. >> coming up, c chang, and ang, one of a kind.s b@ >> charles: and now here is from our sunday morning almanac, august 15, 1829, 180 years ago today. >> today a pair of young immigrants from asia first set foot in the united states. chang and ang bunker conjoined twins joined at the chest were born in what is now thailand, the mostly chinese parents in 1811. unlike so many immigrants at the time, coming to this country wasn't exactly their idea. they were brought here by promoters who figured people would pay good money to see them. those promoters were right, they were a huge sideshow attraction. >> not unlike the equally successful and much more recent brothers, in stuck on you. >> i am going to level with you. chinese twins ain't the easiest sell i ever had. >> we are not siamese, we are american. >> but in the all too real story of chang and ang, they weren't destined to spend their time as a circus act, they earned enough money to quit and bought a house in north carolina and began a new life as gentlemen farmers. >> they mar

awoke to find that chang died in his sleep. >> ang reportedly refused to be separated from his twineven in the face of death. >> chang and ang bunker died at age 62, programs as close as any two people who ever lived. >> they were buried together in a especially made coffin. >> today, their descend damages number more than 1,500. >> up next, through the looking glass, . >> the reruns have your heads spinning? try one of these. never a repeated image. >> we take in the view from a kaleidoscope. here is serena altschul. >> think fireworks or snow flakes. no one will see these images exactly the same way ever again. they are for your eyes only. >> the work kaleidoscope means beautiful amidst a view. >> it is derived from the word greek for beautiful, and ida for shape or form, kaleidoscopes came to america in the early 19th century, optical instruments designed to entertain. they were invented in 1816 by sir david brewster, a scottish scientist. >> brewster was a physicist and an optics specialist, he studied the physics of light, he sort of fell upon this concept of multiple reflect s

we have a picture of her with director ang lee. there they are. give it three and a half. >> tanya is in it, i will have to see it. i saw this documentary. it's limited release. it's called "the september issue. it's interesting following the editor and chief of american in vogue. she's putting to thar of september issue hisric 840 pages. you watch her getting them to redo the entire industry, shoot down a 50,000-dollar photo shoot because she didn't like it watch this, this is one of many scenes she talks with a photographer after seeing the photos. >> -- minimal approach. i mean it's what you are. i know. the goal is to be straight here. you look at it. it's always the same. it would be great to break up. thanks. >> there are great moments in the movie. a interesting way the director makes you realize she has her own skaoupbts as well. she talks about her siblings thinking her job is amusing and her daughter doesn't want to follow suit. it's worth seeing. it's a side of fashion i have never >> a line of fire across southern california this mourn

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farther." >> reporter:his is the bryant temple rican methodist episcopal church in soh central los anges. the usic will move you, but this is not a celebratn. it's a serve dedicated to brging an end to the needless deaths of all the boywho will never become men. >> our young people have been dying in the streets y and night where we have hidden o light undea bushel. >reporter: how many kids have been kille say, in the last year? >> about aundred. >> reporter: pastor ugene williams managed survive his inner-city childhd, but the odds are worstoday. he says is partly because too manafrican-american churches haveost their way. >> and so we've ne from a period of ministers le dr cecil murray d dr. j. alfred smith, w taught that it was important to lo your neighbor as yourself, to a place wre ministers belved that it was important that the counity love them. >> reporter: so that's why williams and otherctivist preachers started a progr caled passing the mantle, now in its fourth year at the iversity of southern califora. it's a nine-day urse where stors, now known as the old lions, teach unge

we are not here ly for anging faces.are here to diuss how to progress forward, how to fig against e israeli settments, how to pursue the human rights of palestinians. in his oningddress at the conference, the paltinian president, ao head of fatah, under lined palestinian's right to estence, though he said pee was the number one goal. >> the fact thatpalestinians ha chosen peace does t mean they will std by and accep israel's constan violations of the peace pross, he said armed struggle is an opon as a necesty. >>e is far from alone i monitoring theatah conference carefully. the ternational community sees fatah as the palestinia partneto negotiaten eventual end to th palestinian-israel conflict. "bbc news," west bank. >> goo to have you with us on bc world news." ay with us if yo can. stillo come. ♪ it's th people's pto shoot. why onof britain's top photo snappers is rning his camera on thousand mbers of the public. >> first, tugh, we ve nothg to hide. that is the brish government responding to ausation tt is its security

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be have a director with ang lee. lee is great not terrific. give it 3-point 5. >> tanya is in it. >> yes. >> i saw the staff meeting documentary. it was limited release. it's called the september issue. it's interesting following the editor and chief of vogue. she puts together a september issue historic 840 pages. you watch her with a couple of sentences get the entire industry redone, shoot down a photo shoot she doesn't like. this is one of many scenes she's talking to a photographer after she sees the photos. >> here there is a thing called minimal approach. it's what you are. the goal is straight here. you look at it. it's just like it's always the same. it would be great to break up. thanks. >> there are really great moments in the movie. there is a interesting way the director makes you realize she has her own in securities as they think her job is amusing. i give it four. it's a side of fashion i have never seen. i liked t-frplt. >> she's a polarizing character is healthy for your family to breathe. make sure you test your home for the

reporter: with the fi today, ang says the s.e.c. is now sending a new message. >> it sends a stro signal to dealmake everywhe, you ally need disclose everytng. >> reporter: and iserves as a remier that what angel calls the "bonus culture" istill as contversial as it has ever been. darren gersh"nightly business report", washington. >> susiejoining us now with more analysis, richard bov veteran banking analyst rochdale securits. >>uzanne: let's get right to the $3 million settle -- $33 settle., shod it have been mo? >> i don't thi it should have en more. i don't ink the government should tell a companyo do something en fine them after they do it. but $33 million is very small relative to the $5.8illion in bonusthat were paid. i'd say just a slap on the wrist. it wasn't meaningful stement byhe government. >> shareholders have beenery angry about this whole b of a/merrill lynch merger, suld th be satisfied been is news? >>ou can't besatisfied if the sec fis your company but i ink they haveo feel some degree of relief th there will be no

but i'm so enthralled by the lm process, i amudging ang on my own projects. charlie: and producer. producer.i'll be act can in th. >> charlie: do yohave to do that or do it because it's re likelyo be sold if u attaed sir ben kingly wh it? >> iove doing. i loveicking ingredients. >>harlie: do you, really? >> i love knowing tha there's director, there'that designer, there's that wderful person for that part and th pt. thedynamic knowing that the dynamic could be so beautiful and trying to g these ingredients togeth. >> charlie: wt kinds o stories do you think you tobt tell? >> there is -- whai think i'm moving towards is the film may en with one eraordinary gesture. the auence are completely captivated by this gesture, which hasn't been explained to them. ey just see, it's remarble. then the two hours of the film will bng the audience to the pointjust before it happened then s, "ah, yes, of course." the gestureand the whole story behi the gesture wt scinating me. >>harlie: you are offo -- e's acting in "mid summer's nice dream ." yes, she is. play playin queen of the fairies. >> char

. >> ty want change the people offghanistan want ange. >> reporter: presidt karzai's supporters on theeets of bul. he hashe loyalty of many pashtuns but manylaim security is getting worse and he's dne deals with war lor and drug dealers to stay power. abd salaam, kwn asockety has seen it allirst a aujd commander fighting t russians then -- first as a mugehadean comnder fightin t russis. >> t bigges hope s the new government and e forgners uld bring peace, develoent and secuty. people were expecting a good education and much more freedom. but security turned to insecurity, building came destruction and education ended up as ignonce. >>eporter: in a televised debate lt night, president karzai brushed off the crit same -- criticis saying he'she only one that can bring the taliban to the tle and deal with war lords are the name of nationalsecurity. we found suorters of the president oside the luxurious me outside of the most notorious war ld who returned from exile in turkey la night. in 2001, dtom allegedly allow 2,000 prisoners sufcate to death inhipping containers but no matter,he presi

and anges are coming tomorrow for american consume. thanks to the credit caract of 2009, a neset of rules goes into effect. includin the ability to reject rate increases. but as jeff yastinreports, it's alrdy having some untended consequences. reporter: across the countr right now, therere thousands of pple just like kirk arthur. he keeps several cret cards. and when he atteted to make a smalpurchase with one of them last weekend, he found it was canceled wiout any advance tice. >> there'shat feeling of emrrassment. you feel, oh, wh did i do wrong? d then i got angry because i knew i hadn't do anything wrong. anthat was the disconnect. i've been a good custor. i pay my balans off on time. >> reporr: arthur's cancellation comes as pa of an industry-wide movemento get out ahead the credit card act of 2009. curtis arnold, founder o cardratings.com, saythe number of accnts being cancelled or switched to variable res has surged in cent weeks. >> this is crazy unprecedentethings that are ppening right now. probably a worsease scenario exame.

. >> paul: bank of america and citi shares were ang the big board'most active. we'lsee them as we take a look at our stocks in theews tonight. >>aul: and those are the stocks in the news tonig, jeff. >> jeff: reader'digest associatiowhich publishes the country's most popular genal interestagazine, is filing for chapter 11 banuptcy protection the company has ached a deal withenders for $150 million in financing, so it canperate whilreorganizing. decling circulation, a drop in advertising and a $2-blion debt load dre the move. reader'sigest hopes to shed about $1.5 billion of that debt while in bankptcy protection. >> paul: tomorw, hewlett packarchecks in with quarterly results. we'll see hocomputer sales are trending as the tion heads back tschool. >> jeff: chaes schwab corp was sued todayy new york attorney general andrew cuo. he accused the brokerage business of misleading custors in the sale and rketing of auction rates securities. cuomo was schwab to repurchase the securities at face vue from investors schwab says the alletions lack merit. instead, theompany

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. >> although she looks ok from this ang the cat suffered extensive burns on her right side. they are optimistic she will recover but the head of the new anti-animal apuse task force says this is not an isolated accident. >> the cats are so vulnerable because there's so many out on the street. four cats have been tortured and killed. this is the fifth cat. >> depriffen is hopefull witnesses will cooperate otherwise she fears the people who hurt this kitten will go on to hurt people. this is not simply an animal problem. it starts here but will continue. this violence will continue and get worse. >> i'm kerry cavanaugh. wbal-tv 11 news. >> the rescue group recycle love will take over the kitten and the kitten is currently on painkillers and they hope she will croffer just as long as she can fight off infection. >> once installed panels will provide half of the hot water use in the mansion other things include temp controls. >> we're trying to lead by example and i think all of us can be leaders by example if we do everything we can to conservative energy and move forward with

ang to landsde victory by the opposition party in jan; a paul solman take on those millions of americanstill looking for work; a debatabout appoting an interim senator to fill edward kennedy's se; and some perective on how the news media is covering the health care debate. major funding fothe newshour withim lehrer is provided by: >> tiny little thi, it's just... t big. ah... okay, i found it. ( cheers andpplause ) okay c >> we are int, sponsors of tomoow. >> this is thengine that connec abundant grain from the erican heartland to haran's best selling whe, while keeping billion pounds of carbon outf the atmosphere ery year. bnsf, e engine that connects us. >> chevron. this is thpower of human energy. the national science foundion. supporting ecation and resear across all fields of science and engineering. and with t ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possle by the corporaon for public brocasting. and by contrutions to your pbs station from viewers like yo thank you. >> lehrer: eight wildfir burned across thdry hills of southern califoia today.

we areetngti ang few sprinkle ngci r t ae arhendey off to the northst. those couldea. those could aacropp thhe area in another couple of m area in another couple of we aren is.ur he t we are in the 70s70m fthroe shenandoah val la ntatic atlantiche s. mid-70s in montgomery and prince george's county. these are the dew points into the lower 70s. it is going to be a steamy day with aftigno hlion cg hsinmbto near 9 degrees. a pretty good chance for showers thchl morning and afternoon we'll see showers. a look at sunday and the next week with the lawsuitest on hurricane bill coming up. stay tuned. >>> now to jerry edwards to look at the traffic out there. good morning to you. >> good morning. hey, good morning. slick roadways this morning. be careful. let's check out the topside of the capital beltway. new hampshire avenue to ja avenue, no worries. but on the point where it goes over the 270 spur between old georgetown river road, police are dealing with an accident there. be cautious. elsewhere, things are moving along nicely at the wilson bridge. quiet along 95, 395 and 6

. >> paul: profit takers took corol of wall street in the early going today, as seers linked no ange in july consumer prices a very slgish economy. derscoring that was the surpriseip in early august consumer confidence. after o hours, the dow was off 163 points and the nasdaq do 39 points. a beer than expected 5/10 percenrise in july industrial production helped stocks stabize and cut the losses by the final bell. the dow closed off 76.79 a 9321.40. this week rose twice and fell three times for a t loss of 48.67 points. the nasdaq lost 233 to 1985.52 today. also rose twice and fell three times is week for a net ss of 14.73 points. the s&p 0 fell 8.64 to 1004.09 today and for the we overall lost 6.39 points. in the bond rket, the 10 year te climbed 10/32 to 100-15/3 putting thyield at 3.57%. >> paul: tough enomic times have more coumers saying no to cred cards. a new study shs debit cards have becomthe preferred form of plastic in the u.s. surpassingredit card transactionsor the first time ever. but as stephanie dhue reports, for consums, the trend has its pluses and minuses. >>eporte

i'm not part of an ang mob. i'm not pa of a vast right ng conspiracy.i'm here becae i am who i am d i heard about it and want voice to be hear yes, i'm part of e republican part but im not bought and paid for. i sn't told to come here. i came here ony own because i'a worried american. >> rorter: president obama's "orgizing for americ campaign has senemails to supporters saying the protts are orgazed by "insurance companies, special interestsnd partisan attacorganizations" and are "using scare tacts and spreadingmears, trying to cite constituents into lashi out at their repsentatives and diupting their events." other left-leaning groups ha also begun to milize their forc. doug lindslay was contactedy moveon.org to tend the denver lly. >> i don't think e shouting itsf is all that helpful, but its hard for me-when t other side starts shoing-its hard for not to go ahead and do the same. buif someone was doing it when congress people we speaking to us, d certainly ask that they be civil and wait thr turn to ask a estion instead of shouting out, which i've se

. >> ang show has been in prison for working to make myanmar a democrat nation. she's been kept under house arrest for 14 of the last 20 years. >>> trouble in the tropics tonight. three named storms gaining strength. one of them claudette, just popped up this afternoon and inching closer to land in florida. floridians are used to this. stocking up on generators, batteries and wood to protect property. sue palka keeping an eye o tropical storms. >> when floridan's went to bed last night, claudette was not on the map at all. it strengthened overnight and the pan handle of florida will get it hitting landfall within a few hours. you see the tropical storm warnings and in red we have the tornado warning or watch. check out some of the buoys. we can kind of hover over these to see what kind of information we're getting in terms of wind and rain this. one has winds at 48 miles per hour, gusting to 54. look at the water tempeuri this s is likely going into panama city with strong winds. k a icqulook at true view so i can show you the track with tropical storm winds. it

. >> no oil anges, no preventive maintenance. >> reporter: britain has line of electric trucks called smith. warren buffett invested a quarter billion in china's byd and coming soon, norway's think city. the exterior is made of plastic. how safe is a plastic car. >> the safety structure is in the frame and this has a high strength steel frame. >> reporter: next yeert nissan leaf at 30 grand and chevy volt for about 40,000. and whether it's tesla roadster or bmw's mini e you notice the quiet. is it on? the second thing is the instant power. i do love that torque. now that several hundred of these are on the road the so-called pioneers who pay $850 to lease them are discovering the hassle of the charge. >> full of hurdles, full of hurdles, unless you're on top of it. >> reporter: the best batteries are still expensive and limited to around 100 milesen take 23 hours to fill it up. so farther cars seem years to get than cords and boxes. >> everybody is jumping in the game to show the public tha these cars aren't science fiction, they can be part of their future. >> reporter: when extensio

our position hasn't anged.we think that the key isost control, competion, making sure thapeople have good, quality options. if we're able achieve that, that's e end that we're seeking. and the means-- you knowwe can have some good argumentabout what the best wayo achieve it is, but we'veot to change, becau the status quo is unsustainable. >> lehrer: the president ler said he would ss a bill witut republican support in theenate if necessary. and that brings uso the latest in our series of conrsations with plays and thinkers about heal reform. gwen ill has tonight' which so looks at the public plan. it was taped before the presidens latest comments. ill nil our last conversatio we heard from thc.e.o. of the et insurance company. tonighte get a very trent perspecte from a former health insance executive. until last yr, wendell pott worked for th cigna and human that health ca for two decades. most recentlys cigna's chief spokesman. he's now a senior fellow on heth care with the center f media and democracy, a libe

but it is he hielf ctions climate ange will rain a seous challenge for the people of nepal. >> ifhe climate woens and thent may not be able to ovide. and then ain they have to swit into other crops. and erefore theyhave to adapt to the climate scenio, consequences. they cannot at this time impa the climatehange and then they ll lostthe crop. imagine 's situation that do or die. either you adapt oyou will die. >>> for more on climate chge and hothe world is responding we invited bo lim to jn us. ms. lim is the speci climate change adviser at the uned nations developmt program. welcome to the show. >> pleased to be here. >> as weust reported there, lack orainfall in nepal is forcing fmers to make new chces in the crops that they grow. and i'm woering, are we seeing this elsewhere in t world? >> oh, yes, many plaes in the rld. are being aected in the same y. we're seeing crops switching in e anzes in per afri, switching fm -- to rice. so it's a really, really exxon impact that we're sing all over the world. >> probably amerins don't think of nepal as being impacted. we of more larger country,

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individual yost incident shows the shooter may not be wearing a gps ang let. so what happens if a juvenile under gps monitoring is accused of committing a crime. >> if there is a crime. many times they come back to us and say, can you run the points for this particular area, and we can tell them if there have been youth or adults, you know, depending on the program, that have been in a particular area, and how long they were there. >> davis is accused of shooting a 5-year-old girl that is still in the hospital tonight. >> the white house is getting ready for another big push on health care reform. and president obama is taking his message weft. >> as we hear tonight. the mounting debt is making the task that much more difficult. >> the federal budget deficit is soaring now and that is giving the president's critics more ammunition. >> i think that the obama administration has already started to restore trust in health care. >> that is a tough argument for members of congress to make. at least as some of the townhall meetings. and critics of the president's pus

>> well, even if the ang may be split in part, reality is, wh is going to be bearing the impact of the unt of thi he government seemso be far more capable ofble to ptect itself. whereas, ordinary people have no such capabilies. >> the otherews from iran this week a of course is t trial of t anti-ahmadinejad presters. and televised of what called nfessions. what affect are e trials aving on the irian people and on their government? >> well, those who are supportivef ahdinejad may find them to be very credible a useful, but i tnk that the larger mority of people are not being convinced by tse nfessions and the iranian governnt has had a histo in the past of staging such nfessions and this seems to be fitting thatpattern. t in a w, it may actual do away withny of these staged confessionsn the future becausef the fact of e people thathey put on the stag individuals aouple of years o were vice presidents and ministers in the government itself. >> and still hanging out there is the overre that was made by th obama administration to iran to attempto engage in negoations with th country. how i

and it could al ange the debate about drone strikes pastan. pakisti officials have been very critical of these one strikes but i thinkt would be hard for themo argue that this is an importa tool in the ght against trrorists that threaten pakistan itlf. >> that's an interting point because i was woering, what of ipact did youhink that this wold hve onhe cooperation between american and pakistani telligence agencies? beuse at least up unt now i think that they've be mistrustful of one another. >> well, there h been a lot frtration and tension between washington and islamab. particularly, over pakistan's enging in peace deal with the militants. however, i think this i ginning to change. as i said, pakistan has been on the offensive agast taliban in otr areas ofpakist. and thishows that by the u.s. and kistan cooperating together, by using.s. technogy and pakistani inlligence, they can work together toddress threats at affe both of their countries. >> will this deathhave an impa on the neiboring war in afghanistan? >> well, ihink it' clear tha the

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much of the summer, including last week, the hottest temperatures of the year are headed quy itday angeli will open several cooling centers around the city from noon to 6:00 p.m. we have to give howard a lot of room. he has a lot to tell us. >> we need the room to spread out. >> so we are not so hot. >> we are 80 and the jumping point will unch us in to record territory for some spots. i want to talk about thatat coming up often 9 news now this morning. big time thunderstorms last night and utngis bni m in thnog around here, except th temperatures the th70s the 70s isit 80 wainington. thshingtwa. the bu a t pot olssas 68but a lot ofmuggy out ther out deth82 a . hee.at82. a feafct affect at noon. the heat index values 100 too 110. good morning we say to angie goff. >> going to be sticky. a sticky start to the workweek but outside things are looking nice and smooth. 95 northbound no problems through dumfries on the inner loop 95 to 66. drivers are moving at speed and on the outer loop we are okay north of the district. this is a live shot from university. >>> when you think of dangerous t

this shenandoah invath ll and or, ah valley ange d orange, well. mians well. mid 80s and 80 in maryland. heut me maryland. a me steamy air ouid tyetd pr gooa pretty good one for thunderstorms this afternoon. seven day is coming up at 5:00. good morning, angie. >> we are in the middle of the week and tracking the traffic. and we have some issues in leesburg. 15 is closed northbound in both directions at emerald park drive. at 95 northbound in virginia no problems past dumfries an onan investigation going on between u.s. one. over to you. >>> on a hot day the last thing you want to do is crank up the oven. "living $mart's" lesscy foster found a way to get a home cooked meal and turn down the heat. just think slow. >> reporter: nancy has the secret for no stress dinners, they start with her slow cooker. >> it is an easy appliance to use. one pot bs, throw it in and it is dinner. >> reporter: if you are looking for a convenient way to put dinner on the table this might be the thing. consumer reports tested 15 slow cookers that hold six to seven quarts you simply p

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the smoke is just piling up over los anges, so the tanker pilots have to fly right into it and hope to hit the target even though they often can't see the orange flames just below them. this fire, in fact, is visible from nasa photos taken from space. that's the smoke plume heading north and east of the fire. nbc's miguel almaguer begins our coverage from the fire line for us tonight. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. this fire is so active, so aggressive, people are conducting what they call rolling evacuations, and as you can see here, not every home made it through the fire. it's a movie monster, the station fire devours ridge after ridge across los angeles county. more than 105,000 acres swallowed by flames. >> get up high. >> reporter: the blaze doubled in size last night, an unstoppable force that has firefighters on their heels and neighborhoods on the run. >> if the winds come up, the fires come down and any threat at all, i'm out of here. >> reporter: 6,600 have been forced to evacuate. hundreds more are ordered out each day, some refuse to leave. this as

arch campbell will be letting us know if ang lee can capture the spirit of 1969. >> there is a flash flood watch >>> welcome back. 6:42. we do have overcast skies. we do anticipate showers this afternoon. we will anticipate the possibility for some flooding. this is for district, loudoun, and points north word. we will be in the low 80's. we do anticipate some clearing sunday afternoon. more weather in a minute. >> 29, signals are completely dark. police are there to help you get through the intersection. we're here to help you by using some of the cameras. ok. 270 southbound at shady grove road, beautiful. nothing complicated at shirlington. >> sounds good. much better tliarer e earlier ts morning. >> still to (announcer) what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy, came from an energy company. every day, chevron invests $62 million people. in ideas. seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world, to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron

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h tcwaheir tnt ee interview ang special hour-long tributeen soraten sor kennedy. y'keedhennotnis re,ec as well is h former speechwriter and a political histoan will also be there. >>> police say it looks like an execution. we talked with people in the small town that remain on edge. >> a 911 call after 8:00 saturday morning alerted them to the mobile home in the privately owned new plantation. >> they found multiple victims deceased, and found two persons severely injured, but still alive. >> the store clerk, mcduffy, worked not far from new hope. she said she believes the victims are from a large family she has seen often. >> they are nice people and all great and very genuine. >> reporter: it's the third murder investigation in the county in the past two weeks. a disturbing trend for neighbors to here. >> it's craz i knew about murders, but it's crazy how it's so close by. >> it's surprising this type of activity is happening here, especially in the two weeks where there has been two murders and the recent incident this morning discovered. >> it's scary this is

man then took off all of his clothes and began yndli ang fighting with other passengers. the pilot tdneur the plane around and the man was t arrest when they got back to oakland. the man and the woman he punched were taken to the hospital. >>> investigators in charles county are awaiting r theesults of an autopsy of a child. the boy spent t h nisight at hi mother's home, and his mother says he woke up early and she told him to go back to bed and he never woke up again. >> he was healthy and everything. he did not show any signs that anything was wrong with him or anything. >> what do you make of this? >> i don't know. i am lost. lef htimth i pn e left him in care of hiswo t 4 an ages 14 and 11. they are the ones that called for help when he did not wake up. >>> police are investigating a wild house party that took place in a vacant home. the party took place last weekend in a quiet neighborhood in seven meadows. somebody broke into the house and charged teens, $20 to get in. and they promoted the bash on facebook. and the police came when the rty got loud, and the party g

the mortgage apple cake and now is greasing pans to mass produce it and share the7oo proceeds with ange. a whole line of angela logan cakes is planned. escaping foreclosure could propel angela logan to a new career as the queen of cakes. but back in her kitchen, she stillfkq studies nursing. knowing from experience, never to depend on just one role. allan chernoff, cnn, teaneck, new jersey. >> you can see more money and main street with roland martin tonight at 8:00 eastern and a new money and main street every thursday morning on "american morning," both on our sister network of cnn. >>> i guess people will sue for just about anything. a college graduate who just got her diploma in april is suing her school. she claims they haven't given her enough help to try and land her a job. so now she wants her tuition back. $70,000. she even wants pain and suffering money i. óóóóóóóóóóóóó

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just him going to a public school, it was a ange.'t regret it. >> reporter: people may wonder why he is changing. >> the assumption is you would go to the neighborhood school within the boundaries. but he is the mayor. >> he is the mayor, but this is not a secret he can keep for long, karen gray houston. >>> and the panel that investigated the virginia tech massacre will not look into the matter again. they discussed the medical records of seung-hui cho last month. they say many people don't want to reopen the case. the spokesperson says that there will be corrections that need to be made to the initial report. >>> and big changes coming to d.c., the district's only public college won't operate as tw year separate schools. the community college's ceo talkedbout the impact of the schools today on fox morning news. >> more than just an opportunity to provide education. because every individual who is either unemployed or unemployable is also sort of a burden on the tax base. each of these individuals who we can provide an opportunity s

. >> reporter: i'm manuel gallegus in los anges s wyer ae major movie deal.that story is coming up. >>> if you are having a hard time handling this hot weather we've been talking about, imagine working out in 25 pounds of football gear. that's coming up at redskins ? r 'lweja. me? erl we'll come back and take thtoe record hetoat da y. itit 'sit 101 li keelfelike in and manassas. we'll talk about what you should and shouldn't do in the heat and we'll talk about the ted. b@ >>> the lundberg survey said a gallon of regular gas is up 16 points to 2.64. you if looking for a cheaper way to get around, perhaps a scooter is the way to go. i will save on gas but there are other things to consider before you hop on. rosemary says her scooter is a great way to get around town. >> i don't like to take it out on big highways because people could overlook it. i like to take it into town, pick up a couple of things and just for joy rides. >> reporter: besides being fun, scooters are great on gas. consumer reports found they deliver 55 to 75 miles a gallon -- >> they cannot

and 95 northbound as you make your trip, we have reports of a car trying to evade police ang the 95 corridor as well. we will keep our eyed peeled and check on the traffic cameras and know what is going on. this delay related to construction. and then what else is happening making the trip overbay bridge area. no worries to report. and 270 between frederick and rockville, lanes are open and nothing to worry about this. >> 11:09 is the time. 88 degrees and 90 outthere. another bad crash narrowly averted. coming up, we will tell you how it happened and why it took investigators months to find out about it. >>> pay for valet, they could be wracking up parking tickets in your name without telling you. how the district is cracking down. >> and kate minus n.jo the mother of eight speaks out about divorce and her life on reality tv. >>> find out who is now claiming he is the biological >>> is a stun >>> it's a stunning revelation before the crash in june. it took investigators months to find out. derrick ward has the story. >> reporter: the track work continues between the ft. taughten and tau tomo

but police sources confirm that davis still had on the ang let when brought in for questioning. >> so there were a lot of elements and pieces to this story that are not connecting. >> davis' attorney said this video tells all. >> the trial date is set for october 2. reporting live in downtown portland. karen parks fox 45 news. >> yes or no? >> the dee the bait rages on. from one townhall meeting to another. >> people against health care reform take on lawmakers in townhall meetings. but are they having any effect? >> tonight we take a close look at the power of the protest. >> health care reform and the debate simply will not go away. protestors demonstrated in belair this evening. even though the congressman was out of the country. keith daniels is live in belair with more on the story tonight keith, how was it out there? >> jeff, it was a show. i can tell you that live outside of congressman kratovil's local office. quiet wet night tonight. and earlier today, it was dry and loud. with picketers protesting to make a point. >> in the small town of belair. at the corner of main street