ever made it michael brown and harry thomas, harry thomas was one of the people you mentioned that is involved in his own investigation right now, i would like to know your thoughts and thoughts of your fellow council members on him not being there and michael brown as well. >> first of all michael brown did appear at the hearing he did participate, it is my understanding that councilmember thomas had some other obligations that he was already, you know, would be at those particular events. >> is there anything more important than him being there yesterday. >> i think it would have been good for him to participate but if you have a speaking engagement, when you make a commitment, you need to honor those as well. >> let me ask you this big broad question as we close, how did we get here? why are we wasting time talking about this today? >> well, we got here because of activity by elected officials, and as result of irv nathans investigation into harry thomas' allegations, he was able to get a finding that $300,000 was utilized from crimes that no one knew about and councilmembe

councilmember michael brown is finalizing plans for what he calls a new, very aggressive push to make the nation's capital a state. brown will announce details of his plan this week. he also said the strategy involved, asking state and local legislatures around the country to pass ceremonial resolutions supporting district statehood. >>> a new poll has herman cain leading the republican pack in iowa. many believe it is because of his unconventional campaign, and his 9-9-9 tax plan. today he is in washington, d.c. purring that plan. reports that cain is also responding to allegations of improper conduct while he was the head of the national restaurant association. >> reporter: herman cain brought his unconventional campaign to washington, d.c. he is promoting his 9-9-9 plan to boost the tax code. >> it's going to boost this economy right now this economy is on life support. this is why we put a bold solution on the table. >> reporter: cain's d.c. trip comes on the heels of some good news for his campaign. a new des moines register poll has him leading the pack of republican presidentia

police say gerard michael brown was shot in the chester around 10:30 p.m. wednesday. there is no word on a possible suspect or motive. a man was rushed to the hospital after a brazen afternoon shooting in southwest baltimore. officers were called just after 3:00 this morning to the 700 block of north brantley street. >> residence in one baltimore neighborhood are on high alert after shooting this morning, the latest in a string of violent crimes in charles village. >> war concerning news for folks who live here in charles village tonight. earlier this morning at around 6:00, a man was shot during an attempted robbery in the 2600 block of st. paul and st., less than half a block from where hopkins researcher steven pitcairn was stabbed and killed. police say the victim did everything in the suspect asked him to do, and he still was shot. police activity in the 2600 block of st. paul street thursday morning, investigators looking for clues after a 22- year-old man was shot while leaving a friend's house just after 6:00. the victim gave what little valuable he had, and t

michael brown says that while d.c.reduction in teen pregnancy, teen pregnancy rates are far above the national average. experts say many teenagers who have babies often end up living in poverty. >>> police cracking down on illegal parking at a woodbridge commuter lot. commuters are parking in grassy areas and in travel lanes in this light near i-95 and prince william parkway. the warnings will be handed out until next monday. after that the cars will be ticketed and towed away. >>> alexandria people will get a new express bus to the mark center. the route runs from the king street metro station to the facility offers 395. it operates from 6:00 a.m. through 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 through 6:00 p.m. the service started operating in august. looking good. >>> 62 degrees. cracks coming up, one teacher started her day with a big surprise at school. we will show you what would clashed -- crashing into the >>> welcome back. time for a check of traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> what's going on outside? >> we are seeing a shi

michael brown is hoping so. this week he plans on laying on a very aggressive campaign to make the nation's capital a state. it involves asking state and local governments around the country to pass ceremonial resolutions supporting statehood for the district. state advocates say it's important to build nationwide support for their cause. >>> the redskins tie their record sunday, but it's one fans will likely want to forget. john beck was sacked nine times as a bruised and battered team got punished by the buffalo bills 13 23-0 in toronto. they enter the game with just 12 sacks on the year but had 4 the first half to keep beck on his back most of the game. when the offense did get a play off, it didn't go very far. with just 26 yards rushing and 178 yards of total offense. after the game, players were obviously frustrated. >> you never think you're going to go out and drop a goose egg. do you ever think you're going to fall on your face walking down the street? absolutely not. you feel like you know what's going

councilman michael brown says while d.c.een a reduction in teen pregnancy, if a teen pregnancy rates are far above the national average. experts say teenagers who have babies often end up living in poverty. >>> first lady michelle obama hopes that her newest fitness challenge will be one for the record books. >> the goal is to break the guinness book world record title for people doing jumping jacks in the 24-hour period. the challenge this afternoon will take place on the south lawn of the white house. mrs. obama will lead hundreds of children in doing one minutes of continuous jumping jacks. >> they will get their exercise. keeping them moving. >>> how was it looking in the weather? >> i think that we can do more than jumping jacks. let's get moving a little more than that. >> it is baby steps. >> at least it is a step. let's look at the forecast. temperatures are wide-ranging. 50 in cumberland and petersburg, 54 -- 64 in annapolis. 63 in the district by now, 55 in manassas, 63 in quantico. not a bad day for running. tempe

council member michael brown says he plans on laying out what he calls a very aggressive campaign to e nation's capital a state. brown's strategy includes asking state and local governments across the country to pass ceremonial resolutions supporting statehood for the district. statehood advocates say it's important to build nationwide support for their cause. >>> beginning tomorrow tolls for the baltimore tunnels go up by a dollar. the toll on the bay bridge is up by $1.50, from $2.50 to $4 now. the biggest jump is the fine for passing through a toll plaza without paying. that goes from $3 to $15. >>> 6:47 now. wall street is looking to wrap up its strongest month in years. cnbc's brian schactman joins us live with a look at how the market are shaping up this morning. brian, good morning. >> good morning. >>> i'll put you through the context, but right now futures are lower as we wrap up october. up 3.5% on the dow last week, up 12% for the month. on track for the biggest monthly percentage gain since 1987 and the best point gain ever. asian markets fell overnight. europe tracking lo

council member michael brown hopes so. this week he plans on laying out what he calls a very aggressive campaign to make the nation's capital a state. strategy includes asking state and local governments around the country to pass ceremonial resolutions supporting statehood for d.c. state advocates say it's important to build nationwide support for their cause. >>> iran says the united states owes it a public apology over claims the iranian government was involved in a plot to kill the saudi am bass tobassador to. iran calls the accusations baseless and says they caused damage. an iranian agent was arrested after the plot was uncovered. they claim he tried to hire a mexican drug cartel to kill the saudi ambassador by setting off a bomb in a d.c. restaurant. >>> it is hard to win a football game when your quarterback spends most of his time on the ground. that is exactly where john beck found himself yesterday in a 23-0 loss to the buffalo bills. beck was sacked nine times, tying a franchise record. when he did have time to

michael brown is the son who saw his father in the driveway the moment before he died. >> because i knowhe can hear me. and i love you, dad. >> do you swear or affirm -- >> on january 1st, 2001, thomas brown, no relation to derwin, was sworn in as interim sheriff. and prosecutors began to interview hundreds of people. >> anyone who was going to be affected by the new administration now needs to be interviewed and accounted for for their activities that evening. >> two grand juries were impanelled. one who investigated the charges of corruption in the former sheriff's office. the other, the murder of derwin brown. >> i can't speak to what's going on in the prosecutor's head or primarily what his motives are. my statement to you is that i am not guilty of any form of corruption and i had absolutely nothing to do with the murder of derwin brown. >> nine months after brown's death, the case was at a standstill. >> the investigation was dead in the water. we knew we needed inside information. >> then came the big break. on september 12th, 2001, a man named patrick cuffy was charged with murde

out on twitter that there is nobody connectedness mÁlaga james brown michael jackson to court. number one name that came up with beyoncÉ. it was not to challenge my assertion, i stay in this room. it was true, you would say that. and i don't hear people say that. >> you are watching booktv and c-span 2, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> tell us about what he is and what he does. he said he is the most complex individual you have written about inanity of books. take that, mark zucker burke. [laughter] tell us a little about about him and what mainly attracted you to tell his story. >> zero, sad robert came from a very hard background, the fundamentalist and he was kicked out of his house at 18 for admitting to premarital that. and then he decided he wanted to be an astronaut and he changed his whole life in the king james bonney majored in geology and physics and astronomy the university of utah and learn how to fly airplanes and scuba dive and spoke i said, five languages. many got into nasa's johnson space center. it's a co-op program for college kids,

michael jackson continue their defense today. murray's lawyers claim jacksan sought to cure his insome mia with intravenous drugs for at least 15 years. karen brown reports. >> reporter: michael jackson's long time personal physician took the stand for dr. conrad murray's defense. dr. allen metzger told the jurors jackson had problems for more than a decade and had asked for intravenous medication two months before his death. >> did he happen to mention the name of this medicine? >> i think he used the word juice. >> the defense hopes to show that he was so desperate for sleep he could have injected himself with propofol. dr. metzger visited with him in april 2009. >> i think his fear was that this was a big obligation. >> reporter: during that same time period, jackson called on a nurse practitioner to help him sleep. >> i said, well, you have a concern about something? he said, i've just been tired. >> reporter: earlier in the day, prosecutors rested their case after calling 33 witnesses including medical experts who painted dr. murray as negligent, inept and distracted. their final witness saying you dr. murray was solely responsible for micha

part, all black people have an opinion on james brown, probably almost all loving james brown musicically. michael jackson doing the same sort of thing. who's doing that now? beyonce to a certain extent, but jay-z is certainly not universal. so, you know, kanye's very polarizing. i'm not playing kanye for my grandmother. [laughter] you know, so who can do that now? who can bring all black people together on a cultural level? i don't think that person exists. and it's for both those reasons and the problem with that i'm trying to deal with is there used to be generational touchstones. so we look back in the '60s, and we look at what motown, we bonded over motown, went to partieses and they played motown. we talked about motown music. and what is that now? i name three artists he's never heard of, and there's nothing for us to bond over on a cultural level. so we're missing out on the chance to have artists who bring us together culturally. and that's not just happening for black people, it's also happening for white people as well. >> and we have -- >> i was going to say, would you say that the con

right here on cbs. >>> coming up on "the early show" the testimony that made michael jackson's doctor cry. >>> i'm terrell brown morning news." >>> i'm terrell brown. and this is the "cbs morning news." hurry in for your last chance to get the lowest prices of the season. with the biggest savings on apparel to appliances, the top brands of tools to the newest electronics and more. that's real deals for real savings. sears. yeah, maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. v8. what's your number? >>> there is more violence in ,,

prosecutors are questioning the final defense witness at the manslaughter trial of michael jackson's personal doctor. karen brown with the latest. >> reporter: a key defense witness is admitting dr. conrad murray made mistakes on the day michael jackson died. >> i think he should have called 911 sooner. i do not, however, think it would have made any difference in the out come. prosecutors grilled dr. paul white about the care dr. murray gave his superstar patient. >> have you ever administered propofol in someone's bedroom? >> no, i have not. >> reporter: have you ever heard of anyone doing that prior to the case? >> no, i have not. >> would you walk out of the room and leave them alone with no personnel and no monitoring if you are of the opinion that they like to push propofol themselves, would you walk out of the room in that situation, yes or no. >> i wouldn't, no, i would not leave the room. >> jackson's personal physicians is accused of causing his death. dr. white believes he injected himself with the fatal dose of propofol. but the prosecutors has its own expert that says the defense's theory that jacks

thank you, sherrod brown, ohio. michael mulgrew was president of the united federation of teachers. he joins us right now from the protest site in downtown. mr. mulgrew, i like where you are, and i like the fact you're on the show tonight. let's talk about the left, the positive left, who want to make this a better country. i'm not talking anarchy, i'm talking people that really want good reform, structural change, in the right kind of way. more equality in this country. what can get done if labor can get in bed with the people on the streets there? >> people here at occupy wall street first and foremost, they're very clear that this is not a political movement, this is a social movement. and myself and some of my colleagues, we're here to say, just do what you're doing and keep it moving. because this is a discussion that we believe this country needs to have. and as you walk through this park, you hear all of their different ideas, but the main thing, the main message they keep saying is, whatever's been going on here in this country, 1% keep getting richer and 99% are getting poo

right here on cbs. >>> coming up on "the early show" the testimony that made michael jackson's doctor cry. >>> i'm terrell brownorning news." >>> i'm terrell brown. and this is the "cbs morning news." hurry in for your last chance to get the lowest prices of the season. with the biggest savings on apparel to appliances, the top brands of tools to the newest electronics and more. that's real deals for real savings. sears. yeah, maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. v8. what's your number? >>> in washington state, 10 billion apples are hand-picked each year. it is by far the state's biggest cash crop, but the orchards are facing a problem all too rare these days. too many jobs and not enough workers. ben tracy reports. >> reporter: it's the height of the harvest in washington's apple orchards and grower al robinson is racing against time. >> we are just running out of days. >> reporter: he needs to clear his 240 acres of apples before the first freeze. he usually has 80 pickers. this year, he could barely find 60. >> once

right here on cbs. >>> coming up on "the early show" the testimony that made michael jackson's doctor cry. >>> i'm terrell brownorning news." hurry in for your last chance to get the lowest prices of the season. with the biggest savings on apparel to appliances, the top brands of tools to the newest electronics and more. that's real deals for real savings. sears. yeah, maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. v8. what's your number? . >>> good monk. welcome to 9news. today is thursday, october 27. i'm andrea roane. >>> i'm mike high hydeck. >>> we have a warning if you're going to be in arlington county this morning. crews will be testing the county's outdoor warning system. if you hear loud sirens around 10:00 this morning, do not be alarmed. but the alarm is going off for your safety. >> just a heads up. >>> we had some tornado warnings yesterday but test warnings that came out as warnings but that was a snafu. that's all taken care of. that was just a test. today we will have some range around, especially this morning wi

biggest argument, i put that idea on atwitter that there is nobody connecting as maliki james brown and michaeljackson and the number one name that kept coming up is beyonce. it didn't come not be enough but i say in this room and nobodies like you missed that one up, beyonce is the one. it's true you would say that and i don't mean to say that. now from knoxville tennessee the university of tennessee history professor shows us the papers of andrew jackson, a 17 volume series of andrew jackson speeches, of letters and other writings. >> the andrew jackson papers is a project that's been going on for several decades to collect and order and transcribing and publish andrew jackson's complete documentary record. every letter he wrote, every letter that was written to him, his presidential messages on his military orders scratch the paper on which he wrote notes, the autobiographical reminiscences, everything, every piece of paper that still survived on which andrew jackson left his dna and publisher these in a series of volumes are arranged chronologically as a record to be used by historians and

prosecutors are questioning the final defense witness at the manslaughter trial for michael jackson's doctor. karen brownas the latest from the wjz courthouse in los angeles. >>> a key defense witness is admitting dr. conrad murray made mistakes on the day michael jackson died. >> yeah, i think he should have called 911 sooner. i do not, however, think it would have made a difference in the outcome of this case. >> prosecutors grilled dr. paul white about the care he gave his patients. >> have you ever administered propofol being administered to someone in their bedroom? >> no, i have not. >> have you heard of that happening prior to this case? >> no, i have not. >> would you leave that person alone, if you were of the opinion they like to push propofol themselves, would you leave them alone in that situation? >> no, i would not leave them alone. >> thank you. >> jackson's doctor -- prosecutors believe murray overdosed jackson. while the defense says jackson did it himself. the doctor says the that jackson could give himself the drug was a crazy scenario. >> he testified that jackson would have been too

. >>> the prosecution rests and the defense now making its case in the trial of michael jackson's doctor. karen brownw conrad murray's lawyers planfight damaging testimony by prosecution witnesses. >> correct? >> yes, it is. >> reporter: the prosecution concluded its case against dr. conrad murray. but not before murray's lawyers challenged the expert testimony of the prosecution's final witness. >> are you sure about that? >> i'll be happy to check but that's my recollection. >> reporter: he claims dr. murray is responsible for the pop singer's death but during cross-examination, he was pressed to explain computer models he used to back his analysis. >> you had no information at your disposal that dr. murray would have given six injection even? >> correct. >> or for that matter 50 milligrams each? >> correct. >> reporter: dr. murray is accused of causing jackson's death with an overdose of the powerful drug propofol. over the past month, the prosecution has called more than 30 witnesses as it methodically built its case. many of them testified that dr. murray was reckless in his use of propofol and

the defense is calling its final witnesses in the trial of michael jackson's personal physician. karen brownhas the latest for wjz from the courthouse, where it's still unclear whether dr. conrad murray will take the stand in his own defense. >>> shall be the truth, the whole truth. >> reporter: an expert in medical addiction testified there is evidence michael jackson was addicted to painkillers in the months before his death. >> what about addicted? >> possibly. >> reporter: dr. robert waldman examined medical records from a dermatologist, who was treating jackson with injections of demmerol. >> i would suggest that 230 mill milligrams over 30 minutes is an overdose. >> reporter: during a contentious cross-examination, the prosecutor questioned how dr. waldman conducted his analysis. when it supported your opinion, you brought in outside sources. and when it did not, you did not. >> gross misstatement. >> reporter: prosecutors say it was an overdose of propofol. and and that dr. murray is responsible. >> reporter: the judge reminded the cardiologist he has the right to take the stand in hi

the prosecution winds down its manslaughter case against michael jackson's doctor. as karen brown reports for wjz, from the courthouse, defense lawyers are getting their chance to cross-examine a key witness. >> reporter: a leading expert on propofol set up an iv line in court to show jurors what was in michael jackson's bedroom. dr. steven schaefer testified that it's highly unlikely the pop singer could have given himself the fatal dose of a powerful anesthetic. >> reporter: people just don't wake up, hell bent to grab the next dose in a syringe, draw it up and shove it in their iv again. it's a crazy scenario. >> reporter: the key witness for the prosecution repeatedly blamed dr. conrad murray for jackson's death. >> he has been entrusted, by michael jackson, to look out for his safety every night. and he has failed that responsibility. >> reporter: the trial has been going on for a month now. and next week, the defense will finally start calling more than a dozen witnesses, including a propofol expert of its own, dr. schaefer's former teacher. >> reporter: dr. paul white has b

new orleans fall to 5-3. 49ers, hosting the brown. 12-play drive. alex smith, michael crabtree. francisco wins 20-10. niners now 6-1. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," herman cain's campaign on the defense responding to allegations of sexual misconduct and cash settlement for two female employees who once worked under mr. cain. details ahead. >>> when we come book here, we'll huddle around the water cooler to watch rick perry get knee-slapping sill to be in new hampshire. yikes, this color just sucks the life out of me. i was just gonna say that! about this flat haircolor! [ gigi ] try nice 'n easy anti-flat, always dimensional. in one simple step, get tones and highlights built into every shade with nice 'n easy. ♪ >>> according to an explosive politico report out this morning, it is halloween. the latest figures show you're waeing astounding amounts of money dressing up. tell your friend, halloween spending this year is at a record high, 72 bucks per person. really? i don't believe that. that's according to the national retail federation, which says that a

sherrod brown, ohio. michael joins us right now from the protest site in downtown. mr. malgrew, i like where you are and i like the fact you're on the show tonight. let's talk about the left, the positive left, who want to make this a better country. i'm not talking anarchy, i'm talking people that really want good reform, structural change, in the right kind of way. more equality in this country. what can get done if labor can get in bed with the people on the streets there? >> people here are very clear this is not a political movement, this is a social movement. and myself and some of my colleagues, we're here to say, just do what you're doing and keep it moving. because this is a discussion that we believe this country needs to have. and as you walk through this park, you hear all of their different ideas, but the main thing, the main message they keep saying is, whatever's been going on here in this country, 1% keep getting richer and 99% are getting poorer and poorer. and we're hoping that by supporting these people and just let them keep going out and saying the

. >>> the prosecution is winding down its manslaughter case against michael jackson's doctor. as karen brownts for wjz, conrad murray's defense team will get their chance to cross- examine a key witness. >> the difference. >> reporter: a leading expert on propofol set up an iv line in court, to show jurors what was in michael jackson's bedroom. dr. steve schaefer testified that it's highly unlikely the pop singer could have given himself the fatal dose of a powerful anesthetic. >> people don't just wake up hell bent to grab the next dose in a sir ridge, -- syringe, draw it up and inject themselves. >> reporter: the prosecution repeatedly blamed dr. can rad murray for michael jackson's death. >> he has been entrusted by michael jackson to look out for his safety every night. and he has failed that responsibility. >> reporter: the trial has been going on for a month now. and next week, the defense will start calling more than a dozen witnesses, including a propofol expert of its own. dr. schaefer's former teacher. >> reporter: dr. paul white has been taking notes in court. he's expected to bac

caught up with by labor couzens marketing director michael shrink now we started by asking the browns to primo the multimillion dollar question about how he would invest in football. if i would have run with you on the. three most important points for the small players so to speak the legs of the water infrastructure let me see the stadium and the ball the brain the miniature i would spend that one million euro dollar two grades. might do something very interesting and very very let me say exciting but the thing in terms of sustainability of like real is that he's a little questionable whether this is a feasible approach i don't know for sure it's five years whether this covers the wrong things have shifted for the think you know you have more scope looks a little something doesn't work there well north or with the world than embodied what these other clubs have to build a brand that is right particularly conflict if they're from within one huge profits for which given you a lot of witnesses the press coverage. than what you always very close with how measures the city's public image

willie brown served as mayor of san francisco and michael eric dyson is a professor at georgetown university. mr. brown, thank you for joining us. mr. mayor, and professor, thank you. this is something we thought was dead as a rat somewhere down in the basement, down in the eaves somewhere. mr. brown, it's back again. it just seems to be the weird little -- here's rick perry, by the way, in his own defense in an interview with the st. pete times where he tried to clean up, i guess, his birther comments. let's see if we can follow his thought process, such as it is. let's listen. >> jeb bush the other day said candidates running for president should categorically reject the notion that president obama wasn't born in america. this came after you expressed doubts. >> i want expressing doubts. i was having fun with donald trump. you know, lighten up a little bit. >> you have no doubt that he's an american citizen? >> i have no doubt about it. but here's the more interesting thing. let's lay out our income taxes, let's lay out our college transcripts. mine has been on the front page of the paper.

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michael jackson. >> joining me here in studio, former prosecutor, john q. kelly, a attorney who successfully represented the brownily in their case against michael jackson. so the prosecution wanted to show that murray wasn't keeping his eye on the medical ball. instead, he was juggling all these women. how effectively did they do that? >> very effectively. that he was calling girlfriends, ex-girlfriends, texting people about his lucrative monthly contract with michael jackson. he was doing everything but watching his patient. >> so is this more to a character assassination for a guy who has three concurrent relationships, or is this more speaking to his ability to not administer proper medical care to michael -- or both? >> judge pastor has kept a very tight window on this, in limiting it to the circumstances surrounding michael's death and the time immediately before it. it has nothing to do with his character. it has to do with his attention or lack of attention to mj immediately prior to his death. >> but budoesn't character and likability or a sympathetic nature to a defendant, doesn't that carry a lot of wa

saying that michael jackson's doctor was responsible for his death. and i'm karen brown in los angeles, it's coming up. we'll have the very latest. >>> and also ahead, a little boy will get a chance to thank the firefighters who caught him after he was thrown out of the third floor window to the burning apartment building. >>> i'm scott broom in capitol heights. coming up, are the banks going far enough trying to help people prevent foreclosures? when i come back, we'll get a glimpse on one of the biggest mortgage companies in this region. state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my tongue. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. text save t

lawyers for michael jackson's doctors started calling witnesses. karen brown reports for wjz after four weeks of damaging testimony from dozens of prosecution witnesses, the defense is trying to tell dr. conrad murray's side of the story. >> reporter: lawyers for dr. conrad murray challenge the expert testimony of the prosecutions final witness. >> are you sure about that? >> i'll have to check the paper, but that's my recollection. >> reporter: doctors claim that dr. murray is responsible for the pop singer's death, but during cross-examination, he was to explain the computer models he used for the analysis. >> you have no information for the exposals. many testified that dr. murray was wreckless. >> they also heard the slurred voice of jackson, speaking while under the influence of drugs, recording the phone call just weeks before they died. they claim it's proof that he knew his patient had a drug problem and did nothing about it. the defense is expected to counter with more than a dozen witnesses. lawyers for dr. murray will likely admit his treatment of j

times dot com and search michael hall set -- hiltzik. >> next authors fred brown and jim mcdonald talk about their book, growing up seven. >> the title of your book is growing of southern, how the south. my first question, how does the south it riders. >> we ask that question to that 13 writers that we interviewed. what makes a southern writer, what is a southern writer. is a southern writer any different from a writer al west or in the east or something like that. and most said that the writers in the south may not be -- the class by themselves as writers. they view themselves as southern writers because they live in the south but are americans on the last. very american, very southern. place. the west may be riding bay and larger. larger themes and everything. a little more compact. at least these writers that we interviewed, all who were born before world war ii, that was sort of their definition. yes jemima's seven writer, but i am unamerican as well. i read about southern themes that all americans can appreciate and indoor. when we interviewed the great southern writer. it said th

michael crab tree got his first touchdown reception. the 49ers one against the cleveland browns. the team is incredibly 6-1. >>james: we cannot call the giants world series chance anymore. cardinals fans lined the streets yesterday for the team's victory parade. they beat the texas rangers 6-2 in game 7. this marks the team's 11th title in franchise history which is second only to the new york yankees. >>darya: i was waiting for the stanford highlights. >>mark: one of the best football games ever. >>darya: triple overtime. we will talk to gary about that. we will also have to talk about halloween costumes. here is a look at the approach to the bay bridge. it looks like we have a little bit of a backup of the bay bridge. we will be right back. >>mark: here is a quick look at your holiday forecast. clear skies and light cloudiness. over all we are good. temperatures cool off as we head to 8:00 p.m.. 62 inland. it will get chilly pretty quickly. sunset at 6:11 a.m.. >>mark: in japan, a government panel says it will take at least 30 years to safely closed the japanese power plant, fo

karen brown reports from los angeles on the michael jackson death trial. >> did that leave a vacuum?rter: dr. conrad murray dabbed tears from his eyes as witnesses took the stand on his behalf. some of his patients spoke about his charitable work and his kind manner. >> i have never had a doctor that was more caring. >> and i just don't think he did what he's being accused of. >> and i'm alive today because of that man. >> reporter: the defense said that murray is a good doctor and that money did not motivate him. >> i explained to him that i couldn't afford to do a lot of stuff. so he did it for me free. >> reporter: the prosecution got a chance to cross-examine the character witnesses as they showed they treat -- he treated the superstar patient differently. >> dr. murray never gave you propofol in your bedroom, did he? >> no, sir. >> reporter: murray's lawyers are suggesting that the singer was a desperate man who would do anything to get sleep. they say he was taking the powerful anesthetic on and off for a decade. the defense is expected to wrap up its case on thursday. jurors c

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