, access to howard and conway and as you can see here light and conway is open, watch out for cones and construction vehicles taking down the fences. >>> when did you get your power on? for some a day after the storm, others waited until thursday and sunday afternoon. it's now tuesday morning as of yesterday everybody was back on line with bge. at one point 750,000 customers were without power all thanks to irene. bge says irene did more damage to the equipment than anything else. schools also suffered damage. due to the outages m had to start late. 13 schools in baltimore opened for the first time. >> some are wondering for the priority of bge was not the schools. for more as well as the start of the day, sherrie johnson is live with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, we are here at perry hall elementary. look behind me, they are ready for the staff and students to come. a nice little welcome back balloon and flowers here, waiting to greet students and the teachers once they arrive this morning. again, later this morning, baltimore county school superintendent will make a stop here

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conway, south carolina, hosted by congressman tim scott. >> if this president wants to have a jobs speech this week, let me tell you what he needs to do. he needs to stand up and say we're going to repeal obama- care. ( applause ) we're going to repeal dodd frank. ( applause ) and we're going to stop the epa from going forward with any of the regulations they've got. >> woodruff: but perry and romney are also drawing a bead on each other. ahead of wednesday's candidate debate in california, perry is going after romney's record of job creation while governor of massachusetts. >> there is no one going to be sitting on that stage who has the record of job creation that i have. there's going to be some that are going to get up and say, well, i've created jobs. that's true. you know, there is one in particular particular that's created jobs all over the world. but while he was the governor of massachusetts he didn't create very many jobs.

that's the ron conway club. sign me up. i welcome you to the club because we have a lot of work that needs to be done. we won't be able to get it all done in our lifetime and we must continue to pass on this torch to continue to move things forward and mr. omar, where you are? come join me up here, please, sir. i want to present -- this is one of the best parts of the job. you get to present certificates of honor to recognize outstanding leaders and sove lia certificate of honor but i want you to know that i'm stingy with my certificates. everyone may request, but few get them. ladies and gentlemen, if you will bear with me, i'm going to share with you the words i have more college track. in honor of college track bayview ground breaking celebration and in honor of college track's commitment to educating our youth and in recognition of welcoming college track to the bayview, the city and county of san francisco board of supervisors hereby extends their highest commendation for your dedication to san francisco communities an

this hour rick perry will kick off a town for numb conway, south carolina. later, he'll be among the six republican candidates taking part this afternoon in the palmetto freedom forum, hosted by senator jim demint, a leader of a conservative movement that includes the tea party. sarah palin won't be there, but she's certainly getting a lot of attention. straight ahead, some of the comments that have raised her profile and quite a few eyebrows. >>> anything but a holiday for americans reeling from extreme weather. lee has weakened to a tropical depression, but it's still a rainmaker that could make travel across much of the country a nightmare. >>> and the windshave helped fuel wildfires in central texas this hour. 1,000 homes in danger near austin. >>> and hurricane katia will unleash its first impact on the east coast. where it's headed, just a moment. let's begin with the flooding rains pounding the gulf coast since lee made landfall in louisiana over the weekend. cnn's ed lavendera is in crown point. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, alina.

light and conway, no issues to report. be careful going through the open roads. >>> baltimore county superintendent is taking time to welcome students. sherrie johnson is live at perry hall with more on a great welcome back. . >> reporter: we are here at perry hall. take a look, the staff has worked hard to welcome students back. look at this, balloons all over the front of the school here, nice flowers here. a welcome sight. today, students are going to have a special guesting severalment schools superten dan, dr. joe will make a stop here at this school later this morning, students had a delayed start to the school year because of hurricane irene, dr. harrisston decided to celebrate with a visit today and plans to visit 7 elementary schools along with members of the board of education of baltimore county and county executive, kevin cam nant. students at 13 schools had another week off because of power outages from hurricane irene. staff and students are ready to focus on teaching and learning. all baltimore county studen

however the bad news is they haven't gotten conway street. but they are going to open up as many streets as they can. they are clearing up a lot of streets on this thing right now. the whole exit off 35 through howard street opened up a lit later today. you won't see every barrier disappear. you know why? there is an awful lot of them. >> the party's over. the cars are gone and pratt street is back to the same old city buses ask normalcy. normal is cars stuck in traffic. a lot of roads are cut off. >> legally difficult, man. i don't know the construction going on, how long it is going to take. it's been hard lately. >> you are ready for it to be over? >> i would say that much, yes. >> most of the cross streets were open by no one. crews were scattered all around downtown. the grand free says it will meet its goal getting the bulk of the roads open for tuesday's rush hour. >>> access to freeways and downtown streets, that schedule was developed, again in concert with the city. we are currently, i think we have exceeded the intersection opening

a couple of cars going southbound, downtown at light and conway, this intersection is open, be careful downtown, especially on pratt street. lots of cones and equipment in the area. the construction equipment is taking down the fencing from the grand prix. >>> 13 schools will go back for the first time after widespread power outages. some parents not happy it took so long wondering for the schools were not a priority. sherrie johnson is live at perry hall elementary school. >> reporter: meagan, in just a few hours, studestaff will be headed through those doors here. we are at perry hall elementary school. take a look at this, they are so excited. they have welcome back signs in the door, all over the school here, just to tell the students how excited they are to have them here today. another reason for excitement, dr. joe harriston will make a stop this morning. all schools are scheduled to open. students had a delayed start to the school year, dr. harrisston decided to celebrate students returning to school. he sometimes this won't blend unless s to visit 7 elementary and county execu

a lane to airport drive between ron conway parkway and doolittle drive will be closed until friday. drivers are being asked to drive more slow slip during the construction zone and give yourself extra time. the washington connector should be -- the b.a.r.t. connector should be completed by 2014. >>> we'll tell you how the bay area is bucking a national economic trend, especially in one particular place that you see here. >>> stocks rising tau r, at least the day -- today, at least the day is, carnival corporation is up and also the feds. the dow is up 62, at 11,463. however, the nasdaq is in negative territory. oracle will be reporting hearnings after the closing bell -- earnings after the closing bell. >>> some of today aupward momentum from the dow is due to the beginning of a two-day federal hearing. investors are expecting the board to adopt new moves to stimulate the economy. there's also hope that whatever the fed does it will keep long- term interest rates low which could trigger growth and also hiring. >>> well, despite slowdowns in other place, the bay area's job market is

connie conway gave a special tribute to one of their own, jeff gorell, who was deployed to afghanistana few months after being elected to the state legislature. >> this year, our remembrance of 9/11 has a personal meaning for each of us. our colleague and friend, jeff gorell, can't be with us today. he's overseas defending our freedom and fighting for those who brought down the world trade center on 9/11. >> that world trade center steel girder has been on display since 2002. close to us at the board of supervisors office in woodland. tune in to our special coverage marking the ten-year anniversary. jessica aguirre will be reporting live from ground zero in new york city, and garvin thomas will be in shanksville, pennsylvania. i'll be here in studio. our broadcast will air live in primetime following sunday night football on september 11. >>> the word is out. if you're planning to go to the beach this weekend, be careful. there's an unusually high surf expected to found our coastline. don't get too close. here is the story. >> reporter: massive waves crashing into cliffs, down the enti

herman caine's upset victory in the florida straw poll, let's turn to cbs news contributor scott conway in washington. scott, i think it's safe to say not a lot of people saw this coming. what does this upset mean for herman caine? what does it mean for rick perry the perceived front runner? >> herman caine gives a great speech and i think this is a case of where he went out and talked to the voters and inspired them and won and upset perry. i think for rick perry this is not good news. this is someone who everyone believed to be the republican front-runner for the nomination. he had a bad debate by just about every measure and fought really hard to win this straw poll and came in an embarrassing second place. the third thing i'd mention is michele bauchmann was last in the straw poll, and she was, remember, first in the iowa straw poll, and that was something that a lot of people thought would really propel her candidacy, but now you have to start wondering whether she's actually a viable candidate in this race. >> mitchell: there are some names out there that a lot of folks thought we

the 2011 mayoral candidates including conway frank, jody landers, katherine pugh stephanie rawlings-blake and alfred griffin and veggie ann. this election is september 13th. if you live in baltimore city and are busy and can't make it to the pry march -- primary, early voting is the way to go. >>> the national park service sealed the crack on top of thewashington monument but discovered water-side. this could mean more -- water inside. this could mean more leaks. the park service there was water in the stairwell towards the top of the monument on friday. they have been unable to find any cracks and are searching for the source of the leak. the original crack formed after last week's earthquake. >>> are you a sugar lover? many americans are. >> absolutely. so coming up next, a report detailing the consumption of sugary drinks and the effects it could have on your health. >>> one gym offering the members an additional benefit as something we can all maybe use more of. this story is for you justin. you are watching good morning maryland first and only at 4:30. and we are back in a bit. >>> n

overnight and late tonight baltimore is saying that the streets that made up the race course, pratt, conway, they will all be open in the morning. now soon --. >> and the crowd goes wild. >> reporter: it was will power taking the flag. . >> a winner. the first race on the streets of baltimore. >> reporter: it was the huge crowd around the race course that officials were watching. they are working to determine the economic impact of the first ever baltimore grande prix. >> successful as it was this year we can do better. >> reporter: restaurants right on the course did huge business but there result was uneven for businesses further away. >> a lot of people stayed out of the city, regular shoppers and i -- had the impression most of the visitor was in theselfen closed area. very self-contained. respect that's something william cole said they need to address. >> when you are doing an event as large as this everybody can make money. >> reporter: one issue he said possible customers may have been scared by how bad the traffic could have been. >> people assume they would have a hard time getting

will compete for the top job of mayor and several city council seats. 2011 merrill candidates frank conwayon and stephanie rawlings- blake and alfred griffin and havingy ann harding. -- vikki ann harding. stephanie rawlings-blake is mounting her first campaign for this office. and we caught up with the baltimore city elects director earlier this morning and here's what he has to say about voter turnout. >> i would hope to see at least 30%, 40% of the citizens come out. seems as though citizens are not motivated to come out and vote. but, we want to encourage them to come out. we are ready for you. judges are in place and all staff is in place. if they have problems, they can call the board of elections at 410-396-5550. and we will be happy to answer questions they have. >> reporter: now he also said they have well trained election judges. about 2100 of them and they are well prepared for the start of the primary election day which kicks off at 7 this morning. reporting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> again polls open in a few minutes. 9 minutes to be exact. they

conway >> dennis michael cook >> helen d. cook >> john a.ulian cooper. >> joseph john coppo, jr. >> gerard j. coppola >> joseph albert corbett corcoran. >> alejandro cordero >> robert cordice i said my father, we miss you and will always love you. >> and my father, we love you and miss you, and you will always be in our hearts. >> ruben d. correa >> danny a. correa-gutierrez >> james j. corrigan >> carlos cortes >> kevin cosgrove >> dolores marie costa >> digna alexandra costanza >> charles gregory costello, jr. >> michael s. costello >> conrod k. cottoy >> asia cotton. >> martin john coughlan >> john gerard coughlin >> timothy j. coughlin >> james e. cove >> andre cox >> frederick john cox thanks and my mother, susan conlan. we love you and miss you so much. we think of you every day, and we know you are looking down on us, smiling. >> and my father, we love you and miss you. >> james raymond coyle >> michele coyle-eulau >> anne marie cramer >> christopher s. cramer >> denise elizabeth crant >> james leslie crawford, jr. >> robert james cra

assembly turkey seems to be flexing its muscles more on the international stage and certainly there conway is doing well they seem to be you know on the i've been up i'm curious if there was any thing that ahmadinejad said about that and especially kind of the united states' role in all of this. well as as our viewers might know iran and turkey do have close ties they have a very good relationship but most recently turkey made a deal with the u.s. and with some of the countries about allowing a missile defense system to be put in its territory that is essential essentially positions towards iran against iran and i did ask the iranian leader how it feels about turkey's closer ties to western countries to the united states and this is what he had to say. unfortunately we don't know what he had we know what he had to say for what he said quote it's you believe the u.s. is acting as a bully and bullying turkey and bullying some nato members and western european countries and he believes that this will not last because of the state of the world he thinks that the landscape is changing their cou

connie conway gave a tribute. >> this year our remembrance of 9/11 has a personal meaning for each of us. our colleague and friend, jeff gerrell can't beep with us today. he is overseas defending our freedom and fighting for those who brought down the world trade center on 9/11. >> the world trade center steel girder has been on display since 2002 at the board of supervisors woodland offices. join us on 9/11 for a very special anniversary, special we have titled america remembers. it airs after nfl football a week from this sunday. >>> a transient man suspected of killing a fort bragg city councilman is wanted for another deadly shooting. authorities are stepping up their efforts to find this man. 35-year-old aaron bassler kidded armed and dangerous. bassler suspect in the death of matthew coleman last august 11th. investigators say, bassler shot and killed fort bragg councilman, last week. a former fort bragg mayor and uc berkeley alum. >>> an interesting way to spend your summer vacation. joining the rebel army in libya. that's what one ucla student did. 21 years owed. he did it bec

stephanie conway, new jersey, i lived on the "jersey shore" my whole life.t for the program to end. i can promise you that most of us don't act like those people. in new york: "jersey shore" is nothing more than a show for viewers who revel in shop wore anti-italian stereotypes. from virginia, the segments by jersey waters are da bomb. i believe that means mark likes them. am i correct on that? jerry, little river, south carolina: mr. o, when are you and the ever amazing dennis miller going to bring the tour to myrtle beach? i'll buy the oysters. miller will like that you called him ever amazing. you can watch a 15 minute clip on billoreilly.com. everybody can do it. info about our upcoming appearances, connecticut, virginia, and new jersey posted on billoreilly.com as well. pin heads and patriots. the scholastic corporation has put together a press corp., kids make it up. in july, some of the budding young reporters went to the white house where a ten-year-old asked president obama this question. >> mr. president, i live in central florida and some of my fr

here she is on simon conway's whio radio show out in iowa yesterday, speaking to callers. here's one of the callers criticizing president obama, and listen for bachmann's reaction. >> i think anyone who is anyone just has to put the hammer down, stare at him with razor wire in their eyes, and in their voice and make a joke out of the guy because he's blowing up our country, and the guy is a walking nightmare. i would vote for charles manson before this guy. but i'm pulling for you big-time, all the way, michele. >> hey, thank you for saying that. >> what do you think of that, ron christie, i would vote for charles manson rather than that guy. this is what's going on. somebody attacks a gay soldier, nobody defends them. saying we're going to electrocute 300 people, that's fine, that's applauded. it just seems like there's a pretty angry voice out interest on the far right, ron christie. i don't know if you share it, but you seem to be defending. >> chris, you've known me for a lot of years. i don't share any sort of dissension when people use that kind of rhetoric. but what

in just about ten minutes, rick perry will take center stage at the forum in conway, south carolina.m scott. nbc's kerry dan joins me now to explain. kerry, south carolina obviously a very important state as we move forward watching where the gop hopefuls go. but he has made two trips there in three weeks. how crucial is it to make very firm end roads there? >> reporter: well, you can tell how hard rick perry is working his state. he's appearing with representative tim scott, who's an influential lawmaker. freshman, but very influential. michele bachmann and jim huntsman very already attended similar appearances with tim scott. the last time he was here was at the tail end of his announcement. the crowds there were far beyond what the campaign expected. packed town halls and big meet and greets. he's going to try to continue that momentum and work on some of those lawmakers. >> when we talk about perry being there for this freedom forum, this is the first he's really going to be on the same stage as the other gop hopefuls. do you think any sparks are going to fly or it's beginning to

. >> benda conway. >> dennis michael cook. >> ellen d. cook. >> jeffrey w.n cooper. >> joseph john jr. >> gerard coppola. >> joseph albert corbett. >> john corcoran iii. >> alejandro cordero. >> robert cordis. >> and my father, christopher megal colasante, we miss you and you. >> my father, john joseph marie, we love you and miss you and you'll always be in our hearts. >> reuben c. carrera. >> denny carrera guiterrez. james j. corrigan. >> carlos cortez rodriguez. >> kevin michael cosgrove. >> delores marie costa. >> alexandra costanza. >> charles gregory costello jr. >> michael costello. >> asia codam. >> chaudhari sr. >> martin john copeland. >> john g. coughlin. >> timothy coglin. >> james cove. >> andre colin cox. >> frederick john cox. >> and my mother, susan p. conlin. mom, we love you and miss you so much. we think about you everyday and we know you are looking down on us smiling. >> and my father, james lee conner. dad, we love you and we miss you. >> james raymond cores. >> christopher seton cramer. >> eric cranford. >> denise elizabeth crants. >> j

conway dennis michael cook helen d. cook john a. cooper julia t. cooper joseph john coppo, jr.pola joseph albert corbett alejandro cordero robert cordice >> and my father. we miss you and love you. >> and my father, john murray. ruben d. correa danny a. correa-gutierrez james j. corrigan carlos cortes kevin cosgrove dolores marie costa digna alexandra costanza charles gregory costello, jr. michael s. costello asia cottom conrod k. cottoy martin john coughlan john gerard coughlin timothy j. coughlin james e. cove andre cox frederick john cox >> and my mother. we love you and miss you so much. we think about your every day and we know you are looking down on us smiling. >> and my father, james. we love you and miss you. james raymond coyle michele coyle-eulau anne marie cramer christopher s. cramer denise elizabeth crant james leslie crawford, jr. robert james crawford joanne mary cregan lucy crifasi john a. crisci daniel hal crisman dennis cross kevin raymond crotty thomas g. crotty john crowe welles remy crowther robert l. cruikshank >> and my husband, alfred. we love you and w

we are doing okay at light and conway. people will be glad the roads are now open.ws cast working for you at 4:30 a.m. get your overnight news, what is happening now and what is ahead. 30 minutes earlier. abc2 news the first and only station working for you at 4:30. >>> hey, baby i was hoping ♪ ♪ maybe you feel like taking a drive ♪ ♪ i can take you on a trip to heaven ♪ ♪ and have you back by tonight ♪ >>> that was jake owen, one of country music's hottest performers. he's right in there. he's in. we're out. we love this brand-new studio. to be able to come in and out like that. but the cma award nominations will be announced live. and the band perry, they're right over here, too. they're one of the hottest acts, as well. big morning for country music. >> what a morning. >>> joining us for the biggest, biggest ever "your three words." >> we're going all the way around the country, live. all the way to afghanistan, live. you have to tune in thursday morning, frankly, to see if we can pull it off. >> i think we can do it. >> yes, we can. >> trying to think of three w

governor perry was here in south carolina last night and he had an event this morning in conway, southat was also scheduled. but after that, he headed back to texas to deal with those raging wildfires. take a listen to what he said at the earlier event this morning. >> actually, we don't have that sound. he was talking about praying for rain in texas. this is an important forum. but as you mentioned, ted, while this is very important, politics is trumped, of course, by conditions when residents in your home state could be in danger of catastrophe. a fire like that. >> absolutely. >> reporter: rick perry not taking part in this forum. >> and a forum and a debate, two different things. technically, they're not supposed to attack each other. what do you expect to hear today? >> reporter: i saw senator demint this morning at breakfast. he was telling me about the format. you'll see the five remaining candidates on stage at the top. but then one at a time. each candidates will give 20 minutes of questioning. one of the reasons this is important, two reasons, ted. first of all, this is south

when i get up in new hampshire i was in conway yesterday which is south of canada. it was an editorial room. the editor was there. i introduced myself and said i am from southern new hampshire. they get my joke. i spent the bulk of my time in new hampshire but i am here today. i wanted to announce in front of the chinese embassy people choose where to make their jobs. it is typical the president will speak before congress. that is a mistake. governor huntsson made his in new hampshire. governor robby will make is in nevada. i am a line where the problem is. the problem is not in nevada. the problem is not in new hampshire. the problem is not in the congress. the problem is in the bear dance. that is why we are here. all i am suggesting, everybody knows it is a problem. i am just saying i'm going to do something about it and i give you three specific actions. first week, first year. i promise you. did i ask you up? >> you asked my question but how do you feel about having to qualify? >> you have to have some rules. it is the tv world. i am born in 1943. my parents go

new hampshire emergency spons officials toured conway today, and they talked to our office and told usbout the plight of one young family of three. the father, sadly, was laid off from his job just three days before the storm hit, and his wife, who stays at home and takes care of their 3-year-old, doesn't have a job outside the home, so with his layoff, they've lost their entire income, and now their home is so damaged that they're worried about being homeless. they have no money to rebuild. without fema's assistance, this family could indeed wind up homeless. hundreds in the west lebanon area on the western part of the state across the river from vermont may be out of work for months. peg howard, who owns a boutique gift store, told the valley news, a newspaper that serves lebanon, that she fears damage from irene will put her out of business. as a small business owner, she has no parent cooperation to help her -- corporation to help her recover so assistance from fema and other federal programs may be her only option as she tries to rebuild her business. peg and the hundreds of other

the houston chronicle, before heading back to texas to monitor wild fires, governor rick perry in conway south carolina, texas should with the job creating model for the nation. social security and -- >> would you stop talking about that. >> and he's for gun control. as he says it, use both hands. >> stop it! stop it! >> that's a man who shot a coyote on a jog. you've never done that. correspondent for politico, mr. mike allen with a look at the playbook. hello. >> let's try some english. good morning. >> big news last night. >> huge news. >> ed rawlings announcing he's stepping aside as campaign manager for the campaign. michelle bachmann saying he had health problems. went on cnn later that night and said this is now a romney-perry race essentially. >> brought her to the victory in ames, iowa. she never capitalized on it. they had stolen her momentum after she never had any chance. it's a part of his health, he's 68. rigors railroad getting to him. but replaced by the advanced man. a sign she has trouble. her staff and deputy campaign manager going. don't forget, congresswoman bachmann

conrad, -- conway, mr. conrad -- we are alternating sites. the next one will be congressman blunt. >> thank you, chairman. i am glad to be back in the room with attali said i serve with -- i am glad to be back in the room with many colleagues that i served with in the house. i want to say bad -- that i think there has been real progress said to me, and least, has appeared in the last year to be significant in terms of coordinating the intelligence community. i wondered a number of times over the handful of years between the time we created the dni, and you taking this position one year ago, whether this was a system that would work or not, but it does seem to me that it has come together, and i listened carefully to what chairman rogers questioned and commented about about how we can make that happen, and certainly the cord and nation shows what can happen when the intelligence community and defense department can work together. the agency as a big presence in missouri and the cia special forces have worked together, and my hope is that this

simon conway. >> hello, my fellow patriots. who loves the constitution? who is here for sarah palin? you know, we have to fight the language that is coming from the left. we are terrorists, right? we are holding the country to ransom. we tea party people are just itching, itching to find some black people to hang from a tree. i know. that is the language we are facing from the liberals, from the congressional black caucus, from these people who invoke martin luther king about as often as i take my dog reagan for a walk. they invoke him, but apparently they did not pay any attention to him whatsoever and to what he dreamed. the mere existence of the congressional black caucus would have been hugely offensive to martin luther king, who longed for a day when his children and his grandchildren would be judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin. but you know what? we have to rise above the garbage that is being spewed by these hate-filled people. we have to deal with the real issues facing this country, facing the greatest of all