. >>> coming up , one local university tried to mark world aids day with a world record attempt. about the record was not the most important part of the day's work. >>> and simple ways that will help you fight back the seasonal sadness and make it a joyous time of year. >>> our year-long investigation finding tens of thousands of foster children, even infants, being given powerful, mind altering drugs. tonight, who are the doctors who do it? watch on world news. >>> in tonight's consumer alert, it's only december 1st, but if you're already feeling the holiday shopping pressure, you're not alone. fights over parking spots, long lines, that can be real stressful. >> reporter: sometimes holiday shopping can seem more naughty than nice. >> [ crowd noise ] >> reporter: a recent survifrom consumer -- survey found 90% of americans have at least one holiday pet peeve, some related to the mall. 60% said crowds and waiting in lines. 37% said it's the thought of debt. 28% said holiday shopping in general. 15% said they dread having to be nice. some of the holiday humbug could be the gloomy

an indian snake charmer unleashed his wrath on a local why an indian snake charmer unleashed his wrath on a local tax office. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with a decision in days. lashing out against so-called character attacks designed to force him out of the race, herman cain has put off a final call on the future of his presidential campaign until next week. cain says he needs to talk to his wife in person before making any final decisions. nbc's steve handelsman has more. >> reporter: even though herman cain said he will decide by next week whether to continue, he implied the answer will be yes. in an interview on fox. >> politics as usual is that once it gets rough and gets rocky and they start trying to attack your character, politics is usually drop out of the race. well, that's just not me. >> reporter: the pressure, cain said, is taking a toll on his wife gloria, but she told him she loved him. >> we want cain! >> reporter: with much of his support intact, cain can wait until january when voters in iowa decide by the alleged 13-year affair, the charges of sex

on the campus at telson university. reaction from students who were forced to stay put during the lockdown. one local lawmaker is speaking out against the speed camera campaign. why he says the state is being too aggressive with citations. too aggressive with citations. not yet. i want to buy used but how do you know what you're really getting. check out carmax. all their used cars are guaranteed. that's where henderson found the one for him. way to go, henderson. finding the perfect car is easy at carmax because each car is carefully selected, inspected, thoroughly reconditioned and backed with a five-day money back guarantee so come find the one for you today, at carmax. way to go, neil. >> cold stuff that night but warming up decently during the day. sunshine tends to warm things up. some like to partly cloudy, tomorrow. thursday night showers, but the temperatures will hardly cool off. on friday, chile over the weekend with highs in the mid '40's on saturday and sunday. which direction are you headed? >> san diego. >> i was not going to bring that up. i know better than to bring that up. >> i had

on local college campuses. there were dogs recently at the university of maryland to help students destress and possibly find newes. erika gonzalez has the story. >> reporter: they sat. they stood. it was a line that wrapped around the student union of the university of maryland. what would make thousands of students wait for hours? puppies. and lots of them. >> oh, i love you. i just want to take you home. >> reporter: student government association president says he was inspired by george mason law school's successful move to help students destress with puppies and decided to do the same. >> any school is stressful, no matter what your major is, it's crunch time. this is the first days of finals. >> i was exhausted and mentally out of it. i was tired. i had to take my 8:00 a.m. now, i'm excited and dying to see all these puppies. >> they are so sweet. i have an exam in two hours but i don't mind being here. >> reporter: even i had a case of puppy love. but, how does puppy pandemonium sneak up? just ask michael. you found this through facebook? >> yes. my friend put it on my wall. >> reporter: all things social

coming up on fox 5 morning news on a thursday morning, a local university under fire this morning, whatudents claim the school didn't do that led to a lawsuit. we're going to have the details in a live report straight ahead. >>> plus, as the republican -- is the republican presidential field about to get leaner? word this morning that casey kahne could be just one day out -- whether herman cain could be just one day out. we'll explain. >>> and just less than 72 hours after he was fired from the cast, bruce budreaux lands a new job. where he is headed today. fox 5 morning news continues at 7:00 right now. >>> take a look outside right now. just about five minutes away from the sun officially coming up on this thursday morning, 1st day of december, 2011. and it kind of feels like it outside. there's a crunch in the air if that makes sense at all. >> a crunch? >> feels crisp out there, don't you think? >> when you say crunch, i think of nestle crunch. >> 7:00, good start, right? glad you're with us, >>> for more on the crunch, tony perkins joins us now with maybe some meteorological words.

local school. what university officials will tell us about that. >>> plus the new safety measures one local county is using to monitor students. >>> and the the first bipartisan plan to privatize medicare. coming up we will talk with a "washington post" reporter who will break it all down for us. it's 10 minutes after 9:00 now. yeah, i'm married. does it matter? you'd do that for me? really? yeah, i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing, jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superh

i get to work with young people on immigration policy issues at the local level. universities, looking to have policies to elevate the process for young people to apply for grants that the university offers, or they are working on policies to improve access at the state level so they are able to apply for financial aid. the california dream act was one of those legislations that open up access to higher education by opening state-based aid to undocumented use and that took a long time. young people were organizing and recognizing at the federal level there was very little action taken place at the federal level. i think it is a great example of folks that recognize that. at the national level, sometimes the political climate is not there to advance meaningful policy. they are now going to the state level, the local level, to passop skills anto meaningful legislation to build local power around these issues which a lot of times comes down to education or building allies with folks who have access to different resources that can further in their campaign to really identify solut

education and especially economic education and the next three five one six said occupy the universities is again a sound like a good idea our local university has turned into a breeding ground for the next generation of elites while the student loan bubble is driving up to wish and costs and will assure that the graduates remain in debt for ever as they search for non existant jobs now you bring up a lot of really great points and if you take a look at this chart right here you can see just how much student debt has exploded student loans have doubled in the past decade as you can see right there and as of june two thousand and ten total student loan debt passed total credit card debt for the first time ever meanwhile to wishin is up eight point three percent this year for public colleges and twenty nine percent over the past five years for private universities and we all know how long and staggering this jobs crisis has been with the youth being disproportionately affected now or and of how wic talked about his economic education to give us our kind of boots on the ground student perspective this viewer said i got my degree in t

on local news and click on the story. >>> two rival college basketball teams trying to repair reputations this morning after a big on court brawl. 8 college players suspended after universitycincinnati came to blows saturday. it started over smack talk, escalated to physical violence as the game was ending. nobody was seriously hurt. >>> major league baseball's national league mvp, brawn, says he did not cheat his way to the top. he tested positive for a performance enhancing drug as the season was ending. he is appealing his 50 game suspension. >>> ravens are looking ahead to the game with the chargers. here is mark viviano. >> reporter: the ravens maybe the best team in the afc. no doubt the indianapolis colts are the worst. that mismatch played out as expected. for the first time ever, the ravened that better qb, manning is hurt. flacco threw two passes, the ravens scored on the first possession and never trailed the winless colts. terrell sacked three times. a routine ravens beatdown of a bad team. 24-10 the final. >> we got to keep it rolling. championship teams, they don't settle for what is happening now. every week they try to get better. >> for me, it was one of t

we're going one-on-one with the school's superintendent ahead of the big vote. >> at our biggest local university, a change at the top. >>> and can you sure convince yourself that this is not december. we have spring leak showers that are trying to break up, even a few breaks in the clouds. our temperatures still 62 degrees. we'll talk about the rest of the thursday night and what you can expect as we head toward the weekend. fox 5 news at five will be right back. back.  >> the controversy over installing surveillance cameras in fairfax county high schools could be decided tonight. the school board will vote on the recommendation to install cameras in the cafeteria and other high-traffic areas or to allow individual principles -- principals to make the decision about their own schools. jack dale joins us ahead of the vote. thank you for joining us. >> midwest welcome. >> we know the debate comes out of a rash of food fights that left students and some teachers hurt and school officials not being able to identify the studdies who started the fights and where do you stand on this issu

on creating public information infrastructure. we have programs to connect all of our colleges, universities to broadband network. we want to connect all our local governments to optical fiber and broadband. >> last year, china surpassed japan and became the world's second largest economy. what do you think about india? do you think they could surpass japan and become the world's third largest economy? >> he pointed out the idea of comparing gdp, gross domestic product itself, is obsolete to begin with. >> i believe we are going through a major transformation. structure transformation at a global level. it, web, telecom has changed everything around us. in this kind of connected world, the earlier economic model built on disconnected world won't make sense. see, earlier economic -- there was boupd reese around nations, gdp, all of that. we must recognize in a globalized world, a lot of my friends in eu get all concerned because of the rise of india and china. so i remind them that in 1760, india was the largest economy in the world. >> now, you lived in india ten years ago. how do you feel things have changed? >> i feel the indians in general ar

on the local economy here at menlo park. the social networking giant has come a long way since the days on the store front property on universityupdate, if you will, for facebook here. what do you think? are you liking their welcome sign? >> i like it. i like it much better nan the former location. it was so plain jane before. >> there's just nowhere to park here. >> okay. thank you, damien. >>> it's the monday before christmas. that means people are busy packing for holiday trips. this year aaa says 92 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home dur during the last few weeks of december. it's less than a third. but it's up 1.5% over the number of people fravling last year. in fact, holiday travel this year is expected to be the second highest in the past decade. 91% of holiday travelers will take cars. about 6% will fly. >>> san francisco mayor ed lee announced a new $3 million initiative to provide housing for 200 homeless families. the home for the holidays initiative is a result of the parter ship between the city and sales founder. he made a private donation of $1.5 million, which mayor lee matched, using a speci

on creating public information infrastructure. we have programs to connect all of our colleges, all of our universities to broad band network. we want to connect all local governments to fiberoptic and broad band. >> last year china surpassed japan and became the world's second largest economy. what do you think about india? do you think they could surpass japan and become the world's third largest economy? >> mr. pitroda found out the gdp is up to begin with. >> i believe we are going to immediate transformation. structural transformation at a global level. telecom has changed everything around us. in this kind of a connected world, the earlier economic model which was based on disconnected world won't make sense. the earlier boundaries around nations, gdp, gnp, all that. i think we must recognize that in a globalized world. lot of my friends in eu get all concern because of china. so i remind them india was the largest economy in the world then. >> you lived in india ten years ago. how do you feel things have changed? >> i feel r i feel indians in general not only the business leaders have become more self-confident. but the country will go nowhere wi

on the deadly shooting at virginia tech university. we'll have the latest as the investigation continues. >>> coming up -- a killer on the loose and a local college student murdered. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> also, a sex abuse scandal involving a high school teacher is free on bond. parents are outraged. details of that for you. >>> also, what is in store for us this weekend. tim williams has the latest in his first warning weather forecast. >>> eyewitness news starts now. this broadcast is real time captioned by carrie o'brien. >>> good morning. welcome to eyewitness news saturday morning. i'm don scott in for gigi barnett. >> and i'm new tim williams in for myself. how are you? >> i'm good. >> yes. it is it. >> it is still cold and chilly this morning. no frost like the last few, but it is cold. a nice day shaping up. it is bright -- look at all of the christmas lights. very bright. temperatures are in the 30s around the area. 36 at bwi. it temperatures closer to 40 degrees on the shore. as we take a look at temperatures around the area. 28 in oakland. 32 in cumberland and mid-30s around much of central maryland. we'r

>>> a local professor was one of three scientists to pick up his nobel prize in physics this weekend. adam reece received the prize in stockholm yesterday. he helped to discover that the universending at an accelerated rate. each is worth $1.5 million. so proud of the local guy. really, when we were reporting on this originally, everybody is like, yeah, uh, this is what he d. nobody understood. but to put it in layman's terms, when the big bang theory happened, it was his discovery that that was accelerating. that happened 14 billion years ago. >> a long while. >> yeah. >> reports from the day are sketchy. some got lost in translation over the 14 billion years. >> the fact that it's getting faster. i remember reading off what he did and thinking i have no idea what that means. i have no problem telling you that. >> good stuff. >> congratulations to him. >> yes. >> another big win at hopkins. what great institution they are. for us, the academic in me can tell you -- i poofed it up. your forecast, the other half of it is coming you up next. i'll try and straighten out my mouth. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networ

one of many local i.d. rings that, all together, reap millions in profits. >> what they'll do is this is the universal sign for mica which is like license or i.d. >> he's got the help of mexican born informants on the street and inside the jail, including this man who we'll call joaquin. he says what happens is you give them a picture, and they go, it takes them a couple hours to do it. when they come back, that's when you pay for your i.d. they always recommend a photo place, as well. each person will make over 2,000, $2,000 every day. yeah. seven days a week. >> with an estimated quarter million illegal immigrants living in the chicago area, there's no shortage of customers. yet, many of them choose to ignore where their money is really going. >> we'll have your guy go get the cards with them, bring them back and meet pat somewhere else. >> we're trying to create a conspiracy and try to get as many players that are involved as possible. he's going inside the laundromat now, he's going to go get it. who's going to dispute it, right? [ speaking a foreign language ] >> if you're selling i.d.s on the street,

university of cincinnati and xavier. a local prosecutor says he is looking into possible criminal charges against those involved in the melee. four players from each school have been suspended. today one of those players apologized saying he could have prevented the entire incident. >> i should have just did the right thing and grabbed my teammate instead of coming out of the bench and throwing the first punch. and if i would have never did that, none of this would have ever happened. >> reporter: the suspensions range from one to six games. the players will also attend anger management classes and perform community service. the future of the annual rivalry game remains in question. >>> the press put pressing on a doctor in the middle of a controversy says he thought about suicide. >> reporter: dr. mark madey tells the baltimore sun. i've been suicidal at times my whole identity was stripped from me. the world reknowned cardiologist found himself under federal investigation. since then more than 200 patients have filed lawsuits and he lost his medical license. >> i think he deserves everything he gets. >> reporter: vicki mars is one patient who she says the doctor used a sten that ano

university system coming up. reporter: and want something good to watch with your family? i'm linda so, we'll tell you about the local connection tonight on abc's "extreme makeover home edition." >>> 6:42. we're taking a look at annapolis this morning, one reason because we've got that big army/navy game. go navy. we got a look at sunshine and clouds off to the south and they have skewed that sunrise. but temperatures by the water low 40s, 30s just inland and 20s on the west side of the beltway. angela. reporter: on the beltway now, got an accident on the southwest side causing some outer loop 38s, also new incidents reported op u.s. 29 as well as in hartford county on mountain road. we'll have a complete check of the roads straight ahead. and even though you do what you can to take care of it, sometimes you want to give your immune system some support. try new airborne chewable tablets. each serving contains 14 vitamins, minerals and herbs... including zinc, echinacea, ginger, and a blast of vitamin c. it's the easy, great-tasting way to help support your immune system. airborne. in fast-acting effervescent formula, and new super-conveni

on campus. report is required to make to the police department and the local department of social services. all six of fax the 13 colleges and universitiesn the system. they are making sure the process is clear and to take the extra steps to make sure that the policy is being followed. the next step will be training so they know precisely what to do when a complaint is filed. hopefully these methods will help protect children in maryland and have abuse issues addressed immediately.

. >>> still ahead on news 4 at 5:00, a local business accused of laundering money for a terrorist group. >>> a change at george mason university. >>> liz crenshaw looks at the hot new gadgets in the stores this holiday season. >> i'm erika gonzalez. it's puppipalooza at the university of maryland. students trying to destress with faces li ♪ [ male announcer ] it's easy to see what subaru owners care about. ♪ that's why we created the share the love event. get a great deal on a new subaru and 250 dollars goes to your choice of five charities. ♪ with your help, we can reach 20 million dollars by the end of this, our fourth year. [ female announcer ] get 0 percent apr financing on select models for thirty-six months and we'll donate two-hundred and fifty dollars to your choice of five charities. now through january 3rd. >>> earlier this month, george mason university law school brought puppies to campus to help students destress. it's catching on. the university of maryland is the next school to follow suit. erika gonzalez is here with the story. >> hey, pat. doctors recommend exercise, tea or deep breaths to help relieve stress.

on the accusations. in written statements released overnight, both the aau and memphis police confirmed they are investigating the allegations. while at penn state, federal agents, local police, the university and big ten conference all continue separate investigations as jerry sandusky and his attorney prepare for their first court hearing early next week. >> this is going to be a one-sided proceeding. this going to be a proceeding where the commonwealth is going to call witnesses who are going to say all these horrific things happened. >> reporter: sandusky has repeatedly denied abusing any child. the former nittany lion defensive coordinator faces 50 counts in this ongoing sexual assault case. sandusky's first hearing is set for tuesday. that will be the first opportunity for him to see some of his accusers face to face since these allegations were made public. let's get back to the aau for just a second, though, alex. i talked with the coach of a once prominent basketball team. they backed away from the aau in the last couple of years because of what the coach tells me was a lack of oversight, supervision and an absence of integrity. so, a lot of questions surrounding what has been a ve

news on their local fire station pathway in order to show the international community that he's trying to draw in the majority did mange political culture right now and from the chinese university thanks very much indeed for sharing your thoughts with us here on r.t. . thank you very much. and coming your way here in r t tang's time i watch what. you say russians in a story are being deprived of the earth made of language. meet here later before that italy has found itself in a severe economic crisis with the country's debt reaching over two trillion years but at the time when italians want to cut costs and great jobs the government has another plan and it works which critics say is nothing more than economic suicide artists are for explains. this is the bet you find me playing the combine still if i just the little itty bitty push it still in the development stage final assembly line is supposed to be based in italy. everything's going to plan the town of navarre is a kilometer from the military base where the final stage of the f. thirty five cortex is supposed to take place the people here have taken to the streets they say is a waste of other talents taxpayers' money it is

on the books for american colleges and universities. >> a proposal emerges to take over the debt ridden baltimore grand prix. details new at 6:00. >> live, local, late-breaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at 6:00. >> we have late breaking information out of virginia tech today, where a gunman shot and killed a campus police officer today. >> the news brought back terrifying memories of what happened on that campus just a few years ago. tonight it appears the danger is over there. michelle has the latest from virginia tech. >> at virginia tech university, shock and sadness following today's shooting on campus. >> today, a tragedy again struck virginia tech in a wanton act of violence, where a police officer was murdered during a routine traffic stop. >> authorities said the campus officer lost contact with dispatch and later received a call from a witness that an officer had been shot. >> virginia tech police received its first call advising that they had witnessed a subject approached the officer and fire a weapon at

university of arizona majoring in business. but on october 19 sam was involved in a five car accident resulting in such severe brain damage the local hospital couldn't treat him. he was air-lifted to another hospital where specialist performed surgery for life threatening aneurysm. he was on life support doctors didn't have much hope he would recover. they began talking to sam's family about organ do initial. but hours before sam was going to be taken off life support something miraculous happened. sam began to respon respond. holding up 2 fingers on command. sam doctors and family are amazed at his recovery. >> for him to be talking in here jaws couple months later from such a deep coma where we really gave him very, very minimal chance for survival these a great christmas story. >> it was a miracle. it was a miracle that and feel that i don't think any mother or any parent will -- i don't know how to explain it. >>reporter: sam has bounced back strong. so alert he can even tease his brother. >> who is better looking you or your brother. >> me. anything i'm better than you at. >> no. >>reporter: expecting to make a full recovery s

this year by four universities found that on average, stock portfolios held by health members of 1985 to 2001 beat the market average by approximately 6% annually. >> the e-mail from localls sent to your account from local links claims to have your personal information. >> we are talking about phishing scams. verizon wireless says many of their customers are falling prey. we will tell you what to look out for, ahead. but rain and unseasonably mild in the area, but there are changes as a cold front slides to the area tomorrow. the forecast does include a winter storm watch for parts of maryland. right now, 62 degrees at the airport and 61 >> coming up tonight at 6:00, the verdict is then in the election a robocalls case. we are live at the courthouse with the reaction. baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake officially began her first full term today. the inauguration ceremony and her plans moving ahead. we'll have these stories and much more when you join usn >> the national weather service is adding another layer to its warning system so you'll know when to add layers. >> it is basically a wind chill warning without the wind. >> it was going to happen at some point. t

i get to work with young people, like i said earlier, on immigration policy issues at the local level, so i work with young people at universities that are looking to have policies that facilitate the process for young people to, like, apply for grants that the university offers like private grants, or they're working on state-based policy to improve access to undocumented youth at the state level so that they're able to apply for state-based financial aid. so the california dream act, for example, was one of those, was one of those legislations. it opened up, um, access to higher education in a sense, um, by opening state-based aid to undocumented youth, and that took a long time. young people were organizing around this issue for a very long time recognizing at the federal level there was very little action taking place at the federal level. so i think dreamers and undocumented youth are a great example of folks that recognize that at the national level sometimes the political climate, the political will is not there to advance meaningful policy, and so they're now going to the local level, to the state level to, um, build pow

on the accusations and written statements released overnight. both the aau and memphis police confirmed they were investigating the allegations. while at penn state, federal agents, local police, the university and big ten conference all continue separate investigations as jerry sandusky and his attorney prepare for their first court hearing early next week. >> this is going to be a one-sided proceeding. this is going to be a proceeding where the commonwealth is going to call witnesses who are going to say, well, these orrivic things happened. >> sandusky has repeatedly denied abusing any child. a former nittany lion coordinator faces at least 50 counts in this ongoing child sexual assault case. >> jerry sandusky's first hearing is set for tuesday. let's get back to the aau allegations for a moment. i talked to a coach who says his group began to pull away from that organization a couple of years ago because of what he calls a, quote, lack of oversight, supervision and an absence of integrity. lester. >> jay gray, thank you very much. now here is amy. >> lester, thank you. >>> donald trump appears close to dashing his plan toes host a gop debate this morning as the republican field gets toge

he is a graduate of california state university where he majored in american studies and psychology. as a student he was focused on local economic development issues and the impact on working families. advocating in organizing for affordable housing and living wage job edward became interested in the role of immigrant communities played in shaping public policies. next to eduardo we have ronnie cho. prior to joining the white house he was an editor of the "newsweek" daily beast company and new york city where he wrote and edited content related to social justice and social entrepreneurship. in 2009 he worked the federal communications commission as a part of the team that broke the national broadband plan and served as associate director of the affairs of the u.s. department of homeland security. next to him we have had her. heather mcghee, the director of the washington, d.c. develops and execute the strategy for the organization's impact of the policy debates in d.c.. previously she was a deputy policy director of domestic and international policy for the john edward president 2008 campaign and a program is as yet in

on the accusations and in writen statements. both the aau and the police are invest gaysing the allegations. while at penn state federal agents, local police, the university and big ten conference all continued separate investigations as jerry sandusky and his attorney prepare for their first court hearing early next week. >> this is going to be a one-sided proceeding. this is going to be a proceeding where the commonwealth is going to call witnesses who are going to say, he's horrific things happened. >> reporter: sandusky repeatedly denied abusing any child. he faces at least 50 counts in his ongoing child sexual assault case. jerry sandusky's first hearing is set for tuesday. let's get back to the aau allegationses for just a minute. i talked to the coach of a once prominent aau basketball team who says his group began to pull away from that organization a couple of years ago because of what he calls a "lack of oversight, supervision sapd an absence of integrity." lester? >> jay gray, thank you very much. here's amy. >>> lester thank you. more on the presidential race. donald trump appears close to dashing his plans to host a gop debate as the republic

universe came out sharp. right, aesthetics didn't mean a whole lot. (both laughing) tyson: on my way out of town, i stopped at a local church, where there's a tribute to clyde tombaugh... a stained-glass window that celebrates his life.

like penn state, syracuse university dealing with a sex abuse scandal, allegations against bernie fine who was fired on sunday, after a third accuser came forward and espn and a local on a tapes conversation between fine's wife and his first accuser. fine has not been charged with any crimes and he emphatically maintains he's innocent. in a "360" exclusive interview with gary tuchman, his second accuser, mike lang, describe in detail last night on camera what he says fine did to him when he was just a teenager. >> when did you realize that there was something wrong with what he was doing? what did he do to you? >> he touched -- kept touching me. >> where? where did he touch you? >> in my leg and my penis. >> did you say something to him? >> yes, he said, bernie, please stop this, i'm not that kind. if you don't want plea to come over here, i won't come over here. if you keep doing it, i'm not going to come over here. >> lang was sickened when he heard about the penn state sex abuse charges and that's why he came forward after all these years. accusations. lang thinks jim boeheim should keep his job. boeheim defended standing up for his former assistant when accusat

local travelers agent, or call 800-my-coverage. >>> at florida a&m university, there's nothing bigger than the marching band. families tell me the way of life on line the marching band is the real featured player at football games. and the same is true at florida a&m. it's the reason the mothers two of band members say their sons won't leave the marching 100 despite the hazing they have endured. i first asked felicia and berlinda johnson wut their reaction was when they learned a band member had died. >> my first thought was, i hope it was not hazing. >> really? >> yes. >> why? >> i was there that weekend in orlando when the incident occurred, and the rumors among the students within the band was that it was hazing. >> and you? >> i was like, just wow. i can't believe that they didn't listen. my husband and i had previously had a conversation with dr. white and the band directors and in our conversation, i had said to them please, you know, stop the hazing within your band because we don't -- all the accolades and greatness, it's only going to take one thing. somebody is going to die and your world is going to come tumbling down. >> could have

one of them, in private and public research universities, tuition revenues average increase in one year is $369, at the same time the institutions losing on average $751 per student from state and local appropriations. despite that, they spent about flat, an increase in $92, probably spending down reserving during that period. the next chart is a ten year pattern with the same numbers, and what you see is that over that ten year period, most of the new spending in higher education is coming from from tuition revenues. same kind of pattern of price and cost disconnect over that period. third comment, i don't have charts on this one, so let me just speak to it which has to do where the money is going in higher education. one of the patterns weave seen and it's commented on widely in higher education is a modest erosion, but a consistent erosion in the amount of money that is going to pay for the direct cost of student instruction, and an uptick in spending that's going for at min straitive -- administrative activities, academic support, which could be computing, and other types of functions, so you see a winding down, modest, but consistent, in all constitutions from the elite ivies to

one of them off. and public research universities, tuition revenues average increase in one-year, $369. at the same time that the institutions of losing on every $751 per student from state and localappropriations. despite that they get spending about flat, very modest increase in 92 bucks probably because they were spending down reserves during that period. the look of the next chart you will see a 10 year pattern in the same kinds of numbers and what you see is that over that 10 year period most of the new spending and higher education is coming in from tuition revenue. the same kind of pattern of price and cost to disconnect over that period. the third comment, don't have charge on this one to let me just speak to it. it has to do with where the money is going in higher education. one of the patterns we have seen and it has been commented on widely in higher education has been a modest erosion but a consistent erosion in the amount of money that is going to pay for the direct cost of student instruction and the spending that is going for administrative activities, academic support which could be computing and for other types of functions. so you have seen this winding down, ver

university. >>> local businesses accused of laundering money to a terrorist organization. >>> thrill seekers busted after a stunt went wrong. >>> coming up in sports, redskins head coach mike shanahan refers to the loss of one of his most important players. >>> the threat of a partial government shutdown is now but a day away. there's hope tonight. house and senate leaders say they are confident they can reach a budget deal by tomorrow night's deadline. mayor vincent gray released a statement moments ago saying the district is preparing for a possible interruption in non-emergency sbrinterruptions. >>> authorities believe this man the responsible for adozen attacks. federal agents will use the same social media blitz that eventually led to the capture of the east coast rapist. >>> the u.s. mail tear officially ended their combat mission in iraq today. it began back in 2003. nearly 4,500 u.s. service members have been killed. right now, 4,000 troops are still in iraq. they will be leaving in the coming days. they are expected to be home in time for christmas. >>> the government is taking several local businesses to court on charges they helped to fund a terrorist organization. >> now, they are going after mi

on the college park campus. police say they used a credit card stolen from the victim in the attack. this was used outside a local convenience store after the robbery. you are asked to call university of maryland police if you can help with the case. >>> this morning police are still trying to figure out a motive behind the deadly shooting on the virginia tech campus. friends and family members gathered to say their final good-bye to officer derek crouse yesterday. he was shot and killed on thursday. police say the gunman, 22-year-old ross ashley, later killed himself. a real estate manager says the day before the shooting ashley walked into her office, pulled a gun on her, and stole her suv. police say they don't know why he did that either. ashley was a part-time student at radford and had no known connections to virginia tech. >>> today transportation secretary ray lahood and mothers against drunk driving will announce a dui crackdown for the holidays. he's going to hold a press conference at the arlington county police department later this morning. the dui enforcement over the holidays adds to the department's drive sober or get pulled over campaign. >>> it is now 6:36. the "t

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one place. the universality is offering quowning for students. danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> stay with wjz for complete coverage of the virginia tech shooting. coming up new at 5:00, wjz talks to more local students who go to virginia tech about the chaotic events during the last 24 hours. >>> the outbreak is over. the final death toll from the listeria outbreak in cantaloupe is in. wjz is in the newsroom right now, with the latest from the centers for disease control. >> well, kai, the cdc says 30 people died from eating tainted cantaloupe. and that includes one person from maryland. also, a woman pregnant at the time of the illness miscarried. the melons came from jenson's farm in colorado. symptoms of listeria can take up to two months to appear, which is why the illnesses showed up for several months after the recall. this is the deadliest foodborn outbreak in the u.s. since 1924. >> dirty equipment is being blamed for the spread of the potentially deadly bacteria. >>> missing american in iran. for the first time, they release hostage video they received from captors. tara mergener reports for wjz. robert leavenner's family released a video of their own. >> reporter: this video shows

local cable affiliate, cox communications. next, a look at the bloody book at the hill memorial library on the campus of louisiana state university. >> hi. i'm elaine smith, i'm interim assistant dean of the lsu libraries, and i also serve as the curator for the rare book collection. and what i'm going to show you today is one of the more infamous books in our collection. um, it is the new voyage, it's actually, um, infamous because it is known as the bloody book. um, but the book itself is quite fascinating in its own right. it is the story of a dominican fry car who came to the islands, caribbean islands in the 1790s, and he spent many years here, kept copious journals. and when he went back to france, he then turned those journals into this two-volume work. and it was a wonderful, wonderful source of information about the caribbean and the people who live there, the animals, the fauna and the flora, all kinds of things. and that's one to have the reasons that it's important for us -- of the reasons that it's important for us because it's about the history of our region. but it's infamous because it has what appear to be blood

there's a new poll out from the iowa state university and kcrga a local station in iowa shows ron paul onwithin the margin of error followed by mitt romney at 18%. newt gingrich is very much in this iowa caucus and still come out on top. don't count him out just yet. >> the voter who said to him not feliz navidad, did he tell shaup if he was a registered republican? >> we didn't get that out of him. this was one of the chaotic scenes when sean happened to be rolling when this voter went up to newt gingrich and said these things. shortly after he announced he was running for president earlier this year another voter went up to him and said something really ugly to the former speaker and this happens to him out on the campaign trail and it does seem to happen to newt gingrich because he arouses these sorts of passions in people and it's something he has to deal with out there. >> he dealt with it with a smile and moved along. >> probably the best way to do it. >> yeah, it's been a tough, i mean, the endorsement that went to rick santorum yesterday, that was a serious blow to newt gingrich.

one master janitor and pay local students to take care of the school. >> newt, why didn't you say that today when talking about the aparenti? let's turn to dr. peterson. associate director of language at lehigh universitywith us, ari melber for "the nation" magazine. i had a discussion with my listeners on the radio about this. most, especially in the progressive community, are appalled by this. let's start with poor kids have no work ethic. dr. peterson, i need your response to that. >> oh, boy. there's so much here to be discussed to that. i mean, the irony is this is an inversion of reality. he's passing it off as fact. he's like, these are the facts. this is actually an inversion of the facts. actually poorer kids oftentimes have a lot more work experience, a lot more domestic kind of work experience than middle class and wealthier and rich kids. so to sort of paint with this broad stroke here is i think really, really sinister. it certainly plays to his base and helps with the sort of smoke and mirror kind of effect of his entire campaign at this point. but the bottom line is he's inverted reality. there are plenty of poor folk who work multiple jobs who actually work before they're eligible to wo

on. he's political columnist and director of the paul simon public policy institute at southern illinois university. who is the reigning monarch of journalistic intelligence out here. i want to start with you, the localuy, because as tip o'neill once said, all politics is local. >> i read that somewhere. >> yeah. iowa, is it following the country this time and saying, we're not going to be stuck picking somebody out in the crazy bin. we're going to pick a president. we're not going to send a message, we're going to send the country a president. are they lining themselves up with the thinking outside iowa tonight? >> i think so, chris. i think, you know, it takes a while to get there, but you've got to remember, the people who are showing up at these caucuses are activists. they're people who care about their party and they vet candidates and go through all their little rituals. but at the end of the day, the purpose of the exercise is to win back the white house. and right now to a lot of them, to a growing number of republicans i talk to, they're getting -- >> so a phrase i use to the distraction of all our producers, they're getting their heads around the challenge of picking a candidate who will b