the festival of trees is the largest fund-raiser.e than 45,000 people attend each year with more than 600 christmas trees, -- gingerbread houses. >> this is kennedy krieger's largest fund-raiser. we've raised over $12 million. >> reporter: and students at kip are happy to do their part. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> it runs through sunday the 27th. the doors are open at friday at 10:00 a.m. at the state fair grounds in timonium. >>> last week we brought you the story about the recent push to have pizza and french fries classified as veg tables. the group launched the first salad bar. a grant from whole foods funded the salad bamplet the schools -- bar. the schools jumped at the chance to get the school's input. >> we wanted to see what sort of things they would like. they wanted cucumbers and broccoli and different sorts of lettuce. we thought they who say pizza's fine and french fries. but they were excited. almost every student who went through had either a side student or a made salad lunch. >> it's a pelt project for other schoo

they hint they're having a fund-raiser and need money. meanwhile, they help you on the issue. if that's not bribery, i don't know what it is. >> what role does jack abramoff play? you write a book and speak about this. how are you a force for good and actual reform? >> well, i think by nature of the fact of who i am, it's going to be limited. i'm not going up to capitol hill and lobby for legislation. the only thing i can really do and i'm trying to do in the book is to bring out what happens. people have read the book so far say they're upset and nasty and can't believe how horrible it is up there. they're scared about what's going on in the government, and that's what they need to be. they need to be upset. i've tried to throw open the doors that people can't look behind so they see it. >> you mention no gifts and term limits. >> yes. i was against term limits when i was a lobbyist, because once you buy an office, once you influence an office, you don't want them going away. you like that congressman there for ten years or 20 years if you can. but the truth is we need to get

president obama is holding a fund-raiser. another of his fund-raisers.he doesn't govern, all he does is raise money to try to get reelected to put the country further into the hole. he's having a fund-raiser light near rockefeller center where thousands of people are coming to see the tree light up. isn't that a shame? the streets ever going to be closed. everything is going to be closed because of his security. he needs security. let me tell you. this president is a much different person than people know. he's a very inconsiderate guy. stop with the fund-raisers and start running the country. you're doing one hell of a lousy job. >> bill:. >> greta: i guess we know how donald trump feels. thanks for joining us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow night. make sure you go to greta wire.com. let us know what

big fund-raiser, it was the playground. the playground they had was pitiful. >> she was smiling down at all this, according to one of her close friends. >> it is so fitting she gave her life to children in the school and she will live on and this playground. >> >> and now, your insta- weather plus forcast with chief meterologist tom tasselmeyer. a large part of the nation had freezing temperatures around the mid-atlantic. it was cold. 26 degrees in charlotte, north carolina. 30 degrees in atlanta, georgia. it was called off to the north and west. seasons are definitely changing. normal at 56 degrees. we started this work week on monday with highs in the upper 70's. near record highs that finishes out the week 10 degrees colder than normal. skies are clear and winds will be calm. by early tomorrow morning it will be another cold one in the mid-atlantic. but for temperatures to steadily fall. we are almost refreezing in frederick. it is called on the boardwalk in ocean city. they're just 33 degrees. a sign of slightly milder

approves the obama health care law, just as conservative justices thomas and skalia go to a fund-raiser for right wing legal group. how can hay not recuse themselves in the case. congressmen on the question. is the fix already in? >> i know that's not the person he is. he totally respects women. >> mrs. cain stands by her man. but new poll numbers show republicans like newt on their piece of pie. >> this is a wild risk. okay. who knows what the polls will be. >> nia malika henderson on the gop's ever changing pallete. new questions about the judge who let jerry sandusky walk. wait until you hear how she's connected to this disgraced ex-coach. and chilling video of sandusky talking about kids. >> how did it all start? basically because i'm a frustrated playground director, i guess. >> plus, it's 3:00 a.m., do you know where the gop candidates are? >> are you becky, becky, becky, becky standstand? >> these guys would be funding if they weren't so scary. politics nation starts right now. >> welcome to "politics nation." i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead. the announcement we've been waitingin

this is a print project that will be a fund-raiser for the contemporary music players. we decided to put it in the portfolio so you could either frame at or have it on your bookshelf. >> so nonprofits can come to you, not just visual are nonprofits, but just nonprofits can come to you, and you will produce prints for them to sell, and the profits, they can keep. >> the return on investment is usually four times to 10 times the amount of investment. this is for the bio reserve in mexico, and this is one of the artists we represent. >> you also make prints for the artists that you represent. over here are some large prints by a phenomenal artist. >> he writes these beautiful things. anyone who has told you paradise is a book of rules is -- has only appeared through the windows. this is from all over coffee. we are contract printers for all kinds of organizations all across the country. >> thank you very much for showing us around today. i really appreciate you taking the time to let me get better acquainted with the operation and also to share with our "culturewire" team.

a one-day fund-raiser for charities in d.c., maryland and virginia.plain that that is, we have lesli mansford with us. the ceo. an online fund-raising site. and bill, ceo of united way and national capital area is here to tell us how we can get involved. what this is all about. this is one place where you can find how many charities? >> 1300 charities competing today to raise as much money as they can and bring in as many supporters as they can for over 140,000 in award money. >> we were talking earlier just in the break with the economy, with natural disasters across the united states, people -- and right here in our area, people are dealing with a lot so this can be a big help. >> local nonprofits are hurting out there. the tough economy, tough times across the country. and the needs are up. but because the economy is so bad, the resources are down. so, this is a great opportunity, great time for us to really step in and help our nonprofits that really are trying to do the work that government hasn't been able to do. that the economy has hurt across

he was a huge fund-raiser for president obama. the top bundlers who packaged contributions from others and put them together. he was in the highest category of over a half million he brought into the president's campaign. he had a huge fund-raiser for the president back in april. a lot of wall street executives were invited and participated in. this was important to the president. if you remember he had a somewhat rocky relationship with wall street since he took office and got a lot of money in the 2008 campaign and alienated a lot of folks there when he used the phrase fat cat bankers on wall street in the fight for financial reform. he was depending on corzine a lot, former new jersey governor and senator and to have him taken out is a big blow and a bit awkward. >> to your point, at a time when the numbers indicate the money goes to mitt romney this time around for now. thank you very much. greatly appreciate it. coming up, they come in on that story. british police say nearly 6,000 people were victims of the news of the world

we will do a three-hour fit fund-raiser, to raise money for our wounded vets.e would like to raise dollars to purchase crank cycles and other adaptive physical fit equippedment for them, and we'll be there as many as many other clubs around the world. >> margaret, of course, you see many of these vets because you work with them every day at the naval hospital, and it's not the naval hospital any more but one big complex. >> yeah. >> so you see these guys coming in from the wars, and they need a lot of things, and this is to raise money for that. you might want to show us why you really have something in common with these guys. >> i would be glad, to. please. thank you. >> you are not just a nurse, but you also are a person who has suffered a disability yourself. >> yes, i have. >> she has a prosthesis, and she knows what it's like for these guys to come back. thank you for sharing. >> you are welcome. >> you know when a guy comes in or a woman and they need to have a prosthetic device, and are they always available to them? >> yes, they are. the equipment is av

fund-raiser tony rezko learns how much time he will be spending in prison. good afternoon i am steve sanders. >>and i'm dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching around the country on wgn america and on the web. >>muriel clair is live at the federal court with our top story >>after more than three year wait to learn his fate is over tony rezko is going to prison for 10 years 56 year-old tony rezko was a top adviser and fund-raiser for disgraced former gov. rod blagojevich he extorted millions of dollars from firms seeking to do business with the state prosecutors considered calling him to testify against rod blagojevich but he was never put on the stand his attorney asked that he be given a lesser sentence for time served and his willingness to testify but the prosecutors called him a malignant citizen not subject to public disclosure but in a position to profit off of taxpayer money ... in a statement before the judge he said he deeply regretted the situation and accepted full responsibility he said he abused his inside position of power ... the ju

they might be educators, but they are in essence fund-raisers. when you have schools where you have very powerful coaches who have been entrenched for decades, you have a situation where the coach without any question has much more power than the president has. if it's something he uses well, it's a good thing. if he uses it poor lid, it's a bad thing. what you have at those schools is you have alumnae sitting on board of trustees, wlofr it may be, every school has that power guy or two. >> phil knight at oregon. >> right. they run that school tanned they want big@lowic programs. that's the way it is, and they want them at any cost. when that stops, they will get this under control, because it always comes back, like it does in every walk of life, to money. money creates the power and the power is in the people who say i want to win, i want this, i want that, and they have let mess programs run independent of the university, and we are seeing a groundswell that is trying to create a system where that doesn't exist. you cannot put the genie back i

will you set up a fund-raiser for me.rally the first people that they call when they announce their candidacy. once you get that going, then it kind of builds on itself. if it's a successful fund-raiser, then it leads to more, more people are interested, more people agree to be bumblers for the campaign. >> ted johnson looking at hollywood and politics. thank you for your teime. >>> quick programming note for you. tune in to "now" with alex wagner debuting today at noon eastern rirght here. >>> want to keep you undated on a developing story. the president of the charity linked to penn state says he has resi resigned. the ceo of the second mile sent out a statement just a few minutes ago saying the focus should be on the children. he was a ceo for 28 years. second mile will now conduct an internal investigation of its own. now, it's alleged former penn state assistant jerry sandusky met his victims through this charity. we continue to watch that story for you. >>> so many people have been weighing in on twitter about the p

it is our biggest fund raiser of the whole year. over the last 22 years -- 21 years, we've raised over 12 million. this year we hope to add another million or two to it. >> there are over 600 decorated trees, wreaths, and ginger bread houses including these from our morning show crew. if you are looking for a christmas tree decorated to buy, this is the place to go. there is this ravens tree, a lottery tree, even this funky monkey tree made by the art angels. >> it is a wonderful feeling we get. we have fun doing it. i can just picture all the kids in the hospital or something, you know, looking at them and wanting one of them. it is a wonderful feeling. it really is. >> all the freeds go to kennedy krieger institute to help kids like sam livingston. >> thank you very much. help me out. when he was younger in third grade his life was more difficult and in crisis. sam is high functioning on the autistic spectrum. kennedy krieger really saved us. >> if you are looking for something to do this weekend -- >> we love it. we come here eve

later, the president heads to new york city for a fund-raiser. >>> the d.c. council looks at ethics reform. they will hear testimony on a bill that would establish an independent ethics panel. it would include the power to punish council members for violations and limit their ability to raise money. >>> the big apple gets in the holiday spirit. thousands of people will pack rockefeller center to see the tree lighting and a concert. the 74-foot norway spruce is covered with 30,000 light. mayor bloomberg will flip the switch. >>> there is no mercy it turns out for michael jackson's former doctor. >> yesterday, a judge sentenced dr. conrad murray to four years in prison, the maximum punishment. but he is expected to serve less than two years because of prison overcrowding. the judge had harsh words for dr. conrad murray. >> he violated the trust of the medical community, of his colleagues, and his patient. and he has absolutely no sense of remorse. >>> jackson's family members say they are pleased with the sentence. >> of murder suspect mistakenly released from

one fund raiser is the festival of trees. it runs through the weekend.ob roblin has more. >> it started in 1990, and over the years, the festival of trees has become a christmas tradition. >> if you have kids, it is a great place to spend the day. festival of trees here at the timonium fair grounds will put anyone in the christmas spirit and help a good cause. >> the money all goes to kennedy krieger to help with our research and community program. it is our biggest fund raiser of the year. over the last 21 years, we have raised over 12 million. this year we hope to add another million or two to it. >> there are over 600 deck rated trees, wreaths, and ginger bread houses including these from our morning show crew. if you are looking for a christmas tree already deck rated to buy, this is the place to go. there is this ravens tree, a lottery tree, even this funky monkey tree made by the "art angels." >> it is a wonderful feeling we get. i can picture all the kids in the hospital or something looking at them and wanting one of them. it is a wonderful feeli

. >> one of the biggest fund- raisers is the festival of trees.he 22nd annual event began today and runs through the weekend. >> it all started in 1990. overeat the years, the festival of trees has become a christmas tradition. >> there in this. he found it. >> if you have kids, it is a great place to spend the day. it will put anyone in the christmas spirit and help a good cause. >> the money all goes to kennedy krieger to help with our community program. it is our biggest fund-raiser of the year. over the past1 years, we have raised over $12 million. this year we hope to add another $1 million or $2 million to it. >> there are these from our morning show crew. if you are looking for a christmas tree already decorated to buy, this is the place to go. there is this baltimore ravens true, it lottery tree, even this funky monkey treat made by the arc angels. >> it is a wonderful feeling we'd get to. we have fun doing it. i can't picture all of the kids in the hospital looking at them and wanting one of them. it is a wonderful feeling. >> all of the

last night he held a fund-raiser in northwest washington. tickets to the private event started at $18,000. >>> today it supreme court justices will consider whether police can use gps devices to track criminal suspects without a warrant. this stems from a d.c. man's prosecution on drug conspiracy charges. a federal appeals court overturned the conviction because law-enforcement used gps to attract a man without a judge's approval. >>> 42 degrees on this tuesday. >> still ahead a pair of perfect scores for all of a couple. we will look back at the highlights from week 8. >> and another natural disaster in the nation's heartland. the damage after a tornado and earthquakes in oklahoma. >> a mid- >>> the pulmonary hypertension association. it's one of the most misdiagnosed diseases in the nation. learn more and visit us online. >> good morning, washington. >>> there was a scary sight in southwestern oklahoma yesterday. >> authorities say that several tornadoes touched down, damaging or destroying several buildings. no reports of injury. this tor

we are having a one-time fund- raiser at the school. we sent out letters over the summer to the neighbors and we did not hear any responses. the school has been there for a long time and we have had a good relationship with all of our neighbors. we

holding a fund-raiser, what is it about president obama that appeals to you? >> i think he's a man of great interelect and great moral chark and a knowledgeable man. and i think anyone who models like lincoln did has got to be a smart guy. >> bill: why do you think he hasn't been as success envelope economic realm. >> i've said it before, i'd rather talk about movies but when i hear warren buffet willing to give up some of his income and i'm women willing to give up some of mine. >> bill: what do you think would be fair for you? what percentage of your income would you hand washington? >> i haven't thought about percentage. i haven't. but what i will say if warren above skbrai people like myself who get tax breaks and helping the person down the street you've got to give back. >> i don't mind giving back. doesn't it give you pause. >> people say we want to volunteer and help. give it back. >> bill: you can do that now. >>you do give way a lot of money. i'm not down on you on that. but this is a hire taxation on 1% is the government saying i'm going take your s

that were campaign fund-raisers who were raising money from wealthy individuals. they put them in senior positions to run these programs and guess what? the people that donated to the obama campaign ended up getting a lot of these loan guarantees. >> sean: $535 million taxpayer dollars poured down the drain. a loan guarantee and they adjusted the loan for the taxpayers would be last so we would totally get nothing. we discovered last week that solyndra, the department spentd sent an e-mail, please don't fire people until after the election. >> it's terrible. even though solyndra has gone bankrupt, investors have made a huge amount of money. there is a company called a.m. rouse technologies, john thor and al gore put $16 million a couple years ago. then a little bit later, senator dianne feinstein and her pus put a million in. after she made her investment the department of energy announced they were getting a $25 million grant tax free, not a loan but a grant, $25 million and tax free. couple months after that, they issue a stock ipo because of the halo effect of

coming up at 6:00 perry's california campaign chair and a major fund-raiser for the texas governor will tell us no. that is not the case. that is coming up at 6:00. >> so is he saying it's time to end it? or not? >> well, no. the campaign chair is saying opposite. he's saying that perry is going to being forriven and going to turn this around and this is the way herman cain did but it's hard to see how that is going to happen. the rick perry campaign said not too long ago he's going to raise $20 million. and our political analyst is saying he thinks rick perry is coast. >> we'll have to wait and see. >> and one of the president's closest aides is leaving the white house. reggie love will resign so he can focus on his studies. love is getting his mba at wharton school of business he has been bit president's side since 2008. the two men bonded over basketball. love play forward duke university's 2001 championship team. he's moving on this year including david axelrod and press secretary robert gib autos we've seen this bra br in the bay area long lines for new gadgets but this isn't apple

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they held a fund-raiser on november 3. they do work with the students, the juvenile justice center, malcolm x, bringing art to those classrooms. we appreciate their efforts in supporting our students. finally, this friday the friends of the mission campus are having a celebration with sylvia mendez. there will be a reception at that campus of city college from 5:30 to 7:30. i did not know this history about mendez being a six year old in an orange county public school who was denied admission before the brown vs. board of education decision. has the sense left a legacy of desegregation throughout the country. there was a resolution that mary hernandez, when she was serving on this board, get together on the anniversary of the court victory. commissioner fewer: i also wanted to let the public know that tomorrow night, aim high summer program will be celebrating 25 years. we wish them much success. thank you for partnering with us. also, i had the pleasure to go to el dorado school and is sought children making day of the de

also congressman mcnerny will kick off a fund-raiser. at 10:15 they'll hold a special concert for the veterans. and remembrance day ceremony. that's a great one to go to. it starts at 11:00. santa clara will honor veterans at 3:00 p.m. at the veterans memorial in central park. >> we were warned november showers are coming. they are here now. christina loren can tell us how long the rain will last. >> jon kelley, showers will subside as we wake up tomorrow morning. just in time for the weekend. we have rough drive free this morning. we've heavy rainfall coming down. watch out on 680. take a look at more on the way achl deep band of moisture is slated to move through. if you are going to attend any veterans day, we salute all our troops out there. bring an umbrella. bring the jacket. you'll get rain over the parade. not a lot, unless you attend the concert. that's my biggest concern. areas at the coast will see the most of this moisture. here's the core of low pressure. the subtropical moisture tap is being taken to california. they will g

it's a 24 hour online giving fund-raiser. so all the giving today is taking place online. it's for nonprofits serving the greater washington region, and we have over 1,300 nonprofits competing today. >> competing? >> competing. >> when you go online you give to a certain charity, right? >> yes, you give to as many as you like and it's a competition, and the competition started after midnight. already i think during this interview we hopefully have raised over 500,000 for nonprofits over the region. fantastic start. >> i know this is not a great time in the economy for charities. tell us about that, bill. >> yeah, it's not just the human services providing needs, and faith-based organizations that are all struggling with the really tough economy. where needs are up, and people really need the support, and resources are down. so this is an opportunity for us as the people that have boundary in the capital to step forward and do something quite special. >> you don't have to give a lot, do you? >> you can start at $10, and we have 1,300 nonprofits part of the collaboration tod

bob redell is live for the 11th annual thanksgiving fund-raiser. what's going on this morning? you picking up a ball? >> reporter: i will a little bit later. good morning, laura and jon. come out from 10:00 to 3:00. you can bowl for free. and it's all for a good cause. while you're here, you'll be amazed by zany tricks. good morning. how are you? >> good. >> how old are you? >> 12. >> what are you going to do? >> a two-hand shot. >> we have ten pins set up. he's been doing two hands since he started bowling when he was 6 years old. he's got a nice spin on it. hey, nice try, though. that was very impressive. very impressive. joel with goldstein jr. you're going to use a wrag. >> i'm going to put the ball in the towel and hopefully get a strike. >> i've seen him do it before. i'm confident he'll be able to do it again. when you come out from 10:00 to 3:00, it's free admission. all they're asking is you donate money. if you hit a strike, the bowling alley will donate a turkey to -- hold on -- one, two, three, hit it. in the center. still impressive. that was awesome. so you have a

he still attended a fund-raiser course second mile with sandusky. senior house democrat in california and says the time for congressional -- it is time for a congressional investigation. rebecca cooper. >>> dozens gather in support transgender acceptance. this comes after a series of attacks on the transgender and daygay community. lanier says they're working to improve the relationship with the community. >>> president obama is in indonesia, his second visit to that country as president. he might -- you remember he lived there for some time. they're expected to discuss security and america's increasing role in that region. the summit continues through saturday. >>> people found themselves waiting to take off. september was the first month international flights had new tarmac rules. three of the delayed flights were trying to leave at dulles during severe storms. there were in violation of the new tarmac rules and face heavy fines up to $27,000 per passenger. >>> still to come on abc7 news at 6, why the brakes may be hit on the president's planned h

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that were campaign fund-raisers who were raising money from wealthy individuals. they put them in senior positions to run these programs and guess what? the people that donated to the obama campaign ended up getting a lot of these loan guarantees. >> sean: $535 million taxpayer dollars poured down the drain. a loan guarantee and they adjusted the loan for the taxpayers would be last so we would totally get nothing. we discovered last week that solyndra, the department spentd sent an e-mail, please don't fire people until after the election. >> it's terrible. even though solyndra has gone bankrupt, investors have made a huge amount of money. there is a company called a.m. rouse technologies, john thor and al gore put $16 million a couple years ago. then a little bit later, senator dianne feinstein and her pus put a million in. after she made her investment the department of energy announced they were getting a $25 million grant tax free, not a loan but a grant, $25 million and tax free. couple months after that, they issue a stock ipo because of the halo effect of

pat, the bay of pigs turned out to be sort of a curtain raiser on a whole new era of troubled interventionswe're still in today. one of the united states in days and no fewer than two dozen forceful interventions after 1961. that is not including our 21st century entanglements and a rock in afghanistan and libya. given all these other interventions since the bay of pigs, you may be asking yourself, why should we still care about the bay of pigs? next to vietnam it seems like a fairly minor event, perhaps, an appetizer before this huge feast of trouble and intervention. and add to this fact that it lasted just five days and cost a mere $46 million, that is about, i think, less than the average budget of a hollywood movie these days. and then, of course, the fact that it was an embarrassment and has everything to recommend it for oblivion. here is the thing. they changed this country in some very important ways. it changed server americans the way they looked at the government and the rest of the world looked at us. prior to the bay of pigs it would have been a cynical american who doubted th

the bay-area corporations and retailers, non-profits and planners, promoters and caterers and fund-raisers. there was a clear need for a venue that could host a larger variety of events and activities including banquets and trade shows, exhibits and conferences, community youth and adult sports programming, concerts' and recitals and lectures, hiring halls, job fairs and community meetings. major upgrades to restore this to a place of public assembly are currently in progress and will be completed later this year including the installation of a fire detection system and upgrades, reconfigured lighting and electrical work. we intend to oppose monthly events, on a temporary use basis. my firm has been asked for a full business plan which will ultimately result in a permanent change of use applications that we would present to the planning department next year. this includes for the restorations such as restoring the windows and adding attractive restrooms and amenities and restoring mezzanine seating. this will coalesce a richly- diverse community by offering programs and facilities not acce