and called the 12th imam and joel rosenberg's thriller, about his new book, "the twelfth imam." >> joel, this is a fascinating read. and why now? >> because it affts the policy now. the leaders of islam that this 12th imam is coming and once he comes either israel and the united states, judeo-christian society will have already been destroyed. or all the conditions for their destruction will be there. and the messiah will come and finish all the ifendal. and ahmadinejad said this summer that he visited with the 12th imam. he said this in july. and no one know what ise means by this. but he's said that he's had meetings with the 12th imam. who are they meeting with? a person? a spirit? a combination. or just making this up. if our intelligence agency was tracking that and explaining to our political leaders, listen, this is how iran's leaders are making decisions. it would lead you to conclusion that its lead me to. how would you negottion with or contain or deter that people believe that it's their god-give mission to desty judeo-christians. and like many, i wou say, we don't have a lot

worth city councilman joel burns. a differ?ough the crisis. when some lost their way, this company led the way. by protecting clients and turning uncertainty into confidence. what if that story were true? it is. ♪ >>> we just aired something that you wouldn't expect to see on a national cable newscast, roughly 13 minutes of unedited remarks from a local city council meeting in texas. we did it because of the honesty and the passion of the speaker and the life and death nature of the subject. joel burns in public for the first time shared his heart-rendering experience as the target of bullies who attacked him because he's gay. he now knows he's among the lucky to survive and lead rich and productive lives. he wants gay and bullied teens to survive, too. he joined us last hour for his first national interview. i didn't live your experience and it was hard for me to watch both times i've seen it. you took your earpiece house when you were watching it. it's hard for you to listen to your own words. >> it's true. it's the first tim

good morning, joel.s, there seems that every month there's a new story about a dog attack and a lot of times it ends up being a pitbull. we are thinking at that as we look at this and it doesn't make sense. this is little orphan annie as weeare calling her. she is the cutest thing we have ever seen. yet we hear about all of these stories and certainly there's pitbulll that do attack. i have jessica with bully -uddies. when we have them out there how difficult is it to thinkkof that when you're ooking at this. >> just the face is one to die -ut yyu know, the breed itself, if you know about it, or a lot of people actuallyydon't thhnk of it as an aggressive breed ann they do, they can have aggressive tendencies, but the biggest attribbte would be their loyalty and their ntelligence and their love. thhir master if that would bb ú%e way they were going. -> reporter: i'm saying for you your personal experience, have you ever had, whoops, they tuuned onnme for a second. liie that has hhppened to you? >> no, it

joel brown reports for joel brown and president obama is grilling the replacements and rahm emanuel is eyeing a new office. [ indiscernible ] rahm emanuel is stepping down as white house, chief of staff to run for mayor of chicago. >> we're all very excited for rahm emanuel as he takes on a new challenge. >> reporter: his replacement is pete raus. the president will pick a permanent after the election. that makes the timing so surprising. rahm emanuel acted as the political point man twisting arms and sometimes, butting heads to advance the agenda. the white house will need that clout as the democrats struggle to contain control of congress. the chief of staff is at the center of all of the decisions working behind the scenes as gate keeper and adviser. he's been criticized as wielding too much power, but that's no accident, they say. >> the chief of staff does it how the president wants it done. >> reporter: the personnel changes are common. in washington, joel brown, wjz- 13 eyewitness news. >>> we'll have more on the shake up of the white house in the 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00 news. >>>

worth, texas, joel burns wanted to let other kids know that life does get better.hting back tears, he opened up about his struggle. we have this report. nbc's miguel al gar has the report. >>> i have never told this story to anyone before tonight. >> reporter: a private story, a public venue. >> there must be something very wrong with me, i thought. >> reporter: in a crowded city council chamber with cameras rolling, ft. worth city councilman, joel burns, spoke out. >> that the numerous suicides in recent days have upset me so much. >> reporter: the 41-year-old shared photos of teenagers who had recently taken their lives. kids taunted by bullies because they were perceived as gay. then -- >> coming out was painful. >> reporter: joel burns revealed his story. >> one day when i was in the ninth grade, just starting high school, i was cornered after school by some older kids who roughed me up. they said that i was a faggot and that i should die and go to hell where i belonged. >> reporter: burns wanted to shed light on the dark moments of his life to help gay teens s

joel d smith is live align to explain the new ppoject. good morning, joel.orter: good morning, patrice.ú first of all the reason we're here at sinai hospital, they %-it.a great display of domestic that's the yeaa they are launccing it here, a good place for for this, but let's talking about theedating violence. what aae the barriers to beating that. >> the barriers are parrntt and teens themselves. parents arr reluctant to reeognize that the ccild is in a dating violenne and call it voil %-violent.ling relationship and >> repprter: there's been websites. %-what makes this one sppcific? >> two things. it's the first time that this type of a website has been tied tooa serviceeagency. the teen can access the website and connect to the house of ruth maryland where they can get a response to ne that s working with teees. >> reporter: in articular, are you finding hat the teens they recognize this stuff or do they need to help each other find these teens. >>>onn inn4 teens will be abused before they get out of high it's jjst as much knnwinggof perpetrator as much

joel d smith is showing us hat the ladies cannexpect and i like your pink gear, theee, joel ors they: you then expect to find them at the stadium. this is left over from the cleveland game a couule of weeks ago. it shows you a couple of things they were looking at. it shows you when the players were due oot on the field. it's 1 of the hings that the women will be able to do after the nnxt ssnday game. have you seen the same place for ray lewis. you are not playing on sunday event. >> 4% of our fan base is female so ww wanted o have an event juss for them. this is the 4th year of our purple evening and we're -xpecting 4,000 people. -> reporter: players might be soar but they're -- sore but they will be here. sign autographs and answer questions. >> reporter: tell us about the items you have here? >> we are honoring breast cancer awareness on our game this sunday. the plaaerr will be dawning their pink, wrist bands, nd cleats. >> reeprter: you will see the players wearing this stuff over the weekend. and on monday $30 and come here3 check out the players, it's made for ladiess %-is the

joel brown is in washington with more. good morning, joel. >> kendis, good morning to you. no knock-out blows in vegas last night but you're right this debate in nevada really crystallizes what the campaign 2010 has turned into, the tea party has even the senate's most powerful democrat on the ropes. it was a feisty face-off in one of the nation's tightest senate races. at last night's debate in nevada republican sharron angle traded swipes with senate majority leader harry reid painting him as the ultimate insider. >> i live in a middle-class neighborhood in reno, nevada nart reid lives in the ritz-carlton in washington, d.c. >> reporter: the veteran shot back calling his tea party-backed rival extreme. >> my opponent favors big banks, against wall street reform. >> reporter: with so many senate seats up for grabs, the nevada contest is considered especially important. reid holds the most powerful position in the senate and he's been a driving force behind president obama's policies. leading up to their first and only debate, both candidates were pouring money into attack

. >> reporter: good morning, joel. >> reporter: it mighttseem like it's a long way off.kin talking about thanksgiving and it's a long timeeover. this ii when the donations need to ccme in to see how many people they can feed. %-ccmpared to ssme other yeers. >> right now donations are down considerably. we have probably nothing at this point. >> reporter: nothing. >> nothing, it's just a ew cans herr and a few cans there. we are really in need..3 >> repprter: is that because %-all the time and collect for >> yes, we are. and we're trying every day, we try to serve bags of groceriess3 and right now i'' trying to et in gear for the thanksgiving. it's really hard. people jjst don't have it. >> reporter: we talked to you before. sometimes people thht used to work for you and help out are the ones thattneed the help now. >> absolutely. a lot of themm meals this year.ve over 50,000 >> reporter: you saiddexpect to. that is something you need too3 how many do you think you can do? >> right now we are hopeful that the citizens of the state of maryland will come forward and ensure

we're live in hampton, joel d smith, fox 45 morning news?pets? the phone lines are open at (410)481-4545. you can go to our website at foxbaltimore.com and tell us what you think. or soond of through our facebook page.3 send us a tweettat fox baltimore or you can text your answer to 45203, enter fox 45a for yes or fox 45b foo no. >>> coming up it's about to set sail. get a ggimpse of the new qqeee elizabeth in homm court of south hampton. on 83 this morning. here s a live look at the corridor right at shawan roaa moving in baltimore county..3 not a bad ride there. i will ssow yoo what you when i melt to sleep with unisom sleep melts i get to sleep faster, stay asleep and wake refreshed. melt to sleep fast. unisom sleep melts. inherits a billion-dollar surplus, low unemployment. o'malley signs the biggest tax hike in maryland history. raids chesapeake bay fund to cover spending. gives raises to top aides. business climate ranks 45th worst in the nation. now 200,000 jobs lost. o'malley covers up jobs report that proved maryland's economy stall

lauren, i of watching joel.well another day. >>> hopely the ravens will have many of our main lines..3yy do watch out for a disabled car at route 7:02. for those of you traveling the -eltway in the beltway area, here is a live look at harford road along the outer loop making prooidence road in towson.rd here is a look at the liberty road, you will notice a more considerable amounttof volume. you're look at an less than -inch ride from 795 to 95. if you're using the harriiburg expressway, here is a look at the harrisburg exprrssway. %-south to the beltway.raveling it will remain cllar downtownnto east fayette street. for those of yyu traveling tte tunnnls, no problems to report traveling hrough the the fort mack henry -- haik henr!! mchene back to you. >>> she is putting hhr first foot down at the mariner arena. your chance to win ttckets to see tyler perry's new program. are offering you to get you into the showroom. 6:18 is the time. you are watching fox 45 morning news, all local ll morningg so who is "making

joel d smith is live to show us wwat the ladies can expect that night. fans.'y football >> reporter: 44% of nfl fans are female. you got to take care of your ravees have bben doing for yearr. heather is here from tte marketing of the ravens and thi3 is the 4th year of the purrle night. >> the 4th year and it'' bigger than ever. >> repootee: how any people are you expeccing here? >> around 4,000. >> reporter: it started smaller than hat. -p>> ii started at 1200.ú >> reporter: how much will theyyget? >> it's $30 right now, and it autographs, and less than 24 hours afttr the game is played. tours through the locker room, wine testing, event on the club stadium is open. >> reporter: they love -eeting the players, and they get into the locker room. they come here 4 hours after the game, the blood, sweat and the tears will be oo the field. >> correct. >> reporter: a lot of people wonder how come the ravens weekend?ear the pink the lass nfl provides us a certain amount of merchandiseeand they wantedú the team to do it together. %-home, and we're goiig to be at complet

good morning joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. that has got to ake you feel gooddwith the joinns. ii if it's cold out it won'tú freeze. bricks is happy abouu that. that is the canine right here. how important is thattfunction?3 >> it's extremely important to maintain the health of dogs. it gives thee a place to go and ú%ople being too near them. >> reporter: this location at all is kinn of see included was- sesecluded was that a part of tú plan. >> yes, we don't haveea lot of people coming through the area %->> reporter: these dogs are technically a propeety of the department of defense. weeare not getting along tooo3 but his main job is to lock for explosives. -e would be able to do that and stop at somm things and not at oohers. around a little bit. patrice, when we're talkiig about his job. he does this very well. his name is bricks. %-another couple years and he hs a brand new facility to do it from. >>> coming up the president hitú the campaign trail. >>>to nntice when you get in your car and yyu want to go forward, what do y

joel d smithh fox 45 early edition..3 >>> as joel just said the fiewn roolfunerals are scheduled thisweek. hh ill be laid to rest on wednesday following funeeal services at the cathedral of portz was killed when hii police cruiserrcrashed last week. he is the 3rd officer from3 the police city department to die last month. the honor flag which flew at ground zero will be delivered to baltimore to honor the officers. >>> a homeless woman in howard coonty is set on fire. it happened over the weekend near the border of laurel and satisfyish off of gorman road. police say both the victim and the suspect had been living in the woods in what was likely a homeless campground. another homeless woman saw the man, set fire to the woman and lan ran tt i a nearby store to call police. when help arrived the woman had been severely burnnd and was taken to bayviewwmedical center. neighbors who frequently visit the nearby savage mills, said there they had no idea a homeless camp was nearby and were shockeddby what happened. >> ii's absolutely horrible. iidon'' know understand how people could be so cr

next week on the show, joel mchale will be here, sigourney weaver, tom bergeron, dane cook, busy phillips, vanessa williams, "dancing with the stars" victim number two. we'll have music from randy houser, sharon jones & the dap-kings, the avett brothers, and maroon 5. so join us then. our first guest tonight is an oscar-nominated actor who quit acting a year and a half ago, but it turned out that when he said he quit acting, he was acting. the result of that elaborate hoax is a new movie called "i'm still here." it is in select theaters now, and available everywhere there's an internet connection on itunes and ondemand. please say hello to joaquin phoenix. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you look so normal now. i don't know what to make. >> you look well, too. >> jimmy: thank you. i appreciate that.

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i'm joel brown, coming up. >>> down to the final push before the election. what gubernatorial candidates jerry brown and meg whitman are doing to make sure you get out and vote. >>> the cbs 5 weather center, a couple of scary looking clouds across the skies. will they be for halloween, too? we will talk about that coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, races for california lieutenant governor and attorney general, with many voters still und >>> a field poll out today shows tight races for california lieutenant governor and attorney general, with many voters still undecided. in the race for lieutenant governor, san francisco mayor gavin newsom has a slight lead over incumbent republican abel maldanadno. 14% of unlikely voters are undecided. in the attorney general race, steve cooley has 39% of the likely voters. and san francisco district attorney camela harris has 38%. more than 20% of likely voters are undecided. >>> so it is the final weekend of campaigning. and the candidates for governor are making their way all over the state. meg whitman was at a rally in orange co

we can trust. >>> thank you, alexa ray joel. morning to you. i am alison starling with your local update. here is lisa baden with a look at traffic. >>> there has been a long ride on the dulles toll road east them. i am confident that will room -- will improve because of an accident near wolf trap. let's go to video of a pedestrian crash. this is in dumfries, va. at 234 south which is closed between 95 and route 1. let's go to the 14th street bridge with a live camera. there is supposed to be a car wreck on the bread spread look at that pace of traffic. from washington boulevard heading into town, you know what to expect of their. >>> a beautiful day with bright sunshine outside right now with some areas of clouds overhead. it will be partly cloudy with some upper level energy swinging in could have an isolated shower or two. it is sunny right now but we could have a few showers pop-up across the region. we are in the 50's right now. our forecast for today calls for partly cloudy and a good breeze with west winds in excess of 20

founding member of crime inc., joel rogers hails in that's his campus.like progressive heaven. the lead? a lead feel-good story on every network. look at the kids. they love obama and the numbers are back. by the way, joel rogers started the new party which later split to the working party family. which is endorsing the one nation working together rally. but who is funding it? who is funding this? i remember being asked that over and over again for months who funds 8-28. the people did. well, who is funding it? who is behind the message of the rally. are you ready? this is worth the wait. who else? the tides foundation. the tides. what's possible? they also fund joel rogers apollo alliance, progress on the center in wisconsin strat skri. and the rally's message is courtesy of fedra ellens lampkin, ceo of green for all, the group van jones cofounded. she sits on the board of emerald city, collaborative, the group that the wizard joel rogers created to push union. it's a cozy, nicely connected group here, isn't it? it really is one nation. the question is:

i'll start with you, jim, and then go to you, joel.two years ago both of these states went for barack obama in what was certainly an historic and remarkable election in lots of ways. in that states didn't do what they had always done. what changed in pennsylvania between 2008 and 2010 or what looks like it's changed? is it the economy? what is it? >> i think it is a very simple answer. i think it's why this is such a nationalized election. it is the economy. people are weary of all these double-digit months of high unemployment and there's no immediate hope to use a word that was bandied about much in 2008. i think that it's just tried the patience of many voters in this state. >> ifill: joel, in a state where every single ballot is being cast by mail, how does that play out? >> it plays out as a kind of three-week election campaign. but to go to your previous question, we're kind of... we still make things that the world wants to buy. people come here to start new lives and so on. we've had something we haven't seen in many many years

worth city councilman, joel burns, spoke out. >> that the numerous suicides in recent days have upset> reporter: the 41-year-old shared photos of teenagers who had recently taken their lives. kids taunted by bullies because they were perceived as gay. then -- >> coming out was painful. >> reporter: joel burns revealed his story. >> one day when i was in the ninth grade, just starting high school, i was cornered after school by some older kids who roughed me up. they said that i was a faggot and that i should die and go to hell where i belonged. >> reporter: burns wanted to shed light on the dark moments of his life to help gay teens struggling with theirs. >> the story's for the young people who might be holding that gun tonight or the rope or the pill bottle. >> reporter: recently the texas city councilman said he'd seen too many troubling headlines. news like the suicide of rutgers college student tyler clemente who jumped off a bridge after his roommate allegedly outed him on line. burns himself contemplated suicide when he was 13. a still-painful memory. tuesday he described with

joel d smith is live there to to go.pptrice..3 this say small illustration of how ar they have to go. these shelves when it comes -eed 50,000 people. they are filled, overflowing. you can't even walk around in here at times. riiht now it's not the case. they're trying to get by just i got jeromy allen with me right noww he is the donor of the sports page and at the drop off location. you are ssartinngearly this year, why? >> i watched how things went on last year and watched how the bea gaddy was stressed ttward the nd. this year thought i would help out earlier and get the awareness out there. ú% reporter: whattdid youu3 help out with last wrear. year. >> last year 1,000 cans. >> reporrtr: there's a lot of things you can choose to be involved, why did you choose bea -addy to be involved in. that americans can see in front of their face. it's passionate and ooe oo those with, what a better organization to help out than bea gaddy. -> reporter: when it comes to the economy, we are saying that it's tough for people to give

good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, patricc. 10:00 a.m.ng up. if this weekend attendance in any indication, it will be a packed parking lot very soon. over the weekend the viewing there was aanumber of opportunities for those to come a lot of people there and even though aalot came out to honor detective stevenson, that doesn't mean that they were able to comprehend his untimely deatt. it was happened late saturday night if canton, a weekend ago oo saturday night. another man in sian james got spot. eventually james picked up a fist size pick of concrete and threw it at stevenson's head. now frieeds and family of3 detective stevenson say ttey can only try to remember him as theú ú%od man he was. >> he had a lot of loved ones that cared very much about him. i look at him like one, high school and elementary, all his life, all his life. >> reporter: family members have told us that they appreciate the love and support that they have been getting from from his death. stevenson was an 18 year veteran of the force. it will be at 8:00. people re

freedommfor the trappolian joel d smith is here. >> reporter: megan, hopefully this will be the lastrning they wake up underground. they are expected to reach the men tomorrow. family members have been holding patiently, with even throwing that is whaa they do. it looks like he waiiing will ffnaaly be over soon. the drill being used to get to the trapped minees is more than .4 of underground. the 3 names of the miners are locaaion. the healthiest ones will get out fiist and they will tell the get the weakest miners out safely. they have been practicing whaa they will say once they see the loved ones once they get out. >> the first thing i will tell, estevan is that i love him and he muss never go back down into the mine. she says, there'ssmany ways to earn a living without killing >> reporter: before the miners begin their passage to the surface, still more people will go down to join them. rescue experts will go down to aasess the miiers and make them as comffrtable as possible. it will takk 10, to 15 minutes, and about an hour and a half to geeteacc 1 uu there. there's special sung

joel brown joins us live with the court where it is now up to them to decide. joel, this is such a hot issue for the families who feel like they have been affected. >> yeah, it really is, anita. i'll tell you what, they were not about the autism specifically. but the ruling that they come up with will ultimately have a big effect on the thousands of cases that are out there, linking autism with childhood vaccinations. the parents of the 18-year-old asked the supreme court to let them sue a major drug company. they say the company's vaccine left their daughter with long- life injuries. >> for the rest of her life, hannah is going to need care in order to live her life. >> reporter: when she was six months old, she was given a type of vaccine that is no longer sold. her parents say since then, she suffered seizures and developmental problems. >> the disorder and disability that she suffers from is incredibly difficult, expensive. and there is no treatment for it. >> reporter: this case has them looking closely at what are called vaccine courts. they created that

-p>> it was a good ick, joel.pleading in the studio. >> reporter: i will keep on backing up and see how much >> i think it was the ink that gave you the adrenaline. >>> put on your walkkng shoes.3 it's walk to school across the country. %-studentt hitting the pavemenn will be accompanied by mounted at takoma park, students are just 13% of students are walking to school on a regular basss, that is down from 41% in 19511 ittcomms at a time with obesity is up. >>> the real cost of healthcare reform. >> we were ppomised that it would go down. the white house says e knew alú along they would o uu. new numbers. >>> one more cool day today, we start the ttmperaturrs inn he low 500 which is not that >>> 5:41 on fox 45 early edition. it's time to getta check of our forecast for the day. meteorologist steve ter ti ferts here with a look. >>> good morning, patrice, we have a coople of light showers, ú%but eventually we will. them the sky hddradar ot showing a whole lot of activity ut there. a coupleeof showers moving across

i'm joel brown on capitol hill. i have that story coming up. >>> midterm elections are one month from today and the campaigning getting negative and personal. joel brown joins us with more on the latest political attack ads. joel. >> reporter: yeah, anita. there are now poll numbers that democrats are closing the gap with republicans as to who voters are going to support next month. with that, both sides are pulling no punches. just when voters thought they have seen everything, senate candidate, christine o'donnell has a new ad saying this. >> i'm not a witch. >> the republican and tea party's favorite has been haunted by her past, but she wants to reassure the people of delaware. election day is exactly one month away and the campaigning is getting nastier and more personal as the clock winds down, the candidates are winding up and taking swings at each other. republican linda mcmahon and democrat richard bloomen that bloomanthal exchanged at the debate. the focus was on personality more than their policy. >> woul

joel brown has more now from captiol hill. >> reporter: justice elena kagan joins the court led by chief justice john roberts at the start of the new term. for the first time, three women are serving together on the nation's highest court. the justices ' first job, deciding which of the nearly 2,000 appeals they will hear, but elena kagan's day will be different from her colleagues. she is taking herself out of nearly half of the cases the court has already agreed to hear because of her past work as the top lawyer for the obama administration. >> there's a number of cases she will not be able to sit on. that is potentially a problem because if the court is closely divide would split 4-4. she would not be there to cast the deciding vote. >> reporter: she will recuse herself today. when he chose elena kagan, president obama was looking for a liberal leading justice to replace john paul stephens. >> case after case these justices sometimes disappoint the president who puts them up there. >> reporter: this term will be marked by two first amendment cases. one concerns a california law, banni

we're live, joel b.ming up,,voters speak their minds, just weeks head of the3 elecctons. >> heaathcare for evvrybody. that's a important. >> we'll look at which issues matter to you, and what needs to be donn to sway your vote. >> i'm emiiy, ranger ju stri dve, we 'lgel t erthe! adntveurrue ns on un dki,n' wi thur o mleap cddhear brkfeaast sawindch. eabrkft asju gstot a olwhe loswt eer.te >> it's history in the making. the hampton national historic site, is hosting the new exhibit of its new harm. good morning. >> good morning. we're getting a first look at the exhibit. getting a sneak-peek here, and, rangerrvince. >> good morning. good morning. >> tell me aboot some of the activities nd the exhhbit itself. >> it starts in the afternoon, get here at 1:00. ribbon cutting at 1:30. at hampton. a part of the arm complex, people neverrknew it was here. we have the ovvrseers house,,and dairy. and, we'll be chucking corn, and showing the new displays. and, making apple ciddr. this is the place to come on saturd

her father is the piano man himself, billy joel.rning to sing her newest single "notice me," which will be on her album coming out early next year. please, welcome, alexa ray joel. [ cheers and applause ] it's hard not to notice you, my friend. >> thank you. >> your father was with you when you heard your single on the radio for the first time? >> he was. well, actually, he was with me when i first played, you know, the first mix of the song. >> uh-huh. >> you know, he was dancing around in his library, you know, bopping around. like this is a stone cold hit. i said, i hope you're right about that, dad. >> he knows those kinds of things. and your mother, the beautiful christie brinkley. you're following in her footsteps, as well. >> back in the '80s -- >> i can only try. >> for pearl shampoo. now, you are. did she give you some pointers? >> she tells me to be myself. we have very different looks. prell shampoo is really good, by the way. i'm not just saying that. people are like, oh, sure. it's really, really good. clean hair. i use

joel brown in washington. turning now to a pair of crit l contests in california. u.s.c.-"los angeles times" poll out today shows democrat jerry brown with a 13-point lead over republican meg whitman in the governor's race. democratic senator barbara boxer is eight points ahead of republican carly fee row narcotic and bill whittiker tells us the race that could decide control of the senate could be california. >> reporter: for senator barbara boxer, it's good to have friends in high places. >> barack obama. >> reporter: but even in this left-leaning state where the president is still popular, his embrace may not be enough. >> keep on fighting for us for the next six years. senator barbara boxer. >> reporter: for now the three-term incumbent is fighting nasty battle with republican karlee fiorina. >> 28 years of bash are boxer is long enough. >> the hard-charging former head of hewlett packard has attacked boxer for being overly partisan and ineffective. she even mocked her looks. god, what is that hair? so yesterday. >> reporter: fiorina is defying conventional california

joel brown, cbs news, washington. it appears both parties have time to sway voters. according to a new poll one third of vote ers say they are undecided or say they are concerning a certain candidate but could change their mind. >>> today marks the opening gala celebration for arena stage and it's new needs center for american theater. the 60-year-old theater company is returning to its home campus on the southwest waterfront in a new $185 million facility. -- $135 million facility. the president and first i lady are the chase of the first season and felicia vara shard with will start in a new production this fall. the we was perfect for the army ten miler. 30,000 participated in the race. that started and finished at the pentagon. dozens of wounded soldiers competed in the run. some were on prosthetic and others on wheels. it was her first ten miler. she lost her entire right leg in a bomb blast in afghanistan eight months ago. >> i'm running the army ten miler and have been looking forward to it. i started to train six months ago. best thing you can do. everyone co

good morninn, joel. >> repooter: the first thing we are going to talk about is %he thing you cannot see on the coldest ddy, this stuff is not going to get bellw 45 deggees. ittwon't ic ce up and for the giant it will be good. we won't be alking to him. good morning. >>good morning, what do you like about the new facility? >> it's all aboutttaking care f a place where we can kkep them and maintain their health. it giveses a place where we are comfortable ii we have vacation that thee will keep him. will keep he dogs. >> reporrer: before that, what did you have to do in the past? >> a lot of times we joined up with another agency and used their facclity to keep the dog there. got the rail because but this is incident. what woull you be doing here? p> if anyone left a box, at a train station, the dogs are called to do a search. we train on that and do searches all the time. >> reporter: all right, let's see. bricks right here has been doing hear that these dogs usually staa into this, until they are about 10. they are able to keep their skills up. he is able toocheck everything out here an

joel d.went to bayside beach where even the hard scrabble veterans of major storms like this, said this one was different. >> bayside bbach lies a stone throw from the chesapeake bay. but on days like this, when the rain is coming down so hard it looks like it is raining up.ú bay is close. >> not so much the rainnbuttwhen the water comes up high tide. %-will not go down.e rain, water >> around it corner, of, yes, lake drive. the big rain traditionally resultssin 2 to 3 feet of standing water. >> no, no panic. >> homeowners go through the >> well, jet ski, pull in the chairs. do not drive through it. >> people around here, say this3 is really not that bizarre. on thhs road. you go about a mile the other way. you get a ddfferent story. >> iiwas worried some of it. >> this waa the only road that gets hundredd of peopleeto and from their waterfront homes. water this high this fast. baa news. >> this is the second time in 20 years i have seen it like this. with isabel. it was this bad. water was d

joel brown has more. >> reporter: thursday night, president obama was campaigning for democrats with the midterm elections less than a month away. but, a new cbs news poll shows a growing number of americans are unhappy with the job he's doing. only 38% like the way the president is handling the economy. that's the lowest number since he took office. >> the president is as frustrated as i'm sure the 605 or so respondents to that poll. >> reporter: 21 months ago, two out of three americans expected him to be a good president. now, two out of three expect him to be average, or poor. and that's bad news for his party. if the election were held today, 45% of likely voters would choose the republican candidate. 37%, the democrat. at stake in this midterm election is control of both the house and the senate. the latest poll numbers show the democrats are at risk of losing both to the republicans. the gop could get a boost from the tea party. 81% of members say they intend to vote republican next month. >> i think there's a lot of anger out there as to what's been going on the last couple o

joel brown explains. >> reporter: at a crucial time for president obama, rahm emmanuel is stepping downs white house chief of staff to run for mayor in his hometown of chicago. >> we are all very excited for rahm as he takes on a new challenge, for which he is extraordinarily well qualified. >> reporter: his replacement, at least for now is pete rausch who was the chief of senate in president obama's senate office. he plans to pick a permanent chief of staff after the election and that makes the timing of the transition so surprising. emmanuel acted as president obama's political pointman, twisting arms and sometimes butting heads to advance the president's agenda. the white house will need that kind of clout over the next four weeks as the democrats struggle to retain control of congress in the midterm election. the chief of staff is at the center of the decision the administration makes, working behind the scenes as gate keeper and adviser. emmanuel has been criticized for wielding too much power but andrew card says that is no accident. >> i think the chief of staff only does the job

it's a big challenge ffr the bea gaddy family center and joel d smith is live there to show s how farl need to go. >> reporter: unfortunately they have a long way to go. usually this is filled uppand overflowing with what they need with the people they try to3 help. i'm here with connie. when did you notice the shift3 when id you notice that you are a different position than you >> in april things started to get hard here for ussas far as donations. we knew that we were going to have a hard road in april. ú% reporter: have you figured out why thaa is or just thh obvious stuff.ú >> it's justtthe obvious stuff. people are struggling, the recession, we have a lot of faath in the cittzens of maryland. >> reporter: how are you guys doing? there's reports that you were pretty close to shutting down yourselves? >> yeah, we weeement we didn't like i saii.s going to happen. %-we didn't know if we would be we have been pulling through. >> reporter: your famousbehind. thanksgiving dinner, how many people do you think you really want to feed this year. >> we anticipate about 50,000 meals to go ou

us open, playing with joel, me and you, that's pretty good. >> do you buy that, joel? >> he's human. who wouldn't want to come out and play golf with us. >> check out fred couples and fred funk playing tomorrow. admission is free. brian's back with more of the edge.  two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times, martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley, our children always come first.

joel brown reporting from washington, d.c. thank you. >>> health care particularly president obama's health care reform law is one of the hotly debated issues on the campaign trail. florida's attorney general is praising a federal court ruling allowing a challenge to the law to be heard in court. 20 states are part of the stut. among the issues, the constitutionality of requiring states to expanding medicaid or penalize people who don't buy insurance. >>> for the second year in a row, the federal deficit is projected to pass one trillion dollars an official announcements is expected later today. the congressional budget office projects the deficit for 2010, the fiscal year that ended just last month, totals $1.2 the trillion. the 2009 deficit of $1.4 trillion was the highest on record. >>> the majority of chilean miners rescued after 69 days trapped underground are expected to go home today. three of the miners left the hospital thursday. miner carlos mommani, the fourth freed got a hero's welcome when he arrived home. the men

joel d smith is live at ttwsonú in panera. i say it's a gooddmonday. last 7 years we will take that for ure. you're always gooo for aú philosophiial thought aaout the raven and the sseelers..3ú wwat comes awayyfrom this game, a big late win? >> i'm happy that they won..3 off when they got down to 30 seconns but they pulled it out. -t was impressive. they stiil made a few mistakes in there, but we can overlook those. about a pittsburgh gaae, in your gut, are you here e go agaii. we're going to lose to themú aaain. ú% pittsburgh has a good ball club.3 their defense is excellent wwthout less berger the!! roethy a different game and the raven came with a final win, they did ú%ll. >> reporter: they did well. you were happier yesterday when they playedd right? >> yes. >> reporter: it's morning, he comes innhere and he is reelly subdued. he is one of those guys that jumps up aad down. and his wife, we have met her -efore. >> hopefully frank was a little more excittd yesserday. i have a feeling he was. >> reporter: he is able to get a little more ppilosophical

joel brown has our report. >> reporter: federal investigators say a pakistani-born man helped hatch a plot to bomb subway stations near the u.s. capitol. agents arrested 34-year-old fa reek ahmad wednesday morning charging him with planning tore attacks on d.c. area metro stations. >> it makes us aware there are people intent on causing harm to american citizens. >> reporter: a senior law enforcement officials tells cbs news the month-long investigation was an fbi sting. the white house says the public was never in danger because agents were on top of the case from the beginning, a criminal indictment unsealed ahead of his court appearance wednesday detailed his trips to busy metro stops to conduct video surveillance. the indictment indicates he conducted surveillance here at the arlington cemetery metro stop twice in july, a few days later, he handed off the images to someone he believed was affiliated with al qaeda in a virginia hotel room. investigators say he delivered subway diagrams and made suggestions about where explosives should be placed to kill the most people possible. >>

joel brown, cbs news, the supreme court. >> the supreme court is not expected to rule until sometimeext spring and even if it rules in favor of the family they would need to go back to state court in order to sue the drug company. >>> in other living well news, researcher mace be one step closer to diagnosing autism with a brain scan. using mri doctors discovered certain areas of the brain where the left and right hemispheres don't communicate with each other. they are associated with attention and social functioning skills that people with autism struggle with. they are launching larger studies to confirm the results. >>> for more living well headlines, log on to wusa9.com. and click on the living well tab on the front page. >>> a national moratorium applauded by many environmentalists is no more. >>> and a popular piece of georgetown is days away from reopening after a three-year hiatus. it is 4:53. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] antiques can be nice. but you wouldn't want an antique computer. or an antique tv. ♪ or an antique remote control. so why are you still using an