>> kunkel claims his conflict with inmate robert hurd was just a run-of-the-mill jailhouse fight. cker punched him to avoid a fight with a bigger inmate. who was angry kunkel was flaunting his tattoos. >> when he got caught up with the big guy he was nervous to fight the person, so he's looking for a plea bargain, a way out, so the way to sign out is to run up in the middle of a pod where there's cameras at and run up and swing on somebody so the police can see what's going on and come break it up and that way he get moved so he won't ever have to face that man. so as i'm coming down the steps, one of my peoples ask something to me and i turn my head away, look to the side and he run up and swing and that's how the fight started. >> after officials investigated the fight and viewed the surveillance footage, they cleared hurd of any wrongdoing and gave kunkel additional time in segregation. >> show all them tattoos and all them swastikas don't mean nothing, if you can't stand behind it and stand on it you know what i'm saying, or be a man and handle your own situation with the perso

do for its customers. >>> a texas man has pleaded guilty for trying to extort money from robert griffin iii. hurd contacted rg3's agents saying he had information that could damage the qb's reputation. he demanded $1 million for his silence. the agents called police, who arrested hurd. hurd pled guilty and will be sentenced in november. >>> a virginia man is expected of killing a new york school superintendent. 42-year-old anthony taglianetti killed a school superintendent outside of buffalo last week. they say he drove to new york to kill him and is now believed to be back in the virginia area. police say the two knew each other but would not release a possible motive for the attack. he is considered armed and dangerous. >>> 6:48. the wife of a man who was brutally attacked near eastern market is speaking out about the incident. three man attacked thomas maslin last month on north carolina avenue southeast, robbing him of his iphone and some cash. later that night, the trio robbed three other people, but police caught and arrested them for those robberies. police found four phones when they arre

former baylor university student accused of trying to extort money from robert griffin iii third has pleaded guilty. richard hurd threatened to release damaging information if he did not receive $1 million. >> turning to the presidential race. candidates are back on the campaign trail one day after both appeared in virginia. president obama will attend three campaign events in the district while mitt romney will visit pennsylvania and massachusetts. this comes on the heels of a memo that was distributed to surrogates. beth meyers outlines a series of reasons they think the president will emerge as the winner of the first debate. president obama is one of the most talented political communicators and modern history and this would be his eighth presidential debate while mitt romney's first. the campaign insists the debates will not decide the election. >> linda bell is live from bloomberg headquarters. >> after two weeks of flight delays for american airlines on-time arrivals are starting to improve. the carrier is threatening legal action against union pilots saying they are slowing down operations and hurting th

faces extortion charges, admitting to trying to get money from redskins quarterback robert griffin iii. richard hurd contacted one of rg3's agents earlier this year. he said he had information that would damage griffin's reputation and wanted is million in exchange for his silence. police arrested hurd, who played basketball for baylor between 2004 and 2007. he pled guilty to the charges and will be sentenced in november. >>> a national manhunt is under way for a virginia man suspected of killing a new york school superintendent. investigators believe 42-year-old anthony taglianetti of woodbridge killed a school superintendent outside of buffalo last week. they say he drove to new york to kill him and is now believed to be back in the virginia area. police say the two knew each other but would not release a possible motive for the attack. he is considered armed and dangerous. >>> police in minneapolis are looking for clues that led to a deadly shooting at a sign making business. police say the man went into the store yesterday afternoon and shot eight people, killing four and injuring four others be

that former baylor basketball player who tried to extort money from robert griffin, iii pled guilty yesterday. back in june richard hurdontacted one of rg3's agents demanding a million bucks or he would release some as yet unvealed damaging information on the rookie. the agent called the police and hurd was later arrested. hurd is scheduled for a hearing november 21st and he could be facing two or three years behind bars. >>> the washington wizards will be without their floor general the beginning of the season. john wall is out for eight weeks. he's got some sort of stress injury in his knee. he doesn't need surgery, but the former first overall pick will start rehab right away. until he gets back a.j. price and shelvin mack are the only point guards on the roster. >>> fairfax county police on the hunt for a crook stealing from vulnerable victims. the guy you see in that picture dresses up like a maintenanceman, then makes off with purses and wallets from patients in doctors' offices. the thefts have happened throughout the mclean and falls church areas. he struck at least seven times, even stling from cancer patients

robert griffin, iii. prosecutors say richard hurd contacted one of griffin's agents off the summer and threatened to release damaging in -- over the summer and threatened to release damaging info if he wasn't paid 1,000 bucks. after he collected the money in waco in a sting operation, they arrested him. he could receive up to three years in prison when he's sentenced in november. >>> there's more evidence now that a renoir painting bought at a flea market for $7 was actually stolen from a baltimore museum decades ago. baltimore police found the theft report written up in 1951 when a painting was snatched from the baltimore museum of art and a brief description seems to the match the painting a virginia woman bought two years ago at a west virginia flee market. she recently had it examined at an auction house in alexandria. >> she paid $7 for it and the painting we have estimated to sell at auction at 75,000 to 100,000. >> the fbi is investigating and the painting could be heading back to that museum. if so, that virginia woman is out of seven bucks. maybe that 100 grand or so. >> got to be disappointing. >>

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robert griffin iii. he contacted rg3's agents earlier this year and said he had information that would damage his reputation and wanted $1 million in exchange for his silence. police arrested hurd. he pled guilty to extortion charges and will be arrested in november. >>> starting today, d.c. police will relaunch their breath alcohol test after a two-year hiatus. trained officers will use calibrated meters to test drivers' blood alcohol content. d.c. police stopped that program two years ago when a contractor found the machines were not working properly. on top of the new meters, officers will still continue to do the standard field sobriety tests. >>> if you're planning to take metro this weekend, expect some delays. starting tonight, crews will be working on track improvements on 4 of the 5 lines. on the red line, trains will be single tracks between nomo gallaudet and fort totten. buses will replace orange lines between the vienna and east falls church line. and on the green line between southern avenue and branch avenue. all that work expected to wrap up before monday morning's commute. >>> nfl referees are back on the job. the refs received a standing ovation before they to