. -- john monroe. i would like to welcome you to the 2012 middle of valor ceremony. can we all please rise for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. into the republic, for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. you can have a seat. i would like to acknowledge and introduce some of the people we have on the stage with us. first, at the police commission president, thomas mazzucco, commissioner kingsley, paul henderson from the mayor's office as representing because the mayor was unable to come tonight. also, we have commissioner loftus. also, the command at steep. d staff. deputy chief james that lake, lyn tomioka, leanora militello, and next to lyn commander biel, corrier from field comman. i would like to introduce chief grigory p. suhr. >> good evening, and hopefully lyn still wants to be your boss tomorrow. i know it is quiet and there are a lot of kids in the room. that is terrific. the medal of valor ceremony is the best event that we get to attend. it

marilyn monroe singing to president john f. kennedy. ♪ happy birthday mr.tonight, we have this new image. look at it. paint pink. it's in color. a version seen for the first time offering a new angle from the orchestra pit. it was filmed by a member of ella fitzgerald's band. the film goes up for auction next month. and we really do want to hear from you, so, tell us which pictures, people and quotes capture your imagination every day. we are reading them at abcnews.com or tweet them to us, #instantindex. >>> coming up here, how much does your dog know about you? new science tonight about what your puppy is telling you when he yawns. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married, they'll find some retirement people who are paid on salary, not commission. they'll get straightforward guidance an

they're all up for auction as well as marilyn monroe's birthday serenade to john f. kennedy in color and from a different angle. a closer look coming up. >>> but we want to begin with the latest on hurricane sandy. al's upstairs tracking the storm. good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah, and here's a storm, a powerful storm, a category 2, dangerous storm 440 miles southeast of miami, florida. 105-mile-per-hour winds, picking up speed moving north at 18 miles per hour. you can already see rain bands making their way into southern florida. here's what we have watches and warnings wise, we are expecting to see hurricane warnings right now throughout -- just about the entire bahamas and eastern cuba. we also have tropical storm warnings now up for a good portion of the eastern florida coast from key largo up to daytona beach with tropical storm watches back through the keys and up past north of daytona beach. the path of the storm, here's what we look for right now. basically staying a category 2 storm. but once it comes off of the cuba area, where it's gotten to

monroe. and, of course, that included john adams, thomas jefferson and james madison as well as washington and monroe. for slavery, the founding fathers bequeathed a more complicated legacy than lincoln reported, and evidently wanted to believe. in the crisis, lincoln never spoke publicly to the south, but he did write some private letters to a few southerners who had written to him. in these letters lincoln would talk about slavery and talk about right and wrong, telling the southerners that they thought of it as right, and he thought of it as wrong. this is not new language for lincoln. as early as 1850, he told a former law partner that the slavery question can't be compromised. that was a logical statement from a man who -- shackled slaves as a continual torment to me. lincoln compared slavery and freedom to to wild beasts in sight of each other, but chains held apart. someday he predicted these deadly antagonists will break their bonds and then the question will be settled. a key reason for his opposition to stephen a. douglas, the great democrat from illinois, lay in what he saw as dougl

including judy garland's wizard of oz dress, and never-before-seen video of marilyn monroe's happy birthday song to president john f. kennedy. all that and much more ahead as we get started on a thursday here on "today." back to you. >> looking forward it to. thanks so much. >> thank you. >>> 6:38 is our time right now. some welcome news this morning for teachers in prince george's county. >>> also ahead, the devastation left by hurricane sandy and how close the latest track brings the storm to us. >>> the warm weather continues here today, but for how much longer? your local forecast. >>> plus, what you need to do if maryland schools are number one in america because we invest in them. but we can do even more. every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty million dollars at casinos in other states. question 7 keeps that maryland money in maryland through expansion of gaming in maryland. it will mean hundreds of millions of dollars for our schools. as governor, i can promise you, that money will go to education. that's the law and that's what we'll do. vote for question seven. >>> it's quiet now in the russ

president >> it's an iconic moment, marilyn monroe's 1962 birthday song to then president john f.nedy. now a never-before-seen view in color. and that footage is going up for auction along with some other iconic items in our studio this morning, including dorothy's dress from "the wizard of oz." yes, i say dorothy. savannah says dorothy. she's been criticizing me. let's take this to the great and powerful oz. so oz, what is it? dorothy or dorothy? >> dorothy. >> thank you. >> dorothy. >> thank you, dr. oz. your wisdom knows know bounds. great and powerful oz. >> yeah. don't trust a man behind that curtain. >>> well, also ahead, tom cruise's lawyers speaking out about the actor's $50 million lawsuit against the publisher of two magazines that claimed he abandoned his daughter suri. >>> and then pippa middleton's new party planning book is out today. how are the critics receiving it? we're going to go live from london. >>> we begin this half hour with our exclusive and very revealing interview with lee boyd malvo, the now 27-year-old was convicted of killing ten people in the d.c. s

john q. adams. look at this list. a foreign minister under three president. monroe, a secretary of state. after the white house, he served in the house under five presidents who succeeded him. remember the early part of the 19th century? we never had two-term presidents. we'll be right back. ouble. but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] dayquil doesn't treat that. huh? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus rushes relief to all your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ sighs ] thank you! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! >>> all right. i got to sneak in shameless plugs here a little bit. first, i want to ask you quickly, house race. eric cantor. is he in serious trouble? is that bogus? >> completely bogus. >> over/under 60? >> over. i'm bullish. >> all right. now i'm going to go to shameless plugs. maria, go. >> i think right now

john adams put it best. >> i am vice president. yes and in this i am nothing. but i may everything. >>reporter: oe have been some d character in the office. vice president monroe was of so drunk presiding over the senate that congress refused to pay his full salary. vice president quayle had real responsibilities. but he may best be remembered for this ill-fated spelling lesson. >> potato oyshtion at the 1992 v p days bait perot running mate may have unwittingly spoken for all v p. >> who am i? why am i hear? >>reporter: more recently have with more important. dick cheney so powerful that some actually thought he was pulling the strings in the oval office. >> i am as thrilled as is medically prudent for me to be to have been elected your new vice president. >>reporter: powerful or not, v p is still good for a few laughs. >> you are a great vice president. >> well, you know, some people say would i make a great president. all right. better than you even. >>reporter: january thon karl, abc news, danville, kentucky. >> it ace mav typically used to target foreign government. still to come. the feds set the sites on street gang routed in california. >> plus tattoo