to the death of steve jobs. >> who needs to pay for expensive cable when you have an xbox? >> the largest crowds yet lined the streets of new york as the occupied wall street protest continues. dine outpreviewing week and we

elijah cummings launched an investigation. one woman is upset because one medication her son takes is in short supply. >> obviously it impacts us. i'm fortunate that my son, the drugs have been made available. but to think as a mother and a parent that you are limited to a drug that could save your child's life is inexcusable. >> since launching his investigation, the congressman has learned some of these companies are increasing the prices as much as 650%. will have more on the investigation coming up at 5:30 . jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the republican presidential field is coming into focus after sarah palin said she will not seek the nomination. >> with about three months to go before the voting begins, and looks like the republican field is finally set. former alaska governor sarah palin ended the speculation. she will not run for president. >> she is seeing that there isn't much elbowroom for another candidate at this time. >> she said she and her husband devote ourselves to family and country. my decision r

at&t. >>> and we are back as we continue our weekly "press pass" conversation with congressman elijah cummings. let me ask you, first of all this fast and furious issue that's come before your committee. do you have questions about the attorney general about how this was handled? >> i have looked at the documentation. i think the attorney general said it, as a matter of fact, i know he said it. he said this was a fiasco. i don't have too many questions. i've seen the documents. i've seen reports of the interviews, talked to various folks involved in this. i think there was -- this was a situation where it was done from the bottom up and not the top down. in other words, there was some folks in arizona who came up with this plan. they thought they were doing the right thing. it was a total fiasco. i think everybody along the line will admit it. i think there are some on the committee trying to make it sound as if this started in the u.s. attorneys office in washington with mr. holder. i have seen no evidence of that. none. >> what's the chairman of your committee, darrell issa up to. >

elisha otis -- elijah otis successfully demonstrated the safety device he had created. even of the elevator and he cut the device, and he did not fall. everyone was impressed by that. in 1857, the oldest brother's company installed their first passenger elevator on broadway in new york. believe it or not, many of those first elevators were actually started and stopped by a hand broke. >> what drove those old elevators? what was their motive power? >> in some cases, they might have even been hp. >> and then changed to electric? >> electric cited to come in the 1890's, and that was around the time when the elevator stopped from material handling and started to be used more frequently for passengers. in 1878, there was a

he said, i'll hold on that, you should meet with elijah mohamed first. he writes this article in the pittsburgh courier about all of these connections he's make anything 1959 while still in the nation of islam. fast forward to 1964 when he's traveling, guess who he begins writing? guess who he begins contacting? the people that he met in 1959. so this is the kind of work that is done in this book. so you get a fuller sense that what happens in 1964 doesn't come out of nowhere, it comes out of this longer engagement malcolm had with the muslim world. now, as to the, um, the human side of malcolm, you know, malcolm, um, most of us who have studied malcolm, read his autobiography, read his speeches or listened to his speeches captivating -- one of the best speakers of the 20th century, sharp political thinker. but he was not a political machine. he was a human being. he was, i mean, he really tried to be a machine at one point according to what we have in this book. he has to check himself into the hospital for exhaustion. and, like, a few days later he's b

rabbi elijah has to interpret. the guests respond with the birthday song in honor of the rabbi having become a grandfather. belmonte's in jewish population is manifest in throughout the town. this place produces jewish line. rabbi elijah persuaded local vintners to provide a few bottles of wine for a local jewish festival. now they have expanded the facility and sell the product to jewish communities worldwide. it set a precedent, and since then, the rabbi has been inundated with inquiries from other producers who want a kosher stamp on their cheese, sausages, and fruit juices, once he has monitored and approved production. >> it really was worth the effort. the change helped us. we can now reach markets with our products that previously we had no access to. >> another source of satisfaction for antonio mendez is this new cemetery. there are only a couple of breaks here at present, but there is a lot of space for the future -- there are only a couple of graves here. it symbolizes the hope that jews have a future he

and congressman elijah cummings, the ranking democrat on his committee. we'll also bring in cbs news investigative correspondent sheryl attkisson who first broke the story. and then we'll talk politics and get the latest on the republican presidential race from chief white house correspondent norah o'donnell, political analyst john dickerson and bloom news's julianna gold. it's all ahead on face the nation. captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. good morning again. and welcome to face the nation. joining congressman darrell issa who took the red eye to get here and be with us here this morning from his district in san diego. also cbs news investigative correspondent sharyl attkisson who broke this story. mr. chairman, thank you so much. >> thank you for having me on, bob. >> schieffer: this whole business about this operation fast and furious really blew up last december as we said in the open. when border patrol agent brian terry was killed and two guns connected to this operation were fo

if it is adopted, elijah cummings' seat could become one of the strongest african- american district in the country. the first district is largely left in tact. maryland republicans consider the proposal gerrymandering. all of the redistricting proposals will get full hearings. the first will start today at 1:00 p.m. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> occupy baltimore protesters gained support from moveon.org. stephanie rawlings-blake responded. >> my hope is we will turn that frustration into action. the things they are concerned about -- taxes and opportunities for young people and jobs -- those are things i'm working on. hopefully we will transform the protest into some partnerships. >> the mayor says so far the protests here have been peaceful. it has not been the case in other cases, like in chicago when 175 protesters were arrested over the weekend. police officers confiscated tents. organizers said they refused to leave. >> president obama gets back on the road today kicking off a bus tour through north carolina and virginia. his goal is to get the public behind each piece of his

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if the new map is adopted, congressman elijah cummings' seat could become one of the strongest african-american districts in the country. but the first district, occupied by republican andy harris, is largely left intact. overall, maryland republicans consider the proposal gerrymandering, and several republican senators and delegates have come up with their own maps. state house leaders say all of the redistricting proposals will get full hearings. the first will start today at 1:00 in the afternoon. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. an overnight shooting in east baltimore is the latest in a string of violent crimes over the weekend. the most recent shooting was it harford road. the unidentified victim was suffering from serious injuries. >> a similar surge in northeast baltimore after a man was shot in the stomach. this happened on sunday evening on homestead street. it is unclear who is responsible for shooting three people in the turner station neighborhood in dundalk. some sort of argument broke out on main street. somebody drove up and open fire on the crowd. three people were hit.

o'malley's plan.it rrserves the state's two minority districts...inclluing the one held by congressman elijah cummings. but republicans say the governorrs plan could reduce maryland's republican members of congress... from two to one.and one democrat is wwrried the new districcs will less polltical clout. - (muse) "minorities are being asked to please step bbck, take annther one for the ittis about fairness and it's about equity." equity."the house of elegates is expected to give its plan today. the redistricting things got downright nasty in the latest republicann presidential face off.last night may well have been ooe of the testieet exchanges tte candidates have had so far. greg lack takes a look at the battle in las veggs. vegas. .--reporter pkg-as folloos -- seven republican prrsidennial a debate.but it turred ut to be more like fight niggt. governor rick perry came out "you hiree illegal immigrants in your home nd you new about it for a year. and the &pidea that you stand ere bbfore us ann ttlk bout that you're strong on immigration is on itssface the height of hypocrisy." romneyysaas h

what the investigation is being conducted by elijah cummings. a handful of companies are big up these drugs in short supply and trying to sell them for astro nom cal prices. a drug to fight leukemia usually sells to hospitals at $12 a vial, they were selling it over $900 a vial. the average mark up was 650%. >> wow. >> it's a problem. >> people's lives are on the line in the meantime while this is being worked out. lisa, what is being done to help patients resolve this? >> children's national medical center today, they have done fairly well. they have, on a couple occasions had to substitute drugs that are almost identical. other hospital that is treat juvenile lieu keeukemia had to treatment. what they are doing, basically, is having their pharmacist do what they can to find the supply and try to be sure the patient who is need the drugs most are getting it. >> it's hard to imagine anybody would interfere with people who need life-saving drugs, getting them. you have more coming up on nbc "nightly news" after this broadcast. we will tune in to

o'malley's map preservvsthe state's two minority districts...including the one &pheld byccogressmaa elijahcummingss but reeublicans say the governor'sppan wouldd reduce maryland's g.o.p. membees of congress...from tww (governor) "i think he rrsponse to that is found in the vast majoriiy of others who lookeddat this map and found it to be fair aad balance" balanced." (pipkin) "there are three differenn maps that show you an create majority minority districts througgout &pthe state, preserve the rural parts of the state as well nd have a very compact and maps that make sense, the governor didn't doothat.. the sennte is expected to give its final approvaa this morning... sending the bill to the house of delegates. goverror o'malley says he support's a hike in maryland's gasollne tax. a blue-ribbon transportation panel rrcently recommended 15-cent increase in the gas tax over thrre years.the governor says some type of increase is necessary to help paa for rad and bridge repairs.but legislative leaders say raising the gaa sellto the public. (miller) "noomatter ow hard you explain it, no mater h

i wanted to show you district seven, there is elijah comings district. it used to go up to randallstown. now, he is going to go into the zone district seven and district three, the congressman has plenty of frequent flyer miles. he will go from owensville all the way into columbia, to arundell county. there you go, that is our new plan mapped out by the governor and signs off by the house or senate. >> >> if you want to map it out for yourself, go to our website and you will find the link in our top story exision. >> >> new tonight, montgomery county's top prosecutor is saying he is considering pursuing the death penalty against curtis lopez, accused of killing his wife and the suspected death of his step son. states attorney john mccarthy said he is not sure if lopez will be eligible for the death penalty under state requirements. >> >> we have a 22-year-old man accused of pretending to be a 17-year-old and police say he wanted more than friends abc 2 news -- >> reporter: baltimore county police say that brandon henry wove a web of lies so he could meet

elijah cummings seek to become one of the strongest african- american districts in the country. the first district occupied by andy harris is largely left in tact. maryland republicans consider this gerrymandering and several delegates have come up with their own maps. state house leaders said all of the redistricting proposals will get a full hearing, the first today at 1:00 p.m. in the newsroom, kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> and amber alert remains in effect as they are looking through two area parks after receiving a tip that william mcquain's body could be there. his mother was found murdered last week. his estranged husband -- her estranged husband is being charged. 18 year-old ryan jackson was last seen on rambo court. authorities were called there to investigate what they are calling suspicious conditions. >> the cannot pinpoint exactly what happened to him, but we know that something is wrong because we have in common his cell phone for the last three days and it is just rolling over to the voice mail. >> police have not willing to this investigation to jackson's disapp

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baltimore congressman elijah cummings is the ranking member. and he was moved by the story. >> reporter: congressman elijah cummings takes a shot at drug companies. and maryland woman's basketball coach, brenda frese gets credit for the assist. frees wrote, my 3-year-old son tyler is a leukemia patient who has benefited from sitera bine. we are lucky that it was made available to him. we are outraged that others are being told they can't take the drug. >> so my heart just sank. >> reporter: the fda heard from doctors frustrated by the shortage of the drug. >> pharmaceuticals spend bazillions of dollars trying to influence me to buy their drugs. on most of these drugs, i'm sold. i'll buy them. i'll use them. just make them. >> reporter: the shortage are reportedly caused by manufacturing dislais. but congress -- delays. but congressman cummings is targeting middleman companies that buy them and sell at exorbitant prices. the prospect of putting profits ahead of patients prompted them to act. she wrote to cummings, my son tyler would not be alive

elijah cummings testified. he described currie as a straight shooter, a person i expect to tell the truth. a lot of that is based on his religious background. it is a defensive mechanism. i grew up in a very poor neighborhood. he was very disorganized, but a good chairman, because he was a consensus builder. she added that he was also an honest man with great integrity. however, under cross- examination, shipp acknowledged that currie did not acknowledge his relationship with shoppers. >> a custodian from george fox middle school is charged with indecent exposure. he was arrested in pasadena. the suspect told police he was urinating but a 25-year-old victim says he engaged in a lewd act your window and was not fully clothed. further investigation shows the school was closed that day never know children present at the time of the incident. >> jurors listened to more testimony in the alleged murder for hire testimony of walter bishop. barry simms is live with details. >> the defense attorneys told the judge that

. >> elijah cummings launches an investigation into the sale of drugs. i'm jennifer franciotti. details are next. >> another contender out of their running. white sarah palin said she will not enter the race for the white house. >> an early morning accident on the j.f.x. this morning. hey! you want that? you want a warm, super-delicious strawberry toaster strudel yeah but now i have nothing to eat sure you do. hey! you can have the pop tart! pillsbury toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat and these are the ones you'll love as dinner. grands! mini pizzas. grands! biscuit dough... plus 3 ingredients make an easy dinner everyone loves. grands! mini pizzas... from pillsbury. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thank you for joining us this morning. >> i thought yeste w

of the leading politicians like former governor bob ehrlich and anthony brown and representative elijah cummings taking the stand testifying in support of curri's character. he is charged with using his former position to benefit the shoppers food warehouse supermarket chain. >>> 6:04. and in democracy 2012. herman cain's campaign is under fire after allegations of- appropriate -- of inappropriate behavior. the allegation are from two women who he worked with. corinne redman has more on the developing story. >> reporter: well, when he was asked about the allegations, he went on the defensive -- he went on the defensive. it surrounds a little report from politico that revealed information about two women that revealed complaints about his behavior. the campaign strategy is unconvings ventional and until now -- unconventional and until now his campaign has remained untarnished. two women complained of sexually suggestive behavior. both reportedly left the association with 5 figure payouts and agreed not to talk about it. the spokesman says the press was dredging up family stores to allega

congressman elijah cummings is wondering -- he called senator currie an honest guy and a straight shooter, a person he would expect to tell the truth. senator currie doctor also took the stand and said that the senator's mind was fuzzy and he did not focus will. defense lawyers argue he merely worked as a consultant. the woman accused o ordering her husband's murder testified at the trial of the alleged triggerman, walter bishop. the defense tried to ask carla -- yesterday we obtained what they are calling bishops taken fish -- confession. first it was girls, now the cdc is recommending that boys also get vaccinated against the hpv virus. kai reed joins us live in the studio with this medical alert. >> the hpv vaccine was first recommended for girls several years ago. federal officials say the vaccine is safe and effective. still, some parents are skeptical. the new recommendation came from the cdc advisory panel. now boys, not only girls, should be routinely vaccinated against hpv. it is best known for causing circle cancer but can also calls penile,, and cervical cancer. at thecristina

. >>> sharing his story, elijah cummings speaks to student in el qet el qet city. >>> arson arrest, police a man in connection with the fire at a tire shot, his connection to the business. protests without end. demonstrations could be headed here soon. ravens look to grab first place in the afc north. the wrap up of the game which ended a few hours ago. >>> more news, first warning weather and traffic report of the morning and workweek in a few minutes. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

so now i go visit aaron and elijah out at the cemetery. sometimes i get angry then, too. be 17. sometimes during the day you're going to cry. or there's going to be something that's going to remind you of the bombing, and you're right back where you were on april 19th, 1995. we don't ever get too far from there. >> there were reports of up to 50,000 people in the oklahoma city area suffering symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. i looked at all the photographs from the crime scene. i looked at all the photographs from the coroner's office. it was overwhelming. >> death and loss are integral part of life everywhere, and accidents like plane crashes where you lose 100, 200 people, all the examples i give you right now are unexpected losses. we have to accept it and move on. >> he had grown into this being that lacked all sensitivity. >> he was very hostile to the victims, really almost detaching himself from their hurt altogether. >> i had no hesitation to look at them and listen to their story, but i'd like to say to them, i've heard your stories many times before. t

the trial lasted five weeks and bob ehrlich and elijah cummings have takeent stand in support of curri's character. >>> news time 5:03. a win is a win in the nfl and sunday, the ravens needed every second on the clock to get that win against the now 1-6 arizona cardinals. after a horrible first half, it found baltimore looking up from the 24-6 deficitch the ravens found the second half groove outscoring arizona 24-3 and billy as time expired he's closer. 26 yard field goal. flacco threw for under 350 yards and boldin had 145 yards receiving and welcome back ray rice. 18 carries on a career high 3 hutch downs -- touchdowns. now onto pittsburgh for football night in america next sunday. kick off at 8:20. >>> and speak of sunday night football in case you missed it, vick and the eagles returned to form against romo and the cowboys last night. vick threw for 280 yards and ran for 50 and mccoy blew up for 185 yards and two scores on the ground. all on the way to a 34-7 route on sunday night football. philly and dallas are 3-4 but both organizations are going in vastly different directions. >>

congressman elijah cummings willseek the federal champion -- will receive the federal champion award. and people will be able to comment on proposed plans of a water tower if baltimore county. if you have something to say, the 3450e9 meeting the -- the meeting is at 6 p.m. the maryland public service composition says hearings of constellation energy will start. 45 witnesses will testify. and burnie madoff's wife says she and her husband ateemed suicide over the family's 50 million dollar ponzi scheme. bernie serving 150 year prison sentence for the scheme. >>> and we now know what killed amy winehouse. a london pathologist says the blood alcohol level measured more than 5 times the legal limit. her death has been ruled alcohol poisoning. >>> for those who shop at wegmans there's recall on the turkish pine nuts which has been associated with gastrointestitis. it was sold in maryland and pennsylvania and virginia new jersey and new york. it includes 5,000 pounds of these nuts. >>> at johns hopkins has come up with a treatment in the fight against breast cancer and linda so is live with

. >> reporter: congressman elijah cumings has launched an investigation into drug shortage profiteering> when you take a drug that is a life-saving type drug and deprive a child or anybody else of that drug by hoarding it and jacking up the price as much as 5,000 times, as far as i'm concerned that is criminal. >> reporter: here in miami, a company called allied medical supply sells the leukemia drug citaribin. they've taken a drug that typically sells for $12 a vial and offers it for nearly a thousand dollars. allied, with $5 million a year in revenue, makes up to 600% profit on some drugs it sells according to this person with inside knowledge of the company whose identity cbs news agreed to conceal. >> they're out to make a profit, plain and simple. not for the interests of the public, the consumer, the patient, the hospital. strictly to make a profit at any cost. >> reporter: you say allied would target drugs in short supply. how would they know what was in short supply? >> they would actually go to the f.d.a. shortage site and look up the medications. you have a list of hospitals,

popular prescription drugs needed to keep people alive are still in the available and congressman elijah cummings is fighting for that. his action was prompted by university of maryland women's basketball coach frese whose son uses lam-- leukemia drugs. >> sell them four to five times, i think if it's not criminal, this should be made a crime. >> cummings has opened up a tip line for price gouging. for a link to this go to wjz.com and click on news. >>> a beloved couple who touched the lives of hundreds if not thousands school children have been laid to rest after a fire tore through their baltimore home. monique griego has more. good morning. >> reporter: the couple first met hear -- here last students in the 1950s. several decades later fate would bring them together. hundreds filled morgan state university. the couple died when their house caught fire. >> they will be sorely missed. >> reporter: 80-year-old jennye was a retired teacher and principal and a 60-year member of the delta sigma theta sorority. >> they have affected the lives of many, many people. >> reporter: 78-year-old do

. >> congressmen elijah cummings's seventh will become one of the strongest and they say it was tough to keep intact because of the decrease in population. >> it is good for baltimore and assures a good representation for all of the baltimore communities. it is clear that the voting rights of african-americans in the city of baltimore is protected by this plan. >> the maryland republican party it submitted a plan with more compacted boundaries would creat three minority-majority districts. republicans called the governor's map nothing but a political instrument that continues to be a vehicle to build partisan power in congress. the >> of the general assembly does not pass the history of african-americans districts, we will be filing a grievance with the u.s. department of justice. >> people senate is expected to plan.p to governor it's also on the table, a proposed increase in the gasoline tax. david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. >> friday, saturday, sunday, today. nice as far as the weather is concerned with lots of sunshine. if you look at the list on the hd doppler radar, there is some

a maryland rep elijah cummings requested a report. he is the top democrat on the committee. toys r us sweeting holiday layaway. there will be offered layaway on all playthings in many of its stores beginning october 15. also offer a bill later option for web purchases. debtrn over greece's crisis. the bloomberg maryland index falling hard. how does a disney one week vacation and tickets to a theme park sound? a contest on active and retired u.s. military. submit a link or draft an essay on why your family is proud to be a military family. you have until november 18. i'm jane king for wbal-tv 11 news. >> it has been a year since the last iphone release. that's not stopping apple from releasing the note iphone 5. >> this is an important for steps is the announcement of steve jobs. >> no other smart phone comes close to matching iphone sales. 50 million in the past year with iphone 4. today, the iphone gets an update. >> the pressure is on for up to do something new and to show consumers that they are facing down the android threat. of cellwide array an phones outnumber the iph

elijah cummings will be on the show. it airs sunday morning after "meet the press" at 11:30 here on nbc 4. >>> an illegal immigrant is arrested for murder. how investigators were able to connect him the a crime seven months after it happened. >>> defense presents the strongest evidence yet in terms of whether michael jackson is to blame for his own death. >>> this year, earthquake, hurricane, monsoon, now an october snow. did we do something wrong? i'm pat collins. the story coming up, news 4. >>> hakeem, what's coming up in sports? >> reporter: how do i top that? that was wonderful. world series game six, epic. the caps perfect record is no more. how a veteran goaltender stifled ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >>> on monday, prosecutors will start cross examing on behalf of michael jackson's doct

instead, elijah cummings with a parade of high politicians to testify on his behalf. he testified that he was an honest man. but he stands accused accused accused of accepting nearly a quarter million dollars in bribes for political favors. they're using what some call the idiot defense. anthony brown told the jury curry is honest but disorganized. prosecutors hit back, alluding that curry's powerful chairmanship of the state's budget is a complicated job, requiring a certain level of intelligence. defense attorneys argue that he's a paid consultant for shopper's food was legal, but he failed to disclose his work on ethics forms. testimony is expected to continue throughout this week and then jury members could begin deliberating sometime next week. we're live at the federal clubhouse, adam may, wjz news. >> he faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of all the charges. >>> the ravens fall short in the prime time spotlight. wjz has complete coverage of their loss to the jaguars. we've been talking to disappointed fans all day. let's go to mark vivianno with more o

congressman is elijah cummings was owned -- on the stand in the corruption trial of state center ulysses currie. we'll have these stories and much more whe >> if you have not seen a phenomenon yet, take a look. a stunning visual showed that has everyone talking. what is it? it turns out the show was caused by laura borealis, the northern lights. because of an odd weather phenomenon, it is turning up in the south. some experts report it will continue, and more people might catch a glimpse four more nights to come. >> an explosion on the surface of the sun sends out what is called a car ronald massive injection. -- coronal gas injection. -- mass injection. it is the northern lights, farther south. last night it was strong enough to get down into the mid atlantic and the ohio valley. i don't think it will be out there tonight because the activity on the face of the sun has quieted down in the past 12 to 18 hours. we are in a period where sunspots are quite active. it could happen again. we will keep to alerted if we get notification that another one of those sunspots' explodes like that aga

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. >> today, the ranking democrat on the house oversight committee elijah cummings asked former atf directorneth nelson to appear at a public hearing. his attorney and justice department responded positively but it's up to darrell issa whether to call nelson who invists the facts of the operation never -- insists the facts of the operation never reached his level. >>> nationwide campaign has been educating students and others about the danger of prescription drug addiction. people around the country are encouraged to turn in used or expired medications tomorrow, which brings us to a heart-breaking story from senior national correspondent john robert about addicts who had no choice in the matter. >> they shake uncontrolably, crying incessantly. not because they need milk, but morphine. babies like this are fighting withdrawal from powerful prescription narcotics because their mother could not fight the urge to get high. at all children's hospital in st. petersburg, florida, the problem exploded. 30% of the babies in the neo natal intensive care unit were born addicted. >> i think this is much

former governor robert ehrlich, congressman elijah cummings and lieutenant governor anthony brown have testified for currie. >> senator currie will not testify on his own behalf. >>> presidential candidate herman cain is being forced to address claims that he sexually harassed twoem with. -- two women. >> reporter: republican front runner herman cain denied allegations he engaged in improper behavior with two former employees. >> in all of my over 40 years' business experience, running businesses and corporations, i have never sexually harassed anyone. >> reporter: anonymous sources told politico, the inappropriate conduct happened in the 1990s, when cain was the head of the national restaurant association. the candidate insists, it turned up no evidence to support the two women's claims. >> i was falsely accused of sexual harassment. >> reporter: cain called this a witch hunt. as they promote his 999 tax plan. >> yes. it's a bold idea and a bold plan. but america can't wait. >> reporter: cain is coming under more scrutiny now that he's ahead in the polls. a new poll put him just ahead

i'm elijah brooks. i'm the head football coach. it's my first year leading the program. let's go.t's go. finish. good. i've loved football since the day, you know, i was introduced to it. returning to my alma mater to lead the program is something i have always dreamed of. i'm going to do everything in my power to make sure we remain, you know, a power in the area. continue to produce top ten year after year. just being ahead of the entire program, you know, managing 200 plus boys and, you know, making sure they are where they are supposed to be at all times and making sure we are together as a coaching staff, the managing part is the biggest adjustment. >> that's it, youngster. that's it. go. good. not all guys are strong in the classroom. you know, some guys have certain weaknesses out here on the field. the biggest thing is, if you give maximum effort and put everything into it, a lot of times that hard work translates into success. change directions. let's go. whew! whew! come on back. let's go. my guys know that, you know, we are not going to get it done in the classroom. the

. >> let's dig deeper, joining us is elijah cummings and jason.ongressman, this is the nation's highest ranking law enforcement officer. i'll grant you there are legitimate questions to be answered here. when people use terms like lying and incompetent, is that not a bit reckless? >> we have to be careful on how we articulate this. remember, we have two dead agents, 2,000 weapons unaccounted for, and i feel like we have been misled because for the attorney general to say that he just heard about it a couple weeks ago and the documents show otherwise, it doesn't added a up. >> let's listen to the tone jern back in may. >> when did you first know about the program officially known as "fast and furious"? >> i don't know about the exact date but probably over the last few weeks. >> he says over the last few weeks. that is on may 3rd, 2011. listen to the president of the united states. this is back in march. >> i heard on the news about this story that fast and furious, where allegedly guns were being run into mexico and atf knew about it but didn't ap

dave owens introduces us to elijah brooks in dc highschoolsports.net. >> trying to fill big shoes. >>reat experience. >> one of prep footballs creme de la creme. >> there is added pressure here where the standard of excellence is so high. >> reporter: but it is his show now and he is doing it his way. feisty. high energy. not that much older than his players. >> he jokes with us. listens to the same kind of music. >> reporter: he played and then was an assistant under billy mack but just six years removed from college already shepparding one of the nation's elite football programs. >> it is very humbling. >> reporter: a tilt with crosstown rival good council. >> we have had some epic games. >> reporter: saturday will be the same. especially when you consider what's on the line. now. always holding the lofty perch of the best. exhibit a, good council's 42-3 thumping in the championship last year. >> we all know what happened. we all got it posted in our locker room, our weight room. >> reporter: so is the sunsetting on their rain? not if he can help. alumni like the westbrook brothers