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mrs. connally ] you can't take my fios away. [ male announcer ] fios. a network ahead. >>> issue two, cain's 9-9-9 versus romney's 5-9. >> the reason i've a plan being attacked so much is because lobbyist, accountants, politicians, they don't want to throw out the current tax code and put in something that is simple and fair. >> herman cain, the republican candidate for the 2012 presidential election, just 13 months from now had the political bull's-eye squarely on him. cain spent nearly 30 minutes during tuesday night's debate defending his tax plan, the 9-9- 9 plan. that plan would deep six the current i.r.s. tax code with its, get this, 70,000 pages. cain and cain wants a triple flat tax, a 9% flat tax on corporations, a 9% flat tax on individuals, and a 9% flat sales tax on bought goods. the plan was fiercely attacked in the debate by nearly all of the contenders for the republican presidential nomination, notably the front- runner, former massachusetts governor mitt romney. >> i want to reduce taxes on middle income families. i like your hutzpahnes

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mrs. connally ] you can't take my fios away. >>> biker gang violence. a high-ranking member of the hell's angels is murdered at the funeral for the club's president. 52-year-old steve towson was shot and killed at the funeral in san jose. a member of a rival gang is believed to be the gunman. heavily-armed members of the police department were at the funeral because of rising tensions between the gangs. 4,000 people attended the funeral, but no one can describe the suspect. >>> a man escapes from a burning car just moments before it explodes. he pulled over and found a body slouched over the steering wheel of a crashed toyota prius. the man dragged the unconscious person 20 yards down the interstate, and ended up saving his life, before the car exploded. >>> a toddler falls and survives. jessica kartalija has more. >> reporter: police say the 4- year-old boy's injuries are not life-threatening. they say it happened yesterday afternoon, around 3:30 at an apartment building at showa road. officials say the boy fell out of the window. and when they got the

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mrs. connally ] you can't take my fios away. [ male announcer ] fios. a network ahead. >>> it is 4:29, partly sunny and 67 degrees. hello everyone, thanks for staying with us, i'm vic carter. here is what people are talking about, defending the doctor. 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

mrs. connally ] you can't take my fios away. [ male announcer ] fios.work ahead. >>> well, it's nice now but what a crazy day. thunder and downpours and then sun and then more downpours. it's crazy. >> the sun came out and an hour later raining cats and dogs. all to the east now. the front did come through the region. the winds did shift around drying things out very nicely in time for the weekend as promised. temps rice now. pretty nice really. we have a west southwest wind 16. the dew points dropping and the humidity is going down as well. the barometer, on the way back up as a big area of high pressure moves in. 29.46 inches, pretty low actually. probably had a sinus headache the last couple of days, 58 degrees out in oakland. most of central maryland picks up since about wednesday a half to maybe 1 inch of rain. some areas like d. c. which had the thunderstorms last night. big storms, picked up 1.5- inches of rain. more down there. 72 at pack river and 69 ocean city. as you see to the west a lot cooler. locally upper 60s. mid 60s from the north to t

mrs. connally ] you can't take my fios away. [ male announcer ] fios. a network ahead.ning, a weak front trying to push in responsible for the clouds. a good bit of sunshine through the afternoon. a bit of a mixed bag. but the temperature will be nice. partly sunny today. 75 degrees, mild, comfortable tonight, 52. the low is 46. 72 tomorrow. periods of clouds and sun with rain tomorrow in to wednesday. another check of the roads, back over to sharon gibala. >>> good morning, if you are about to head out. a few accidents, plenty of delays. one 95 southbound at white marsh. watch for delays south in to 895. new accident in owens mills at south dolesville, a lane blockage there. jfx7 minutes from the beltway to northern parkway. there is a look at your speeds in the 30s on the top of the west side. outside, looking a little bit better than it was a little bit earlier. bills carpet, bills has it all for you. >>> looking for missing 11 year old, police say they have republican to scour two parks over the weekend. the search turned up nothing. >> reporter: william hasn't been

mrs. connally ] you can't take my fios away. [ male announcer ] fios.rk ahead. >>> coming up next on west virginia's eyewitness news at 5:00, efforts to find a missing child. where police are focusing their search for an 11-year-old boy. >>> a professional race car driver killed in a fiery crash and tonight the safety concerns raised by his death. >>> it's a bright monday for the ravens. what the team is saying about its victory over the texans. check in for more on these stories and all the day's breaking news. eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. >>> this is w wjz tv, baltimore. >> from the city to the counties to your neighborhood, now it's complete coverage. it's wjz, merrill's news -- maryland's news station. >>> searching for women -- william. a child vanishes after his mother is murdered. >> i'm mary bubala. >> and i'm vic carter. connie is off tonight. here's what people are talking about. >> police following several leads as they try to find 11- year-old william mcqueen. tonight a nationwide amber alert remains in effect. wjz is live in montgome

mrs. connally ] you can't take my fios away. >>> ravens are getting a monday night showdown.ark viviano has one of the intriguing connections between these teams. >> there's lots of mutual admiration between the two. we heard jack del rio talk about their super bowl connection. another interesting connection is that between opposing running backs. they're two of the smallest, yet most effective players in the league. for the ravens, of course, it is ray rice in his fourth season he has grown into one of the top offenses in the game. small in stature. 5'8" 210 pounds. rice delivers big over the past three seasons. he is the top overall yardage in the league. and maurice jones-drew is just 5'7" but like rice, a big threat. the two are friends. jones-drew has his mind on a tough ravens defense. >> we were just talking about it today. i mean, they have like four or five guys on their team that could be all pros on the defense so it's going to be another challenge for us. >> you know, they're facing our defense. a great defense. regardless, they have a great defense. we all know.

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mrs. connally ] you can't take my fios away. [ male announcer ] fios. a network ahead. >>> good evening. i'm lindsey murphy. even on the bye week, the redskins are winners. for right now skins are in sole possession of first place in the nfc east. so enjoy it. michael vick and the eagles looking to put an end to a three-game losing trend. they trail and vick back to pass and get drilled as he throws this interception by nick barnett. he has a clear path to the end zone, 31 yards for the touchdown. the bills in front 21-7. fourth quarter eagles down 31-14 and vick the quick pass to desean jackson. he does the rest. 31 yards for the score. the eagles add a field goal to cut the deficit to 31-24. two minutes left and vick looking for jason avant. the ball intercepted by barnett to ice the game. vick was 405 total yards of offense and four interceptions. bills defeat the eagles 31-24. philly falls to 1-4. a team of destiny, huh? >>> a lovely day in new york. seahawks down 3 and charlie whitehurst to open daniel baldwin and 27 yards and then baldwin silences the crowd. seattle in front 29-25.

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mrs. connally ] you can't take my fios away. >>> suicide bombing leaves five people dead.slammed a truck filled with explosives into a checkpoint. three others rushed into a compound, sparking a lengthy gunfight, sparking security forces. the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. >>> rescue crews pulled the last remaining victims from a grain elevator in northeast kansas. six people died when a huge explosion rock the the facility. damage from the blast delayed the search for the other victims. no cause has been given. but highly combustible green dust has been controversial. >>> prosecutors are slamming michael jackson's doctor in the manslaughter trial. >> 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 outcome of this case. >> reporter: prosecutors grilled dr. paul white about the care dr. murray gave his superstar patient. >> have you ever administered propofol in someone's bedroom? >>

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mrs. connally ] you can't take my fios away. [ male announcer ] fios.region that. >> welcome back to "the early show." a little respect from the one and only aretha franklin. without question the world's most influential artist the past century. lucky debbieye spending the day with aretha franklin and tony bennett. >> traffic is moving way too slow behind us on fifth avenue. >> it is only the beginning of the aretha moments to come. >> good to see tony bennett, too. all of that is coming up in a couple of minutes. >>> ahead, afghan orphans using art to heal their wounds. a few years ago, art was forebidden under the taliban. their teacher lost her father to the southeastviets 30 years ago. >> so many people making sacrifices in their lives to make the lives of others better. >>> ahead, meet lily, the newest muppet on "sesame street." lily is here because she is featured in a new special which airs this sunday night tackling a very difficult problem but one that 1 in 4 kids in this country may face and that is hunger or what is officially referred to as

mrs. connally ] you can't take my fios away. [ male announcer ] fios.think that is the statue of liberty there. >> big old cruise ship. >> everyone on the cruise ship waving at her. >>> welcome back to "the early show." i'm rebecca jarvis. >> i'm russ mitchell. welcome back. a lot coming up this on hour. >>> dyan cannon will be with us to talk about a new book she has written about her late husband cary grant. >> there she is! in our studio. >> she still calls cary grant delicious. >> i can't wait to hear more what she has to say. >>> next weekend people are going to halloween parties and a week later it's halloween. we have a spook tacler. you might have stuff around the home to put these costumes together. >> a little goblin right there. >> adorable. amy goodman will be here to walk us through it and that is her daughter. >> favorite halloween costume as a kid? >> i was a punk rocker. >> i was a devil one year which is probably appropriate. >> i can't imagine! >> thank you rebecca. >>> dawn of a new era in libya. an interim government is expected to d

mrs. connally ] you can't take my fios away. [ male announcer ] fios.e prominence of kidney disease. 7,000 people have the disease. that is just our area. more than 1500 people are waiting for kidney transplants. next side is the big day for the kidney foundation the annual kidney walk. light bring in the ceo of the national kidney foundation of the national capital area and john divine a kidney transplant recipient and the foundation's board share. good to you have with us. >> hi, will. >> and tony, start with you. why are the numbers high in this area? >> will, we have a unique population in this area. we have such a large percentage of france. african-americans have a four times greater chance of kidny disease based upon the number -- two major issues. number one, the high blood pressure, number two, diabetes. when they're undetected and not caught early, they lead to the increase of chronic kidney disease. >> i want to talk about detecting and screening. let me hope to you. how long has it been and i understand you had a living donor. >> it's tea an

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