karen did not like the cabinets. and he says she took a bat and was hitting the cabinets because she did not like them. >> does that sound like your sister? >> no. no pp frz portions fresh chicken breasts come individually wrapped and they're perfectly sized to cook quickly and evenly in only 10 minutes. (announcer) perdue perfect portions. merced, california woman is now being declared a homicide, and authorities are calling her husband a person of interest. 50-year-old karen wright was last seen at a vacation home she shared with her husband, randall wright in, san felipe, mexico. police aren't elaborating on what led the case to be declared a homicide, but they did say there were several inconsistencies in wright's statements. >> with some of the information that we're gleaning from the mexican authorities, coupled with what we have and some of the inconsistencies of stories and -- we believe karen wright was murdered. >> earlier this year, randall wright was arrested on auto theft-related charges police discovere

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karen? especially given the economic data we got. >> i thought the economic data was surprisingly weaker. i had actually hoped and thought it would be maybe even a little more positive than the expectations. and in fact, it was meaningfully weaker. that's just one piece of data. so i don't know that you could fill in the whole story on that. but to me the real question is about asset allocation and about equities in the fourth quarter after such an outstanding quarter normally you'd think maybe a little pause. but i do totally agree with joe that there's a chase on to meet the s&p, which has been so strong that i do think there's still a lot of money that needs to be put to work and will be put to work in the fourth quarter. so i'm optimistic. >> will they get spooked by snokt i've been seeing -- >> same with september, though. in fact, it was a pretty good month. >> they avoided september. i don't think they want to go back to the well in october. they'll move to the sidelines. that puts th

karen probably knows this better than me. i don't know if you can borrow aig at this point to get shorted. but 19 or 20 seems to ring a bell in my head in terms of that two for one. or the reverse split, i apologize. that's where i think it's head, is 19. but i don't know how you can put on a position in this environment. >> if there was a day last week where you were on and john was on with you at the halftime report and you guys were talking about aig and suddenly the whole market started to flip. they started to sell the calls, buy the puts. somehow unbeknownst to everybody else the stock went from about 52 down to these levels here. looks like it's starting to move back to maybe this $15 number and it might come faster than people think. >> can you get a buy on these stocks? >> i'm looking at the options to -- the october 32 puts, for example, five bucks. the stock's got to go down to 27 to even -- to break even. that's a pretty dramatic move. that tells you that it's a tough call. >> next trade here, as oil rises above $

karen, you're watching i.r. >> that is a deal gone bad. maybe not down the road, but certainly last year or the end of '07 when they did the deal, ingersol-rand is known as an industrial technology company, owns a number of businesses. you might have heard, club car for one. thermal king is another. but what they did was a transformative acquisition. they bought the train hvac business. they transformed their company at the worst time to one that was very heavily tied in construction, commercial construction, as well as residential construction, and they financed it with debt, expensive debt that had a short life on it. so really everything that could have gone wrong they pretty much did do wrong. however, they have been able to squeeze a little bit out of the business. there were some synergies there. they were able to refinance the debt. actually, the u.s. seems to be coming out a little bit of a recession. the market's giving it somewhat of a reprieve. >> you like this name at these levels after this nice big run-up in the past six mont

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[laughter] it was pretty rough for karen and for...while she was going through, you know, her personal nightmare, and i know it can be an absolute nightmare, how did you cope? >> i hid in a corner a lot and... i also ski patrol, so i was up in the mountains a lot. >> really? oh, ski patrol. that sounds like a nice, cool place to be when it gets hot around the house, huh? >> absolutely. >> o.k., so, karen, let's talk to you. we heard clark's side of the story. what was it like for you? >> well, it was tough because, you know, when you're suffering daily, um, you can't really hide it. if you're having a hot flash you certainly... everyone around you knows it. >> but now, you tried all kinds of things, didn't you? >> i tried over-the-counter remedies, i tried herbal supplements, i had medical prescriptions for things to help me with my irritability and mood swings as well as to sleep at night... >> wow. >> and i actually was given a prescription for bio-identical progesterone cream... >> yeah. >> and, you know, just the risks associated w

but -- and karen finerman will agree with me on this one. abercrombie & fitch the stock has doubled since march. huge run. june comps awful, july comps awful, august comps awful. at some point that catches up. valuation will catch up at 22 times forward earnings. guess what, this stock made a high of 34.95 on august 14th. it's trading 34 1/4 now. it sets up real easy, stop down on a short position, any close above 35. i think you can get short this one especially if the tape reverses. i've been saying it for a while, i'll say it again. valuations don't make sense. it's a great company, great story, they're doing everything right. you can't make people buy things, frankly. their comps prove it. they're running the business better. but the stocks run out of gas. >> agree with you there, absolutely. that one is so stretched. i'm long aeropostale, you can be long american eagle but i cannot understand why they need to have a premium price like this. >> some pessimism on the desk when it comes to certain stocks. yesterday we asked all of you out

karen finerman finds out where they'll kol from.irst, let's go down and get the word on the street. break down this winning week. guy, we have been in the camp of the debbie downers for a long time. >> i'm the only person in the camp. these guys have been spot on. it's been me in the camp. go ahead. >> let's take a look at this week, best week since late july. we've had new leadership emerging. the mothership, general electric. projector and gamble also advancing nicely. what do you say? you can't fight the tape. the market wants to go higher. but am i still optimistic? no. jobs aren't coming back anytime soon. you saw the july numbers down $ 21 billion. that's a major number. people are saving, but guess what sni mean, people are not spending -- they won't spend. jobs aren't coming back anytime soon. the markets discounted all that, great. the tape wants to go higher but no, i'm not optimistic. >> projector and gamble upgrade, an earnings upgrade. jpmorgan was out today saying the stock market is is a leading intd kay tor. they say

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i have to ask karen for help on this one. karen, one of those names that we missed. do you feel bad that you missed it. >> i do not. never would had been along for the ride. >> there you go. >> drop for mcgraw-hill. down 4%. karen? somehow all of the rating agency, mcgraw-hill and mead's both down today. california investigating them 'a groundswell of people wondering why do we need them at all? not good for business. >> pete. >> a strong upgrade from a buy from goldman sachs today. their margins, speaking in the conference, everything sounds like clicking along for them. couple acquisitions, about three of them. that's a growth stock. >> and we've got a pop here for bump passengers. the number of travelers apparently getting bumped from their flights. is that a 14-year high, up 40% a year ago -- from a year ago as airlines cut capacity and looked to fill seats, according to the department of transportation us airways bumped up the highest rate at almost 2%? >> lovely. >> while jetblue barely bumped at all. >> how much, $2.9 billion today. >> $2.9 billion. nowhere in

karen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. in asia, better than expected news about china's economy pushed most markets higher. but as the value of the dollar continues to drop, so does japan's nikkei, which was down another 70. wall street is on on a roll, though. up for the fifth straight day yesterday. the dow gained 80, closing above 9600. the nasdaq was up 24. traders are watching closely for today's key consumer sentiment report. consumer spending drives more than 70% of the u.s. economy. and until folks start spending, the recovery had had likely remain slow. treasury secretary timothy geithner says confidence and stability are replacing the fear and panic that gripped the markets last year. geithner told a congressional panel that the government will now end some of the emergency financial programs launched during the financial crisis. now, the treasury secretary says 23 banks have repaid the government in full. it looks like the cash for on clunkers reimbursements are finally accelerating for dealers. $1.22 billion wo

karen, what do you think of goldman sachs? would you put fresh capital to work here or do you think it's had its run so far? lloyd can be the smartest man in the room no matter what room he's in but that doesn't make the stock go higher from here. >> i don't have money in the name right here, but i certainly would not bet against it. >> you would not -- >> i would not short it is what i'm saying. >> october 14th earnings are coming out again. it is all about fixed income commodities and currencies. >> as it usually is. final trade right after this. . the reason lies six thousand miles away... in japan, where a producer of specialty eggs needed corn for feed... grown to precise standards. cargill identified the producer's needs, then introduced an illinois farmer to grow the exact corn needed... and developed a system to ship it separately, connecting the farmer with a japanese customer... who was very appreciative. this is how cargill works with customers. hey, it's great to see you're back after that accident. well...i couldn

karen and chris jogging home from an errand instead of driving. it's one of the many cost-saving steps they are taking since karen, the family breadwinner, was laid off from her software job in july. >> at first, instant panic. oh, my gosh, we'll be living in the street in a cardboard box tomorrow. >> reporter: karen decided to turn her loss into an opportunity. to spend more time with the family while taking time to find another job she would love. so the kabakis plan to stretch her unemployment checks and her 13 weeks' severance to last a full year, determined not to dig into their savings. >> how do you do it? i have the rules posted at my desk. >> reporter: rules like live within your means which the family says they've always done. they are also do it yourselfers. chris, stay at home dad who is a woodworker builds toys for his son. >> my dad made it. that's the best. >> reporter: and for the first time karen set up a budget to stick to it the family shops only for absolute necessities. the library now a frequent stop along with other free com

, go ahead. >> hi, bill. >> hey, karen. >> hey!ous to get your take on this. i felt when i was in the white house the challenge between, clearly, this is an occasion where the president is speaking not in the partisan manner but this is the official duty of the white house of the president, which is different than, you know, the role of the president in a more political context and it strikes me, i mean, you guys are having to balance that pretty consistently and that seems to me what is bringing this out, this is an official duty of the president, not a political one. >> the president ran for this office because he thought that the way business gets done here is -- it's too partisan and gets too hot for no reason at all and people oppose things because someone from the opposite party is pushing it. and in this case, you know, it's so patently obvious it's a good message for the president to be telling kids to stay in school and work hard and to do what they can to be the next innovator or president or whatever they want to do that

long-term it looks bullish as karen alluded to. basically they're talking about, we're starting to see this bit of recovery, starting to see these various things. savings rate, all the rest of it, spending capabilities. what it really comes down to right now is people are looking at this market, taking opportunities, when they get the opportunities they are very fast to react. your outlook for the market, has it changed the past 24 hours pre-fed versus right now if. >> for people that don't believe this rally has legitimacy if you remove the stimulus, the fed is probably certainly the bid to the mortgage market coming from the fed, you can measure it here. 70 to 80 basis points in terms of mortgage rate, very important. you take rates back close to 6%, you hurt the consumer, you hurt the refys. that cash flow per month, even for people with adjustable rates. i think the consumer is in a tough place. i'll take the other side of this. the consumer gets hurt by today's fed comments. then that maybe changes if you think the fed has to

karen. >> yeah, downgrade from goldman sachs.han here but you don't want to be downgraded. skip it. move on. >> another retailer was dropped today. bed bath & beyond. down 3%. joe. >> earnings good but credit suisse down graded. in the mid 30s. >> and we got a pop here. >> huh? >> indonesia's largest baby was born government a -- was born yesterday. how appropriate. >> every baby's cute. >> karen ugave twins to twice. >> they were less than -- like a quarter together. anyway. >> amazing. >> it's crazy. i feel bad for the mom. >> yeah, really. >> she should get a pop. final trade after the break. remember the anticipation of hearing the ice cream truck? in poland, cargill borrowed the idea... for something quite different. small polish farms had difficulty getting... affordable feed for their smaller herds of animals. so cargill created a way to bring the feed... directly to them... on musical delivery trucks, selling a few bags per visit. ( dog barks, horse neighs ) keeping the small farmers competitive, and their animals happier

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right now it's a little oversold. >> dennis, it's karen. what did you think of the action in gold today? kind of a volatile last two hours. >> sure was, wasn't it? you got up as high as what, 1,017. traded down to 1,003. gold's stuck right here. somebody, someone whoever it is is trying to keep gold below 1,030. i'm paying more attention to what gold's doing in terms of the other currencies. it got up to 700 pound sterling per ounce. a breakthrough 700 pound sterling per ounce to me would be very bullish. someone's trying to keep it down below 1030. they're going to succeed for a while. >> dennis, always a pleasure. >> thanks. >> dennis gartman of the "gartman letter." don't go anywhere. more word on the street coming up. >>> can the company that brought us the model t dominate in exotic lands with dangerous competition? ford's laying the groundwork. but is the ambassador buying it? ♪ i've got the power >>> and he's in charge of california's biggest utility. with energy demands growing, he'll tell us why banking on green energy is in americ

karen, you wanted to get in here? >> well, i just think the s.e.c. has such egg on their face over the settlement being thrown out as well as a number of missteps they've made. so i think they have no choice but to pursue this vigorously. here's the thing they don't understand. let's say they've proved that. who are they really suing? the shareholders of bankamerica, i think, other than the insurance directors, the shareholders of b of a would be paying the shareholders of b of a. really who -- >> right. >> you can't unscramble this egg. you can't undo this merger. so i don't really get -- >> what do you get out of it? >> exactly. i'm unclear. except for a class action suit that maybe whoever -- you negotiation the insurance companies of bank of america and maybe merrill would pay to the shareholders. but given how enormous this combined entity is, i just think that any judgment would be minute. >> i tell you who might be able to held to account here. based on what judge rakoff said in his ruling last week. and that would be individuals. the executiv

karen. >> yeah, downgrade from goldman sachs. than here but you don't want to be downgraded. skip it. move on. >> another retailer was dropped today. bed bath & beyond. down 3%. joe. >> earnings good but credit suisse down graded. if you could own bed, bath and beyond in the mid 30s. >> and we got a pop here. >> huh? >> weighing in at 19.2 pounds. indonesia's largest baby was born yesterday in a hospital in sumatra. the baby's middle name means "big." how appropriate. >> every baby's cute. >> karen, you gave birth to twins twice. >> they were less than -- like a quarter together. anyway. >> amazing. >> it's crazy. i feel bad for the mom. >> yeah, really. she should get a pop. hey mom, i need some minutes. i just gave you some at the restaurant. yea, i know. i threw them out-- they were old so... old-- they are rollover minutes. they are as good as new. ya know not everyone gets to keep their unused minutes. and these days we can't afford to be wasteful. saving minutes-- saves money. yea. (announcer) only at&t's family talk with r

>> karen, as you can see, detectives are working late tonight. we're here at the warrant apprehension task force, where we're hoping to lock up two criminals this evening. the first one is 47-year-old bradford drake. wanted for attempted murder. drake is 5'8, and weighs 140 pounds. we also have 26-year-old quinnan harris, hoping to track down. wanted for armed robbery and assault. harris is 5'9, and weighs 150 pounds. he also goes by the name of tehon barnes. if you have any information the whereabouts of these men call us at the task force. this is an easy way, and a very safe way. for you to get involved, and in cleaning up the community. and getting the streets of baltimore cleaned up as well. getting these two guys off the street. would certainly make a difference. >> yes it would. both of them wanted for robbery. very dangerous, violent acts they committed. so if anyone knows anything, you know, give us a call. like i said we will never ask your name. your telephone number. where you are at. just we need your information. >> all right. thank

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this is a -- >> karen, that's a key point. we're still a divided country.l it right back to the election. i think the numbers are still about the same, and so why not -- >> not all the numbers are the same. first of all, president obama has seen a double-digit drop in his approval numbers. so not all -- >> ahead of the last two presidents at this time. wait a minute. >> i don't think the country is split on health care based on partisanship. >> he is faring well when it comes to bush and clinton during this point in time. >> eight years in the iraq war. i wouldn't use president bush as a barometer, ed. that's not a good argument for you. >> it's a very good argument because the american people like this guy. >> they dent like the health care policy. >> i want to know, will i guess the republican word here is embolden. will the numbers embolden the right to put their feet more in concrete than they've already done when it comes to reform? >> i don't think these numbers are going to embolden the right or the left. listen, i think the real problem is, you know

karen parks is live outside of the school. karen, what did they talk about. >> tonight's meeting was part of a thai city wide initiative to inform parents about h1n1. now we were not allowed inside of the meeting. but parents tell me that the 13-year-old mont bellow student confirmed with the virus was not discussed tonight. however, school officials say parents were informed about the confirmed case on thursday. and the building was thoroughly cleaned over the weekend. >> they all play touch. kids are going to be kids. sanitize. even though we buy it all year they are not sanitizeing and washing. it is scary thought. to know that your child is in the area. >> tonight, the mont bellow student is still in the hospital. reporting live here in northeast baltimore. karen parks fox 45 news "late edition". >> well maryland health officials want you to know that they are prepared to keep you protected from swine flu. shipping of the vaccine will begin in october. just a few days from now. healthy adults will only need one shot. child

and karen parks is live along route 32 in howard county with the latest tonight. karen? >> well, jennifer and jeff, improvements started yesterday. and in light of the recent killings, officials say there is more to come. here along route 32, drivers say cars often speed, two lanes turn to one, and there are sudden left turning vehicles. weighing wagner was killed driving along route 32. 15 days later, a mother and her 13-year-old son were also killed along this 4-mile stretch of road. and just last week, 49-year-old dr. brian emory rear ended and forced into the southbound lanes, then hit by a pickup truck. >> what we are trying to do is implement both short-term and more intermediate term measures that were both slowing down traffic ask increase drivers awareness of left turning vehicles. >> they have done more this week than what they have done in 40 years. out on 32. and i tell you why. because dr. emory was killed last week. >> state highway administrators say they hope to widen route 32. within the next few years. reporting live in howard county. karen parks fox 45

karen brown here in new york.hanks. >>> a new study of american children who died of the h1n1 swine flu found thatten like the ordinary flu, the virus appears to strike harder at school aged kids than at babies and toddlers. the centers for disease control says more than 80% of the children who died were between 5 and 17 years old. of the 36 who died, 2/3 had other serious medical conditions, including cerebral palsy, epilepsy and seizure disorders. some of the children with no pre-existing conditions were killed by a combination of the h1n1 and a bacterial infection. >>> loenks area police are hunting for a man they say bit during a fight at a health care reform rally. a still photo released by police in thousand oaks, california, shows the confrontation just before the fight br out. police say the unidentified man on the right in black was arguing with william rice who says he threw the first punch and wound up have the end of his left little finger bitten off. >> somehow or another, my hand ended up in his mout

karen. >> it is a big move. but you know what, this is just -- it's just totally based on -- i don't know what. maybe short interest. nothing fundamental here. i would stay away from the name altogether. >> got a drop here for freeport-mcmoran on the week it was down 4%. joe. >> copper inventories are clearly building. freeport-mcmoran's a stock, technically it has to break below 66, but a lot of people are using freeport-mcmoran to get exposure to gold. i wouldn't necessarily sell this sort here. >> we've got a pop here for general mills. gis is up 5% this week. steve. >> my wife has a gluten allergy. i don't see any big makers of cereals that have any exposure to this. general mills does. i'd be a buyer. i think going into the next couple years you're going to see it be more of a presence. >> drop for dell on the week down 8%. guy. >> integrate perot systems, that's going to take a while. i think dell trades down to 14.25. you can buy it there. >> weave got a drop here for moody's. >> not a good week for moody

karen? >> well, jennifer, the greens do not have closure because they say that no one has accepted full responsibility for what has happened. but, they did not leave the courtroom today disappointed. >> we want information. >> three years later, the greens are still looking for answers. >> we have another day. >> and answers still unknown but say it is not over yet. >> we want someone to give us the answer so we can find out what happened and find out who is responsible, for the loss of my daughter. >> may 5, 2006, 14-year-old deanna greene playing softball at druid hill park with her mom, and a local church group. >> she wanted to stretch. when she put her foot on the fence to stretch. she fell in my arms. >> contact between the fence and an underground power line reportedly created a unbearable shock. and deanna pronounced dead shortly after. >> someone is accountable for what happened. >> greens filed a civil lawsuit against baltimore city, bge and another electric company can. all three

and karen stouffer, starts her playoff journey in tenth.ree, karen is seventh. steve is ninth. karen stofer and johnson, neither of their times will do anything to change their position. karen remains seventh and steve johnson remains in ninth place as we go through pro stock motorcycle qualifying here in charlotte. just north of the downtown. i got to tell you, this city is growing up and growing up, the queen city, charlotte, north carolina. look at all that money. banks, yeah. like it.

i mean, karen thinks, hey, for another audience, it's great.u know, the president just got off this prime time speech to congress that was televised nationally. do you think that it worked to -- try to take yourself out of the partisan -- or don't, i don't care, be partisan if you want to. do you think it works to grab the spotlight and sell your message? >> it's hard to not be partisan when you're dealing with this president. my counterpart here today talks about extremism and i think we're seeing that from the president, which is why his poll numbers are slipping. >> in what way? is he extremist? >> well, i think we see this in the vast amount of spending that's taking place in washington, d.c. right now. average voters across this country are scared about the amount of spending in washington, d.c. and we're seeing that reflected in protests and calls to local radio stations. people are worried and scared, and they have every right to be. so i think the president continuing to go on television and selling the same message is not going to help

. >>> right now we have karen young who has described a major strategy shift that could take place in the afghan war, the top u.s. commander there has been told no new troops until that strategy is reviewed. senior diplomatic reporter from the "washington post" who describes, karen, you described a real division between the military on the ground and the people back in washington, the diplomatic and political side of this administration who do not want to be confronted with the specific request right now for more troops. >> well, secretary gates, the defense secretary has asked general mcchrystal to hold off on his specific resource request until there is some meeting of the minds here in terms of where the strategy should go. general mcchrystal has made very clear where he thinks it should go to a full-out counterinsurgency strategy he has the backing in that general petraeus, the head of the central command and admiral mullein and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the white house has said, wait a minute, things have changed a lot since we started this endeavor in afghani

let's check in with karen mcginnis for the latest on our forecast. >> we still have kind of the same weather pattern across the southeast. finally that area of low pressure bringing in all that tropical moisture is now moving away. but as it does, it's just going to do it very leisurely. so, still some areas in the deep south can expect between two and four inches of additional rainfall. we saw record amounts of rainfall in birmingham yesterday, little more than 2 1/2 inches for atlanta between 3 and 5 inches, but officially just under four inches at the airport. cooler weather conditions across montana. they were looking at temperatures in the 90s, record-setting temperatures yesterday. going into this afternoon, cooler and even cooler than that, going in towards monday. how about some high temperatures? this is what we're expecting. denver, 76 degrees. so, slightly cooler, but maybe only in the 60s going into monday. right around the bay area, though, we could see some 90s. so, the risk of the fire hazard is going to go up with the offshore flow, dry humidity and the gusty conditio

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. >>> so are we in store for more rough weather and rain in the south in let's check in with karen mcginnis for the latest on the forecast. >> we have still kind of the same weather pattern across the southeast, but finally that area of low pressure bringing in all of that tropical moisture is now moving away. but as it does, it's just going to do it very lease isureleisur. still some areas in the deep south can expect two to four inches of additional rainfall. we saw record amountses of rainfall in birmingham yesterday, 2 assist 2 inches for atlanta, between 3 and 5 inches in atlanta. just under 4 inches at the airport. cooler weather conditions across montana, looking at temperatures in the 90s, record setting temperatures, yesterday. but going into this afternoon, cooler and even cooler than that going into towards monday. how about some high temperatures? this is what we're expectionsing. denver, 76 degrees. slightly cooler but maybe only in the 60s going into monday. right around the bay area, though, we could see some 90s. so the risk of the fire hazard is going to go up with the offs

michelle shall. >> karen brown, thank you. >>> and just ahead on the "morning news," american troops try to protect afghan civilians from the taliban, but protecting themselves is even tougher. first, though, harry smith has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >>> that you one medical student is trying to unlock the mysteries of brain cancer by researching the tumor in his own brain. tonight on the "cbs evening news." discover gives you a cash back bonus on every single purchase. what you do with it is up to you. what will you get back with your cash back? it pays to discover. still haven't tried activia? listen to this story. my problem was occasional irregularity. my commercials didn't convince you? i am definitely a skeptic. actually, my mom convinced me. and i have activia every morning for breakfast. activia definitely helped with my occasional irregularity. activia is clinically proven to help regulate your digestive system in two weeks when eaten every day. chances are someone you trust can recommend activia. take the activia challenge. it works or your money back! ♪ ac

karen brown with more. >> and good morning to you, michelle. in asia the markets were down this morning. japan's nikkei dropped nearly 250 points. september is notoriously a bad month for wall street and is starting out just as expected despite encouraging news for housing and manufacturing. the markets took another tumble yesterday. the dow lost 185 points, the nasdaq fell 40. the financial sector led the selloff as investors are concerned that more banks may fail. but wells fargo says things are going so well, they want to repay their $25 billion in bailout money. they want out from under the government's thumb and to ease scrutiny over executive compensation. and a new report out today says that half of the 20 financial firms that grabbed the biggest chunks of bailout money gave their executives a raise of sorts. the top executive saw the value of their stock options increase nearly $90 million. >>> and the auto numbers are out, but not everyone came out ahead. only ford saw a big jump in sales. chrysler lost business because it ran out of f

karen gray houston has been following the latest attack. the community has been referring to this guy as the georgetown cuddler. this is getting more serious than the cuddler moniker would give the impression of. >> reporter: police are not thrilled that the suspect is being called the cuddler. the trouble with that, what he is doing, is against the law. and some students are now being lulled into thinking that that is no big deal. >> the suspect and shoe aspects of this particular case are in some ways similar to other cases we had in georgetown area, for example the time of day that this observing occurred and the fact that a female student find someone she doesn't recognize in her room and some aspects are dissimilar. >> reporter: that was commander matt klein. he says that you cuddle somebody that you love. this guy is a criminal. he told us that the latest incident happened this morning, as he mentioned. it happened off campus. second-degree sexual abuse, that is inappropriate touching. it comes two days after a similar incident off ca

karen brown, cbs news, new york. >> maryland is preparing to finally award the state's first slot machine gambling license. it is expected to be awarded tomorrow to the ocean downs racetrack. that's just outside of ocean city. the "washington post" reports that the track is seeking to install and operate 800 slot machines. it is -- if the operation is approved it would it would require the approval of the state lottery commission. the slot parlor could open by next may. >>> a fairfax county schoolteacher has been charged with public drunkenness and contributing to the delink wentcy of a minor. police say they found valerie roesler drunk inside of her car with a 15-year-old boy. she's been suspended from her job at heyfield secondary school and police say that valerie roesler and the teenager were found parked along gunston lane in lorton on sunday morning. >>> still ahead, on 9 news now at noon, former super bowl hero, plaxico burris learns more about his fate. >>> plus, two people accused of trying to extort money from john travolta go on trial today. we will have the latest developments

brian. >> karen gray houston live in the newsroom. >>> news edge on dc. starting october 1st, residents will no longer need to get a safety inspection or cars registered in the district. mayor fenty said the change will unburden residents and save the city $400,000 a year. >> seems like they should be able to find $400,000 in savings somewhere else. safety for cars is important. >> washington, d.c. is now following best practices. a majority of the jurisdictions do not require all the calls to come into inspection. so, why washington, d.c. has been doing it for all these years is just one of those things that we haven't come into the 21st century. >> taxis and commercial vehicles have to get seaflt inspections. everyone will be required to get emission tests. >>> cover your mouth, carry tissues, hand sanitizer is some of the precautions metro wants riders to take to keep swine flu from spreading. transit agency says simple good hygiene can cut the risk of catching the virus. >>> 22 to $30 million is the cash needed to start a commuter ferry service on the

karen mcginnis has a look at your forecast. hey, karen. >>> you know how the sec goes.eep south. it means the rainfall will continue. the area of low pressure has been in play for quite sometime. to give you an idea, as it taps the moisture from the gulf, we have seen already eight inches of rainfall right around nashville, tennessee where typically, for this, we should see about two inches. so they're grounded absolutely saturated to. the northern tier, those temperatures will be warm. in some cases, it will be high. what do we mean by that heavy rainfall? take a look at this. in northern sections of alabama where you're seeing some of the purple shaded areas between six and eight additional inches of rain as we go to the next 48 hours. but all across the deep south, we've seen various flooding situations in memphis. they had to evacuate a day care. no injuries there. but the flooding was the second building. i'm cnn meteorologist karen mcginnis. that's the look at the forecast. >>> when a huge water main broke, there was nothing to do but scramble for higher ground. >

for more on the campaign for reform i'm joined by karen hunter.her and teaches journalism at hunter college and live from d.c. amanda carpenter, a reporter and blogger for "the washington times" and a good morning to the two of you. >> good morning again. >> karen, i'll ask you first, is there a diminishing point of return on all of these health care speeches or does the president have no other choice but to keep pressing on. >> he doesn't have a choice and has to keep it going. the other side, they're not stopping. i took a minute to look at "the new york times" bestsellers list. of the top 10 t the one is michelle, bill o'riley, a manifesto on the republican party, seven is by dick morris about the corruption or taking our country back. the mantra will not stop on the other side, therefore the president has to keep it going, he has to keep the message about health care. and he has to let the american people know this is about them, this is about their future and it's about bringing to them the things that they said they wanted him to do. yes, he

. >> bonnie: well, she is trying to educate the parental populace out there, karen czarnecki.t i know a lot of parents who say absolutely no vaccines for my kids. how is that going to affect this flu season? >> you will see a lot of people not getting the flu shot, not the original shot but the swine flu shot. it will help you if you're pregnant but other than that we don't know if it's safe and effective. we have immunologists who are saying, they don't know if there's any result or side effect. they don't think there will be, like there was in 1976, there was a swine flu outbreak and 26 people died. people are being more hesitant and that's why families don't want their families getting that. if they already have weak immune systems, they're going to get innoculated against the swine flu and that's what we should do. if you have additional health problems or has asthma or other conditions like that, they are recommending that you too get the second shot. they have to be one month apart. i 30 you have to remember one and then the second one and that is taxing for a lot of peo

fox 5s karen gray houston has more. what happened here? >> reporter: metro is elaborating what happened. it's hard to believe there have been another accident on metro. the employee who was stuck, struck by that train was seriously injured. he is 44 years old. has job is as a field communications technician and he was hit on the track to hit the braddock road station and reagan national airport. now, when the emergency responders arrived, they had to take the stairs to retrieve the man. the technician had apparently been doing something on the track when struck by the train. the metro worker was rushed to the hospital via medevac. metro tells us he's worked for the system for almost 13 years, works on the track structure and maintenance office and his job involves repairs to the communications network that alert the operations control center about vital information coming from fire alarms andence isors. no word on whether his work was connected in finding out ways of the system. after the crash that killed 9 people in june. >> brought him

karen brown is outside of the federal court in brooklyn where one suspect who was a religious leader with ties with police went before a judge. >> a man linked to a massive terror investigation is due before a federal judge inside of this brooklyn courthouse. police arrested him at his queens apartment over the weekend on charges he lied to the fbi. the same night n denver, agents hauled in 24-year-old man and his father. >> no comment. >> reporter: the younger man was under suspicion for two trips to pakistan this year when he drove across country to new york just before september 11th, investigators became concerned about a potential bloom plot. after three days of questioning, the fbi said he admitted to receiving weapons and explosives training from al- qaeda but he is facing charges for making false statements to law enforcement, not terrorism. >> he lied when he said he had no knowledge of handwritten material on his computer. >> reporter: the justice department says it doesn't have specific information about the timing or target of any planned attack. he is facing allegations