john rydell, is expected in annapolis, john rydell, fox45 news at 5:30." 3&pcould a soda tax... comin to d-c? d-c?cooncii members are discussing the idea... in an eefort to dettr people from buying unhealthy beverages. approved a similar measure... banning sugary drinks over 16-ounces.but in d-c... there could instead be a átaxx... pharging residents 1-penny ffr every ounce over the legal &plimit. 1:47 "leave the sodas alone. it's up to individuals how thee want to drink. that'' liie banning coffee."-butt to- 1::6 "it'd be a good thing if but i don't really think ii'ss &pgoing to d anyytinn.. anything."in aadebate over the weekend... d-c ccuncil members mmchael brown and vincent prange said theyywould be masonville... covee../ was... called... ne of the most... p of... baltimore arbbr. haabor.paul gessler is balttiore now to tell us-- after years of leanuu and millionnsof ddllars-- ii is now home to an ennironmental preserve.paul-- this cove truly hhs o much poteetial.a beaatiiul view north of downtownnbaltimore... bald eaglessand fflcons have been spotted here..ut, in recent ye

.// john rydell... weet to fflls point.../ where... phings... could've...been a lot worse.../ worse...// (rydell) "many business owners here in fells point still remember hurricane isabel and all the damage it caused to many of the businessss here on worried aboou what would happen this week. but this morning, thhre wws a big sigh pf reeief.""there's a basement pnner here and the entiree bassment was flooded and then there was water in the bar abbut 18 inches."andrew burke...won't soon forget... the wrath of isabel. it put joon steven out of business....or hree weees. "all of thaams street.""was under water." so when e heard...about those dire predictions about sandy....he couldn't stop thinkkng about isabel. ""ncredibll nnrvous." po burke...was determined...to keep issory from repeating couple of ays sannbagging and delight...his efforrs paid ws."3 off.."not a drop, not drop, she's tight as a bone."and unliie isabee...there'll be no costly repairs to rrmovv watee...and no significant loss...in business. (buuke) "a storm like isabel probably wouud have ut m

national and local n-dduble--ac-p leaders aree john rydell explains... age.as - supporters and opponents of question six aae using personal storiess.. to makk their point. point. 3&"the reality hereeis this iss rights."benjamin jealous...is sppakingg..not only...as as the son of interracial arents. they got married backk in 19666in ashiiggon, d.c...beccuse interracial marriage...was sttll illegal ii maryland..jeallus) "my father was disowned because of that marriage,,my mom lost many friends."a story that has shapee how jealous...now &pviiws... same-sex arriage. he calls support of question six...a matter of fairness. (jealous) people willing to is a civil rights issue, a matter offcivillllw."(rydell) "but some public opinion polls &psuggest that many marylandees pppose same sex maariage including a baptist minister from baltiiore county who is aaso a prominent state delegate.""it's not a ciiil right, it's aamoral wrrng." delegaae emmett burns ssys in the early 60'ss...e was arrested in mississipppi...for a sign that said "whites ooly."- (burns) "it was

john rydell reports.../ tte... cleegg... remain... deeply dividdd... over tte issue... issue... p(rydell))..members of the on all voters withinnmaryland - to do that which ii ighh." it's aagroup that includes pastorr...a rabbi... even a nunn(shepherd) "i am brothees have been treated as society.""as a pastor, my n our suuport for uestion 6 is pooted in my belief that the goverrment should treat everyooe eeually."some pasttrs have takkn to the airwaves. their message...the rellgious institutions... to perform same sex marriages....if that's against... teir beliefs. but other ccergy mmmbers re against... question six.their view....arriage s sacred union...onlyy..between a man...ann a wommn. (mccoy) "the uniqqennss of marrraae, why it's special to societt &panddreally hy we can all lov question 6 admit they till face an uphill baatlebut parishoners who areestill conflicted over same sex marriage to conssder this a matter of fairness. innnorth ballimore, john rydell, fox45 news at five." 3 opposing maryland's sameesex new campaignncommerccal. &pcoomercial. the ad is paid fo

cover story.../ john rydell... examines... the role... of.. those...fthe united states to be attacking his opponnnt."for most of his life....clarence itchell the fourth...was a loyaa democrat. ((laughs)) "that's funny, grandfather...was civil rights activist...clarence mitchell, junior. but ten years ago...thii former state senator...deelared...he was done...with the democrats. "because they're hypocrits." "the democratic party." (mitchell) "proclaims to be particularly for the poor and african-americans. if that's &ptte cass, maryland is thee pealthiest state innthe baltimore city is the one of ccuntryy majority africcn- american, run by democrats. what's wrong witt that picture?"(then why not register as a republican?) because the republican party is not much better either. that's why i'm not a republican."((nats))rob sobhani...waa... a republican...years ago.but he...too... has defected.he's noo runniig for u.s. (sobhanii "it's shameful that republicans aad democrats put their party above their country and that's wrrng.""the two parties, a lot of id

john rydeel has o'malley... in annapolis... annapolis... (rydell) "the summer derecho...not only tte summee (rydell) "(rydell) "the summer derecco...not only causee millionsderecho...not only the summer derecho...not only caused hundreds of thousands in the dark...some... for up o a week. ow a gubernatorial task forre...is unveiling bg.e. can better prepare forr major storrs. one proposal...impose a monthly surcharge on all b.g.e.the added revenuu...would be used to expand maintenance pperations...from mo tree trimming....to burying more power lines nnerground. pgovernor) "they'reeprobably willing to pay anothhe ollar or two a monnh if they're assured that they won't be throwing out two and three hundred dollars worth of grocerres every timm one of these exxreme storms blows through our rea."buttone ssate lawmaker is pset with phe prospect of biiling b.g.e. customers tt pay forcompany operrtions. (george) "i mean ttis is nnt a government run utility, so it's a surcharge, it goes to the utility, but it's more money out of the consumers pocket."(ryde

in annapolis, john rydell, foxx45 news aa ten. marriage will beethe topii of the next fox45 town patch it live... by oing to... fox baltimore dot com... and... clicking on... town hall... in our... hot topics sectionn..//.you... can go there now... to... watch past... town hhll meetings... on... taxes... and the parylanddddeam acc. ten... yeers ago... tonite...// n... eettre... family... was... murddred...// the... dawson... family... wws &p after omplaininn... about... drug ddalers. ddalers. mayor... rawlings-blake... was among those ... gathered at... the... "dawssn haven"... center..... n... street..../// the.... family's.... burred-out home... is... now... memorialiizd.../ as... city'ss... "after- ccty... spent... 11 million dollars... too.. creaae... something good,...// out of... profound... tragedy...// tragedy...// unwiiling. unwilling to fail, uuwilling tooquit. it is this type of commmnity that has that resilience that we re going to deeend on to groww baltimorr. so, i'm proud to be here." here." we''l.... takk... a look

day...president obama outtfor voters...including the independents.in this morning's cover story, john rydell examines thh role offthose who...vote independenn. independent. "this doesn't look good for staaee to be attacking his opponenn."for most of his life....clarence miichell the fourth...was loyal democrrt. ((laughs)) "that's funny, that's unny."after all...his grandfather...was civil rights activiit...clarence mitchell, ago...this former state &psenator...declared...he was done...with the democcats. "because they're hypocrits." "the democratic partyy" (mitchell) "proclaims to be pfrican-ameeicans. if that's - country runs by democrats. baltimore city is the one of the poooest cities in the countty, majority african- american, run by ddmocrats. what's wrong with that picture?"(then why not because the reppblican party is not much better either. that's why i'm ot a pepubllcan."((naas))rob sobhani...wass.. a republican...yearrsago..ut he...too... has defected.he's pow running for u.s. senate....aa an "independent". (sobhani) "it's shameful hat theii party abovv their s puu two parties, aal

&pmayor insists a full...casino...will everyone...especial - ly....iiyytaxpayers.in baltimore, john rydellfox 45 news at tenn another ballot question.... the opic of the nnxt fox45 - townnhall this thursday... october 25th.you can watch it &ppot com and clicking on ttwn hall" in our hotttopics section. you caanalso go there to wwtch past toon hall meetings onntaxes and the maryland dream act. straight ahead... giving thanks... for lowwr gas prices. ppices.the major declineethht americans can expect toosee... just in ttme for the holidays. ((break 3)) mayor: casino owners in west virginia are spending millions against question seven. that upsets me. and that upsets jonathan ogden. you don't want to upset jonathan ogden. ogden: no you don't. mayor: question seven means thousands of jobs and millions for our schools. but these west virginia casinos want to keep it all for themselves. we're not happy about that. ogden: no we aren't. mayor: so join us and vote for question seven. and west virginia, don't make me send jonathan ogden over there. mayor: vote for question seven. ogden: for baltimor

./.john rydell.../ &p from washington.... on... aa rally.../ angela mccaskill... 3 (rydell) "some of the same sex marriage, sooe are against, but all of the proteesers here say they all in agreement ttat dr. angell mccaskill ssould be re- pnstated."((chants))many folks mccaskill.((nats))but thee're upset at hearing the chief ddiersity officer...at punished...all for merely signing a petition.ssme call it...a vvolation...of her first amendment rights. (protester) "anytime anyooe is discriminated against by being whoever started ttis must acccunt for it."in only been suupended...but her supporters...say even pupporters...that include a pasttr...who supportt... same sex marriage. (coates) "what happpned toodr. ngela mmcaskill on ttis ccmpus constitutes a major transgression of civil liberties and human rightss" but reaction to mccaskill's... &pthis college for he deaf and hard of hearing...is mixed.. (student) "my reaction to the suspension is that it is a because it gives us time to g - actually look at into what appened." (ryddll) "

in tooson, john rydell, foxx5 ews at five." hurriccae sandy could cause a bbllioo ollaas worth damage.... jool d. smith is at looe's in parkville, with 3 budget. hey ggus, we are here at lowe's here they are getting ready, but f you needdto storm..you have some options. big ticket items like generators, this onn is 3 thoussnd ddllaas. thaa can't pe installed in the next pouple dayssthouuh. dollars, how aaout a blower phat much. ray reinhardt is hereeand e says there are some cheaper ways o stty prepared as well. there are some items here for 5 or 10 pollars. flashlights, tarps, &pbbtteries. shop vvcs... mediim size ones are 40 bucks.... etc. battery powered adio, boots. think about all thhse things..but get ouu today, not tomorrow when everyoneesttrts realizing how bad ii probably will be. or when the weather actually beginss we're here in we'll send it bacc to you.th, - hat store had tooput in a special order for generators... they're expeeting a new ssipment to arrive tomorrow. custtmers are encooraged o check the website bbf

to be in county exeeutive kevin t thaa - kamenetz has not yet taken a successfulin owings mills, john rydell, fox45 news at five." how re the roads lookiig tonight? 3 tonight?brandi proctor haa our traffic edge report. report. mapbelairfiberwilkensmap395map renamed....new tonight on fox 45 news at 5:30...thh controversial reason for thee name change. 3 a day of celebratioo turns deadly.how this edding erupteddinto violence that killee one pprron. the latest computer scam involves hackers holding your one... peeson is deadd/..after ... a... huge fight... breaks out a it's all caught on tape. tape.nats offfight! fight!a 15-year-old caputured it on his cell phone... from the balcony of the heraton society hill hotel.the fighh started betteen two wedding parties. police say an argumenn ssarted in the hotel ar... and escalted.when it was alllover .. a bride wws punched.. and her 57-year old uncle died of a heart attack... hours after the brawl. three people cited for crimes.police believe alcohol could be a factor. attorneys... for jerry sandusky ... say... their cllent... will speak bbfore his s

and as john rydell reports...thatincludes allegations of voting...by some folks declared dead... dead... (rydell) ""there have been cathy kelleher...is on a ."-3 mission. as head of the group election only started to reviiw.... maryland's voter rolls. but kelleher says...she's evidence that a few people who - registered to vote...are usinn the names of those who have died. and...some...still living... havv registered to vote twicc...in two different states. (kelleher) "and for every time one vote that's fraudulent gets cast, it's erasing mm vote which is a legitimate vote."but state elections officiils...say there is no evidence of any frauu.and they say...if suuh allegations do come to light...the innormation is foowarred to the state proseccturs office. but athy &pkelleher...is not deterree. (kelleher) "and we don't and fair elections if tte free - informmtion that's being used tt reggster voters is incorrect." (rydell) ..in bethhsda, johnnrydell, fox45 &pnews at fiiee" & accordinggto a baltimore un polll the vote n thh dream act may be a close one. &p44-percent of maryland vot

.// john... rydell &preports... onn.. of... baltimore county.../ is... prepaaing for...on...to middle it was just ovee year agoo... struck wth engence..so as "sandy" approaches...county officiall....re preparing...for thh worstt period of time."so county be executive kevvn kamenett...is advisinn residents to stock up oo non-perishable food. and on the eastsidee..thhreeare other potential problems...baltimore county has 200 miles of waterfront.(hubbard) "if thiss storm changes just aacouple of miles uu or down the coast, it dramatically changes the impact n the direction of the wind which could change the floodinn patteens."//100pm add--n//(rydell) "emergency ,33 nees at ten. rydell,,fox 455in towson, john damaging storm. in towson, john ryyell, fox 45 news at ten. is the weather going to cooperate as ww preeare for san? sandy? let's go too meteorooogist emily gracey for forecast. 33& ----------nats of meatloaf surprise ccmpaign rally for mitt romney. the news phht even amazed the republican presidential aa e brace for sandy memories of agnes emergee how a 1172 hurricane

. >> movie producer john rydell is driving a red honda civic. >> in the middle of the street i saw a young man waving. i thought, well, it's friday morning. he's having a good time. so the light turned green, and i went across the intersection. he was looking straight ahead, until my car became parallel parallel with him. all the sudden he zipped around, faced me and boom. i hear the glass shatter. >> the bullet misses rydell by half an inch. >> there was glass all over my clothes. glass had hit my cheek. >> chris godley, a photo editor for the hollywood reporter is one car behind in a black toyota. >> i saw him raise his gun and take a shot into the car, and i saw the window explode, and then he saw me coming. the barrel of his gun is now raising up towards me. i had no real choice but to drive straight through the intersection. i start the gun start to come around in my direction, and i knew what was about to happen. everything slows down in that moment. >> the bullet goes through the truck door and grazes his leg. >> had he had better aim, yeah, i could be not here right now the b

john rydell... reports.../// that... includes... allegations..../ folks ...declared dead... dead... ""here have been people who died who voted."cathy kelleher...is on a missioo.as head of the grruu election integrity maryland...she's only staated to review.... mmryland's vooer rolls. but kelleeer says...she's evidence that a few eople who registeree to vote...are using died. and...some...still vote twice...in two diffeeent every time one vote that's - fraudullnt gets cast, it's erasing my vott which is a elections officcals...say there is no evidence of any frauddand they say...if such allegatiins do come to light...the informatton is prosecutors office. //new at 10//and ne state lawmaker...is noo convinced... that the prrblem is wwdespread. (washington) "it's a clerical error, i'm glad it was broughhtto light, but i don't believe it is an indictment of how we do voting pnd registration in he state of maryland." (rydell) is not accusing the ssate boarr of elections of fraud, but it says the problemss if the state of maryland joins that no ne is ui

in annapolis, john rydell, fox 45 news at ten.. in a statement today...b.g...calll his "forward looking perspective.". car in the middle of little a - disruption for neighbors ann bu. businessess.... karen parks is live on the scene where repairs are unnerway...... underway......we are on albermarle in between styles and fawn......righh in the middleof little italy... this hole at leass 15 feet deep sits right in front of several homes....and businesses.......workerr have bben out here since yesterday.......so not only do reeidents have toodeal with the noise from repairs..... but the street is shut down..... so that means....no parking for residents......ann no foot traffic for neaaby businessss......aad to make things worse.....more than 20 residents were without water ov. ooerrighh.... 3 & a sppkeperson for the says this all started back in august witt a sewer repair....it was paved ooer peveral imes but apparently something continues to cause a breaa in the sewer line which causes the sinnhole tt widen and collapse.....and its that problem that the departme

intensifies...with tryyng to nfluence voters &pbefore ttey head to the polls iinnovember.buu as john rydell.. membbrr of the &pover the issuue issue. "calllng on all voters withii maryland to do thaa which is right."it's group that includes pastors.... rabbi... evee a un.(gramick) "and i hoppethat the catholics of -&t post faithful catholiic across ccnscience."in soom traaitionaa beliefs... of he - their own religions. but thess clergy mmmbers are &pstanding firm in their suppor for same--ex marriage. (shepherd) "i am onn of those wwo beeieve ourr lesbain aad gay sisters and brothers have been treated as second class cittzens in our society."(ccmmeerial) "as a belief thaa thh govvrnment airwaves. their message...the - law...would not force peeiggous instituuions... to perform same sex marrrages....if thatts othhr clergg members are but - actively campaigning... against... queetioo ix.theirr& union...only...between a why it's special o society 3 and reepect many peeple right "clergy membbrs that support question 6 addit they till face an uphill battle, bbt thhy'reeassing their pprishoners wh

but the mayor insists a full...casino...will eventually benefit everyone...especial baltimmre, john rydell, ox 45 news aa ten. aaother ballot question.... ssme sex marriage... will be &pthe topic of heenext fox45 town hall this thursday... october 25th.you can watch it live by going to fox baltimooe dot coo and clicking on "town hall" in our hot topiis section. you can also go there to wwtch past town hall meetings n taxxs and thh maryland dream act. now that the third and final presidential debate is behind them... both candidates are back on the campaign triaa toda. rying to reach undecided d... voters who could determine the with vice president joe biden will campaign together in las - vegas.last night... both candidates answered quustions about foreign policy. your straaeey previously has been one thaa has been all over tte map and is not designed to keep americans safe or toobuild on thh oppprtunities that exist in &pthe middle east. we're talkin to help the middle east reject the kind of terrorism we're seeing and the rrsing tide of attacking meeis nott n agenna. with the challenges

oversight.john rydell with abbut tte findings.... in his waste watch report...john...this is "only"...a "preliminary" reeort.the "ffnal" audit...is expected... to beereleased"...tomorroowbut starting...to "weigh inn...on thoseallegations. the stateeaudit...un- covered...morethan 30 pexamppes"... of "questionable" practices.according to the sun...theschool system...ffiled... to million dollars...in debt.and spent...more than two million without "verifying"...that all . the xtra hours. (mayor) "we've made a tremendous ammunt of proggess said, i'm sure that we wants that he's sstisfied with thh findings and i expect that he'll be making corrective action as well s the chool bbard." city schools....won't "comment"....n tatt "preliminary""audit. but a spokeswoman... saas they hope... to formally "react"....afterthe "final" report...is "rellased"... tomorrow.john rydell, foxx 45....ews at five. pee government waste... call our hotline... 410-662-1456 or go to foxbaltimoreedot comm the... political... war of wwrds... over... expanned gambling.../ continuuss.. to... bills."com

theer ccmmitmentto israel...and how middle eastt.john rydell has more...on howbaltimore's pewish community...is reacting...to last nighh'ss ddbatee..john. whichcandidate... "is"...andd will be....the strongestt defender.... of israel. israel. folks at lifebriddehealth and fiiness...are talking politics. many....re stiil assessing...how the two presidentiil ccndidates...view foreign policy."i look at wwrld anddi see iran fouu e years closer to the bomb, i see the middll eass with a rising tide of vvolence, chaos, tulmolt.""when it comee po going after osama bii paden.""anddi said if iigot bin laden in our sights, i woull taae shot, ou aid we shouldn't move heaven and think both candddates came across "and i thinn both one man."heavennand earth to et onn man.""and i think both but i think rooney a little bit strongee.""in the long run, both offthem would proteet israee in the long believe whateverrthey want to believe, obama as been tremendous suupprter of israel."kimberly katz... is professor... oo middle eass history... aa towssn unversity. heesaas...the prrsident...supports the so-calledtwo state solution....a state for israel...and o