i'm getting word there's a tree down southbound york road right afr old york road. york road closed there so be aware of that. also, overnight construction around the beltway, exit ramps closed 695 at security boulevard and 695 at liberty road. both of those exit ramps remain closed at the inner loop. that is just for overnight. they should be reopening this morning. 8 5 northbound is -- 895 northbound is closed for construction. that reopens later this morning. two-way traffic gets by in the southbound tube at this time. this is going to be 695 at liberty road. you can see traffic is flowing nicely at this hour. back to you. >>> 5:00. if you live in the city you're worried about crime, property tax and the way city hall runs. >> the mayor has been indicted again. abc2 news cheryl conner live to tell us what this means and what it's all about this time. >> reporter: good morning. mayor sheila dixon insists these new charges will not stop her. she went on with her schedule yesterday evening saying she never intended on cancelling her appearance at the women's busines

but fallen trees, york road past old york road. and north avenue there's a tree blocking the intersection, so use caution, back to you. >>> charges against baltimore city mayor sheila dixon have been re-filed by a state prosecutor. >> the mayor once again faces charges of perjury, misconduct in office and also theft and the state prosecutor says the mayor didn't report expensive gifts from her ex-boyfriend, city developer ronald lipscomb. she's also accused of stealing gift cards intended for needy families. the mayor would not talk directly about the indictments but she says she's not slowing down, keeping to her public schedule even after hearing about them yesterday. >> i'm going to stick to my schedule. i mean, you know, that's a commitment that i make. i mean, i'm not going to let -- if i'm sick or my kids are sick, i'm going to continue to works, that's what i do. >> her attorney released a statement saying "the new charges are as flawed as those that were previously dismissed and we expect they will meet the same fate." we'r

freeland same problem, york road closed at old york near freeland. take the harrisburg expressway as the alternate. running smoothly on harrisburg from pennsylvania line to the beltway. 11 minutes on the northeast outer loop. nine minutes on 895 to harbor tunnel tolls to 95 south. 95 at maryland 290 b.w. parkway an accident clearing from the left shoulder. but really not causing any delay. live view in harford county and toward us is southbound traffic you can see it is getting a little crowded in the southbound lanes at mountain road but so far still running smoothly here. maybe white marsh you will tap the breaks so you can see sunshine may be a factor. >> we will see more sun in the forecast today but there is patchy fog. so be aware of that. cloud cover visible satellite imagery not showing much but a lot of times in won't show the low-level fog situation we are in. we will burn off quickly because the sun has been up about 20 minutes. 73 downtown now. 75 at b.w.i. 81 in ocean city. a balmy start like we have seen all week long and not only deali

old york at 35th. bel air. kelly at falls. and north charles at west franklin. delays you can see on 295. between anamol -- annapolis and savage road. there's a live look at the top side of the beltway. inner loop delay there, between park heights and falls. there's a look at the west side, inner loop, only slowed at security. this traffic report is brought to you by subway. an updated all-time favorite. juicy steak, with chipotle sauce. subway, eat fresh. back over to you. >> thank you, sharon. >>> and tonight's eyewitness news healthwatch, a maryland man needs a bone marrow transplant by the end of the month. but it's no easy task to find a match. sally joins us now with his story. >> reporter: the answer could possibly come from two young women who love the same guy. they put out a national plea for help. >> all right, snow bunnies! >> reporter: this is jonathan hout earlier this year, frolicking with its grandson. >> a special place in our heart. and i have the faith that i'm in the right place for care. i was able to reach for my induction treatment. but i

york road closed at old york road toward freeland road. take the harrisburg expressway as the alter natnate. speed sensors not getting any delays and drive times indicate we are doing fine as volume slowly builds. no sign of delays yet. harrisburg expressway this is the alternate we are offering to york road and looking good at mount carmel. no problems from the pennsylvania line to the beltway. we will switch to a live view of 95 at white marsh and building in volume but no delays southbound to the beltway. that is the latest on "traffic pulse 11." back to you. >> our big story new indictments against mayor sheila dixon. one day after helen holten was reindicted they have discovered new details and evidence against the mayor. the new charges include more allegations about gifts she received and restores perjury charges previously dropped. that leaves many wondering where is the new information coming from. jennifer franciotti joins us live from outside city hall with the latest. >> good morning. in the time since some of the previous char

a downed tree in freeland all the way up toward the maryland-pennsylvania line shut down between old yorkand freeland. take the harrisburg expressway as the alternate. checking speed sensors doing well on the entire beltway and major roads up to it this morning. drive times equally smooth. 11 minutes on outer loop northeast, five minutes on southbound 95 from 895 split to fort mchenry toll. nine minutes on 895 south from harbor tunnel toll to 95 on the south side. 895 north of childs street looking good approaching the harbor tunnel and harford road at northeast corner looking equally smooth. that is the latest on "traffic pulse 11." now let's check the buses and trains with kurt kroncke. >> good morning, sarah. we are looking very good here as well on the light rail on time from hunt valley to cromwell station glen burnie. metro on time. marc trains no delays on the lines and buses just the 17 diversion at nursery and winterston. organizations are benefiting from the commuter choice maryland program. it saves m.t.a. customers on passes and provides a tax credit to employers. call 410-767

old york road and dunn bar. >> city says much better way to collect trash that will save the city millions with one week pick up. the homeowner says it only complexes the trash problem already existing in the city. who is right? miss smith reports on the first day of baltimore one plus one plan. >> here's the problem. before this happened. too many bags all over the city just did. allowing rodent. bird. even larvae time to attack. >> one of the biggest problem problems. just laying the trash out like that there. >>reporter: folks like her think the scheduled change that begins this week only make things worse. >> we are going to make mistakes. citizens make mistake. we'll be off on the schedule. we are expecting that people aren't going to remember their schedule all the time so there's a 90 day grace period. >>reporter: officials say after the grace period eventually people will make the adjustment. stop doing this and then they will start seeing results. skeptic think it will be a different. >> rats. >> going to kaut cause a lot of rats. >> it is so critical. it's the only way to reduce

. >> if you live in the freeland area of northern baltimore county, york roadality old york road has been reopened. crews cleared out the tree blocking the roadway. however, we still have a crash pending on 95 southbound, between the russell street and caton avenue exits. that crash does block the left shoulder at this time. trees still causing delays in the owings mills area as garson forest road between avery hill drive and park heights avenue. trees in the intersection. 695 at the bw parkway, looking good on the near side of the screen. those are the northbound lanes, far side is the southbound lanes. just building volume but traffic flowing freely at this time. this traffic report brought to you by baltimore's country station 93.1 wpoc, you'll find great music from stars like taylor swift, kenny chesney and keith urban and taylor swift. >>> a baby cut from her mother's womb found alive and two people are arrested. 22-year-old darlene hayes was found dead monday in her worcester, massachusetts apartment. police say the woman who took the baby tried to pass her off as her own. >>>

there's a second downed tree on york road that is closed between old york road. take 83 as the alternate. the west side starting to slow at liberty road. no delays on 95. this report brought to you by toyota and your toyota dealer. you'll find a service deal tore keep your toyota running smoothly. >>> charges once dropped are back on the docket for the second time. indictment for mayor sheila dixon. mary bubala is live. >> reporter: good morning. this is starting to get confusing, but the state prosecutor is starting all over. he's throwing out the old indictment against mayor dixon and has a new one because he has her former boyfriend cooperating now. after being reindicted, mayor dixon says she's forging ahead. >> my reaction, stay focused, continue to build on this, and continue to serve the citizens. >> her previous indictment is stealing gift cards and accepting gifts from a developer working with the city. ron lipscomb is cooperating with the investigation. the same allegations against dixon and reintroduces charges in the original. mayor dixon faces three

it happened in the 4,000 block of old york road in the waverly area. police tell us there were no children on or around the playground when the shots range out there. is no word yet on the condition of the victim, and police are still searching for the gunman. >>> throw away your old thoughts about trash in the city. this week the schedule of pickups has changed. and for some residents, old habits may be hard to break. judge the big trash bags sitting in city trash cans tonight. the new plan for garbage and recycling is designed to save money. but as christian schaffer reports, some aren't so sure. he is live in north baltimore. chris? >> reporter: no trash collection anywhere in the city today because the new schedule only runs tuesday through friday, and it appears some people have adjusted to the new schedule by simply putting their household trash into cans like this one along york road. that's a violation. it is going to be a big ajudgment. residents and city officials are bracing for problems. the main concern for people who live in canton, one t

it was around old york road. they found a man shot several times. no word on his condition this morning. they are investigating it. >>> a confrontation with the police led to gunfire. one person left the medical center without being discharged. when they got to the home, the has been confronted the police which cost them to use a taser, pepper spray, and eventually having to shoot their weapons. >> an officer was on the floor beneath him. he was about to strike the officer. the other officer who was there, fearing for the officers' safety, thought that he was in imminent danger, shot his gun and injured a the person. >> he was taken to the hospital for gunshot wounds. he was cited with resisting arrest. >>> family members of an elderly woman saying the circumstances of what her body was found in a freezer was not strange. the grandson said is a grandmother died of natural causes. his caretakers toward the body in a freezer instead of reporting it. >> she would have never holiday here on my grandmother's hand. i do not want people looking at the situ

happened around 7:15 at old york road and dunbar avenue. homicide detectives called to the scene, at last word, the victim was still alive. >> meanwhile, a man is found fatally shot in northeast baltimore. happened about 4:00 this morning in the 1300 block of cedarcroft road. man shot in the head. police are not releasing the name at this time. >> anne arundel county police shoot a man threatening to hit an officer with a chair. officials from anne arundel medical center asked police to go to the man in the 1000 block of deep creek road to check on the condition of his wife, she had been treated at the hospital recently. 50-year-old man became belligerent and told officers to leave. and raised a chair over the heads to hit one of the officers. >> during that assault officers employed pepper spray to subdue him and a taser to subdue him. he was able to continue to fight. >> man was taken to shock trauma with serious injuries and expected to survive. he is facing several charges. >> autopsy results in the body of an elderly woman found in a f

time lapse video shows what subway trains do when they pass over a 100-year-old new york city bridge. >>> and flip out. things go spectacularly wrong at a washington state boat race. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> this is "early today" for tuesday, jewel 28th, 2009. hello and good morning, everyone. i'm dan kloeffler. today we begin with the michael jackson mystery. law enforcement sources tell nbc news that michael jackson's doctor administered a powerful drug the night the late pop star died. those sources confirm dr. murray did give jackson the prescription sedative. according to the associated press, jackson regularly relied on the drug to sleep with doctors, then stopping the intravenous drip in his room whenever it was time for jackson to wake up. still, we do not know exactly what killed jackson. toxicology results have not been released. they are expected later this week. >>> federal officials say seven men in north carolina was ind t indicted of planning a coup overseas. boyd is accused of encouraging others to engage in jihad, offering military-style trave

around 8:00 last night investors were called to the intersection of did you know bart-on avenue and old york road for the report of a man shot. there they found a 38-year-old man on a basketball court. he had been shot in the chest. he died at a local hospital. no word tonight on a motive or suspect. an early morning shooting in baltimore city is also under investigation tonight. police say a woman was shot in the head just before 3:00 this morning in fell's point. it happened in the 500 block of south register street just off of eastern avenue. the woman was taken to johns hopkins hospital, where tonight she is listed in grave condition. >> tomorrow the date for a murder trial could be set for members of a suspected cult nearly a year after being charged with starving a 1-year-old boy to death. the defendant still don't have attorneys, though. prosecutors are asking a judge to assign council for 41-year-old queen antoinette and 20-year-old traffia williams, members of the former one mind ministries. prosecutors say they denied the boy food because he didn't say amen after meals. his mother

one-year-old new york. here is a shot to deep left field. --1-0 new york. trying to rally. this goes to right field. adam dunn scored easily. here comes the throat. he is in there safely. 5-2. bottom of the eighth. first and second with zero outs. look out. three-six-one. the nationals loose again. there is a look at your sports. have areat day. >>> 5:25. time for the latest look at business news. >> good morning, everyone. some washington defense to tell you about. first up, ben bernanke will be on capitol hill delivering testimony on the economy. he has an opinion piece in "the wall street journal," saying the fed has the tools to tighten monetary policy. a senate panel is scheduled to vote today on legislation that would require airlines to let passenge off if there plane sits for more than three hours. a trade group says that will end up increasing cancellations. today is the day for the foreclosure option at the watergate hotel. one of the bidders may be from new york. the watergate has been empty. monument realty purchased it in 2004 and planned to convert it to co-op

still closed at old york road. take the harrisburg expressway instead. drive times are pretty much up to speed except for the west side. to lie about 15 minutes. quick look at traffic on the west side. you can see the pace of things on liberty. southbound 295 looks good towards west nursery road. >> partly cloudy out there. very warm already. 71 at b.w.i. marshall. 82 on ocean city. we will surge to 88 to 92 degrees. no great chance of seeing thunderstorms like the last couple of days. a good chance tomorrow is another front passes through open increase in clouds and showers and storms. a little bit of relief on saturday. not quite as humid. >> check the bottom of your screen for updated news and traffic information. our next live update at 7:55. >>> it's 7:30 now on a thursday morning. it's the 30th day of july, 2009. hard to believe, august just around the corner. actually, we're not finished with our july fun just yet, because the kings of leon will be here tomorrow, on the plaza, to wrap up the month with a live summer concert. if you're in the area,

old. >>> in new york a camera caught a wayward deer. he scrambled through the aisles and ended up in the storage room where an employee was finally able to coax it out of the back door. animal certainly made it clear the buck shops here. >>> now for a look at the national and regional weather here's nbc meteorologist todd santos with the weather channel forecast. todd, don't make fun of my cheap joke. >> i'll hold that back. what do you think the deer was looking for? >> maybe a couple of does -- brought in a couple of dough. i'm trying to think of another line. >> you keep those going. on the east coast, as far as rain showers in new york, may see a few, even over the next couple of showers. isolated showers. this afternoon, better chns for thunderstorms especially extending north of the area. yesterday a lot of action was centered around the southeast and back toward the mountains. we're looking at potent chances for severe weather. even through the southeastern edge of the dakotas, down toward omaha, potentially des moines. headed to

two at the parkway and the second one on old york road at 37th street.s there or on the topside. 15 minutes could save you on your insurance. . >>> in the news, baltimore county police need your help finding a man that could shed some light on an accident. >> reporter: this man was a passenger on the light rail train and they want to know if he saw anything unusual that day. the police may have more information on what happened when two teenager died. because of debris, all northbound tracks were shut down and it was a northbound train running on the southbound tracks that hit the boys from behind. they probably heard a train but did not know it was coming on their tracks. the man is not in trouble, they just need to know if they saw anything. >>> they were unveiled in may, the locos have yet to be put to work. officials thought that the testing would last four weeks. >>> she's a long way from home, but a basketball player making a name for herself in the wnba. she has a big night with the new team with the atlanta dream. she help her team win 91-77. sta

york city. cronkite died friday at his home in manhattan. he was 92 years old owners of the cemetery accused in i grave digging scandal have fired back at critics. four workers ended up in jail as police said they dug up bodies, done ped remains and sold the plots. experts say some of the remains can never be identified but attorneys for owner says the problems are overstated and things are not as bad as they seem. >> it was not a situation where bones simply littered the cemetery. we have people in and out of cemetery every day. we didn't have complaints of people not being able to find their loved one's grave. >> the cemetery claims a backhoe operator accidentally stirred up some of the graves but the local sheriff says the fbi would not have isn't a team of investigators in if it was just a small accident. >>> michael vick will be released today. he can shed the electronic monitor he has been wearing. it also allows vick to step up his efforts to resume his pro football career. >>> could paula abdul be looking for a new gig now. coming up next, word of a pos

two downed trees, one at old york road.as well as the topside. there's 295, no issues there. >>> thank you. in the news this morning, mayor dixon stands reindicted on charges of misconduct and perjury. >>> she will focus on running the city. a grand jury handed up two indictments accusing her of theft and perjury. the new indictments come after her final boyfriend ron lipscomb agreed to cooperate and provide new details. it is part of the investigation into corruption at city hall. >>> a d.c. bus drive on leave accuse of kidnapping a passenger. it happened on the d-14 in prince georges county when he refused to let the passenger off of the bus after the two argued. stay with wjz, maryland's >>> an show exclusive. the lawyers for michael jackson's mother says a custody agreement for his children has been worked out. we'll bring you the details. >>> terrified of opening your 401(k) statement? it may be time to take another look. we'll show you how to take stock of your savings and take hold of your financial life. >>> a hard-

york. he's 10 years old. he loves soccer. he was giving me a little soccer lesson early but i won't show you now because i was so bad at it. i was bad. >> yes. >>reporter: game starts at what time? >> 8:00 o'clock. >>reporter: 71,000 fans here at the bank stadium for soccer. we are live at m and t bank stadium fox 45 news at 5:30. >> thank you keith. >> how are the roads looking tonight. kandace has the traffic edge report. >>reporter: all right. that football classic will be the big story tonight. we are focusing on downtown baltimore. here are the sky ramp right now and you can see there are a lot of cars but so far the traffic is slowing freely so at least we do start off with some positive momentum but inside the city i can tell you it is going to be pretty congested right now. now the game begins at 8 but the gates open at 6:30 and thousands of people are already in downtown baltimore. race street blocked between west and austin street but the big deal is going to be all of that congestion. so if you are traveling on the

causing a four- minute backup to 8 95:00 and phoenix, watch for fire activity blocking lanes of old yorkound, slightly slow between the whitemarsh and beltway. you can see we're wide open at liberty and looking good at nerve. the traffic report is brought to you by the ellicott city takehouse, located at 2420 longgate parkway. come and go to outback. have a great weekend. >> you, too. >>> now information on the breaking news we were told. three people who worked for advanced helicopter concepts in frederick and a passenger were killed in a helicopter crash. mike schuh has more on the story. >> reporter: high-power lines dropped across both lanes of i- 70 as the chopper hit them before it went down. police say it appears the pilot was trying to land on the roadway on south mountain five miles east of hagerstown, when the power lines were hit. witnesses say there was an electrical spark in the air and a fire on the ground. the chopper holds four people. it's a robinson r 44 and it was full at the time of the crash, all died. at a breaching at 10:30 in hagerstown, the ntsb is expected to re

and late at night, the call would come up the stairwell in the old brownstone up in new york, good nightd night, walter. thanks for a great night. we flew to the country house on the vineyard, watched the sun set. we dined with presidents and explored the caribbean by sail. the family folded me into their life, and i became a trusted and comfortable member. by the way, sailing with walter was not for the faint of heart. walter loved the sea. and when more timid stayed ashore, we left our secure mooring and set sail, usually a lot of sail. wind, sea conditions, bah. hoist all soil, point her seward, and away we would go. going full tint, lee rail under, spray flying port and starboard, the brave crew hanging on for dear life, walter hunched over the helm, would catch my eye, grin, and over the racket of the wind, hollered, sensational! standing at the wheel of my beautiful old bald eagle, tucked in close to his boat, reading over and over winty, edgartown, painted on her stern. comfortably or confidently, i should say, trailed walter into probably every cove and harbor in maine, in new en

call him the king of queen. 49-year-old new york city transit worker from jamaica is a mega millionaireause he won the lottery. aubrey boyce came forward to claim his $133 million prize. lump sum comes out to $54.6 million. better to be lucky than to be good. >> that's true. are you shocked by the amount of tax he pays on that? taxes are enormous. it's crazy. >> probably going to get worse before it gets better. >>> if you're pinching pennies, tough dilemma here. you can pay for your gym membership and give your wallet a workout. ditch the gym. you can run outside, right? >> some sports clubs are relying on a time-honored tradition to lure people into the gym, sexy, steamy ads. >> look at david barton gym. look at that? can we put that up full screen? >> they're trying. >> steve, you're teasing us with it. >> if you hire one of their trainers, here is the rub, so to speak, you don't have to pay for a membership. >> now we can see it. hello. >> here we have artistic nuns looking at a heavenly body. this is equinox. this is really about art. it's not about, you know, i don't know -- >> se

old. as the nation celebrates and remembers programs nowhere were festivities more rich in symbolism than on liberty island in new york harbor. for something old is new again. bring a david explains. >> the iconic statue of liberty, a solemn century in new york's harbor is once again offering visitors the freedom to climb to her crown. it has been eight years since the stairway to the top was closed because of fears the statue would be a terrorist target following the 9/11 attacks. >> just like we opened the capitol and we opened the washington monument it should have been opened years ago. >> reporter: the statue of liberty opened in 1886, for decades was the first symbol of american freedom, immigrants saw. each year, more than 2 million visitors come here. >> we have taken some stems to make it safer. >> reporter: national park ranger dave den ham gave us a tour of the island and the statue's many features, none brighter than gold leave torch. >> that torch, that beacon, that light is a light that shines not just for america but for the whole world and it is the idea of freedom itself. >> reporter: novice tors have

the former cbs news anchor was 92 years old and died at home in new york after a long illness. tributes from fellow journalists and friends are pouring in honoring the newsman routinely called the most trusted man in america. president obama is also reacting to the pass of walter cronkite. here are some of those tributes. >> in an era before blogs and e-mails, cell phones and cable, he was the news. >> it's hard to imagine a man for whom i had more admiration than cronkite. cronkite is just -- he was a superb reporter, an honorable m man, a fine friend, and i have nothing but -- but admiration. >> walter cronkite is survived by three children and four grandchildren. his wife betsy died in 2005. >>> walter cronkite's 70-year plus career in journalism covered most of the 20th century and beyond. he achkerred the "cbs evening news" from 1962 to 1981. he was visibly shaken but a consummate professional bringing u.s. the news of president john f. kennedy's death and so excited he could barely speak at first moon landing. here are some of those moments. >> good evening from the cbs n

the 92-year-old died peacefully in new york city. abc 7 news. >> we have learned a private funeral service for walter cronkite has been scuttled for thursday in new york city. a separate memorial will be held within the next few weeks at the lincoln center. he will be cremated. his remains will be buried next was what betsy in a family plot. the family requests donations in lieu of flowers. >>> the taliban released a videotape showing an american soldier captured in afghanistan. the soldier's identity has not been confirmed. the associated press reports the man in this video was the soldier who was captured on june 30. the video shows the soldier being interviewed by his captors. >> i have a very good family. i love my home. i miss them everyday when i am gone. i miss them. i am afraid that i might never see them again. >> on that tape, the soldiers as the date is july 14. the information cannot be confirmed. we will have more on this story as information becomes available. >>> the white house is considering creating a unit of profes

york. >> he was 92 years old and had beenen in declining health. for millions of american he was the reassuring face and voice we welcomed into our living rooms. >> good evening from the cbs news control center in new york. kniss is walter cronkite reporting. >> in the day when we were all kids and those of us who were starting under walter, walter embodied kind of the best of everything and the best to aspire to. there were three networks at that point, and walter was the most important man. you lived and died by what he said, how he wanted pieces to be told. you were answerable to walter when walter picked up the phone, you were scared to death, but on the other hand, it was a core value in what we did, and, you know, it was a time when one voice mattered. >> from dallas, texas, the flash apparently official. president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. 2:00 eastern standard time. some 38 minutes ago. >> reached that moment where he took off his glasses, looked at the clock and said, president kennedy has died, and i -- you know, tha

prisons bus brought madoff to his new home in north carolina today after a 34 hour trip from new york. 71-year-old convicted con man who once traveled by private jet and wore suits hand tailored in london, was seen in a blue prison jumpsuit as he walked into the butner facility, considered one of the crown jewels of the federal prison system. >> he hit the inmate lottery. as far as being december ig nated to the best place that he could possibly hope for. >> reporter: his 150-year sentence meant he could have been sent to a maximum security facility. but butner prison is a medium security facility and has the look and feel of a college campus. inmates start the day at 6:00 in the morning and are required to work 7 1/2 hours a day on the grounds or in food services. the one-time multimillionaire will make between 12 and 40 cents an hour. but his former secretary says he is getting off easily. >> he manages to always get what he wants, and always have control over everything. and seeing that he's going to this facility shows you that he's managed to get into a rather comfortable condition. >> report

york. he was 78 years old. and some further thought now about frank mccourt from another writer. author and former newshour essayist roger rosenblatt joins me from new york. hello, roger. frank mccourt, your friend, we know and late in life was wildly successful writer, how significant a writer do you think he was in literary terms? >> i think he was a very significant writer. he wrote probably the best memoir of recent years and established the fact that a memoir was a work of literature, a work of high literature. and thus joined other irish writers of other eras and giving us original language and beautiful thought on the subject of poverty and suffering and things that were hard to swallow except in the hands of a first class writer. >> now he taught creative writing for decades to high-school students. yet he struggled. he was unable to write his own memoir until very late in his life. did he ever talk to you about what it was that unlocked him, that enabled him to write such a painful story in such a graceful way? >> graceful is the key word. the idea of writing about so dif

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he was born in danish west indies and arrived in new york as a 17-year-old orphan in 1900 and he diedat age 44 in bellevue hospital of appendicitis related condition. the historian rogers in great men of color, a mixed chapters on w.e.b. du bois, booker t. washington, marcus garvey and william juan wrote trotter described harrison as the foremost african-american and looked in his in iraq with the same program. philip randolph refers to harrison as do many others as the form father of her love radicalism. author schaumburg, the porter weaken bibliophile who was a pall bearer at harrison's massive harlem funeral, said that he felt harrison was ahead of his time and i think it is relevant because again, harrisons funeral world there were several thousand at his funeral suffuse popular that his time but much of what he says and rights has relevance i think for audiences still today. as a political activist terrorism's contributions were truly extraordinary. he played uniques signal rules in the largest class radical movement socialism and the largest race radical movement, the new negro

york. he was 78 years old. >>> monday, december 5th, 1977 this is walter cronkite, cbs news, good night. >> a memorial service will be held on thursday in new york for walter cronkite. the allege dare newsman died on friday. he was t # 92 years old. he spent 19 years as the anchor on cbs. after thursday's memorial he will be bier bury next to his late wife betsy. the two met in kansas city. >>> our time ising aafter the hour. in ten minutes the new students out there, many old enough to have college kid of their own. >>> and in three minutes the amazing response to our hero central story from last week. what viewers like you are saying. first a focus on weather and traffic. here's howard. a beautiful weekend but the clouds moved in and the humidity is inching up we will watch for a chance of showers lair on. as far as the temperatures are concerned not as cold. don't have the 50s widespread but 60s to low 70s. 71 annapolis. 73 southern maryland. hagertown 66. and frederick 61. hook looking at highs in the upper 80s with a chance of a shower or two. live shot of the outer loop 95 to georgia

new york avenue is closed in both directions between bladensburg -- wait a minute. between west montana avenue after bladensburg wrote. this is after the old hecht company warehouse. they tell me new york avenue will be closed for 30 minutes. avoid new york ave. they are still paying a portion of 410 westbound heading over to route 1. only one lane is getting by. i will take you to the camera where it is quiet becausee needed to end on a high note. this is the toll road over 28. alison and doug. >> thank you. >>> 5:15 is your time. >> a well known d.c. establishment is closing their doors for good. >> we will check headlines around the region >>> checking our top stories at 5:17. a big oprtunity for home buyers in prince george's county. there will be a new downpayment assistance program for people to buy foreclosed homes. it is aimed at stopping the erosion of home properties. >> two men will be recognized as the first combat casualties of the vietnam war. there will be a wreath laying ceremony today. the man died in 1959 -- the m en died in 1959. >> a national tour is being launched today and it bans gays in lesbians from serving openly

police say the suspect is now in custody in syracuse, new york. 24-year-old matthew nash is accused of stealing a vehicle from a gas station with a 1- year-old child in her car seat. the toddler was found in a hotel parking lot a few hours later. nash was arrested this morning. he apparently abandoned the minivan and found hiding in the woods. >>> update on a story we first brought you back in december. arlington, virginia, man will spend no time in prison for killing another man during a botched encounter. he killed matthew hicks inside donaldson's home. hicks and a woman met donaldson through an internet posting. >>> prince george's county police investigating an early morning murder in capital heights. a caller reported hearing gunshots around 2:30 a.m. on cindy lane and then seeing a man on the ground. officers found him dead at the scene. he is identified as 24-year-old mike james jr. no word on suspects or motive in his death. >>> a louden county business owner has disappeared. he owned businesses in maryland and virginia. his creditors are trying to force him into bankruptcy. an

job was a teacher of english as a second language at a low-class, business school in the old times square in new york where for $10 an hour i helped everyone learn english. at princeton classmate solly living hand to mouth in new york city a year later and she worked at a magazine and said what are you doing? you are worth so much more than this. come on over to the vanity fair and we will give you a job. she did. >> what did you do there? >> i brought bagels and coffee to the superior editors, and wrote headlines for stories. >> when did you first really write for a living? >> i interviewed for the bbc radio back in england. in new york i interviewed american book editors. i interviewed a man who main raymond carver a great name. he said at the end of the interview must have a great short story or book. i did not that i set a course. i went back and wrote a story. i wrote a short story and about a week i brought it back, and he liked it. i said can i have a contract? he said you have a contract. i wrote my first book of short stories. i kept at it. >> what did you get paid? >> $3,000. >> all politic

york. he was 76 years old. >>> when our broadcast continue, reflections on man's first step s on the moon now 40 years later. ♪ well it's a marvelous night for a moon dance ♪ ♪ well it's a marvelous night for a moon dance ♪ >>> the associated press >>> the associated press reported today that most americans alive today have never known a world where man hasn't been to the moon. put a little differently, most americans alive today were born after the moon landing 40 years ago. those of us who were around for it, we all remember where we were and so to mark the 40th anniversary, we asked a few prominent americans that same question. >> it was about a year and a half after the actual event because i wainrison in hanoi. >> i was at the ranch with lbj that night and he was so excited about watching the moonwalk. >> roger. we confirm. >> i was a 9-year-old kid. big afro, small whitk tv and there was the first fuzzy images. >> the eagle has landed. >> anything bad that happened, they told us immediately. small event like moon landing escaped their attention or certainly they didn't think it was wort

but taking myself out of it, it's a fascinating discussion because i know ithe old days whenhe "new yorktimes" or e "wall stet journal" got documents like this, they weren't... thedidn't have that discussion with the readers. >> rose: it's interesting how you di it. gaging your community. >> enged them a i would say 80% of my reader sagreed wi me. >> rose: w did you d it? >> it's funny, when i make decisions with techcrunch on whetheto publi, often times thinks are played outnd i say would i do things differently with the benefit of hindsight and there are a coue ins stas in the past where i would hav in this case i absolutelythink i did the righthing and i woul't do anything differentl >> rose: do you ow the site called loopd? >> is aming. it's a mobile cial networking. and it's a aboutocation. >> rose: wherever you are you knowverybody in your block. >> i can turn it on... i don't have my phone withe. but i can turn it on and i can see everyone around me who's a friend. mine is set up differently so i'llee everyone who wants me to see them. it's a different way of networng socially. lo

york yesterday. he was 78 years old. >> three, two, one, liftoff.have a liftoff on apollo 11. >> tranquility base, the eagle has landed. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> the thing i remember most is the view of planet earth from a great distance. tiny, very shiny, blue and white, bright, beautiful. >> attached to the lunar lander the eagle that brought neal and me to the surface is a plaque with the words that can still be read today. it says "we came in peace for all mankind." >> certainly a familiar name there, comments from apollo 11 astronauts at the spit sewnian in washington, d.c. remembering their trip to the moon. >> the moonwalk was 40 years ago tonight. from the vault, an abc news primetime special recapping that historic moment on july 2 1s, 1969. >> announcer: this is two hemisphere, each showing one of the two hemispheres of earth. underneath it says dear men from the planet earth first men to step foot on the moon. we came in peace for all mankind. it has the crew members' signatures and signature of the

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empirical body going back before 9/11 in the cases starting in the southern district of new york and coming through my old district. we don't have to reinvent the wheel each time. >> ms. pearlstine. >> as a policy matter, which is how i understand your question, i think the preference of article 3 court, you get all the tactical benefit of a successful -- almost always successful prosecution without any of the strategic downside of using a forum that is still perceived and hopefully the new commissions will be better but generally the military commission forum is still perceived as a secondary justice. there's a tremendous amount of work that has to come before the perception and reality. i think we're on the right track now. but in the meantime, there is no powerful tool for the long-term detention of terror suspects than prosecution in article 3 court. >> mr. edney? >> well, it's hard for me to say that i have a policy preference because i'm used to giving legal advice on this question. i think my legal advice on it would be the following. if the premise is right that's been recognized by two administra

a poodle mix two years old from new york. he has hair and not fur.. here he is with tracy. there she is blindfolded and ready to go. let's hear his story. >> can you tell me why godfrey needs a makeover? >> i broke my arm two months ago. i haven't really been able to brush him and take care of him. he really needs a haircut. he's pretty shaggy. >> thank you for coming today. >> thank you for picking him. he's the cutest dog in the whole world. >> everyone feels that way about their dogs. tracy is here. one last look at godfrey. here's the new godfrey. >> you can open your eyes. >> hello. hello. hello. >> he's so cute. he's so proud and happy. >> tell us about him. >> we gave him a good bath and brush. we cleaned his face. he couldn't really see. it's really important to do that. >> people ask that question. if a dog has -- they say it's better to leave it long so it protects their eyes. they need to be able to see. >> some specific breeds it's all right but most you have to keep them clean. not only brushed but clean. you need to wash their faces lik

you are 15 years old an doing a two-week summer internship at morgan stanley in new york and your boss asks you to write a report on how consumer -- teenagers view the media. which what if they published it on-line? that's what happened to matthew. and his report has become a big hit on the web and the talk of the financial world. look at the headline on forbes.com. they are calling him wall st reet's king wizard. this is forbes. the number on the times on- line. they are saying twitter is for old people. work experience whiz kid tells bankers. so right here is a picture of that whiz kid from the u.k. and this, rit here, is his record how teenagers consume the media. it is impressive enough to have a article publish by morgan stanley at 15 and what is more interesting is what he had to say and nothing generated more headlines than what he said about social media. here it is right here. he wrote facebook is popular as one can interact with friends on a wide scale. on the other hand, teenagers do not use twitter and says tweets are pointless in this teenager world and that's one of the m

growing and more conservative political movement in the country which saw a new york despite its strengths reflected the old guard form of civic populism, if you will, the right-wing republican party was trying to supplant. new york was losing population to some extent, finding itself and competition, in serious competition with other cities that were in the republican or bit. >> host: in your book "branding new york" you talk about the crisis of the '70s and new york's response. house of bear was the crisis and the response? >> guest: the crisis of the '70s was extremely severe it went into bankruptcy. as a result of which the crisis was produced by these local and national and global circumstances but also the reaction, and it not only be felt the york but produced as a reaction to its. and involved very harsh austerity measures which cut back social spending on things like fire protection and a sanitation and city services and laid off thousands of public-sector workers and led to the increased exodus of people from corporations and businesses from new york as a result of these cutbacks. it was very, ver