. >> politics of the moment, steve cochran, is that the fasttrack or is that the slow track? >> it's a duplicity of politics, right? it's right for me when it's right for me and it's wrong when it's not. the clear thing is the obama administration needs a win, and they need a win quickly politically. there's no way this is going to get done next week or the week after. we'll be lucky if we see anything by the end of the year. in the meantime the beer at the white house is cold and ready to be served. >> okay. mildred, your thoughts? >> well, we need to remember that barack obama won this thing by convincing americans that one of the one things he would take care of, initially one of his priorities would be health care for those who are uninsured in this country. cnn release add study that said 86.7 million americans are without health insurance so it is, indeed, an issue. the question is why -- >> 86.7 million americans. >> 86.7 million americans. this study was done by a family organization. in fact, it's on your website, by the way. >> i'm sorry, it's on cnn's website. >> o

he's frank cochrane, president of investment timing consultants. >> suzanne: then, the recession is wilting flower sales as americans pull back on everything from major purchases to incidentals. and that's pruning growth for the floral industry, here and abroad. >> paul: i'm paul kangas. >> suzanne: and i'm suzanne pratt. susie gharib is off tonight. this is "nightly business report" for friday, july 24. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> suzanne: good evening, everyone. protecting americans from another sub-prime mortgage mess or credit card abuses are major goals of the obama administration's plans for financial regulatory reform. and the white house wants to give that job to a new agency, one with strong enforcement and rule-making powers. today, it sent treasury secretary timothy geithner to capitol hill to sell lawmakers on a new consumer financial protection agency. but geithner ran into opposition from many of the people he works with every

if you have suffered a personal injury, call the cochran firm, 1-800-the firm, or call the cochran firm. >>> fda warning on electronic cigarettes. despite the manufacturer's claims they're safer than tobacco cigarettes. >>> laptop batteries. they never last as long as the manufacturers say they will. so what's being done with the false claims? >>> supreme court justice nominee sonia sotomayor. >>> an investigation is under way into what causedda know explosion that ripped through a pennsylvania duplex. parts of the cave ripped in. and a man was trapped inside. he was later taken to the hospital. >>> in today's healthwatch, electronic cigarettes may not be safer than any regular ones, despite manufacturers' claims. they say they found toxic chemicals in cigarettes that are linked to cancer, including an ingredient that is linked in aspect freeze. -- antifreeze. >>> if you discovered that your laptop battery doesn't last nearly as long as as the manufacturer says it will, you're not alone. sue kwon explains why. >>> it's no secret, laptop manufacturers say the battery will last longer tha

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if you suffered a personal injuries, call the cochran firm or visit cochran firm.com for free consultationst weeks after all charges against the city councilwoman were dropped. she is facing indictment and has another prominent citizens in the headlines with her. mary bubala has details. >> baking magnate john paterakis and helen holton are facing charges. it stems from who paid a political poll for the congresswoman. prosecutors say it is funded by patterakis and ronald limbs comb. similar charges against holton were dismissed in may, and her attorney believes these new charges will also be thrown out. no comment yet from john patterakis or his attorney if convicted of charges that carry jail and a hefty fine. back to you. >>> some university of maryland employees could soon be out of the job as the schools feel a crunch of the sluggish economy. the they are considering laying off worker as they face a $14.5 million budget shortfall. the school is offering new classes to generate extra revenue as well. stay with wjz 13, maryland's news station. up next, racing for a recovery. lent economy

and if you suffered a personal injury call the cochran firm. or go to cochran firm.com. back to you. >> thank you, sharon. >>> the president is in moss cow for his first summit with russian leaders. and we have more from washington. both sides agree most must be done to prevent the spread of nuclear technology. >> reporter: with the stroke of a pen, the leaders of the u.s. and russia reached an agreement to reduce the largest nuclear stockpiles by a third. as we keep our commitments we must ensure others keep theirs. to that end, we have discussions about north korea and iran. >> reporter: during the first summit meeting, the president and proceed med deev tried to block the program. as for iran. america wants to build a system to protect european allies from possible attack. russian leaders have been opposed to the project but the president said he is open to further talks. >> translist: this is for reaching a compromise on this difficult subject. >> reporter: the white house says that the president is trying to repair trained relations between the u.s. and russia. moss

or visit cochran firm.com. for a free visitation. >>> judge sonia sotomayor has answered questions on day three. hary srihari sreenivasan reports. despite several attempts, soto sotomayor did not disclose her views on abortion rights. but she did talk about her views on the orioles. >> she was calm and remained under control as she talked about her views on abortion rights. >> let's say i'm 38 weeks and we discover i have spina bifida. would it be legal to terminate that pregnancy? >> i can't answer that. it depends on which state. >> i understand that some people have understood them in a way that i never intended. >> reporter: also back on the agenda today is sotomayor's ruling that a group of white new haven firefighters were discriminated against. when the results of the promotions that they took were thrown out. the supreme court overturned that decision. but democrats dominate the committee and the senate. they were much friendlier. >> you're a hero to the baltimore baseball team. did major league basebal

traffic report is brought to you by cochran firm. if you've suffered a personal injury, call the cochran firm at 1-800-the firm. or call. >>> day 2 of the g-8 summit in italy. and president obama says the group is making big breakthroughs on several issues. charlie d'agata reports for wjz from l'aquila. >> reporter: president obama urged leaders to shake off cynicism. >> it is no small task for leaders to reach an agreement about this. >> reporter: prodded the nations to go beyond what is expected. >> i know that in the past, the united states has sometimes fallen short of meeting our responsibilities. so let me be clear. those days are over. >> reporter: the president touted strides made at the summit. including agreements to cut the world's green house gas emissions by 2050, even though developing nations wouldn't sign on to specific targets for their countries. those nations did support the push for a new trade deal. joining the g-8, the pledge to keep markets open and reject protection of its policies. >> reporter: as world leade

if you have suffered a personal injury, call the cochran firm, at 1-800-the firm, or visit cochran firm.com for a free consultation. >>> all right. some of you may take offense at this, but please don't kill the messenger. others, tonight be surprised. a major survey reveals that drivers may be the worst in the country. in fact, only drivers in washington, d.c. are worse than us. allstate ranked baltimore drivers 80% more likely to crash than the typical american driver. the top spot went to drivers in sioux falls, south dakota. drivers are 26% less likely to be in an accident. >>> harbor seals. he was released into the waters off the atlantic yesterday and off the coast of delaware yesterday. he was found in ber bermuda. hamilton is wearing a tracking device. and we just checked. he's going about five miles now. to track hamilton, log onto our website. and click on animals for the aquarium links. >> he looks happy there. >> he's hanging out there. doing what you're doing. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. death investigation. a new avenue, l.a. police are pursuing in the michael

this traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm. if you suffered a personal injury, call 1-800-the firm. or call cochran firm.com. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. missing businessman. the owner of a string of popular regional restaurants vanishes. what's left behind that is giving police clues to a disappearance. >>> a day of text messaging. sent one new york girl to the hospital. >>> lucky to be alive. an atlantic minivan caught on tape. and the dramatic rescue caught on tape. >>> this is a july humidity we've all been missing. bob is yub dating your -- updating your first warning forecast. >>> a rude awakeining for two tourists in romania. the father and son were camping in the wild when the bear came right into their tent. the two were taken to the hospital. their injury -- cause of their injuries are not known. >>> a new york teenager is recovering after falling into a man manhole while texting. she was walking and reading a text message when she tumbled into raw sewage. workers on the scene they they left the manhol

this traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm. if you've suffered a personal injury call 1-800-the firm or visit cochran firm.com for your free consultation. now back to you. >> kristy, thank you. one small step for man. it was 40 years ago today that those words were spoken by the first man on the moon. drew levinson has a look back at the day that man left footprints, not only on the moon but also on history. >> 40 years ago the dream became a reality. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> astronaut neil armstrong leaped into the history books, the first man on the moon. buzz aldrin was right behind him. >> it certainly was a high point of my life. >> while armstrong shuns the spotlight, aldrin is basking in it, making the rounds. to him, it seems only like a blip in time has passed. >> landing the man on the moon. >> as president kennedy declared america would go to the moon. just eight years after kennedy's words, aldrin, armstrong, and fellow astronaut michael collins were shooting through space on

this traffic report brought to you by the cochran firm. if you suffered a personal injury, visit the cochran firm or visit their web site. back over to you. >>> in the headlines, investigators are trying to determine if two teens found lying on the light rail tracks in baltimore county who later died were hit by a train or beaten to death. relatives say 17-year-old kyle wankmiller and connor preston left their homes riding their bikes. their family believes someone had beaten them, taken their bikes and dumped them on the tracks. >>> hundreds of gm employees will be heading back to work. the powertrain transition plant in white mare somebody reopening after being closed for eight weeks -- white marsh is reopening after being closed for eight weeks. >>> it was possibly a meteor. that is what some are saying shot across the sky in harford and baltimore counties early yesterday morning around 1 a.m. calls flooded into the 911 sent for are people who saw a bright light and felt their homes shake. nasa has -- the faa has confirmed there were no

cochran did so with initial claims this morning and the new home sales existing home sales will see if we got enough information a positive news to push us over the top. hurt the markets are a critical levels of trying to build on the 2009 highs and certainly the jobless claim that has been a market mover in the past will see how investors take the news on thursday morning think so much matt shapiro of m w s capital well see later in chart talk. debate over who should hold the power of systemic risk regulator....will take center stage on capital hill. on trsday, the heads of the fdic and securities and exchange commission will answer questions from the senate banking committee - about fine tuning the framework for controlling systemic risk in the financial system. lawmakers are in the process of forming a blueprint for that powerful position. this week, the president submitted his proposal to congress - obama wants the federal reserve to be the systemic risk regulator.. overseeing large financial companies. but s-e-c chief mary schapiro says most of important decisions should be made b

miller, "nightly busins report," new yk >> paul: tomorro our friday market mitor guest is frank cochrane, present of investment timing nsultants. >> suzannefederal agents have broken up a huge money laundering and crime rin arreing dozens of new jersey politicians and religious leaders. among the accused: t mayors of hoboken, seccus, and ridgield. the fe say the bust ends a ten year probe of briberand influence peddng. that had bece ingrained in the state's politicaculture. >> paul: management shakeup at general motors. leavinthe firm are its g.m. north amican president and global manufacturing hea a new boaris also in the works withome directors named by g.m.'s largest shareholds. the u.s. and canadia governments. the moves are part of a larg plan to make g.m. pritable ain, as a smaller, more efficient automaker. >> sanne: an independent federal reserve versus a ctral bank that is more tranarent. tonight's "twoays to play" has two takes on t issue. here's kev depew of "minyanville" d "minyanvil's" kevin depew. >> federal resve chairman ben bernanke was on catol hill earliethis week, mai

our fray market monitor guest is frank cochrane, predent of investment timing consultant on the economic calendar dnesday, the weekly report o crude l and gasoline inventors. thuray, existing home sales for june and wkly jobless claims. iday, a final look at july nsumer sentiment. also next week, quartey results from 3-m, ape, a.t&t, boeing, caterplar, coca-cola, dea airlines, ford motor, merck, microsoft and u.p. >> paul: my guest maet monitor is week is gary motyl, chief investment officerf the templeton global equity oup. ry, welcome back to the n.b. >> pleasure to be here, ul, thank you. >> paul: now, you take a valuoriented approach to global iesting. what's yr current opinion on the worldarkets? >> we think the world markets are sll underlued and do fer good potential over the xt one to three to five years. paul: a bull? >> a bull but n an outragus bull. >> paul: oh, ok. are the economic smulus programs worki here and abroad? >> in the united state stimus programs haven't kicked in yet. we'reeeing more evidence inteationally that some of the programs are havg an effect, particularl

. >> susie: here a look at what's happening next week our fridayarket monitor guest is frank cochrane, preside of instment timing consultants. on the economic calendar: wednday, the weekly report on crude oil d gasoline inventories. thursdayexisting home sales for june and weekljobless clms. frid, a final look at july conser sentiment. also next week, quarterly results from 3-m, apple,.t&t, boeing, caterpilla coca-cola, delta rlines, ford motor, merck, microsoft and u.p.s. >> paul: my guest marketonitor thiseek is gary motyl, chief investment officer of e templeton global equitgroup. gary, welcome back to the n.r. >> pleasure to be herepaul, thank you. >> paul: now, you take a vae-oriented approach to globalnvesting. what'sour current opinion on the world markets? >> we think the world markets aretill undvalued and do offer good potential over the next one to three to five years. >> paul: a bull? >> a bull butot an outreous bull >> paul: oh, ok. are the economitimulus programs worng here and abroad? >> in the united stas, stulus programs haven't kicked in yet. we'r seeg more evidence

. >>> 9news now sponsored in part by the cochrane firm. >>> welcome back. leaders of the eight of the world's largest industrialized country posed for photos as the g8 summit. they walked today with a big agreement on climate change. for the first time they agreed on aiming to keep the world's average temperature from rising more than 2 degrees celcius. 3.6 degrees fahrenheit. the agreement will not eliminate the risk of run away climate change but will help prevent crop failure and drought. >>> exciting news now. >> pretty cool, derek. we have heard a lot about the environment and green jobs since president obama took office. today 9news now is proud to take steps to help you land a green job for yourself. meteorologist and little green man howard bernstein takes a closer look at some of the jobs we are talking about. >> reporter: when you think of green jobs you might think of something to do with solar panels or hybrid cars, but there are plenty of jobs that aren't green. >> my green job i'm director of finance for an energy efficiency company. >> report

call the cochran firm at 1-800- the firm or visit cochran firm.com. >>> it's the old charges but a newt in office and perjury. mary bubala and eyewitness news has the story. >> reporter: the mayor is going to focus on running the city and letting her attorneys focus on the new charges against her. a baltimore grand jury has handed up two new indictments against mayor dixon including perjury, theft in office. her boyfriend ronald lipscom agreed to cooperate. the charges come after the indictment of two council members, all part of the state prosecutor's investigation of corruption at city hall. don, back to you. >> thank you, mary. every little bit helps as the state looks for ways to cut costs. stay employees are being asked to carpool when they head to the ocean next month for the annual association of counties' summer conference. new offensive lineman michael orr will join the rest of his teammates at training camp. he will join other ravens look east like third-round pick webb. up next, shopping at dollar stores. how to get goods that don't look cheap. >>> plus landing the job you w

. >>> around midnight, reports of a double homicide at the corner of fayette and cochran.lice have little information to go on. there have been no arrests made in any of these cases. >>> the chief of police in alexandria, virginia, in hot water, he faces drunk driving charges after getting into an accident that injured one person. on saturday night, authorities say chief david baker was arrested in arlington, virginia, driving an unmarked city vehicle and had a .19 blood alcohol level, that is about twice the legal limit. the driver of the other car was hospitalized with nonlife-threatening injuries. baker is on paid administrative leave now. >>> the word of the day this monday, clean-up. powerful storms rumbled through our area last night, winds as high as 60 miles per hour, even golfball-sized hail. our cameras were rolling as a woman was being rescued from a car in reisterstown. >> it was just boom. and it shut down my car. i'm fine. these guys did a good job. >> at last check bge reporting that 15,000 customers are still without power this morning. officials confirm it

i remember we met johnnie cochran the famed attorney.d i met and he would listen to everything we would say and you would not think he was that great a listener. and the next meeting he could tell you everything you'd say and he'd say, reverend that's not what you said last meeting, you said so and so. he was a great listener and he had a way of absorbing it and then he'd come out and deal with it the way he wanted. if he disagreed, he may not tell you, but he'd do what he wanted to do. which he had a right to do, he was michael jackson. >> i want to ask you about one thing in particular, i wasch withing the memorial and this jumped out at me. >> i want his three children to know, there wasn't nothing strange about your daddy. it was strange what your daddy had to deal with. >> now, when you say there was nothing strange about their daddy, i mean, here he is sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber. here he is in his pajamas at court. here he is with his kids dressed as cockatoos. here he is with his monkey. he owned a monkey, that's strange. he

a look at the west side delays in traffic report brought to you by the cochran firm. the cochran firm or visit cochranfirm.com for a free consultation. mary, back over to you. >>> state workers feeling anxious this morning. the board of public works will vote on $280 million in cuts. mike todman is -- mike schuh is live with the story. >> reporter: a soft economy meant state took in less than they thought they would. today the board of public works in annapolis are expected to take round of the first round of $280 million cut and the limitation of 40 jobs. state workers here and around maryland worry that future cost also mean more furloughs, layoffs and job cuts. since the governor took office, 2800 state positions have been eliminated, but mostly through attrition. at the state office complex downtown, mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. back to you on tv hill. >>> maryland could see an influx of new residents thanks to defense jobs. many plan to follow their jobs from northern virginia to maryland. stay with wjz13, maryland's news station. meet an accomplished artist

if you suffered a personal injury, call the cochran firm at 1-800-the firm. >>> it's being called unity in the community. one of the oldest churches in the city is damaged by lightning. now, a jewish temple offers its building to help out. suzanne collins reports, it is really the next step in this relationship. >> the bethel a.m.e. burned last week. it suffered water damage outside. and the pastor, reverend reed wasn't sure where his flock would gather. >> reporter: we can't control what nature does. we can't control that lightning struck the steeple at bethel a.m.e. but we can control how we react to these events. >> what prowm -- president obama is trying to teach our nation, that in times of trial and trouble, instead of turning on each other, if we turn to each other, we could make a difference. >> reporter: reverend reed says it's good for the jewish community and christians to come together. and other hate crimes. he believes there's a bond between the two groups that have a history of oppression. >> there's a partnership between the jewish community and the black community. rees

this traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm.the cochran firm at 1800-the-firm or visit the cochranfirm.com for a free consultation. >>> in the news, still a lot of mystery surrounding death of two young men found on the light rail tracks in baltimore county over the weekend. eyewitness news and mary bubala have the latest. >> don, the boys were found on the light rail tracks just south of the light rail station behind me, and the family says a key piece of evidence is missing, the boys' bikes they were riding when they left home on sunday. the mta has identified the victims as connor peterson and kyle wonkmiller. both were 17 years old. one died sunday at a nearby hospital. peterson died monday at the trauma center. mta officials don't know what happened to the teens. no obvious evidence that the boy was hit by the train. they are reviewing surveillance video and auto from several trains as well as interviewing witnesses. the families believe the boys were badly beaten rather than being hit by the trains, don. >> thank you. >>>

this traffic report brought to you by the cochran firm.y, call the cochran firm at 1-800-the-firm. or visit cochranfirm.com. >>> mary, back to you. >> two police officers are recovering after being shot this weekend. mike schuh has more on this story. >> reporter: the commissioners calls the man at the center of the shooting a man acre. 34-year-old shawn sinclair, street name, lover, got the attention of police when a woman called 911 with a domestic violence complaint. the responding officer called him on her phone. he showed up and allegedly open fired. 15 to 20 shots were heard. two officers were short as was sinclair, a man with a lengthy criminal history. he is in the hospital as is one of the officers here at shock trauma. sinclair has not yet been charged. reporting live downtown. mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. mary, back to you. >> a late-night house fire in west baltimore sends three people to the hospital. firefighters say they arrested two men from the home, one who was not breathing and the other in cardiac arrest a firefight

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this traffic report brought to you by the cochran firm.personal injury call the cochran firm or visit cochranfirm.com for free consultation. marty and don, back over to you guys. >> marty has confirmation of how nice it is. >> let's look at the forecast. to feel it is to believe it. if you haven't been outside yet, stroll out and get you some "me" time. just gorgeous. high of 86. 71 now. >>> maryland prisons can't keep cell phones from getting in they want to keep cell phone calls from going out. eyewitness news and mary bubala have the story. >> reporter: don, police chiefs from across the nation will testify this week in front of a u.s. senate committee about why they want the fcc to give them permission to jam cell phones inside prison walls. maryland's secretary of public safety and correctional services will testify that jamming signals in some cases is really only way to stop crime from continuing behind bars. maryland has had several high- profile cases including drug dealer patrick byers to order the murder of carllackl for testify

. >>> this traffic report is brought to by the cochran firm. >>> still ahead at 4:00. wrong way crash. a woman hits a long island family head on, killing eight. what she said just before the accident. >>> and agent orange. sprayed by the u.s. military in the 60s. new links today to certain illnesses. >> it's warm and humid. are more storms on the way? meteorologist bernadette woods has your updated first warning forecast.  >>> major damage in washington state, when a five-alarm fire destroys almost a 2,000-foot store. the towering flames broke out at home furnishing store. no one was inside when the building caught fire this morning. firefighters battled to keep the flames away from nearby homes and warm, overnight weather did not help the situation. >>> several hours after it started, firefighters were still trying to douse those flames. >>> elsewhere in washington state, a hydroplane racer survives a dramatic accident on the water. watch as one of the racers went high into the air. look at there. -- that. turning over several times before landing, cockpit down in t

this traffic report brought to you by the cochran firm. if you suffered a personal injury, call the cochranfirm.com for a free consultation. back over to you. >>> in the headlines, maryland lawmakers are asking the federal government to allow states to jam cell phone signals in prison walls. since they can't stop the phones from getting in, they want signal-jamming technology to be installed. critics say it will disrupt signals beyond those walls. >>> a scary moment for those aboard a jet. the plane was on its way from nashville to here when a hole opened up in the plane's fuselage. it made an emergency landing in west virginia. they are checking all the 737s as a precaution. >>> sonia sotomayor will be on capitol hill. the senator also begin the questioning phase of her hearing. if confirmed, she will be the first hispanic to ever serve on the nation's highest court. >>> despite criticism from congress, the obama administration is pushing ahead with plans to overhaul health care. the president is i think a russ to work with his choice for

. >> johnnie cochran told me that who handled that before he died. but the fact is whether one wants to go through this or that, my concern is that this is the dominating story of michael jackson in some parts, not all, but in some parts of the media. should it be raised in context? yes. but is that all we're going to talk about and all we hear about? i think there's been too much. >> i said on the air, i said what is reverend sharpton talking about, and i have to tell you my producer said don't be defensive, it's not personal. it's not personal. but cnn has done great coverage of michael jackson. we did a one-hour documentary. we've been talking about the tribute to him. as journalists we have to cover alls s aspects of his life and e of that covered some controversy. >> yes, but when we do the stories of just acting like the tortured michael jackson and michael jackson like he was some freak and not talk about what michael jackson achieved and the social force he was, how he brought people together and united people, one of the things that was amaz

we go from here, i would hope, is i remember and you know, andrea, i was one of those with johnnie cochran that started this whole racial profiling stuff ten years ago in new jersey with the new jersey four case. president clinton and attorney general janet reno convened law enforcement heads, police chiefs from all over the country, and civil rights leaders and civil liberties unions and all and started a dialogue on how we get to a policy that is fair for everyone. that was avoided during the bush years. i would hope maybe attorney general holder and others can bring us back to that discussion where police unions and civil liberty lawyers and civil rights leaders and others can have this discussion independent of this case, because there is no case, andrea. the prosecutor's already dismissed the case. >> do you think there would be some value in the president sitting down with skip gates and sergeant crowley, privately without the media, and just discussing who did what to whom and trying to clear the air? >> i don't know, that's a charge the president has to make. i don't know if that w

. >> johnnie cochran told me that who handled that before he died. but the fact is whether one wants to go through this or that, my concern is that this is the dominating story of michael jackson in some parts, not all, but in some parts of the media. should it be raised in context? yes. but is that all we're going to talk about and all we hear about? i think there's been too much. >> i said on the air, i said what is reverend sharpton talking about? and i have to tell you, my producer is sitting there, saying, don't be defensive, it's not personal. it's not personal. but cnn has done great coverage of michael jackson. we did a one-hour documentary. we have been talking about the tribute to him. as journalists we have to cover all aspects of his life and some of that included some controversy. >> yes, but when we do the stories of just acting like the tortured michael jackson and michael jackson like he was some freak, and not talk about what michael jackson achieved and the social force he was, how he brought people together and united people, one o

while jon kyl, john cornyn, orrin hash, mitch mcdonnell andd that cochran say they will vote against.tion commission reports that 78% of eligible voters cast ballots in the self-ruled kurdish north. the highest with nearly 86% of eligible voters in the region casting ballots. election results not expected for several ka days. >>> north korea's defense chief promises to blow d. the north central news agency denounced an upcoming military exercise between the u.s. and south korea. >>> if ousted president manuel zelaya succeeds in returning to honduras the government that ousted him says it will be as a prisoner. he is already accused of four constitutional crimes including tree son which could carry combined penalties of up to 43 years in prison. >>> the u.s. is restepping up efforts to restart peace talks. george mitchell is on his second trip to syria. mike tobin is in jerusalem with the details. hi, mike. >> a quick change in plans to tell you about. just after george mitchell arrived here he met with ehud barack. he will meet here and then return to israel where the blitz will conti

this traffic report brought to you by the cochran firm.ry, call or visit cochranfirm.com. >>> at the top of the news, a storm caused damage in the area. eyewitness news and mary bubala with more on why some say a tornado touched down. >> reporter: there is major damage here off of church road in riserstown. hundred of homes maybe thousands still without power. they could have to wait until tonight until they get power back of the postal storm rolled through around 6:00 last night, as i said, dumping blinding amounts of rain in areas and causing unbelievage damage in others. in some areas hail was reported, and across carroll and baltimore counties, decades' old trees were brought down in minutes taking down power lines. some areas reported seeing funnel clouds in the neighborhood called sunnydale. it looks like straight-line winds roared through. wee many winds down. don, back to you. >>> an overnight accident in the city claims the life of a cab driver. it happened at woodcrest and northern parkway. witnesses say the cab was attempting to

this drive report brought to you by the cochran firm. >> thank you. >>> the mta backing away from planshe current surveillance system. >> reporter: maryland law video recordings allowed in public places without and you run wild the wiretapping law. they floated the idea of adding audio recording to the video surveillance a move made by four or transit systems. the acts director pulled the plug on the idea, but says that action is in rebuke of the mta boss that came up with it. reporting live. back to you on tv hill. >>> a hyattsville nanny say is arrested after allegedly sexual abusing children in her care. she showed them pornography and grabbed her little brother and hid in their closet. being held on bond. >>> the raceway rejected bid not decided by the courts but the court of appeals. says it should be left to the board. >>> stay with wjz >>> it's hard to clap when you're holding an umbrella. >> and a microphone. >> there you go. good morning, everybody. welcome back to "the early show" on a very damp tuesday morning. >> this is -- i was telling him this is the best audience ever. t

this traffic report brought to you by the cochran firm. 1-800-the firm or visit cochranfirm.com for consultation more about the investigation of the death of former ravens quarterback steve mcnair over the weekend. eyewitness news and mary bubala has the story. >> reporter: don, police this morning are backing off calling this a murder-suicide. instead on sunday, they ruled mcnair's death a homicide but have not ruled on the death of the 20-year-old woman. that is because police continue to talk to people who knew the couple including the ex- boyfriend of sala kazimi. her body was found with a gunshot wound to the head and a gun under her body. mcnair was shot four times, twice in the head and twice in the chest. this morning his former teammates are in mourning here in baltimore along with fans here and in tennessee. the investigation continues. back to you, don. >> thank you very much, mary. >>> a couple of local police departments are investigating ain't in baltimore county from yesterday, the mta say twos boys were found on the tracks in lutherville. one boy later died at the local hospital.

this traffic report brought to you by the cochran firm.the firm or cochranfirm.com for a free consultation. >>> towson catholic high school is no more. it has announced it is closing its doors right now. mary bubala stays on the story. >> reporter: a protest rally is scheduled for this morning. parents and students are going to gather here to protect the decision to close the school. the archdiocese announced the closing at towson classic six weeks away from the start of the new school year. enrollment atle school way down, and the school has an operating deficit $650,000 with some of that in unpaid tuition from last year. school administrators say they are working with families to place the students in other catholic schools with matching tuition. but again the protest starts at 10 a.m. back to you. >>> speed cameras are one step closer to coming to baltimore city appear a proposal allowing them passed the first reading in the city council. drivers caught on camera doing 12 miles per hour above the speed limit will be mailed a $40 ticket.

. >> it was at a johnnie cochran funeral a few years back. a figure after we had washed our hands, of course, reached out to shake my hand and said, i love how you speak of television. it was michael jackson. i said well i love how you perform onstage. and it was a surreal moment. we were born the same here. him in august and i was born in october. so i had been tracking, tracing, and marvelling at at him for all of this years. it was an honor to meet him. >> there's a chapter called icons and you write this about michael jackson. he is one of the greatest prodigies of world musical history. you'd have to turn to a cat like mozart for a parallel figure who at 6 or 7 years old is already at sump an advanced level of mastery of his craft. was he a musical genius as a kid? >> absolutely right. at 6 and 7 he already understands who he wants to be, who he is patterning himself after, jackie wilson and william hart. the lead singer of the delphonics. he already knew he wanted that kind of intensity, melodic explosion in his music, and he could chan

you met him actually at johnny cochran's funeral. >> right. >> and i'm sure this is one of the thingsour society? for better or for worse, whatever your personal feelings are about michael jackson, there's no doubt the impact he's made on american pop culture. why? >> well, i think first of all, he had an extraordinary genius. at 6 or 7 years old, he understood he loved jackie wilson, loved james brown, william hur, a lead singer, who knows that at 6 or 7? who knows it at 50 for some of us. he was a musical genius that was able to channel that boyhood voice, he was channelling sam cook, but also tapped into the vulnerability of his humanity and i think the globe has responded with an outpouring of love because they felt what he struggled with. >> you look around today, what motivates people to fly from all over the world, take off from work, come to a place where they're not guaranteed to get anywhere to be part of remembering publicly this singer? >> it is isn't it something? in a world of cyber space where people can just tap in online, they still want to be there. that's old school

and let me thank senator inouye and senator cochran, the chairman and vice-chairman of the full appropriations committee. they've made a decision they really want to drive these individual appropriations bills through the process, git them -t them done, send them to the white house, and sign them into law. that's the way they should be done. we've put together an appropriations tbhail we think is a good bill. it funds all of the energy functions across the country, including attached to the energy department the nuclear weapons issues. it funds all of the water policy issues across the country, all the projects that are ongoing, and it is a very important bill. if you think of the subject of energy and water, there's not much more controversial or important at this point than those two subjects. the bill is 1.8% under the president's budget request, and it's just 1.4% over the amount that was spent in the previous year. so this is a fairly conservative, austere bill that we put together. we've tried to make the best case we can for the best investments for the future of this country. the other

i want to thank senator cochran and senator voinovich of ohio who joins me on the floor for the cooperationn developing this bill and i want to thank the chairman of the appropriations committee, senator daniel k. inouye for his support. the establishment of the department of homeland security after the devastating's events of 2001 was one of the most ambitious federal reorganizations since the department of defense was created after world war ii. it was the official position of the bush administration that the department could be created at no cost to the taxpayer. this translated into a department with aging assets, an inability to praf for and respond to -- prepare for and respond to natural disasters and future threats. in response congress on a bipartisan basis increased homeland security spending by an average of -- annually above the president's request. these increases were invested in border security, chemical security, port security, transit security, aviation security, and cybersecurity. congress ensured that state an local partners in homeland security have adequate resources to

and i think had an impact on the decisions we made regarding smaller employers in this country, tom cochran was endless in his offering of ideas and amendments over the last 15 days. when in doubt we had a gap and no amendment could be offered i could count on tom kolb burn -- tom coburn. and pat we thank you on the issues as well and my democratic colleagues, obviously, with tom harken working on the prevention issues in this bill, holding hearings beforehand, helping develop the ideas, barbara mikulski and the extended bait on how to improve health care qualities and jeff bingaman and pat roberts on the issue of coverage, making a huge difference for us here coming up with the ideas on the pay or play for employers that i think has worked out to provide a reasonable impact as well as making sure that everyone is going to be covered or at least most americans will be. patty murray and the efforts on the work force made a significant contribution and we thank you immensely for the efforts to ee see people get the help they need in the nursing profession and the primary care needs of our nat

cochran: first i want to thank senators leahy and sessions for their handling of the hearings, the meetings in the judiciary committee on the subject of the supreme court confirmation of judge sotomayor. their meetings were both informative and respectful. and i think reflect the traditions of the united states senate. both judge sotomayor and the judicial confirmation process were treated with the respect they deserve. the senate's constitutional role to advise and consent on federal judicial nominations is one that all senators take seriously. and i, like most senators, have traditionally shown deference to the president's role in submitting to the senate nominees for the federal judiciary. it's a role that the senate shares with the president as many senators know. if a nominee was qualified by education, experience, and judicial temperment, then that nominee would likely be confirmed by the senate regardless of the political party of the president. but in recent years we've seen that standard dramatically altered. during the administration of president george w. bush, for example, sever

senator thad cochran inserted earmarks in the 2008-2009 defense appropriations committee funding work by adra on defense health records system. also has a pending earmark for adara in the 2010 defense appropriations bill. according to the center for responsive politics, adaira has paid $140,000 in lobbying fees to gage l.l.c., a consulting and government affairs firm whose partners include former senator conrad burns, r, montana. the firm is headed by burns' former chief of staff, leo a. giacometto. the bulk of the fees, $160,000, went to gage last year, making adaira one of the company's biggest sources of revenue in 2008. the adaira lobbying tab from gage last year matched the fee paid to the lobbying firm by verisign, an internet security company that had revenues of $255 million in the first quarter of this year. according to a database of federal contract awards, adaira won defense contracts valued at $7.2 million in 2007 and $13.7 million in 2008. the earmarks steered $4 million to adaira last year for work on what was described as a -- quote -- "next-generation networking elect