which one is your favorite crown, eden? >> this one. >> why do you like that one so much?> because it's so big. >> her mother a former beauty queen herself says being the best doesn't come cheap. pageant officials admit some families have gone into debt. some even paying entry fees before paying the rent. but wood says she can afford the $70,000 she spent on necessities like professional photos. spray tanning and coaching. the dresses alone cost over $3,000 each. is that existive? >> it probably is. but there's no telling how much we have invested in our child's aspect, through all the lessons. why can't i spend it on my child if that's -- if that's what i want to do? >> they have travelled to austin to defend eden's title, and if she wins she's promised a puppy. she has some fierce competition. pageant watchers have pitted her against newcomer, 5-year-old tarilyn eschberger of texas. >> they're running neck and neck. >> how serious is this competition? >> very serious because there's big money on the line. you're looking at a beautiful baby doll which is eden and looking

this is going to be tough. >> reporter: judges say eden was tired and off her game but taralynn lostt the gujs' opinion. we've been too light, we've been too dark. finding that happy medium. you just never know. >> miss taralynn -- >> yeah! >> i'm disappointed. i wouldn't be a normal person if i wasn't a little bit disappointed. >> reporter: in the end, there was only one winner, taralynn. brook breedwell letters that disappointment well. she quit pages ents when she was 7 because of the pressure but wouldn't trade her past for anything. >> i think the most important thing in doing pageants is doing them for the right reason, know what you're doing them for and focus on the skills you want to build on. >> as for brook's former archrival, asia, she's still competing today. there she is as an adult and says she dreams of becoming miss america. brook is studying to be a newscaster. sa she doesn't keep up with asia but aits they were never really friends to begin with. >> when you were talk to the mom, you were in the austin pageant, i think part of the problem, force these little girls

>> beverly, let me tell you, a huge differeare mpcoedmp to today, for tomorrow --ew have eden watching ercatt thunderstorms pop u live ivle aimo ty thehe t southo f dc., stafford county st south ofdquantico, these showers are goingb o et nhet coupleerexov of hours or so, shouldn't be a whole lot, want expecting anything to become severe. for tonight, isolated showers, partly cloudy skies otherwise, 64-72 degrees for a nighttime low. a rapid warm-up for the day tomorrow with a heat index -- are you ready? around 100 degrees. how long will it last? details in the forecast in just a few minutes. beverly. >> steve, thanks. coming up on abc 7 news at n 6:. eunice kennedy shriver surrounded by family at a massachusetts hospital. we'll have the very latest on her condition. >> and it is still weeks away until the official start of the football season but the fans of the burgundy and gold are out in full force. i'm brianne carter at redskins park. the story coming up. >> the cash for clunkers program is a hit with car buyers but repair shop owners say they're payi p >> car buyers and dealers a

. >> bob: well dunn eden, florida. >> bob: off-speed pitch well done by mock, 1-1 to stewart.   and sean getting ready. i hope he doesn't expect to pitch in the next inning or so. >> rob: no, he just knows that we're talking about him. >> bob: good. >> rob: 2000. . >> bob: right off the end of the bat.   . >> bob: sean will have a birthday in a little less than a month, november 17th will be his 27th birthday.   high gats from garrett mock a he blows away ian stewart. he has six strikeouts, and four of them are against hawpe and stewart, both left-handed batters in the 5 and 6 spots.   . >> rob: starting to look fo change-ups here, north republican grum man, he offers the fastball, no shot for stewart. if you made that great play in the field you deserved that strikeout.   . >> bob: you and i were surprised that somebody could be called on a play that took that long to develop because the runners should have all had great leads.

a great new mesh cuisine and they are talking about shorty eden's restaurant here in new york.30. the food looks fantastic. good to have you here. >> nice to be here. >> tell us what we will be eating? >> the crab with basil and fresh lemons and a steak sal at and grilled peaches with ice cream. >> you are known for these. >> we can't seem to make enough. >> we will start with the crab. >> this is tough on a $35 budget. >> at the fish market. >> can you buy it at the seafood section? >> you can buy main lump crab or pasteurized lump crab in a can at a reasonableable price. you can still get out thereof for a few bucks. we will add the herbs in each one. a little basil and cilantro. >> red peppers here. >> throw that in there. the whole thing. a scoop of mayonnaise. that's probably good. we will add a little bit of this egg right here. >> o egg? >> one egg. we will use part of it to spread it with and the other part to make it with. >> you have spices here and a little bit of salt. >> we will throw in salt and a touch of i can an pepper for heat. >> i like the heat. we have the

in eden prarie, minn., a airplane took off and apparently the twin-engine airplane started wobbling.out of the sky. the airplane crashed. we do not know if anybody was inside the house at the time did we know that both people on board the airplane were killed. julie: we want to welcome everybody back to the "live desk." trace: i am trace gallagher. brand new stories and breaking news. in the top box, senator cardin holding a town hall meeting in maryland. in the middle box, congressman rothman holding a meeting in new jersey. in bottom box, town hall meetings on the west coast. what do you know? >> we were at a huge town hall meeting just east of downtown los angeles. this one was held by california democratic blue dog adam shift. the crowd was about 50/50 in favor and against the health care reform plan. folks were passionate, loud, and feisty. some people had to be removed by police. overall, it was pretty peaceful. a little bit of shouting and pushing and shoving. the debate got pretty heated. in the end, a couple people walked away disappointed because they did not to have their

and showers in oklahoma itself a nice line south of eden, moving over to the east the next six hours or show, posted watches out there. getting near fort smith, arkansas, getting in the line farther and so far, about to get expired and you see it all the way towards kentucky, more showers and thunderstorms racing towards indiana. a couple light pockets of rain in indianapolis, the main squaw expected to break up over tara hope and the east and more showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon. flash flood watches and warnings, mornings a bright shade of green as the cold front heads over there. as it moves to the east, watch for powerful thunderstorms. again, could see a couple tornados out there. it's rough weather. and humid. check this out. present shots of lightning coming from new york city. look at this, this is tuesday evening. how great is that? >> my goodness. the reporter from new york city took these pictures as the storm raced through manhattan. >> that's enough to make you go, i don't need to live in a high rise. >> you're well-grounded but awful loud when you get that

we are joined at the vikings training camp in eden prairie, minnesota with fan reaction.: well, as you said, this has been quite the saga. i'm actually standing on the training field for the minnesota vikings. they i believe we're the only ones broadcasting live from the field today. it struck me, what are the minnesota fans here, and maybe some of the green bay packer fans, the team he used to play for, what do they think? today after weeks of i'm not going to join, i'm going to retire, today it sounds like it's going to be official. sorry, i'm playing with this. i will put this out for a second. it will be official today, we expect, in just about an hour and a half. i went to the mall of america, stood outside a vikings merchandise store, ran into a green bay packers fan, another woman, minnesota vikings fan. they happened to meet randomly. here's what happened. >> my feeling is first he retired, then didn't retire, then he retired, now -- i don't know, it's just to the point where kind of like when michael jordan retired 35 times, it kind of gets a little old and you k