mike ashford also recalled, we had the best seats in the house for the latest broadway shows.let me tell you, with cronkite, that was quite a ride. >>> if you have an old gas guzzler, you now have a new incentive to turn it in. the government's cash for clunkers programs starts today. you can get as much as $4500 towards a newer, more fuel efficient car. the program runs through november 1st or until the $1 billion in federal funding runs out. participating dealerships are posted online. here's the web site to go to. it's cars.gov. >>> millions of workers will soon see a pumped up paycheck. minimum wage is going up from 6.55 per hour to $7.25 an hour. this is the third minimum wage increase in three years. >>> state officials are talking about tuition increases at public universities. the state's already cutting more than $40 million from the university of maryland's system and part of the $280 million in overall budget reductions as maryland leaders deal with this huge deficit. the state still needs to find $470 million more in savings. governor o'mally wants to hear your tho

for 35 years, he shared that with annapolis's mike ashford. the two were countless companions. >> we got an empty spot. >> i'll never have that kind of exciting life again. >> reporter: in annapolis, you'd often find him in the bar at mcgarvey's. mike has kept one of his last voice messages. >> hello, mike. this is cronkite. >> reporter: walter cronkite. a loss for the industry, the nation and for all those who held him dear. >> walter said, i want you to know that i consider you the brother i never had. i think i'm lucky. >> reporter: a private funeral will be held for walter cronkite thursday. and sometime next month, a memorial will be held at new york's center. and tune in for a special tribute, and that's the way it was. >>> tonight, one person is in the hospital after he was hit by a car in southeast baltimore. it happened at the intersection of east lafayette and lynwood avenues. the city's fire department says a male pedestrian was struck and rushed to johns hopkins hospital. no word on what caused the accident or on his condition tonig

best friend of 35 years mike ashford spoke at today's service. >> i was always asked what's he really like? and i would answer he is just the way you hope he is. he was always, i thought, the same guy that most of america guessed he was. >> walter cronkite was 92 years old when he died. a separate memorial will be held within the next few weeks at new york's lincoln center. >>> it sure is hard to keep a secret in washington but former long-time dc news anchor managing to hold on to one for five years. the late michael jackson stayed at his leesburg home for nine days in 2007. he wanted to get away fowh enhe was accused of child molestation. walter says now that the pop star is gone he can talk about how his family hosted the icon. jackson's assistants happened to see walters featured in a magazine. michael jackson and his family enjoyed the dance theater and studios. walters will not reveal how much he paid to rent the home. jackson wanted to stay longer but the walters were afraid their secret would be revealed so they told him he should leave. >>> when 9news now returns. making the

mike ashford of annapolis accompanied cronkite on several sailing trips. he spoke to eyewitness news about the passing of his friend. >> i'll never have that kind of exciting life. walter said, i want you to know i think of you as the brother i never had. i think i'm lucky. >> a memorial is scheduled for next month at the lincoln center for the performing arts in new york. >>> what's miami got that maryland doesn't? apparently nothing a self- respecting manatee wants. he has been spotted again. this video was taken in the sues we susquehanna river near havre de grace. manatees die if they don't return to warmer waters in the fall. >> since he's -- since she's been back several times -- >> she does come and go. >>> take a look at radar. we've got a whole batch of stuff coming in the region, right now from southern pa, all the way down to southern maryland. some very heavy downpours and lightning and thunder and some gusty winds to 30, 40 miles per hour. you can see some heavy downpours between now and about 12:30 across the baltimore region, and over the ea

his best friend of 35 years, mike ashford of annapolis spoke at the service. >> i was always asked what is he really like? i would answer, he's just the way you hope he is. he was always, i thought, the same guy that most of america guessed he was. >> cronkite was 92 when he died. a separate public memorial will be held within the next few weeks at new york's lincoln center. now everyone has the fastest upload speeds, and we're giving them a mini netbook. well, i'm sticking with cable. so is ted. (ted) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (ted) no i'm not. ted has betrayed me... okay... (announcer) unlike cable, fios brings 100% fiber optics straight to your home. switch now, and get a free compaq mini netbook computer. just pay shipping, handling and taxes. with fios, you'll get razor-sharp tv, america's top rated internet - now even faster, and crystal-clear phone service, all for just... call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v today and for a limited time, get an incredible compaq mini, to get the most out of your fios internet. get this great offer on

mike ashford accompanied cronkite on several sailing trips.e laid to rest in a family plot in kansas city, missouri. >>> new information in the michael jackson case. a search warrant filed in a houston court now allows authorities to seek evidence whether jackson's personal doctor, conrad murray, committed manslaughter. manuel gallegus reports for wjz from los angeles. >> reporter: a search warrant reveals the doctor who was with michael jackson when he died is the target of a manslaughter investigation. >> execute a search warrant to the armstrong medical clinic. >> reporter: police raided dr. conrad murray's houston clinic. they were looking into evidence whether murray committed manslaughter. los angeles police carried out tablets of a weight loss drug and muscle relaxants and paperwork and computer hard drives. at jackson's rented l.a. mansion, they found the powerful an thetic propifol also called diprivan. it was based on a autopsy finding that points to diprivan as the possible cause of jackson's death. >> when i see a doctor that is cl