rushern baker worldwide margin against his closest competitor mike jackson. brad bell spent the night at baker's celebration. >> in the middle of the six flags amusement park. a picture is better than a thousand words. prince george's county executive candidate rushern baker celebrating on this day. at 11:30 last night he claimed victory in the race for county executive over share of mike jackson. this has been an interesting race of two high-profile, well- funded candidates. they felt perhaps mike jackson a couple too many controversies surrounding the sheriff's department. baker has campaigned for change and he said in his acceptance speech that change is what you'll bring to the county. >> i think the people have spoken. [applause] i think the message is loud and , it isprince george's time to a medical good county great. [applause] >> this is just the primary. is an overwhelmingly democratic county. we understand the transition will begin very soon for rushern baker to take over as the next county executive of prince george's county. brad bell reporting f

mike jackson does have the endorsement of jack johnson.are has run twice and he did nearly unseat jack johnson back in 2006. both men are stumping ogee indication reform, crime fighting and efforts to lift this county from an economic slump. >> my name is in congressional record. we are nationally recognized for my child support initiative. we placed did he have at this sheriffs in the schools to help mentor and guide our young people. >> >> reporter: we have spoken to rushern baker many times before. we were for the able to catch up with him on the campaign trail yesterday. this morning, i'm at eleanor roosevelt high school. the polls open here at 7:00 a.m. and will be open until 8:00 p.m. we'll keep you posted through outthe day. >>> another big race is the race for maryland governor. bob ehrlich picked up the endorsement of senator john mccain. he says he thinks ehrlich is a fine guy. ehrlich's opponent is democratic incumbent mart martin o'malley who spent the day on the campaign trail as well. we'll bring you poll results right here o

one of the two is mike jackson. he was at a rally this morning in upper marlboro and you're looking at voting taking place at a church in upper marlboro. we're told it's been sluggish this morning and they are expecting that to pick up as the day goes through. mike jackson has been sheriff here in prince george's county for the past eight years and is hoping to take the vase for county executive. his opponent is rushern baker serving in the state allegation from the general assembly. he has run twice before and both times being defeated by jack johnson. he's opening the third time is the charm. i asked the candidates during this tough economic time what they think they can do to help this county survive a shrinking budget. here is what they said? >> it's almost better to manage in hard times because then it tells you what your priorities are. and i made it clear my priorities are education and public safety and we have to figure out ways outside of that to bring money in. because the pie is only so big. it's like a

. >> mike jackson has twice successfully run for sheriff and is looking to transition into the top job in upper -- the top job in upper marlboro. neither candidate knows what the low turnout means for their chances. back in kettering, longtime polley place campaigner -- polling place campaigner, jennifer bell, says -- >> come out and make a difference from you believe should lead prince george's county. -- for whom you believe should be prince george's county. >> as of 3:00 p.m. this afternoon, only 9% of the voters had shown up to vote. but the voters -- the polls are open for another couple of hours and it is hoped that people will come when they get off work. >> this is delaware with mike castle, one of the more contested races there. he is facing a fierce tea party debate. the winner will face chris itunes. he is running unopposed. -- chris koons. me is running unopposed. >> we have an update on a breaking story refers reported at tight -- 5:00. french media reports that the subway station near notre dame cathedral received a bomb threat similar to the one given the eiffel tower. t

he holds a wide margin against its closest competitor, mike jackson, the shares. baker told supporters he is ready to lead. >> prince george's county is ready to be first in education, first in job creation, first in opportunity, first in innovation, first in integrity, and first in public safety. >> baker went on to say it is time to make a good county great. >>> former maryland gov. bob ehrlich won the chance to try to get his old job back. he defeated brian murphy in the republican primary. that sets him or for a rematch with incumbent gov. martin o'malley, who easily won the democratic primary. for complete election results, log on to tbd.com, the online home of abc 7 news. >>> the light turnout has election officials surprised. thousands of people cast their ballots before yesterday's primary. even taking that into consideration, turnout throughout our area was still very light. >> still ahead on wednesday, continuing coverage of tuesday's primary. we will talk about the power of the tea party. >> a college football first. heisman trophy winner reggie bush ma

members of congress from chicago who are also considering runs for mayor, including jesse jackson, junior, mike quigley, danny davis, quigley was elected to the seat that rahm emanuel vacated. the message in all of the meetings was if we decide to run against one another, let's keep it on the up and up and let's not let it get ugly. >> shepard: if he goes, they have to replace him. what's the talk of who that might be? >> the betting is on one of the senior white house advisors, peter rouse, to take over as interim chief of staff. he and the president go back half a dozen years or so, then senator obama hired rouse to be his chief of staff in 2004 and rouse is part of the inner circle that planned mr. obama's presidential run. rouse also has strong ties with congress which is important for a white house chief of staff. he was tom daschle's chief of staff for 20 years, so if the president hires him as interim, he might not be in much of a hurry to find a permanent chief of staff. >> shepard: all right. wendell goler on the north lawn, thank you. >>> facebook, changed the communication habits of

. >> mike: cal well represented at the eagles lions game. vick to jackson, and the former golden bear turns on the jets, 135 yards receiving and that touchdown. jahvid best touching up his two t.d. runs last week with two today. weaving in and out of traffic. look at him go. 232 total yards and two touchdowns, but the eagles win 35-32. >>> giants prevented a sweep against milwaukee with some heavy lumber. a much-needed win as they hit the road for their final six games away from at&t park. the caped crusader,batman man in attendance. guillen clears the bags with a grand slam. you don't see many slams in the first. in the fifth, more from gee yes, based loaded, two out hit. 6 rbi day for gee yes. giants offense wasn't done. bottom seven, burrell's homer, the giants with the 9-2 victory. >> a lot of games left. nothing going to come easy from this point on. we have to earn every win and just kind of be smart and go hard and just win games. >> mike: in minnesota, the a's looking to take 2-3 from the twins, and oakland put up a crooked number off liriano in the

mike shanahan making his road debut with the redskins. the rams' first drive they hand off to stephen jacksoncuts it back and runs 35 yards. and he outruns landry. actually 32 yards for the score. jackson led the game with a groin injury in the second quarter. rams up 13-0 early. donovan mcnabb completes to moss. but no, sir gets stripped and cough it is up. butler races up to the redskins three. 14-0 just 6:12 into the nothing the redskins trailed. in the second quarter redskins trail 14-3. donovan mcnabb finds moss 29 yards for the touchdown. redskins cuts the deficit to 14- 10. late first half,

jackson is staying with the chargers. it passed with no deal by any team. mike shanahan said the redskins involvement was just a rumor.eanwhile, albert haynesworth is back on the field getting ready for the rams. ostensibly, trent williams who injured his knee -- ostensib ffensively, trent williams will start. they are confident the running game will kick into gear. >> trent is a good player. we just have to get things going. >> whoever is called upon, you will have injuries. people will get hurt. >> deangelo hall is backing of his comments for throwing another player under the bus. he said he did not hear those comments until this afternoon. >> the big corner is all have that mentality. i would be disappointed if he did not have that mentality. >> he said what we already know. i don't think it bothers anybody on the defense. >> all is well in the redskins' locker room. what are you going to do if there is no nfl football season? how will you spend your sundays next year? the director of the nfl players association said on a scale of 1-10 the chance of a lockout next season is 14. >> nothing is changed. unless we get

press conference is under way. , of >> council member every o'connell, council member mike sella's are. county jackson, chief debt is paid from the fire department. and we have president chris john's from pg&e i we're joined today by senator it be i mean and a former member jerry hill who represents this district as well. there's also one of my most important partners. brooks from red cross. he is always out here in doing a fantastic job. as the closely monitored and responded to states and local assets of the fire and are the tendon governor who is also acting governor in the schwarzenegger he has been an important partner with us and leadership for all. we have had the local state of emergency declared we also declared a state of emergency for and by this stage. attended an acting governor also add me to return to see much. abel maldonado because of this size and scope of the fire are important fema partners granted that. they will help us in the operation. and in the cost here is my pleasure not to introduce to you my friend and our partner the lieutenant governorabel maldonado well good morning ev

what started as the jackson five seems destined to live forever. juju and david? >> thanks, mike.. >> we wish them well. heading back to school, for if first time, actually. >> absolutely. >>> and the question here this morning, do you remember this from the tv classic "green acres"? >> oh, yeah. ♪ green acres is the place to be ♪ ♪ >> sing it. it's moved from television long ago to facebook in a game called farmville, where players tap into their inner farmer. raising crops, cattle. where claire shipman dug her hands into this with the facebook phenomenon. she's not down on the farm but looks like your regular kitchen, claire. >> i'm in my kitchen. and i really did get my hands dirty, and believe me, are we trying to impress our friends, keep up with the joness in a modern sense -- spending hours and hours tending to tiny rows of virtual crops is the hot thing. it is fun if you haven't tried it, but is the virtual yield worth it? and is it addictive? >> reporter: maybe it's a yearning to get back to our roots. back to a simple way of life. maybe it's just a lot of fun. whatever t

mike shanahan knows that better than anybody. what an all of start yesterday for the redskins. steven jackson, we talked about him on friday. weapon for the rams and he showed it early. first drive, there he goes to the house. 7-0 just like that. he was a nonfactor. he got injured in the second half and didn't play. the skins come right back. mcnabb in the middle. santana moss out. his hands and in james butler's hands. when you are on the road, steve, can you not have starts like this and expect to come back and win. now, the redskins did respond. >> they did, very nicely. >> here is donovan mcnabb. this is what you love to see in the rollout. it is 14 left hand -- it is 14- 10. look at. this right oefelein and blocks the field goal at the end of the first half. >> how intimidating is that for the kicker to see him coming at you. you think here they go. up top, santana moss. >> game over. >> first an gold. they had to set follow i afield goal. that was a problem. 16-14. too many field goals. without steven jackson, you can't let kenneth darby beat you but he does. you got that feeling in the second half that, deangelo hall

but head coach, mike singletary, questioned the young quarterback's work ethics. >>> two of michael jackson'sildren are attending school in a classroom for the first time. prince and paris are now enrolled in buckley private school where their father also attended. up until now they've been home schooled. also going to buckley with the children's bodyguards. they wait outside classrooms and follow the two children around campus. a family spokesman said those bodyguards are expected to be gone in a knew weeks. >>> let's check the commute. how are we doing now? >> it's still crowded. 280 is getting slow. about the only good thing we can say about this commute is we haven't had had a lot of major accidents. sounds like we have a new one, westbound 80 on the east shore freeway, it sounds like we just got that one in. that one is reported to be blocking a lane. this is 280 in san jose. not too bad. also the morning commute looks okay on westbound 580. if you are driving object nimitz freeway, we have slow traffic. there is an ambulance responding to southbound 280. here's steve. >>> all right, sal

mike. good morning, everyone. back to work as most of you are today. yesterday was gorgeous. here's road work going on in hayward this morning. westbound 92 jackson to southbound 880 is closed until 5:00 this morning so keep that in mind. but elsewhere there isn't too much to slow you down. here's a live shot of the san mateo bridge. that's westbound traffic on the right heading towards foster city. up towards 280, both directions of highway 19 you might find lanes blocked until 5:00 this morning for ongoing overnight pavement road work. eric, kristen. >> frances, good to have you back! thanks a lot. >> still has that glow. >> doesn't she! >> yep. an american evangelist in kabul. the pastor's 9/11 anniversary plans triggers outrage in the muslim world putting u.s. troops on the defensive. >> president obama unveils more of his economic plan today [ female announcer ] to do well, kids need to eat well. and eating well means getting enough whole grain and calcium. and general mills big g kid cereals can help. did you know it's the only leading line of kid cereals with at least 8 grams of whole grain and a good source of calcium? cereals they alread

jackson. here's what people are talking b we have breaking news, a house fire in dundalk. let's go to captain mike perry. >> reporter: this is in the 1800 block of east holland in dundalk, baltimore county. the firefighters called for heavy smoke showing from the third floor of a single family home. firefighters just now starting to get a good knock on it. we still have dark smoke coming out of the attic but firefighters are working on it. there's no word of injuries or cause. >>> the island of bermuda take as nearly direct hit from hurricane igor with destructiontive -- destructive winds. we have more from dave price. >> reporter: igor's eye passed 40-miles mile ber -- miles from bermuda. it knocked out electricity to more than 20,000 people on this island of 68,000. the streets of hamilton, the capital, was under water and littered with debree. residents of bermuda, long used to tropical weather, left the streets deserted. >> safety first. we can always rebuild. we already know to rebuild. >> reporter: in fact bermuda has a strict building cones. walls must be at least eight inches thick able to

jackson. >>> and i'm mary bubala. 20 hour after the polls are closed, there's still to winner. >>> challenger bernstein leads jessamy by 1400 votes. mike hellgren is tracking the developments in the tight race. >> record theirly, when you have 100% of the precincts reporting and you get the vote count, it's assumed that's the final, but apparently, that's not the case for the city state's attorney. the vote ended this morning and 100% reporting and bernstein ahead of jessamy by 1400 votes. >> we don't know the totals yet. >> reporter: no one appeared to realize that not all of the votes were counted. a total of 27 tapes from six districts were left out and missing. >> from her understanding with a conversation from her people, this total approximately 6 to 10,000 votes. that's what she's hearing and again, we're waiting for the information to come from the board of elections and her people are down there >> reporter: jessamy's sports person says that the votes could make a difference, rendering the absentee ballots irrelevant to the out come of the race. >> reporter: now, the board of elections is in the process of could wanting the --

mike emanuel live in the white house briefing room. thank you. rahm emanuel met privately wednesday night with illinois democratic congressman jesse jackson, jr. discuss the chicago mayor's race. both men have advised an interest in the job. long time mayor richard m daley announced he will not seek a 7th term. in the arkansas senate race, john boastman continues to lead blanche lincoln, a 17 point cushion. 51% to lincoln's 34%. the margin is unchanged since early last summer. a controversial issues that bridges science and ethics, has gone from the courtroom to capitol hill. and shannon bream looks into the research that some say could save a life and others say potentially could end one. >> we will lift the ban on federal funding for promising embryonic stem cell research. >> reporter: when president obama signed that executive order in march of last year, it did little to settle the debate over whether taxpayer money should be used to fund embryonic stem cell research. just weeks ago, a federal judge in washington ordered it to stop. that injunction has been temporarily stayed while the case progresses and now, lawmakers have stepped in. >>

jackson. >> i'm mary bubala here's what people are talking about. >> it is becoming more clear why a gunman killed himself and his mother. wjz has complete coverage of the johns hopkins shooting. miken is following the

jackson. >> confusion and chaos. a gunman shoots a doctor inside johns hopkins hospital and shoots a relative before taking his own life. derek valcourt is following what happened. mike schuh and andrea fujii have reaction. wjz is live at the scene with the story we've been following since just before noontime. we begin with derek valcourt. >> reporter: it has been a chaotic situation here at one of the country's most prominent hospitals as a gunman was inside his room upset with the care that his mother was receiving, shot his doctor and then later we learned shot himself and his mother. police say 50-year-old warren davis shot a doctor on the eighth floor of the nelson building in the massive johns hopkins hospital complex after he became emotionally distraught over his mother's medical condition. the doctor collapsed just outside the doorway of the room, and mr. davis was last seen running into the room brandishing the handgun in the direction of his mother, who was confined to the bed. >> reporter: hospital employees were alerted to the danger as dozens of patients and employees were evacuated. police secured the eighth floor as they tried to establish contact wi

jackson. vic is off. here's what people are talking about tonight. >> still a lot of questions tonight about what fueled the blood shed inside that hospital room. wjz has complete coverage. mikeren has the latest on the police investigation. and gigi barnett reports on hospital security concerns. mike leads our coverage from johns hopkins sp