charlotte was surprised by the test results. mother of 2 among the first people to be tested for a wide range of industrial chemicals. test revealed that her body contained mercury lead cosmetics. i felt violated charlotte reported. she was upset about the pesticide. i never used them in my house, never on my lawn. i bought organic whenever i could. her body contained several variations of organic chlorines designed to attack nervous systems of insects. i never bought it. isn't that trespassing. i tell this in my story of mary broon. mary never felt called to be an environmentalist she was nursing her 6 month daughter olivia and a story had been done by texas tech where they looked at breast milk samples, all were contaminated with rocket fuel. i was stunned, i thought breast milk was as pure as it came for food source. i was up all night thinking about it. i tell the story about michelle from california whose family was the first family to be monitored in the oakland tribune. it stunned even scientists. the tests found many of

[charlotte laughs] >> kinda fun, isn't it? >> so what do you call it, they're just called white pumpkins? >> well, yeah. there's different names for them. this one happens to be illumino. >> art studied agriculture at san lois obispo but says his real knowledge came from years of working off the land. >> and, of course, the number one thing was they taught us how to work. and we actually enjoyed it. i mean, to us, it wasn't work. i think it's a way of life for us. and from there, it just grew. >> he says knowing they all work together handling fresh california produce is an unbeatable feeling that leaves him feeling glowing and golden, kinda like those pumpkins. >> it's a happy crop. it's a crop that makes you feel good. it's a good feeling crop. >> in manteca, charlotte fadipe for "california country tv". >> perry's pumpkins! >> hi, my name is donna insalaco, i'm the chef at beautiful. today i'm making a roasted buttnut squash, cranberry salad with roasted red onions and pomegranate vinaigrette. so we're starting with the but

michelle miller, cbs news, charlotte. >> couric: meanwhile, the white house is taking on the issue ofng. it sent a ten-page letter to 15,000 public school districts and 5,000 colleges. the letter reminds educators that anti-bullying programs must comply with anti-harassment laws, including those that protect gay students. when we come back, they're cheap legal, and very potent. why some want these drinks off store shelves. a heart attack that's caused by a clot, one that could be fatal. but plavix helps save lives. plavix, taken with other heart medicines, goes beyond what other heart medicines do alone, to provide greater protection against heart attack or stroke and even death by helping to keep blood platelets from sticking together and forming dangerous clots. ask your doctor if plavix is right for you. protection that helps save lives. [ female announcer ] certain genetic factors and some medicines, such as prilosec, reduce the effect of plavix leaving you at greater risk for heart attack and stroke. your doctor may use genetic tests to determine treatment. don't stop taking plav

hard time now to delve into the world of business or charlotte charlotte so we hear the taxes in russia are set to increase oh yes according to the finance minister alexei kudrin taxes for businesses are said to rise by four percent in the next three years we'll have the details later in the program but first this hour the russian president dmitry medvedev is visiting cyprus aiming for close more transparent financial ties the country is the biggest foreign investor in russia because so many russian companies are registered there but that may change as russia tightens up its tax rules such an importer korver explains. cyprus is a small island in the mediterranean and it's russia's biggest foreign investor however most of the capital flowing into russia is not safe it's russian want to come back home from an offshore tax haven easy come easy go with minimal taxes for business top russian tycoon operating through firms registered on cyprus it's been previously so on corporative that it was added to russia's black list threatening tax penalties for companies registered there and new double

those are the themes that attracted bob and charlotte. >> stop government from expanding at the rapid rate that it is. it's been going over the cliff for a long time and falling faster all the time. there isn't going to be any country left for our kids, our grand kids, anyone. >> charlotte says they have found kindred spirits here. >> we don't even think of the candidates as tea party candidates i thick of them as what -- think of them as what they stand for. >> congressional candidate finds common values among african ministers and hells angels. >> some people would ask themselves what do those two groups have in common. the same thing you and i have here. they were all upset about the loss of their individual liberties. >> billy jeffrey says he understands there are not many minority members in the tea party and explains why he is. >> i feel almost obligated being a conservative republican to be here to show there are minorities here not all of us are in the black community or liberal democrats. i feel it is my duty. >> tea party folks left today knowing they are making political wa

a copy of the charlotte news,3 newspaper july 16, 977. it reads,,northhkorea releases crewman.urriving military pilot that chopper was shot down over communist terrrtory. >> still praising heir young quarterback. ravens got back to work today. team reactions tonighh to joe flcco' >> they say in the nfl the best thing you can have is a good case of amnesia. forget the bad and move on. that applies to good hings too. in the ravens' case that means sunday. they have to put thattaside and look ahead to this week's game ú%ainst the broncos. before they turn the page. ravens are marveling over the performance of joe flacco against the steelers. %-with time running out and hit t.j. houshmandzadeh with the game winner with 32 seconns to plly. that earned him locker room props for suree >> yao is joe. whether he wins the game or lost the game last week. we will ride with job that's th3 way we are. as far as defense, if they don't scooe, they do not win. to come back. because they should not allow them to score. but he took a step for our team3 to go forward and capitalize. >> couple of

i will bring charlotte back and leave the continue with the ceremony. his signature as well as our signature will affects this sister city relationship. [applause] >> thank you. you said we were alike in many ways. how about our soccer? >> i do not want to talk about that. >> the counsel of general said that you have not got much work done there. congratulations. supervisor, the mayor has said many nice things about you, with -- which are worth it. you have shepherded us through that process, said it would be an honor to introduce you. supervisor campos. >> good morning, everyone. i do not know how to speak in catalan so i will speak to spanish. thank you for everyone for the work that you have done. i appreciate the fact that throughout this process the mayor has made it clear if we are going to have a sister city relationship with any city, it needs to be meaningful, not in name only. in these economic times, it makes sense for cities like san francisco to reach out to places like barcelona. if you look at the history of what has happened between not

a copy of the charlotte news,3 newspaper july 16, 977. it reads,,northhkorea releases crewman.urriving military pilot that chopper was shot down over communist terrrtory. >> still praising heir young quarterback. ravens got back to work today. team reactions tonighh to joe so who is "making stuff up"? the news media say it's bob ehrlich... with attacks that have been called "false" and "misleading." made up attacks bob ehrlich knows aren't true. but here's what's not made up. bob ehrlich's $3 billion in taxes and fees. the $2.5 million he got paid working at a lobbying firm. or the fact ehrlich worked for the casinos to put slots at arundel mills mall. now, bob...that's all true. eaks to send jobs over seas. i think we need tax breaks to send kids to college. so i worked for a $2,500 tax credit to help pay for college. fought to get pell grants expanded and insisted that college loans go directly to kids instead of through banks. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message. because it's not about the next election, it's about the next generation. right? yeah!!! >> they say in

. >> niners head to charlotte and then after the charlotte game they go to play denver. so they are on the road for two weeks. the pga tour in the south and he had an eagle in all four rounds. the final eagle won the tournament. rocco entered the round with a three-stroke lead. here is his second shot from 116 yards. look at this. his fourth eagle in as many days. that eagle won the tournament for rocco at 15 under. his first pga tour victory. he is ranked 450th in the world since 2002. and in danville, the final round play of the cvs pharmacy. 23-year-old rookie of spain. the long iron and had just enough carry to cross the hazard. it stops within 15 feet. she drops to 15 under. she get a one-stroke victory. her first lpga tour title and had both events in the bay area. >>> the giants and phillies workout tomorrow at at&t park. check in at 6:00 for a preview. it is coal hamills against matt cane. and the 7-game series is a lot different animal than a five-game. the giants did what they needed to do. they won one in philly and come back one and one. >> and cody ross alwa

that's charlotte and amanda. when they're i thinking, the background vocals, so -- a publisher approached me while back -- and said, we think this would make a very nice illustrated children's book. i been -- it is a new career for me. >> wow. >> how does it feel after all of these years to still be doing what it is that you love, to have survived all of this time, to have thrived during this time and now to have your twin grandchildren singing back ground on your stuff? >> i never expected to be singing with my grandchildren. i have three. >> yeah. >> i have michael who is five. it is a marvelous thing to sit around the piano at their home and music brings family i think together. and -- music is such a marvelous thing. i think every kid should learn an instrument in school and play in front of friends and family -- it is a marvelous thing to be able to let your emotions out, with music. it is very they are pute tick. and -- i am very thrilled, sometimes i get them up on the stage and they dress up and -- they s

and i'm joined live from the farm by of course shark always folly hello to you again charlotte so this form has been discussing russians natural resources meaning oil and gas so what's the latest on that. oh yes the house being one of the topics of discussion alongside going to face investment really questioning whether or not sure is still says all right blessing like russia and joining me now it's just this issue further is a pita humble time for a start the time of petro capital spending very much for speaking with us this hour so that was one of the discussions whether he's the natural resources that russia does top of all of blessing or a curse can you briefly explain that concept for us well i think that russia is almost unique. position being blessed because he has fantastic natural resources whether it's hydrocarbons whether it's metals whether it's tim but on the bubble it has the consumer china only south eastern border so it's doubly blessed but you have to temper that seem to be sure about the result of the explosion of his suit i'll probably use if you just use it. for eve

up next it's the business update with charlotte. and i welcome to the business program here on r t with me charlotte was folly to finance officials from the world's major economies will promise to hold back from driving down their currencies secure themselves a competitive global edge the same is expected to be made over the conclusion of the g twenty finance ministers and central bank governors meeting one of the main focuses of the currents will be held in south korea is avoiding international currency tensions. serious investors everywhere been buying physical gold since the start of the financial crisis as a hedge against uncertainty russians however buy bullion more as an elegant president raul than a clever investment such an importer kovar finds out why. gold futures gold exchange traded funds gold mining shares there are plenty of ways to play gold box none of them offers this seems sheer reassurance that the yellow metal itself we of course. stock analysts we tend to focus a lot more on the companies that produce the gold f

and charlotte is coming your way in just a few moments with the business. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. every month we give you the future we help you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world join your knowledge update on our g. hello welcome to the business program here on artsy with me charlotte i was folly b.p. has agreed to sell in venezuela as russian a joint venture to pay one point eight billion dollars the deal in phase b.p. stakes in three venezuela and two gas fields in vietnam they say as part of the peace plan to raise up to thirty eight billion dollars by the end of two thousand and eleven to help the company meet is financial obligations to go next but also the acquisitions will find us wanting k.b.p.s. own whistle says i won't require additional debt. this is all part of a global expansion plan to make a big p. . was adopted for itself in an attempt to diversify itself

thank you charlotte and your guests for joining the program thanks very much. and i'll take a look at how the markets are doing. asian stocks fall solid gains on wednesday japan's nikkei is trading point one point eight percent higher after markets are lifted by gold miners as the price of gold hits all time highs australia's new crest mining is three percent higher and hong kong is used to mining tackle two point eight percent now financial markets in mainland china are closed through thursday for the national day holidays and here in russia the r.t.s. is trading over one half percent hi adam isaacs is up zero point three percent all the major blue chips and gaining between cop on the half percent and one percent bucking the trend though is whilst telecom that's down point three percent the stock. to oil field drilling companies are swapping out sets washers eurasia drilling and international john. the global leader in oilfield services measure a is to sell its drilling rigs and cooling operations to the formal lukoil division eurasia is now the largest indepe

to bring is have today here in our and next we'll bring you all the latest business news with charlotte. hungry for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. every month we give you the future we'll do you understand how we'll get there and what. the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join our technology update on our jeep. and i welcome to the business program with racial i was father russian president dmitri medvedev is visiting cyprus i mean it's a close more transparent financial ties the country is the biggest foreign investor in russia because so many russian companies are right just at that but that may change as russia tightens up its tax rules such as import of covert explains. cyprus is a small island in the mediterranean and it's russia's biggest foreign investor however most of the capital flowing into russia is not separate it's russian one a kind of back home from an offshore tax haven easy come easy go with minimal taxes for business top russian tycoon operating through a firm's

let's cross the world of business now charlotte here with us in the studio and it appears taxes are set to increase hello yes according to find out they could raise taxes the business is set to rise by four percent the next three years well tell you why after a short break. great for the. voice to face with the news maker. but i welcome to visit the russian president dmitri medvedev for us i mean for closer and more transparent financial ties the country is the biggest foreign investor in russia because so many russian companies are right to set that that may change as russia tightens up as tax rolls. explains. cyprus is a small island in the mediterranean and it's russia's biggest foreign investor however most of the capital flowing into russia is not separate it's russian want to coming back home from an offshore tax haven easy come easy go with minimal taxes for business top russian tycoon operating through firms registered on cyprus it's been previously so on call protest that it was added to russia's blacklist threatening tax penalties for companies registered there and new double

well i welcomed the business program with me charlotte i was fairly global finance cheez have struggled to find a solution to differences over exchange rates warning that a currency war could harm the world economy as the international monetary fund's annual meeting got underway in washington policymakers warned the efforts because it reduced exports by embracing weaker currencies may provoke protectionism and trade imbalances i.m.f. managing director dominique strauss kahn said that using currencies as a tool of economic policy can lead to very bad situations in that the i.m.f. wants to better identify how the actions of one economy affects others. there is no domestic solution to global problem even if. it is understandable that some individual can treat facing huge capital inflow wants to resist this current of volatility and source of instability and possible bubbles so i'm not blaming ground rules. which try was one shot to limit the influence of the capital inflows but it cannot be a long lasting solution what we need is more cooperation on the monetary side and national much resi

complement charlotte. complement florida power and light. governments are working in ways that they never have before. it is not that difficult to do. public-private partnerships are a way of doing that. we communicate with citizens through high definition video capability. our time with customers has doubled. why should we not live by example in our political life? once you get used to it, it is great to be in there. >> i love the way you talk about all of these issues as an integrated whole, as opposed to disparate elements of spinning out by themselves. we will take questions from the audience. >> anything is fair game except for how is my quarter going and doom are we buying next -- who are we buying next? [laughter] >> my question is, we are very aware of cisco's commitment to the human network. what in the nature of video itself as opposed to voice or data has used so passionate? -- you so passionate? >> if you think about the way we communicate, whether it is with our kids, our peers, watching a sporting event, how do we really commun

when i say you, i mean you, charlotte, north carolina. election express kicking off another tour on our way down to florida. i'll be aboard the election express as we kick off the tour monday in charlotte, north carolina. tuesday coming to see you in columbia, south carolina. macon georgia on wednesday. thursday, jacksonville, florida. then on friday, we're in tampa, florida, where our candy crowley is going to be moderating senate debate between the three top contenders down there. she'll do that on the following sunday. but let us know what type of things we should be covering. send me a message ahead of time on twitter or facebook. we'd like to know some of the things you'd like us to talk about and highlight in your towns. also a reminder for you, if you're away from that television, and need your political fix, go to our website, cnnpolitics.com. one more political note to pass along to you, people still talking about this week's delaware senate debate. you know the two, republican christine o'donnell and chris coon. if you missed it

. >> they run at a dealership near charlotte and think they know why sales are surging. >> people are just tired not being able to go on vacation and enjoy the outdoors. >> analysts find -- for example, the decline began about a year before the rest of the economy did. that is the reason why they consider the industry to be a canary in the coal mine. >> we have definitely seen an uptick in sales, interest, and the on-line traffic. >> most of the country's tv's are built. >> we feel pretty bullish about where the industry is going. >> after suffering through the three worst years in industry history. >> now, your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with a meteorologist john collins. >> we have to look far and wide today to find it in the rain. nothing between that and the rocky mountains. we see some scattered activity in the rockies. the stormy weather will be mostly obvious along the pacific west coast around oregon and washington state. for two-thirds of the country come up high and dry. it has been a very wet to bottom so far. -- it has been a very wet autumn so far. this is only about

the charlotte motor speedway is a giant pothole. it's a sink hole. the results of recent rains. also built on a landfill so the guys have a bit of work to do before the bank of america 500 in a couple weeks. >> thousand dollar pothole there. >> thanks. >> that's the news for this tuesday night. i'm micah materre. >> and i'm mark suppelsa. have a good night. we'll see you tomorrow. it's great. i eat anything that i want. key lime pie, pineapple upside down cake, raspberry cheesecake... ...yeah, every night its something different. oh yeah yeah...she always keeps them in the house. no no no, i've actually lost weight... i just have a high metabolism or something... ...lucky. [ wife ] babe... ♪ umm, i gotta go. [ female announcer ] over 30 delicious flavors at around 100 calories each. yoplait, it is so good. indulge in yoplait light's two new flavors. triple berry torte and black forest cake. as well as the leading wrinkle prescription brand regimen at reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles? presenting the olay professional pro-x intensive wrinkle protocol. okay pro-x

host: give us a snapshot of the charlotte-mecklenburg county district. caller: we are a majority minority district, about 140,000 students. we have the majority of our students qualify for the federal free and reduced lunch program. we also have areas that are extremely wealthy and even in areas that are a little bit wi -- little bit rural, almost 600 square miles. we have high performing schools and at low performing schools. host: what is your job with the low performing schools, particularly? what is your focus? guest: almost 2/3 of our students below grade level or in 1/3 of our schools. if we don't tackle the challenges in that 1/3 of our schools, we're not getting our job done. my job is to make sure we have the most effective staff the schools and we have the tools and staff -- the tools the staff needs to get the job done. some children need more resources for us to get the job done. that is more staff in some cases, the highest quality staff, access to things they might not get outside of school. but the lynch pin for it all is an effective teac

monday, we'll be in charlotte, north carolina. tuesday, columbia, south carolina. macon, georgia, on wednesday. be in jacksonville on thursday and in tampa on friday. i want you to right now let me know ahead of time where we should go and who we should talk to in those towns. send those messages to me on twitter and on facebook. >>> mixed news for the obama administration, the federal budget deficit is actually down from last year's numbers but those numbers are still eye-popping. the congressional budget office estimates the deficit is slightly less than $1.3 trillion in 2010. while that is historically quite high, it's slightly better than last year's all-time high-just over $1.4 trillion. those numbers simply amaze me. >>> it is a tough job, but someone's got to do it. >> you get paid to smoke pot and write about it? >> yes. >> you can be high doing your job? >> and my boss knows it. >> smoking pot to pay the bills is. meet the man who's paid to test each and every medical marijuana dispensary in denver. >> reynolds, what's your dream job? >> well, looks like p

charlotte, 68 partly cloudy. there's that rain in new york city, on and off all day long. lynn, slowly things will improve in new england. i'll give you wedsday's forecast, coming up. >> all right, bill,hank you. >>> credit card troubles, takeover talks. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a new poll on the world's most eligible women. >>> a very special night for the patriots. the mets clean house. and one more error for the pirates. you're watching "early today." >> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> a long time federal judge in georgia is facing drug and weapons charges after he allegedly bought cocaine, marijuana and pain killers from a stripper with whom he was having an affair. judge jack camp is also accused of possessing two illegal guns. according to court documents, the exotic dancer inhe case was also an fbi informal. >>> the oil industry has yet to react to many of the lessons learned this summerduring bp's disasters. acourting to experiments, it

temperature near 80 today in charlotte. that'sperfect type weather. leaves are starting to change new mexico areas of the appear labors, so enjoy. veronica, i'm happy to say that friday looks just as good as thursday. that forecast, coming up. >> perfect. and that fall foliage, that's something to look forward to. >> this will be peak weekend for many areas. >>> the iphone gets ready to make a new friends and an unbelievable example of a girl's best iend. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, is this woman more powerful than a supreme court justice? >>> randy moss is on the move. yankeesrally and the phillies roy hall lay da makes baseball history. you're watching "early today." >> goomorning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> dozens of the police officers in puerto rico a facing drug trafficking and weapons charges after being arrested in what the fbi called its biggest crackdown on police corruption in its history. in all, 89 law enforcement

. >> [unintelligible] >> charlotte is trying to avoid a television, music, the internet. >> even here in the student union you have to shut down all media. >> the media is ever -- wherever we go. we are all plugged in . what happens when these tools are taken away? that is what this experiment is about. this university is joining others in showing how addictive young people are to the media. >> they are showing withdrawal symptoms, nervous, isolated. they don't even know what to do. they are just going around the house in silence. >> what would you do when you get them? >> check my e-mail. >> they have chosen a lovely day to on plug themselves. >> it is nice to be separated for about two hours. i would like to have my phone on me or the internet. >> the nation spends half our waking hours using the media. these young people cannot i imagine being permanently on plug. hot -- permanently unplugged. >> what is the man made of? we may be closer to the answer. >> mysterious and beautiful, the moon has been called many things but now we note it is a treasure trove that moon ducks contain hy

jamie mcmurray is your winner on a saturday night in charlotte, north carolina. >>> deadly night out, new developments after race friend who died. >> the five men accused in though it assault are free to light and face charges. plus, a water main mass any museum shut down. when it will reopen and when the water main break will be fixed. and controversy adults-only store opens its doors in virginia. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> we begin with breaking loose. -- breaking news. a missing voter is reportedly a 65-year-old woman who was last seen at 11:30 this morning. >> it was identified the boater had not returned to the dock. they called at 911, crews responded in identified an overturned boat on the water and began the search and rescue operation. >> the woman has not been identified. the search will resume tomorrow morning. >>> the case of a man who died after allegedly being assaulted outside of a d.c. nightclub. the five people linked to the case are no longer in jail and are now facing less serious charges. richard reeve explains why and has

. >> don't expect another ""charlotte's web"." >> reporter: jenny sawyer is talking about george orwell's "animal farm." it's her summary of a classic posted on the internet. >> did i mention this book doesn't have happy ending? >> reporter: sawyer is the creator of 60-second recap, a web site to guide teens through literature. >> if literature is this sheer cliff, it gives people handholds so they feel like, i can get through this, i start to understand maybe who some of the characters are. i feel like i can relate to them. then i actually want the read the book. >> reporter: a former book reviewer and english major, sawyer starts to inspire young readers. >> make them feel like it's not a stupid homework assignment they have to do. they have to get good grades because they have to get into college to get a good job. >> reporter: the recaps are taped in a boston studio. >> this is "to kill a mockingbird." >> reporter: on this day breaking down harper lee's tale of coming of age. >> it's about how the overcome injustice. >> reporter: so far sawyer has recapped titles from "the great gatsb

take a look at this video of fran competing in the charlotte ultraswim in 2003. he was completing inhe world cup in the united arab emirates today. he never finished that race. officials found him in the water it it's unclear what caused his death. >>> ten months after haiti was rocked by that massive earthquake the country is dealing with yet another problem, a cholera epidemic. the government and international aid agencies are expanding efforts to contain the disease that's sickened more than 2,600 people. cholera spreads through coaminated food and water. haiti is still struggling after january's devastating earthquake that killed 300,000 people and displaced more than 1 million. >>> powerful thunderstorms with heavy rain and wind, high wind, pounded north texas. winds gusted up to0 miles per hour, ripping off roofs and leave damage in its wake. several tornado sirens were set off in the dallas-ft. worth area. the region was spared any major destruction. >>> still ahead, thousands braved the chilly early morning weather to help fight a disease that's growing.

louis and atlanta and charlotte this morning where we have flight departure and arrival delays. >>> newuestions are being raised about overseas trips taken by california high speed rail authority officials. the trips were paid for by foreign governments to help win contracts but the rail agency it's been unable on who sponsored the trips generally required by the rules. l.a. times reports that several board members and a former executive director took tours of train systems in spain, france and germany last year. they could not produce any accounting of the donated travel and failed to post details on their website. >> bart director is talking about the possibility of extending bart out to richmond district. they report that his plan could include stops of western addition, 25th avenue and 28th avenue. richmond district supervisor is skeptical of the possibility of extending bart to ocean beach. several obstacles and project is in the works to have geary boulevard to have it travel on separate lanes by 2015. >> authorities along the central coast will decide when to reopen three beeps t

seventy boston the jersey in toronto also claimed home big trees were indiana and atlanta defeated charlotte and philadelphia respectively by the same hundred forty one hundred one scoreline. will gather enzo is keeping his pledge to end the season on the hardest part already winning the moto g.p. world title he was fastest in practice ahead of sunday's portuguese graham pray the pullout from a race of the season the yamaha rider was more than one tenth of a second faster than nicky hayden who had the second fastest lap and valentino rossi finished third both places stoner was in fourth place qualifying will take place later this afternoon. really good day for us because we finished in first position or there were conditions normally for us in the past has been very difficult finally in boxing antonio margarito is training hard to head his title fight with manny pacquiao on november the thirteenth margarito insists he didn't know his former trainer patillo had placed a legal pads in these and wraps before his bat we should be ashamed as a result he is still banned from fighting in california

they are trying to patch a huge sink hole in charlotte at the motor speedway in north carolina.t formed on the infield near the back end of the track. a track official says it was likely caused by the rain they had. also, part of the speedway is built on top of a landfill which could have also played a role in this. the 35 foot deep crateer is expected to be patched up by next week bank of america 600. >> look at this. they will get it patched in week? >> that's huge. >> put a steel plate over it is what they will do. >>> we know it's fall, but a lot of you will still be outdoors walk and taking walks and getting ready for this fall right? >> yes. this morning we want to help you avoid poison ivy. we will tell you about some of the places that thechy plant can grow. >>> can you believe john lennon will turn 70 years old if he were alive a fitting tribute in the works to sell brace his -- celebrate his birthday and who will sng his music? we will find out. >>> al schneider is driving to dc to fight for his son who fought for this nation. what's at stake is his privacy and first a

charlotte fadipe, "california country tv." >> hi. my name is john toulze. i'm the executive chef of the girl and the fig and the fig cafe. and today, we're going to be using our fresh figs and making a grilled fig pizza with prosciutto and point reyes blue. and part of what i like about pizza and rustic is that those pizzas--is that they're not perfectly round. so if yours isn't perfectly round, you don't have to worry about it. and then just kind of squeeze the edges. we do this--i do this at home sometimes with my daughter and just go ahead and make pizza. it's a great thing. and then anybody can put anything they want on it. i'm just gonna lightly coat the outside... of the pizza dough. and then we're gonna go ahead and put on our ingredients. we'll start with some grilled red onions. we throw a little bit of olive oil and balsamic on these before we grill them. again, too, we don't really heavily laden our pizzas with a lot of ingredients. like it light and thin. from there, we're gonna go ahead and throw on some figs, and these are some beautiful, fres