fox 5's tom fitzgerald -- administration. fox 5 tom fitzgerald has the edge on what's going on. >> reporter: there is one face here you won't see. >> i need to get his permission first. >> reporter: pete would be regular customer pete rouse affectionately dubbed the mayor who got another job title friday as the interim white house chief of staff. >> from the moment i became a u.s. senator he's been one of my closest and most essential advisors. >> reporter: the low key rouse is replacing the fiery rahm emanuel who is about to run for mayor of chicago. >> i'm energized by the prospect of new challenges and eager to see what i can do to make our hometown even greater. >> reporter: who is pete rouse nicknamed the 101st senator? he's been a capitol hill insider for years showing young senator obama the ropes in d.c. and playing good cop to emanuel's bad cop. >> he we are able to deal with it. >> reporter: as -- we are able to deal with it. >> reporter: as chief of staff to senator tom daschle he received high marks on his handlin

fox 5's tom fitzgerald with here with more details. >> throughout this race martin o'malley has been sticking to his campaign theme of moving maryland forward a and if these new numbers prove correct, martin o'malley is well on his way to moving his poll numbers squarely ahead of republican robert ehrlich. >> we're confident. >> reporter: not exactly rave reviews, especially when an incumbent governor like democrat martin o'malley campaigning in indianapolis monday is up for reelection. >> this decision is up to the people of our state. the people of our state of some of the most resilient, hard working and decent people anywhere in this world. >> reporter: his opponent former republican governor robert ehrlich has been trying to pin maryland's economic problem on o'malley. >> the leadership obviously is not what we need if we're talking about job creation in the state of maryland. we have double unemployment in this state. our business reputation has fallen dramatically. >> reporter: now here at the washington post, the paper's latest poll on this governor's race found that maryland

. >> reporter: tom fitzgerald joins us now. it's impossible to count supreme court votes, we know that and did any justices give an indication how they're leaning here? >> longtime court watchers say it's hard to see how they going lean. if you were in the chamber, it was hard to miss the similar tone all of them had, from justice scalia who holds down the right-wing of the court to justice gins beg on the left flank. all 9 seem to be indicating from a constitutional standpoint, it was hard for them to see how the church members broke the law or violated the constitution. now, a lower court overturned the $5 billion judgement against the church and if the justices come back, and say they did this because of their 1st amendment, snider's case will be overturned and he won't see that meany. >> dan, you were at the oral argument this morning and in your opinion, do you think these are horrible demonstrations that still fall under protective speech? >> we'll find out from the supreme court and i think from today's argument, i would

tom fitzgerald was there and start with the economy? >> reporter: this is one where ehrlich came out firing right out of the gate and blasted the o'malley administration saying they have been unfriendly to business and for his part, o'malley shot back saying the reason maryland did as well as it has is due to his administration's policies. >> we have not created one net new job over the state in the last four years. we have doubled unemployment rate and that is a huge problem. >> the truth of the matter is we have created over 33,000 net now jobs. and that is not me saying that but the bureau of labor statistics and we have to continue to create jobs because we have a deep hole to climb out of. >> and bog guys have different views on gun control. >> the fact that the d.c. gun ban case that was decided before the u.s. supreme court, that came up today and robert ehrlich wants to make it easier for law-abiding citizens in maryland to protect themselves and o'malley returned fire saying maryland has good laws in the books and warned if pro

fairmont hotel was the city's leading supper club nearly 50 years hosting headliners like ella fitzgerald, tony bennett and tina turner. tonight linda yee said it was time to strike up the band for the reopening. >> reporter: the cigarette girls are gone, but the old supper club atmosphere is back. 21 years after it closed the venetian room reopened at the fairmont hotel. the audience young and old was thrilled. >> i've been living here for 32 years and i remember the venetian room, particularly with ernie hechstra orchestra. we used to come here and see all the great talent. it was a shame to see it close down and it's so exciting tonight to see it reopen. >> reporter: the venetian room closed when it became too expensive to run. marilyn levinson of bay area cabaret worked with the hotel to reopen the historic room. >> after the darkness of the economy of the past couple of years, the city is ready to embrace going out again and doing something to make life a little special. >> reporter: there won't be dancing, no supper served, but this night's opening night audience revels in the histo

sister theresa fitzgerald... ♪ the itsy bitsy spider... >> reporter: .. . isn't one of them.dren who, for much of their early lives, only saw their moms during visiting hours at a jail. >> i was just moved to think that a child was ripped apart from a mother at any point in time. i realized that the mothers just needed a chance. >> reporter: our children, that's "hour," meets moms in some of the toughest scales in new york. they offer women a fresh start when they get out. >> no woman comes out of prison and says "gee i really want toes me up." they just don't have the skills and they have to learn the skills. >> reporter: on one block in queens, fitzgerald... or sister tee srvetiona, as she's called, provides free housing and day care for 45 families plus thrift stores where former inmates can work and shop. >> we take everything either here for clothing or bling or anything else... >> reporter: does you just use the word bling? >> i did! they love it. >> reporter: next door there's computer training and job placement. when mia savage was convicted of felony assault, she los

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tom fitzgerald takes a closer look. >> reporter: virginia's first congressional district race hadn't been generating much attention but now the democratic candidate has herself embroiled in a controversy that has made her one of the most searched for women on the internet. her name may be crystal ball but she says she never expected these pictures to go public. >> it was all of. >> ball is the 28-year-old democratic candidate in virginia's first congressional district who says she learned a tough lesson. >> be careful what you do in front of a camera. >> reporter: at issue are these photos taken in 2004 showing the 22-year-old future candidate scantedly clad in a santa hat while poising with her ex-husband and another woman playing with a novelty sex toy and in other suggestive poses. we are ate private home goofing around. it was stupid, it was idiotic. it was mother ontic but it is not related to the congressional run now. >> reporter: a conservative blog first leaked the picture and crystal ball who is now remarried and a mother says she has been embarrassed. >> i really became an

they putt a woman on the stand named amber fitzgerald. she says that she was in rock creek park around the time of chandra levy's disappearance and that she was jogging in the park and that she was stalked by a man. she described this man as a latino male well built, slight and he was wearing as she described them sort of street athletic clothes. she got away, but she did not tell the police about this until two years later and while she was being questioned by the prosecution, the prosecutor said well, do you see anybody in the courtroom that has the same kind of complexion as this man? and the woman looked around the courtroom and she said no, even though ingmar guandiqui was sitting right there. we'll bring in roby chavez. roby watched some of the afternoon testimony. they put amber fitzgerald's boyfriend at the time on the stand apparently to try and corroborate her story, but again it seemed like another misstep to you. >> reporter: it was, paul. it was kind of an awkward moment in the courtroom. in fact, a little bit of laughter in

. >> my name is monica fitzgerald. i love have you got the better humanity and including everyone. it brings up the question of accessibility. we talked about sustainability and security, but how do we create an infrastructure, from your position, do you work to make sure that everyone is going to have the opportunity to take place in a collaborative environment? what if they cannot hear or cannot see? >> this is where government and business have to work much harder together. i think the number one goal whether you are in india, jordan, russia, mexico, u.s., u.k., should be the same. it ought to be broad band to every citizen at an affordable cost with the least two technology options. that ought to be the overriding objective. do not get tangled up in the politics of the net neutrality issue. for a person and montana who has no wireless capability, they do not care. then you ask, how do you make that happen? there are very logical issues regarding what the government should set -- should supply. you have to get the return on investment. they do not get a return, they're not going

the edmond fitzgerald sank in lake superior. what is the name of that area where the ship went down and two, who sang the song immortalizing the ship and crew? they have a name for that area where a lot go through. >> you're thinking death's door. you're wrong. because death's door is actually is where green bay meets lake michigan. not lake superior. >> they said it was death's door strait. i looked it up. fine i'll give you that anyway. who wrote a song immortalizing it? >> gordon lightfoot? >> that's correct. you're a lot smarter than i thought. >> i had a relative on that boat. >> you did? >> yeah. >> i'm sorry. >> he got off before. >> okay. good. awkward. who held the position of head coach for the packers for the longest amount of time? vince lombardi or curly l lambeau? >> lambeau. >> >> you did a lot better than i thought. >> thanks for giving me the credit. >> thanks. >> he was fun, wasn't he? >> and he was perfect. and he corrected me. >> yeah. >> and was he right? the question under proteges? >> it's unprotest. >> i

tom fitzgerald has more. >> reporter: in 2006, albert snider's son, a marine serving in afghanian

barack obama rallied with o'malley supporters this afternoon and tom fitzgerald is live where the event is strapped up. we all know that maryland is a democratic state. why did they choose prince georges county for this event? >> reporter: you would think that prince georges county would be a slam dunk for the o'malley campaign but that is why they were here. the o'malley campaign needs the voters, young democratic voters to get to the polls once they opened and in that respect, the big reason why the met showed up, and along with the main concourse here at bowie state university. the president took to the crowd and took them to a message of the republicans turning this country backwards, and the president said that would reverse the work he's been underway with the past two years and you would be forgiven to start thinking after awhile this was not a driving school and the president and governor o'malley both used the analogy of driving a car. the point they trying to make, they tried to move it forward, republicans, they say, are trying to take things in reverse. this is what they had

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i'm tom fitzgerald. we'll have the story coming up. >>> welcome back on this wednesday morning as we get a look at traffic moving out there. we are finding out that the school day for students in the district could be extended soon. a councilmember just introduced legislation that would extend the school day by a half hour. she tells fox 5 that will be up to the schools to decide how to spend that extra time. >> it will be up today chancellor and the school authorities to decide. i broached the subject with some parents and they have no end of ideas. some people want foreign languages. some people want more art. there are a whole host of the possibilities butt idea is that there would be more time for instruction and the time in instruction is of itself important. >> the councilmember's proposal to extend the school day would not apply to charter or private schools. >>> president obama has issued a lot of losty challenge to the nation's colleges. >> it came at the white house during a summit on community

it's being compared to the same storm that spawned the edmud fitzgerald. expecting about 25 foot waves lake superior today and tomorrow. high pressure in control and plenty of sunshine from ballmer peak all the way back to sutro tower there. let's talk about tempetures. we have responded nicely up in the north bay. temperatures already lo 60s in napa and santa rosa after bein in the 30s this morning. around the monterey bay and in mid to upper 50s, even 61 gilroy. so three things i want you to know. mainly sunny today, high, pret close to yesterday, clear and the coolest night tonight. watch for frost in the north bay valleys. rain is possible thursday even through sunday morning. let's take a look at today's temperatures, mid to upper 60 in the south bay with saratoga and san jose 67. on the peninsula mid-60s. san mateo 55. downtown san francisco 62. south san francisco alg with the north bay valleys in the mid-60s. upper 50s at your beaches. along the east bay shore most sunny and mid 60s for you. 70 brentwood. east bay valleys one of the warmer areas. m

it's being compared to the same storm that spawned the edmudd fitzgerald.y're expecting about 25 foot waves lake superior today and tomorrow. high pressure in control and plenty of sunshine from ballmer peak all the way back to sutro tower there. let's talk about temperatures. we have responded nicely up in the north bay. temperatures already low 60s in napa and santa rosa after being in the 30s this morning. around the monterey bay and inland temperatures mid to upper 50s, even 61 gilroy. so three things i want you to know. mainly sunny today, high, pretty close to yesterday, clear and the coolest night tonight. watch for frost in the north bay valleys. rain is possible thursday even through sunday morning. let's take a look at today's temperatures, mid to upper 60 in the south bay with saratoga and san jose 67. on the peninsula mid-60s. san mateo 55. downtown san francisco 62. south san francisco along with the north bay valleys in the mid-60s. upper 50s at your beaches. along the east bay shore mostly sunny and mid 60s for you. 70 brentwood. east bay val

fox 5's tom fitzgerald has more from both. >> reporter: in maryland's u.s. senate race name recognition can be a case of the have's. >> barbara mikulski. >> reporter: and the have not's. do you know who she's running against? >> actually i don't. >> my namesake wargotz, runner for u.s. senate against barbara mikulski. >> reporter: maryland's republican senate candidate is fighting for votes and perceptions of his chances. >> i find it very narrow minded. i think that when people just look at the metrics, they forget there's people out there with brains and intelligence. >> reporter: eric wargotz is a county commissioner and a doctor specializing in pathology. >> we have a great shot at unseating this entrenched incumbent. >> reporter: but that incumbent senator barbara mikulski says it's no accident voters know who she is. >> my connecting to the people is not a campaign kind of affair. it's really a love affair i have with maryland. >> reporter: after 33 years in washington mikulski is now the most senior female in the senate now seeking her fifth term. >>

fox 5's tom fitzgerald has the story. >> reporter: 911 callers detail the early minutes of the bus disaster on the i-270 spur. >> a camper or a bus just went over from the bridge above it and landed on 270 north. >> a commuter bus just hit the guardrail and flipped off of the overpass on the 270. >> reporter: but while highway overpasses are vital parts of interstate roadways, traffic safety experts say they need to be made safer. >> this is what we've been warning about. >> reporter: john townsend of aaa says higher barriers and reinforced fencing are needed to keep vehicles from plunging off of overpasses. >> this is a great concern, will remain a concern until these barriers are heightened and strengthened. there's a recommendation that could be raised as high as 5th 4 inches and -- 54 inches and perhaps this will prevent those vehicles from going over those barriers. >> reporter: february, 2008 thousands were stranded on the springfield interchange flyovers when ice storms froze the overpasses causing a ripple effect of accidents. in april, 2006 a man was killed when a tractor trailer o

. >> tom fitzgerald reporting. the school estimated about 8500 people were at the event. the high today was 77 degrees but some were taken to the hospital because of the heat. >>> the key to our winning is here. >> o'malley's opponent robert ehrlich spent the day stumping for votes in our area and across maryland. attended the montgomery county event in potomac. o'malley and ehrlich will face off in their first debate on monday in baltimore. >>> new details into a possible cheating scandal at the police training academy. >> reporter: there is no evidence it happened. that is according to the prince george county police chief. his department has cleared officers of any wrong doing. he says the attention now is on an destructor who recorded test results. a woman arrested in montgomery county is now a suspect in the deadly hit and run of a woman in the district. 30-year-old jorida davidson is said to have hit and killed the woman. there was damage to davidson's car and they suspect she had been drinking. >>> a man accused of being a serial stabber is facing new charges tonig

the venetian room at the fairmont hotel hosted ella fitzgerald, tony bennett and tina turner. it was at the venetian room that tony bennett performed i left my heart in san francisco. tonight the venetian room reopened as a cabaret and the producer hopes to rekindle the club's old magic. >> it's actually magnificent that after the darkness of the economy of the past couple of years, the city is ready to embrace going out again. >> tonight's opening gala features marvin hamlisch and maria friedman. >>> the half moon bay pumpkin festival wrapped up today. some of those showing off the fruits of their labor and are heavy weights in the field. >> for a few glorious weeks in october, pumpkins are a big deal. >> i'm sorry this pumpkin is so little for you. >> reporter: now some determined growers are cultivating giants in a place better known for grapes than gourds, the napa valley. the same drive for excellence that has made the vineyards of the napa valley world famous is being applied to something bigger, much bigger. not red or white but orange. >> the small grapes and the big p

fox 5's tom fitzgerald is here to fill in some of the blanks. rahm emanuel has been an in your face type of chief of staff. what does rouse bring? >> the president him selves pokes fun at this. rahm emanuel is known for his rough language. pete rouse refers to remain in the background. he is a loyal democrat but republicans wind up taking majorities in the house elections this november, this administration may have to start working more chosely with republicans and -- closely are republicans and pete rouse's style just might be a better fit for getting things down here in washington if democrats lose the majority control in congress. >> as we said earlier, many people don't know who rouse is. >> he may be a new face for a lot of folks in the public. he's far from a new comer here in washington. he was chief of staff for senator barack obama when he got here in washington. prior to that he worked for tom daschle and durbin and he's referred to a the 101st senator because of all of those years he served on capitol hill. he may be a fresh face to m

an accusation ehrlich calls "desperate. " as tom fitzgerald found out after hitting the campaign trail with both men. >> rolling in to the university of maryland an o'malley rally was on tap as the democratic governor went after the youth vote. >> there will be winners and losers. >> reporter: but the audience wasn't the only thing that's young. recent days o'malley has been trying out a fresh take on his open, republican robert ehrlich. >> he has made over $2 million working for big banks, big mortgage companies and now we know big casino interests. >> reporter: after starting his campaign, saying the race would be a simple comparison from the different administrations the governor has been critical over ehrlich's last four years out of office as he worked as an attorney. >> if he always sided with big entities and special interests in easy times why should we believe that he wouldn't side with them in the tough days ahead of us in. >> reporter: while governor o'malley was courting college students in college park, his challenger, bob ehrlich was courting a much different audience. sp

ella fitzgerald, nat king cole and tony ben forget performed there.per club closed as an entertainment venue in 1989. a bay area group is reopening the venetian as a cabaret style room that will feature a variety of acts. it was there that tony bennett first performed i left my heart in san francisco in 1962 now. it's his signature tune. >> haven't seen such cash shea and hopefully we will again. >> 4:57 our time. violence at candlestick park just ahead at 5:00. the dispute that ledded to a stabbing outside the 49ers-raiders game. >> a report out this morning that millions of users may have had their personal information compromised as in swiped and sold and san francisco playless a big role in this. the details after the break. >> and the vote facing san francisco supervisors that could make them very unpopular i have fallen in love with making bird houses. caw caw! [ director ]what is that? that's a horrible crow. here are some things that i'll make as little portals. honestly, i'd love to do this for the rest of my life so i've got to take care of

overhaul prison practices let's cross over now live to our washington studio where we're joined now by fitzgerald a former cia officer messenger of defense to be on the program now there are no exact official figures or details of prisoners being held at the airbase are there how accurate then you think these latest claims can be at the end of the day. well i think based on what i've seen of the report the claims are quite accurate i think that clearly there is a facility within the facility where probably special prisoners for one reason or another are subjected to stress situations to try to get them to cooperate well the u.s. says it was denied in the secret room why is washington being so secretive about this. well obviously the administration doesn't need another scandal to cause it problems so i think if they do have secret interrogation centers and i would be awfully surprised to be honest if they didn't i would imagine the cia runs interrogation centers i would imagine the military does the same and the administration basically just wants this to become a non-issue but the fact is i mean

lakes, second storm in severity in history, only to the one that downed the freighter, the edmond fitzgerald? >> that's one for the record books. our pressure is down as low as we've seen in 70 years in many spots. winds have been clocked up at over 60 miles an hour, brian. look at lake michigan. it's churned it up. we're expecting 15-foot seas by tomorrow morning and the wind turned this beach into like a blizzard in fargo, taking the sand and blowing it across the street to beach-front property and providing close calls. the unusually-powerful october storm produced as many as 12 tornados and widespread high winds left behind a trail of damage. >> the tree has fallen on this house here. >> reporter: one woman in a chicago suburb was injured impaled when a tree branch crashed through her windshield. the storm knocked out power to 300,000 from wisconsin to ohio. and snarled travel in the nation's heartland. at o'hare international, airlines cancelled more than 300 flights and some who flew in described white-knuckled landings. >> i thought i was going to die. i can tell you that much. >> ser

president obama and at a rally yesterday alongside the governor at bowie state university and our tom fitzgerald was there. >> reporter: she has never seen a president before. >> now, a citizen, she is the kind of voters decembers need to get to the polls in maryland but she is not sure if others take voting so seriously. >> here, i want to say a little bit yes, they do. they do take it for granted. >> reporter: but with rising concerns that democrats aren't fired up this year, president obama came to bowie, maryland to boost the election chances of martin o'malley. the rally comes as the o'malley campaign is pulling head. the latest rasmussen reports poll find him leading robert ehrlich 49% to 41%. >> i am running against our former governor who says that he is running in order to take maryland back. what he really means is he wants to take us backwards. >> reporter: earlier this week, robert ehrlich downplayed the importance of the president's appearance. >> he is trying to yen rate votes in the washington suburbs obviously. typically a strong area for democrats. but we'll do better there this

we've got a edmond fitzgerald storm to blow up at the canadian border.may bring very chilly air in. more on that in a second. here are the highs around the area. joliet hit 70 coming off lows that were in the 20s this morning. putting frost in the ground even here in the city. 54 tonight at o'hare. it'll be a warmer night tonight than last as clouds assemble and blanket the area. there are the dew points. still low. which is why it's so amazing we got some sprinkles to the ground in this dry air, but we did. there are the temperatures around the area. lincoln park at 62. but here's the weather system coming in. this is vernal, utah. this is from colorado where the mountains are being covered with snow tonight. mountains hidden by the clouds there. snow falling at high elevations. here's our storm. if you look at the way the rains are laid out, they're in clusters. that's about the way they're going to fall. they'll come down in one moment then the next moment we get a peek at the sun. we want to show you how active the weather is as you go west. as we lo

tom fitzgerald was there and joins us live with highlights. let's start with the reviews of monday's debate that said robert ehrlich's earlier performance was shaky. how did he do today? >> reporter: this is a much more polished robert ehrlich we saw today in contrast to monday's debate. gone were those references to martin o'malley as gov and that he played more office in this give-and-take. both of them exchanged barbs on everything from taxes to immigration. >> and take us through some of the points made today? >> let's start with immigration. both men were asked if state funds in maryland should be yanked from any organizations that profound to be helping illegal jim grants. ehrlich said they should, o'malley agreed in principle, but what they clashed over was o'malley's term of the use "new americans." take a listen. >> sadly is a political football, there is this nativism rising up and this desire to blame new americans for the problems in our economy. new americans didn't run wall street into the ground. >> what you call new americans.

tom fitzgerald joins us. you spoke with the candidate today? >> reporter: virginia's first congressional district was not generating much attention but all of that changeed in a big way. the democratic candidate whose real name is crystal ball, the political newcomer who has a controversy on her hands quickly turned her one of the most searched for women on the internet. her name may be crystal ball but she never expected the pictures to go public. >> it was awful. >> reporter: ball is the 28- year-old democratic candidates -- who said she learned a tough lesson. >> be careful what you do in front of a camera. >> at issue are the photos taken in 2004, showing the 22- year-old future candidate scantily clad in a santa hat posing with her ex-husband and another woman playing with the novelty sex toy and in other suggestive poses. >> we were at a private home going around, it was stupid, idiotic and moronic but it's not related to the congressional run now. >> reporter: the conservative blog virginia verticon first leaked the pictures and crystal

tom fitzgerald has the story. >> reporter: in 2006, albert snyder's son, a marine serving in afghanistan on duty. but matthew snyder's death was only the start of his father's pain. >> i thought that was the worst day of my life. >> reporter: when the westboro baptist church of cans can protested matthew snyder's funeral with outlandish signs claiming u.s. military deaths are got's reprisal against america for its tolerance of homosexual, albert snyder sued. >> the church conduct was so extreme it went beyond all possible bounds of basic human decency. >> reporter: but he request here isn't whether or not the west pro protests are distasteful often that point, most justices seem to agree they are. the question is whether they are protected under the first amendment's right to free speech. the justices cast doubt on the snyder's claims that the church members violated their rights. i don't see how they both relate to inconstitutions on the funeral. another justice said there t. seems to me there was nothing done that was unlawful. >> others pondered if they protests went too far. i do wan

here is tom fitzgerald. >> reporter: rolling into the university of maryland, an o'malley rally was onap as the democratic governor went after the audience. >> but the audience wasn't the only thing here that was young. he's being trying out a fresh idea. >> he's worked for big banks and mortgage companies and now big casino interests. >> he said it would be a simple comparison of the two administrations, the governor has been critical of ehrlich's last four years out of the office while he worked as an attorney. >> if he sided with the big entities, why should we believe after all he's been paid in the last four years that he wouldn't side with them in the tough days ahead of us. >> reporter: but while government o'malley was courting college students, his challenger bob ehrlich was speaking with a group of dairy farmers in frederick county. forms are just one of the maryland industries that robert ehrlich said have done poorly under governor o'malley. >> the election will go down one way or another. i think we're going to win the race. >> reporter: the agriculture vote represents ehr

pat fitzgerald and the wildcats trying to go 5-0 but they trailed 28-20 in the fourth. goes, ebert grabs it over a dependser comes down with the ball. amazing catch by ebert. two-point try missed. they were still down by 2. 27- yard field goal, 29-28 cats. minnesota then has one final chance to drive the ball. but ben johnson steps in. and he will pick it off right here. there is the smart thing, slides down, the catch bailed one out. 29-2, they are now 5-0. >>> a scare in columbus. shieldhouse. illini 7-0. buckeyes restored order and they got the win. daniel herring goes for a 7- yard sprint. ohio state hangs on. >>> notre dame in charge in the second half at boston college. they tried to snap a three-game skid. other action: >>> the blackhawks play their final preseason game tomorrow against the blues at 5:00 right here on wgn. they won't have veteran defenseman brian campbell who suffered a knee injury last night against the penguins. he injured his right knee in a collision on the boards. he will miss from four to five weeks. ovechkin nailed him from behind and cras

ella fitzgerald, nat king cole, tina turner and tony bennett all performed there. the supper club closed as an entertainment venue in 1989. now a bay area group is reopening the venetian as a room that will feature a variety of acts. it was in the venetian room that tony bennett first performed i left my heart in san francisco in 1962. the glamour is back. >> how many thousands of times has he done that song now? 5:57. just ahead on abc 7 news at 6:00, the ballot proposition that has mexico raising concerns about mexico's war on drugs. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live. a company involved in a privacy controversy this morning. controversy this morning. a controversy the company is meg whitman's hometown newspaper said it best: "meg whitman has demonstrated a loose relationship with the truth" "a poor understanding of government" "pat solutions for problems whose depth and complexity clearly elude her" "she utterly lacks the qualifications to be governor" jerry brown "offers california exactly what it needs" "good ideas, strong principles, a reputation for telling the tru

the first loss of the year for pat fitzgerald. >>> ohio state could be number one in the t(poles.e would take it in for six yards out here. he rushed for an even 100 yards. huskies win 31-17 and now 4-2. >>> columbia, south carolina the scene of today's big upset. top ranked alabama on the ropes against the gamecocks. stephen garcia gets jeffrey to make it 21-3 south carolina. go on to win 35-21. as we said earlier ohio state could be number one tomorrow. >>> soccer on the lake front today international friendly game between u.s. and poland. the biggest polish operation outside of warsaw. he scores and the games ends in a çnice friendly 2-2 tie. >>> the bears took off for charlotte today. i will be çgoing out there tomorrow. complete coverage on the bears and panthers that play on wgn t.v. >>> recall carl lewis singing the national anthem. he forgot the words and actor david hasselhoff. but here is his version brace ç yourself. >> please remain seated and welcome david hasselhoff. [ applause ] ♪ for the land of the free ♪ ♪ and the w3 home of the brave ç♪ i] [ applause ] >> oh

with a lot of musical history some of the best names in show business played here including ella fitzgeraldgnat king coal in 1962 a very famous crooner debuted a famous song here ♪ i left my heart ... >> it was so electrifying to hear that song like that and now all these years later, 48 years later i wanted to be in this beautiful venetian room opening at the cabaret. >>> its elegance is open again for a new generation. in san francisco linda owe cbs 5. >>> nice. all right. 5:26 a.m. moving on now, tired of driving over potholes in your neighbourhood? in two weeks you will have a chance to weigh in on road repairs at the ballot box. nine counties have ballot measures asking for a $10 vehicle increase. if all measures pass the new fees would generate more than $50 million, nearly two thirds of that money would be.on local streets and road repairs. >>> that leads us to our question of the day, do you think we should pay an extra fee. another extra fee to help repair potholes? you can send your comments to mornings@cbsa.com and also post on our facebook page. >> facebook gets poked in the lat

tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >> thank you. >>> there are some changes for some area neighborhoods as in a population change. up next, some are calling it a renaissance. >> what is sparking the shifting landscape? we'll explain coming up next. ♪ yes! ♪ look, they fit! oh my gosh, are those the jeans from last year? how'd you do it? eating right...whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who eat more whole grain tend to have healthier body weights. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories. more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios. >>> we'll take a look outside right now. traffic and it is cold out there. temperature, 51 degrees right now at reagan national. but much colder when you head out to the west. so bundle up and you might need the seat warmer this is morning if you have them. talking about a shafting change in the landscape. it is in full swing across the region. talking about ethnic changes, whites an minorities trading places. >> it is being called white flight in reverse with whites moving into the city while the suburbs grow with minoritie

as the prosecutor said, patrick fitzgerald, there was a conspiracy to defame joe wilson and there was a cloud over the office of the vice president. there are a lot of things that were not able to come out. >> scooter libby, it meant the prosecutor was able to get to the bottom of the conspiracy because scooter libby obstructed his ability to do so. >> the first person to release the identity of valerie plame was richard armitage. >> rich was one of three. the other two were scooter libby and karl rove. >> you firmly believe that? >> it's not that i firmly believe it, it's been said by bob novak, said by matt cooper, judy miller talked about being with scooter libby at the st. regis hotel and her nicks have victoria flame which obviously was her interpretation of valerie plame. it all came out in scooter's trial. >> at the time, a lot of people at cia and elsewhere were concerned sources and methods, some of your contacts when you were an aboctive agent for the a could have been compromised. all these years later is there idea any if they were compromise? >> it's insidious what happen

i'm tom fitzgerald. we'll talk to the candidates coming up. >>> keep it right here. fox 5 news at 5:00 is just getting started. >>> more than 20 years after his violent crime spree began the silver spring rapist is headed to prison for the rest of his life. investigators believe he may be connected to 21 local sexual assaults. fox 5's john henrehan picks up the story. >> reporter: in the late 1980s and early 1990s women who lived in this part of silver spring were terrified. a man working alone would enter homes where there was an unlocked door or window and awaken sleeping women. he would threaten them with a knife and rape them. there were 21 victims over the years. he was never caught, but evidence was gathered and retained. police and prosecutors believe now 63-year-old fletcher anderson warrell was the silver spring rapest. the current state's attorney in montgomery county worked on the task force when he was an assistant prosecutor. >> we really should be very thankful to the federal government because they gave montgomery county local lab a grant a few years a

fox 5 tom fitzgerald was there. debates earlier this week said robert ehrlich's performance was a bit shaky. how was he today? >> this was a much more polished robert ehrlich we saw in contrast to monday's debate. gone were the references to martin o'malley as gov. he played a lot more offense as well taking o'malley on everything from taxes to immigration. >> take us through some of today's talking points. >> let's start with immigration. both men were asked if state funds should be yanked from any organization found to be helping illegal immigrants. ehrlich said they should. o'malley agreed in principle, but what they clash over was o'malley appear term of the use new americans. -- o'malley's term of the use new americans. >> sadly there is this nativism rising up and this desire to blame new americans for the problems in our economy. new americans didn't run wall street into the ground. >> what you call new americans. by the way, if somebody breaks into my house is, that a new member of my family that night? that

called "i found this funny" a collection of his favorite works by writers from past masters f scott fitzgeraldand flannery o'connor to contemporary humorist david sedaris and steve martin. the proceeds benefit a nonprofit writing and tutoring program called 826-national. when we talked recently atof his modest los angeles office, apatow admitted that he himself came to love reading only as an adult. >> i was a big t, have kid.ho when i was a kid i would go home at 3:00, and watch tv straight through to the endt of letterman at 1:30 in the morning. i was the i would watch jerry seinfeld and jay leno and study them as if it was tolstoy. >> brown: apatow is indeed a serious student of comedy and that too began as a kid on long island when he managed to pick the brainsoc of leading comedians appearing at a local club. >> i started a radio show where i interviewed comics. and i interviewed leno and a seinfeld and john candy and father gudi and gary shandling all when i was 16 and they told me what to do. here is how you get on stage. here is how you write a joke. here is how you come up with an ide

scott fitzgerald said there are no second acts in american life, he surely wasn't contemplating thisked ourselves how to view all this gubernatorial deja-vu. here in boon iowa terry bran stead is working the crowd. more than a decade after he left the governor's office he held for 16 years, he wants the job again. and the question is, why? in the years when you were out of office, was there a part of you that said that's the center of the universe for me? making a difference being where the action is, that was not part of it? >> well, i loved what i was doing but being governor is a bigger job with bigger challenges. i've got proven results. i've done it before. i know i can do it again. >> governor branstaed proved he can fix it. >> reporter: there is one clue to the reemergence of these and why he has opened up a significant lead over the incumbent democratic governor. the very discontent with those now in office makes those who were then in office a reminder of better times. ann selzer is a prominent iowa- based pollster. >> they have a window of opportunity because people are dis

scott fitzgerald. >> reporter: sort of a jazz age looking pen. >> a 1920s jazz age pen. is a 250-year-old bamboo. it's ebonite with a resin. and this pen here was about $14,000. this is one of one. it's a yellow jade with a purple jade on top. i have this one made specifically for me. he did a krystal but i loved the purple. and so i had him do one for me with the clear krystal. this right here has 18 karat gold feed. >> reporter: he recently added up what he spent on his 400 pens. >> when i saw the bottom number and it was over half a million dollars i was like what in the world did we do? >> reporter: but he says nothing beats the feel of a good fountain pen. and then there's the way friends react to his collection. >> it ranges from you must be nuts to i could have found a better use for that money. three is how do i get started? >> reporter: all you need is one. >> osgood: coming up lee child. man of mystery. and later.... >> so you were like the brad and and lean a of republican politicians' kids. >> osgood: at home with the eisenhowers. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >> osgood: ever