. -- minnesota us schedule. the fact -- are miniscule. and based on less than a packet of sweetener, to me is outrageous. and to me this is a positive first step, in my opinion, because at least you remove some of the stigma attached to this type of issue which in my opinion should be a public health issue. it's a public health issue for a certain segment of the community and should be a public health community issue for everybody. [applause] >> tal, let me follow up and just say opponents of mark leno's measure would say it's not the amount of drug that somebody is in possession of, the fact that they're using drugs indicates they've got to find a way to supply themselves with ongoing, you know, sources of drugs or by taking the drugs, they're going to place themselves in a state that makes them more likely to commit crime. is this a valid argument? >> well, i think there are -- i think not everybody who uses drug is a drug addict. and there's a segment of the population that recreationally uses narcotics and don't necessarily need treat

us. state senator here and minnesota which represents district 60, including portions of the city minneapolis this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. when we come back, investigative journalist greg palast. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we're on the road in minneapolis. tonight we will be in nevada city, california. then we're moving on tomorrow to los angeles. i will be speaking at the immanuel presbyterian church tomorrow night at 8:00 -- 7:00. on saturday, we are traveling through california. right now we turn to a major new exposÉ on the cover of the nation magazine called, "mitt romney's bailout bonanza: how he made millions from the rescue of @etroit." investigative reporter greg palast reveals a republican presidential nominee made at least $15 million on the auto bailout and that three of romney's top donors made more than $4 billion for their hedge funds from the bailout. he filed this report for "democracy now!" >> detroit, motor city, mo town. 200

minnesota. that will approach us as we head into your saturday and weekend. that will bring a big drop in temperatures. our forecast for today, mostly cloudy skies. a little bit of sun hopefully by this afternoon. 78-82. tonight mostly clear. there is your seven-day forecast. you can find me on facebook. you can follow me on twitter. that is your forecast. checking on traffic. >> starting with good news first. in germantown traffic is able to get by the accident. still a slow go on 118. use caution because police still on the scene. now we are on the scene of another crash in fairfax county. medevac has been called to the scene. we're told a pedestrian was struck on west ox road. we are shut down on the south -- southbound side. medevac called police on the scene, trying to direct your around accident. also of note, another crash reported in manassas. we will update you the next report. sending it back to you. >> 70 degrees. the nasdaq investigate some unusual transactions and federal officials are finding big problems with weight-loss supplements. >> good mo

minnesota. that line will be approaching us for the weekend.pect snowfall, but we could get rainfall. clouds increasing saturday with a chance of showers. a better chance of rain on sunday. then we will watch the high pressure building behind that. mostly sunny today, less humid 77-82. mainly clear tonight 52-62. temperatures dropping by 25 degrees by sunday at 67 degrees. i would like to connect with you. i did send out a few weeks -- tweets this morning. call me on twitter or go to facebook. let's check and traffic with angela. >> it's going quite well. the accident not causing any trouble on 270 at montgomery village. there is a live look to see how things are flowing through germantown on 270. 29 moving well towards the beltway. 95 and the b-w parkway as well. getting through prince george's county of 50 as well as route 5 all moving well towards 495. in virginia there's one trouble spot in crystal city. glebe road is closed between south hays and south joyce. southbound expected to open sometime before 6:00 this morning. back to you. >> th

us. >> for minnesota last night -- there will host a gathering tonight. from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. they love it. they have been fantastic. >> 6:27. 62 degrees. police stepping up efforts to get drunk drivers off the road. the places they are targeting, plus -- >> getting ready for sandy. we will take a look at the preparations, next. >> both candidates reaching out with very specific group of people. i am hallie jackson with how i am hallie jackson with how they are dipping i as a pastor, my support for question 6 is rooted in my belief that the government should treat everyone equally. i wouldn't want someone denying my rights based upon their religious views, so i shouldn't deny others based upon mine. it's about fairness. i support this law because it doesn't force any church to perform a same sex marriage if it's against their beliefs. and that's what this is about. protecting religious freedom and all marylanders equally under the law. join me in voting for question 6. >> you are watching wbal tv 11. live, local, late breaking. this is 11 news at 6:00. >> good morning. welcome

us. >>> plus, we've got a slew of new swing state polls. what's this about minnesota? what do those minnesota numbers really tell us about where and how this race is tightening. >>> but first, we made a big deal of them before. here are the schedules today of both of them. the president, he'll be at the white house. mitt romney, he'll be in the midwest. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. [ female announcer ] today, jason is here to volunteer to help those in need. when a twinge of back pain surprises him. morning starts in high spirits, but there's a growing pain in his lower back. as lines grow longer, his pain continues to linger. but after a long day of helping others, he gets some helpful advice. just two aleve have the strength to keep back pain away all day. today, jason chose aleve. just two pills for all day pain relief. try aleve d for strong, all day long sinus and headache relief. ♪ anything, yes, i'd do anything ♪ ♪ anything for you ♪ >>> showing you live pictures, this is point pleasant beach, new jersey. we're going to get a report from th

minnesota. >> a great honor for us to have you here, dr.biden. we have such a great opportunity in minnesota to roll the dice and sweep it all. we have elected a majority to the minnesota house the set-- [applause] to terrible constitutional amendments that have -- [applause] we can re-elect our congressmen and women and add congressional seats. and reelect are tremendous -- she is here. and also, whose district we are now. and then, of course, the reason we are all here today, we need to reelect a great president and a great vice president. [applause] you did not come here to hear about them from me. you came here -- i did not even come here to hear a me. i came here to hear dr. biden. >> one reason i am supporting president obama is that i have a feeling he is grounded in the real world. as i started researching dr. b iden, i found that she is, too. i also found that we had a lot in common. we had both got married in the 1970's and had children in the 1980's. i started at the -- teaching in the -- minneapolis and 1970, and taught until 2004 when

thunderstorms from the carolinas down to florida. 6 to 12 inches of snow for northern minnesota to northern dakota. >>> and finally from usrning, defining moments from past presidential debates, it's not always the real debates we remember best. it's the parodies. >> abc's jonathan karl has a look at some of those impressions that we just cannot forget. >> i can't. the third one, i can't. sorry. oops. >> reporter: some debate moments just don't need late-night comedians to be memorable. for the rest, there's "saturday night live." >> let me just sum up. on track. stay the course. 1,000 points of light. >> governor dukakis rebuttal. >> i can't believe i'm losing to this guy. >> reporter: over the years, the "snl" parodies have sometimes been more memorable sometimes than the debates themselves. >> can i call you joe? >> of course. >> okay, because i practiced a couple of zingers where i call you joe. >> okay. >> reporter: when you think of palin facing off against biden, you're probably most likely to think of this. >> you know, john mccain and i, we're a couple of mavericks. and gosh darn it, we're going to take that mave

rain in florida from sandy, and then we have the storm to the northwest of us, the combination of snow in minnesota, nebraska, iowa, wisconsin. both parts of that will emerge over our area. that will make things confusing. outside, the clouds are holding the temperatures down. mostly in the mid 60's. the sun is beginning to break through the clouds. the cloud deck is pretty good over us. the sun is out in garrett county. the breaks in the clouds in the eastern shore, those of you who see some sunshine today are likely to make it to 72. where the clouds are the thickest, that is holding the temperatures down. what is bringing in the moisture is this easterly breeze that is above us, coming off of a ridge of high pressure coming in from canada and new england. the larger picture, again, we have hurricane sandy, 105 miles per hour winds to our south, and then to the northwest, a cold front. high pressure is keeping them apart. eventually, the upper atmospheric activity supporting this storm to the west sweeps into the mountains and mid- atlantic region at the same time sandy is tracking north. so we h

minnesota. >> minneapolis. >> no. st.paul. >> it is 1-0 defense. no pressure brandon. >> second down, the hubert h. humphrey metrodome, the vikings stadium usedbe home to this other pro minnesota team. >> i said it first. >> that is a tie. >> would do we give it to. >> we'll do a tie. third down. this is not a nickname for minnesota. a land of 10,000 lakes. the bred and butter state. the north star state or d they're all names. >> d. >> bread and butter state. >> or all of the above. >> all of the above. >> the bread and butter state. >> i've heard the 10,000 lakes one. never the other ones. >> that was a true process of elimination. >> we're tied up 2-2. this mall in bloomington, minnesota -- >> mall of america. >> that ain't fair. you need to finish asking the question. >> he knew it though. >> he didn't know what it was. >> you won, 4-1 defense. glad to hold the standard over here. >> four down show downis 4-1. the defense is winning. we'll see you next week. >> plenty ahead. fox 5 morning news continues right now. right now. >>> all right. happy friday, everyone. october12th, 2012, live look outside right now at the washington monument an

is a desperate move and they are trying to get 270 a little votes in a hail mary pass manner, using minnesotannsylvania, and michigan, because they're not going to win states like ohio of wisconsin. i think both theories have a little bit of merit. republicans have a tendency staff and have over the last couple cycles pimco to states to sort of try to expand the map a little late. i remember dick cheney visiting hawaii in the days before the 2004 presidential contest. he visited new jersey. george w. bush visited california in the waning days of 2000, to put two very democratic states in play. this is a combination between a try to get the obama campaign to spend money somewhere they would not otherwise or it is a real move towards expanding the map. the interesting thing about this year is this is the first time since 2004 that we have had a normal election. in 2006 it was a democratic way. 2008 was a democratic way. 2010 was republican. so we don't know what a normal electorate looks like. we don't know the racial makeup or the age makeup. polls all over the place. both parties right now ar

minnesota. that's what we'll be watching come toward us with the colder air. for tomorrow morning, last stop here. a couple showers around. welcomes like they are out of here and most of our sunny. a decent day with a couple showers here and there. two warm days and saturday we are showing a couple showers, a real wet day. it doesn't look that great. you're thinking about making some kind of chill lee, because it's going to feel like a day where you want to turn the furnace on where temperatures will be near 0s and 40s at night. >> really feeling like fall. >> here comes the fall weather. >> thanks, sue. >> coming up next. >> if this is you in this portrait, it's yours for the tabling. i'm beth parker, fine art next to a dumpster? what you won't expect. oh, please don't call me "pumpkin." pumpkin. ha ha! you've never tasted pumpkin like this. try new pumpkin white chocolate or pumpkin mocha coffees and lattes today. >>> stop stearing at your blackberry and look around. that's the message from the d.c. artist who launched a unique project that might show up in

minnesota? no. >> st. paul. >> reporter: st. paul it is. 1-0 defense. no pressure, brandon. 2nd down, the hubert h. humphrey metrodome used to be home to this other pro minnesota team. >> i said it first. >> reporter: cameraman, who do we give it to? we'll give it a tie. 2-1. 3rd down. this is not a nickname for minnesota, a, a land of 10,000 lakes, b, the bread and butter state, c, the north star state or d, they're all names. >> north star state. >> d. >> reporter: no and no. >> bread and butter state. >> reporter: no. >> the north star state? >> reporter: no. or d, all of the above. >> tv, all of the above. -- d, all of the above. >> the bread and butter state? >> reporter: yes. >> i've heard the 10,000 lakes one. >> reporter: that was a true process of elimination. >> i was a hockey fan, but whatever. >> reporter: we're tied 2-2. our 4th down question. this mall in bloomington minnesota has -- >> match america. >> that ain't fair. he needs to let you finish. >> reporter: i'm sorry. he knew it, though. >> he didn't even know what the question was. >> reporter: you won, 4-1 defense. >> glad to hold the standard over her

minnesota. scattered showers in the bay area. >>> finally from us this morning, if everything goes as planned, a courage will make it into the history books later today. >> felix baumgartner is scheduled to free fall from the edge of space and go towards the new mexico desert. the plan, years in the making, is astounding. felix baumgartner will try to make a supersonic, stratosphere jump, from 23 miles high and breaking the sound barrier with speeds of 700 miles per hour. baumgartner, an austrian p paratrooper says he is ready for the challenge. >> it's almost here. this is my biggest dream. we're one step closer. and i'm almost there. i feel good at the moment. >> reporter: along with baumgartner's nerves of steal, the mission requires cutting-edge equipment. he'll strap on a special helmet, get into a pressurized suit and liftoff from roswell, new mexico. it will be hoisted by a balloon with 30 million cubic feet of helium. its skin much thinner than a ziploc baggy. it's so huge, i'm would cover 40 acres if laid flat. the ride up will take close to three hours. and then, the sky blast and the

. >> this comes to us from fargo, north dakota, where in minnesota a lone turkey turned one neighborhood into its personal stomping ground. the way ward fowl has made itself at home wherever he sees fit. he's gotten a reputation for peeping through windows and holding up traffic. the fans of the bird are calling him roger. if there's any ring of truth to recent jokes, he could also be called dinner this coming thanksgiving. i didn't make it up. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> a zoo in israel is now home to a strange looking arrival. say hello to the south african tapir, an endangered mammal with a curiously flexible nose. zookeepers are extremely proud of the newborn saying he's very healthy and is successfully nursing from his mother. while the tapir may look like an elephant-pig crossover, they're closely related to horses and rhinos. >>> well, in new york, rock bands aren't the only ones who can smash pumpkins. one pumpkin farm celebrated its fall festival by dropping a 1,000-pound pumpkin from a sky-high forklift.

about everything we need to talk about. >>> this comes to us from kvly valley news live in fargo, north dakota, where a nearby glin done minnesota, a lone wild turkey has turned one neighborhood into its personal stomping ground. the wayward foul has made himself at home wherever he sees fit. over the past five months he's gotten a reputation for peeking through windows. fans have called him roger. he could be called dinner this coming thanksgiving. i hope not for his sake. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >> you are watching wbal tv 11. live, local, late breaking. this is 11 news at 5:00 am. >> good morning. we are starting with a little bit of low clouds and drizzle. keep that in mind. the drizzle is not a big deal. let us stick with the characters, mid 50's, 54 and westminster. i do believe we are going to get some sunshine. it should turn out to be a decent day want to get past the early morning. at temperatures between 67 and 72. warmer than it has been cured when they get back we will to give up the seven-day forecast to by the weekend. >> it is 4:57

about everything we need to talk about. >>> this comes to us from kvly valley news live in fargo, north dakota, where a nearby glin done minnesota, a lone wild turkey has turned one neighborhood into its personal stomping ground. the wayward foul has made himself at home wherever he sees fit. over the past five months he's gotten a reputation for peeking through windows. fans have called him roger. he could be called dinner this coming thanksgiving. i hope not for his sake. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >>> 4:28 is your time now. 58 degrees. another chilly start to your day. are we in for beautiful weather? we'll find out in a moment. first off, i'm eun yang. >> and i'm richard jordan in for aaron gilchrist. welcome on this wednesday, october 10th. >>> for the first time, a national division playoff game will be held in washington. the nationals return to washington after winning the first two games in st. louis. edwin jackson, who finished off their world series run last year, will start. in case you can't make it, you can watch the game on the mlb net

we don't pay the state of minnesota no taxes, and right now they want us to pay taxes, but it won't happen. that's another political question. >> i mean, we don't want to get near these political ones, but i just can't help but wondering if a native american going into the casino might do a ritual practice to evoke from the spirit - >> luckyness? >> yeah, lucky. right. >> no. no, no. >> but just to clarify one thing you said that i think is very helpful about - you didn't want to get into a political discussion about casinos, but i think what you're saying is that if a native american, like any other human being, goes into the casinos with a sense of honesty, integrity, and therefore, enjoyment, then fine. if they're there for other reasons, then they're going to have a problem no matter who they are. that kind of thing. >> could you explain a little bit about the native americans, what they think about the afterlife, and how that relates to what you were talking about, the rocks and stuff? >> afterlife, i believe we'll all be back together, united in a spirit world. we all live, we're all

minnesota senator norm coleman, let me use him as an example, he's a romney surrogate, talking to concernedhio yesterday. watch what he says. >> choices an issue for a lot of people. roe v. wade wasn't reversed. >> now, romney has stated clearly it is his personal desire to reverse roe versus wade. now he has surrogates out there saying, this isn't going to happen. i mean, this -- you're talking about etch-a-sketch, this is amazing. >> i am shocked, reverend, that you're shocked that someone connected to the romney campaign might say something that's not all together true. i mean, look at what we've seen for the last couple of weeks. mitt romney has been making -- in essence, making a u-turn at 60 miles per hour on a crowded freeway and don't say, don't pay any attention to this. i'm a moderate. i'm not going to do anything with abortion. boy, do i love the immigrants now. >> and, david, i get -- and, david, what you're saying at the same time, looking at mitt romney right now, when i was growing up my mom said you are who your friends are. what you're saying is exactly right. he picked pau

he uses a simple stick with a rack on the and to train horses. you don't need to kick me. >> dan ryan is from minnesotat she still has some fears on her horse. >> really afraid into learning the skills into the tools really puts me back in the driver's seat and then it's fun. jean is a recreational ryder from arlington heights who has been riding since she was a little girl. >> you just have to juggle your leg a little and they get it. >> when you hear about his childhood you understand how he knows pain doesn't work as recounted in the sun dance audience award winning documentary simply title balk his early life in montana and idaho was marked by a level of pain. >> we started out as trick gropers so we were called buckshot into a smoky. the boys appeared on tv shows and even a cereal box but at home, their father was brutally abusive. >> they saved my life, i was a foster kid at 11 years old and i was lost and i had no one in the world that wanted me and my brother or cared about us and the horses were a refuge for me. the brothers had been rescued by a caring foster family taken away from their abus

us. the frontal boundary pushing in. we've got snow in northern minnesota. it gives you an idea of the type of air mass as we head into the day. it will be a game changer. how about texas weather. we got some clouds rolling into the dallas fort worth area for the big game, expecting 72 or so for the first pitch. temperatures falling into the 60s through the game. winds will shift to the northwest. it will be breeze zip and the chance for a -- breezy and the chance for a passing shower. >> an update on some breaking news we first brought to you earlier this week. they're calling a house fire an bologna avenue, a case of arson. a porsche cayenne is missing including a tv and dvd player. an accelerant was used to start the fire and set in two different locations. anyone with information should call the arson squad. >> the message delivered today is clear, no more bullying. educators met to discuss the latest research and strategies. numbers show the physical incidents are decreasing but cyber bullying is on the rise. >> with the smartphones that are out and kid

us our rain showers on thursday night. this morning we've got rain from colorado all the way up toward north dakota, moving in toward minnesotathis batch of showers in ohio and michigan, that's going to stay north of us. look at all the high clouds that are around coming out of the south through the ohio valley coming across us this morning. that's what's going to limit our sun ath bit from time to time. we still have a decent amount of sunshine. here's at clock at 4:45. looking good on the futurecast. tonight all quiet. maybe a few clouds in the mountains by tomorrow morning. tomorrow a mix of sun and clouds. by 5:00 notice the shower north and east and northwest. really looks like the better chance of rain will be thursday night into early, early friday morning. but if the timing works out, this will be gone by the time you wake up friday morning. by the time sunrise occurs. if you're with me now, you're an early riser. today a mix of sun and clouds. we're dipping into the 40s tonight. 73 tomorrow. rain at night on thursday. maybe an early shower friday, 72. and then the weekend looks good. we've got temps on saturday mid-

minnesota. eastern north dakota yesterday had no words of a foot of snow -- upwards of a foot. that cold front will bring colder air for us. there is a pinwheel in southern canada still dumping snow in parts of southern canada around winnipeg and parts of northern minnesota seeing light snow on the backside of this system. a strong cold front will continue marching our way and make it here by tomorrow. we have a fair amount of clout and a few showers along the front currently in the midsection of the country and moving into the ohio valley. the front will move into town around here and we will have a few sprinkles midday saturday. generally a dry day. the big changes will be on sunday. for the rest of today, 83 degrees. by 7:00 p.m., 78 degrees. sliding into the low 70's by 10:00 p.m. in the fifties tonight with clear skies. highs in the 50's by sunday. going from the low 80s today to mid 70's tomorrow to mid 50's for the high temperature on sunday with scattered rain throughout a good part of the day on sunday. raw. there's the reminder that it is not spring. here comes the. cold the >> ready or not. >> that will keep ou

us tomorrow is across the upper midwest. the storm system spinning north of minnesota. owers from the great lakes back through iowa and south dakota this morning. that is driving more toward the east. looks like the bulk of that is going to stay north of us. when i show you the futurecast, you'll see we have a chance for shows showers again this morning pulling away. then tomorrow with the front, we'll be generally clear tonight with patchy fog. tomorrow with the front, we have a chance for a sure in the afternoon. mainly north and east of d.c. so looking at the forecast, today a cool one. we finish with some sunshine, 60 after the cloudy and damp start. tonight we're back down mainly in the 40s with some patchy fog. 70 tomorrow. a little bit breezy. could be a passing shower north. thursday looks nice 66. look at your weekend. 70 saturday and 77, should be a beautiful afternoon for football on sunday. let's go to monika with timesaver traffic. >> good morning. you've got the wet road conditions and already one accident on the inbound side of i-66 inside the beltway clos

us this sunday night. rg3 easily the most exciting player in the nfl this season. he dazzled the minnesota vikings at fedex field today a week after being knocked out of the game. he led the skins to the first home win in more than a year. dave owens is here with the highlights and reaction. hey, dave. >> a win that was a long time coming for the burgundy and gold. this game interesting for a lot of reasons. was griffin fully recovered from getting his noggin nknocked last week. all of those questions as we went into the game today. rg3 thinking pink today. he was making minnesota blue getting it done with his arms. he rifles this pass across. then later on, he's got legs. oh, he knows how to use them. 76 yards. he also added a 7-yarder, two touchdowns on the day. washington wins it 38-26. home losing streak, gone. >> i took off running and got to the sideline, thought i would run out of bounds because everyone's been telling me that lately, and then you know, you know in certain situations and i felt like i had the guy outflanked and i just took off running. the rest is history. i got to

ferroindiana wnba sheryl reeves from minnesota ahs to be held back and she won! >> let usll smile when she sees that barry bonds. he is getting an $18,000 custom cycle. that certainly makes me feel good. >> we will see you at 11:00 p.m. what are you thinking? i'm thinking it was the accountant. in the law office. with the illegal wire transfer? either that, or colonel mustard in the library. we can pull prints on the candlestick. let's grab his company's financial records from last year -- they're on file. you want me to do it? we have clerks for that. i got something better. i got you. okay. [ blowing air through lips ]

minnesota right now. the center of this will come over us on friday with towering 50 and 60 mi. per hour wind gusts on the periphery of it. this is a perfect setup to spin some waterspouts over the lake. this will be on friday, not so much tomorrow. nebraska has had 61 mi. per hour winds these are all high wind reports from the national weather service. san lewis was hit earlier today and this is wheresan st. louis was hit earlier today. look at the rate numbers coming down right here and you see how rain is on the way. did you know there is a big warmup on the way later in the weekend? we could be back in the '70s by sunday and monday. we will tell you more about that on the update. darthtomorrow early peaks of sun blustery intercooler it and quite cloudy. sun, blustery and cooler. this atmosphere is explosively on stableun stable. you might to bubble up a thunderstorm that could make good old tale. hal.hai l. for a second night major lane closures on the skyway. also close to the dan ryan expressway will be completely closed until 5:00 a.m. and drivers can expect a 15 minute f

us today. and meet the candidates continues. jim graves a candidate running in minnesota'sgressional district. but first -- >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> a load of strong evidence against lance armstrong in the doping case was released yesterday. the agency putting out over a thousand of ages of testimony from 26 people, 15 are cyclists talking about lance arm strong's use. the evidence shows beyond any doubt that the pro cycling team ran the most sophisticated and successful doping program that successful sports has ever seen quote. >> bill: just reading that it is unbelievable. he has doctors on the payroll, and flying from france to spain to have the blood removed -- oh my god. this guy is a mastermind criminal. >> he is like a supervillain. >> it is. i idolized him as a hero too. >> uh-huh. michelle obama said along with threatening to walk out of the white house gates without telling anyone, she finds herself wanting to go to cvs and go in and buy soap on her own, she also wants to bo around washington rather than just the white house. >> bill: liste

us what is behind the improved numbers. >> reporter: systems and circle pines, minnesota, make food packaging machines.ceo, dale anderson, hired 40 new people this year. he now has 160 employees. >> i think the economy has really -- is picking up. >> he left his job in construction and decided to become a machinist. >> i chose manufacturing for the reasons that it doesn't seem as affected by small swings in the economy. >> research and development budget during the recession. it paid off. anderson is building this due plant. >> we do have plans. >> facially, the economy added an average of more than 145,000 jobs over the past three months. unemployment has not been this low seance january of 2009. >> we will below that video. >> much of the drop is attributed to the growth and part-time jobs. >> i didn't get responses to my resume. >> 56-year-old amy crawford was forced to take a minimum wage job in a restaurant when she could not find full-time work as a home designer. >> i'm almost like a bird in the hand is worth three in the books. >> as you might expect, president obama and mitt romney saw today's

thanks for joining us green party campaign manager joining me live in minnesota usa. we'll talk to business now with katie and ross nifty could acquire all the shares in the russian british oil. what would this mean what are the implications when it was made that russia's. become the biggest in the world so who better to waste and were expected to have more on the deal on friday in the meantime is check out the markets will see wall street fell off the jobless claims she. down on the. european markets managed to get you the start of a two day summit and felt the pressure from the oil markets. went more said tomorrow here in the back of. my fright. problem losing our voices talking too much to you that's the problem and again that's what we do for a living thank you low thanks a lot because a report is coming up in just a few minutes. the . motion would be soon which brightened a few more about someone from funniest impressions. muslims don't talk t.v. dot com. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glim

we asked anthony mason to tell us what's behind these improved numbers. >> reporter: in circle pines, minnesota, where dell corps systems makes food package magazines, c.e.o. dale anderson has 160 employees. >> i think the economy has really -- it's picking up. >> reporter: ryan is one of these new workers. after leaving his job in construction, he retrained to become a machinist. >> i chose manufacturing for the reasons that, you know, it's not -- doesn't seem as affected by small swings in the economy. >> reporter: dell corps tripled its research and development budget during the recession. it's paid off. anderson is building this new plant. >> that's the reason we're moving and we have plans to continue hiring. >> reporter: nationally the economy has added an average of more than $145,000 jobs over the past three months and unemployment has not been this low since january, 2009. >> yes, we're finally below that 8% level but it's still indicative of a slow-growth environment. >> reporter: michelle mier is senior u.s. economist for bank of america. 100,000 plus jobs is healthy but not impressi

minnesota at this time. that cold weather will make its way towards us just in time for that tropical system to come across theas well. could be seeing maybe the perfect storm. that's definitely a posesment. but for today mild temperatures this morning. don't need the heaviest coat. 72-degrees is what i'm going for this afternoon. still above average as we go through tonight and even by tomorrow the temperature at 70 begs, here's the seven day forecast for you as the storm we're looking for it to go downhill into the sunday, monday and tuesday. and possibly wednesday. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning lynette. well, we are following a very serious crash right now in howard county. it's in elkridge on route 1 at route 100. now route 1 will be shut down between route 100 and kit kat road. if you are traveling in the area you will want to use 95 instead. and an abc2 is on the bay to the fan -- photographer is on the way to the scene now. but to expect heavy delays in the area. more problems out on the beltway where we are dealing with a crash in w

us. you can see the twist right here in northern minnesota dragging a cold front across minnesota, iowa and wisconsin. that cold front gets here tomorrow afternoon. with it looks like most of the moisture is going to stay north of us but we do have a slight chance of a shower. in fact 8:00 still a slight chance of a shower east. we'll see the clouds lingering through midday some and then breaking up this afternoon. tonight we're looking at some fog possibly returning toward tomorrow morning. here comes the front tomorrow afternoon. slight chance of a shower northern sections with the front. it will just cool us down ath bit thursday and friday. today 60 degrees. a little bit of sun in the afternoon. tonight about 50 in town. low to mid-40s north and west with again the threat for some patchy fog developing. a breezy day wednesday, 70 with a slight chance of a passing shower north. tomorrow -- excuse me, thursday looks nice, 66. by friday 64. and your weekend looks night. warming to 77 by sunday. it is 6:18. good morning to monika samtani. >> good morning, howard. i've been telling you for a

the outbreak is linked to steroid shots used for back pain made by a specialty pharmacy in massachusetts. the medication has since been recalled. a woman in minnesota is the first to file a lawsuit against that pharmacy. >>> 4:51. time for weather and traffic on the ones. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein telling us more about a forecast. feels pretty mild out there, tom. >> what a contrast to saturday morning when it was really cold. >> i was not ready. i heard all the forecasts. i listened intently. still was not prepared. >> this is what it looked like in northern montgomery county on saturday morning. the first frost of the season. i took this picture right at dawn. yes, it was cold. in fact, it was right down near the freezing mark throughout much of the areas. this is right before dawn. you can see the frosty grass. if you have any interesting weather or nature photos, send them to us at weather@nbcwashington.com. we will share. let's take a look at what's been happening the last several hours. a lot of cloudiness moving through. passing sprinkles north and west of the metro area. right now no rain. off to our west, there are showers. ar

minnesota. the outrage has been traced to steroid injections commonly used to treat babbling pain. is linked to a pharmacy in massachusetts. health officials say thousands of people may have received the shots. i'm arthel nevil. now back to fox news watch. >> let me start by causing everyone against seizing on any single statement or piece of information to draw final conclusions. it's essential that we go through all of the information and the entire context so that we can get a full and complete, accurate understanding of what happened. i take those th responsibility very seriously. i believe that our diplomats deserve a rigorous, serious and careful process. >> jon: that is secretary of state hillary clinton on wednesday vowing to provide a full and accurate account on the attacks in benghazi that killed four americans. the terror attack taking place a little over three weeks ago on september 11th. so, was that directed as at the media? was she telling reporters back off, don't be looking into the story and don't be pulling diaries out of the rubble? >> what i heard her say, hey