>> he quit and we've had kent sorensen's former campaign manager say kent told me flat out that he wasey. he flat out told also eric wilson, who is the iowa director as well. he told a lot of people. there's people a mile long that he told that he was getting money and all of those people are coming out of the woodwork, making themselves available, so kent sorensen and i had the conversation on the phone and yesterday, kent even came out to our stop in iowa and he was there with me yesterday. he left our event and then went to the ron paul event. this is about money. this is about money. >> the political director left for money, too? >> seeing that the floor is coming out. >> did the political director quit -- >> you'll have to talk to him. you'll have to talk to -- you'll have to talk to him about it. but clearly, there are other people that kent sorensen talked to who he told that the ron paul campaign is offering him money. now, that's a very serious issue and that's one that only the ron paul campaign and they can deal with. but i've got my phone. my phone log that e shows i had a

six minutes later, i see kent sorenson on stage endorses ron paul. sorenson and reasons why he may have done it. >> kent said to me yesterday that everyone sells out in iowa. why shouldn't i? then he told me that he would stay with our campaign. the ron paul campaign has to answer for its actions on these events. >> now, now kent sorenson told me last night that claim is absurd and incorrect. the campaign chairman went even further, he said that she doesn't have a clue, he also said that her campaign is floundering. and a that's the why she would making these allegations. >> unbelievable. anthony,ç thank you for stayin on top of it. >>> newt gingrich's campaign has been a roller-coaster ride, where does he think he stands now? let's go back to chuck in des moines, what else did gingrich tell you, fascinating interview on the bus, what else came of it that's worth our time. >> well, look, there's a lot in there. you should hear his back and forth, for instance, on what we could have do prevent north korea from getting nuclear weapons. but we talked a

. >> i had a conversation with kent sorenson. in the direct conversation i had with him, he told me he was offered money. he was offered a lot of money by the ron paul campaign to go and associate with the ron paul campaign. no one else knows about that conversation other than kent and myself. i know what he said to me about that. >> he says he went to the paul camp because ron paul has the best change of beating romney and president obama. in his statement, he says as for the ridiculous allegations that congresswoman bachman made, i was never paid. here is what he said on fox news with megan kelly. >> was money offered to you by anybody from the ron paul camp to jump ship? >> absolutely not. i did not accept money. i was never offered a nickel from the ron paul campaign. >> or anybody associated with it? >> never offered a nickel. >> it's a he said/she said. we don't know what conversation, if any, took place between them. tonight, there's another he said in the mix. another bachmann campaign official who came to sorenson's defe

me that kent is getting money. we saw incredible momentum, including the fact that last night we had 150 new people calling us, saying they want to stand up for me in the caucuses, we had thousands over the last ten days and that caused the ron paul campaign to be very nervous, because they saw the momentum shifting here in iowa to my campaign. so then they came up with this plan apparently to offer a lot of money to kent sorenson. >> paul has 22% of the vote in the latest poll. that's up 5% from the start of the month. let's get into the raw politics in des moines iowa. candy crowley, host of cnn's state of the union. and democratic strategist for president obama's re-election campaign and also a pollster for the president's 2008 campaign. cornell, bachmann says ron paul is losing steam in iowa, is he? >> i don't think he's losing steam at all and i quite frankly don't understand why bachmann is pushing the story. because this is a story that gets in the way of everything she wants to do. so we're spending all thi

muy bien, éste es el fin de otro programa del cocinero kent.> discúlpame, billy, estaba arreando descarriados. >> no importa. debí saber que la casa no era para joey. necesita a su familia ¿cierto? >> los, los uros aprenden todo con mamá y papá. el morirá si sus padres no le enseñan a sobrevivir. >> están en sidney, en ese zoológico, reino del canguro. ¿por qué los llevaron allá? >> Ése es un lugar desagradable, billy. he estado en esas ciudades ¿sabes? y no es como aquí. aquí hay tierra en todas partes, hasta en el horizonte, te hace pensar en la tierra y olvidas a la gente. en sidney hay gente en todas partes, hasta en el horizonte. y allá olvidas la tierra. >> tengo que llevarlo, mick. >> tu mamá no te dejará. >> necesita a sus padres. >> sidney está muy lejos. >> sé lo que es no tener un padre. >> lo sé, billy, lo sé. (música). >> sidney. (música). >> ya volvemos con jamie croft, en la emocionante aventura del canguro joey, aquí en cineplex.

annapolis and kent island at 41 degrees. so once again here is this warm front. this initial push of mild air that is going to define the holiday weekend for us. this means business. the next three days we are easily going to be in the 50s. let's take a look at the forecast for this day. a high temperature of around 44 degrees. overnight tonight it is milder than the past overnight by five or six degrees, call it 33. and tomorrow look at that. up to 54 degrees, but having said that, you know, 44 late. it feels chilly, but it is normal for this time of the year. but wait until you see the five- day-forecast, trust me when i tell you life is changing next week. >> oh. >> yeah. >> ominous. >> you can say that again. >> all right, ominous. >> no, i meant the oh. >> um. >> yeah. >> still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon a new study about how your diet can effect your memory, the benefits of eating more fruit and your veggies, wjz is always on, here as the top stories at , >>> in today's wjz health watch, a drug used to treat colon and lung cancer is giving women

believe two tier of candidates and i believe ron paul is in that tier and i'm here to help him. >> kent sorensen personally told me he was offered a large sum of money to go to work for the ron paul campaign. >> reporter: paul's team insist it did not pay sorensen slamming the state senator. a new poll shows only 9% would vote for her at next tuesday's caucus. the poll's biggest surprise, former pennsylvania senator rick santorum after struggling for months he suddenly surged to third place with 16%. that is an 11-point gain since the beginning of december. one continue onetime newt gingrich plummeted to third place. ron paul is three points behind the leader mitt romney. >> the president said he wants to fundamentally transform americans. i kind of like america. >> reporter: last night, the former massachusetts governor drew one of his largest crowds yet at a town hall meeting in iowa and hoping for a bigger turnout next week at the iowa caucuses. it shows whoever wins there will face a rough battle for the eventual republican presidential nomination. >>> on tuesday, perry said he had

kent visited her in india. this photo taken the first time kent met her family.rtship intensified and she purchased a refundable ticket to visit kent in san francisco. >> the prices were steeper because it was a refundable vir tie everything went well and she cancelled her return flight, receiving confirmation she'd done so. and three weeks later the couple was married in san mateo county. >> there was no need to show were we sure about what we're doing. >> she inquired about the expected refund. >> all boy receive is notification saying your complaint has been taken. >> she filed several complaints and there is no response. al is a travel attorney. >> months and months? that isn't reasonable. but there is no consumer rights law that says this musting this long. >> we contacted lufthansa. >> i'm thinking hallelujah. there was no communication. i had written it off. >> lufthansa says it responded to her once it became aware of the situation we do need the mention the refund was only half as she expected. seems she unknowingly purchased what is known as restricted

paul took the stage there, in des moines tonight, an iowa republican state senator who's named kent sorensen was introduced to the ron paul supporting crowd. up until tonight mr. sorensen had been serving as an iowa state co-chair for the michele bachmann campaign. the reason he was being introduced at a ron paul roll was to announce he's switching sides. >> tonight's been tough for me. i've been serving as michele bachmann's state chair over the lastç year. and while michele has fought tremendously for my conservative values, i believe we're at a turning point in this campaign. i believe we have an opportunity

here again, michele bachmann's version of kent sorenson's defection. >> i had a conversation with kentand in the direct conversation that i had with him he told me that he was offered money. he was offered a lot of money by the ron paul campaign to go and associate with the ron paul campaign. no one else knows about that conversation other than kent sorenson and myself and i know what he said to me about that. >> sorenson had been the chairman of bork machmann's operations. they say you're a sellout, sfru. >> absolutely not, natalie. that conversation never happened and as much respect as i have for michelle, the fact of the matter is it just didn't happen. think it is unfortunate they're resorting to these type of tactics. >> so why did you switch and why now? >> well, i think we have a real clear opportunity here to defeat mitt romney and when we're -- when you're looking at the polling that we were seeing, both internally and what we're seeing released throughout the various media outlets, i think it was very clear thae that it came down to a race of the two top tier candidates, mit

so kent sorenson and i had the conversation on phone. kent came out the our stop in indianaola, iowa and left with me yesterday. he left our event and went to the ron paul event. this is about money. this is about money. is this about the ron paul campaign seeing the floor is coming out. >> in fact, kent sorenson just attended a bachmann event four hours before announcing his departure to a crowd of ron paul supporters. >> tonight is four me. i've been serving as michele bachmann's state chair over the last year and while michele has fought tremendously for my conservative values i believe we're in a turning point in this campaign. when the republican establishment is going to be coming against him in the next few days i thought it was my duty to come to his aid. >> sorenson also said he feels loyalty to paul because paul campaigned for him in a contentious senate bid. bachmann is working to drum up support in urbandale, iowa. she's second to last in iowa drawing just 9% support. only jon huntsman polls lower. shannon travis is trailing

kent says everyone sells out in iowa why shouldn't i?hen he told me he was going to stay with our campaign. the ron paul campaign has to answer for his actions. sorenson says he was not lured away by cash. does this matter? why am i looking at kent sorenson on my tv this morning? >> something tells me we're going to forget the name kent sorenson within a matter of days. >> days? >> within hours. >> what a classy guy. who wouldn't want him in their corner? obviously this is a huge joke. and he's transparent about it, too. michelle wasn't going to win. >> i want to go with the guy who is at least going to be number two. >> plus they threw in some cash. >> i'm going to try -- bachmann is famous for throwing out statements that actually make no sense whatsoever upon close skr scrutiny. >> forget kent sorenson and let's talk about where ron paul is. he's right there at the top with romney. a lot of these independents who can switch at the door could go to ron paul. where does he fit in here? >> he's got a great platform right now for iowa. he

eye land kent island and rock hall. i showed you this fog of moisture trying to move our way. believe it or not this dominant influence and this big dome of high pressure is literally going to force it in a southeasterly direction. the upper air support is not straight west-east. it is going to kind of dive down to our south but it is going to spread a couple of clouds over the area tonight and tomorrow. we will go partly sunny to partly cloudy. by thursday this frontal boundary moves into the area, that is going to be our shot of shower activity. sunny day with a high of 53. tonight here come a couple of clouds but still, i would look up to see a shooting star and make a wish. three is your overnight low. 54 degrees mixture of clouds and sun, tomorrow, we will take a look at that five-day- forecast here coming up shortly. >> all right. still to come on wjz's eyewitness news at noon, when they are feeling down more teens are turning to food for comfort. are they? the answer ahead in health watch. wjz is always on, for c

eventually kent visited india. this photo was taken the first time kent met her family.n and get her high school sweet earth back. the only problem is he is married and just had a kid. >> i hate it already. >> a movie that's going to make you feel uncomfortable but it's very funny and charlie is incredible in it. >> i read an article where she was talk neglectf difficulties of creating a character that is ugly on the inside but people are still going to try to find something endearing about. >> yeah. i think it's probably impossible for her to make a character ugly on the outside so she is a brilliant actress and fearless and she found a way to take a character who is doing awful things and saying awful things and yet really giving her humanity and a vulnerability. >> her costar. >> a secret weapon. and sees the movie through him. and truly delightful and a very unusual romance. >> tell me how the collaborative process works. >> frankly, the process is that she writes the script and i am lucky i get to direct them. although this is a very different movie from juneau. you

. >> this is not just a flight of fancy for kent couch.n 2008, he tries to break his own record in number of miles traveled in a balloon. >> a way to get up in the air with a group of balloons. some people would use weather balloons. i have never done that. the funny thing is usually i use a lawn chair because it's comfortable and i can lean back. it's red neck and i'm kind of red neck. >> there are some federal aviation rules to follow. but remarkably, as long as couch's aircraft stays under 254 pounds, he doesn't have to register with the faa. but couch does need some technical assistance. >> my friend has done a great job of making everything work. he's a techie guy. >> it might look unsafe, but a lot of care and attention has gone to make it very safe. >> cluster ballooning has come a long way since it was first attempted in the early 1930s. kent's lawn chair is outfitted with all the gear he'll need to survive a long trip. from a gps system to an oxygen tank so he can breathe above 13,000 feet. and lucky for us, it also includes camer

. >> chispas seÑorita, quÉ pea que no estuvo aquÍ el seÑor kent. >> sÍ, el pobre nunca estÁ cuando.m? (mÚsica). >> ay bueno, superman quiere a todo el mundo. >> maldiciÓn, dÉjanos ya en tierra firme y tÚ no me arrugues el traje. >> ay. >> no me pises, otis. >> buenas noches alcaide, creo que estos dos estarÁn bien con usted hasta que se les lleve a juicio. >> ¿quiÉn es superman? >> lex luthor, el criminal mÁs grande de toda la Época. >> la Época. >> por lo tanto le aviso. >> ¿quÉ estÁ avisando? >> que estos muros. >> que estos muros. >> quieres cerrar la boca pedazo de. >> no enojando, no enojando. (mÚsica). >> esta naciÓn, estÁ a salvo superman gracias a usted. >> no seÑor, no gracias a mÍ alcaide, todos somos parte del mismo equipo, buenas noches. (mÚsica).

eventually kent visited india. this photo was taken the first time kent met her family.writes the script and i am lucky i get to direct them. although this is a very different movie from juneau. you cannot expect juneau going into this one. >> i heard someplace or read someplace where you said you don't give answers. you want people to come to their own conclusions. i mean, what's the question with the new film? what's the thing that people are going to ponder throughout the court of this? >> i mean, you're watching a movie bat very tricky woman. and i always found a movie acts like a mirror. you see yourself in it and often you're seeing characters on screen that are altruistic andow say, i hope i share those qualities. this is a film where often people say, i know people like that, but if they're being honest, maybe there's something in it that might be like themselves. >> you can watch 7 live every weekday from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. on abc-7. >> an explosion of red and white in san francisco at santacon came to the city by the bay. explain this to your children. washingto

so kent sorenson and i had the conversation on the phone and yesterday, kent even came out to our stop in iowa and he was there with me yesterday. he left our event and then went to the ron paul event. this is about money. >> well, let's see if it is about money. i want to bring in john avalon, senior columnist for "newsweek" and "the daily beast." gentlemen, is someone lying here? john avalon, i'll begin with you because you're sitting right here. why would the poll camp pay? is there any sense in that. >> what michele bachmann has set up is a he said/she said. the tie-breaking vote is her political director in iowa said, look, i'm sticking with michelic -- michelle bachmann, but kent sorenson is telling the truth he was not offered money and he was summarily dismissed. michelle bachmann has a truth telling problem. >> there's a pinocchio potential here and someone is not telling the truth. >> do you think the senator is a big enough player to be bought? >> if true, this is a story. it violates state law. it also takes a little bit of the lid off the way iowa operates and a lot of peo

so kent sorenson and i had the conversation on the phone and yesterday, kent even came out to our stop in iowa and he was there with me yesterday. he left our event and then went to the ron paul event. this is about money. >> well, let's see if it is about money. i want to bring in john avalon, senior columnist for "newsweek" and "the daily beast." gentlemen, is someone lying here? john avalon, i'll begin with you because you're sitting right here. why would the poll camp pay? is there any sense in that. >> what michele bachmann has set up is a he said/she said. the tie-breaking vote is her political director in iowa said, look, i'm sticking with michelic -- michelle bachmann, but kent sorenson is telling the truth he was not offered money and he was summarily dismissed. michelle bachmann has a truth telling problem. >> there's a pinocchio potential here and someone is not telling the truth. >> do you think the senator is a big enough player to be bought? >> if true, this is a story. it violates state law. it also takes a little bit of the lid off the way iowa operates and a lot of peo

kent sorenson has now defected to one of her biggest rivals ron paul. >> in 2010 i was running for thete senate congressman paul came and did three separate events for me and i felt like he was by my side and i had a tough break. now it's my duty to be by my side. >> kent sorenson told me he was paid a lot of money to go to the ron paul campaign. >> once they cast their ballots tuesday night, they're all tallied up in the room and the reports given to the gop. it's announced a couple hours after the process begins. >>> new at 11:00, an attorney is taking it upon himself to try to get newt gingrich on the ballot in march. he failed to get the necessary 10,000 signatures to make the list of republicans running for president. jonathan moseley has contended that many signatures were improperly thrown out. he is acting independently of the newt gingrich campaign. >>> meanwhile, rick perry has lost his bid. they declined perry's request for an emergency order requesting his name appear on the ballot. the ballot requirements are overly burdensome and unconstitutional. the judge will hear more

kent said to me yesterday that "everyone sells out in iowa, why shouldn't i?n he told me he would stay with our campaign. the ron paul campaign has to answer for its actions." that's a statement from michele bachmann. sorenson denies he was lured away by cash. mark, is this significant to the race? >> well, it's significant in the sense that it's blotting out any other news. i was at the event last night where sorenson did that. pretty dramatic. he's obviously not a national figure. he's not even particularly well known broadly in iowa, but it does show that there are these efforts going on, lots of rumors and accusations, efforts going on to try to settle on a candidate to stop mitt romney. sorenson was very outspoken afterwards in his criticism of romney. people who want romney -- don't want romney to be the nominee are looking for a candidate who can beat him in iowa, and right now, you have to say paul's the best bet to do that. the crazy thing about it is, if you want to stop mitt romney long term, ron paul winning the iowa caucuses is the worst possible

eventually kent visited her in india. this photo was taken the first time kent met her family.ship intensified and she purchased a round trip refundable ticket from lufthansa to visit kent in san francisco. >> the prices are a little steeper because they were the refundable variety. >> everything went so well on her visit that she cancelled her return flight and received confirmation from the airline that she had done so. three weeks later the couple was married in san mateo county. >> there was no need to have more time. we were sure what we were doing. >> when things settled down she inquired with the airline about the expected refund. >> all i receive was the automatic notification saying it was refunded. he never heard back anything from anybody. >> over the next year she filed several online complaints but there was no response beyond the automated e-mail. he is a nationally known travel attorney. >> months and months, that isn't reasonable. but there's no consumer rights law that says it must be this long. >> more than a year after her cancelled trip she contacted 7 on yo

kent sorenson says he supports ron paul now.w and ron paul. >> i believe that we're here in iowa at a crucial point. i believe two top-tier candidates running right now. i believe the race has come down to mitt romney or ron paul. >> michele bachmann says of money to work for ron paul. >> kent campaigned with us earlier this afternoon in iowa and then he went immediately afward to a ron paul event and announced he is changing teams. kent said to me yesterday that everyone sells out in iowa, why shouldn't i? then he told me he would stay with our campaign. the ron paul campaign had to answer for his actions on these events. >> paul's campaign said it was not paying sorenson and was puzzled why bachmann would make such a claim. >>> one candidate, jon huntsman, is not competing in iowa but is focusing on the new hampshire primary on january 10th. earlier, huntsman told jeff the results in new hampshire may surprise some people. >> the rap on me has always been we know he can win the general election but can he win the primary phase

eventually kent visited her in india. this photo was taken the first time kent met her family. the court ship intensified and she purchased a round trip refundable ticket from lufansa to visit kent in san francisco. >> the prices are a little steeper because they were the refundable variety. >> everything went so well on her visit that she cancelled her return flight and received confirmation from the airline that she had done so. three weeks later the couple was married in san mateo county. >> there was no need to have more time. we were sure what we were doing. >> and she inquired about the expected refund >> all i receive was the oughtmation notification sag it was refund. he never heard back anything from anybody. >> over the next year she filed several online complaint but there was no response beyond the automated e-mail. he is a nationally known travel attorney. >> months and months, that isn't reasonable. but there's no consumer rights law that says it must be this long. >> more than a year after her cancelled trip she contacted 7 on your side and we contacted lufonsa.

senator kent conrad and chairman of the senate budget committee and a member of the gang of six budget cutters, senator conrad, great to have you with us tonight. the i don't know, i sort of feel positive. little butterflies in my stomach that you all might be moving towards a deal. are you? >> i think we are. and hallelujah if we are able to do it and do it in a way that's timely. we all know it is critically important for the economy to extend the payroll tax cut. it is critically important for the economy to extend unemployment benefits. the challenge, of course, is paying for it all. and i do think we're moving closer. >> and how then will it be paid for? obviously with democrats and the president dropping this millionaire surtax as a way to pay for it, that's a major concession. and i know republicans have put a few ways out there, some of which democrats appear to agree with like the mortgage lenders being charged more, perhaps even means testing medicare. do you think that we'll see some of those things in this and it will be fully paid for or not? >> i do. i think another idea

senator kent conrad and chairman of the senate budget committee and a member of the gang of six budget cutters, senator conrad, great to have you with us tonight. i don't know, i sort of feel positive. little butterflies in my stomach that you all might be moving towards a deal. are you? >> i think we are. and hallelujah if we are able to do it and do it in a way that's timely. we all know it is critically important for the economy to extend the payroll tax cut. it is critically important for the economy to extend unemployment benefits. the challenge, of course, is paying for it all. and i do think we're moving closer. >> and how then will it be paid for? obviously with democrats and the president dropping this millionaire surtax as a way to pay for it, that's a major concession. and i know republicans have put a few ways out there, some of which democrats appear to agree with like the mortgage lenders being charged more, perhaps even means testing medicare. do you think that we'll see some of those things in this and it will be fully paid for or not? >> i do. i think another idea that

he served as the state's attorney for queen's kent county. a major announcement expected at the 9/11 memorial site later today. it has attracted 1 million visitors since it opened september 12 this year. the plaza draws about 10,000 visitors a day billick 5000 people are allowed to be on the memorial site at a time -- but only about 1500 people are allowed to be on the memorial site at a time. the papers were shredded. visitors even broke mementos the represented the bad there was to represent in the new year. that brings us to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- do you have a new year's resolution and, if so, what is it? >> all right. >> keep sending your answers. we will post more of your answers on the front page of wbaltv.com. >> i love to everybody on their resolutions. neither snow nor sleet will keep rain from getting to was appointed route. >> in the middle of a blizzard up aweek, a woman hits ched horse and revise the idea of the pony express. >> there were blizzard like conditions. >> my