it's perry's multi-million dollar magic kingdom. >> perry: this is the back lot. named it 34th street, as in "miracle on 34th street." >> pitts: he makes all his films here, releasing two a year, and he employs as many as 400 people. >> perry: that's the cicely tyson stage. >> pitts: it has five sound stages, a gym, even a chapel. >> perry: this is wardrobe. there's madea. >> pitts: where? >> perry: up there, that's all madea. that's where she live between movies. >> roll sound. rolling. >> pitts: when he's not making movies, this relentless multi- tasker is running his two hit sitcoms on tbs, "house of payne" and "meet the browns." >> perry: hit them, hit them hard really. >> pitts: he has total creative control, and owns everything he makes. >> perry: and we cut. very good. thanks a lot. i'm out of here. ( laughs ) >> tyler. tyler. >> pitts: tyler perry's huge success has brought him power, and even comparisons to oprah, his friend and mentor. they've teamed up to executive produce "precious," a film about an urban teenage mother battling abuse and illiteracy, w

cobb says perry's move was politically motivated. >> governor perry saw the writing on the wall. he moved to cover that up. >> reporter: if the commission had proceeded, the state's final report may have been released just weeks before the governor's primary election. and if it found it was not arson, critics say that would prove perry is the first governor in history to preside over the death of an innocent man. >> and i think that's what he's afraid of. >> there really is no excuse for a delay. here, finally, is a case with overwhelming evidence that an innocent man was executed by the state of texas. >> reporter: keeping them honest, we tried to interview governor perry, but his office said they couldn't make it work. he has said there was overwhelming evidence willingham was guilty, but one of the investigators who reviewed the case over the years called it bs, bad science. as for the state's expert who was supposed to formally deliver his findings friday, he said the fire marshal who testified at willingham's trial had an attitude characteristic of mystics and psychics. so w

and now governor rick perry, who allowed that execution to go forward, has removed three people from the panel investigating the case. legendary lawyer berry shek is on the case and he joins me. you've worked all your life. as the decades have past, the promise of medicare has always been there. and aarp has fought to guarantee none of the benefits you earned were ever taken away. today we're continuing that fight by protecting your freedom to choose the doctors and treatments you need. and to have your tax dollars go towards your care-- not insurance company subsidies. you've done your work. and we'll keep doing ours. learn more at aarp.org. >>> we got some breaking news tonight dealing with health care. welcome back to "the ed show" on msnbc. big headline just posted on huffington post. the senate finance committee narrowly passed an amendment moments ago from senator maria cantwell from washington that moves the conservative panel as close as it likely will get to the public health insurance option. it creates a federally funded plan to compete with the private insurance companies

cobb says perry's move was politically motivated. >> governor perry saw the writing on the wall. he moved to cover that up. >> reporter: about if the commission had proceeded, state's final report may have been released just weeks before the governor's primary election. and if it found it was not arrest so that, critics say that would prove perry is the first governor in history to preside over the death of an innocent man. >> and i think that's what he's afraid of. >> there really is no excuse for a delay. here finally is a case with overwhelming evidence that an innocent man was executed by the state of texas. >> reporter: keeping them honest, we tried to enter spru governor appear i are, but his office said they cooperate make it work. he has said there was overwhelming evidence willingham was xwiltsity, but one of the investigation get a tors who reviewed the case over the years called it bs, bad science. as for the state's expert who was supposed to formally deliver his findings friday, he said the fire marshal who testified at will willing ham's trial, had an attitude chara

. >> perry, they got him on a sting operation. girl thames mom, mom calls police. help us out here as authorities work to try and nail guys like this. how does it go from there? >> if a case like this happens and the child reports it to her mom, which is a wonderful thing to have a mother that trustworthy or to the police directly, generally the police will take over the identity to make sure there is a crime they can charge. sting operations have been fabulous. the attorney general in pennsylvania has been up on this and the prosecutors are as well. without their help clearly this wouldn't have happened. this man deserves at least to spend the rest of his life behind bars. >> punishment, what do you think he is going to get? how many years. >> my guess is about eight years. maybe more than that. i don't know what else is involved. i don't know if there are images or just the sexual solicitation. this is a man who has done a horrendous thing. we have seen a lot of internet sexual predators, but i have never seen anything quite this bad intentionally targeting someo

as perry said, your budding sexuality is coming out. it's also natural to, especially behind that extra curtain, that extra screen, to start expressing different identities, including your sexual identity online. and to go a little too far with it. and so the most important thing, i think, is for parents and caregivers to be able to talk with their kids about a range of questions around sexuality. when the parents are afraid to talk about sexuality in an open way and not just by saying, no, this is wrong, no, this is right, don't ever do this, always do that, to answer the tough questions about relationships, about your changing body, about who has the right to touch and not to touch you, and how to feel good about your sexuality, are so important in families. and it starts in the home. it starts with the family getting comfortable with talking about these tough subjects. >> well put. let's get another call in. angela is with us from arizona. angela, your thoughts here? >> caller: hi. >> go ahead. >> caller: thank you so much for taking

perry writes as well.ary intervention is what obama's fundamental change toward a marksist state. a coup is not an ideal option, but obama's radical ideal is not acceptable or reversible. perry is only describing what may be a foot and not only advocating a military intervention proposes this twisted fantasy, imagine a bloodless coup to restore and defend the constitution, yeah, by overthrowing it through an interim administration that would do the business -- of governing and defending the nation, killed military trained nation builders would replace the accountability challenged commissars. curious considering mr. perry's by line at the bottom of his column, john l. perry is a regular columnist for news max.com. and in case that isn't clear, perry has been a regular columnist for newsmax since 1999. it continues the secret service is now skregting the threat and the developer of the online application that was used to create the survey has come forward, telling politico there is definitely in this cultur

ten-year veteran news max columnist john perry. there's a remote although gaining possibility america's military will intervene as a last resort to resolve the obama problem. is this still free speech? or is it now an illegal call for the violent overthrow of a lawfully elected government. worse, their prayer began deliver us oh god. but lonesome roads claimed they said, deliver us, obama. it continued, "hear our cry, oh god." but lou dobbs heard, hear our cry, obama. what was that? and phony outrage. the president tries to talk the international olympic committee to picking chicago and boosting chicago's economy so boehner says -- >> the president is going to go out to copenhagen when we have serious issues here at home that need to be debated. >> 24 hours or less, as opposed to say the four days that bush went to the olympics last year so he could sit there and watch. all that and more now on "countdown." >>> good evening from new york. courting republican congressman roy blount, the alternative health care plan from june 17. i g

perry denies it was a political move. he says it was just process. he is currently running for reelection, by the way. perry denied a last-minute stay of execution for willingham back in 2004 and his office confirms to cnn the office received a five-page fax 88 minutes before willingham's execution and in it it had an arson expert's findings that the fire was not deliberately set robin. >> execution went forward. >> that's right. >> richard back to this commission to hear a report slamming the evidence used to convict him. let's hear more about them. >> digging into that, robin the dallas morning news saying the commission was to hear from a nationally recognized fire expert hired to review the willingham case. in his report released in august, it called the willingham fire investigation slip shod saying it was based on wives' tales about how fire behaves and possible arson evidence. the governor says it's propaganda from the death penalty opponents. listen to this. >> just as a lot of advances in technology have resulted in exonerations related to d

now perry denies the replacements here were a political move. he says it was just process. he is currently running for re-election. perry denying a last-minute stay of execution for willingham back in 2004 and his office confirms to cnn the office received a five-page fax 88 minutes before which will ham willingham's execution. it said the fire was not deliberately set. >> 88 minutes before the man was put to death. back to the commission about to hear a report slamming the evidence used to convict this man. let's hear about that. "the dallas morning news" says the commission was to hear from a nationally recognized fire expert hired to review the cameron todd willingham case. his report released in august called the willingham fire investigation slipshod saying it was based on wives tails about how fires behave and possible arson evidence. governor perfectry says this is propaganda from death penalty opponents. listen to this. >> just as a lot of advances in technology have resulted in exonerations related to dna evidence, new advances in arson science could result in the

perry is a regular columnist for newsmax.com. clear, tpm reports he's been a regular columnist for newsmax since 1999. this as the fallout continues over the poll in facebook. the secret service is now investigating the threat and the developer of the on-line application that was used to create the survey has come forward telling politico there's definitely in the culture of paranoia and fear and both sides are reacting in extreme ways. people carrying guns to town hall meetingsment. posting such a poll cools and calms the situation? another idiot. joining me now, chris hayes. good evening, keith. >> good evening. >> please tell me the news max crowd with the ann coulter e-mail alerts, it adds free handguns, military arms and trains you, even these people have to repudiate the interest of an overthrow of the government. >> the story is they did take it down from the website. it was a bloodless coup. one should note it was a bloodless coup, very gentlemenly what he proposed. it is taboo. rightfully so, it's not the sort of thing t

let's go to captain mike perry with more. >> reporter: hello, kai. we're in a unit block, where a motorcycle has collided with a car. apparently the car, looks like, was trying to go into the parking garage here at the towson commons when the motorcycle struck the left side of it, causing the operator to be ejected. you see he landed here about 50 feet into the street, a very serious accident. pennsylvania avenue is closed -- closed in a westbound direction from york road, as paramedics and police remain on the scene. back to you on tv hill. >>> a second earthquake has hit indonesia, bringing down more buildings in an already-ravaged region. karen brown reports for wjz. so far, about 800 people are dead. and thousands more are missing. >> reporter: rescue workers, rushing against time, pulled this woman from the rubble. a rare survivor, as crews used heavy equipment and their bare hands to search for thousands still missing after two major earthquakes hit indonesia. this morning's 6.8 magnitude quake hit only 153 miles from wednesday's 7.6. in the ci

tyler perry is sharing a painful part about his past sharing details about his troubled childhood. he wanted to share that survive after watching a screening of the movie "precious" about a 16-year-old girl who is physically and emotionally abused. here's something that may surprise you. in eight states and washington, d.c., insurance companies can use domestic violence as a pre-existing condition to deny health coverage. that's according to a study from the national women's law center. some lawmakers say that it's another reason the health care system needs an overhaul. senator patty murray says she's been trying to convince congress for a decade to address this lingering issue. one health care bill, at least one, is being considered which would prohibit using domestic abuse as a pre-existing condition. other bills would keep insurers from using any pre-existing condition to deny coverage. in a statement from today's health insurance plans, it reads in part -- we've been asking your thoughts on the topic. should domestic violence be a pre-existing condition? should the rules be ch

texas governor rick perry says the man was a monster. recently perry replaced four members of the state commission just before they were to review a report that was critical of the arson investigation used to convict cameron willingham. perry denies the replacement's political move and he says it was just processed. he is currently running for re-election. he denied a last-minute stay of execution for willingham back in 2004. >>> the dallas morning news reporting on the story that the commission we were talking about was to hear from a nationally recognized fire expert. now, his report called the willingham fire investigation slip shot saying it was based on wives tales about how fire behaves and possible arson evident. a writer with the dallas morning news talks about advances in science. take a listen. >> a lot of advances in technology resulted in exonerations related to dna evidence. new advances in arson science could, could result in the same thing. we could see some arson cases being overturned because we know more about fires and

. >>> moving on tonight to director tyler perry and his horrific abuse claim. tyler is the super successful director of several hit plays that have been turned into films like "madea." he's telling his tragic childhood story about physical abuse. in a startling letter on his website he recalls one incident when his father beat him, writing -- tyler also claims as a child his grandmother actually tried to kill the germ that caused his asthma by bathing him in ammonia and that the mother of one of his friends sexually abused him. tyler said he was compelled to tell his story after seeing the highly anticipated movie "precious" based on a novel about a girl's abusive life. tylerer perry and oprah winfrey are executive producers of the film. >>> certainly a no slowdown coming on on calls about jon and kate. we got a call from ginger in arizona who thinks both jon and kate need to shut their face and stay off tv. >> i think it's totally ridiculous and i think it's outrageous that every time one of them has a problem, how do they end up on the "today" show or one of

director tyler perry's horrific abuse claims. is the super successful director of several hit plays turned into films like medea's family reunion. today tyler perry is telling his own tragic personal story about childhood physical and sexual abuse. in a startling open letter on his own website he recalls one incident when his father beat him writing, my mother was out and my father came home. he was drunk as he was most of the time. he got the vacuum cleaner extension cord and trapped me in a room and beat me until the skin was coming off my back. wow. tyler also claims as a child his mother tried to kill the germ that causes asthma by bathing him in ammonia and that the mother of one of his friends sexually abused him. tyler says he felt compelled to tell his story after seeing the movie "precious" based on a girl's abusive life. >>> tonight a new "showbiz tonight" great debate as levi goes nuts for pistachio nuts. somebody's paying the faerpt of sarah palin's grandson to pitch nuts. everybody is buzzing about levi johnston's co

. >> 46 year-old marvin perry was indicted in federal court for stealing money, funds intended to get abused children the help they desperately need. >> it lead if your children being served. nothing is more outrageous. -- it led to fewer children being served. >> they ordered additional paychecks payable to himself and other employees. the other two employees pleaded guilty and were sentenced. there cfo -- their cfo disappeared. >> no address or nothing. >> he left one year ago and has not been heard from since. investigators were at the huse yesterday asking questions. >> take responsibility for your actions. come back and face the criminal justice system. >> the alliance explains the us that martin perry was preparing to enter a guilty plea in federal court this past summer. he asked the judge for a 30 day continuance so he could attend his father's funeral in chicago. no one has seen him since. >>> is time now for a check of the traffic situation. eric foster joins us with details. >> we start with a look at the beltway here at the outer loop. back in the college park near interst

ham her new york. >>> director tyler perry's horrific abuse claim. he's the super successful director of plays that have been turned into the films. but today, tyler perry is telling his own very tragic personal story about childhood physical and sexual abuse. in a startling opened letter on his own website he recalls one incident when his father beat him writing, my mother was out one night and my father came home and he was drunk, as he was most of the time. he got the vacuum cleaner extension cord and trapped me in a room and beat me until the skin was coming off my back. wow! tyler also claims as a child that his mother tried to kill the germ that causes as f asthma and the pore of one of his friends sexually abused him. he said he felt compelled to tell his story after seeing movie "precious." the film stars monique and mariah carey. >>> a brand new "showbiz tonight" great debate as levi goes nuts for pistachio nuts. somebody is actually paying the father of sarah palin's grandson to pitch nuts. everybody is buzzing about levi johnston's new biz

in this case, and i'll get perry in on this, in cyber law. both toms have said it, and i agree, they facilitate this kind of stuff. shouldn't they be held accountable, perry? i'm talking about craigslist, to clean things p? >> actually, tom talked about the communications decency act, which gives immunity to service providers in the same way you wouldn't hold a telephone provider, telephone company liable for somebody who calls in a ransom demand. they treat it the same way. but i know that the sheriff is interested in doing something, and i'll tell you that craigslist is interested in helping, i bet. and so if he's finding crimes on there, and he notifies them, my guess is they'll start taking those down. but they don't want to get involved in making that determination of what people are posting. i know how frustrating it is. we're looking perhaps to some changes to that law. >> to perry's point, back to tom dart. sheriff, are they working with you or not, craigslist? >> no. what they do is they -- well, they ignore us when we ask them to me

perry's decratic opponent said the governor was simply trying to squelch an investigation that might show he sent an innocent man to death, adding, no one in public life should ever be afraid of the truth. and that is our report for tonight. "jimmy kimmel live" is up next. for now, i'm terry moran. for all of us at abc news, good night, america. have a great weekend. >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy kimmel. you know, every day, guillermo, yehya and i drive to and from work in our 2010 buick lacrosse. isn't that right, guys? >> shhhh. >> jimmy: sorry. thanks to buick's signature quiet tuning process, the lacrosse has a "library quiet" interior no matter where you're driving. >> shhh. >> jimmyyou have to be more library quiet. we are trying to read back here. >> jimmy: okay, i'm sorry. >> shhh. >> jimmyokay. the buick lacrosse is engineered to reduce, block and absorb noise, making it a peaceful escape on the road. >> shhhhhhh! >> jimmy: all right. i'm trying to work here. what are you guys reading anyway? >> we're reading "momma's baby, daddy's maybe." >> jimmy: what? >> we're reading "momma's

. >> but governor rick perry may win a republican primary because he talked about sus session. you haven't had somebody win on sussession since 1878. it's not guilt by association -- >> that one line which you're deducing perry from, who i and pose in that primary is not the reason that he's going to win. >> we'll have to leave it there. the debate will go on. we'll continue our discussion online with mike and rachel online. watch our "meet the press" take two extra on our website. listen for updates from me at mtp.com. >>> up next, our "meet the press" minute. william sapphire only here on "meet the press." >>> political columnist william sapphire died last sunday at the age of 79. he appeared on this program, amazelily, 99 times. and one of our favorites was in january 1996 to talk about one of his most popular columnist. >> in this corner, the man who william clinton would like to punch, william safire. you said the first lady was a congenital liar and they said the white house president would like to punch safire and then they said clinton-white so forth, did you have any p

. >> but governor rick perry may win a republican primary because he talked about sus session. you haven't had somebody win on sussession since 1878. it's not guilt by association -- >> that one line which you're deducing perry from, who i and pose in that primary is not the reason that he's going to win. >> we'll have to leave it there. the debate will go on. we'll continue our discussion online with mike and rachel online. watch our "meet the press" take two extra on our website. listen for updates from me at mtp.com. listen for updates from me at mtp.ci've been growing algae for 35 years. most people try to get rid of algae, and we're trying to grow it. the algae are very beautiful. they come in blue or red, golden, green. algae could be converted into biofuels... that we could someday run our cars on. in using algae to form biofuels, we're not competing with the food supply. and they absorb co2, so they help solve the greenhouse problem, as well. we're making a big commitment to finding out... just how much algae can help to meet... the fuel demands of the world. >>> politi

. >> but governor rick perry may win a republican primary because he talked about sus session. you haven't had somebody win on sussession since 1878. it's not guilt by association -- >> that one line which you're deducing perry from, who i and pose in that primary is not the reason that he's going to win. >> we'll have to leave it there. the debate will go on. we'll continue our discussion online with mike and rachel online. watch our "meet the press" take two extra on our website. listen for updates from me at mtp.com. listen for updates from me at mtp.com. >>> ♪ bank of america lends nearly 3 billion dollars to individuals, institutions, schools, organizations and businesses in every corner of the economy. america. growing stronger. every day. ♪ so blessed with inspiration ♪ ♪ i don't know much ♪ but i know i love you ♪ and that may be ♪ all i need ♪ to know (announcer) customers love ge aircraft engines almost as much as we love making them. innovation today for america's tomorrow. >>> political columnist william sapphire died last sunday at the age of 79. he appeared on thi

a filmmaker tyler perry reveals details about his abusive childhood.e tells fans how he made it through those difficult years. i'm richelle carey. welcome to hln "news and views." hope you're having a great day so far jshs the mother of the you? born kidnapped from his nashville home will find out later today if she can get her four kids back. the baby and siblings placed in foster care this weekend. according to the associated press, authorities are now looking into claims that a relative of maria carillo had actually put the baby up for sale. yair anthony carillo found safe a week after taken. a woman posing as an immigration agent came to her home and demanded the child. she says the woman stabbed her several times after she refused to hand over her baby. police aren't commenting on these baby selling allegations. >>> the lab technician charged in the murder of yale grad student annie le is expected to enter the plea of not guilty when he goes before a judge today. he's accused of strangling le and stuffing her body behind the wall. investigators fo

perry hall, baltimore, columbia and annapolis.cast is not bad. 70 for a high temperature for tomorrow. and then warmer on friday. 76 degrees for a high temperature. but then clouds are increasing through the day as the system gets closer toward the region. and friday night to early saturday, we will see the rain showers tapering off in the afternoon hours and a high of 69 degrees on saturday. and then on sunday, beautiful day for the ravens' game. 68 degrees for a high temperature on sunday. and then 66 degrees for columbus day monday with a 30 percent chance for some rain showers. and colder temperatures behind the cold front. seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> an alarming statistic on the number of women undergoing surgery for a simple procedure. new data shows 35 percent of diagnostic biopsies for breast cancer are being done surgically. but research shows less invasive needle testing is just as effective. less expensive. and doesn't leave a scar. and has a shorter recovery time. >> a mission to revolutionize the

the tyler perry-spike lee smack down or race and comedy.ow the "showbiz news ticker" and more stories making news right now. >> you are watching "showbiz tonight." keep watching the bottom of your screen for more nonstop, compelling and provocative news from "showbiz tonight." >>> the great debate over the balloon boy hoax. the startling new admission that the balloon scam was a bunch of hot air. today a big name comes to the defense of the heene family. shouldn't we feel sorry for balloon boy dad? >>> tonight bad news for oprah. "showbiz tonight" breaks big news about oprah and her weight loss advice. she is not going to like what we are revealing. is oprah giving jennifer aniston her own talk show? jon and kate face off the same day kate answers heated questions on national tv. more stories from the "showbiz news ticker." tv's first most provocative entertainment news show starts right now. >> welcome back to "showbiz tonight." i'm a.j. hammer broadcasting tonight and every night from new york city. >> i'm brooke anderson from hollywood.

the chief financial officer, marvin perry, was indicted for stealing the money.ources tell us he disappeared and is on the run. >>> d.c. leaders hope to have students and staff vaccinated for the swine flu next month. health care workers will be the first to get the vaccine. schools and recreation centers will serve as mass vaccination centers. the vaccination is scheduled to arrive in a few days. >>> hospitals are tightening restrictions on visitors. inova health system is banning the visitors under the age of 18. children and teenagers are more susceptible to flu and to infection. only two people will be allowed to visit a patient at a time. >>> president obama is pressing lawmakers for a late-night session on health care reform. they worked until 2:00 in the morning, revising their version of the bill. senators voted to reduce the penalty for not having insurance. a final committee vote will happen next week. >>> "the washington post is out with new figures on campaign spending. bob mcdonnell is outspending creigh deeds nearly two to one on tv ads. they began

perry hall the winner at home 28-17. friday night winner anne arundel county. annapolis looking for the upset. anne arundel's quarterback not running, but hey, touchdown straight ahead. anne arundel up. incredible arm. touchdown for harris. one of the best offenses in the state. last night, another score there. victorious. 38-7. friday afternoon. 8 in the first. good news. 75 yards and the touchdown. goodness gracious. edmonton. very accurate, perfect throw. two h points. at that point edmonton goes on to win it 36-14 your final. for more on friday's games, get online to wbaltv.com and click on "extra points." highlights and scores from week five. extra points your home on the web for baltimore area high school football. that's our look at sports. i'm pete gilbert. see you back here tonight at 11:00. >> the calendar says october but it is looking like christmas at the b & o railroad museum. for the first time the admission is free because disney is promoting the release of "a christmas carol" starring jim carrey. >> carollers create a set forg a classic tale. t

with me via satellite is perry c carsovello, an actor who has worked with heene. hi. we only know richard heene from "wife swap." what did you think watching this balloon saga play out? >> first off, i first read this on my cell phone when i was selling outside the u.p.s. story in the marina, in marina del ray, california. and i'm reading this story about a 6-year-old kid that was kidnapped by a -- i say kidnapped by a flying saucer. that was, that was lost, kidnapped, whatever the heck you want to call it. but that got lost by this flying saucer, i said, straight out, this is a hoax. then i heard the name heene -- >> you did? >> then i read the name heene and i had to read farther. and then i realized, uh-oh, it can't be. >> why? >> oh, it is. it is. it is him. >> when you knew him -- >> and then i realized -- go ahead. >> when you knew him as an actor and a construction worker, did he seem a little bit loony? >> a little bit? joy, please! >> yeah. >> joy, you're giving him a little break here. a little bit? you saw -- you saw what he did on "wife swap." >> yeah, i d

. >> thank you, captain mike perry. >> tonight baltimore city police are typicking to ask for your help in solving the leader in the community and a native i have liberia. >> reporter: denise, this man was murder at a community center he owned in the 4300 lock bloc of york road and now city police have released two sketches in the case. the second suspect is also around the same age and several inches taller. police believe they shot and killed the man during a bungled robbery attempt. denise. >>> thank you very much, sally. metro crime stoppers is offering a reward for up to $2,000 for information leading to the arrest and indictment of these men. pyou have information reach them at 410-276-8888. >>> the body of a woman found in a sewer in north baltimore. the body was severely dee nose comosed and mike schuh explains that police are trying to understand what happened to her. >> reporter: verizon workers were dispatched here for a routine job, but when they opened the manhole cover, they found a horrific discovery. workers for the company found below will turn a stomach. >> once they h

mike perry is over south baltimore. >> reporter: we are along ford avenue and key highway where mta police were called and city police were called for disorderly teenagers on a bus. the bus was traveling across ford and key avenue and the bus stopped and the teenagers kicked out one of the emergency escape bus windows in the rear of the bus and fled the scene. the city police and transit police are investigating for the destruction of property. there is no word of injuries on the bus. the people on the bus were transferred to another bus. as you can see, the police continue the investigation. >> thank you very much. >>> straight ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00, a father tattoos his son with a gang sign and a judge's ruling shocks everyone in the california courtroom. >>> a somber anniversary three years after girls were gunned down in a lancaster city. >>> and it is the first weekend in october. will the weather cooperate? we have bob updating the forecast when we come back. >>> a member of a polygamist sect has pleading pleaded not guilty. raymond young will be tried next month. >>> this

thanks, perry, for doing that for me.ow to my panel, social associate professor of psychiat psychiatry, dr. gail saltz, cnn legal analyst, lisa bloom, and comic and journalist, brian ballthatczar. what a name. brian ballthatczar. that's quite a name. it's alliteration and everything. lisa, they're now saying this is a hoax. are there going to be criminal charges filed or what? >> i think so. it is unusual the sheriff would come out and say that before they've been arrested and before any charges have been filed. but we're looking at felony, maybe misdemeanor charges, up to six years behind bars, potentially, if he's convicted. >> but don't you think, gail, that it's overkill at this point? should he go to jail? really. >> i think the issue is recouping the money and discouraging other people from doing something like this for the purposes of getting a reality show. but if you want to think about the kids' well-being, and ill hope everybody would be thinking of the kids' well-being first, you want to send a strong message

why spike lee is lashing out at tyler perry's sense of humor. >>> people in orange park florida, near jacksonville paying respects to somer thompson followed by a memorial service tomorrow. here was the scene outside the thompson home this morning. yesterday the neighborhood held a festival that doubled as a fund-raiser for somer's family. after the event the mom thanks the community for its support. >> all i want to happen is that my baby didn't die in vain. and that we catch them. everything everybody's done for me, it means the world to me. i love all of y'all. >> so far police are frustrated. they have no one in custody. somer went missing last monday walking home from school. her body found later at a georgia landfill across the state line. >>> teammates, family friends paying tribute to the university of connecticut football player stabbed to death eight days ago. the funeral for jasper howard is being held in miami today. the entire team flew down to florida to be there. here's live picture there. viewing for howard held yesterday. he was fatally stabbed outside a campus dance

mike perry is over the scene of an accident. >> reporter: this is off the bradshaw road where the vehicle left of roadway and collided with a pole and cut the pole in half. apparently one person in the vehicle was injured and taken to bayview hospital. no word on the condition of the driver. baltimore county police are on the scene. they have one lane eastbound on bradshaw road closed as they continue the investigation. back to you on tv hill. >>> thank you. >> still ahead at 5:00. >> rio. >> celebrations in south america, but olympic dreams fizzle in the windy city. >>> turn that frown upside down. how we can explore life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in baltimore. >>> miracle in indonesia. survivors are pulled from the rubble days after the earthquake. >>> and we will have the first warning weather forecast with bob when we come back. >>> chicago went all out to win the battle for the 2016 olympic games, but it was not to be. joel brown reports for wjz that the games will be in rio. >> reporter: excitement quickly turned to stunned silence in chicago's daley plaza. >> the city o

columbia, ellicott city, perry hall looking at temperatures around 74. with a southerly wind at 10-to-15. and that mild air pushes ahead of the frontal boundary, but you can see the cold front marching through as we get into friday night. saturday is when the front pushes through. high pressure is following that. so we will start to see things dry out relatively quickly through the weekend. 74 downtown. clouds in the afternoon. beautiful day. and then saturday on the five-day forecast. 78 the high. 70 percent chance for the morning shower activity. but probably get sunshine later in the day. sunday, 73 degrees with sun and clouds. and monday, tuesday looks fabulous, with plenty of sunshine. fox 45 sky watch weather is now at your finger timms. i-radar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track coming storms. interactive tool lets you see when rain or snow is over on your house. go to foxbaltimore.com/i-radar. . >> the autopsy report on michael jackson is painting a different picture tonight. of what kind of shape

. >>> tyler perry reveals intimate details of his troubled childhood in new orleans including physical and sexual abuse. that's the news for now, i'm mike galanos.

that much less deductible from taxable income, it is going to raise $22 billion in the german's mark perry -- in the chairman's mark. well, you peel back the pages, and you find more than half of this benefit goes to senior citizens. those same senior citizens tend to live on fixed incomes, and they are the ones that are more likely to experience the extraordinary medical costs. as a result, their medical expenses exceed the income floor of 7.5% more often than others. there was a time when seniors will fully exempt from the income for, and that was back in 1951 -- from the income floor, and that was back in 1951 until 1966. well, the purpose of this amendment, which has been jointly worked out with the chairman is that we should not raise taxes on the seniors to pay for health reform, particularly in this case, seniors suffering extreme medical hardships. and so, the new out-of-pocket limits will apply and other parts of the bill to private insurance offered in the exchange. however, these same out-of- pocket limits -- remember, this is the limit that we went from 2% to 12%, that premiums

. >>> moving on tonight to director tyler perry and his horrific abuse claim. tyler is the super successful director of several hit plays that have been turned into films like "madea." he's telling his tragic childhood story about physical abuse. in a startling letter on his website he recalls one incident when his father beat him, writing -- tyler also claims as a child his grandmother actually tried to kill the germ that caused his asthma by bathing him in ammonia and that the mother of one of his friends sexually abused him. tyler said he was compelled to tell his story after seeing the highly anticipated movie "precious" based on a novel about a girl's abusive life. tylerer perry and oprah winfrey are executive producers of the film. >>> certainly a no slowdown coming on on calls about jon and kate. we got a call from ginger in arizona who thinks both jon and kate need to shut their face and stay off tv. >> i think it's totally ridiculous and i think it's outrageous that every time one of them has a problem, how do they end up on the "today" show or one of

huffington post" today reported, a columnist for news max, the conservative media, a fellow named john perry wrote a column tuesday which later was pulled which in part said the following. "imagine a bloodless coup to restore and defend the constitution through an interim administration that would do the serious business of governing and defending the nation, skilled military trained nation builders would replace accountability challenged radical left commissars having bonded with his twin teleprompters the president would be detailed for ceremonial speech making." is this just loony tune stuff, general? we all saw "seven days in may." i wonder if in this country anybody takes seriously the push for the military to grab power? >> having spent a long time in the military i don't remember any discussions about a coup. in fact, i think it's a great strength of this country that our military completely understands the role of our civilian leadership and their superiority. we have sworn in oath to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states. it's worked pretty well for a long time. we

. >> perry, this is progress, certainly, but still many steps in this process.se are we really from seeing something concrete? >> i think we're still a few months away from seeing something concrete but this is a big step and this is a bill everybody is watching and negotiated for months and a bill they think is the closest to what the final law is. getting this passed will be a very important step and if it happens next week. >> john, we have to talk to the olympics as we are watching the live vote happening right now. the president making a trip to copenhagen and critics said he shouldn't have made that trip but we learned after his few hours there on the ground in copenhagen he got on to air force one and had a meeting with general mcchrystal who came in from london via afghanistan. does that mitigate what some of the critics were saying? >> i think to a large extent it does. he meant. he met with the general one hour on air force one according to the white house press secretary robert gibbs. i think that for those critics who argue the president is taking ti

a will go at the potential showdown there between governor perry and senator hutchinson. what do you make of that race? >> they do everything big ner texas. you've got the two giants on the republican side running against each other in this gubernatorial primary. clearly there are no -- this gets into the more conservative candidate for this race, kay billy hutchinson is considered a moderate conservative. she's running even more conservatively since it's a republican primary. they will be spending incredibly 50, $60 million in this primary race. now, normally that would cause problems for a party in november; but, of course, texas is pretty heavily republican. the democrats don't have an obvious candidate. one possible candidate is ambassador tom shaffer which is bob shaffer's brother. he was actually an ambassador for president george w. bush. as always in texas, the lines are fuzzed. >> well, the next year should be an interesting one for all of us political junkies. thank you for breaking it down for us, larry. >> thank you so much. >> civil rights leader are calling

joining us is staff sgt grant perry. tell us, what are the biggest challenges you are facing? the largest challenge we have so far is the coalition forces and the host communications. we have had instances where communications have played a large role concerning force protection across the air base, which is our priority. >> you're working with multiple people. they're looking for things like improvised explosive devices, and the other big concern when it comes to this is surface-to- air missiles as planes get closer and closer to the ground. another important rule is moving cargo, moving and unloading planes. virtually all of these supplies are brought in by air, whether they are used by the army or navy. this is true testament that the air force is in the war, building partnership capacity and essentially teaching other branches of the military had to eventually take over this airfield when the crw leaves. by the way, there are to give you a response wings. the 615 on the west coast and the 621 on the east. and between the two, there are about 100 members deployed in the are

tonight, tyler perry is spriking back after spike lee slammed his work. you've got to hear why tyler called his words insulting. this is "showbiz tonight" on hln. >>> now the showbiz news ticker. more stories making news right now. >>> you're watching "showbiz tonight" on hln. right now keep on watching the bottom of your screen for more nonstop compelling and provocative news from "showbiz tonight." >>> beginning with breaking news right now. police have charged one person with murder in connection with the death of uconn football player jasper howard. defense attorney darin freeman says his client john william lomax, was taken into custody this morning. to remind you what happened 20-year-old jasper howard was stabbed to death outside the student union building on campus back on october 18th. police are holding a news conference in about a half hour to discuss all of the latest developments. we will bring that to you live. again, an arrest has been made. >>> also, an entire north florida community comes together to say good-bye to somer thompson. the fu

so, it was so great to be with that cast and now tyler perry and oprah winfrey are executive producing> um, it was difficult, but i think it freed me in a lot of ways, just you know, i learned a lot, yeah. >> we are so glad you're here. you're about to sing "obsessed." >> yes, it's a fun song. >> and are you amazed it's become so popular on the internet, so incredibly popular. are you amazed that you still can move crowds the way you have over the years, or -- >> you know what it is, i love, i love my fans, and i think they really know it. they know it. especially the people that have been here for me so long, and it's almost like they're my friends and fans, so, i appreciate them just as much. >> they are definitely your friends. mariah carey, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> now go perform "obsessed." have fun. >> thank you. >> i was like, why are you so obsessed with me? ♪ so, oh, oh, oh, so, oh, oh, oh, oh, so, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ all up on the block saying we met at bar when i don't even know who you are, saying we up in your house, saying i'm up in your car, but you in l.a. and i'm

here's consumer reports, talking to cnn's perry snow. >> in our labs, we found it used a lot more energy than it claimed. >> can a manufacturer just put on an energy star sticker? >> well, they're supposed to these products tested. and they do. but they themselves test it. >> they're supposed to have them tested. maybe the question is, can we really trust companies to do their own testing and to really give us, not the best-case scenario, but the real-case scenario on the sticker. the energy department plans to widen independent testing or find some other measures to make sure that companies are measuring accurately. so, that sticker gives you a real sense of what that appliance will save you. in the meantime, be careful about baying top-dollar for any energy star appliance. may not save you so much money after all. i'm jennifer westhoven, looking out for you. >> thanks, jen. you can get great money advice from jennifer westhoven, each weekday, on "morning express, with robin meade. >>> there is some precious jewelry sitting out there that nobody wants to claim. we're talking diamond rin

he also wrote the theme song for "green acres" and songs recorded by doris day, perry como and billie>>> a swiss court denied bail for roman polanski, calling him a flight risk. that is despite his lawyer's pleas he would stay in switzerland. he's fighting extradition to the united states. he fled in 1978 before his sentencing for having sex with a 13-year-old girl. swiss police arrested him last month. >>> a latina in hollywood is keeping her eye on the ball. you're going to hear the story about the spicy note that amy garcia sent every casting director in l.a.  not long ago, this man had limited mobility. last month, this woman wasn't even able to get around inside of her own home. they chose mobility. and they chose the scooter store! if you or a loved one live with limited mobility call the scooter store! no other company will work harder to make you mobile or do more to guarantee your complete satisfaction. if we pre-qualify you for a new power chair or scooter and your claim isn't approved, the scooter store will give you your power chair or scooter free. that's our guarantee.

the bridge carries about 280,000 vehicles perry day. . here's a look at your forecast around the nation and we're going to see those scattered showers stick around for a good part of the day. meanwhile for the center of the u.s., pretty quiet day for you and out to the west coast. until you get north of the state of california into oregon and back into washington. look out for scattered showers, especially into the early part of the day into the evening also. you could see some scattered showers in the u.p. of michigan and possibly into parts of northern michigan and wisconsin. high temperatures for the day, 56 will be the high for kansas city, 74 in washington, d.c., 69 in new york and as we fast forward into the rest of your day and into halloween evening, you can expect to get into these dry conditions to be pretty much the bill of fare for much of the central plains, southern plains, northern plains, 40s for the great lakes, scattered showers on the eastern seaboard, 60s for charlotte, north carolina and back towards d.c., 70s in part

joining us as staff sgt grant perry. tell us, what are the biggest challenges?far as the coalition forces -- so far is the coalition forces. communications have played a large role in force protection around the air base. that is our priority. >> you are working with other branches of the military as well, looking for things like ied's. the other big concern when it comes to airplanes is surface to air missiles as the airplanes get closer and closer to the ground. another important role of the crw is moving cargo, loading and unloading those military planes. all of those supplies are brought in by the air. it is a true test of it that the u.s. air force is all in this more, building that partnership capacity, keeping other branches of the military up to date. the crw does not stay down on the ground for long. they are an advance team that trains other members of the military, then they leave. very cool to see as we have been imbedded with these guys. steve: thank you, casey, for that live report. brian: he has got a brand new album called x. >> we have discussed