: jennifer, how do you respond?n. you have a masters degree in divinity. you're a study pastor, right? >> i've got a lot to learn. >> you've actually studied. i haven't gone to seminary. i haven't gone to bible school. yet i'm aware of the fact -- i'm deeply aware of the fact that we're relying on the translations of greek and that we're translating from a language, you and i, that is not originally our own. >> hebrew, the old testament, greek. >> there are a lot of well-studied academics, both believers and seekers of god and those who are purely trying to understand what the sacred text means to all of us that really put question on how we've interpreted the words, what is it malkos and arsakoinay. there are two greek words that we have substituted in our definition of homosexuality, in the manner in which we use it. and my curiosity is how do you -- how do you respond to that knowledge knowing that perhaps maybe we don't have the full understanding of the academics -- >> larry: in other words, simply put, could y

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i'm jennifer franciotti. details are next. >> the 2010 session of the m maryland general assembly is in the books. what kept lawmakers in the 11th hour and the progress. >> and did you know in today's "woman's doctor," why women are more prone to knee injuries. >> and the 11 news forecast. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> good morning. i'm lisa robinson. >> and i'm stan stovall. in for mindy basara. and i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us today. >> sometimes you forget your name when it's 6:00. i've said good morning. i'm -- who am? i john? tom? >> who are you you? >> sandra. >> i don't know why i couldn't figure that one out. weatherwise changes in the air. been in the 70's, we've had sunshine. now we're going to turn the quorner back into an earlier spring-time situation. we can see rain off to our northwest, but that's not going to come into this morning until late they are afternoon. right now it's dry. temperatures in the lower 40's and 50's k only the going to make it into

this weekend's box office champ, jennifer lopez. they provided lopez with her more successful film roles and that's what she's got here with the "backup plan" of course after being artificially insim nated does she fall in love. if they show up, backup plan has a shot at number one. $15 million could be number one. "kickass" will contend if jennifer lopez falls flat coming in somewhere at $10 million. >>> it could be a champ who sneaks. "how to train a dragon" could win. i mean i em not seeing the movie but this "how to train a dragon kwets won't go away. >> i want to start a facebook of banning j.lo or jennifer aniston for any more. >> cheesy romantic movies. i know. >>> they converge every year to celebrate the zany outlandish culture of what they call the hillbilly. while they have a tough time finding what is a hillbilly, they know it's about good food, creative costumes and to-tapping melodies, bluegrass to be exact. more importantly those who head over to the hoedown raise thousands of dollars for a children's local hospital.

jennifer franciotti. wbal-tv. >> a new campaign will be launched today by former governor bob ehrlich. he is going up for a rematch against gov. o'malley. he told listeners he will be signing off in a july when he signs his candidacy papers. they are expected to have an hour-long debate on the show this saturday which starts at 9:00 a.m. >> landmark legislation taking tough action against membergang emmbers. it restores -- members. it restores tougher language and will get tougher sentences for them. they could end up locking up gang members who do not commit crimes. there are 11,000 members of these gangs maryland. >> 25-confirmed dead while the fate of four others is uncertain. the tragedy is highlighting the dangers of coal mining. here are more details. >> the accident has gotten the attention of lawmakers on capitol hill. some are calling for hearings into the matter. environmental groups are pushing for an alternative to coal. in a small community in west virginia, who, prayers, and a race against t

ironically, jennifer, a history being remembered this weekend. it was already a somber trip to begin with. poland's president lech kosinski, his wife, and dozens of officials were headed to russia to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the slaughter of " thousands of polish military officers by the secret police in world war ii. am i saw the airplane flying low. >> others recall the pilot attempting to land several times in heavy fog before crashing into the forest. >> they were very good friends of mine. >> this local polish architect new six of the passengers on the airplane and is overwhelmed with emotions. >> i lost two uncles at the place where the airplane went down. >> the airplane, from the soviet union, had been involved in several crashes in the past. aeroflot recently it withdrew the model from service. >> everyone is praying and lighting candles. it is terrible, tragic. >> flags are flying at half staff at the polish embassy downtown as the mourners gathered to pray. some are still in disbelief. >> everybody is crying. >> while the en

. >> good evening, i am jennifer gilbert. jeff barnd is off tonight. >> a cold front moves through and with it strong storms. rain fell hard at times tonight. and lightning out there in places. and chief meteorologist vytas reid joins us with a look at what is going on in the sky watch forecast. vytas? >> yeah, first severe weather of the season. but not bad for most of the region. stronger storms up in cecil county. and down south of us around suburbs of dc. mainly heavy rain. dealing with it for the next few hours. up in northeastern portions of harford county. rising sun and perryville up to see shil county, decent showers. and rain down to the south of us over dc. continue to see that, come through the region. also columbia looking at heavy rain over to ellicott city. and then continue to see the activity push through. here is what is happening. bigger picture. puts it in motion. you see the rain is coming up 95. heavy showers expected over the next couple of hours. front is still sitting back over western portions of wes

jennifer franciotti has more. >> some of the people trapped overseas were u.s. troops. they had been deployed for six months to a year and were finally able to make their way back. families were anxious for them to be home. those on the first british airways flight return purred everyone seemed to understand the reason for the delayed -- plumes of ash from icelandic raging volcano. it did find ways to pass the time. >> i saw friends and old colleagues. i played it and worked. i think it was difficult for families and for some people. it was difficult when i did not think i would make to london from germany. >> i am not angry. the volcano seems like a serious thing to me. >> we did catch up with some folks that were trapped on this side of the pond. everything should be back up and running for british airways today. make sure you call your airline just to check. jennifer franciotti, wbal tv 11 news. >> five people are recovering after they were stabbed in southeast baltimore. this was just after 2:00 a.m. this morning. the victims were suffering from cuts to their backs,

jennifer franciotti is live with the details. >> charles bowman was just trying to get takeout at a chinese restaurant when police say he was gunned down. he was on his way to work. it was two. teenagers that killed him for quick money. police were led to michael hunter and troy taylor. the community was upset about the murder. police are increasing patrols to prevent more violence. >> people have no love. >> i know it is bad. it is getting worse. >> police believe the teenagers may be involved in other crimes. if you have information, you are asked to call baltimore city police. >> anne arundel -- authorities say officers shot a man around 10:20 p.m. last night. police are not commenting on what led to the incident. we're told the officer was not injured. there were multiple assaults in southeast baltimore. five women suffered cut wounds. the victims are not cooperating. at least one person claims to have been attacked by an unknown male. >> a post office supervisor is being charged with stealing gift cards. andrew's is accused of opening mail. authorities said pay linked him after he used

probably cold comfort to jennifer's devastated parents after being told their daughter is now a coldennifer's website, they wrote that the news, quote, chipped another piece of our hearts away, end quote. police say jennifer is among more than a dozen missing persons cases they cannot solve in this area. >> now, kesse's family says they will not give up their search. a $15,000 reward is being offered in this case. and tonight on "issues," despite lurid new details emerging in the ben roethlisberger scandal, he still walked away without a single charge. jane says he may not have done anything illegal, but he's definitely done some stupid things. catch her take on the story tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >>> call him the new eyes of the law, some police departments around the country have started attaching cameras to some of their officers while on patrol. and the cameras catch some pretty interesting things. >> you better stop or i'm going to taze you! get on the ground! get on the ground! >> they're like dash cams but the cameras are actually wrapped around the officer's head. the pol

>> after years of dating, and jennifer lopez decides to listen to her biological clock yen a call the backup plan -- yen "the backup plan." it is rated pg-13. opening on earth day, and disney's nature division explores "ocean." using the latest technology, underwater film crews deliver a spectacular look at the water that covers our nation. that is the box office pretty. -- preview. >> sorry about the hair extensions. we will get to your extensions at another time. >> john, you should have brought your hair extensions. >> it is the summer time.

jennifer?he plot grows deeper tonight as investigators try to figure out what was going on with a man on board of a flight from dc to denver last night. now the man it turns out is a diplomat from ca tar. and air marshals restrained him after they thought he was trying to light his shoes on fire. then they said it was just one big missing the guy was trying to sneak a cigarette in the bathroom. today we find out the diplomat was traveling for a consult lat visit to see a imprisoned al-qaida agent. they reacted to the scare that involved the scam bling of two, f-16 fighter jets. >> they have to do. that i am sure there are procedures they have to follow. and we go along with it. inconvenient. but, you know, you dune want them to be careful. >> consult lat officials visit foreigners held in the united states to make sure that they are being treated well. officials say the diplomat will be sent home or transferred to another country for touching off the bomb scare. >> orioles turn to a rookie pitc

jennifer lopez and needs a backup plan. lawyer on the roof moved into the national theater where zero must tell and the original mostell orm -- zero premiered years ago. >> you laugh, you cry. >> number one movie, "how to train your track and." new on dvd is "its complicated." >> this week brings every boot of "nightmare on elm street." i know that you loved "avatar." >> i cannot wait to get my copy. >> i love harvey weinstein. [laughter] >>> warning for chocolate lovers. your favorite dessert may be hurting more than your waistlin. >> coming up, new hopes >>> that hill back in the weather center. a tornado warning has been issued for st. mary's and charles counties. this is the same area that had severe thunderstorms that weekend. they have reformed and the report indicated on radar that there is a possibility of a tornado. it is in effect until 6:15. the area is a long bretton bay. that includes leonardtown. this is moving to the east at about 25 miles per hour. you can see the roads are leading into areas of the western

increíble mentalmente la moto estaba prácticamente intacta jennifer fue trasladada a un hospital en limao con múltiple fractura, pensaron en amputarlo, lograron salvarlo, aunque los médicos no están seguros si podrá recuperar la movilidad >> el mejor de los casos que se quede funcional, va perder bastante sensibilidad en el peor de los casos que lo tenga de adorno >> jennifer no recuerda nada del accidente. solo que yo vía mucho ahora está preocupada de recuperar el brazo. >>> quiero estar tranquila recuperar mi brazo >> los escasos minuto que permitieron hablar con ella no llegó a decir que todavía no sabe que quiere hacer, cuando salga del hospital >> la verdad, me iba apuesto a estudiar ganas de estudiar decir que si puedo. >>> en esta visita, los equipos empezaron a sonar, su corazón late rápido porque se angustia, la noche del accidente. ninguna de él llevaba el casco de protección, tal vez le salvaría la vida a, cory no lo podrán celebrar junta el cumpleaños nunca más porque era en la misma fecha. >>> la policía intenta averiguar quien manejaba la moto. y contra qué chocó estaremos

string of nine white miss america jennifer lopez and beyonce knows celebrated as hollywood duties and the williams sisters dominate the league's for its robert johnson the founder of bt they have made millions and oprah winfrey is rich and famous colin powell and condoleezza rice secretary of state and the attorney general and more to the point* of view 19 power and beauty barack obama is president of united states. first lady michelle obama who skin color alone would contempt year to ugliness of the 20th century figures as an icon of beauty and intelligence on a global stage none of these individuals is white blood being white these days is not what it used to me. [laughter] it is sensible to conclude

. >> very interesting, jennifer, thank you. >>> a surprise move, conan o'brien has a deal with tbs for a new late-night show. it will actually bump george lopez's show to midnight. now, on his show last night lopez said he totally supports the move. >> i want to say that i'm completely, 100% on board with this move and i talked to conan on wednesday and i talked to him last night and i said i welcome you into my deep loving embrace. everybody has heard now i'm with cocoa and now everybody can go loco. >> look at them run together. >> working together for tbs. fantastic news. >> that will help us out, huh? that dude's hysterical. good morning, natasha. rain headed down through the great lakes into the mid-atlantic states towards d.c. take you live to washington. i want to show you the tower cam

kretzer jennifer franciotti joins us live with more details. -- >> jennifer franciotti joins us live with more details. >> some politicians are trying to play it safe. there are big issues on the table, including the budget. the house has passed 15 pieces of legislation. in the senate, which has fewer members, over 1000 bills have been introduced. auntie 28 of them have been passed. when the house convenes -- only 28 of them has passed. some believe the definition for of gangs too broad. and a ban on cell phone use while driving still has not cleared the house. and some want to abolish good time jail credit for sex offenders. they want tighter loss after a child was killed last christmas. -- laws after a child was killed last christmas. and neither chamber has discussed the legal use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. and they are looking at teacher pensions by local jurisdictions which still has to be resolved. the house opposes a bond bills. they allow some to fund district projects. budget negotiators say it may have to go into extra innings, so to speak. back to you. >> the dec

jennifer ashton. jennifer, we have long heard about the benefits of breast-feeding newborns.feeding best? >> reporter: well, for the first time, harry, we're finding out not only why but for how long. we've known for a while it's important to boost the immune system of babies, but this was the first study to show that babies who were exclusively breast-fed for a period of six months had a reduction in their risk or incidents of several diseases. including stomach or intestinal issues, sudden infant death syndrome, childhood leukemia or childhood asthma, type one diabetes and even childhood obesity. big thing. >> smith: a lot of woman start out trying to breast-feed but can't why do they have such a problem? >> reporter: the numbers show 74% of women start at birth trying to breast-feed their babies by. three months that number drops to 33% of women who are exclusively breast-feeding. and by six months the number is down to about 14% who are exclusively breast-feeding. the reasons for this, harry, range from a lack of workplace support which can make it logistically much more

>> when i met jennifer jason leigh, my...rew up in l.a. >> rose: your wife. >> yes, my wife. >> rose: (laughs) and producer in the movie. >> rose: he had a hard time saying that for a moment. >> mother of your child. >> well, i didn't know where to start. >> rose: your collaborator! >> yes, yes. the people at home... (laughter) when a man loves a woman. sometimes they want to make it official. >> rose: (laughs) >> but she's so many things beyond that. >> rose: but then we digress. >> she grew up in l.a. and-and-so being in l.a. with heresy started to see the city differently. i saw it as a place where people really lived and i started spending more time there and i have a hard time saying it but started to live there partially and i wanted to do something there. i wanted to use the city in the way i saw the city. >> rose: who is roger greenberg? (laughs) yes, exactly! (laughs) >> thank you? >> rose: this is who you have thought about when you thought about roger greenberg? in other words, the character that he could play? >>

let's get to my interview with governor jennifer granholm .down earlier in the week in her office in lindsey, michigan. >> i want to talk to you about michigan's economy? >> yeah. >> signs everywhere, across the country. turning the corner. how confident are you in michigan, which still struggles, the economy is turned around. >> you've come on a very good week. this is the week that general motors paid back its loan. they announced $120 million investment in their plant in detroit. chrysler had some additional challenges, but their net operating profit was $200 million almost. i announced during the week that we were ten job projects that created 15,000 jobs. i did a ground breaking at one of the battery companies that we are recruited to provide the supply for the electric vehicle. we are just seeing a lot of movement -- you know, we're obviously not there yet. but -- >> it's turned the corner. >> but -- >> you feel like, okay, we're on the upswing. >> we have hit bottom, i know that. we are starting to emerge. it will be an extended climb u

jennifer! >> i'm embarrassed. was waiting, there was this thing you had to get last year's agi so i sent a check to the irs in december asking them for a copy of my taxes. you know when i got my taxes? >> when? >> two days ago, thanks. they had my check but took a long -- i'm late on my taxes. i'll file an extension. if you're in the same boat as me, file an extension. >> thanks, jen. >>> the "national enquirer" got a pulitzer prize nomination for breaking the john edwards sex story. find out if this won the prize. >>> hear from the firefighter who pulled off this amazing rescue in the middle of this raging canal. ♪ >>> check out this video, a dangerous rescue in northern california, a 74-year-old woman escaped a car, after it crashed into this raging canal yesterday. look at that. the current swept her miles downstream. the rescue swimmer got pulled into the water injuring his arm but he did get her out. >> i got called in the room by her right before she went up to the floor and i think, i got a little kiss on t

. >> also, jennifer hudson, but this has nothing to do with music. >> a 10-year-old tased by a police officer. >> first, a boy killed at disney world. saving money on cereal. - bread. - laundry detergent. even paper towels and toothpaste. at safeway, we've made a promise to lower the prices... on thousands of everyday items throughout the store. and, with our club card specials like... safeway ham, just 88¢ a pound, and gold pineapple, only $1.97 each, safeway is keeping that commitment. so you'll always get what you want, when you want it, - at the price you need. - today and tomorrow. that's our promise. that's ingredients for life. safeway. >>> a 9-year-old on vacation at disney world is dead after he was hit by a bus, and his family is in mourning. >> this happened this afternoon and now the accident has led to investigation into what went wrong. the accident happened on disney property, on a road near the camp ground site. state troopers say the boy and his friends were riding bikes among big pine trail in the same direction as the disney bus. >> at some point they collided and a

. >>> well, a new career for jennifer aniston, and why disney wasn't the happiest place on earth for the gosselin family. your early morning entertainment headlines straight ahead. >>> plus, she has something old and something new, but this bride is missing the most important thing for her upcoming wedding. you're watching "early today." >>> well, welcome back. here's a look at the rain that's going to cause some issues on the morning drive heading from virginia to roanoke to richmond to harrisburg to d.c. we're seeing the showers spread your way and eventually they're make it to baltimore, maryland, and delaware. relatively calm in texas, around amarillo and texas, strong storms later on this afternoon. looking good in the northern plains. the rockies look pretty nice. the southeast wet weather early today but you should clear out this afternoon. >>> if you're watching us on kark tv 4 little rock ark, leave your bags at home when you travel around the globe at the passport to the world exhibit at the arkansas museum of discovery. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn.

from there, jennifer went on bedrest and then 28 weeks, i'm at work getting a phone call from jenniferd. >> wow. and it's a great story. we're so pleased to find out that both grace and noah are doing well and mom and dad, you guys look like you're holding up together pretty good, too. thank you so much for taking the time to be with us and congratulations. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> you bet. take care. they look pretty happy. very rare occurrence. >> yeah. most obstetricians might never see this. i've seen it once in my career. usually again in this case with very premature babies, with twins that are in separate sacks. we have to mention that, that's key. and again, we have a saying, it's better to deliver a very premature baby than a premature infected baby. so once the first baby came out, they were looking at the second one, looked stable, they monitored for infection. keep it in as long as possible. >> there you go. thanks, dr. jennifer ashton. >>> up next, april 15th. it's looming. what's in store for you? when we come back. hello, we're ocean spray growers up here in maine

jennifer westhoven is here. i'm sure some experts are going i can't believe this is happening in this day and age alleged allegedly. >> when you talk walmart, everything is big. more americans work for walmart than basically any other company. if you take out the military and the post office, it's huge. well, six california women say they got paid less for the same job that men were doing when they worked at walmart. they also allege that they got fewer chances for promotions as well. now, that's six women, but a federal appeals court gave it the stamp of approval meaning it's not a done deal. it's just a suit right now. but it could become a class action lawsuit. that means, you know, possibly a million other employees may be able to join in this suit, so all those people would be suing together. so if walmart -- if they were to lose this, you could be talking billions of dollars here. now, walmart disagrees with this, could appeal to the supreme court and says we're proud of the strides we've made to advance a

. >> jennifer foxwell is the mother of serrah, her 11-year- old daughter who was kidnapped and murdered last november. >> we cannot sit back and allow this to happen to our children. we have got to move for it. >> state lawmakers were pressured all day to make sure that the house and senate versions are worked out. >> there are a handful of senators, it is my entertaining, that are playing games with this bill. all we're asking is that they let it go through with the 15 years mandatory sentence. if the bill does not pass today, then i feel i hold governor o'malley personally responsible. >> the senate version provides for a minimum 20 year prison sentence, the house version offers 10 years. nancy jacobs says she will accept 15 years if that's what -- if that is what it takes to get it on the governor's desk. >> i know it will not pass with 20 years. we have got to get 15 years on it. i'm hoping that there will except 15 years and we can be done. >> other things in the bill, eliminating jail credit and other things still have to be determined. will have word on what is still on the table

jennifer lopez should get involved. >> great commentary and everything from you, brian.oes the week.com. thanks for the latest in entertainment news. >> good to see you, tamron. >> logon to scoop.today show.com as well as checking out brian's website. >>> the ohio mom who abandoned her 1-year-old dawiter and husband now says she wants to start a new life. we'll show you the first pictures of the woman that was the focus of a nationwide search last week when she was missing. >>> police in mexico may be closing in on a possible arrest in the murder of the wife of a survivor producer. we'll go live to cancun for the very latest developments. that i. love the chicken parm -- gotta have the chicken parm. [ laughs ] on the weight watchers online website there's a whole bunch of little tools to track your success. while i'm waiting for my kids to come out of karate, i can just plug my numbers in right there. i take my shirt off to take out the garbage, you know, and all the little old ladies on my block are like, "oh, eddie, how's it going?" [ laughs ] i lost 60 pounds. it's li

hi, jennifer. >> except -- >> right there, right there. it facetiously. >> just because -- here this is a fat melting imsection. it doesn't make it a fat melting injection and that's what the fda says is going on. there is no credible evidence, nothing scientific, no proof that these work, that they melt any fat at all. some spas have been selling shots claiming get these instead of lipo surgery and for thousands of dollars these shots will melt away your fat? but there's no fda clearance on this. they don't have proof of this basically the fda said. you can't just go around saying stuff like that. the fda said basically stop saying that. >> i have a beauty injector, you inject t you'll be more beautiful. >> exactly. >> rich men will ask you to marry them. >>> sandra bullock's husband is saying a sex tape of the two does not exist, that is what his reps told cnn. remember, bullock denied internet reports about a tape. james denies reports of other sex tapes with other women, several women claimed to have had affairs with james, who is repo

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host: jennifer, thanks for the call. the white house, going back to the group referred be his administration, the easter egg roll -- going back to the ross refeutherford b. hayes administration, the easter egg roll. and this story inside "the wall street journal." the pope said on sunday he did not explicitly address the allegations of sexual abuse by priests that have ripped through europe in recent months and reignited controversy in the u.s. some scenes from yesterday's in rome on eastern -- easter sunday. the democrats' line. go ahead. caller: forgive me, i'm a first- time caller. i am a little bit nervous here. but as far as general karzai is concerned, no, he would night -- not make a credible partner for the united states. he is like any other dictator, if he asked me. he is very defiant. not willing to go by the sanctions that president obama or anyone else set for him. even with the new sanctions that obama wants. no, i don't think he would be. i do disagree with a lot of the other callers calling in saying that

>> jennifer granholm was barack obama, before barack obama was barack obama.ay. [ applause ] >> we always that jennifer granholm was sitting next to the president at the economic summit so that he could turn to her and say, now governor, did we try that or did you try that in michigan? and if she said yes. he would say okay we ain't doing that on a national basis. but we're doing the same things. cap and trade increasing rules and regulations. making it more difficult for americans to aspire to their dreams. increasing taxes with health care. making government bigger. we are doing on a national scene what michigan has been doing the last eight years. we need to stop it. the rest of country will look like michigan. >> sean: i am convinced this president with nancy pelosi, this government, i don't even call -- i'll even call it this regime, ladies and gentlemen, thank you. i think they are so detrimental if we don't kick them out. pelosi, reid, obama and fire them, there will be irreparable damage to the country because their policies are so radical and out of s

my basic statement was for jennifer from roll call there. made a statement earlier talking about how the president was out explaining his health care bill since it had passed. i believe that's pretty close to a direct quote from her. i wanted to ask her, doesn't she think that this should have been done before the bill passed so that the people had a full understanding and the outcome may have been different on the jobs front. it's pretty clear we have an anti-capitalist moving direction going within the halls of power right now. and businesses aren't going to hire when they feel this anti-capitalist movement. and what makes that clear is a very easy point when you go to a second grader's class and you see them airing a film called the story of stuff, which is an ant-capitalist screen. i don't see why a business would hire in this climate. host: jennifer, talk to us about the white house's take now, hindsight being 20/20 on the president's approach to health care, on how much he got involved or didn't and how it's played out. guest: i think

jennifer lopez, welcome back. good to see you. you haven't been here since 2007. >> is that true?t maternity leave in the history of the "today" show. welcome back. >> thank you very much. >> how is mommyhood? >> it's good. i love it. >> the twins are -- >> they're 2 now. they're walking and talking and telling me what to do. >> do you have new appreciation of terrible twos or is it kind of a myth? >> they're good. they're just into their twos. they turned 2 at the end of february. i have a whole year to go. >> "the backup plan," romantic comedy. you like this genre, point blank. >> i do. i love watching it. i force marc to watch it with me, the good ones and the bad ones. i love doing them. i really do. >> when you decided to do this movie -- you play zoe. >> yeah. >> the character is pregnant for a good portion of this movie. >> yeah. >> i'm thinking you just got done being pregnant with twins. what made you say okay i'm going to go do a movie where i am going to be pregnant again. >> i read the script i had just gone through all this stuff so it was funny to me. i knew it would

. >> jennifer franciotti has more. >> he is hanging in there. he is pressing through. she is proud of her husband. he is the director of player development for the baltimore ravens. he was diagnosed with lou gehrig's disease in the 2007. his health has steadily declined, but a. who has remained strong. -- but his bid to has remained strong. >> he is much from and all of us put together. it is amazing to see how o.j., in his weakness, has displayed incredible strength. >> they were both part of the 2000 super bowl team. >> it is not a very popular disease. not a lot of people have it. there is not a lot of research on it. he is the greatest guy -- if anyone had to wear als, o.j. is the guide to where it. he is walking with it and saying let's be about someone other than ourselves. >> lester, nearly 1500 are dissipated in the 5k race. >> it is a fighter. the least that we can do is to participate. >> the race ends that the johnny unitas statute. free parking is available. >> up next, lottery's hot five. we look up great -- update you on the bus lottery ticket prices. >>

norm stevens, jennifer bryant, chuck thomas and holley tomlynn. thank you all very much. >> lehrer: >> lehrer: again, the major developments of the day. nearly 50 world leaders convened a washington summit on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons. and poland mourned its president and other leaders killed in a weekend plane crash in russia. investigators said the pilot ignored warnings about heavy fog. the newshour is always online. kwame holman, in our newsroom, previews what's there. kwame? >> holman: our spotlight city coverage continues. watch an interview on how florida's demographics impact its economy, and use our patchwork nation map to see foreclosure rates in your area. plus, you can submit questions for our tax day town hall in tampa with white house economic adviser christina romer and former senator mel martinez, among others. on the nuclear summit, we've posted all of jeff's interview with the egyptian foreign minister. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm gw

>> jennifer: yes. >> couric: and how did it affect you? >> jennifer: i found that the task...might have been a little easier to get through. >> couric: farah says some studies have actually shown the drugs hurt performance in certain people. and she worries that it may make others so overly focused, they get tunnel vision and lose creativity. >> with math problems, often, you can find kind of a more elegant, easier way to find the solution, or you can have kind of a brute force, just trying to plug out all the numbers and get the answer that way. >> couric: just barreling through? >> yeah. and i felt like, when i thought i was on the pill, it was much harder for me to find those more elegant solutions to the problems. >> couric: although farah says she's troubled by the use of adderall on college campuses, she's convinced that cosmetic neurology-- enhancing our brains with medication-- will one day be as commonplace as cosmetic surgery. >> farah: people are looking for ways to improve themselves physically and mentally. and just saying, you know, "tut, tut, this is a bad thing

jennifer is cancer free after meeting her ordeal and persevering which is the key to life.s a brave woman and a patriot. >>> on the pinhead front, ironic but fox broadcasting is one biggest critics of conservative politicians. >>> cheap shot. i like the program, but the line was totally unnecessary and it was written by a pinhead. finally tonight, with mother's day on horizon, we have a great package of gifts. all the proceeds i get where the stuff is, goes to charity. our patriot mom line is selling fast, great shirts, travel mug, coffee mug, moms are going to like them. buy a personalized copy and we'll send you "hand of fate," and two great tote bags as our gifts to your mom. now, the mail. george, walnut creek, california he does not believe in global warming. do you agree with him? >> this is boring, george. i made my position on warming clear so many times, even i'm tired of hearing it. i want a cleaner planet. good grief. >> i feel you went over the energy clean commercial. cap and trade is one of the worst ways to reduce use of oil. it wasn't a discussion about cap

jennifer, what do we know? >> reporter: we got good news for you this afternoon, about an hour ago, local officials confirmed the 12 missing workers have been located, so very good news, folks across the coast here in louisiana breathing a huge sigh ofie leaf. what happened was when they evacuated that rig they got into a loaf boat that had a capsule on top of it, the emergency trigger shot that capsule pretty far out from the rig and basically it started drifting and no one knew where it was so all night, all morning, rescue crews by plane, helicopter and boat had been searching for that capsule. the good news, it's been located and everyone aboard is safe. just to recap, around 10:00 last night, this oil rig had an explosion rip through its surface. that sent the 126 workers on that rig scrambling for safety, many jumped into the water to try and escape massive flames. right now, at this moment, we still have a massive fire burning both on the oil rig and on the gulf of mexico surface. at least five boats are

spokesman in baton rouge said not a credible threat to the governor or the people of louisiana and jennifer granholm got the letter five days ago which renders the three day deadline in the letter meaningless and the fbi warned the governors the letters were come and to turn them over to police and and fbi official down played the threat. >> we obviously look at these things and determine whether or not there is actually a threat, contained in the letter. and, in this case, if there -- it does not appear to be a threat and it is more an expression, really of first amendment rights. >> reporter: the letters came from an anti-government group, the guardians of the free republics which advocates peacefully altering the government doing away with taxes, foreclosures and drivers licenses among other things and the self-proclaimed guardins do not profess violence, the fbi is worried the letters could provoke others to act. and the fbi and homeland security warn law enforcement should be aware this could be interpreted as a justification for violence or other criminal actions. and the letter comes

jennifer franciotti has the details. >> that means do not run all of the water at the same time. they needed to conserve. power is restored just before sundown last night at the compensation. they're able to start putting water back in the system. a fire began underground taking out a utility pole. the result, low water pressure or no water at all for about 200,000 customers. if you have water this morning, they are still urging conservation. >> that will take away from water that needs to go to further places away from this pumping station. >> bge crews spent all day taking out those burnt cable lines. it took longer than expected, but they got the job done. wbal-tv. >> a late night car crash in anne arundel county killed three people. it happened shortly before 11:00 last night. at least one car caught fire. a pickup truck crossed the center line and struck the suv. the two people inside died. >> a firefighter and others were sent to the hospital. a fire occurred last night at an apartment. they say two women were treated for minor burns and smoke inhalation. all three were tak

jennifer donelan has the story from rthwest. this situation was taken very seriously. >> absolutely, and both of these students, we have just learned, will face charges. we have talked with their friends. they say that 18-year-old is on the lacrosse team, got into college, the 17-year-old is an avid writer, and friends say this was a careless mistake. >> it was just a bb gun. he was not trying to harm anyone. it was just in his car. >> the students are speaking about the students were taken into custody. >> the officers close down the district. >> the national cathedral, the national cathedral school, and st. albans school were surrounded by the police and lockdown after sources say an 18-year-old st. albans students drove his jeep onto campus with what appear to be a long gun on his seat. the passenger pulled the gun out and the parking lot. a . saw the gun and called 911. -- a parent saw the gun and called 911. >> he was a little freaked out. >> the entire property was frozen while the police investigated. this person was atte

a jennifer franciotti has kreegel. -- jennifer franciotti has the details. >> not so different from aarper delivery at your house, right? but it is coming from a little town in georgia called dalton. >> [unintelligible] >> the director of the ground says advance and has been made in technology over the years and this is expected to be long dirt -- to last blogger and hold up better in the sun. -- to last longer and hold up better in the sun. something you can watch online courtesy of the web cam and the ravens crow's-nest. >> you can do men and to mount. it has a view of 60 -- 360 degrees. >> the idea is to keep it more generic like for the army-navy game or lacrosse. that means it will have to be repainted before each home game. >> it needs to be repainted just about every week. >> the first time that newfield will be used will be for the memorial day weekend -- the new field will be used will be for the memorial day weekend. >> kind of an amazing thing to watch. still ahead, many of you watched him on sunday night's episode of the apprentice. >> bret michaels is not looking good. bu

jennifer is it a itself -- stefan know. >> many in your organization have said a vat wouldn't be a bad idea if thought solely on its own, not in congestion with the income tax. how do you feel? >> i agree if we talk about replacing income tax with a vat tax that applies to everybody. there's nothing wrong with that discussion. what offend me is you don't hear talk about cutting spending, removing waste and fraud. there are hundreds of billion dollars wasted by our government and we're not talking about cutting these. all they can talk about is how voracious the appetite is to take more money from us. >> what if this is a scheme to make a deal to satisfy folks like you and mark, post tone if not eliminate the planned increase in taxes on the upper income if they got this. >> first of all, they're not cutting a deal because democrats never get rid of taxes, they add them on top of one another. let's repeal the 16th 16th amendment and capital gains and outlaw property taxes because they're just the government as land lords. you want to get rid of that, we can talk about overall consumptio

she is battling brain cancer and as jennifer franciotti tells us, doctors say, sadly, there is nothing more they can do >> -- more that can do. it corrects -- >> is complete gaming theater that offers thewii, a guitar hero -- the wii, a guitar hero and more. jennifer started the business last month and when she heard about a birthday girl with cancer, she wanted to help. >> mckenzie stockton is just nine years old, in remission and from her first bout with brain cancer, she was collecting bill that bears her that she collected from johns hopkins. mackenzie was on a mission to send an powering message from the cool kids campaign. >> you are not supposed to feel cancer. >> we hope it helps every child going to cancer. >> mackenzie is turning 13 next week, but recently discovered she has an inoperable brain tumor. her parents put out and all call to put out the most amazing birthday party for her. >> she has the most amazing, positive attitude. she uses her experience to help any organization. >> i thought it was the most amazing gift that could be bestowed on me to be able to share what

jennifer lopez is coming back. jennifer lopez hijack mid monologue about a month and a half ago.s a guest. luke wilson, kara, the judge from "american idol," is not only a guest on the show, she's going to sing. i'm not sure that's happened anywhere else, but it's happening on "lopez tonight." a lot of stuff happens on "lopez tonight." >> larry: and we might add, larry king is also coming to "lopez tonight." >> larry king is coming to "lopez tonight" and lopez is going to host "larry king live" soon. >> larry: look forward to seeing

when he went home, he loaded up and went home and he left jennifer a letter. >> jennifer? >> his girlfriend, jenna. >> his daughter. >>> yes. i can't tell you everything in it. i can't remember. it was his long writing of his handwriting. he said, if anything happens to me, i'll be looking down from heaven at you all. i love you. take care of my baby. tell her that daddy loves her. she is beautiful. she is funny and just take care of my baby girl and said, jennifer, i love you. >> did he have have a sense about things? >> i really feel that he did. >> reporter: it's amazing to think that he had some sort of idea of what might happen. our apologies for having that little box over her face during the entire time she was talking about the death of her son. as you know, we are covering a live event that's about to take place in prague. i talked with pam about her son and her memories and the strength she showed last night was just really quite remarkable. the fact she lost three members of her family and she was able to come here, attend a prayer vigil, speak at that prayer vi