let's go to lowell melser in ocean city. lowell? >> tweet can see what is going on and why it has affected technology. >> we apologize for losing the audio. we will work on that and go back live to lowell melser when we established an audio connection. >> there is much more ahead. stay tuned. is urgingnne's county residents to evacuate. we will have more coming up. >> areas along the eastern coast are expecting to be hit the hardest as hurricane sandy moves through. >> david collins joins us live from queen anne's county where he spoke with the emergency services. >> strong wind has been whipping up reigned since 1:00. queen anne's county is surrounded by 27% water. the director of emergency services says he wants all residents -- they began asking for voluntary evacuation. he is urging residents to take the storm seriously. >> every county has trouble spots. the southern part of queen anne's county has lots of small tributaries. we do expect some issues. in the northern part of the county and churchill, we have had problems before.

lowell melser joins us live outside yankee stadium with orioles fans who made the trip up north. we were just saying how this has become the signature of the orioles, these long games. >> right into the postseason. nine innings will not do, they have gone to extra innings again at yankee stadium. we cannot show you the highlights was a game in extra innings, but right now and the bottom of the 10th, tied at 1, mark teixeira just walz. the yankees have won run on. another remarkable night tonight at yankee stadium, to bring us to the bottom of the 10th, tied at one. i will see a little later in sports. >> 13 coverage continues with lowell melser rejoins us -- our team coverage continues. >> some very tense moments throughout the evening here at yankee stadium. the orioles had the lead 1-0 and the yankees tied it up, 1-1. i am looking at the scoreboard behind me, bottom of the 10th with two outs. we got a chance to watch the orioles during batting practice earlier. a number of orioles fans came under to support the team. we have been talking to them all week. one guy said what ever

lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. down toet's go annapolis and barry simms has the latest from there. >> i just want to show you where we are, on a compromise street at the intersection of st. mary's street. this is a detour. that closed up this road because of the flooding behind us. >> bombarded by bands of rain and wind gusts of 45 miles an hour, the city of annapolis sustained some damage, including moderate flooding. the mayor says the city weathered the storm relatively unscathed. >> overall, considering the potential damage we could have had, we got through it pretty well. >> the mayor continues assessing problems caused by the storm, which includes toppled trees and downed power lines. some residents decided to come and see help for the water had traveled. >> we came to see how bad the damage was and how high the water had gotten. i am just sorry for the local people who suffered or are going to suffer from this. >> we have 27 fully or partially closed roads throughout the county. we hope to get the trees clea

lowell melser or as the outcome of that situation. >> police say they have a 17- year-old male student from owings mills high school in custody. police say he brought a be be done on to the school campus. -- he brought a bb gun to school. some parents are upset because they said the school never told them about the incident. tense moments at around 10:00 a.m. after baltimore county officers were sent to the school after a call that a student had some sort of weapon. >> the student is all the other person with a gun did exactly what we would want them to do. he reported it very broadly to the school administrators. they then did exactly what they were supposed to do. they locked down the school and contacted the police immediately by calling 911. >> a concern parent was about to enter the school to pick up her sick child when police arrived. >> two or three dozen of them got out with rivals, and i lost it. i was no good after that. they rushed into the school and brought someone out in handcuffs. >> students described it as very frightening. >> we heard over the announcement that it was

lowell melser joins us live from upper marlborough with more on the proceedings. >> closing arguments to much of the day. the jury got the case around 3:00 this afternoon. they have been deliberating for about three hours. the jury has made two requests. the most important being to see the videotape of the beating. reginald baker and james harrison are the two officers facing second-degree assault and misconduct charges. they're waiting on the verdict. the case narrowly avoided a mistral after it was revealed the judge was previously married to a p.g. county officer convicted of using excessive force. they are accused of abusing their power when they beat the university of maryland student during a riot situation on march 3 of 2010. the incident was caught on video from a student in a nearby apartment building. throughout the trial, both men took the witness stand to tell their side of the story claiming mckenna was the aggressor and startled a mounted horse. batons. him with their the attorneys emphasized their clients were doing what they could to diffuse a dangerous situation. pros

lowell melser joins us outside the high school with the latest. >> police tell us that they were called to the school around 10:00 this morning, owings mills high school, for a call about someone with a gun. when it they are rife, they found that a student brought an air soft bb gun inside the school and was showing off to other students. they believe no threats were made in this case. the student was taken into custody and students at the school who don't feel comfortable staying can leave if their parents are willing to come pick them up. that is the latest we know right now. we are talking to school officials as well as the police to find out details. the school was placed on temporary lockdown while the situation was dealt with. again, all clear at the school. students are free to leave if their parents are willing to pick them up. in owings mills, i am lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> president barack obama hopes for a second chance to make a good first debate impression. he will face off against republican challenger mitt romney in the second matchup of the election season. hall

it will bring in needed funds to prevent loss of programs at lowell high school we have a library andwe have a sports program. we have a great theater program. our kids deserve that. they deserve a world class education. they deserve an education that will prepare them for the high-tech world that they are facing. we can do no less than pass prop 30. 47th in 9 nation. our kids deserve better. >> cheryl: let me talk to you about this. why should people vote no. nobody disagrees that they need more but you don't like this one? >> remember, california spend immense amount of money. our budget went up $5.6 billion which is 5.6% increase. inflation is 1.7%. why are we spending so much more? we need to look at the entire budget and go item by item to see where all the ceremony going. nobody can really tell you. like with a lot of these things. the devil is in the details if you look beyond this measure. it eliminates funds for mandates. for instance, the brown act which is open meetings rules will no longer be funded by the state. so if the state passes mandates they will tell the cities, c

let's check in with lowell melser. >> the wind has really picked up in ocean city. we're seeing gusts up to 45 miles an hour. we're seeing waves from 9 to 12 feet. the water is starting to come up to our legs. this will likely be the last live shot on the beach. we are at 32nd street. earlier, we headed down to check out the storm watches. we hope to talk to the mayor who has declared a state of emergency in ocean city. heavy surf in ocean city. the national weather service reporting 40 mile an hour wind, 10 foot waves, and the worst of hurricane sandy is still a day away. >> we're very concerned about it when it gets here. >> the mayor has declared a state of emergency closing the beach and initiating phase two of the emergency evacuation plan, meaning a mandatory evacuation for residents south of 17th street. we even noticed flooding by midday on the bayside. >> we think the real issues will be in the downtown areas. if we do see tide levels we expect, we could lose power in that area. that causes problems for the residents in that area. >> the threat of the impen

are we done, lowell, thinking that rimm will be a viable competitor?are those the names simply not going to be a part of the customer experience any longer? >> well, you know, you gave me the opening, and you know me well enough, i'm not going to say we're a two-device -- we talk about 400 and 500% penetration, and i'm thinking about devices like thermostats and your cars integrated and all of your appliances and your home security system. so i think about devices and that sort of framework. but, look, we have seen companies sort of rise and fall in the past and i don't count rimm out. i don't count nokia out, i think microsoft's viable, and samsung has a lot of capabilities and they could go out on their own and create an eco system if they wanted to. and i know they've thought about it. so, we'll see. markets like this, similar to your comments on carriers, markets like this like to have more than two choices and someone will step up and fill that void i'm sure. >> well, of course, it's at the end of the day, it's up to the consumer, as well. >> that

right now, for taking your mind up the series -- lowell has some ideas. >> the bronx is full of baseball history. on the westa place side of manhattan that offers a great trip down memory lane. in korea town, a baseball and beer-lover's paradise. the owner showed us his very impressive collection, which includes more than 2700 signed baseballs, more than 700 bottle heads, jerseys, and other memorabilia. and to answer your question, of course. they have plenty of orioles' scott. >> i have one and signed bal andl and one by jim palmer, eddie murray. >> the next time you're in new york city, it might be worth it to stop by foley's, and you can feel at ease rooting for the orioles because you are simply among fans of the game. >> oh, it is pretty cool, you know? it is a rivalry, but there is no animosity. >> coming up at 6:00, there is are ravens are on the east side of manhattan seeing a lot of orange -- ravens bar scene a lot of orange lately. that is a great place to check out the game. for now, we are live at yankee stadium in the bronx. wbal-tv 11 news. >> you give and to give and to gi

lowell melser has more. >> the defense attorneys were able to get the judge to drop the most serious charge of first-degree assault, this as one of the two officers took the stand in his own defense. >> the judge did dismiss the most serious charge, yes. no further comment. we are still in trout. >> the lawyers react after the -- we're still in trial. lawyers reacts. james harrison and reginald baker are accused of beating student john mckenna. baker, a former marine and special officer with the prince dirges county's special officer unit, says he was ordered to make arrests. while his team was holding the line at knox road and rte. 1 in two malesrk, he sawe approach him. refused toat' mckenna leave the area. he repeatedly told him to get down and get away. the prosecution bases baker's action while showing the video of the beating to the jury, trying, i imagine, to get that image engrained in the minds of the jury. both men are charged with second-degree assault and misconduct. lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> police are searching for whoever shot a man at 9:00 this morning. at th

lowell melser has more on the story. >> closing arguments took much of the day. the jury got the case around 3:00 this afternoon. they have only been deliberating for about two hours. the only request made so far is the jury wanted to see the video of the beating. reginald baker and james harrison now wait on the jury for a verdict. the case lasted a week. it narrowly avoided a mistrial after was revealed juggdge woodard was married to an officer present -- previously convicted of using excessive force. they were charged after beating a stupid -- student during an incident in 2010. the incident was caught on video from a nearby apartment building. both men took the stand to tell their side of the case. they say he was the aggressor and startled a mounted horse. first baker and then harrison to assist. their attorneys emphasized their clients were doing what they could to diffuse a dangerous situation. prosecutors claimed the man overreacted and the video clearly showed the officers continued to beat on mckenna even though he was on the ground and not fighting bac

elizabeth lowell came here to speak, was not well break by her staff. first of all, she didn't realize was a conference where civilian students are whole speech was aimed who were there appeared to shoot an of talked over the heads of the people who are asking the questions from the floor. and then she misinterpreted the question. she'd been very good, by the way, when she spoke at the republican convention. she was seen as a person who could wander around the audience and had the media in her hand. she's a very stiff kind of beach. someone asked her a question about whether she would send her son to bosnia. she was going to bosnia a few weeks later to look a what was going on in their foreign policy position. but she took it as a personal question. you can almost see interface the regrets that she and bob dole have never had a child. she said we've never had children. i really can't answer that. it was really an abstract question. the next day the media said she's not ready for the campaign trail because she's not talking like a candidate. she's talkin

lwoell -- lowell is fine, and his photographer is fine. some folks just lost power. all is well in carroll county. at least in that particular neighborhood. a big dust in owings mills. fingers are crossed there. very windy in northeast baltimore. there is a stronger wind gusts in catonsville. another viewer sent us a picture of a very flooded backyard in the hillside road area, so that is the situation as we speak. clearly as the storm ships, so does the power outage story. if you thought maybe you would escape this one, i think we will all be feeling this one in the next hours when it comes to power. >> i remember when they said that. >> it was a wincing. >> it could certainly happen. >> early in the afternoon before the wind started picking up, they were able to restore power to about 26,000 homes. that was amazing. >> and right now, we will go to david collins in queen anne's county. route 50 is deserted. standing water will keep you from passing. the volume of calls is increasing. it varies in intensity. there was a band of rain coming down about two minutes ago,

the massachusetts that i know from growing up, i knew five sullys in lowell, massachusetts who wouldse the word professor to insult someone. this is the mentality outside of a very small, privileged community in massachusetts that scott brown is trying to appeal to. i think you saw a minute of that at his opening -- closing statement. let's play that. >> listen, i'm from here. i grew up here. i married a girl and went to school here. aside from my marriage to gail in 26 years and the birth of my two kids, being your united states senator has been the greatest honor i've had in my life. >> i'm from here. that's the message of the scott brown campaign. he's trying to make the nativist argument, which which is i know massachusetts in a wau don't. >> i grew up a few miles from lowell. i know those people, too. >> where is your accent? maybe when you run for senate -- >> the dirty secret is my parents are from connecticut, but i grew up there. i know those people and i know what scott brown is going after with that. he's spent a lot of advertising money on sports radio in massachusetts ju

lowell melser was in the courtroom and has the latest for us, live from upper marlboro. >> the trial continued today with the second accused officer taking the stand. perhaps the most interesting if permission revealed today came from the judge presiding over the case. according to sources, a reporter asked a question about previous relationship she had. the source says that judge beverly woodard told of the attorneys involved behind closed doors that not only was she previously married to prince george's county police officer, but that that officer had been convicted of using excessive force. it prompted a three-hour delay in the case and ultimately ended with the jury being sent home early. reginald baker and james harrison are accused of beating university of maryland student john mckenna during a riot situation after maryland beat duquesne basketball back on march 3, 2010. -- after maryland beat duke in basketball. both men claim that mckenna had startled amounted officers course and was the aggressor. harrison said he swung at mckenna 7-8 times and struck the pavement twice whil

lowell melser joins us. >> as we have been showing you all week, orioles fans have been here. what do you do if you are a baltimore fan and you live in new york city or are visiting and you want to watch the game on your own? we found a place on the east side of manhattan. down in union square on the lower east side is a place ravens and orioles fans need to know about whether you live in the city or are just visiting. the sidebar is are ravens are during football season and sense the orioles' seventh pick up steam, it has become an o's bar as well. >> i sent e-mail to all my ravens fans. change the purple to orange. >> the owner says he is seeing a lot of current. >> -- a lot of orange. >> we found plenty of folks from the baltimore area living in manhattan restate it is nice to find a comfortable atmosphere to watch a game. >> it is nice to cheer on your home team and not be around yankees fans. is good to be around orioles fans. >> been in new york, people gossip and around the yankees and no one really cares about the orioles. and then when the orioles started getting good

. >> now we know where lowell melser will be during the storm. >> where they collide, you get all thatbination of tropical storms, some cold on the west side where the higher elevations of the amount could get some snowfall and it ends up being a mess where they collide on the mid-atlantic coast. it looks like sunday night into monday, that is the main time frame we are concerned about with our particular area. it could all change in the next 24-48 hours. here are the temperatures for today. 61 in the morning and 67 in the afternoon. mild in the mountains and on the coast, fairly uniform temperature statewide now in the 60's. many areas will stay around 60 tonight at the clouds fell in and fog redevelops. maybe a little drizzle or sprinkle tonight. high pressure off the new england coast pushing in an east wind. levy did an east wind, you can expect cloudy skies and fog. it is really cold behind this front, 32 in denver and chicago is that 75. so there is a strong temperature drop behind that front. the icloud already showing up off the carolina coast. the cold combine with a tropical

let's see who lowell meltzer found. >> things are going to be great here. fans have been arriving to three hours ago. as far as orioles fans, they did not show off until 4:30 but although we spoke to are very excited about this huge game. it is a place the orioles have not been in nicotine years. the bronx in october. >> this is -- they have not been here for 15 years. it is relatively new for the fans. a new stadium for the yankees and a new winning attitude for the nose. -- the o's. >> i am prepared and ready. we are going to represent baltimore. >> we came up here when they played the rangers and i travel with my team. >> we are big fans. so i think that will do it. >> we ran into fans who made the 190-mile trip to support baltimore. >> my wife is a yankees fan and i hate the yankees. we went to the stadium in baltimore last year and they were giving out shirts. that is perfect to wear to a yankee playoff game. >> you are a fan for tonight. >> if they win tonight, forever. >> a good job there. it got a field -- to feel for these fans. imagine being in th

lowell melser is live where a judge dropped the most serious offense against the two officers. >> defense attorneys were able to convince the judge to drop the most serious charge in this case, first-degree assault, this as one of the two officers to the stand in his own defense. >> the judge did dismiss the most serious charge, yes. no further comment. we are still in trial. >> defense lawyers react following the dropping of the most serious charge in the case. happened -- one of the police officers took the stand in his own defense. he is a former marine and special officer and says he was ordered to protect the mounted unit as part of the team armed with batons and shields. while his team was holding the line at knox road and rte. 1 in college park, he says he saw two males rick t-line. refused that's mckenna to get down and get away. when he refused, he used his baton to get him into a state where the other officers could arrest them. >> the prosecution questioned his actions while showing video of the beating, most likely to get that image into the minds of the jury. it is unknown wh

. >> lowell, hello. change you can believe in got me pregnant with my second child. >> we've also had a lot of momentum, a lot more dynamic. this time he's more chill. >> i love the economy's chasing strong head headwinds. >> it's okay. i like the old stuff better. >> tell her about how all the new stuff is [bleeped]. i've been trying to tell her. >> the new sufficient is terrible. >> you can keep your current insurance plan, what is that? >> it's great. >> with the show moments away, the excitement is building. >> we're wondering who will open for obama? >> i want to see hillary clinton. >> if al gore shows up today, i'm going to lose my [bleeped] mind. >> what are you hoping to hear today? >> oh, my god. i see him. i see him. oh, my god! [screaming] oh, my god! >> oh, no, it's just a guy in a plaid shirt. >> i blew it. i'm sorry. i'm very excited. >> sorry. what were you saying? all these chumps had the wait in line, but we scored some v.i.p. passes. i couldn't wait to hear scarlet, will i am. >> hi. >

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both made hits, runs and errors during the debates sponsored by u mass lowell and moderated by davidory. nbc's capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell live in lowell mass and there for all the action last night. this was quite a it tough debate. sharp contrast, kelly, two moments that stood out to me and first was that elizabeth warren when asked by david gregory whom would she work with she didn't realize dick lugar lost his senate primary race. let's watch. >> can you name some republicans in the senate today that you are able to work with on big issue, substantive issues that the country faces. >> probably richard lugar would be one that would come to mind. >> he's not going to be there. >> let me -- >> who else could you name, senator? >> that is a problem. >> and then scott brown, i guess he couldn't figure out whether he wanted to go right or left when asked about the supreme court. >> who's your model supreme court justice? >> let me see. here that's a great question. i think justice scalia is a very good judge, justice kennedy. justice kennedy is, obviously, very good and

this hosted by umass lowell and the boston herald and moderated by our own david gregory.didates clashed on topics ranging from the economy and taxes to warren's native american heritage and whether or not brown would be a stooge for a future president mitt romney. >> you support president romney -- excuse me governor romney for president, i assume? >> when it comes to dealing with the economic issues yes, absolutely. we're two different people. i'm from -- >> you would be a reliable alley when it came to his economic plan. >> on his economic plan, you said there's nobody better or i would trust more than governor romney. >> i would like to read the bills as i do. a lot of people don't read the bills down there. see how they affect massachusetts, our country and debt and deficit and vote. i am a reliable vote for the bill. >> theme of the evening, independence good, partisanship bad. >> vote about 50% with my party and 50% with the democratic party and that's a lot different than what professor warren would do to be in lock step. >> when senator brown talks here in massach

we want to go down to lowell, down in ocean city, where they have seen quite a bit happening with this storm. what is the latest? >> -- shielded by the building, cutting down on the wind flow. 30 to 40 miles per hour, i want to show you the big story in ocean city, which is the flooding. you can see the water that has come underneath these homes. certainly, flooding the first floors of these condominiums and townhouses just off the beach. we are seeing a definite storm surge associated with this storm. waves are anywhere from 9 feet to 13 feet. waves of further offshore, anywhere from 15 feet to 21 feet, breaking once again at about 9 feet to 13 feet as they come in to ocean city. as i said earlier, the big story is flooding. we attended a news conference earlier. the mayor and other emergency personnel, briefing the media on what is going on at ocean city at this point. first of all, there is flooding all along the coastal highway. i want to repeat that, flooding all along the coastal highway. we are not only getting the surge coming over the dern -- the dunes, there is one coming off

that was the scenario and the scenario in lowell as well.w these athletes get some practice out there. but you know pumpkins, huge ones those are good. i don't know the young man's name but he's courageous, stairing down the mighty moose in caulkiesville. there he is at valley view farms. probably worth the ride to check out that one. winds from the west tonight. the october chill is coming in. it's been rather temperate the last couple days. tomorrow will be more like october. but it will warm up later in the week. we have clearing conditions to the west. the last wet weather clears out tonight. canned there be some damp spots on the road? it's possible. no new rain coming down. but there could be slick spots on the road. we're dry though tomorrow. i look for widespread sunshine and a warmup toward the middle part of the week, especially into thursday. we'll be dealing with the chill in the great lakes. we're in the 40s in cincinnati. clearing conditions throw. and just a few showers continue to get through here. primarily east of the bay.

. >> right now it would go out to lowell. >> he has some o's fans who were strong enough to make the trek there. >> this was a spur of the moment thing yesterday. decided let's see if we can go to the game. we were able to find tickets online. nice having a little road trip up here. getting to see the city a little bit. being here, has been awesome so far reflects i love it. at him appear when the caps play the rangers. >> the yankee stadium was not the only place to catch the game. we went down to union square in manhattan to sidebar, traditionally a ravens bar turned orioles are tonight. -- bar tonight. >> i sent an e-mail to all my ravens fans. time dissent -- change the purple to the orange. >> i love coming here every sunday. it is nice to get baltimore high school friends together and share for the game. when the orioles game in baltimore on sunday night. i tomorrow night. -- went to the orioles game in baltimore on sunday night. going tomorrow night. >> top of the tall. the orioles have the counts. one ball, zero strikes, zero outs. folks are asking with the atmosphere is like

terrence teaches and has taught for many years through the california poets in schools high schools like lowellfrancis scott key elementary, and new traditions elementary school. she's currently using a baseball poetry through a graph on the san francisco giants community fund that is really creative, and i'm sure it excites the kids especially around world series time. and she's lived in the richmond district for 16 years. and i'll also call up david volpendesta. he's an author of four books of poetry, also richmond district resident. his translations have appeared in vulcan and a number of journals as well as tomorrow triumphant and clamor of innocence which he co-edited with [speaker not understood]. he also coed ted homeless not helpless, an advocate for many of our special [speaker not understood] groups. i wanted to say the third poet from the richmond, christopher could not be here with us, but we're really honored that david and susan are here with us. could you please come forward with alejandro as well? susan and david, please give us some thoughts as well. (applause) >> as they are c

. >> tonight on frontline, correspondent lowell bergman and the new york times investigate the battle over "the card game." >> bergman: 20 years ago, credit cards were a stable, profitable part of the banking industry. but then, a brash new player arrived on the scene who would help change everything, turning a relatively staid business into a multi billion-dollar bonanza. it was a company called providian financial, and its former ceo lives here in this estate modeled after the white house. his name is shailesh metha, and since he left providian, he has never agreed, until now, to be interviewed about the company. >> providian was a very profitle business. we made over $180 million quarterly profit. >> bergman: almost a billion dollars a year. >> we were making a billion dollars a year. >> bergman: in profit. >> in profit before tax. >> bergman: and while providian was successful, their name would become synonymous with the tricks and traps that have entangled so many credit card customers. it made you the poster boy for what's wrong with credit cards. >> it made us the poster boy. w

lowell. >> i have to tell you, we are talking about the with the rain that is associated with this stormecially feeling it here in ocean city. we are at 32nd street, outside of the hilton hotel. i have mine and a monitor here. -- i have my anamometer here. a guest will pick up -- a gust will pick up. we see sustained wind from 18 miles per hour to 30 miles per hour with wind gusts up to 50 m.p.h. as far as the surf is concerned, we're standing on the dunes. you can see the surf making its way just about to the dunes. once in awhile, the way will come in and crashed into the dunes and lyrics -- anticipating the water to creep up even higher as we head into the early hours in the monday and then the later hours of monday. it is a piercing rain that hits your face and combined with the sand is almost like this and lasting effect. he did during drafting your face and it stings. it almost feels like someone is -- you get the rain hitting your face and it stains. it almost feels like someone is putting needles into your face. way and spoke with some storm watchers out there who wanted to take

. >> [inaudible] as part of the consent calendar and secondly the lowell exterior painting and to the group and for advocating for that and thirdly i want to congratulate facilities in this consent calendar out of the $2 million in approvals 81% are minority or women owned businesses. >> thank you. >> [inaudible] >> that was aye commissioner? norton. wynns. mr. yee. seven aye's. >> thank you. item p consent calendar resolution for board and discussion and action. k1. commissioner mendoza. >> all right thank you. so i actually pulled both of these items. surprise. because they are retroactive. i am sorry to keep you here on this, but these two things are the kinds of things that make don't make a lot of sense to me, so for both items the school schedule require the work to start or the information was not finalized in time for the meeting and started august 1 and now september 25 so these kinds are the things that worry me particularly as the budget chair and for somebody who is concerned about the dollars that we spend and the commitments that we make, and there isn't a better explana

scott brown met his democratic challenger, elizabeth warren, at the university of massachusetts in lowell. it was the second of four scheduled debates as a new poll from "the boston globe" shows 18% of massachusetts voters still undecided and with warren holding a lead. right out of the gate, moderator david gregory asked about the controversy around elizabeth warren's claim to native american heritage. >> i never used the information about our native american heritage to get any advantage, not to apply to college, not to apply to law school, and not to get hired for any job. i was listed in a directory as -- i listed myself as native american. i was listed there. it's part of who i am. >> do you consider yourself a minority? >> i consider myself as having a native american background. that's what i said. that's what i am. >> no one is questioning what her parents told her when she was younger or all the way through that time frame. but when she was asked by "the boston herald" why is harvard touting her as a woman of color, a minority, a woman of color, she said she didn't know. and then

and a woman from lowell has pled guilty to planning a robbery with her son. >> regina mccollum enteredea yesterday. reports say mccollum and her son eric plotted to rob an armored truck at gunpoint in 2009 and they got $160,000 which mccollum took home in a duffle bag. she faces life in prison, on january 4. and her son pled guilty and will be sentenced on november 21. >>> the doors of a brand new walmart, they are swinging wide open in rand amstown today. >> a -- rand amstown today. >> a ribbon cutting at 7:30 this morning. the new location on liberty road is open 24/7, a fuel line of groceries and a bakery and a deli. >>> and a walmart is opened there, will is controversy over a new site that the company plans to build in bel air. walmart wants to move the constant frenship location to a site on plum tree road. this morning you get a chance to express your opinion on the move. the advisory committee is gathering at 9:00 to show plans to the public. the main concern for people there is traffic. today's meeting at the harford county council chambers. >>> if your child heading off to co

connected to construction of new student recreation building across campus on the north side next to the lowel high school. we are working with sfta and san francisco state on the approach. the sfta would like to weigh in. there is a immediatal scheduled to clarify and address the concerns. also we want to verify this is ready to enter design in fiscal year 12-13 and determine which agency should lead. san francisco state has indicated it would be open to the sfmta or sf state delivering the project. the sfmta has expressed concerns over the ut mcallisters improvement project and working to schedule all meeting on that with uc-hastings -- yes. [ laughter] >> i'm glad to know i'm not the only one thinking that thought. who is going to be working with uc-hastings? >> sfmta. >> thank you. >> okay. i was even thinking it. i'm sorry. i mentioned the next week we are looking to schedule meeting between sfmta, other departments to determine what the agencies might have with delivering and bring updates to the next programs committee meeting. other projects in this project simply dropped out, not reco

. >> the lowell school in northwest d.c.e this amazing project where they -- the third graders learned about the trees that were on the grounds at the school and they recorded facts about the trees and now there are signs up at the trees. you go along with your cell phone, punch in a code, and you can take an audio tour of the trees on the campus at the lowell school. so it merges kids' love of technology, gets them outside, puts the two together, and it's open to the public as long as you go during nonschool hours. it's very fun and we talk about it in tuesday's kids post. >> terrific educational experience. tracy, thanks so much. for fun family activities visit nbc washington.com. or "the washington post".com and click on kids post. that is kids post on tv this week. i'm eun yang. >> we always learn something from kids post. >> i know. >> you said your dog is a righty. >> he always shakes with his right paw. >> i have to see what mine does. >> i bet everyone at home is getting peanut butter right now to see what happens. >

lowell melser joins us with more on that. >> you may have seen in places like los angeles where you walk into an establishment and there is a sign there that tells you how clean the establishment is you are walking into. now baltimore city, there is a council that once to bring the idea here. the lunch rush is in full swing. not much has changed since the owner's family of any place in the late 1940's. when asked about a new proposal to assign grades concerning health inspections, he told us why change a system that already works? >> the health department does their job. is the place should be closed down, it is close down. i do not see what the grades really mean in reality. >> the bottom line is the citizens deserve to know the conditions of the places where they eat the thing right now, they cannot do that. >> the idea comes from councilmen -- cancel man -- councilman ran and scott. he got the idea from restaurants in north carolina where, he says, all restaurants had been inspection grade in full view. >> that is the bottom-line. we are going to hold them accountable. >> this is a ve