. >> i would like you to meet michael johnson. he has been in the program for over 8 years. >> nice to me you. what inspired your photography? >> i am inspired everything that i see. the greatest thing about being a photographer is being able to show other people what i see. i have mostly worked in cuba and work that i shot here in san francisco. >> what is it about being a street artist that you particularly like? >> i liked it to the first day that i did it. i like talking to mentum people. talking about art or anything that comes to our minds. there is more visibility than i would see in any store front. this would cost us relatively very little. >> i am so happy to meet you. i wish you all of the best. >> you are the wonderful artist that makes these color coding. >> nice to me to. >> i have been a street artist since 1976. >> how did you decide to be a street artist? >> i was working on union square. on lunch hours, i would be there visiting the artist. it was interesting, exciting, and i have a creative streak in me. it rang

actor will smith and basketball michael johnson were among two fund-raisers in los angeles last nighte president will appear on the lenoht show with jay attending another fund- raiser in san francisco. >>> president obama is offering help the struggling honors. in las vegas he said homeowners owe more than the value of their home can get help if they with their mortgage payments. benefitld potentially thousands of people. >>> rick perry plans to propose 20% flat tax as part of his plan.ic the texas governor will unveil the plan today in south carolina. reserves some parts of the tax structure. social security benefits. >>> turning to the deck of returning tofi, death of moammar gaddafi, body along with another have been buried. the information has not been independently verified. >>> people in turkey are afraid in their loans after anday's deadly earthquake hundreds of aftershocks. least 366 people have died. there are still searching the trying to find more survivors in collapsed buildings. >>> 48 degrees outside. >> up next, the u.s. park service raises a stink about the occupy wall

he's paralyzed from the waist down, but 19-year-old michael johnson is living his dream, driving and ng in open wheel, open cockpit formula cars. >> life is too short to miss out on what outlove do. >> johnson has special hand controls to accelerate and shift, and pushes in on the steering wheel to break. he finished third overall in this year's skip barber summer series. >> he never got depressed. never poor me, poor me. he's always had a wonderful attitude about this whole thing. >> johnson started racing motorcycles when he was just 4 years old. at 12, he held 14 national titles. but then suffered a horrific accident in a race, break his back and dozens of other bones. he underwent experimental stem cell surgery in 2007, and has regained feeling from his chest to his hips. he spends nine hours a week in therapy, and says he will walk again heroins own. on his own. he continues to learn on the track. next year he turns pro. his goal? competing in the indianapolis 500. >> does this take you away from your troubles when you're out here racing? >> i think it does, yeah. takes me away f

michael johnson has a lot of courage of the he is driven not just to win but to walk again. a race car request be incredibly dangerous and physically demanding. requiring lightning reflexes. ajittle, strength. and sur vital skills. -- survival scilsz. despite being paralyzed from the waist down. >> does this take you away from your struggles when you are out here racing? >> i think it does, yeah. it takes me away from everything. when i'm running races i'm as happy as can be. >> special controls to shift and pushes in on the steering wheel to brake. johnson started racing motorcycles when he was 4 years old. at 12 he held 14 national titles but then suffered horrific accident on a dirt track, breaking his back and dozens of other bones. >> i think about how it happened. i don't think about why. >> he underwent experiments stem cell surgery in 2007 and actually regained feeling from his chest to his hips. he spends nine hours a week in therapy and says he will walk again on his own. >> i think i would consider myself lucky. i could have been a lot worse than what i am right n

as you'll see, michael johnson has all of that and more. >>> he's paralyzed from the waist down, but ing his dream, driving and thriving in open wheel, open cockpit formula cars. >> life is too short to miss out on what do you. >> johnson has special hand controls to accelerate and shift and pushing in on the steering wheel to brake. he finished third overall in the series, and his mom couldn't be more proud. >> he never got depressed, never poor me, poor me, it's -- he's always had a wonderful attitude about this whole thing. >> johnson started racing motorcycles when he was just four years old. at 12, he held 14 national titles, but then suffered a horrific accident in a race, breaking his back and dozens of other bones. he underwent experimental stem cell surgery in 2007 and has regained feeling from his chest to his hips. he spends nine hours a week in therapy and says he will walk again on his own. and he continues to learn on the track. next year he turns pro. his goal, competing in the indianpolis 500. >> does this take you away from your troubles? when you're out here racing?

requiring lightning quick reflexes, agility, strength, and survival skills. 19-year-old michael johnsonen wheel, open cockpit formula cars, finishing third overall in this year's series, despite being paralyzed from the waist down. does this take you away from your troubles when you're out here racing? >> i think it does, yeah. it takes me away from everything. when i win, i'm the happiest i can be. whenever i want to go, i reach toward my right hand for the throttle. >> that looks difficult. >> he has special hand controls to accelerate and shift and pushes in on the steering wheel to break. johnson started racing motorcycles when he was just four years old. at 12, he held 14 national titles. but then suffered a horrific accident on a dirt track, breaking his back and dozens of other bones. >> i never think about like pity me. why did it happen to me? it's in the past and i have to move forward. >> you're not feeling sorry for yourself? >> not at all. >> he underwent experimental stem cell surgery in be 2007 and regained feeling from his chest to his hips. he spends nine hours a week i

what's remarkable is not michael johnson's age -- 19 -- but that he is paralyze trd the waist down.en moving up the ladder on the racing circuit, hoping to compete in the big daddy of 'em all, the indy 500. our own rick leventhal live from new york city on this one. rick? >> reporter: megyn, it is remarkable and unspiring. a young man who never felt sorry for himself despite a horrific crash and a year in a hospital bed. the day he was paralyzed, he told his dad, i don't want to stop racing. when he was able, he started driving go-karts with hand controls and then moves to this formula car. last weekend was his final race of the summer series. he had some mechanical problems but still wound up finishing third overall, and he plans to turn pro next year. >> i never think about, um, like, pity me, why did it happen to me. that's, it's in the past, time to move forward. >> reporter: you're not feeling sorry for yourself. >> not at all. i think i consider myself lucky. i mean, i was -- it could have been a lot worse than what i am right now, and it's, it's coming back. >> reporter: when

michael finney explains. >> 73-year-old fern johnson has had her share of adventures as a tour guide in far away lands. with a dog team in alaska but nothing scared her like a phone call to her home in nevada. >> i am calling from microsoft to inform you that your computer is loaded with a virus and will crash. >> the man on the phone warned if she didn't act fast her computer would release all of her personal information to the worldwide web. >> well this alarmed me. of course the shock value i didn't think. >> fern did as the man told her. she went to this website and clicked a button. instantly another cursor appeared on her screen and began to control her computer jie. he pulled up the programs on my computer. i didn't do any of that. he got in and he pulled up the menu. >> the remote cursor was whizing around the screen clicking on programs and websites and all the while the caller probed for more information. >> he asked me several times where i banked and where my visa card was. i told him the name of the bank. >> soon yellow warning signs were popping up on her screen. the caller said it was ev

michael jackson's mansion who tried to revive him. >> reporter: first on the stand the company that makes devices that measure pulse and oxygen levels in the blood. johnson described the device doctor murray was using to monitor jackson. >> this device has no audible alarms and it is intended only for spot checking. >> reporter: they are trying to show that he lacked the proper monitoring equipment going with a cheaper model when he was giving the king of pop doses of drugs. the defense argued back saying it was sufficient. >> you were just monitoring the patient for a short period of time. five or 10 minutes it would be adquit? >> if you were constantly watching the screen, yes. >> reporter: next on the stand, former heart attack patient. murray was his doctor but then felt abandoned when he took over as the doctor for jackson. >> yes. i was dismayed. felt left out. i felt abandoned. >> reporter: richard senit, the first emt on the scene followed. heed multiple times he ask if he had any under lining conditions that murray said no. >> it did not add up to me. >> reporter: doctors in the house, iv pole, hooked up to the patient and it did not seem normal

johnson was shot several times. it all happened after midnight in the 2100-block of alabama avenue. if you have info, police want to hear it. >>> unconscionable. that's how they describe the treatment michael jackson got leading up to his death. today they closed their case against conrad murray on involuntary manslaughter charges. he claims the pop star caused his own death by swallowing an anesthetic. >> people don't wake up from anesthesia like that. people don't wake up to grab the next dose in a syringe, draw it up and put it in their iv again. it's a crazy scenario. >> schaefer testified today and called the doctor's efforts unconscionable, illegal and says murray used none of the safeguards he should have. the defense is expected to call their own expert to the stand tomorrow. dr. paul white, one of schaefer's colleagues and friends. >>> you got some of the bag salad in the frig. you might want to check the label. taylor farm retail is recalling about 3200 cases of bagged salad because they might be contaminated with salmonella. that was sold in virginia and other states under the brand name fresh selection, heb market side and taylor farms. they have best by dates ranging from octo

johnson. she's a former model and a professional makeup artist and she teaches you how to do all kinds of stuff. she does edwards scissor hands. jasmine. she's jessica. >> that's michaelht there. >> michael jackson. >> top right one in the blonde latoya? >> kelly ripa. >> betty boop. her eyelashes are amazing. >> betty boop confuses me. what is betty boop's function oscar tune character? >> she's a flapper. and the joker. not the classic joker. keith ledger's joker. she tells you what to get to make your face look crusty. she will tell you everything from materials, colors. >> shading. >> shading, everything. she's got all kinds of looks. if you want to see more head on over to our website, rightthisminute.com. >>> so, i have a great video coming to us from the uk. it's the sun. sam beard is 12 years old and he loves playing angry birds. his dad is april pumpkin farmer. he made this punch kin launcher last year as an attraction at their pumpkin farm. >> the empire could use something like this. >> sam came up to his dad and said i want to make this angry birds in real life. >> he talked to me about angry birds. he's on his phone all the time. >> he made it into a real

michael jackson's physician was paying more attention to his personal life. i'm jennifer in los angeles and i'll have that story coming up. >>> this is bruce johnson.g up, hank williams jr. has been sacked by espn after comparing the president to adolf hitler. i'll have the story coming up. 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. state farm. >>> you know that voice. hank williams, the singer who usually opens up monday night football. the theme song was pulled last night after williams compared president obama to adolf hitler during an interview on the fox tv network. bruce johnson is covering the fallout from this story and there is a lot of reaction to this. >> ther

johnson pleaded guilty in june in a federal corruption probe. >>> the focus of the mostly cloudy death trial today, conrad murray's love -- the michael jackson trialnrad murray's love life. murray called both women along with his third love interest on the day jackson died. one woman explained what murray told her to do after she toll him detectives wanted to talk to her. >> now you're in this. i'm going to give you my lawyer's number. call him and make sure before you speak to lapd you have my lawyer present. >> prosecutors suggested murray was entang amed in this complicated love -- afternoon tangled in this complicated love life and the calls kept him from being able to take proper care of michael jackson as the entertainer slid towards death. >>> coming up on the news edge manhole covers are disappearing off one street in an area and causing a danger to drivers. who is taking them and why? >>> the redskins have one more practice before they head off to wherever they want to head to. it's the bye week. mike shanahan gives them final instructions and tells them to work out. what he said to the team and what they're saying when we come back at 11

michael. loved the red boots. more tomorrow including your reaction to the story and check with us on facebook and twitter and send us an e-mail. see you tomorrow. is. >> good evening i'm dan. carolyn johnson is on assignment. we start in the east bay where police say they had no choice but to shoot and kill a man. it happened tonight in antioch just off lemon tree way. lillian kim is there live. lillian take us through what happened here? >>reporter: dan, investigators are still here collecting evidence. shooting happened behind me on lemon tree court just off lemon tree way. antioch police say the man officers shot and killed was a parolee with a gun. neighbors say police gave ample warning to the man they had chased that the antioch neighborhood. >> i was right there and i heard everything. >>reporter: what did you hear them say. telling him to put it down and to, let it go and just get on the ground. but he wasn't listening. >>reporter: that's when soon after they heard a series of gunshots. >> i heard like i think it was cops yelling at him. like saying get down or something and then i just heard like 3 gunshots and then i heard like 12 after that. >>reporter: family member says the m

michael jackson. >> he said it was likely that murray administered and i the drug, then left the room. >>> and arizona a grandmother is pleading for more help in the search for missing granddaughter. shirley johnson says certified tester old granddaughter disappeared october 11 from her apartment near phoenix. police have no suspects or leads in her disappearance. johnson wants the national media to help find jesse. >> they have the ability to send it out to every state. they have the ability to make sure someone across the nation knew what was going on. >> johnson believes her granddaughter has not been made a priority because she is black. there is a $16,000 reward for any information. >>> we are learning more about in the -- the owner of an adult will preserve the killed himself after freeing dozens of exotic animals. terry thompson and his wife work -- owed at least $16,000 in unpaid taxes. he had two liens filed last year. an animal escape tuesday, and deputies killed 48 of them. >> so glad everybody is safe after that. it must have been very expensive to maintain that many at -- that many animals. >> he has been doing it since the late 1970's. >> in ohio, the most relaxed laws when it comes

michael jackson doctor murder case trial may hear from the accused. >>> law enforcement officers are conducting a new search tonight looking for that missing kansas city, missouri, baby. this is a scene over a johnson county kansas land fill. the child's mother debra bradley say police believe she is responsible for the disappearance of her 10-month- old baby lisa. the baby disappeared from her crib four days ago. police have said that the parents are no longer cooperating with authorities but the parents insist that they have never stopped cooperating. >>> we have an update on a story we brought you first last. police stepped up their investigation after a man was attacked with a crow bar breaking his jaw near dupont circle. the victim tells his story to our delia gonclaves only on 9. >> a lot of blood coming out of my mouth. >> reporter: a crow bar beating that shattered his jaw. >> guy jumped out and he struck me with something and it kind of became a blur after that. he hit me so hard but he said pray for your love. >> reporter: the assault happened saturday at 3 a.m. and took just minutes on the 1700 block of conneticut avenue. the family complained detectives did little to follow up on the cr

johnson. he will be sentenced december 6th. >>> four northern virginia men are charged in a $20 million federal government kickback scream, accused of stealing the money for their own personal use. kerry kahn and michaelnder are both employees at the army corps of engineers. the indime claims they worked together to steer a $780 million contract to a company of their choice to continue funneling money to themselves. >>> we have seen it across several cities of late. protestors unhappy with the handling of the economy hitting the streets. just this past week, more than 700 were arrested in new york city. a similar protest now planned for the district. stacy cohan joins us live from northwest with the story. >> reporter: the build-up to the protest has already been going on all week here at the washington hilton. there has been a conference called the taking back america conference and it includes participants that are current members of congress, former labor secretary, robert wright but during the conference, there has been a live stream from the occupy wall street movement that we've seen going on in new york with all the protestors. they are. coming to washington. they are protesting not only wall s

michaele later appeared on the reality show real housewives of d.c. she and tareq broke up last month, sad, sad, after she left him for journey guitarist neal schon. >>> now to the weather. veronica johnson is here to tell us more about the picture perfect weekend. >>> from bad news to really good news. it's a little on the chilly side and cool, but you know what? today is going to be just as great as it was yesterday. we're going to have a lot of sunshine again, so you'll want to get on out. i wanted to show you some areas to the north, though, where there's a little bit of fog, patchy fog down to a half mile. and right around a mile visibility, around monasi is i and coal pepper right now. that will burn off rather quickly. we're at 51 degrees with a height wind. it's out of the southwest. temperatures around the area, look at that, cool spot up in frederick, maryland. and just over the line, there have been some frost advisories already. the temperatures have really dipped down. mid 40s generally throughout most of the neighborhoods here this morning. big area of high pressure. still giving us clear skies, still giving us that sunshine during the afternoon. you guessed it. we're going

johnson. at 3:00 p.m., state of union and they will have michael payton and former democratic congressman andane harman, director of the woodrow wilson center. also former vice president dick cheney on his new memoir. at 4:00 p.m., it is face the nation from cbs. they will talk with senator john mccain and maryland democratic governor martin o'malley who is chairman of the democratic governors association. also mississippi governor haley barbour. reairs of the five tv talk shows begin at noon eastern. listen to them all on cspan radio, 90.1 f m in the washington, d.c. area and nationwide on ex-im satellite radio, channel 119 or online at cspanradio.org. >> the head of the american association of university professors says that tenure and academic freedom are in jeopardy and need to be protected. >> tenure creates an atmosphere on campus where people can speak freely, not just in their teachings, but also in terms of university governor as great if you don't like the proposal that the board of trustees for the president makes, you have to be able to speak freely about it. with administrators s

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