the republican caucus selected ej ikin -- pipkin. he is moving into the minority leadership position after nancy jacobson announced she would be stepping down. >>> we could tell something was wrong. >> how con it is it find -- common it is to find babies important with a cleft lip defect. >>> could we have the secret to a long life. why it's more than just an emotional state of mind. >>> temperature wise we hit 61 at bwi. we only forecast in the upper 50s. no two-degree winner. we'll look all the way to your weekend a few minutes away. >>> it turns out foods are not the only things people with gluten allergies need to worry b people with celiac disease should be worried about makeup, lipstick, foundations and other products. they don't often list their ingredients and many contain substance derived from grains. >>> more than 40 people die every day from overcoast doses -- overdoses to prescription pain killers like vicodin and oxycontin. pain killers now kill more than heroin and cocaine combined. it show's the death toll has more th

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. >>> and senator pipkin, and one other senator will be expressing their opinion on the merger. there's conditions that need to be met. >>> the death toll from the outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe has reached 29. an eighth person has died in colorado. the recall was first released back on september 14th. >> they had the independent -- >> it's gonna be time to start thinking about holiday shopping. there is a gift that's starting out today that will help sick children in baltimore. we're live this morning telling us about this miracle ties. which one are you wearing? >> reporter: charlie, this one is calmed "lady bugs" it was designed by victoria murray, 10 years old. all of these ties were designed by pediatric patients at the john hopkins medical center. lay, you've been apart of -- ray, you've been apart of this for years. >> yes. >> very special, isn't it? >> yes. thank you. very special. it's probably the second biggest event, if not the first in the mall because the holiday, in my opinion, comes second to the kids. it really is great. >> what does it mean to you to be apa

e j pipkin. >> these toll increases will hurt the economy. shame on this board. >> phase two of the hikes includes raising the bay bridge toll to 6 dollars in 2013. >>> and this first full year of toll increases is expected to generate 90 million dollars. don, back to you. >> thank you very much andrea. >>> as drivers adjust a gasoline tax hike proposal will go before the general assembly come january. >>> a bodyguard for the mayor is recovering after being involved in a crash. police say he was on his way back to city hall when another car hit the suv he was driving. both drivers were taken to shock trauma for none liver non- life-threatening injuries. the mayor was not involved in the crash. >>> police say the motive here was robbery and this is the third time in three years someone has been shot inside that same carry out store. >>> one of the 5 men suspected in the rape of a 14-year-old is behind bars. according to our partner the sun police were able to track down 22-year-old lucky crosbie using his court order gps monitor alaska ankle b

./ and exelon... 3 (pipkin) "it keeps tte company local, locally managed, locally owned and at the samers.../ with.. .a.../ 100,..-dollar rebate. 3 the white house now faces subpoenas in the solar scandal. scandal.the house committee investigating solyndra wants all records related to the company.solyndra received a half billion dollar loan from theedepartment of energy... ...bbt went bankrupt....laying off more than a thousand workers. we made our case about the need for documents. the white house has refused to produce them. we have not choice but to authorize theeissuance of a subpoena to compel them. and i will say it again i ish it didn't come to this. plready turned over ii has 85-thousand documents....and in documents released just administration appareetly considered ááailing outá solyndra before it went bankrupt.ultimately, they decided nottto. members of congress want the man whh heads the department of energy to eeplain the solyndra deal.secretary steven chu will testify in ffont of a members of congresssalso want to know what role the presiddnt played in this bii loan that w

pipkin. >> shame on this board. >> reporter: they will raise the tolls to $6 until 2013. >> reporter: the new tolls are expected to generate $90 million for maryland in the first year. >> we have reaction from drivers who paid the new tolls today, coming up at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> a fiery crash ties up traffic for hours. sky eye chopper 13 is over the harrisburg expressway, near the parkton exit. a car was involved in a crash with a tractor-trailer. the car caught fire in the middle lane of traffic. the road was closed, while state police investigated that crash and clooned -- cleaned up the scene. >>> the month of november cleans up on such a great note outside. it is mild and sunny outside. a few degrees warmer than yesterday. we'll talk to kristy in just a second. but meteorologist bernadette woods is here with updated numbers from first warning weather. >>> a couple of morning showers. but let's take a look at first warning doppler radar. that is gone. and what a gorgeous afternoon we've had. we sit just around 60 degrees now. and i want to show you an overall picture of temperature