i'm gonna preach it until the holy ghost tells me to stop. >> reporter: some said he was moving riverside away from its progressive tradition of social justice. >> the direction of the church with the new leadership is or has strayed, or is straying from the mission of the church, which is open, affirming and inclusive, interracial, interdenominational and international. >> reporter: riverside church is adjacent to columbia university, in harlem, which is largely african-american. over the years, its congregation has gone from predominantly white to predominantly black. >> one of the things that some people are afraid of is that the church will turn black. and you know, i really resent that. >> reporter: braxton did not discount race as a factor in his resignation, but acknowledged that his preaching and leadership style had caused friction. >> some serious conversation needs to occur about what it means to invite a leader, a pastoral leader, into this community. is this congregation really ready for, and interested in, a pastoral leader who actually wants to lead? >> reporter: in accepti

for riverside, california? it was mind boggling. >> reporter: she joined the riverside naacp.f the chapter remember their struggles. gay caroline? >> and i went to the segregated school. >> reporter: emil moore. >> i used to get calls. i used to get phone calls when i was president of this organization here in the city. >> reporter: what kind of calls? >> hate calls. >> it was humiliating. >> reporter: miley davis. >> that's why we fought. >> we will try to talk it out first. >> all in favor, please signify by the sign of aye. >> reporter: woody lucker hughes is current president of the riverside chapter of the naacp. >> we don't have a problem in terms of putting our feet to the street. when we do, we don't retreat. >> reporter: and riverside today? >> i think that we have a very inclusive city. >> since i arrived here in 1960 it's a tremendous change. >> reporter: change unimaginable 100 years ago. a black president who addresses black issues unflinchingly. >> any fool can have a child. ( applause ) that doesn't make you a father. it's the courage to raise a child that makes

riverside churcin new york cit one of the nation's best- known congregions, has accepted the resignation o senior minister brad braon two months after his instlation. lky severson reports. reporter: braxton was controversial from the star some congregants cplained that is compensation package was excsive. others, that his evanlical prehing style made em ncomfortable. >> fear not, fearot. m gonna preach it until the holy ghost tells me to stop >> reporter: some sd he was moving rirside away from its progressive tradition osocial jusce. >> the dection of the church with e new leadership is or has straye or is straying from e mission of the church, whi is open, affirmng and inclusive, interracial interdenominational and intnational. >> rerter: riverside church is adjacent to coluia university, in rlem, which is largely afican-american. over the yrs, its congregation has gone from predinantly white to predominantlblack. >> one of t things that some people are afraid of ishat the urch will turn black. and you kn, i really resent that. >> reporter: braxt did not discount race as a factor ihis

county, this is riverside parkway, increased volume but lighter than normal and running smoothly at this time. back to you. >>> a teenager dead, another lies in the hospital after a light rail accident this morning. investigators still don't know exactly what happened. abc2 news brittney gordon joins us now with the latest. >> reporter: mta officials say they never received any reports of a train hitting anyone yesterday. the two teenaged boys were found lying on the tracks in lutherville and one is now dead. mta officials say the two teens were found on the southbound tracks close to the lutherville station. one parkway is dead, the other seriously injured. they were found around 3:00 p.m. on sunday after a fair inspector spotted them. mta did not receive any reports of a train hitting anyone at that station and an inspection of the trains shows no obvious signs of an accident. but one passenger thinks he noticed when it happened. >> it was clear cut they hit somebody. you could feel it, thump, thump, thump. and, before you know it -- but the police didn't show up for a while though. wh

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looking quick at 95 southbound, out of harford county at riverside parkway, a little increased volumegs running smoothly at this time. megan? back to you. >>> the latest on remembering michael jackson. let's go now to abc's carla wohl. she has the latest as fans get ready to say goodbye. >> reporter: christina beltran is one of the lucky ones. >> a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> reporter: that feeling shared by over 17,000 michael jackson fans who won the lottery and will get a seat at the king of pop's memorial tomorrow. >> i could not believe it. i thought i was dreaming. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of ticketless fans also are expected to converge on the staples center to say goodbye to the singer. streets in the area are being blocked off and 2,500 police officers will be on duty. working crowd control. their message to people, if you don't have a ticket stay away. >> just doesn't make a lot of sense for purposes of being able to see or participate in the event. i'm hoping that people will heed that advice and to the degree that's possible we'll have much smaller crowds.

weeks before the end, jimmy buffett flew his plane, landed on the east river right next to walter's riversideme upstairs, and as kate told me, opened up this beautiful ukulele case, took out an instrument she thought was the most beautiful thing in the world, and serenaded walter with a little ukulele recital. he was always a wire service reporter in his heart. and he always lived by the wire service adage, which i don't think anybody has anything to do with it, get it first, but get it right. and one of his first jobs about getting it right, one of his first jobs was at the houston press, where he was a copy boy. today get the houston bank clearing number every day, and it was published, but not on the front page of the "houston press" in a little box, and it was a multimillion dollar number. and one day he got the cents wrong. e put down 27 cents when it shouldn't have been 17 cents, at the end of a $3 million -- well, he got called up and really, really beaten up by the editor t. the way he described, it he went out afterwards, and awful his senior buddies at the nearby bar were saying, he

>> i'm from riverside. >> very good. your question is this. of these is famous for pirates of the caribbean? >> i'm going to go with orlando bloom. >> well, let's go to billy dee. >> it's a trick question. both orlando, florida, and orlando bloom are famous for pirates of the caribbean. >> we're going to give you adam perry lang's book, but enjoy it anyway. okay. hi. what's your name? >> stephanie. >> stephanie, stand up if you will. there you go. you can hold the microphone. where you from? >> from jersey. >> you're also from new jersey. what do you there? >> i'm a retired spanish teacher and a former playboy bunny. >> oh, wow. did the students know you were a playboy bunny? >> no. no way. >> how do you know they didn't? >> they would have mentioned it. >> is that right? you can't keep that sort of thing quiet anymore, can you? >> no, you can't. >> well, guillermo, perhaps this is someone who can translate for you and uncle frank. the final question. which of these handed his old friend han solo over in cloud city? >> c. orlando -- >> let's c

we will switch to a live view of 95 out of harford county north of riverside parkway knowing well. that is the latest. back to you. >> our big story this morning m.t.a. officials, police and families want answers to the same question. what happened along the lutherville light rail track that caused two teenage boys their lives. jennifer franciotti live in lutherville with more. >> some passengers are now starting to come forward with claims that they were on the train that may have hit the two teenagers. the discovery was made on sunday afternoon not far from the lutherville train station on the southbound tracks. a fare inspector made the discovery and we now know who the victims are. connor peterson and kyle wankmiller were on the tracks and officials say it is possible they were hit by a trane. passenger stephanie ayers believes she was on the train that hit the boys. >> it was like a thud, thud, thud. hit what we thought was a large dogers a deer or somebody. i thought it was like my gosh, was that a person. >> ayers says the driver got out, looked around, made a call, got back

they are riverside, herring return and wyman park. >> bonding over beer at the white house is what the president will do today with harvard professor henry gates and sergeant james crowley after crowley arrested gates sparking a national debate over race. nikole killion has the preview. >> the beer will be flowing but so will be dialogue as the president aims to improve race relations. beer and blunt talk about race today at the white house. >> my hope is as a consequence of this event, this ends up being what is called a teachable moment. >> it will take place at a picnic table seen here outside the oval office weather permitting. president obama will drink bud lite. gates red stripe and blue moon for crowley. >> we will have the gamut covered. >> the meeting is two weeks after gates was arrested outside his home by sergeant crowley. gates accused crowley of racial profiling. the controversy intensified after the president put it this way. >> the cambridge police acted stupidly. >> now mr. obama says it was a bad choice of words. >> i could have calibrated the words differently. >> th

they are doing this at riverside park pool in federal hill on covington street.5:00 p.m. and then again there's another show at 7:00 p.m. it's got a kick to it. >> after the game, you get to slug somebody with the pillow fights. kids slug kids and grown-ups against grown-ups. we'll take all of the safety precautions that we can. just e-mail us right away and make sure it gets on the air. >>> we'll be right back. fios guy! where ya headed? uh, just instaios in the whole building. now everyone has the fastest upload speeds, and we're giving them a mini netbook. well, i'm sticking with cable. so is ted. (ted) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (ted) no i'm not. ted has betrayed me... okay... (announcer) unlike cable, fios brings 100% fiber optics straight to your home. switch now, and get a free compaq mini netbook computer. just pay shipping, handling and taxes. with fios, you'll get razor-sharp tv, america's top rated internet - now even faster, and crystal-clear phone service, all for just... call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty

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this is lisa fletcher for "nightline" in riverside, california. >> still a catch 22.re are great deals to be had if you're an investor. you can't always get those loans. so it's created this problem that they say the news housi market could be the worst. >> a glimmer of good news. now analysts are saying we need lots of moverse what happened. >> let's keep this thing going>> yr oupapers -- >> yeah, papers. >> it is, papers time. >> i was excited. >> you still are. ight, [ rooster crow ] it affects your entire day. to get a good night's sleep, try 2-layer ambien cr. the first layer " dissolves quickly... to help you fall asleep. and unlike other sleep aids, a second dissolves slowly r to help you stay asleep. when taking ambien cr, sleepwalking, .and eating or driving... while not fully awake with memory loss for the event... as well r as abnormal behaviors... such as being more outgoin or aggressive than normal, confusion, agitation and hallucinations may occur. don't take it with alcohol... as it may increase these behaviors. allergic reactions such as shortness of b

the family odyssey strange costume is at riverside park on saturday and sunday. and click on morning news. >>> probably lay crazy and fun time for tonight at the stayed . we see a chance of a shower and thunderstorm coming for this afternoon and evening. that may be out of here just in time for the game if you're headed down. you see the rain moving off to the north and east. it's pretty much out of here for the many being. what is out of here is a little bit of fog before we get to the next hour or so. it could be thunderstorms in the midwest you see highlighted in the yellow. later in the day you may see some area of rain highlighted over us. 66 is the dew point. which tells us, it's going to be another humid day. 73 degrees in baltimore. 70 in hagerstown. out in oakland a little cooler at bu 51 degrees. there's goes the cold front with the cold front associated with it. a chance of thunderstorms around 5:00 p.m. continuing through 7 or 8:00 p.m. by 9:00 p.m. it should be out of here. drier day tomorrow before the next frontal boundary is coming on through. tod

another thing that is going to be on the roads, it's a new accident at riverside parkway. as a result you will want to stick with 95. and traveling on 95 in the southbound direction, from mountain road heading to 695, right now we're looking at a 10-minute commute. it's definitely building but not doing too bad there. 95 through the city in the fort mchenry tunnel, no issues to talk about, we did just clear an accident farther up. it was at the 895 split where the new traffic it. but now through the tunnels, it's smooth sailing it's going to be an 8-minute ride. from 695 toward east fayette street, right now that will only take 16 minutes. that's a look at the morning commute. patrice, back to you. >>> thank you, candace. >>> 6:33 on fox 45 morning news. budget cuts heat up across baltimore city in a budget saving effort. six fire companies did not respond to any calls last night, their doors were closed. now some of the temporarily closings may become permanent. it's the story you are seeing first on fox. megan gilliland is joining us from a fire house in south baltimore.

let's look now at harford county, this is 95 southbound making your way down from riverside parkway headedo the whitemarsh. we have a little slowing there but that doesn't last too long. >>> megan has a news update next. kraft tuscan house italian... delicious flavors... expertly blended... because great tasting dressings aren't just made, they're crafted. >>> good morning. abc2 news has learned a public memorial for former baltimore ravens quarterback steve mcnair is scheduled for thursday in nashville. he was found shot to death in a nashville condo saturday. a 20-year-old woman police say he had been dating was also found dead. the newspaper there "the attend attendan" said funeral arrangements still need to be completed. >>> mta officials still have questions after a teen is killed, another seriously hurt and found on the light rail train tracks. brittney gordon joins us with the latest on the investigation. >> on sunday afternoon the two teens were found on the light rail tracks near the lutherville station. it looks like they were hit by a train yet no one seemed to notice. one teen

riverside, california is also a risky market.one of the markets that has the highest foreclosure rates, one of the highest in the country and los angeles, california. not a typictypical from what yod believe. it still makes it a good deal for some people. >>> congratulations, india. you have made it. you are now part of the walmart universe. welcome. you will never look at blue vests the same way again. the world's largest retailer is open for business in the land of 1 bill peoplion people. >> reporter: an american retail giant is hoping to strike gold in india, a joint venture with a well-known company. >> we understand the consumer and the psychky. i think a good mix to understand the need. >> reporter: not everyone can shop here. this is a wholesale aptly named best price, modern hotel. only licensed business people for hotel or institutions are allowed in. their strict rules for big companies, they fear out multinational conversations will wipe out the little guy. 95% of the buying and selling happened in mom and pop shops. i

. >> we are looking at patterson park and riverside park and bell as well .ty is also, first city park for dogs, dog park. i want to thank you so much. it will bring a lot of attention. >> it has already. >> thank you so much this morning. >> off leash hours meaning at the it is a hot and humid day out there . going to stick around. >> all right. sticky, sticky. >> it is going to be a sticky day. 90 degrees . we had a strong storm last night. legal bit. can change for tomorrow. but today not much. and starting out it will be mostly cloudy finish to the day. 83 degrees. degrees and with the humidity 51 again. it is a edge. >> thank you and good morning. and it is shutting down the road . realty now looking at a clip. and in the tunnel and the same type of construction to deal with. back to you. >> here are the stories we are following this morning. mayor sheila dixon is reindicted on theft, perjury and fraud. these are the same charges that the judge threw out. this time they are far more detailed . thanks to details provided by an ex-boyfriend. >> out in the

weeks before the end, jimmy buffett flew his plane, landed on the east river right next to walter's riversideupstairs, and opened up this beautiful ukulele case. she thought was the most beautiful thing in the world. he serenaded walter with a little ukulele beside him. he was always a loyal service reporter in his heart. -- a wire service reporter in his heart. get first, but get it right was the at age. was the addage. -- was the addage. the copy boy had to get the houston bank clearing number every day, and it was published on the front page of the houston press in a little box. it was a multimillion-dollar number. one day, he got the cents wrong. he put down 27 when it should have been 17 at the end of a $3 million -- he got called up. he was really beat up by the editor. the way he described it, he went out feeling hangdog about it, and all of his buddies were saying, you better get out of town. you better be careful. you have discovered that that little number was the key to the gambling #'s game in houston. the last five digits of the clearing number was the winning number. here he put

according to pmi, riverside, california, miami, florida, los angeles, california, ft.gas, nevada -- remember these were incredible hotspots over the past two years. the building and home price spikes there were just phenomenal, and now that bubble has popped and the pain there is expected to continue for a couple of years. the most stable housing markets though, if you live here, cleveland, ohio, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, columbus, ohio, san antonio, texas and houston, texas. frankly, i need to do a piece about this. there's something going on in texas. when i look at it, towns in texas that have been doing pretty well. speaking of the dropping home values, it's also meaning that equity lines are vanishing. that's proven to be a little bit troublesome for people who rely on equity lines for entrepreneurs, small businesses and the like. that's another off-shoot of this story, putting a crimp on small business. if you're wonding whaer going to happen to your biggest asset, your home, at least this survey shows it could in many of the nation's metropolitan areas be flat o

. >> reporter: and you drove up here from riverside to get the tickets yesterday.yeah, you grew up with him. what are your fondest memories of michael jackson and his music? >> how it led to breakdancing and pop and doing all the moves like in venice beach, california, you know, even my 3 and 5-year-old nephews, they're right now even starting to do the moves. so even at age 50 with michael when he passed away, he's still inspiring all of us, even at a younger generation. i mean, they didn't even know him like we know him. and they're still all excited about trying to do their moves and everything else that he has put on the tv for all of us to entertain us. >> reporter: and i can tell you lots of fans sharing their memories out here, kind of coming together. behind me here, you can see a little bit of the police presence. we did speak with police officers on the scene. they tell us that earlier this morning there were about 300 sfshs out here. that number is expected to build to about 3,000 by the time the memorial service begins. and just to give you a little con

mike, from riverside, shared his experience of surviving cancer that was misdiagnosed and left untreated for several years. when he sought a second opinion, the final diagnoses was delayed for weeks as his paper medical records were shut frld hospital to -- shuttled from hospital to hospital. on top of this frustration, mike received the devastating news that his leg had to be removed to prevent the cancer from spreading further. after his amputation surgery, mike is thankful to be cancer free, but now his financial struggles have begun. with medical bills and health care premiums that exceed his monthly mortgage payments, mike is wondering how he will make ends meet. i had coffee with shirley, a middle town resident, who described her relief at turning 65. for the past 20 years she and her husband did not have insurance. as self-employed business owners in their 50's, finding affordable insurance options was impossible. so they went without. they took their chances. now 65 and eligible for medicare, they finally have peace of mind. shirley admits that she and her husband were lucky to m

a small group of white men went to the jailhouse and the man he be released they took him to the riversidend scalp him, poked out his eyes, cut off his genitals, cut out his tongue and then tied him and he was reportedly still alive to a great and threw him in the river. the crime was so heinous that even the south carolina governor was second when he heard the details but nobody was brought to justice. this was the south carolina that dean anger up when he moved to harlem in 1919 his character was already formed he was sent to harlem by his family because he had decided he was not going to back down to the white men and they did not want to get him killed. so "harlem godfather" was published last year and actually published it through my own publishing company. with is a tribute to bumpy johnson, also may be a but also a tribute to kk who is still trying to figure things out and excepting things for what they are. thank you [applause] >> good afternoon. i am from chicago [applause] and i am happy to be here this is almost like a second home to be the schomburg center has been a part of my